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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Mr.. Brain, a clerk at the Patent Office, on re-
ceiving his discharge, deliberately repaired to the
model room, and there constructed a formidable
weapon of poker, and saber, and bayOnet. This
done, he Invested himself of almost every vestise
of clothing, and suddenly appeared in the cor
ridors, charging upon every one who appeared,
with the greatest fury. The poor fellow was
finally oyerpowered and taken to his residence
Another instance of loss of mental balance, was
brother of one of the relieved, the appointments
OF which latter had been secured by Mr. Blaine
This worthy rushed to the telegraph Office and
surprised the nr6ane Speaker of the House, who
is resting from the fatgues of his Congressional
labors at his home in North Adams, Mass. by the
following telegram: MY brother is removed.
come on at once.s Notwithstanding the heat
this party has probably endured an attack of
hil-Blaine--Haskingtos Chronicle
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
PloNv Them Under.

The Lincoln Journal states that farmers in that
vicinity comenr in the opinion that grasshoppers
can not well deposit their eggs raw prairie.
They always seek hard, bare surface, like a
road track or new breaking.
They make hole from an inch to two inches
in depth and leave a cluster of eggs in the bot
tom of it. If this hole gets filed up, as would
be likely TO be the case on old plowed ground,
the newly born hopper cannot dig his way to the
surface, bat dies. Hence the instinct that seeks
hard, imPacted surface, where the little per-
foration will remain till spring.
This being true, it will be seen that deep plow-
ing will effectually destroy the brood. The eggs
can stand any amount of rain and frost. But
the young grasshopper is not a burrower, and il
he is covered with two three inches of dirt, he
must finish his brief existence without air or
motion. The few that would survive the plow-
ing, by remaining on top of the gronnd, might
be easily destroyed with little attention after
Matching.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
A RAILROAD CORPORATION WITH A Soul

A RAILROAD CORPORATION WITH A SOUL-We
hear great deal of the rapacity of corporations,
their want of soul, etc. Raiirlad corporations
have come in for good deal of this kind of char
acterizatun. We glad that there is another
side of the picture. As everybody knows, the
settlers along the western line of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad have lost their crops
by the ravages of the grasshopper. The first
party to extend substantial aid to those settlers
is the railroad company. 1t offers to furnish
them seed wheat for fall sowing to be repaid in
kind out of the crUp when grown, 10 transport
wheat free of charge when unable to pay for it,
and to extend the time of payment on lands pur
chased Of the company for one year.-LGTreRoe
Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
The Grasshopper.

S. H. o., of Luana, Iowa. writes to the New
York Tribune as follows concerning the sprightly
| grasshOpper and his way:
| As the Colorado grasshopper has become n ma
| tional calamity, much the Colorado beet
le, it is important that the people know all there
| is to be known about the insect. l have been
watching their movements and gathering infor-
| nation for twenty years. They are not like any
grasshoppers that l have ever seen; they
built with broad face, heavy head and shoulders,
| with a large, transparent butterfly wing, and can
| fly from four to five hundred miles without stop
| ping to feed. They do not come down every
| year; it varies from three to five years. The
| reason why we have not heard more of this in-
sect in former years is, that where they stop to
feed there have been no crops growing, or any one
to disturb until very recently. Away ont on the
| plains of Colorado is where they hatch, mature,
and deposit eggs for another generation, and af-
| ter eating up everything that is eatable, they
rise on the wing. Their course is first east, then
| northeast, then nOrth until they settle down in
the northwest corner of Iowa; here they will COW
er every inch of an area of sixty miles square,
tapping over a little into Minnesota and little
| in Dakota. In a few days they rise on the wing
all at once, and now their course is trfe west
| of north. In the northern part of Dakota they
settle down to feed. From here they rise on the
wing and cross into Her Majesty's Dominons.
They have eaten mp all the green fields in Iowa,
the leaves from the trees, and guawed the bark
from the wood. 1t is estimated that $780, 900
would not cover the damage done by them to the
settlers in four days time. Their number can
only be estimated hy the Thousand million. Their
usual flight is from four to five hundred feet
high, bnt when they come 20 rise up in Iowa
millions of them could not rise higher than from
three to ten feet. If they struck their heads
against anything they fell back dead. A large barn
in Dakota standing in their way they struck against
and fell back dead, foot thick, ten feet back
from the barn; from this barn and board fence
running three miles to the north they were found
dead, six inches deep, from four to five feet from
the fence. And so they kept falling all the way
until they came down a second time to feed in
the northern part of Dakota, aud even here, in
this far off region, were many farms brought I'M
der cultivation, which they stripped and left the
ground as a new plowed field | have eonversed
with a man that saw the grasshoppers pass over |
our boundary line into British America. He said |
they darkened the sun for nearly all one day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

