The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-05-01
state News.

C,n,r ). x.,r aqo last winter, went west ON
buntiny ex pesiiton, and was never heard OF again.
partS found, on the Medicine Lodge, the skei-
etons Of a man and twO oxen, and q few pieces ot
a WAGON. The horns of the cattle were branded
HIP. which Mr. Hegwer, one of the party, recog-
niz,.3 ma tho brands upon the horns of the cattle
he su,ld TO Edwards. He also recognized the yoke
The human skull bed en!let hole thrn1gh II, ana
was recognized "a Edwards's by the filing Of the
teeth and the first tooth of the left lower jaw being
ont. The remains were found about . mile and
half from what appeared to he an old Indian camp.
The Marvsyille Ners says: 1--WE ara panied to
lrarr that family of eight psraons were frozen
tn death near the VILLAGE Of Prairie Home, Re-
public County, last Tuesday night, (APril l5)
They were living in q stone house, which blew
down in the fearful snow storm prevailing. the
family barely escaping frsn, the falling building
in their night-clOthes. Being some distance from
spy other h0nsr, they wandered about the prai-
rie, bewildered and foundering in the snow drifts
until tbey all persisted except one little boy.
who lived long enengh after he WAS discovered
70 tell the parficulan Of the heartrending TRACE
dy. when he too died. The SNOW storm was the
worst west Of here Known in the annals Of the
country"
The Oswego Isdepesdest learns that William
Stevenson four years . resident Of Oswego, and
C, Smith, also former resident Of that place, and
at one time deputy city marshal, both of whom
have been for several mOuths past working in
the Joplin (MO.) lead mines, got into heated
dispute, a week ago last Saturday. at Lone Elm
mining camp. Stevenson struck Smith with
stone, fracturing his sknll. from the effects of
which death ensued on the following Wednesday.
Stevenson was furfy years Of age, and leaves n
wife and several children. Smith was taken to
Carthage Jail for saf;. keeping. where he awaits
trial Stevensou's body was taken to Oswcgo
for intermeat.
A man named Nrwhanks has got into trouble
at Chanute, by playing q new swin,lling game.
He learns the name of strangers who visit Cha
mute, and learning their residence and friends
Names writes that thi.y have been arrested for
some crime. and guarantees to clear them for
certain sum Of money. He tried the game
young man named Marshall. who had never been
charged with the crime. and the father of the
Young man, who was written hy Newbanks in
stead Of sending the money came "n himself, and
thus expose, the plot, and got New hanks arrested
NEW COrNTIEs.-A paragraph dav or two
ago in relation to new Counties, was slightly iu-
correct. II did not give the names of all that
were organized by the act of last Winter. The
full list is rs follows: Pawnee. Rush, Stafford,
Decatur, Rawlirs. Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas.
Sherman, Clark Ford. Hodgman, Ness Lane,
Buffalo, Foo.r. Meade, Scott. Srbuoyah, Arapa-
hoe, Seward. Wichita. Kearney, Grant, Stevens,
Greeley, Hamilton, and Kansas.
On FRIDAY last. at Rossville. in Shawnee Conn
ty some children were PLAYING with matches
near hay stack. OF course the stack was soon
set on fire. and while it was burning. n five year
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i,ur, y RI. IT, was .nt;rsiv c.nsnm.d aud
H., j;,,,. hnr ,ras L,rn.a 10 d..,b h.,g h,v,nJ
.ne,,n;,;on W. he cIarraJ r.n,,ins w.r. .x.
| tricated from the smouldering heap.
At Wilson Station, on the X. p. road. the other
night the wind blew the roof off the church dnr-
'"S I'eeI"S. i"""g" '"o luis vas i"''; ai'
rsealen "IurS eNerP, 'a"nes i"w"' age"' W ,ne ne
n r., WI" was :" n'iy ''lnfru 'na' iIle was l"r
"h'e u'SPa'.e" w. n", nc :, INV recovering
80 % ="
ht',e nov age" i,nr Years ny 'he ",'he o,
alexander hnh'. was kilied oy ms br1ih"r. agrh
i""r'ern years, WI" "as P,"'"S wn"a Ie,"i
yer. Inc a'e.ri. ocenrre" on me 4.n .''S',: % ,f"
miles s"nth "i inconvenience, IN this S'a,e, Chi-
aren PaS'nS WIN re,"'rr "hy no,
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bei"nsing =" Mr. in"mps"n' IN washington
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g.
Inc Junction .''! chton say '"''r 'a,, i',' u, 4
soa - s. Id IcJ,,xi, Cann,w an H.. linz
NJ H.. Jnnct;on Citv q Fort K,..r,,.y Railway
They lived near Chicago and wrrr .n.,grd i,
a,r,i.nnn there few cam. ant last f,ij anJ
thrr. fine frame bousrs already al,rp tb. land
They are workers and mean business
n, Tr..a. r.r;,, ,,., an .,,;,I,,, .,,.-..,
at tbr bonse of ,Joseph Combs. Iyjp. two miles
west of Wyan,lotte which resulted in the death
of his Iittl,. boy eirhtren months old. Tb, cir
cumstoures. os related by Mr.. r. II. Toylor ar,.
these: Conbs was cleaning a small pistol' and
had taken one side of the lo.k. when the pistol
discharged by some means. the ball entering
the corner of the eye and passin. through the
brain of the little hoy, who stood but two three
feet from his father.
The stable. a pair Of mule, and a pair of pouies
and other property OF Mr.. Seib.rt, on Lower
Chapman creek, were burnt mp by a frr u short
time ago. In endeavoring to rescue the animals
from the burning stable, son Of Mr.. Seibrrt
was 81 ba'lly burnt that 10 is feared both his
arms VIII nave To be amPutated.
A little girl about three years old, daughter Of
John Rennick. coloresl, of Quindaro, was So Sc
ver-ly burned on Wednesday morning, in the ab-
sence Of her parents, that her life is despaircd Of
Her ci"fhing caught from fireplace.
Sheriff. ClemmaRs Of Johnson County, last
Monday arrested two f'rsrrs. Jack Green and
Dave hich' on their iers"'s wcrs i"nad several
checks upon Nan as Ci'y pankS, ais" one engrav.
eel draft ON syrncrse, n. !, bank m favor OF
'"m" -, i'''''' '"' NV s"'" y.
Inc Young man Tracy, from Fort Fort Lyon. fonnd
dead IN the streets ct Kansas City, several days
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