The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-05


DuriuR the storm, On Monday night last, the
drug store Of Charles Z. Antrem, at Cherokee, in
CraW ford countvs v.s blown down. destroying q
i.rce amOnnt of nssent medicines and drugs
Hiawa,ba !. ,o;pc IN have q female seminary.
Hiaw.tba ;s . 1.SI Sovu. and is worth S55OOOO.
A.. c.u.,' .,.,,I,.a bv n ID. F.sler. Mt
p.i";t T;..Spu T;p ...,,s,v rrernt,y. Gallon was
i.sII, h., ,.as c..sn. h.,t.
".''s ""' "o' 'a.A's
The stone building hcioosng " ..1 uSss, naseTesi
brothers, near the Galveston ocp,, a. ma.,s,, Sa,
was DESTROYED by hrr n ociocA oI Su"uAs
morning. The building was ""occ"P'eu'
The man named Agar, who was knocked on the
trark I,v tn. Dsnyer press, some two weeks ago,
one and half miles west Of Topeka, died last
Sunday afternoon from tho injuries received IN
the lumbar vertebr1,
The Usage Mission Ttusscvipf says that young
man nanei Euvrno Parker, aged about twenty
two yrars, litinC near Flat Rock, went into the
water to wash wagon on Friday afternoon, when
he was taken with . 6t and drowned in knee
deem water. His father is an old resident of Ne
oshoc county, lived there for seventeen years
Sunday afternoon tho wife of Mr.. Holley. and
two of their children, Of Ottawa, were drowned
in Middle creek, near Ottawa Mr.. Holley, his
wife and three children one an infant, were cross
IN. at the ford to nav visit to some friends liv
ing in the country south Of the creek. When q
litil. way into the rtream the horses found the
water too deep and the current too strong for
them. and giving way were carried down the
stream Mr. Hoiley swan to the shore and his
wife and two children we're lost. A boy, who
happened near the scene, rescued the infant who
had tOated some distance below the ford.
last Satunlav week family arrived at the
d.pot at Parsons ON the train from the east, and
one of the boys, about eight or nine years ofage,
was quite sick. They stayed over few hours
with him in the depot, aud took the accommOda-
tion train nouth That night they all went to
si..n in the c.,..pd when they awoke. the boy
was missing. ltttsuPpesest he got up and walked
out Of the side dodf while the train was IN mo-
tlOn. for he was fOnnd last week lying deaM iu
the grass q few yards RON the ioad, near DIue
Jacket, where ne hsd efswied a''er iaii'"s iro"
the tram.
The Concordis Empire says that millions Of
grasshoppers passed over the town last Wednes.
day. Most Of them were 50 high that they looked
like dust. AZ times lew would come near the
tops Of the houses tnongn only lew came 70
.ns gro"na :. .na n'nt ","il .na !. mas nsar
Pass."S osoI ~. IL ....a | tn. 600
gn' .h ne'".u o,.,, s .n% r."t .r"th The Sonnsrs
nr,.nS..a ,u., tLJ .;y,r v ,,iir. east and wcst
Charlie. Maiden and James Withrow. living
near BAXTER Springs, had dispute about the title
80 :. nice. ,s land m, m. I5th insf.- Withrow
went down ON the land of trouble To NOW some
grass, and while at work in the afternoon, Mad
den went down near where he was to work and
accosted him, when WithrOw stopped the ma
chine, picked up Henry rifle. took deliberate
aim and fired at Madden, the ball taking effect
in Maddsns body near the right hiP, causing
mortal wound
Conductor Janson, Of the Atchson, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad, was fatally injured at Ellen
wOOd, last week. In attempting to jump on ms
train, he missed his hold, and was pitched under
the car One wheel ran over ms lett arm anu sac;
fearfnlly crushing him. As soon rs the wheei
passed; ana Oei1re inc next reaenea nlh'. nc
Wrenehe1 nlmse .n .ne ;,,' So ar,,, ~. 81
moiioheu une tram 70 Mnm I.s ..s am, anu
cocily walked c3ns'oeIsble destance 70 mouse.
before med,eal ns'P eSnia reaen n,u'' nc 1au iTss
was formerly connected with the Kansas Pacific
Railroad.
Cawker City is two wears old and has IS 900
sch,,ol house