White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

he was travelling IN wagon, or that he was muir
dered by parties travelling in that way, as the
| tracks of one seen, and from the position in
| which he lay when found, it was believed that he
| was murdered in the road and dragged by two
| persons. one at each arm, and dropped and left
Just as he was found The coroner's jury found
four bullet holes in the chest of the deceased,
another through the fore arm, his skull fractured
| and his throat cut, and that the murler was COM
mitted by parties unknown.
| BUFFALO.-The Washington County Magnet of
bthe 4th inst. says: "Dr Pilketon, living some Is
or 20 miles west Of this place, was somewhat
prised one day this week in seeing wandering
buffalo in his field. We understand he shot him,
and it is supposed that he has been chased from
| his herd by some hunters and not knowing where
he was, had strayed into the above named place."
The Parker Record learns that one Rosson has
been arrested near Ripon, Labette county, on
| charge of poisoning man who had done some
breaking for him, and whom he wished to avoid
| paying. The man was Excepting hatch" and Ros-
son put strychnine in his food during his absence
| The evidence against Rosspn seems to he pretty
strong. He was threatened with lynching.
SUICIDES. NJ. Coleman, ESQ.,. an attorney at
| law Of Junction City, committed suicide on Mon
day last, by placing pistol against his forehead
and shooting; he lived ten minutes, He had been
down stairs in the morning, and said it would he
bad day for haying, went back again and shot
| himself He leaves wife and family.
| Last week an attempt made to burn the
bn1lflng uSeu as q court mouse. at FrettOl1l, by
setting fire to the east side. The Journal says,
the preparations however. were not great enough,
and resulted only in slight charring of the sill
and weather boarding.
The waterville Telegraph says: We learn that
the injuries received dy Mrs. BaSey near Parallel
were very severe, and at one time were considered
quite dangerous She is now however, recovering.
Her injnr:es were internal her breast bone was
broken and several ribs dislocated.
The following is list of new Money Order
offices established in Kansas, to go into operation
Monday, July 3lst: Augusta, Butler county; Clay
Center, Clay county; Detroit, Dickinson county;
DOniphan, DOnphan county; Eldorado, Butler
county; Independence, Montgomery county; Par
ker, Montgomery county; TonganOxie, Leaven-
worth county.
E. NJ. Godfrey, who resides about three miles
north of Arkansas City, on waking up one morn
ing last week, found tint Lao had n raftlesnake for
a bcdfellow.
KANsAs.-It is only little over three years ago
since Kansas put her first railroad in operation
To-day she has fifteen hundred miles working
The uncOmpleted lines pushing vigorously
forward and new lines are being projected into
the most remote corners Of her territory. She will
take her place in the front rank Of States.-N. Y
Globe.
An enterprising druggist of Spring Hill was
snatehed up the other day and fined fifty dollars
for selling liquor from his drug store.
Inc mol We1tner IL telIlng with fatal effect
many of the young children of Lawrence.
On Tuesday last man named Wood, who is
proprietor of the Western Hotel at Columbus
Cherokee county, was arrested on a charge of
bigamy, it being alleged that he has five wives
living His last victim. and with whom he was
living at the time of his arrest, was a young lady
of that county, of respectable and wealthy parents
Lynching is talked of.
The Atchison Champion gives description of
"Oily Cannon Simmons" who bought property
in that county and paid his own notes for it, and
says he is about five feet ten inches high, very
slender build, brown complexion peck marked in
the face, llue eyes, light brown hair and mustache,
and wore brown straw hat, and carried black
morocco satchel. He is plausible rascal, talking
fuently, and representing himself to be land
speculator.
Col. Martin, Of the Atchison Champion, has a
stalk of corn in his Office that measures Is feet
and inches. This, believe, is the talest corn
yet reported, though there are whole fields of it
in Nemaha county that will average ten and twelve
feet high "DrOuthy Kansas" is ahead in spite of |
crOakers. They must hatch ont something new |
to humbug the people on. Their favorite theme |
don't work worth a cent.-Seneoa Courier.
The Eureka Herald drops a needed word of |
caution:
1--WE wish our Eastern exchanges would caution |
their readers who make trips to the West against |
setting out fire. There il not only heavy pen
laty provided by law, but in some localities the |
people have suffered so much from fires set ont by
travellers, that they will be very likely to infiiet
summary vengeance on any one detected in firing
the prairies this fall.n
Mr.. Ed. Cook, living about two miles east of |
Wathena, Kansas, threshed field of wheat that |
averaged soy bushels to the acre.
The Clyde EstePrise learns that young man
named Stockton, was last week killed by "damps"
in well, II miles west of Clyde, on the road to
BelOit.
We learn from the Belle Plain Herald that Sum-
ner county has settler eighty four years old who
left a farm of four hundred acres in Iowa to take
a claim i'm Kansas
A Mexican by the name of Lucius Light was
found dead by his companions, on the morning of
the 2sth of July, at the camp of Messrs. Baker &
Rumrill. on Gypsum creek, Saline county. The
cause of his death in unknown.
United States Marshal Dunlap, on Monday,
arrested on the Kaw reservation two half-breetls
Of the Otoe tribe of Indians. who are supposed to
he guilty of the murder of two white men, in
Jefferson county, Nebraska.
Quite serious accident occurred at the Troy
Junction of the st. Joseph & Denver City railroad
last Saturday. A brakeman nv the name of Cra-
rraft, in attempting to couple car to the engine.
IN some way made failure, and the engine came
back, catching his hand and arm between the
bumpers breaking and smashing the hand and
,rm- The physician called decided that amputa-
non would be necessary to save his life. He was
removed to his house in st. Joseph
On Saturday last the dead body of man was
ound near Madison, Lyon county, with bullet
lole through his fore arm and breast, his throat
ut, and his skull fractured. The body has not
,een identified. ;
The Lindsey PioRer says that as Mrs. Patic, .
4 Martinez creek, Ottawa county, was riding in ,
wagon drawn by two mules, the animals ran !
way and she threw ont of the wagon her two .
hildren. One was killed on the spot. the other
vas seriously injured. but is likely to recover
'he then jumped ont herself, and was not much !
lurt. |
Lorain Worthy, of Ottawa county, was killed by
he "damps" while engaged in digging n well at I
'ienna, q few days ago. I
There is a fine salt marsh from which inexhaus-
ible quantities of salt can be obtained, about
welve miles west Of Clyde, Cloud county.
A woman at Oswego who had been sentenced |.
to be confined in the county JAIL literally car
led out the sentence by giving birth to child. i
The editor of the Clyde Empire has seen Gu ,
umber Of less than a weeks growth which is !
fteen incheslong and weighs thirty seven ounces.
Several peach orchards in Anderson county will +
ield from 600 to 1900 bushels this season. The
rees in many localities are literally loaded down
0 the ground tp
On Wednesday last.a German, aged twenty =
ears, iaborer ON the farm of John N. Snively,
ear hiawafha, was dragged to death by - colt, a