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

U. 8. MAIL RoBBERIRs.-United States Deputy
Marshal Sheplcr, Of Atchison, arrived In thu city
! ye.tsriay, having in change John a, cegaT, OF
segar, It appears, robbed tho United States
mail In the Solomon Valley and was arrested on
the 18th inst. Dodge was arrested on the same
ady s ,JT '%ss INN a. e % oeen
Both parties were arrested sf tho instance OF
Major John N. Croweh, special postal agent, and
taken before United States Commissioned fnce,
of Atchison, and bound over in the sum Of $$yo
| each for their appearance % answer on the 10Th
proximo, in default Of which they were sent to
Jail.
segar is quite an elderly man, and at one time
was quite wealthy and enjoyed the respect aud
confidence of all his acquaintance, Dat as we are
told, he began to "imbibe freely, and be now oc-
cupies felon's cell, charged with high crime
against the laws Of bis country'-1ePeka Common
| eealA.
A stock tender named Broderick, living just
westofthe State line, came home drunk on W ednes-
day night, and after smashing the clock face to to
prevent "the d-d thing looking at him" he
seized a Butcher knife and went for his wife. A
| struggle ensued, in which he lost his knife and
upset the lamp. The woman held the maniaca!
husband until her two children had escaped
| through the window, and then she retreated >un-
der the bed Neighbors were aroused and came
| to the house just Broderick was dragging his
wife from her hiding place by the hair Of her head
| She has concluded to live apart from her hege
lord
festive youth, named George Wallace, while
drinking in q Wyand0tte saloon, last Saturday,
got into quarrel with fellow tippler, and drew
his revolver to arrive at the truth. His weapon
turned against him, however, for the ball he dis
charged penetrated his own leg. II he had been
at work and not carried fre-a arms, this would not
have happened.
The wife of a man named Cole, living few
mil asf fnf Scot n IN n
istered medicine to her husband, which, on ex-
animation, found to contain sfrychnine, but
medical aid WINS called and the life Of Cole saved.
The quantity taken was sufficient to kill two
dogs on which it was trie1 Mrs. Cole, with her
paramour Terrberry, Immediately left the neigh
borhOOd, and has not since been heard of.
The Fretonia Journal says that party of piO-
neers is now forming in FredOnia for the purpose
of visiting the Wichita mountain country i'm New
Mexico, during the early summer. The party is
to start about the 10th Of May, and is expected to
consist of upwards of one hundred men.
The Neoiesha Cif.ea says that small child of
Mr.. Kimmel who lives about two miles north of
NeOtesha, was scaded tn:leath, a few days, ago by
boiling hot soap accidentally falling on it.
Elliott, the Industrial Agent for the Kansas
Pacific road last year. will not he employed in
that CAPACITY this season. He tried to raise lit
tie of everything along the line last summer but
raised - generally, and his services will no
longer he required.-Denrer Tribune.
A new County called Hutchinson, has been
ganzed to the northwest of Sedgwick County, on
the Arkansas River. Hutchinson is the County
Seat.
been formed ont of Sedgwick. Marion and Nc
Pherson Countless with Newton as the County
Seat.
The County seat difficulty in Neosho County is
settled at last. Usage Mission gets it by three
hundred majority.