The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-15

closes his response in the following language:
ITO seek candidacy is, in ifseif' on9ccs'onao'e;:
To respond TO an invitation from gentlemen of
| character and standing, representing 50 many
| different interests does not seem open to criti
cisu. can, therefore, say that while shall
chcerfuily bow To the decision Of the Republican
State Convention, shouid the people who send
delegates there send them iustrncte for or friend
| Iy to my nomination, all things will give place
| To the public service to which shall TINS have
| been invitedr
L sm, with respect, your ob'dt serv't,
WN. A. PHILLIPS,
| was drowned in the Slade creek, in Southwest
Kansas. While swimming his horse across the
creek after . lot of CATTLE the horse struck him
blow on the temple with his hoof that stunned
him, and he was drowned.
Mr. Luther Davis aged about twenty three
| years, and very fine young man, stone cntter
| in the employ Of Mr. d. A. Rice ON Huifs Bank,
| Independence, and Miss Rebeeca Johnson aged
twenty-four years, in the employ Of the Cham
| paign House, Independence were drowned in Eik
| river on Sunday last. On Monday the body Of
Miss johnson, was found in q deep hole Of backed
water, near Wheeler's ford about half a mile
| below where the buggy was driven in. 1t was
lodged in some drift wood and was submerged.
| On being brought TO the surface, the face showed
| some bruises and cut rs if she had been struck
| with the horses hoof, leading many to suppose
the buggy to have fallen under the horses. On
Tuesday morning the body of Mr.. Davis was found
in the same hole ms was the other lodged against
log. partly out Of water and badly decomposed.
The st. Joseph Gazette published an account
| of the drowning Of two girls while bathing in
| . tributary of the Missouri river, near Belmont.
The girls were named Jane and Mary Snyder
On Friday afternoon last, Mr.. John Chambers,
living about two miles south Of Psols, was struck
by lightning and instantly Killed. He was en-
| gagged in stacking oats mt the time Of the sad
| accident. He leaves family and . large circle
offriends to mourn his sudden and untimely death.
During the past week the old "clam house"
| at Junction City was torn down. The old claim
| house was located on Washington street, near
the corner of Seventh. 1t was the first honse
| built on the town site. Il was put mp IN the
| month of December, 1851, by the town company.
The survey of the town Of Junction City was
begun in that month.
Mr.. Anthony Rcascr, who lives eight miles
| south of Frankfort, had q fine team struck by
| lightning on last Saturday evening while on the
road home, and when within about two miles
| of his place. Both horses were killed instantly,
| and he was 80 badly shocked himself that he
had to be carried from the wagon.
| The Cawker City Sentinel Of the 18th gives
three accounts of the drowning of people during
the recent rise of the Solomon and its tribu taries
| Three children were drowned about eight miles
| above Kirwin, while in camp with their parents
| on the river at the mouth of ravine. lady
was drowned in Beaver creek, near Gaylord,
while attempting to drive some cattle across the
| camped on Bow creek, at the mouth of a canyon,
were foated ont while in their wagons. One
| man and his wife, by almost snperhuman efforts
succeeded i'm reaching high land. One lady jump
ed out of a wagon and would have been drownesl
had it not been for Mr.. Lee Gaylord, of Bcloit,
| Mr.. G. says n wave about fifteen feet high came
down the canyon during the stOrm-probably
| caused by water spout.
Mr.. Crane, of Cowley county, some months
since shot John Waymire while Waymire was in
the acfO Of lpov tl,e with Crnnefa Wife
After hunting all night for his wife, Crane found
herin wagon with Waymire, eating breakfast
ON the open prairie, where they had camped togeth-
or all night. Then and there he was killed. On
the trial, which came off a few days since, the
jury could not agree, and were discharged.
Crane plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter
in the fourth degree, and the prosecuting attorney
recommended that the imprisonment in the PEN
itcntiary be for the shortest period, and thus
the sentence of the court was for six months.
The Parsons Sxn gives an account of the finding
in the woods by a pleasure party, a girl baby
about two months old. They were attracted by
its cries. 1t was lying in the road and small
package of clothing by its side. On being taken
charge of by one of the party it changed its tears
to smiles. Allen Watson kindly took charge of
of il and named it Labette. As yet the mother
has not been found.
On Saturday last while company of three
four hundred kaw Indians were encamped in
the vicinity of Newton, on a return from buffalo
hunt, some of their number became Intoxicated,
and as usual they commenced hostifities among
themselves in regular Indian fashion. One of
them was killed and scalped, and another was
badly wounded that he has since died.
On Friday morning, the 2nd inst, Mahlon Cot
teral, of Moses G. COtteral, living near Ayers
ford on the Marais des Cygnes, was drowned in
that stream under the following circumstances:
In company with n little brother and neghbors
10y he went to the stream to bath, and getting
into deep water he was taken with cramp, it is
RuDDlSpd. n hs. slInk ~ his
ions being unable to render him any assistance.
The Cherokees have accepted the act of con-
gress relating to the Cherokee strip, and these
lands will be opened to settlers in few days.
The Wyandotte Gazette relates that on Satur-
day morning of last week, Mrs. Hattie Wilder, a
daughter Of Daniel KILN, unthinkingly put a
needle gun cartridge in place of n pin in one of
the Old-style betlsteads, and drove it in point
first with hammer. Of course it exploded, and
the brass part, flying back, dividing in three
pieces, struck her about the chin. The butt end
cut from the centre of the chin down, and lodged
about the collar bone, while the other two pieces
plOwcd their way, one on each side of the chin.
cutting deep but not dangerous eashcs. Her
wounds are severe but not dangerous
Thursday morning man named Daniels was
found dead upon the prairie q short distance
south of Clinton, his throat being cut from ear
to ear. A razor was found close t. his side with
which it is supposed the fatal cash in the throat
done.
wednesday OF last week, man by the name of
Little, while working at q rock quarry near
Secondinc station, Wyandotte county, was crush
ed by the fall Of large rock from a derrick
which broke while hoisting, and he has since
died from the injuries received.
young French Canadian named Mack Blon-
den was recently drowned in Buffalo creek,
Cloud county.
Cherokee (Kas.) correspondent of the Colum-
bus Journal writes that couple of gentlemen
were out cunning in that vicinity recently, and
being opposite sides Of bsslge, one discharged
his gun at chicken, lodging the charge of shot |
in the arm and lower part of the body of his |
friend. inficting painful though not serioq, |
wound.
The Walnut Valley 7imcs says that Mr. Small |
has discovered q cave three miles southeast of /
Eldoradlo. After descending fifty feet down near
ly perpendicular crevice of limestone rock he /
beheld u lake Of pure, clear water extending in
n northeast direction far the vision could |
reach. He threw stones ms far as possible, and
could hear nothing but the splashing sound that
water gives echoed back to him. The height Of
the roof above water is seven or eight feet.
The Paola RepxAlican says that on Friday last,
in Richland township, little daughter Of Pearson
Carmean. aged about nine years, went to the
oats field where her father was stacking oats,
with bncket Of water, aud crawled under the
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