y They held in Missouri, last week, what
they called State Convention of the Peoples
Party, and nominated full ticket. As both the
other parties repudiate it, we do not know what
it is composed of. The Democrats have major
ity in Missouri; and as Democrats are never
known to favor Peoples parties, except where
they are teo helplessly weak to elect a ticket of
their own, the People had better save the money
it will cost to print tickets.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

1t is freely said here that the stockholders of
the Plymouth theatre" as Beecber's church is
generally regarded, are spending money freely
the inimitable and only Beecher and the conse-
qnent continued success of Brooklyn's fsvorite
pace OF amusement. IL is said the stockholders
are aghast at the Black Crook spectacle now en-
as'ed against their will on lite boards This sort
% drama, they maintain. should have been
sept behind the sc.nes,r for the deleetation OF
tue trusted few.-N Y. Special TO Chicago Times
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Astronomer Parkhurst writes that the new
comet may be found with a small telescope sew
en- degrees south of Gamma, the upper guard or
pointer of the Little Bear. Its small size and
slow motion indicate that il is yet probably not
less than 100 600 600 miles from us; but neither
its distance or the direction of its motion can
be certainly known until after another observa-
tion. IL appears that its present direction and
rate of motion will bring it midway betwesa
Gamma and Thuban in one week.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

. II Those incompetent Secretaries of the Re
publican State Convention ought to be ashamed
of themselves, for doing their work SO carelessly
That venerable old dab, the editor of the Wathe-
na Reporter, kept report for himself, which he
interpolates into the proceedings as the official
report. He makes Smallwoods first vote a, in
instead of a, although in so doing, he increases
the total number of votes to 205, when the high
est vote cast in the Convention was 2O3. While
he was about it, why didn't he nominate ticket
30 suit him, at oncei
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

E~ COwhide Griffin, of the Manhattan Nation
aiist, is not happy. When these fellows get sour
aud snappish, they must all have their snap at
"SOl. Miller" If the old baboon has publication
on the brain, why didn't he stay down in his ma
tive clay eating Georgia, where they have more
thieves and scoundrsls in Office than in any other
State of the Unioni Perhaps they were too we'll
acquainted with him there as they are getting
to be here.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

tP- Peterson's Ladies National Magazine, fol
October, is already at hand "Mima Grey is a
beautiful engraving; the Colored Fashion Plate
is splendid, and all the illustrations are good.
The publisher Announces, for 1875 snperb Pre-
MUM Engraving, "WashIngton's First Interview
with his Wife," which cost $4,000 to engrave. 1t
is time to begin thinking what Magazine you
will take for the next year. Peterson's is cheap
and good-just the thing for the hard times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

HoS. A. H. STEPHENS on SPEAKER BLAINE
Hon. A. II. Stephens remarked to a friend during
late session of Congress that Speaker Blaine
was more prompt, efficient and energetic in the
dispatch of business and possessed more through
knowledge of the complicated rules of the House
than any one he had ever seen in the chair"
As Mr.. stephens has been familiar with all the
Speakers since James K. Polk, and personally
served under Winthrop, Cobb and Banks, this
compliment to Speaker Blaine is one worth hav-
ing.-WaskiHgtoH Star.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

