The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-28
AIEDICUS.
State News.

Neosho County grangers plead their own law
suits.
A Hebrew colony is to he settled in the vicini
ty of Hays City.
Comanche County is struggling along will
only one grange.
Grasshopper Falls has only six drug stores
present and prospective.
The Grangers are shutting down on horse ra
cling at County fairs this season.
In the United States District Court, sittin,
at Topeka, John Allison, of Fort Scott, VIII,
opened letter addressed to John +. Allison
appropriated endorsed and collected the money
draft therein contained, knowing it was moi
intended for him, was foand guilty, aud will cei
not less than Que year.
The Leavenworth Commercial gives Gov Os
born its authority for stating that Kansas
bonds worth 80 cents and accrued interest.
Three Thousand head of cattle have died in
Douglas County, since January, estimated to be
worth 100000.
100000. 1t must be difficult to make such bond
as that.
1t is rumOred that Senators York. Simpson and
johnson have signed the petition now in circGla-
tion asking the County Attorney of Shawnee
County to enter a Hoile in the Poineroy case.
The Lawrence Tribune says: A farmer who
certainly does not read the Tribune, sold lot of
yesterday for so cents bushel. We know a
neighbor of his that has been getting for long
time, right at home, 65 to 40 cents"
The Wichita Eagle is confident that Doc. Hol-
mes, lately convicted Ofmail robbery, while post
master at Wichita, is an innocent man. Con-
fpssedy very careless and inefficient officer, the
Eagle alleges that the public of Wichita are conf
dent of his integrity, and believe the robberies
to have been committed by one of his clerks,
King Price by name, gambler, and companion
of bad men and lewd women.
The Neosho Valley Register says: 1t is estima-
ted that enough cattle have died in this State
within the last four weeks, which, if sold last
fall at $40 head, would have brought money
enough to have paid all onr taxes and left a sur
plus large enough to have furnished new dress
for every baby born during the year 1874.
family of ten souls in Clay County supply
themselves the year through with milk and but
ter, besides selling $500 worth of these articles
per annum, from COW, and she only four years
old. By the time the COW is five years old the
family will probably add a cheese factory to the
above satisfactory figures.
young man named Curtin fell beneath the
cars of a running train at Atchison, on Friday,
and had one of his legs cut off above the knee.
boy by the name of Dart, living north
of this place, was accidentally drowned in
the yerdigris, while fishing last Thursday. He
had for several years been subject to frequent at
tactS OF nts, ana IL was supposed tnat De was Ia
ken with one of these SPELLS aud fell in, aud was
strangled Immediately y.-feodesha Press.
The Solomon City Newspaper says: HMr Hu-
ling has shown bug that Is doing great dam
age to grape vies in this section. Ii is a small
black bug about bali nm inch long and about as
large around rs coarse darning needle. II
bores into the vine and sesms 10 feed on the
pith. 1t has wings much-}ike June bug, but
the caps covering them are much harder. Let
all examine their vines, and if any one knows
what they are or how they can he externiuated,
please inform onr readers next week"
A MAD HoRsE-HE KILLS ONE MAN AND IN
JUREs ANoTHER.-Several days ago a mad dog
got into the stable of Rev. Lichety who resides
eight miles northeast of Sabetba, ON Pony creek
in Brown County, and bit fine stallion belong
ing to him, for which he paid 81 600 Mr. Liche-
ty thinking he could save the horse, refused to
kill him, and commenced giving him medicine.
Last Tuesday he became very violent, kicking
one side of the stable out in which he was fas,
tened, and escaped. Displaying all the fearful
symptoms of hydrophhobia, he attacked a man
living on Mr.. Lichety's farm, and striking him
violently with his fore feet, killed him. He
ais" injured another person, then disappear
ed, aud is still at large. Ne received the above
intelligence from a reliable: person Just as We
were going 10 press.-Sabe6ha 1draRce.