White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-14
State News.


the Atchison and Nebraska Road was on saturday
completed to Dawsons Mills, Nebraska, sixty mine
miles from Atchison. The work oftrack layingis
progressing towards Hnmboldt rapidly
W. s. Van Doren has resigned his position as
State Senator from LeavenwOrfh. Ihls VIII NE
cessitate new election.
James O'Reilley, acounterfeiter, was arrested in
Baxter Springs ON Monday, and taken to Leaven-
worth in the evening by Marshal Taylor. It ap-
pears that O'Reilley was arrested in Kansas City
some time since, but made his escape.
Two CRoPs.-The Independence EePsbiican says;
f. G. Robinson, ESQ.,, Of the south part oil the
county, left us a sample of corn nearly ripe-the
second crop this year. He took fine crop Of
winter wheat off the ground, then broke it up,
planted to corn and is now realizing a splendid
crop from it."
Horse stealing has become a very common crime,
if we are to Judge by the number of animals stolen
throughout the country. Hardly day passes
but what some one is inquiring for stolen horses
or mules and posters frequently received offer
ing rewards and describing the animals stolen.
These crimes do not seem to be confined TO any
| locality, but every portion OF the country is
| troubled with the thieves.
HEAVY GRAss.-The Manhattan Nationalist
says: -"Levi Bennett, living on Mill Creek. cut
| lately, on section twenty-seven, in town eight,
range six, one hundred tons of hay on forty-three
acres of high prairie. This was open prairie, and
had been run overly the cattle during the summer
from Ottawa, ON the sth inst, says: Henry
Dryden, of Wilson county, had just started from
| this city home, and when one mile out, he was
| accidentally shot. II seems that he was lying
down in his wagon where there was a loaded gun.
| The gun was in his way, and he reached out his
hand to push it hack, when it exploded, the charge
| striking him Just below the heart, breaking one
rib, and making very ugly wound. 1t is thought
| by his friends that he cannot recover.
The necaCoxrier says: From the Pawnee
| Tribune we learn a gentleman in Nemaha county,
Kansas, has contracted to deliver 5000 bushels
| of corn for 10 to IS cents per bushel.
| The Nationalist says: Professor Nudge is wri-
| ting work upon the resources of Northwestern
Kansas, which will unquestionably he Of great in
terest and value. We know Of no one who is bet
| ter qualified for the task, or who will be more
| conscientious in its discharge.
The Lawrence Journal has the following in re-
| gard to the cattle trade: "A good many of the
| Texas cattle men are driving to Ellsworth, and
are buying large stock ranches in that neighbOr-
hood, to keep out farmers, SO that they may have
no difficulty in shipping their cattle.
Senator Caldwell predicts that the trains on the
Galveston Railroad will within eighty days be
made up at Leavenworth.
A man giving his name as James Flynn, COM
mitted suicide in WyandOtte Tuesday afternoon
| the 5th instant by taking strycLnine. He was
an Irishman, and is said to have come from Den
yer. He would not give any information as to
his family but said he tired of life and if his
| poison failed to do, the work, he would drown
bimself in the Missouri river. He took the poison
about four o'clock, andd little after nine p. NJ
We learn from the Oxford Times that Homer
Freeman, living on the divide in Cowley county,
about five miles from that place, went on horse
back one day last week to shoot prarie chickens.
While loading his gun both barrels were accdcn-
tally discharged, both loads entering his temple,
killing him instantly. He leaves a wife and five
children.