~ The DOniphan County Republican (outsidc
printed in St. Louis) says it is habit to slash
man one week, and take it all back the next
Yes, and right here We have to do that very
thing. We apologize to Pliny Soper, Jr., for even
intimating that any person supposed he wrote
any of the editorials in the Republican They are
too thin and childish for him. If he only uould
write something, there would be marked i'm
proyement in the ability of the paper
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

y Those papers that were pitching into US
for condemning the manner of Phillips nomina-
tiou, while supporting the nominee, are respect
fully requested to turn their manure forks upon
about dozen papers in the State, which denounce
the nomination of Osborn, and yet support him
not even claiming that improper means were
used to secure his nomination
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Some Of the merchants in yieksburg recently
threatened to discharge their negro porters II
they voted the Radical ticket. whereupon il wa,
agreed t6at ine eolored women should, with one
accord, decline TO wash for the white women or
the white men, in order that sadem ar, Whit
folks might see how it is dey self"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

n According to the Wsthena Reporters " off
cial" report of the State Convention, we find
that the men who bolted were the only honest
men in the Convention, and are entitled to
all the praise; while the men who stood their
ground, and tried to keep the Convention
and the party united, are the men who deserve
to be denounced and besmeared
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

The total valuation of property in the State,
according TO these figures, is ,95I 76. And
rs the assessed valuation of property will average
only from third TO one-half of the real value,
the property of Kansas is worth over three hun
dred million dollars.
Leayenworth County ranks first in assessed
valuation, and Douglas, Shawnee, Bourbon and
Atchison follow, in the order named. In these
five counties the assessed valuation of property
is $50, 100 ,32l and the real value about sixtyfye
or seventy millions. Those five counties have
one-fourth of the assessed valuation of the State
aud pay one-fourth of the taxes paid by the peO-
pie of the whole State.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
Sherif-s Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS Iss.

SIAIE OF KANSAS {ss
In the District Court Donphan County State Of Kansas
R. NJ Williams. lPiaintih
Jacob Edwards, SDefendant
NOTICE is hereby given that will on the 10th day Of
" October A ID Is73 al the hour of O'Clock p NJ,
Of day at the north the Court House In the city
OF Troy Donphan County State of kAnsas oer for sale
tate wit: Commencing thirtytwo t32 rods north Of
the south Of the
e thence twenty 0l rods thence south fonrteen
90 rods thence north and west twenty ol rods thence
snfh 10 the place beginning; containing
or les in Doniphan County State Of KaDszs Taken
the property and offered for sale % ne
costs Of record in the District Court for DoniPhan
Comfy In the State Kansas in which r u. Williams 10
rlaintif and Jacob Edwards IL defendant
Given Hnder my hand this 9th day Of September A D.
Is5I r.,,cr
Sheriff Of Doniphan County.
September 10 fs.4-su Prs fee, sle-5c.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

b On the occasion of the report of Beecher's
committe, when Moulton attempted TO speak, it
is said that many women leaped upon chairs and
tables, shook their fists at him. and squalled like
cats lighting" The names of these women
should be ascertained at once, so that their nat
ural protectors can place guard over them; for
they are the very kind that will throw them
selves into Beccheris way, to find ont how it is
themsalyas
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Many Of the Brooklyn clergy, irrespective of
creed, express themselves satisfied with Beeehers
defense. None of thea, however, seem to think
much of him as Plymouth Church prayer
meeting does, and no clergyman indOrses Prof.
Raymond's high compliment, that 'Mr. Beecher
is the prophet of Gods gospel in the nine teenth
century, and those who strike at him are striking
against the throne of God itself"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

,R- That embodiment of purity, the editor of
the Wathena Reporter, demurs to our supporting
Col. Phillips for Congress, because we objected to
the tactics by which he re-nominated. We
hope he will reconsider his edict, and allow us to
vote for Phillips. Besides, we doubt whether
that little $50 was coupled with authority to take
charge of the Phillips interest in this County, as
Supreme Dictator.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

" The Kirwin Chief says that majority Of
the delegates in the Phillips County Convention
were opposed to Phillips, but names two men
whom it charges with having been bribed to vote
for Phillips delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention 1t says that the price was $40 apiece,
and that a certain Justice of the Peace in Phil
lipsburg made the purchases. L. A. Potter is a
Justice of the Peace there. Has he been into
such businessf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
Republican County Convention.

