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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18
Highland Item..

Our University opened with hastering prospects, On
Tuesday Of last week. with lis suds, more
who their way 1t is expected that students
will be in attendance during the Fan and Winter terms
The teachers all their posts looking good health
and good spirits Professor W. T. Gage has been spending
the vacation in Iowa Judging from the rotundity of his
body many chicken has fallen victim and been
offered and accepted by his Eclectic appetite
Rev A. s. Mcconnell is ruscatng among his friends in
Missouri.
Mr. j. J. Baird, having sold his mansion has invested
part of the proceeds in elegant carriage which is
perior to anything hitherto brought to the city.
Col NJ Strung upon the streets the ether day rsoi
cling in new hat and neatly vanished and re
paired.
The city public schools fully organized with the fol-
lowing corps Of teachers Miss Shields Principal Miss
NJ. Devoe, Primary Department. Miss NJ Myers Colored
Department
Mr.. +. Lyman has returned from Boston and Long
Branch, where he has been spending this Summer. He
looks good health his hair ported in the middle
and sports a god,headed cane.
Grange Of horny handed yeomanry was organized
the past week. with the following officers: W G. Harmon
Mastu-; j. p johnson. 0verseer; NJ Neel Lecturer; b.
s Campbell Steward; james Hunt-r Assistant Steward
VIM. Pardun Chaplain; N. Suing. Gate Keeper Philo
W. Foster Assistants Peter weidcrmeier, Sleretaryi H
Winch Treasurer No ladies' being present the following
gentlemen elected proxies: B. A. Seaver Pomona
W. Trevet Flora; John widey. Ceres; C. T. Fox Assis
ant Stewardess This Grange purely ssricultura-nO
politics allowed to enter it.
on Lanton the photographer leaves this week
attend the County Fair at Troy OIL of those fell
lows that will get work wherever he may CO. Being old
typo, he has earnest wishes for his
Prof Antrim the great tanner created quite sen
sation upon with his celebrated horse Daniel
Boone Saturday last. Several of prominent
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18

-LErrRRHEADsB ILLHEAD6 ENVELOPES
MONTHLY STATEMENT RlkNkss and gu sch vork.
ezrrutsd n he be-s Tt,ie at the ckf9 onirs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18

II See Geo. W. Bromley. Stray Notice.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18

II Josh where did you get your new bootsi" "of
C. G. Bridges He charged only Eve dollars and war
r1nted the work for nine months-"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18

Y Mr.. Mcintosh finished taking the enumeration Of
persons Of school ages in this District last week 1t stands
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Te the Csnstitutiss Of the State Of Kansas,
sssmitted By the Legi.iatrre, AZ tts Iasi scs-
sisa, for the rati1c asisn rejection 81 the
electors sf fse state NJ the s.xf EesersI eEec-
ffen.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
shall Oar b. dies be Hurned4


We have recently annouced to our read
ers that society had been organized in
hanover, Germany, the members of which
pieuged The ris"IveS to insert "a clause in
their wills requiring that their bodies no
burnt alter death. Since making that
announcement. il hss come to our knowl-
edge that similar effort is being N ade in
this city, ana that number of 1h0ue htiul
men have become interested in this uues.
ton of the crel.ation OF dead bodies, Hay.
lng already expres sed an opinion in "a vor
Sf thoughtful discussion Of this subject,
We VIII not at present cay any more
respecting the claims it has upon public
attention. IL is evident that the question
IS one not TO be dismissed with shake Of
mo mead or shudder, and, now
that health and sanitary associations
are d0lng 30 much toward the prevention
rather than cure of disease, would it not be
well to consider whether the germs Of
many dangerous maladies may not be fos-
tered ny the common exposure of the
stricken and Inanimate body, or its con-
veyance through the main thoroughfares Of
a crowded cits From q recent mum Der of
the Union Mcdicole we learn that one DR..
rom has been Inaking certain experiments
IN the cremation of dead bodies. the
methods and results of which are described
as follows: Ia the cylindrical retors Of
refractory clay he placed the body of Q
oog' Ten kil"granlnes in weight. The ap-
paratus was heated by crown of flames
Issuing from circular tube, perforated so
as to render the combustion more active,
the ordinary gas being mixed with a
certain quantity of pure air. The crema-
tion continued several hours, Producing q
thlck smoke and the odOr of roasting meat.
me smoke was easily burnt by applying
IL 'ine at the upper Ortce). After carbOniza-
ton complete incarceration was OBJ aimed;
that ls to say, the exclamation of all solid
parts OF the body, represented by a weight
OF $50 grammes. This first attempt proves
the possibility OF reducing to ashes the
BODY Of an animal to about one-tweltth OF
ITS weight. The pipes bringing the gas
we're then disposed 80 as better to favor it's
mixture with air. In this way a large dog,
weighing nineteen kilogrammes, was in.
Generated in two hours. leaving residue Of
93 grammes of ashes"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
scene In Pere.lU.Cbais

