The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-12-05
State News.

ATTEMPTED SCICIDE--A negro woman by the
name of Mrs. Moore. living ON the corner OF Psral-
lei aud Sixth streets on Thursday last, attempted
by the aid Of a razor and an assault ON her throat
IN do away with her little worldly cares and
troubles of this wicked world. She made two
serious gashes in her neck. bnt fortunately and
wonderfully each time missed the jugular vein,
the severing of which would have caused her
almost instant death. 4 physician was called IN,
who sewed up the aperture and the wonld-be SUI
eide is now in a fair WAY to recover. No cause
can be assigned for which this rash act was at
tempted anl it will probably so ON record As
case Of temporary insanity.-Afcsssos Champion.
A correspondent of the Conmonreahh says
that young man recently diest at the CITY Hotel
in Ellsworth, from hydr0phobia, CAUSED by ths
bite of polecat. He says this Is the sixth death
from the same canse that has come to his knowl-
edge within the last six months, all of them hav
ing been bitten at night while asleep on the plains.
On the night of the 18th, wm Mcconnell. re-
siding near Cherokee, was killed by horse He
had fastened hitch-strap to his wrist, and
alighting from his horse he became frightened
and ran away. dragging Mr.. Mcconnell nearly
halfa mile. He was found three hours afterwards
in dying condition 1t was cold dsagreeable
night.
Adam Bremen, Of Donphan, manufactured
eight thousand gallons of wine, and one Thousand
gallons of peach brandy this season.
Jos. McCrum, and A. b. Symns are doing the
In one year, Wichita expects to be the fifth
City in population and wealth in the State. 1t
has added 200 to its population in the past
twelve months and now claims 5000.
The epizootic has appeared at Garnett.
Miss Cora Cox was drowned at lola, week or
two since.
Girard has q one armed printer. The Press says
he is good workman. In distributing he
job stick, filled With type which he sets before
IL N SOFT ar ha nj pl.-
stick before him in the same way, and iustifies
the lines with almost mnch eelerity though
he had a dozen hands.
The Usage Mission Tussc,ipt learns that
colony of three hundred Irish will soon leave
the Green Isle for this country, and they intend
to settle in the vicinity Of Usage Mission.
The following items are from the well stored
local columns of the Wichita Eagle: Thousands
upon thousands of buffalo hides being brought
in here by hunters. In places whole acres of
ground are cOvered with these hides, spread ont
with the fieshy side up tn dry. 1t is estimated
that there is south of the Arkansas and west of
Wichita, from one to two Thousand men shooting
buffalo for their hides alone. Is it any wonder
that the red man sometimes protests against the
wanton destruction Of his cattle.
Bepublic is the banner County so far She east
1,02s votes for Grant and ~ for Greeley.
The free bridge aeross the Kaw at Wyantlotte
is completed.
EluOfiiuO, II cut stDNc StuDOl mouse which
cost SlO,OO0 1t is very fine architectural design
1t is said of Newton that the grave ward there
contains the ashes of thirty-two men of whom
thirty-one died without going through the tritiinr
formality of pulling off their boots.
Marysvilie has contracted for Sl5GO0 school
house, also two new bridges. Marysville is con-
stantly increasing in population and wealth, and
will become eventually one of the best cities i'm
Kansas.
The Paola UesteTn Spirit says: The Topeka
Daily Ne,cs, Fort Sc"tt Daily Republican, Fort
Scott EceRing Echo, Oskaloosa StdtesmaR Hum
boldt salesman, Wamego Dispatch, and now last
but not least, the Paoa Democrat, have suspended.
hr election has had bud effect the blitliny. |
100000 bricks have been made and put into
buildings in Ellsworth this srason.
Last week the Hiawatla Dispatcl made its ar. |
pearancc with new head.
Ihe residence of the Rev. Beatty, in Inlepen-
dencc, was entirely CONSUMED Wednesday night |
at about Z o'clock. 4 valuable PORTION of his |
library and b 'usehold goods was destroyed.
Wednesday night an old log honsc ON the on!
skirts of Fort Scott, used as a stable y. II. L,
Wilson, was burned. Mr.. Wilson lost two very
fine carriage horses in the flames, but an insu-
rance of one hundred dollars was ON each Of them.
A shooting affair afa desperate character oc-
Cured at Fort Dodge on Thursday last, which
grew out of an attempt our Informant SAYS, ola
party of Lerders to capture and the dane.
house of Kelley 4 Hunt. Three or four Texas
men took the outfit, one of them made whisky
and sugar free to everybody, while the Others kept
up the dance, music and condiments until daylight
A SAD AcCIDEST.-A party of hunters from
Hackberry township, got an outfit for u hunting
of MIR. Miller Of this city week ago
and went down into the Nation for a
hunt. After being out a few days, evening
IS they were preparing to camp for the night
Mr.: Robbins in pulling his rifle from the wagon,