White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-02-24
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u The fret newspaper established in iii.
nois was the Illinois lntellisencer, printed as
Kaskaskia, in 1914 or rs The frat Journal
printed in Chicago was the Democrat, which
was fou ndsd in Nssmbes. fs33. The Illinois
State Jculsal vas established u 1891, sad the
5 tate 4Assiseerso Fsbsusry latA. 1886. The
iastes vas eriginaIly printed st vandalis, but
removed TO spria efeld. The sD.al nuuS.r Of
newspapers nos printed in The State 10 over
4cO. FL 81 -
; pThe She:rs of an cccentric old nAitjsn
lady Of Medford. Mass, we're so curious q to
her possessions, that the day before the fune.
raj They resolved themselves Into an inSsid.
gazing Sonnissees sud rueoEet he pssnises
for treasure. Seven hundred dollars in silver
coin ard two hundred dollars in bills we're
tmsnS the spoiEs. .Shils,sn old .anm.chsif. sat
10 By General Washington, While drinking
from the is~oos p""eh-bo~i, ssw 10 sAs -
session of Mr.. Br>dlee, of Boston. .as relic
for which Ihets was lir eiy coppetiass.
The Dubuque Times says: Z" Another great
man is gone. Big Mouth is dead He vas
shot by Spotted Tsil. Tail vas not to blame:
he was intoxicated at the time. Big Mouth
was the chief Of the Ogallslishs, none Of
whom are prohihihonists. He vas . good
drinker and tolenAble cousin, though - .
husband he was somewhat unequal 10 the
treatment of his wife. He has gone ~ish the
heroes of Cooper to the happy hunting
grounds"
| IS Jeff Davis escaped the gallows. but no
lives to see a coiored man elected 10 the seat
he once filed in the United States Senate.
u Give the Post office Department its due.
1t lately delivered Us some mail matter safely.
which was addressed "ApvAses, 81. Lsuis,
MIcH." Chicago Adranee.
| USome sponges having requested Senator
Hamlin to frnnk scme letters for them, be rs-
ce ived tie missives, placed three cent stamps
on each. ani returned them to the writer's.
The EcLirsrs or Is7o-D During next year
there ill be six eclipses-four Of the sun and
two of the moon. OF. the two herein sen
toned. the first win be total eclipse Of tho
moon, on January Is IL, which sfll be invi,i-
BILE in the United States, but partly Visible at
Greenwich. England The second will be .
partial eclipse Of the sun, also here invisible.
and visible only to the regions within thirty
degrees Of the South Pole. Il oecurs On Jan.
81. The next eclipse visible in tbs latitude
will be partial one Of the moon, on January
6, 1871.
SrLvAsus Coss. Ja-We are glad to learn
on excelien: authority that the ssatement that
Mr.. Cobb is in the Boston lnebriate Asylum ia
. not true. On-the contrary, Mr.. Cobb is at the
present time an active and leading member Of
one Of the Boston Temperance Societies, and
q he has written more good Temperance stories
= than any other man in the couniry.-Ner York
q Mail. .s. te- ,4. 5.--.ti:
! u Mrs. Robert E. Lee, who was the daugh-
: ter of George w. Parke Gusts, has pettioned
Ooneress 10 restore to her the Washington
5 relics taken rrom-A rlington House BY General
d Mcdowell. and now on exhibition at the Paten
S Office. The House Committee on the Judicia-
{ ry, have agreed, it is understood. 10 report .
a bill restoring III, M to her. Many other relics
$ and scores of autogrsphic letters were soboled
at Arlington by the soldiers, and arc scattered
over the country.
gT The Louisville Commercial relases The
following: "A few days previous 70 General I
; Rousseau's departure from this city for New
Orleans, he called on the medical exaniper of
an insurance company.in this city. stating his
b desire to take ont policy. Initiating bis large
chest and striking it, he remarked. You
= needn't take the trouble to examine me, doctor.
. I'm in hurry !; I'll live forever; doctor In
: Washington said couldn't die Of disease /.
I'rn a sound man. sir In ninety days the
General was dead. -. sa,.sl -.,s..
II Judge Aarcn Lovelsnd. Of Norwich, W..
the last survivor Of Daniel Webster's class in
= Dartmouth College, died on the % inst, aged
, 80 years. e.o.-t. .g...
c U At Ada, Michigan, esloon keeper scsu- :
ally got rid Of bis rival across the way BY in
serting bis nose in the rivals mouth and having
t an inch of it bitten of during street fgbt. in
' which their long feud culminated. The bitter
|
D fled ON town.
) u The Detroit Tribune says: "It Is re-
q ported that Benn EFT ia negotiating for the sale
of the Herald to the Tammany Copperheads,
e they to pa,ronize him while living. and take
d the establishment when he dies. Faust once
0 made similar trade with the same party.
T Mark Twain was married 10 . lady Of
Elmira, New York, last week. s
1T The original commission Of Gen. Ynncis
b Marion, is on exhibition in Charleston, 8. C..
1t bears date April i2. l1s2. and comnissions
him as Lieutenant Colonel in the United
States service, to take rank from September
I6. I776. His ply commenced from The latter
date, and the Courier has ascertaiDed that hs
drew it accordingly. lars--.,. ,.rf
u Part Of G eneral Hnii's sword. taken BY
his nephew at the surrender, 10 In possession OF
$ citizen Of Detroit. II Vas found twelve
years ago, by roskmen employed In leve1ng
ground for . new building in Wsod6rdge
street. in Detroit. Tho Free Press'ssyss "The
main gate at the fort opened where nos 10 the
southwest corner Of Wayne and Congress
8 streets. but of course the cooGsunatico Of the
! ground in that locality has all been changed
since then. rs in most parts Of the city,
" General ..spiuner. United States Treas
urer. permits any one Who makes the request
to inspect his last report. II Is I'll 10 bis own
handwriting. and Is without blot % ensure