| About two weeks ago the Parisians ceie-
| brated the Fete des Morts. aud decorated
| the graves OF their dead with immorreiies
| A correspondent OF the London Telegraph,
| after describing some OF the scenes says:
The most magically interesting part Of
| Pefe-ia Chase has no grave-stnnes what
| ever, although there Is no part in which
the dead are SO closely piled together. That
Is the corner in which the Communists
made their last fight, and were shot down
like dogs Driven from point 10 point
they took refuge in the cemetery. and offer
ed the desperate resistance of men Who
know that every chance of lite is gone The
marks of the conflict are terribly vivid. Ia
one place are pied % mass of the grave
stones, behind which the Communists
fought, and which we're broken by tha can
non shot. A large gap in the wall filled
up by wooden paIiug. marks the place up
which the Ntrsaiilai5 entered the e. Dletery
and other parts are rent from top to bot
tom 10y cannon shot. Against another por-
ton OF the wall the survivors of the deeper-
ate fight were driven and moved down by
the mitralleuse. No quarter was given,
and the bodies of the dead were flung into
u huge trench aud hastily buried. E, en-
yet the wall is spattered with marks OF The
shot, which are horribly suggestive OF the
carnage but still more striking were the
symbols of affcotion which bah been fur
llStty tdhcu W tho sFcU . lut dh1lnS manu-
had drawn black cross "n the wall, while
here and there had been placed g4rands of
immortelles or punches of flowers Some
OF the wreaths were such "a lay on the
graves of men and WON II who had died ia
peace; but most of The sy mbols were only
small punches of vioIets and i,nmort-llts
which seemed to indicate either that the
mourners had been too Door to buy the Or
binary gariands, or that they had chosen
symbols as could be easily hidden from the
eye of the police. Four policemen were ON
the spot, watching the persons who came,
but they did not touch the marks of mourn
ing for the Communists. l saw two young
men take of their Gags IN salutation to the
dead. and then dance around to see whether
the police were looking; but the guardians
of the peace were prudenty blind to all
these manifestations, and nothing could he |
more peaceful than the whole of The crowd. |
A large body Of police and a squadron of |
dragons had been sent to the cemetery t. |
prevent any political manifestation, hut
nothing called tor any exercise of force. |
Yet none the less el"quently did tie broken |
gcave-stones, the shattered wall. and the |
marks of the mirrailleuse recall the terrible
days of The Commune and none the less
ominously did the lunches OF flowers ON
the grave Of the Communists reveal the
fires that still slumber beneath the surface
OF Partisan society"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
tFrom Appleton's Journal ]
DISBNTHRALLED.


Dead Do You say that he Ia daeds
Take back the word, 1t is not trueI
An empty cage you IN ght have said
Has lost the sir ger that we knew
TIE song level with the stars
That ch armed US even in prison barsf
But deads There can be no such word,
For that which WIS eerenely bright.
Made In the image OF its Lord,
An eff1uence from the central Hight,
Au tnbreathed essence from on high.
heayel.lit sparki--ttat Goa d not d ;ei
Not dead-but free-hs scars above
The limit of our lesser accpe.
And we. because We ehsred his love,
Hay cherish the uplifted hope,
That life To US is none, by jast
HIS altitude above our dust.
More by the powe, he h,s attained
10 minister as anges may;
More by the know, dge has gained
or lOse'- euoi emest patient way
OF blessing through hi cloAd or scn,
80 one an-perfeet VII, ba done.
And he fthe thought Ia radian.Nhe
This Yer y moment may b.. near,
With solace melted 500 hiusiy
To feed hope or hush fear;
80 true It is divinest things
Come borne to US on hidden wings
60 well we know our fathers care
Rovars about lie night and dsyo
Eo sws ct it is to rhink the air
Is moved IN a mysterious ~aT
Ry br, ath of one beloved on earth
Grown lorlier by celestial birthi
Then say not he Is Of the dead,
IT'S only we in cerenenis dim
Who fail of life arou' Il. DE head-e
But saw il nevermoFe Of him
Whom death to livlier Joy has caIIeda
Who lives among US dIsenthralied.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
supreme Court.

