White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-02-23
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Peteo soon euouSh, ana therefOfe Ialied u re-
eeive the business that vas anticipated. Sew
esal parties shipped largely before the compile
tion Of the bridge, sho since have done verv
little. Also large amount Of fre Chs ha 9 been
shipped around by Aichison, shss leaving our
corporation without anything to do. The bridge
cost nearly $4,000, and The receipts have
reached but little more thar $500. The boat
vas bo.ght fer $500. which. vi,h the timber
saved. will not amount tn 5000. Probably the
boat and timbers may be cod for $500. This
win make the asse.s Of the company abou
81 800 against $500 expended. This will
leave net lo>s Of $4,000.
The merchandise taken into Nev Mexi 2
from Kansas in the year 1870. amounted to
about eight millions of dollars; and the trade
Of tina, Territory sith Mexico WAS tso million
and as many horses aud cattle. II ha, 99, ,e9O
people.
The Lircoln monument at springfield. III :,
sill cost fls2 $50. not intending the sta:uary
in the corner Of the pedestal. One hundred
and 6ft. thousand dollars have aireaiy been
raised. asd shs casting uf sho rs.sueof Mr. LiG-
con has been begun at CLicop-e. Mass.
The increase Of population in Kansas from
I 1850 to 1870 vas 23s 96 per cent. Onr pop.
ul,tion in 1869 vas l07 300; in 1870 it was
379,437 Only two States chow . larger per
centsg- Of increase than Kansas, viz Nevada
aad Nebrasks. These tso. however. had very
small populations in 1860. Nevada goes from
65s7 70 q ass. and Nebraska from q. .SiI TO
ll6,ssS. The increase in the population OF
Kansas is. therefore, much greater than that Of
either Of these States. Kansas has added 272,
29i people to her population in ten years. while
Nevada has added bus IS $50, aud Nebraska
but ss.047.
p Missvinnie Ream ia about to assault the
Treasury for an extra $40 900 as compensation
for her Lincoln statue Her friends also wish
an enga cement for her ou q statue of'the grand
old Admiral who rode through the de m on firei
at Mobile and New Orleans" as they heroic
ally describe Fanagut.
u The eolored citizens of Mississippi arc
making mast cheering progress. Schools and
churches are being rapidly erected BY them,
and they are rapidly becoming the owners o.
much real and personal property. They we're
pennyless in 1865. yet to-day four thousand o.
them own near 81 ,000.000. In the culture ol
cotton they are ahead Of their more favored
rivals.
p For q city Of its size-it has at present
a population Of about 80 900 Prank fort-on the
Main is said to be the weslthiest in the wor Id
Over a hundred ofits citizens merchants ant
banke n) are reported to be worth more thar
$4,000. 600 each.
u A man Who had suffered much at th,
hands Of umbrella thieves, has outwitted then
by pure hasiDg an old fashioned blue cotton um
brella and breaking off six inches of its handle
He leaves it in church vestibules and railway
waiting rooms with impunity.
T brutal husband in Marblehead, Mass.
went home in state of rntoxication recently
and threw bis wifo out Of doors, breaking her
leg. 1t vas set and doing yell, when . night
or two ago he returned again under the infli
euce Of liquor and deliberately broke the limb
again in two places.
II The consumption Of wood ir the United
States is enormous. Railway sIe,peis alone
require 5000 acres Of the best timoer every
year. The entire expenditure for railway bui!
dipg-. repairs aud cars, is $35. 300 800 The
locomotives in the Uaited States consume }56,-
00J. .0Jo of the article.
P Near Chicago there il steam garden Of
two acres. covered with glass. and a network
OF pipes laid beneath the beds, supplied with
steam BY po"erfal engine and ooiisrs. to sup
fly warmth and moisture. Early vegetables
are nearly ready fur pulling, ana later ohes are
progressing fnely.
IL Van Buren, county, Iowa. has been visited
by shower o. blood. The Republican says
the rain came from the northwest, passing over
the residence IF Joseph Dsakes, leaving npon
the weather side OF the building m,Ii.ds OF
crimson urops resembling blood, which yet re-
main plainly to be reen.
u The announe sment Of a certain temper
ance lecturer in Muskegan, Michigan. was
simply in the worcs. Muzzle thst Dog" hlch
were posted in large letters throughout the city
and some Of the unsopaisiicated, taking it as q
warning from the police. muzzled their respect.
i've ours without delay.
u An INDECENT old Philadelplia LADY. re-
duced 10 the last stage before utter starvation
finally concluded 10 sell "shiny brens,pin''
lett her by an old grandfather many years before.
On taking it to jeweIer to Ascertain whether
it was "reai gold" the old lady vas some~hat
surprised 70 find that the shiny bits were dia-
lnonds worth 5000.
q There has been discovered, in Jefferson
County. Pa, . mountain Of iron. II may well
be ramed the largest iron mountain IN the
I nitsd- -Ss.tes Frcn s!l accourtf. il WiIl iur-
Lish an iuexkaust;blc supply of good ore.
U Some idea II the enormous and rapid
growth Of the west may be gathered from the
iact that willie, in Leavensosth, Kansas, there
was not house, not even human being. IL
years ago. there are nov 2S.000 inhabitants
Besider. there are % schools, 30 churche.. 9
ths s,ers, public halls, 2 jails, and hotels.
stores, factories and foundries in abund dance
u Three of the French soldiers detsined 10
the Belgian fortress Of Client tried to make
their escape through sewer that leads from
the fortress. While they we're trying TO cravl
through the narrow aperture. some water was
suddenly turned into il. and they we're misesa-
bly, drowned.
u A recent inquest in London affords 70
msrkable illustration Of the lengths TO which
| vanity will carry woman A domestic seryant