White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-03-03
Gbinaampiias.

" Down Eist, aud "Ost West, are very un-
certain localities. since the sta'e ement bv Mr.
McIn,yre, the agent OF the treasury cepdrt-
ment in Aaskl, that the mouth of the Col
umbia river is about the centre Of the United
States. east and west, and that it i no farther
from Portland, Maine. to Portland. Oregon,
than from Astosi. in The latter State TO Alton,
tie most ss'teriy OF the Aleutian group Of is
lands, VII ici are a rart Of cur A iaskau purchase
GT damsel Of jasper County, Ind, who 7
had no notion of being some mDre unfnrtu 4
n,te, armed herself with revoiver and rode .
on horseback twenty miles. to where her be-
trayer was chcpping wood alone in forest. I
He married her that evening.
u man in Hampshire County. Massachu.
sets, recently subscribed dollar for the sup
port OF his minister, but finding that his wife
at donation party bad squandered twenty
cents on the same object, be refused to pay but
eighty cents.
" Nrbraska ratified the J5;h amendment
on Thursday, the 18th, and Texas on Thurs
day. the l5;h. In the latter State the vote in
the Senate was--yeas "a, nays 9; and in the
House-yeas 10, nasss In Nebraska there
were only FIVE dissenting votes. That State
was the thirticth and last to adopt the amend
ment. Only twenty eight votes we're essen
tial. Kansas was the first t, ratify-on Feb
ruarv &c. 1869. The proclamation will come
this week, a nd celebrations will take place from
one ED of the land to the other.
II The Leavenworth Times and Conserva
tive says: "Horace Greeley was suppo sed to
be in the city yeste rday. Just after dark
man about his size slipped down on Shawnee
street, and swore as only Horace could swear.
He swore a sentence two minutes long. with
nothing but oaths in it, and didn't make
hanging around him for half an hour after.
ward"
GJ A Pernsylvania merchant agreed to take
a farmers oats at 30 cents bushel if the lat
ter would let him tramp the measures when
filled. The farmer greed to it. The buyer
raid for 6n bushels, and next day went after
e"eiH. uc iaiHei h''tH i"e ""'"e'' "N VIZ
merchah' got III anu u"hf'eu 'ae'h uo"n
Whcreupon the farmer poured the oats so com
pressei mo the nag. Inc merchaht Pfo'es'
ted, ard demanded that the measure should he
filled up afier trsmpirg. The farmer informed
him that there was no agreement of that sort,
but that he might tramp down the oats to his
hearts content after they were measured.
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huhu'ed aho '"e'i'h anniversary Oh itS eAiS
'ehee' IL "'s ''"''ue' oy h''s ""'c'''h 'h ''e
year ic'i h,he yeas previous 10 'ns norman
conquest " h'ss '"h"'
/ u Western New York parer, state that
Mark Twair's hride was Tor many years con-
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" a gentleman examining 'ne ne'nhe' oi
TIE great giant 'ouua In fehh'li'ii'a 'he
other oay' disco'eren tha' some mysterious
marks oil the so called helmet OF the giant Dear
A. Ua,a,,n., n.,.s K..,s c,unonv nm, q,
all their ware.
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" a New Jersey farmer 'a'ety sent 'ne
following note 70 one o. '"e congressman 'f'm
that States 'Deor Sut-piease seho me a copy
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