In tne United S:ates Supreme Court on
inc ntteenth instant, the following proceed
Ings were bad:
n" l4i. The United States, appellants
VS.. Duncan +, Keuner It 49,. hrirs ITO NJ
40, the United Stares, appellants Va. b.;rs
OF u. Leonard, deceased; No. I46. tbe
United STATES, appellants, vs. Fergus Penis.
Ton ct al N. Liz. The United States, annel.
isnts, VS.: C,l'b Cusbing Appeals from
the District Court of the United States for
the District OF Louisiana. Mr.. Justice CIf.
scrd announced the decision of the court
ain,m'ng the DEGREES Of the district court
~ .nes causes, on the authority of the case
GU. !" "n@ce,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21

Many years ago great game of cards
called ''brag" took place in Philadelphia
between some of the high bloods of the
town. At least $4,000 was lost and won.
The morning after the game one of the win
ners found $1,000 note missing. He ST
once called the colored servant to account.
who laughingly said as he returned the
note and got his reward, You is very
good, master; but what if one of the gem
men found it,"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
IkKEPhRAHIE
ny RICHARD HENRY sToDDAap.

sl hAIhAhD fH-$hs oAcSNAS>Ds
The sorrow of all sOrrOws
Wss never e,Dg or raid,
Though many a poet bDrTows
The mourning of the q, 81!
Aud darby Lu,ies pleasure
Ia soii.e melCdious measure.
The ioss 81 youth is saduess
~ all who think. or ICED
A wound 10 after giadncss
Can ever ~hnly heal;
And YET. so many share II
We learn ut last to bear If.
The rahering and the falling
or friends 10 sadder stlli:
Por hi pds grown fe's, a-sailing
Know hen md where 10 XII;
But souls Themselves sustaining,
Have still A friend Ienlaii.iIgf
The death OF those who love us,
Ard thGsr We love IL sore;
But think they are above Us,
oS think they are more
We bear the blows thai sever
we cav not weep fOreTerf
she anrrow Of all sOJrOws
Is de- III or tina all these,
end al that anguieh 10 rows
Upon its Blended knres;
No tears nOi prayers relieve 10
a. loving vows deceive
S4s one day 10 waken
And find that 10, Is 6own.
And can not be o'rrtakeu.
Aud We are lett u ont:
VosTO that can b. spoken.
10 heart that can be broken
No wish for loves returning,
something in its stead,
M missing it, and yearning
AS tyr the desrer dead:
No Yesterday, 10 morrow
Bat everlasting soirowt
-Scribuer's fer Januar
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
THE ANGEL or PAIN.

Angel Of pain think thv face
VIII be, In all the heave My place,
The sweetest face that ] shall see
The swif:est face to smile on me.
All other angels faint and tire;
Joy wearie les and fUrsakes desire;
Hope fslters fat e 10 face with fate
And dies because it can not wait;
And love cuts'shOr each loving day.
Becat SO fond hearts can not obey
That subtlest law which measures b}is.
BY what 1t is content to m ss
But thou, oh loving fai hful Pain.
Hated, reproac he'd, rejected, Sian,
Dust only closer cling, and bless
In sweeter, stronger steadfastusss,
Dear patient angel, to thine own
Thou contest. and art never known.
Til, late in some lone, twilight place.
The light of thy TRANSPORTED face
sudden shines out, and speechle tbrv
Know they have walked with Christ Ala,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21

. A couple in Biddeiord, Maine, laid in bed
Tor thirty-seven hours, each waiting for The
other to get up and light . fire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-28
The Execution of McElhaney.

