White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-06
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COM bfc0dcd murder was
committed IN broad daylight in Cherokee county,
4bout six miles from Osweco, on Lightning Creek.
fld near Sherman City, Friday or Saturday of
psf week. We have been unable TO obtain the
James OF the PARTIES to the tragedy, or the full
al,ic'i'rs. 81 iar as we are informed, two men
PER seer !" Tile down the road By some harvest
4 rs Ia held near by. When in the woods one of
4 NJ hith aiShte,i, apparently for the purpose of
ilnstlns the bride rein and from, that ,rsjtiou
sn"' MS companion, Iniicting death wound. lie
iheh pf"cceted to relieve his victim of his money
large sum, and was in the act of ,!ctachipy his
wateh, when the Harvcstcrs came upon him. The
man mounted his horse and fled The horses yy,r,
detached from the machine, which the pursuers
mounted After nile chase the Murderer was
captured. secured, and taken To Columbus. Short
~ after his arrival there he was seized by a mob
and hung. ''''
sESTENCED.-Jud.e Morton, of the district
court NJ Topeka, has sentenced Lewis Ford and
Mary j. Scales, to he hung on the 18th of August.
ioi iiurderiS the husband of the latter near that
city last November Ford has confessed that he
nIiied Scales, and that Mrs. Scales was present
but did not assist. The parties are all negroes
Evidently Judge Morton has not taken lessons
from the Atehison district court in regard to the
proper method of conducting murder trials.
Three cases of snake-bte are reported from
Wabaunsec county. One of the victims lad
nine years old, named John Willard. died the
next day after he was bitten. A daughter of
William Wiley, aged IL years, was bitten by a
large timber rattlesnake on Sunday, and for two
Hays was hardly expected TO live; but on Tues
tiay tile symptoms We're more favorable. and
hopes are entertained of her recovery 4 lad
about seven years old, belonging to Mrs. Samuel
Pratt, was bitten last week by a copper-head but
The case was not very serious one.
The Elk Falls Examiner says that twenty tene-
ment houses in Howard county. were blown down
during the storm on the 10th ult
VIM. Luke accidentally shot himself while walk
a lnSt H..
carrying revolver in his pants pocket. which,
by some MEANS was discharged. The ball enter
ed his thigh, just below the groin, passing down.
ward, but not going out
A man named j. A. Mcwilliams, while attcmp-
ting to cross the Neosho Oh Sunday last. during
its recent "high "above Stewards milldam. Neosho
County, was washed over the falls and drowned:
The Howard County Ledger says that on Friday
eyening, the 23d inst, daughter of Rev. Mr..
Laverty, at Longt0n, aged about three years. was
1nrned to death by the explosion of a coal oil
Imp.
SIhe Eureka Herald says that a family in n
peighborng town had an " addition" few days
atnce of eleven pups, eleven pigs. and an eleven
p@ind baby, all in night. How'S that for
"drouthy Kansas
three-leggcd chicken. has been Matched at
Pepla' 1t is alive and hopping
The town of New Chicago is free of debt and
h9 money in the treasury.
"A daily stage line has been established between
JunctiOn City and Concorla.
The contract for building $4,000 school house
atNcw Chicago has been let.
ID. $. Lusanda shot and killed c. Northrup for
jumping his claim, near Clyde, Cloud County, on
the Goth ut.
Dr. j. l.. Dodge, formerly local editor of the
LaWrence Tribune. has located ut Burlington, and
Wi follow his profession there.
The assessment of property in Lawrence foots
Up s2,G0GO0.
Kansas City has raised ore Thousand dollars for
he relief of the Eldorado sufferers.
The Howard County Ledge. SAYS that Elk CITY
Tdiercd by the storm on the 10Th inst. Five or
~ buildings Were blown down.
The Independent says that Oskaloosa is in need
M good grist mill.
Lawrence has raised twelve hundred dollars
or the EliOradO suffers.
Tho late heavy rains is Northern Kansas have
ieerly destroyed the chinch bugs.
The Seneca Courier says that the gopher b,isi-
less, beside furnishing any amount of sport is n
paying one. Wallace Groves brought into the
ny on Tuesday cighty-sevcn scalps taken on one
1urter section of land since the LIST of May-for |
which he received the handsome bounty of Sl3O5
HE Lyndon Signal informs us that the court 20
tfy the County seat case will convene at Burlin-
game on next Tuesday, July 4th. Lyndon will |
be ably defended by Gov Shannon, of Lawrence |
= Mason. OF Ottawa, and john Il. WEIGH of Lyu-
dpn the Burlingame side 10y her attorneys The |
people throughout the County are anxious that
the question be settled mt once
HE Garnett PiuindcaIer says that when Van
ampurgiis mc3agerie crossed the Pottowatoniic
he elephant enjoyed the sport of crossing the
streem hugely. She swan. She tIiye,l she spout,d
hewater. She swain up the stream, and down
he sfrcain, and crosswisc. Those Who had her in
'hasEe We're anxious to propcl her through and
!croes the flood, but no. Jenny Lind appreciated
no port tao mich; she laved her sides in the
impid waters, ard turned somersaults and other
vee tsported herself until she satisfied her ablu-
Org desires, when she quietly went on her jour
ley.