White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-10-13
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pA singular fatality is reported Of all tsose
encounters With the Hon. John Morrissey-
Every one Of them has died by the bullet ~
the hands Of other parties. Bill pool is the first
person vita whom Mr. NJ. had bravl. Sub |
sequently he was shot. and died from the effects
Of the wounL Next Paudsen picSeda quarrel
with 'rris,ey. and he. too, fell BY another's
hand. Bill Mulligan ns1t attacked the az
pugilist, and in little while he was shot and
killed. Tais summer John Casey tried his
hand at it. and t~o weeks ago his death occur
red, as all bis predecessors had. BY the bullet.
-U They have turned up An ancien grass
hopper in Missouri. measuring four inches in
hind legs three and one-half inches in length.
l, is supposed to be the grass hopper men TONED
by the peacher as likely to ''become . burden"
G The Albany Journal wants the people to
elect Woodfcrd Governor. because, when he
vas boy. he had the "pre,,iest. blonde curls.
the sweetest blue eyes and The rosiess cheeks
Of any other little boy in the neighborhOod."
Jess so. He was one of the good little boys
who went to Sunday school. and never played
in the dirt or robbed birds nests.
Il France proper has an area le . in extent
than Texas, but a population (about forty mil
lions) equalling that Of the whole United
States.
| r An east Tennessee editor has Eve sons
all Of whom stick type in the Office. They
have a union of their own, but the old man
docs all the str liking. ss
p The population Of London exceeds that
ofScotland, 10 four times that Of New York.
and is larger than the combined population of
Paris, Berlin, Vienna and ST. Petersburg.
u Fred Douglas says that il . colored man
wants to vote democratic he must be allowed
to d. so, as perfect freedom implies the right
of man to make fool Of himself il he wants
to. .
p It is stated that the census Of New York
now nearly completed, will show population
Of 100000. It seems too bad that the Gotham
ties cannot reach that coveted million.
p We shall now have any number of pro
phetic interpretations Of Scripture. showing that
the downfall of Napoleon Ill. was predicted to
occur in 1870. That is . good round RumbeI
to fiji up. and if you only get the right place to
start from, it is easy to figure it out. Besides
the Prussian King came against Napoleon at
the head Of so many principalities, that almos
any quantity of horns could be pat upon his
head.
u The "Latin race" which the French pro
} posed to introduce into Mexico turned out ,
race for the sea coast, in which the French cam,
in ahead. In the great foot race from Saarbrucl
10 Paris, II is about an even thing whether ,h'
German does not outwind the Latin, ami max,
his point.
II The H,rtford Comm Courans Gays
, "What Horace Greeley knows about farmin:
is shown by his agricultural experience in Ham
den. where he bought farm of eighteen acre
| some time ago for. S. 900. and sod the sam
on Tuesda. for $500.
! 10 Among the historical facts copnec.e'
I with Verdun. 4: is narrated that during th'
vars of the French revolution, fifteen girls o
that pla ce, all under fifteen years Of age, ~er'
sent to the guil.otine fer having danced at I
ball given by Prussias officers.
> lS u A relic Of the famous Lewis & CLARK ex
, peditio1 has been discovered Eear the moutf
e of the Jefferson river, Montana. It y an ole
. canoe, having attached to il several board:
which con1Ain wrought nails. The Lewis
, Clark expedition camped several weeks at the
mouth of the jefferson in 1885. and when they
moved on to cross the main range they cac..ed
all their boats aud some goods, expecting to
return in the spiing.
u A Nashua, N. H., paper says: "In sew
eral towns in Maine. apples are offered at ter
, cents bushel at tho orchard. In many town:
in our vicinity they can be had for nothing
II A recent visitor to Shenandoah Valley
( which was so burned and blasted during the
war, saws that all traces Of the devastation
I have passed away and il is now again one pro-
longed garden spot, verdure glad. fenced and
dotted wit b farm houses and barns,
, u San Francisco people take issue with the
Cinnamon on the manner 10 which they gather
: blackberries. They pick enough 10 fill their
boots, and pour them into pail.
I7U The New Albany Ledger says: "There
is man in Terre Haute Who pays his wife q
regular salary Of three dollars week to keel
her mouth shut. Every time she speaks to
him, except when absolutely necessary. be
'docks' her one cent word. He sss out . liz
. tie late Saturday night. and she took out 9
months wages for bis shortcoming. and be
finally had to agree not to count it, in order
to get TO Sleep"
II There is al Sacramento slab Of petri6ed
bacon which has teen sent there TO be exhibited
at the coming fair. Il vas found in 1865 neas
one OF Fremont's cid camps, and is supposed
To have been portion OF the provender Of his
party.
y t6 An Illinois girl, to keep Of mosquitoes,
bathed her face with benzine. and then vent 10
a lamp to dry It, The minister vho preached
her funeral sermon, advised the hearers never
to 6ght the insects on that line II they bit all
summer.
u At Neu Hartford, Iowa. the other nig.t.
= fellow thought to play . tick on the Rev.
Mr.. Churchill by calling upon him in the dead
Of night. dressed IS the devil. Mrs. Churchill
was terribly alarmed BY the appearance Of the
horrible face at the window, Mr.. Churchill
arose. ran out, and thrashed the devil tall he
yelled for mercy.
u An Indianapolis liquor establishment has
posted on its walls the following noiic-:
"Gentleman will please not discuss historical,