James McElhaney. of Cambridge. who
murdered his wife. last August. expiatrd
his crime on the scatfold ut the suffolk
Jail in Boston, March 2ISt. He was
hung at II minutes past II o'clock. and
i'll ~ minutes life was pronounced eX-
tinct. There were about 100 specta-
tors present. and all preserved ii respect
full silence and decorum that was almost
painful. during the execution of the
law. The condemned made no remarks
upon the scatfold. but, before leaving
his cell. he INDUCED i'll religious devo-
lions in company with Rev. Mr.. Cpham
his spiritual adviser. and Father Cook
the chaplain AT the Jail. He walked
firmly to the scatfold. and behaved with
extraordinary fortitude. His will be-
queaths all his property, about $4,000,
to his only child. The religious ser
vices previous to the execution were
held in the parlor of the sheritf-s apart
ments. McElhaney was attended, as
through the night, by Rev. Messrs. Up
ham, Ray. Father Cook, and Mr.. Scott.
The exercises were opened by singing
the hymn, ''Jcsus lover of my SOUL
after which, appropriate selections of
scripture were read, and Rev. Mr.. Up
ham led in prayer, invoking especial
favor and forgiveness for the one who
was so soon to be beyond the reach of
PRAYER. The communion service was
then held, the reverend gentleman and
the condemned man partaking. The
hymn ''Just us | am" was then sung.
the whole assembly joining, and prayer
was again offered. after which a bene-
diction was given, and the company re-
tired to the rotunda, leaving the pris-
oner alone for the last few moments
with the clergyman. Through the en-
tire exercises the prisoner was evidently
much affected, tears attesting to the
sincerity with which he joined in the
devotions. He was dressed in black
and, although showing emotion, bore
himself with remarkable composure I'M
der the circumstances, shaking hands
with several gentlemen whom he recog-
nized. After the body fell through the
drop, the muscular contractions lasted
about six minutes, when all was still
A few minutes later the physicians. af,
ter an examination, pronounced Nc.
Elhaney dead.
McElhaney's body was delivered t.
his friends in the afternoon, who re,
moved 1t to East Cambridge, where the
funeral services took place that after
noon, tlom Rev. Mr.. Mays church. Ii
is stated, on the authority of one o
McElhaney's spiritual advisers, that tn,
members of his wife's family refused t,
allow him to see his little child named
Nellie Emma, who is only two year,
old. A letter bearing all oft repeated
request to see his child, was sent by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-28
Sheriff Clark to the family, but without
The Hanging of Foster.


William Foster. who murdered Avery
D. Putnam at New York, with car
hook, in May, 1871, was hung at the
Tombs, March 2lst. He sat with his
keepers from midnight, Thursday night,
till 3 o'clock, Friday morning, without
speaking. At 3 o'clock Warden john
son came in and asked Foster how he
felt. Don't you think it's time for you
to 60 to bed, Billy p said the warden.
Yes he responded, and then asked,
despondently, amy dispatches yet.
warden ?" mo, Billy; nothing yet
returned Mr.. johnson. The doomed
man then entered his cell and retired to
rest. He slept until 8 o'clock, when he
was awakened, and paItook of a cup OF
coffee, but ate nothing. He was very
pale, and his strength seemed fast fail
ing. He was attended by Rev. DR..
Tying and Rev. Mr.. Schoonmaker, chap
lain of Sing Sing. He was engaged in
devotional exercises until 9 o'clock. At
| | minutes past o'clock, he was led
out. supported by Sheriff Brennan and
Uuder-Sheriif Stevens. Foster walked
untalteringly to the scatfnld. His face
had hectic flush. Arrived beneath
the sraftold. Rev. DR.. Tying, assisted by
Rev. Mr.. SchoOnmakcr, read the 5lSt
Psalm. As the solemn words were
read. in which DR.. Tyng besought God
to open the eye of mercy unto this thy
servant" the scene was impressive i'll
the extreme. During the reading OF
the service, Foster stood beneath the
scaffold. his head bowed down. and his
left hand shading his eyes. Rev. DR..
L L.. l. Il IL
and said. ''God bless thee. my dear
friend At IL minutes past 9 o'clock.
the bolt was drawn. and Fosters body
rose into the air. The condemned man
gave one slight struggle only. So slight
as to be almost imperceptible. There
was an absence of the usual movement
of the shoulders, and there WAS il slight
contraction of the lower limbs and a
barely perceptible motion of the hands.
After hanging five minutes. the body
was lowered about nine inches. and Il
minute thereafter about Il foot further.
| Twelve minutes after the bolt was
drawn the pulse ceased to beat. and
Foster had died without struggle. 1t
was evident during the reading of the
service that he was rapidly sinking. and
was scarcely able to stand. The ply
SicianS noticed this. and the Rev. Mr.
shoemaker had hut just shook hand>
with Foster and said Good bye. God
bless thee, my dear friend. when the
! fatal bolt was drawn. After being al
lowed to hang a little over twenty
minutes. the body was lowered into Il
coffin and conveyed into the dead house
of the TombS. from whence it was taken.
in the afternoon. to the residence of
Fosters widow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-28
Murder and Robbery in Brooklyn.


