White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-04-04
state News.

| the woods discovered, mile and . half souIh.
east of Oswego, the body of q man. II had re.
manned there some time, from apPraranoss. and
was decomposed beyond Identification. The 10
mains lsy near the debris Of . camp fire, In ha-
| eel patch, and had been covered with hay, which
| hsd been disturbsil by hogs or other animals
| leaving them exposed. No clothing remained on
the body except three shirts-a red flannel, pur
| pie net, and white shirt with ruf1ed bosom
| On one foot was fine cotton sock, the mate ly-
| ing in the brush near by. The flesh, save on the
back and one side and arm, was nearly all gone.
| The lower jaw was torn off. A large cut was
plainly visible on the temple. and the back of the
skull broken in. A jury was empannelled yester
day by Coroner Newton, and is still is session
| The ashes of the camp fire sifted today, and
contained a pants buckle, buttons, vest button,
and belt rivets and buckle. bloody blanket
| and q saddle-tree were found near the BODY six
weeks since. There is little to lead to the iden-
tification Of the body. No one is missing from
| the neighborhOOd. As near as can be judged, he
| was about five feet eight inches tall, slender
built, wore about number six boot, had light
fine hair. There is not the slightest doubt foul
murder has been committed, and it is hoped the
jury will be able to elicit these facts.
| MRS RUrH.-Mrs Anne Catharine Ruth, whose
case was nolle proceed in Lawrence Kansas, few
| days ago, arrived in this city on Tuesday morn
ing accompanied by herlitte yellow dog, "Guess.'
| In very brief interview with her yesterday, in
the street, We learned that she has become recon-
|
attorney of Douglas County, and entertains no i'll
| feelings against him. She thinks it was absurd
to charge her lawyer with completely in the muir
| der of her husband. The lady looks somewhat
care-w0rn from her long confinement in the Law
renee JAIL but her lustrOus black eyes have lost
none Of their fire. She came here to see her chill
dren and her mother.-Sf. Louis Democrat
The Pleasanton Observer contains the particu-
lars of destructive fire near Barnard. 1t seems
| that Mr.. Stevenson, living on George MOore's
| place. adjoining that Of Mr.. Spartmans, started
| q fire to burn up some rubbish, when suddenly a
| big puff of wind came and it went like hurri-
cane. Reaching some prairie on Mr.. Spartman's s
| place it immediately headed for some rcks of
hay and cribs of corn, which taking fire soon
| consumed Thirty tons of hay and seven hum
dred bushels of corn was about the amount burn-
ed. valuable barn belonging to Mr.. Spartman
came near being burned, but through the exer-
tions Of Mr.. Hilton it was saved. The fire was
extinguished about dark. The loss is divided as
follows: Mr.. Spartman, $500; Mr.. Hilton, S75
Mr.. Doty, $50; Mr.. Ross, $50. Let this be a
warning to parties setting out fire on windy days.
The Burlington Patriot contains full arc0nnt
of the robbng of the post-oice At that place. last
Friday night. 1t says the Office was entered from
the rear of the building, with the aid of axe,
and about S4OO worth Of stamps, $50 in change
and two registered letters stolen. The thieves eff
fected an entrance by breaking ont light from a
a sash door, reaching through aud unbolting the
door. They then reached through the window,
and with an axe pried the casing loose, which
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. "'s,"Ioo. DLaI.s Mero snoMn ,':n "lou 'le n:
ing money were relieved of their contents. Sew
eral bushels of brokenOpen letters were scattered
upon the floor when the postmaster entered the
of so,,e saOO wnrtb ~ st,mns aud al,out ssO in
chance from ths drawer eli ia irnossLI. to tell
how murb monev was secured frn,n the rif,ed let
t.rs INF The amount wos nrob,IIv small
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Inc rort SCOTT .honhos s'a.es Una. one nam,
mona, sergean, III rne otn ih,ah'Iy' a.temPied
10 conmiI su'c'ue, iInIsai; os sno1,i"S hlin-
sen WIN an army reNo,ter; ne Piacto 'ne reToi- W.
yer behnd MS ear ana pulled the trigger; Inc
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M ca,,sa can he .ssyu.d for tLe rash ,ct
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Cne oi the empnyees au the LeaVehworth
Drase' nameo Jonh Nerh, ieh ustahce Oh siAt!
ieet 10 tne erouhu anu goI .errioy nur', InuIs
Ecy+ Int non. of tI,an would cnm. so ii H.. ~ noor @
fyiow Iaa n, Il. c,nyar.J n, The city aud Lr,nrnbt
to ths Sisters bosnitoI. He died shortIv affer
reaching the bosn;tai,
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MISS !" ihhcl', !".nS l"9y a"o|' 'Men'!
tata,1 Ix i1r pata. a.s;.,.i Inv hrS St;iin.n .mL
WcCollister ot Nanhattan on Monday ofternoon
WLon sIa ,,as sa,a,, aar, oIJ sh. Us h;,tan h,
a connerhsad snate an her Lnaa c,ns;na tls cor,
TO Contract unt;I her Leo was drawn Greatly ont
of shane A nbxs;c;,n told her thai he c,njJ
strai"lten her limb and in 40 doing he broke If
in two nlacss Since that time II has canseJ her
great deal of pain, and been worse than useless
Prof Jobn n Parker Suner;ptepdept of the
Rlind Asvjnm des;rea 10 learn the residence of
every bl;nd nerson in the STATE If nanents omar.
d;ans or friends will commnn;cate tLe name and
residence of blind Drrsons. he will be Glad IN fnr
nish them with the raised alnbabet IN tbe New
York point SYSTEM circulars etc. and furnish pa
rents or guardians with information in regard to
the instruction of blind children at home or to
their admission to the Blind Asylum at Wyan-
dOtte.
State papers please copy.
EGG EATrRs-A correspon,lent at Covv;,le in
a letter TO the Altcon Union says:
The egp Eaters have snLsdcd. -Jud,.e Bossett
of Iowrence, affirmed while stonpinr With ms re-
Gently, that when boy, he ate forty y-eight hard
boiled eggs in an hour. We stood aghast and
asked within ourselves: How many can he eat
nOwf We humbly withdraw.
The Burlington Patriot saws: A little son of
Mr.. Raxter W0odwortb fell from a tbra,bing ma
chine aud broke his arm, Monday evening. The
fractured limb was fixed up by DIR. Manson, and
We are happy to learn that the little fellow will
sOon