White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-10-06

eel. which is desiguased a. the future place of
residence Of Napoleon ILL.,. 10 vailed city Of
Germany. beautifully situated on both banks
Of the FIuda. ninety one miles northeast of
Frankfort ON the-Main. Il has . population
numbering 40. 600 inhabitants- The residence
.m;h Napoleon is to oeenpy d the GUNNER
place Of the Electoral wi,helnsheae, . suburb
IN the left bank Of the river Il Is surrounded
BY magnificent garlen. We believe this es-
tate vas purchased With the British gold re.
ceived for the services Of Hessian troops in
the vain effort TO destroy the liberties of
America IN the var Of the Rev,lution.-Ex
u At San Jose, q gentleman wanted four
teen houses built. Gilman an TOOK the job
and hired an American carpenter to do one Of
them. While doing 50 the Cslestisls lay
around and watched every movement he made.
As soon as be finished il the Chinamen dischar-
ged him. and erected the others themselves.
When they were done the best judges could
not tell which was built BY the White man.
rA beggar lunatic is going about the
streets Of New York who. shen asked his name
replies: 81 am George Washington" In con
6rmation of th is assertion, he draws hatche,
from his pocket. and says: That's what
cut the cherry treo down With" lie 10 doing
a fourishing Business.
u A correspondent travelling IN Canada
says that in the vicinity Of Quebec are rows Of
shanties fronting on small farms. aId from
which the city is mostly supplied with vegeta-
bles. the women doing the field work and era
ding the grain, while staluart men stay in
doors rocking the baby cradle AMI smoking
pipes. "How think you," he adds, "would
Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony relish this
kind Of woman's rightsi"
u A Texas paper declares that Tatum. the
Quaker Indian agent out there, has given up
his peace notions, and nov goes for var to the
knife.
5p An Illinois husband hmeuts the loss Of
several bushels Of apples. shaken prcmaiurely
from the tree on which his ~ife hanged herself.
p The Boston Post says: A barrel Of H.
Illuminating oil exploded in the cellar Of gro
cery in Indiana, the other da., and killed four
persons, thereby saving many lives that would
probably have been sacrificed had it been sold
at retail.
r It seems that the doom Of Temple Bar
is at length sealed. and that it is TO succumb to
utilisarianism. II. is not really very old. da
ting only from the latter part Of the seventeenth
century. Still it is the last prominent memo.
rial of gated London, and has besides thous-
and associations Of interest connected with it.
The chamber above the gateway has for years
been in the occupation Of the, oldest banking
house in London, that of Messrs. Child, with
whose house Of business it communicates.
pyu Il is believed that as strasburg Cathe.
draI took Eve hundred years in building and va,
built BY Germans. the bombardels will eudeavor
not to destroy it.
" There is . man in West Virginia of m, .
ture aga and average intellect, Who. although
he has lived at home all his life, has never ca
ten meal at the table with his family since he
was boy, owing to an ahrfont put upon him
many years sgo.
Esp jolly Texain painted and disguished
himself as an Indian, went to his own house.
scared his wife into a fit. set the dogs to howl
ing. and caused his child to jump into cistern
p The New York Herald says: PRUSSIA
has won because che had right or her side. and
because every German on the Geld Of battle and
every German at home felt that tie cause was
Jnst. This mighty instrument Of power was
wanting to the French.''
IL The N. Y. Tribune says that elections
have ceased in that city. A few smart vii
lains determine IN secret conclave how much
they must cheat to make the State safe" for
their ticket; then they forge the naturalization
certificates, hiie and train the "repeat.rs. !"
corrupt tie neediul inspectors and canvassers,
and the job is done.
U The government nov gives srmless CT
legless soldiers new artificial limbs every Eve
wears, or commufation therefor at the rate Of
$50 for an arm and SIS for foot There are
nov borne n'ihe pension rolls y soldiers who
have los: both legs, 4.627 vbo have lost one
leg. 6.0o6 who have lost one arm aad 81 Who
have lost an arm and a.leg.
U The World thinks that, in construc.ing
Democratic platforms, "the tune should be
pitched on . low key" The Cincinnati En-
quirer insists that. con the contrary. it shonId
be pitched on high hey" In the midst Of this
conflicting advice. the Democracy will pitch in
to ~hi.ky.-Defroa Tribsne.
u The New York Commercial. speaking Of
General McCieIlan's generous income, says
says she returned from Europe poor man /"
Poverty seems, then, % have marked him for
i,s own in days past; for when be went away
everybody regarded hin - poor General.
p man in Wisconsin with q genius for
useless industry has shittled seven pairs Of
dentists forceps, three pairs Of plien. six pairs
Of biacksmith's tongs. one pair Of horseshoe
pinchep. one twisted-link chain with swivel,
one straight linked chain. horse in stall.
and two balls in box-in all forty seven dis
tinct joints, all Of which are connected and play
with the utmost freedom. out of tso foot pine
plank.
q -Four letters. each warranted 10 be the
very last one that Dickens wrote, have already
been Published.
u The Washington correspondence Of the
Pstsburg Chronicle explains Ms. Lincsln's
financial embarrassment BY aging that ste
vent largely in debt without her husband's
ksosisdse. during their residesee in Washing.
ton.
u Dan VOORHEES, 10 otherwise called "rhet- |
oric's favorits blsthefskite.''
q The beginning and the enc Of the Bona
parte dynasty has been witnessed by tvo Of The |