White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-04-11
State News.

inee s great excitement in the northeast
part Oh TINS county in regard to the murder of I
Ierman named Henry strycker. who was found
tI ths nrnno ~ "f1Ss s At EIwar McCary
jury was summoned at the time, who came to ,hs
conclusion that he had fallen from the Is,ft .nJ
broken his neck, as his cap and u bottle ccs,t,;n
ing whiskey were found in the loft He wa,
buried, but subsequently his friends became .ux
piciOus that be had been foully dealt with, a. he
was known to lie q man of steady habits and 4
portion of the money known to have been n, hi,
possession prior to his death conld not be f;,un,
nor accounted for. Many also believed that hs
couh mt break his neck in falling the distapcs
from the loft to the first fOor-six and half feet
The result was that the body was disinterrrtl, and
post mOrtem examination held by Drs Hidden
and Fessenden, which revealed the fact that the
skull. in the region Of the temple, and the upper
Jaw bone, were literally crushed in with some
blunt, smooth instrument. There Ia no clue tG
the perpetrator Of the foul deed, and his death
will probably always remain mystery, without
the murderer makes voluntary confession"
SUDDEN DEATH.-A gentleman well known tG
our citizens, named I. Is. BreedlOve, died at COf
feyville, few days since, under really distressing
circumstances. He came to New Chicago about
six months since and contemplated the erection
of a large livery stable. He was man of consid-
erable means, and while out Of business he became
addicted to liquor, and often underits control
to such an extent that mans worst nature only
was visible. A few days since, he started to re-
tnrn to his old home in Illinois, but became DRINK,
and at Ottawa changed cars and went down to
COffeyville. While at the latter place he was at
tackled with fit of deiirixm fremeRs, from which
he did not recover, and died while under liquors
dreadful infiuence.-away from friends, relatives,
home, every thing. Words cannot describe the
agony of his wife and family upon hearing of his
unexpected death. His family consists Of wife
and six children-the Oldest being not more than
ten years of age.-Ne~ Chicago Transcript.
MARROW MINDED.-We understand that a CON-
mittee from the Masonic fraternity, called one
of the divnes of our city to oficate in the filne-
raj services of citizens lately deceased. As soon
the reverend gentleman learned tina. the de-
ceaSd was tn he buried by the MasOns he declined
conducting the services. We are sOrry to hear
that any Protestant minister (for among them We
would naturally expect to find free thought and
manly tolerance) should be narrow minded SO
contracted in his views and sympathes, as to re-
fuse TO assist on such an occasion the present.
Christian charity and human sympathy sb0uld
not he limited tO the confines Of sect or church.
This "rigidly righteous department, we think,
rather hurts than helps the cause of Christ
Wego Register.
IS Thomas Potter, Of Radical City. while on
the way to the Indian Territory. with three other
young men. attempted tn take up a shotgun that
was lying in the wagon, loaded, with the nl,zzle
toward him, intending to jump ont and shoot
some game. In the endeavor to get the gun ont,
contents of the barrel in his face. death imn,eti-
ately ensuing.
EICHAHD CAMPBELL, living in Gardner. attemp-
ted to poison himself last Saturday morning.
The particulars as we have gathered them arr as
follows: 1t seems that he had been talking love
to ore OF the fair sex Of that "burg" who did not
to the fullest extent his kindness
shown her. and on last Friday evening Informed
him that his attentions reauired no longer
which so affected! the loving passions of Richard.
I hat he resorted to the bitter cup to relieve his
sorrows. His intentions were soon discovered.
and physicians called who administered the proper
and Richard will soon he himself again.
-Oiathe Mirror.
A correspondent Of the Ottawa .Josysal saws
that week ago last Tuesday the air was filed
with smoke, and the cracking flames We're heard
a mile away, as prairie fire came sweeping down
the south side of the AppanO0se, burning over Il
space ten miles long and from one to two miles
wide. spelling hundreds of dollars worth of young
timber, scOrching much of WhetstOle's hundred
miles ofhedge fence. burning Mr.. Vaughn's stable
and nearly burning several houses.
The Topeka Commonwealth says that recently
Young man named Geo. 5. H-tZel, living mt the
house of Mrs. Steele. about mile and a half ffnn,
town, became entangletl between his horses and
IN some way both homes of his right leg were bad
" broken. Drs. Gilman and Vesser were called,
md the fracture reduced and the leg carefully
iressed, so that now the patient is quite COM
Portable.
SAD ACCIDENT-On Wednesday morning of last
week, Mr.. G. B. Pratt, who lives at Ripon, was
ound dead on the road leading to that place. II
= not known positively the cause Of his ,iesfl but
he suppOsition is that he had alightet from his
wagon to walk awhile, his team became frightened
mi IN his efforts to reach the lines was thrown
lnder the wheel and killed instantly. His team
vas caught some three quarters of a mile ahead
IN the rnn and his body was subsequently found
wing apparently where he met with the fatal |
ccident.-Chefopd AdrdRce.
ANOTHER RAILROAD MAN CRrslED-Sun,lay !
orenoon about II o'clock. Mr.. +. +. Lincoln head |
of conductor Halls extra freight of the |
iissouri Pacific Railway, in attempting to step |
rom the front to the tender of the engine |
rhile the train was in motion fell between, The |
wheels passing over both legs. The injured man
ras speedily removed to the Sisters Hospital. and
'r. Thomas called. Both legs were ampntated
Glow the knee, and the man is still living The
ccident happened near the coal slaft.-LeareR-
orth Times.
The house of VIM. Blair. on Independence creek,
J Atchison county, was destroyed by fire on
'e,lnesslay. The fire had its origin in a defective
ne. The family lost nearly all their furniture.
he house was valued at about 800. No insu-
lnce.
The kalita .1dr0cdfe says that party of Tenn
Sseeans, numbering about thirty, passed through
nat township an Tuesday last en- ronte for Green
God county. They are portion Of 175 families
oui cpuNtN, IeHueSSct, VINO nave lust
'me to Kansas, ths garden spot of the Union, in
arch of cheap and fertile fi,rins.
The Ellsworth Reporter chronicles the murder
man uametl George Palmer, by Taylor Dubois.
aner had married low woman named Lizzie
dams, who left him to keep house Of iil-fame
Ellsworth. Palmer was invited to the house,
ent there and was shot. Dubois made his es-
pe. and the women in the house left for Kansas
ity.
The cattle men say that the cattle in grazing 4
stricts will be too poor to market this season.
lousan,'s died from scarcity of poveirler about
bilene and other points, during the past winter.
The Alma Union says that on Tuesday morning, ,
arch 18th, daughter of Martin Muckndoler,
Newbury. aged years. was playing with a fire | /,
at had been built in the yard, when her clothes 1
ok fire, burning her 50 badly that she died the /
1t morning.
The Fontana stone company have recently re- :
red the contract for furnishing the stone for the
W state capital building at Springfield. Illinois.
The officers of the AtchisOn & Nebraska railroad
re made glad on Saturday ty the arrival Of two e
W locomotives. from the shops Mt Manchester.
icy are very larg. powerful machines. and will .
literally aid the company TO transact its rapidly
.reasiBg business.
The river is still encroaching on its west hank b
low Doniphan, in the vicinity of the railroad. .
is probable that the track will have to be moved.
e evil is said to lc seIiOus as to cause the N
npaDy to consider the Propriefy of running new y
fI.a tn Rs.ct