White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-01-04
state News.

FATAL AcCIDExr-Yeeterday evening fatal
accident occurred in the village Of winthrop, oP-
Poeife this city. Mr.. Chas. MeNaffy, who, we
understand, lives in this county, was in Winthrop,
with his wagon and team, for load of wood.
The day was stormy, and McNarry stopped at the
village to warm, and when he got into the wagon
to stalt for the woot his team started on o run,
and became unmanageable. The horses ran but .
short distance when the wagon struck AGAINST .
telegraph post, throwing Mr.. McNarry to the
ground, some pieces Of the broken wagon striking
him at the same time, killing him almost instantly
He was young man, about twenty-five years Of
age, and of Industrious steady habits. He was
a married man, but we did not learn whether he
leaves any children or not. His remains will be
brought to this side of the river to-day, for inter-
ment.-dtckison Patriot.
Jacob Lewis, clerk in clothing store in Leav-
enwOrth, was shot on Thursday by a stranger
who had stolen an overcoat from the employer of
Lewis. The shot took effect in the stomach, and
it is Thought VII prove fatal. The would be as
sassin escaped.
HORSE SrEALING.-On last Saturday evening
Thomas Keenan, was arrested upon charge Of
stealing horse from VIM. Lamb of Detroit, and
selling the same to William Jackson of Clay cOun-
ty. Keenan, had an examination before Squire
Barber, who bound him over to the court in the
sum of S400, and rs Thomas could not Obtain.the
requisite bail, he was committet.-1bilene CkroR-
icIe
BUFFALO HUNTERs.-The party that went on q
hunt from Harveysville, sometime ago, returned
safely last week. They were the plains during
the cold snap and report the weather as being
very severe, were obliged to he constantly on the
move to keep from freezing The buffalo herds
had gone south, only few old bulls remained
The best time to go after buffalo is in the months
of fSeptember and October. 1t is useless to go west
for them after the 18th of ofNovember.-Ilma Unioa.
A Kansas paper informs the public that "Mr
-, of Missouri, got to owning horses, that
didn't belong to him, and the next thing he knew,
he conldn't get his feet down to the ground"
A. C. Davis ESQ.,, who was United States Attor-
ney for the Territory Of Kansas under BuehaDan's
administration, il now q successful lawyer in
BROOKLYN, and counsel for the reform committee of
that city.
We learn that Mr.. Bossier, proprietor ofthe silk
factory near Williamsburg, has made arrange
ments to bore for coal at that point. 1t is stated
by geOlogists that fine, thick vein of coal under
lies this whole section of country, at a depth of
several hundred feet, and we are anxious to find
at just what Depth and just how thick this vein is.
-Offdwa Herald
BROKE JAIL.-TwO prisoners confined in the Jail
at this place made good their escape last Friday
night, by crawling out at the hole made in the
window by some prisoners last summer. One Of
the prisoners, an Indian. was i'm for murder, and
the other, white boy, for forgery. They have
not yet been recovered-LoasriHeR Reporter.
J. s. Armstrong. one of the first settlers of
Sedgwiek county, while out on the plains hunting
buffalo, was accidentally shot, the ball passing
through his leg. cutting an artery, which cansed
almost instant death, He leaves a wife and child
in Delaware, Ohio, to mourn his untimely death.
w. W. Gristy, resident of Wichita, had his
right arm broken Mt that place ON Thursday eve
ming, last, under the following circumstances: He
in company with two Others. had been here
business connected with the United States land
office, and had returned to Wichita. when the team
became frightened and threw Mr.. Gristy out,
breaking his arm at the wrist.
According to the La Cygne journal there must
have becn lively times at Pleasanton (Linn conn
ty) last week. The city marshal attempted to
arrest drunken man who resisted, and the afore-
said marshal took black-snake whip and admin
istered severe punishment ON the spot. The same
day he undertook to make another arrest, and
meeting with distractions took q hatchet and cut
the arrestee severely. Again. couple got into
an alteration in a drinking saloon, and another
hatchet was brought into requisition to settle
the dispute.
The TiOga Herald says that the two eonvicts,
George Rice and Charley Roberts, who were under
sentence to the penitentiary for horse stealing,
and who broke out of the calabOose at Usage Mis-
sion last week, and then stole two more horses on
which to make good their escape, are reported to
have been captured and hung to limb by parties
who went in pursuit of them.