The Republican voters Of Dcnphan County are request
ed to meet at their several vsting precincts on
Saturday, October Sd, 1874,
to elect Delegates Republican County Convention
be held in the Court House. at Troy, on THURsDAf \
OCTOBER 1874 at IL O'Clock, to nominate eana
dates for the following Offices:
State Senator Clerk Of the District Court Prooa'
Judge County Attorney, County Superintendent o.
Public Instruction and County Surveyor to ill vacancy
The members Of the Convention representing each hep
reseatative District will meet Immediately on the ad
journment of the County Convention and nominate csnd
dates for Representatives of their respective Disc
The several Precincts will be entitled to the following
numbers of Delegates:
White Cloud,
Highland,
Iowa Point,
flaming
Wolf River (at Severancel
Centre, lat TroyJ
Doniphan,
Geary City,
Brenner,
wathena.
Elwood
Columbus,
Palermo,
The polls for the election of Delegates to the Conven
siou. will be open from until 5 o'clock, p. N.
By yder of the Republican County Central Committee
]. P. JOHNSON, Chairman.
wM C. SEARCT. Secretary.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

y When a newspaper wears patent outside
frOm st, Louis. and takes its pay for advertising
in patent medicines. which it dickers out among
the drug stores throughout the County, it ought
not to object 10 being called patent couceru.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

% The Leavenwortb Commercial opposes Col
Phillips on account of drunkenness, among other
things, and throws its influence in favor of Par
rOtt. 1t is lucky for the Commercial that Parrott
doesn't drink
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

= The Garrett Piaiadealer bolts the nomi ma
tion of Gov. Osborn; but the same issue also an
nounces the suspension of the paper. Notwith-
standing the bolt, We sorry for the suspen-
sion. SpoOner is an energetic man and talent
ed writer, and is entitled to his opinions
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Miss Sallie Forward Austin, granddaughter Of
Walter Forward, of Pennsylvania, who was Sec
rotary of the Treasury from lS4l to 1Si3 and af-
terwards Minister TO Denmark, has been appon-
ted to a clerkship in the Treasury Department.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL EXPOsITIoS.-The
Interstate Industrial Exposition of Chicago,
will be open from September 9h TO October 10th,
to the public, fromssll parts of the Union. 1t
being the greatest Exposition of the Country
this Season, the Rail Roads will issue Excursion
Tickets AT REDUCED RATES, to accommodate all
desirous of visiting this grand Exposition.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

~ The Topeka Record states that an old Re
publican gays that Lappin will not get 300 votes
in Shawnee County. What is the use in paper
laying claims to common sense, getting off such
bosh as that
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

.R The venerable Gerrit suith, one of the
oldest and plost practical philanthropists in the
country, has sent $1,000 to Gov. Osborn. to be
equally divided for the aid of the destitute in
Kansas and Nebraska.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

~ The Fort Scott Monitor bolts the nominal
tion of Gov. Osborn. IL bolted the whole Repub-
lican ticket, two years ago, and went for Greedy;
but it didn't to make any prcceptible differ
ence in the result. This thing of sneaking back
to the party, in crter to get another chance to
bolt may be amusing to the Monitor, but it is be-
comiur slightly mouotonoIls.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

n The Lawrence Journal says that 0. +.
Short, who was lately murdered by the lndians,
was the founder of the White ClOnd CHIEF. Not
if we understand the situation, he wasn't. We
were there or thereabouts ourself; and, although
we were frequently short, we were not o. +.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Il Bruno Tzschuck is the Republican candi-
date for Secretary of State of Nebraska. Why
didn't the Republicans of this State nominate
Przybylowiczf .-..-.-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

lg= The Troy side of the last Republican con-
tains just four columns of reading matter, aud
one column of that is devoted to the Chief. Oh,
no; the Chief is of no consequence!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

g- The two offices of Treasurer and Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction are having dread
full hard time seeking the men, on the Reform"
ticket 80
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

