White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
State News.

LITTLE CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.-ft is 0nr
s;.. ausy TINS week to chronicle the death Of
n;.u' cn.L1 OF George Hancock. by burning. The
'',Su%s.ances ~. a of the case ara as follows:
on !ast Saturday morning Mrs. Hancock left
ns ed N the sitting room in charge Of its sister,
pose Of milking. While absent, tie children com
nhan; Iienfs p,ayns with the fire, it is supposed
chasing each other with lighted paper. While
returning to the house, Mrs HancocLs .tt.ut;an
was attracted by the screams the younoer ch;iJ
and saw it issuing from the house rnycione5 r,
flames. She ran and tore its clothing of "A
s1on as possible, but before it could be accom-
plished its flesh was literally baked over its entire
body Dr. Welsh was called, but it was beyond
medical assistance The little thing lived but
thirty hours after being burned.
S"eh frequent occurrences of this description
should be a warning to parents, but is seldom
heeded, all apparently satisfied with the good
Judgment oftheir little three year olds.-Doniphan
Democrat eth.
The editor of the Concordia Empire says he has
taken pains to make inquiries of farmers there
abouts, well as those from other counties,
from Marshall to far west as where there is any
wheat sOwn. From all he can learn, he believes
there isless njnry west than east. In that county
and those adjoining, there will fully half acrop.
That which was sowIrlatc, appears to have suffer-
ed the least, while that which came up last fall
is killed. Further west there will be three-fonrths
of a crop. One farmer in Osborn county has over
wish Farmers who come from Illinois and the
Middle States. say that those STATES would kill
all the wheat by the 'heav:ng' of the ground
A correspondent of the Atchison Champion has
been interviewing the northern Kansas farmers
-. A.. r'm",r;,. s..'."- .r Nv Nss,. ' ar. ~
acres. We think 30 acres of his wheat ia ,,ool
and promises TO make a full crop. Peter Carmi
chael has $50 acres of winter wheat: 30 acres of
this promises to make a good crop. Thos. Grubb
a good crop. Mr.. Scurtz has sO acres of winter
wheat most of which looks promising. +. I,oomis
has 30 acres; 25 acres of this looks we'll and
promises full crop. Mrs. McGurry has large
crop. SO CT % acres. But little Of this is damaged.
Mr.. Cameron has 60 acres of wheat, but little of
which is damaged"
The Burlington Patriot gives an account of the
suicide of a man named Alexander Louther, living
in Rock Greek township, COffey county. The
sheriff AID his deputy came to Louther's house
to collect tax warrant en- his property. Louth-
er said he had team liable to execution, hut he
would kill himself before it should be taken from
his premises. Louther betrayed such signs of
sJ ut t'' -, .r scp' Were .ahei' !" nave .ns papers
insane nrrson hut in tbc aftsr,oo, h. Ii.,r ~ h;s
brains ont Will /, ,nmsL.t ' "o '''" "''
T,
1u nc osMesu neg'a'er ssa"Te s'artea III M"nhd
ai'! '""hsihP' s"u'n oi James kumcmans
ia'" "''' eA'cnucu "o''h :" our Niie creek III
bnus, in fr,rr .,f
Tu,les in Os,~e hadh;s hn,s. ,,;tb ai IT, a,,.,,.
tor.tbnr w;th his ,,r;n h,,. a,,
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or wh.nt .g r,'o oI.;,n;,, aS., ane
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IN any rot cxtsn, '''' "'''' - N'' ''9"'e"
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sxtant ,h.. ;n;,,r,. nav. ~. ''.'. IT, 10 Win.
~. snrs nf t,,iS ,n hnt. ~. , "n'e 10 say, n't
aar, .nJ 49,, T., ,i'. ....I ';., In vas "h
'y .n" P'. n. m., .uo E,c'h" WIN urn IN "ahi-
II our early planting doctrine which We ~ ali |
tines Hi0rofka Disnofch
tn. ,.,r tow, ,f p...,;. s;.,,...,
- ,f a. V.n.;,i;a. y. ,ur u" oi 'ne west
mst ,,;na % n,n,hs nia H. y. ,a..,. 'ni @ county, now
',d LII f. =. n's ao''u, "he 'l''.eh houses
~, ',,' n =" 'o"e 4",'' an 'n'poi'ah' '"wh'
Ihe Seneca Courier thinks that sheep raising
b,i, conntv as ,ha R,''. pe,;Ia ,'1, III :m naI
viii furnish ready marI.t sar .II ~, ''., ,hns
.n I r;, ,I. ' r. =; ~; az, ''' ~. o' " .n'a a
i,a.n iii H. LL. -. " .,. ".s..,'..u 'I.'' w"
v;tb;n f.w ,,;l.s nf ,ha pan;J. "'N' 'P'"'s'
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Col. NJ. r. BENTON. of Effingham Kansas, in a
etter to st. Lonis firm, of the 2sth. writes:
The wheat crop in my section is all safe: have
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