White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

particulars Of the recent terrific storm ont wesi
from Captain Peter Thomss, who was q passenger
on the uain that was wrecked jnst this side Of
| Denver.
Chinaman and his wife, with many others
were IN one Of the coaches, and the body Of the
car was cast from the trucks dragged on its sid<
ior some distance, crushed a dozen cattle to jsl-
afS r. the Is. zach oth
tween two srsss, with his wife beside him, and
in the midst of his terror while calling upon his
"Jush, . cows head came in at the window and
deposited itself alongside his noddle, and quietly
tic efforts to get free. He badly scared as il
the venerable old hocf and horns had really eaass
| to see him.
Capt. Thomas further inforus us that the re-
ceaa hnsricsne was the worst ever experienced on
tbs plains and that the X. P. road deserves great
credit for clearing the track as promptly as i has
done.
The Sow was blown into the cuts and piled up
| t~enty feet high, requiring three engines with
snow plows to clear it away from the road bed.
| At Fort Wallace, describing the storm, . man
said that he left his house 10 go to a saloon q
short distance of, was blown and tossed and
whiried until he lost his way, and would have
perished, but that he found his own door without
knowing whose it was, and thus escaped death
within few steps Of destruction in the drift and
bowling winds "f the night time. Altogether, from
accounts, the recent storm upon the plains was
| terrible indeed.
The Salina Journal says: The vote of the coun-
ty at the late election was twelve hundred and
sixty. The vote one year ago was one thousand
and eight Tuesday was q rainy, nasty day,
otherwise the vote would have been much larger.
The vote of the county orobably approximates
fifteen hundred, showing fair increase of the
year last past.
The Winfield Censor states for the benefit of
| certain class of gentlemen "dOwn east" that
wood is selling in Oxford. Sumner county, for one
dollar per cord. How is that for the Great Amer
| lean Desert
ees of Schuyler & Scott give it rs their Judgment
that their assets will reach nearly $4,000. Their
liabilities have not yet been ascertained but they
are estimatsd at nearly half of the above sum.
baby was found on the door step of gentle
man in Hiawatha early one morning last week.
1t was in band box, and its little body entirely
nude. The discovery created quite a sensation
among the villagers. After few hours search
the mother was found few miles out in the
country, and little wanderer delivered to her for
safe keeping.
The Border Se.ii.sI says: Mr.. Raphael Martin,
father of James Martin, formerly of this place,
while on his road home to Illinois from this State
fell from the cars at Quincy and broke his thigh.
The Commonwealth says: "Fifty-five cOlored
people passed through st. Louis on Thursday last
EN- route to Lawrence, Kansas, where they will
settle. They are the advance guard of some five
' ~ '' i"'i"" '"e" sooh'
The AtchisOu Champion saws there has been n
singular mortality among the cattle pastured in
the vicinity of that city during the past fall and
many farmers and cattle raisers have lost heavily
nyr,. IL Is suggested, by some, that it is cansed
":.;n,, a. ILL, mushrooms, winch,
with nnusnal ' inxrr;.nc. us weather. nave grown up
Mayor w. C. Smith, of Atchison, informs the
Watervilie Telegraph that money to the amount
OF abouf 81 200 has been collected in Atchison to
L.rs h.o,,,a ,'ss, ~ .a.ss'. sr AaHsas wnich
fr.s ,nJ nthe- n.Ia.;t; =, H.yses ~ prairie
of Atch;s"n ha,,. ....ae e ,s.l: 'his' ,he ladies
of several hnndrel dollars far the came ,,';an.
and they are still engaged i'm the work.
-,
Mspaicn from Little cottonwood says there
- - SNOW, seet, ram, thunder ana lightning. and
Ihe WIND blowing terribly Snow slides have
III ~, . s,;Sn .hl'. sa.n -, I"II'son was car
nrec;n;ce The miner. ,xnrtsd ho,,rs :" , ".er
the botly. Several other I;ves b,vs hem ,ast =.
ia st;Il sno,.;r,, .,d hio,;n ;., o' ~ ''.S'. ~
ab,t;ng Th. snow ia fr"n, T., WI. -. -. II" oI
nm the level and h.JIr Jr;f,.d W OLA i'e' "eeP
SaDe.ha Is going 10 nave very hne two story |
one aiove II viii .o.t :, 20 i'''"' "ei'" "i'"
Ios.,,,, d tI;u =, ,,I .,'J ,,:
cusel:n =. nh, an OH and prominent citizen OF
..s "a zen aeas one aay last week from an
a''ack III oisease "i the heart.
The Usage Chrosicle says the Rev. Jesse Brock |
way was severely injured by vicious horse last |
week.
The total number of votes east at the last el.c- |
tion was l,sl6. Not MS many Inv 1 OOO n. were cast
At the county seat election, last winter.-LiRR
County Senf'aet,
The Hiawatha Dispatck saws that Brown countv
has paid this year 81 ,5GO9O for gopher scalps.
The Dispafck pronounces the p0pber act \ sw;njI.
and strongly urges its repeal
Bob Henderson lost seven head of cattle n few
lays ago ON the Kansas Pacific threu ,,;l.s alo,,