White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-02-15

State News.
ACCIDENTALLY Knxxp-Mr. Neil Scott, for
merry one Of the county eoo1issi0nets a this
county, was accidentally kid - Thursday.
NJ. D., lived On Niddlo Ctow CFssk. h Wd1Aing-
tcn township. The eircaDstances b rslatioa TO
his death, far - We have bssa shls b ascrtain
He bad been mining coal 1nr tsw days: button
Ihursday morning wcot 70 . timber 70 procure
some wood. He did not come bono In the even
ing, and bis eon and psigheor went IN search Of
that he was cutting II . 1cg overhanging the
creek, snd that at tie uaosenf the log was cut OF
he fell and the log rolled over him, erushing him,
and causing almo6t instant death Tho log hed
rolled ON to the lee on The crssk, and his body
was lying on the hank, hsad downward, almost
crushed hst with the earth.
Mr.. Scott was ono Of the Oldest residents Of the
county, and highly respected in his neighborhood.
He wss widower, and leaves ons con to mourn
his los.
A letter from BeIlviIe, Republic county, Kansas,
dated February s, ls72, infarms ~ that . shooing
a6ray occurred about three miles from that place
ON that afternoon, which resulted In the death of
young man named John Walch. He died about
an honr after the occurrence. The muzderei's
name is Stephen Gidley, also von.xx man. He
was arrested Ant -. lien TO that rl..s -,.re he
will have -rc.:::,;u,rv examination in the morn
ing. Our informant, VIII. Taggsrt, sayshe would
state particulars, but he has not learned them
A SAD ACCIDENT At ,NEwTON.-One day last
week Mrs. Hoffman was showing Ars. Libirge
how 70 handle . revolver, it was accidently dis
charged, the ball striking Mrs. Libirge in the left
side near the breast, but fortunately struck nib
and glanced, lodging in the hack. The ball was
extracted by Dr. TTuesdalea and she is likely to
recover.-Sedgcick Gazette. ~;
FRozEN.-We learn from the Bellville RepsbIic
that . little child Of Gen. Trussel was frozen to
death recently. 1t sesms that while Mr.. T. was
away ON business his wife went over to neigh
boris, leaving three children at homo alone, the
Oldest less than avo yeap Of ago. 1t 10 supposed
the two Oldest attempted. to follow their mother
and lost the way: When the parents returned
search was instituted, aud the Oldest Of the two
was found half . mile from home, in sod shanty,
his feet slightly frozen. heother was not found
until2 o'clock the following day, about sixty rods
from home, laying ON it's face, frozen fast TO the
ground, dead.-Atckisos Patriot.
company of capitalists from Holland have
recently purchased . large tract of land on the
west side Of Lyndon, Usage county, formerly
owned by Ex-Governor Carney, of Leavenworth,
amounting to about one Thousand acres, and are
negotiating for . much larger tract in the neigh
borhood, with the intention of bringing on . con-
siderable number of Amsterdam Dutchmen to
settle in the neighborhood.
On Wednesday last, the house of Mr.. Andrew
Davenport, seven miles south of Eudora, was des-
troyed by fire. Loss 81 200, insured for 500 in
the home, Of Topeka.
The Smallpox is raging on Mill Greek, Wa
baunsee county, there are Ia cases in families.
The Alma Onion says: two men named Keeler
and Perrin, got into row about claim in Wa
baunsee county and Keeler stabbed Perrin in the
breast with q butcher knife. Ferrin lies in
critical condition, and KeelsT is under bonds
A man passed through Concordia, who had
both legs frozen of on the buffalo grOupd during
our last cold spell. He is the only surviving one
uopf pfxy ,fN II, t6ll o,l.
A colored man, named Zachariah Peters, had !
his left forearm 80 torn in husk machine, on
Wednesday, at LeavenwOrth that it had tO be |
amputated above the elbow.
V. p. Wilson, of the Abilene Chronicle offers his
paper for sale, and guarantees that it will pay for
itself withina year. The Chronicle isan excellent
paper. Mr. Wilson wishes to remove to Topeka |
to establish an Universalst newspaper.-Iopeka |
Commonwealth.
The Kansas Reporter says: That near st. Marys |
a young man named Henry Willing was found |
dead on the bed in his own house where he lived |
alone. His gun was lying across his body, and
appearances indicated that in endeavoring to
raise it from the floor, while lying down it was |
accidentally discharged the charge taking effect
in his head, mutilating it terribly.
The English Minister, Thornton, says he be-
lieves that the understanding in reference to
the treaty Of Washington will be satisfactorily
adjusted.
Leau ore cOntlnnee 70 DC tOunQ IN the vicinity
Of Cofeyville.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the
Miami county Treasury; unsuccessful because the
rom was guarded and the guards were not bash
full about shooting. Nobody was hurt.
Kansas has six hundred and ffty-seven post
Offices. Nineteen States have . less number.
The Head Light learns that Mr. McClary had
his arm crushed, while working in o coal mine
near Thayer, by portion Of the roof falling in,
,ne day last week.
Barrett, formerly from Parkersburg w. Va, is
now in the Topeka Jail for burglary committed
It Rossville some time ago.
A stock company has been formed in Chetopa
% erect $3O,OO0 hotel.
In Kansas City they have colored man, who
las two wives, living with white woman who
las two husbands
man died among the Pottawatomies recently,
lged ninety-fve years. He was soldier in the
var Of 1872, and had been with that tribe sixty
i've years.
Washington county suffered to tho extent of /;
75, 600 from prairie fires last year. and Cloud ,
Ounty, from the same cause IS 900.