White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-17

TOPEKA August 17.-To-morrow is the day set
for hanging of Mrs Scales and Ford, Tor the muir
der Of the formers husband in November last.
An effort is being made to have the sentence conn
muted to imprisonment for life, and numerous pc
titions are being sent to the Governor, but IL Is
not believed he will interfere. gallows mas
been erected under building put up for that pur,
pose adjoining the court house. and SO arranged
that one from the outside can see what IS
transpiring.
teuce If Mrs. Scales and Ford to imprisonment for
lif and the Sheriff will take them to the Peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth tonight. The Judge and
jury refused to sign the petitions for commuta-
tion, and considerable surprise Is teit al the Gov
eruor's course as they confessed the crime, and
there were no extenuating circumstances
MYSTERIOUS sDIsAPPEARANCE.-OnM Monday eve
ming, the 9Th instant, Z. J. Rothrick, lumber
dealer Mt Barre It's, Marshall county, retired As
usual having made arrangements tn receive from
O. C. Allen on the following morning the amount
of $50 During the night he disappeared, and
up TO this time no clue to his whereabouts has
been obtained. Various reasons are assigned by
his neighbors, in n speculative way, TO account
for his singular disappearance IL appears that
his leaving must have been voluntary, although
there are no indications that it was premeditafed
His business was good and his circumstances be-
ieyed to be easy and it appears clear that no pc
cuniary consideration could have influenced his
leaving while his perfect sanity is attested by
those who know him intimately. A thorough
search through the surrounding country, and in
auiries thus far made, have thrown no light upon
his mysterious disappearance.
The Bellville Telescope of the 21st ult. says:
"a severe wind and rain storm passed over, on
Noulay night last, doing considerable damage
but not so much in this other parts the country
We understand that the school house and some
two or three dwellings were blown down at Scan
dinayia and also the house OF Mr.. Holiday, which
e f.,,r ,rIAp ~ h re
place, was blown to atoms The only building
moved in this section was the Telescope office,
which was screwed around some ten feet on the
foundation, giving us days extra work on pi.
RouGH-The following story comes to us, and
we give it without vouching for the TRUTH or any
thing connected with it. man by the name OF
Rutf fell off dray. paper noticed the fact
and added that he had injured his name. The
Seneca Courier copied it, the editor is named Root
which is shame, and we want him TO cnange IL
before the editorial convention meets, or else we
shall call the attention of that BODY 10 IT, ROOT,
as we have said, copied the article, whereupon
some exchange said: "If the editor of the Courier
had fallen off dray and injured his name 1t would
have been deplorable indeed"
The Independence Republican of the 9th ult says
"The residence of George $. Mccormick, neal
Cherryvale was strnck by lightning, on Tuesday
night of last week, and burned to the ground
Mr.. Mccormick, his wife and five children were
in the house at the time, none of whom were hurt
The Parker Record says that four men have been
drowned in the yerdgris near that place the past
week.
The Concortlia Empire learns that little daugh-
ter of VIM. Miley, aged about years, died on the
7th of disease resembling blood poison, and in.
flamation of the brain, the latter probably caused
by fall. 1t is supposed the little girl drank from
a spring in WHICH there was a decayed animal.
THE Augusta Crescent says horse thieves are
inst now plying their vocation with unusual ac-
tivity in parts of Seslgwick and Sumner counties
So bold have they become that many farmers
have left their claims to keep their stock from
being stolen. Newton is now an important point
OH the line of operations and thefts of this char
acter are of frequent occurrence in that vicinity