charles Goodrich brother OF W. W,
Goodrich was i"Und FRIDAY morning,
March -. III the basement IN one OF Il
! ro" al lalusolhe prov h-SlniIc houses III
DerfaN street near ruin avenue,
| bio"hlEn. WIN pistol wound thl"ugh
ms head ana dcrP wound over the
/ rlSiiI eve lt'Flhe 'l''ie dnup' that he
met MS drath al the hands "f bur
gar """drich was "id"wer' II wears
on. ana man OF considerable means.
ne had recently eircte TINS 70" OF
buildings. some "f which he had sold.
! he NTH one from nth avenue he had
Just let. completely furnished. To New
"rk merchant. and for the past week
had been III the habit of sleeping i'll it.
for the purpose of protecting the prop
ertT until the New York gentleman
should occupy 1t. W. W. Goodrich. be
coming ANXIOUS at MS brother absence,
went TO the mouse ana kn"ched AT the
ooor; n''t receiving n" response ne de-
'i"e" 10 pieah H. ne entered one Oh
'he '"J1iIiihS houses went upon the
rn"i ana descended through me scuttle.
lie found all the doors closed. and, on
entering his brothers sleeping apart
ment, found the bedding turned down,
as IL ne hah just risen. lie then went
10 tne basement, ana on opening the
u""r' i"lnu ms ntother lying oead on
'ne carpet; ne lounu thc WINDOW OF
the pa'h basement had been broken
open ana became convinced that his
nIo'ler h''a neeh "rnIall| murdered;
l he pane ol glass Ill the window had
neeh oroheh so that Il man mi ght insert
ms ii''hd ana turn the fastening: The
theolN "l the murder Is that thief. be
coming aware that MI: Goodrich slept
alone IN the house. ana snpp"SlnS that
ne carried large amount oil money
a"ou' MN, entered ihe mouse Tor the
purpose oi obtaining 1t; Tearing the
approach Oh VII ''""hll'h' ne TOOK IL pc
Sltl"n from winch he could knock him
>enScltS>.sts he entered the place. and.
/. H.. i "J,,'n &c" Stttrh nl'', nioM Oyer
ui.tol and Shot him. Then the rohhar
it is supposed. ritled his pockets. tor hi,
Wallet ana IL valuable gold watch were
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-28
The Railroad Hearing,

The petitions for overhauling the
managers of the Vermont and Canada
railroad. and for making them give an
account of their doings, and pay back
dividends to the stockholders. heard at
| st. Adams last week, reached conclu-
sion on Friday-and that conclusion
was, the petitions were dismissed, or
withdrawn after 1t was apparent that
| the court would decide everything
against the prayer of the petitioners.
| This became evident from the result of
the first days proceedings. The man
ayers triumphed in everything-the
court, practically, notifying the petit
TONERS that they had no rights, the
court was bound to respect. OF course,
we are not so rude as to intimate that
the court were in fault in the premises
the law, as the court understands it,
seems to he inadequate to remove the
alleged grievances.
1t appeared that the trustees have
rendered no account of their steward
ship since 1866, and they are not will
ling to do 50 now, at least they do not
do it. They are the servants of the
court, and they are allowed to run, ac-
countable to no body. If the court
cannot run this road better than it is
doing it, and insist upon holding the
control of the same the owners ought to
have their claim recognized by having
it placed i'll hands of sufficient strength
to keep its head above of water.
| Some twelve years or more ago this
road was i'll chancery, and kept there
until the stock run down to something
like so per share, and when certain
parties had bought most of it up at this
/ low price it slid out of durcss, and I'M
mediatcly rose to about Sl5O-and some
| few men got rich, but many more be-
came poor.
\ process. not much diSSimilar is, ap-
parcntly. being rc-enacted. The stock,
six months or so ago. was worth 800
per share. now Somewhere from 30 TOGO
cents upon the dollar. 1t will he wise,
/ probably. for the present stockholders.
if they can restrain their disgust. to
hold on to it, but should it ever rise to
a decent standard of value. they will
sell out, we doubt not. 1t is not pleas
ant to hold stock in corporations that
have to he placed in morgue once i'll ev-
cry few Years. or where it becomes nee
essary to fee large class of gentlemen.
i'll and outside the legislature. to look
over the state. remotely as we'll as near
by, for lost baggage. Stockholders
are. 10y right, the proper claimants of
the net earnings OF corporations. and
the day will come in Vermont when
their claims will Ice recognized as just
and legal. Travel where we may over
New England, Nermonter hears un-
pleasant comments touching Vermont
courts in their treatment of railroad cases
that fall into their hands.