% The Manhattan Nationalist is, so far rs we
Know, the only pretended Republican paper in
the First Congressional District that bolts the
nomination of Osborn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
SPECLIL NOTICES.
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects Of
Errors and Abuses in early life Manhood restored I'm
pediments to marriage removed New method Of treat
ment New and remarkable remedies Books and Cireu.
lars sent free in sealed envelopes Address HOWARD
ASSOCIATION. Nc. South Ninth ST., Philadelphia Pa
an institution having high reputation for honorable
duct and professional skill oet3Q 73-Iy
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

II Beecher has for years been subject to the
disease known as Hay Fever. If it be true that
all flesh is grass, do not wonder at his intlie-
ton, considering his hankerng after the flesh.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

George Francis Train has been heard from.
He wants to know how it is that the Assoria,cd
Press and all the newspaper people are at Iarre.
He was put in the Tombs for printing the allera-
tions of the Beecher scandal, and now there is
nothing else in the papers. yet evelybody goes
free. He inquiries the mysterious reason of this.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

II Judge Poland, of Vermont, the author of
the infamous press gag-law, has been defeated
for reelection to Congress. Yermont's head is
still right.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

E- The papers are now engaged in making in-
ventories of the Beecher family. Does that sig
Nifty that they are to be closed out'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

II We nov exchange with but two st. Louis
papers-ths Daily GIobe, aid the Doniphaa coun-
ty Republican.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

am ht'ie Iiltons are; Florence, aged 16;
% ames; aged II; Carroll, aged IL; aud frankie,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

A new story in the New York Ledger is entitled
''In the Wrong Nest Does Mr.. Beecher still
contributs to that psperf-P0rt Wayne SeatiHeL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
w..,,h OF Kansas.

The Topeka Commonwealth publishes the fol-
lowing list of returns made by the clerks OF the
different Counties to the State Auditor, being the
total valuation of all property in such Counties,
including railroad property.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
THOMAS A. OSBORN,
OF Leavenworth County.
For Lieutenant Governor,
N. ). SALTER,
OF Neosho County.
For Secretary Of STATE,
THOMAS HI. CAVANAUGH'
OF Saline County.
For State Treasurer.
SAMUEL EAPPEN,
OF NemahA County.
For State Auditor.
ID. w. WILDER,
OF Bourbon County.
For Attorney General
a. M: r. RANDOLPH,
OF Cofey County
r. ,,.o.;at. Justice sJ the Supreme Court,
ID. d. VALENTINE,
OF Franklin County.
For State Superintendent Of Public Instruet'""'
JOHN FRASER,
OF Douglas County.
For Congress FSra Distrid,
WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS,
OF Saline County.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10

Mrs. Elizabeth Aksrs AIlen-Florence Percy
Is on the editorial staff Of the Portland Advertiser
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-10
Assignee's Sale.

NOTICE is heregy given that will, on the 10th day
of October, A D. 1914 at the hour Of o'clock NJ
o. ad day at the north door Of the Court House In the
Sy o. Troy In Doniphan County, State Of Kansas offer
ior sale at public auction for cash the following deserb
Cd real estate to wit: Lot thirteen n in bocktwo 0 Of
D. Jones Addition to the City Of Troy County Of Don
Pnan and State Of Kansas The sale made for the ben
eht Of the creditors Of the late Hrm Of Fish Co.
HENRY B0DER Jr-
Assignee of NJ. r Fish & Co.
September 10 I57i-5ws Prs fee, $40