White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-05-26
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cent? for every productive establishment Of in
dustry; two cents for every deceased person;
two rer cent. of the whole amount for names
enrmerated for statistics. and ten cents per |
mile travel. Unless those they call npon are
very obtuse, and are dilatory in their modes of
giving the required information, the census Ia |
ksrs will make good thing off it.
rANeu Hampshire man. riding in car
the other day, exclaimed to friend, my boy
was killed at Antietan; buried him the next
day-and now they want me to vote the Dem
ocrstic ticket. No, Sir; no. Sir Never, so
long as have . head on nav bcdy."
r The Cincinnati Gazette notes the fact.
and calls it an encouraging sign Of human pro-
gress, that in fight in that city, between
clored man and an Irishman, twenty country
me" of the latter stood quietly BY and watched
the encounter. 1t says: "Ten years ago all
would have turned upon the colored man. Yer
lily, the world moves"
u A Chicago man, rumor says, has inven-
ted process by which dead body can be pc
trified in an hour n hard as stone. A wag
suggests that be ought tn accompany our troops
on the frontier where he could drive lively
business at pctrifyinS Indians and selling them
fer tobacco signs.
II "Goop FOR Tms .DAr AND Tn.iS Only"
The hllacy Of this printed notice on rail
road tickets has been several times decided by
the courts. Il has recently been again deci
ded that an ordinary railroad ticket, Tor which
a consideration has been received by the COM
pany, is good till used, except such "a
"through" tickets. or those issued for special
purposes; snd 5000 damages were awarded
against certain railroad for sjec:ins passen
ger from the cars becaSse his ticket bore date
different f,om that of the day on which he at
tempted to travel.
u There are now 40 .090 people, and two
railroads, in the five southeastern Counties o:
Kansas, viz; Crawford, Cherokee. Neosbo.
Labette and Montgomery, where but little over
four years ago there did not live white man
woman or clild.-Fort Scott 'Moniior.
u In Europe the Free Masons are begin
ning to move against the Pope. The Grand
Lodge Of the "Sun," as Bayreuth, has sent out
an open letter to all other lodges, reminding
Free Masors that the rules Of theis association
bind them to keep watch upon the present
proceedings OF the Vatican. in so far as they
may be inimical to the general welfare. The
dogma of infal!ihiliiy is characterized as the
beginning of Romish war upon the moral and
spiritual development Of The age.
&C The St. Louis Republican says of the
Speer defalcation: "Owing TO the statute o
limitation. Sncer is not subject to criminal pro.
secution. He offered compromise to the De
partment at Washington, which within the pas
week was rejected. The investigation viii
consume thee or four months yet to unrave
the whole m. stery.
ia lecturer in Iowais devoting the whole
force OF his limited intellect to slaughterins
Free Masonry. The Chinese drive eclipse.
away by beating tin pans.
PoLITIcxL NoNsErsE.-The Pailade' pl.is
Age states that Gin city and country the Dem
ocratic party Is unit in opposition {, the
fraudulent and inf. nous fifteenth amendment
There is not break in the line" Wen, what
viii all that an ouut To? You might as well
talk about repeating the Ten Commandments
as to attempt to repeal the fifteenth amend
ment in this day and ''sereia,icR.-Eep York
Herald.
G Samuel Townsend, mcmb of the
Democratic National Committee for Delaware.
has pronounced the Democratic party dciunct
and resigned his place on the committee. Nov
that the Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, s.our
cup Of disgrace" he sa-s. "is filed to the brim
TIE party which. though oppo-ec. was unable
to prevent this, and is equally unable 10 repeal
the amendment. is dead to or wants, and NAV
as well lie buried"
u In his remarks at the NEE ting in Rich
mond, on Thursday, ex Governor Wise said
"The Capitol is OLD, il is Of 4! e past, passir.
away. Let il be built anew Of the durable anc
solid granite Of Jour rich nver bank, laid de.
in The solid soil of our country, aud let its SIP
erstructure raise lofty spire toward heaven. ,
sign OF covenant with God! And let this b.
symbolic cfa moral ard political founda tion
laid anew and deep. for supers,ruciure of lov.
aud brotherhood among men. which shall b,
approved and blessed on high"
u man registered his name at a Detroi
hotel. and added: "The man ~ho is the wort
and spirit Of Christ" The landlord made hin
pay in advance.
II Philadelphia Judge decides that the
name of newspaper is trade mark as mucl
as tie label stamped on a bale of muslin.
u A young lady in Burlington. Iowa, wen
to church ard forgot ner waterfall, leaving il
in the window. AMI when she returned she
found a little blue bird sitting in il ON one egg
O A girl 40 Annapolis, Crawford County
ILL.,, made twenty two attempts to burn doe
tors house last week. Ii is supposed she had
someihiae ksiS he Doctor.
u A Township in Henry County. Ohio,
hired lady music teacher BY correspondence.
and when she arrived she had occasion to ask
ifg"de gemmen is g~ine for to back out l''
/ II A Missouri merchant says tia, thu diff.
ference between Chicaso and St. Louis busines,
men in just this: The latter will wear their
, pantlloons eut sitting aud waiting for trade to
} come to them. While the former will wear theil
. shoes ont running after il.
: II German savants record that great chan.
ees are apparently taking place on the surface
of the plant Jupiter. Recent observation seem,
to confirm the theory that this planet has an
individual brillancy Of its own quite independ
ent of the sun.
u Iu marrying young Irish girl to smar,