The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-05-08
State News.

State News.
TERRIFIC Snow SroRM--SrxTY-sx Hours
Smith County Pioneer says the
greatest snow storm experienced there this win
ter, set in ON Sabbath last, at night. Sabbath
day was mild snd pleasant, large quantity of
rain falling lste in the afternoon. In the night
the wind shifted suddenly TO the north, and Mon
day morning the snow lay in driffs fenr feet
deep. On Monday, Tnrsdsy and wednesday. up
till neon, the air was ~ dcnsely filed with tho
whrling and bludng SOW, n to completely sus-
pend all outdoor business.
Husdreds Of emigrants we're eueamPed along
the river, aud many Of these must have suffered
extremely with the cold. During the storm
down and literally torn TO sbreds. The east end
Of the main part Of E. p. Hobbs' new hotel, Was
blown out entirely, and several smaller buildings
PLAYED croquet around town for two days. We
have heard of no further damage to property
than nbove mentioned, although travel to and
from town has been suspended since the onset Of
the storm.
The Oskaloosa Isdepenless says that on last
Monday week Henry GnysOu, residing three
milas north Of 0skaioosa, made . murderous
assault upon Abe. Newell, under the following
circucumstanceG The family were sitting ct the
table eating dinner. Henry ate Q very little and
left the table, went ont Of the room, and soon re-
sesss. =
dagger in the other, and, without saying word,
struck Mr.. Newell. who was quietly and I'M
suspectingly eating his dinner, heavy blow on
the head with chisel, cutting . gssh to the skull
two or theee inches long. He rcpeated tho blow,
and Newell threw up hand to ward of the
stroke, and the second finger was completely
mashed, and the scalp again laid open 70 the
skull. Mr. Dudley Casebier. who was at the ta-
bic, sprang mp. and a. the thirsi blow WAS given,
wrenched the chise from Henrys hand. He
l.. Al xl, ~ Nsa hn
threw up his arm and. diverted the well-aimed
stroke, then seized The tosapes asd wrenched it
out of the murilerous baud that grasped It, re-
pceiving = slight cut on the hand 40 he did 80
Young Grayson then len the house, tooH ms
fathers best horse and He'd. Grayson ls oeiieved
to be of uns0und mind.
Ex.Cov Robinson, in his Kansas Masazise arti-
Gle tells how they collected taxes in territorial
days: Governor Walker, s0ou after his arrival,
sent Dnpty Sheriff Fain, to collect taxes OF the
people Of Lawrence. The first man he met was
Col. 8. W. Eldriige. When be asked the Colonel
if he was ready to fork over his taxes the latter
replied: "What! ask me for taxes, You damned
william, after burning up and destroying my pro,
perfyf If should pay you with IN ounce Of
cold lead, it wonld be what you richly deserve.
| If you have assessed any taxes ON my property,
| inst take it ont of the horse you stole from my
barn last winter! Leave my presence, and the
sooner yOu make yourself scarce the better Tor
your health"
The Baxter Springs Repsblican says that on
last Tuesday, about the hour Of IL or o'clock,
Mr.. Xavier Marty, whilecOming down the rail-
rbad ou q hand car, met with an accident which
has since proved fatal II appears that Mr.. Mar
ty dropped his gloves, and in attempting to jump
from The ear, which was going at the rate Of
about twelve miles an hOnr, his foot caught sOme
way, and he was thrpwu In front, the car passing
over his head. He lived about twenty -four hours
after the accident occurred. Mr.. Marty was .
nf o.; IA 1aavea a afamily
Sabetha seems lately TO be very unfortunate in
the way Of fres On Wednesday Of last week,
the building which was occupied ~ . drug store
aud post office by T. K. Masnefer was burned,
and only q small portion Of the contents of the
buildipe saved. Mr. Mssneter had moved his
stock into the building only the day previous,
and a. there was insurance, the loss will be
quite heavy. Mr.. E. Philbrick occupied the Sec
Ond story q residence and he, with his family,
barely escaped with their lives and n very small
portion of their property. How the building
caught fire is apparently IN unsolved mystery.
The Eureka Herald says that an affray Occur-
red below Twin Falls last week, in which Geo.
Van Horn was pretty badly cut. He had PEN
ned up d. H. Milliss hogs, which were annoy
ing him, and when Mills came after them he
was armed. He attacked Van Horn and cut him
severely. George ran, at the same time calling
to his brother for help. The latter came ont of
the house, when Mills fired at him, luckily mis-
sing him. Mills has left, and the officers in pnr
snit of him have failed to capture him. Van
Horn will recover.
rested at Fort Scott, 81 officer Mckenzie, and
brought before Justice Lathe, Of La Cygne,
charged with breaking into and robbing the
store of Beny Warner, Of Twin Springs, ON the
night of the oath Ult. In default of bail in the
sum of one Thousand dollars, he was committed
tO Jail. Two other young men are implicated
with him, and officers are in pursuit of them. A
gang Of Young rnffians have infested the neigh
borhood of La Cygne the past winter, and it in
hoped this arrest will lead to breaking them mp.
The house of Lewis Pate, Mt Rosevale, Clay
County, was burnt to the ground last Tuesday
week ago. Nothing of any consequence was
saved. 1t is suppO~sa that the fire originated
from sparks from engine, the hOuse is situa-
ted near the track Of the railroad. Mr.. Pate was
absent from home, and Mrs. Pate bad lain down
aud went to sleep, and was aroused by the flames
and smoke, aud had barely time to save her
children, and few articles Of clothing.
The house, and nearly all the furniture. be-
longing to Capt. s. ID. Underwood, who resided
inst west of Junction City, was destroyed on last
Tuesday morning. No person was in the house
ut the time except Mrs. Underwood, and she, being
busy in the rean part of the building, did not
discover the fire until it had gained considerable
headway. Only few articles Of furniture and
the trunks, were saved. Capt. Underwood's loss
will amount to 81 200. Insured for $500.
The Monitor says that German woman, named
Mangus, the wife Of . farmer, living two miles
northwest Of Fort Scott, committed suicide on
Monday night by taking heavy d"se Of poison
supposed to be strychnine. The woman was past
the middle age, and the nother Of qnite . large
family of children, two of her daughters being
young women grewn. It is said that difficulty
with her daughters, who had threatened to leave
home, was the canse Of the melancholy deed Of
suicide.
The Saiina Herald says that two young men,
brothers, named George and William Tolle, and