The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-12-02
Doniphan Itsus.


We have been sitting at our desk with pen in hand
and have dipped it into the ink twenty seven tmes
studying what to write first but here COVE will in
vesgae that one hundred dollar bill Mrs Murphy found
in her Bible supposed to have been there for fourteen
years-ever since Mr.. Murphy died It a God-send
70 MIS- murphy a. she has raised any crops on her
place for long time and does most Of the farming her.
self Why don't she take in a partner male gender to
help farml Everybody is now searcbug the Scriptures
hunting hundred dollar bills who have opened the
nos oil their Bibles for ten year. before good man
os are iound but they unpaid doctors bills prin
tiers bills merchants bills and few rhiskey bs-but
ie"' We looked in our Bible and the first thing that
met our gaze was that money the root Of all evil
Being reigiousy inclined we closed the book.
Sunday was cold day But few out at church; cold
house, cold and cherries music Oh why is it that We
nave % many good singers and few take part In the
exercise 1t is Encouraging the minister We can't
see what object they have in cuvatng their voices and
not singing in church There sat the old organ, its lids
closed and covered with dust cold and still; and there
away back Of the organ sat the choir waiting for some
good brother to ask them to play and sing. Father
Leaks remarks about the matter well timed 1t is
good way to be brought into notice girls every one in
church will look at you.
Mr.. Landon found his girl at Pardee working in . no
tel Her grandfather lives West and she intende
visiting him, working her way As best she could
Charles Kuchs took charge of the post Office Monday
and moved II his room where he will be read
to wait on his visitors
The A. & n. Railroad Is doing good business at this
time Seem to have clever of the road. Our
new Agent here Fred Parker is young man, bat old
in the business and understands business with abi
ty, genial, clever, sociable and agreeable to all
Our quite lively last Saturday. The streets
were full Of wagons; merchants truly glad it.
Our druggist ii is distressngy healthy, and he
has such nice, good. sugarcoated pills We not in
need of any, at this time: If should, will have
them made about the size Of apple dumping four
dose, mixed in cream and sugar.
VIM Waller has just completed pulling down house
Of Mrs. Harsock in town to be moved the river
her farm The house a good building and it
leaves q vacant spot Whenever times get . little dull
then the moving Our town, like all others
is not as lively il has been. All to make
town enterprisng men, and not many selfish
drones and grumbler Never expect great things
soth regard caresness the parent of any good
Feeble efforts cannot produce powerful results is the
hand of the dilgent that maketh rich - =
We say the Chief that there sixty cop
les of that paper to this Office and If times
little better it would raise the list to hundred Every
wants it; there is not paper that to this
Office so much talked of and read as the Chief.
Old Mother Gossip is in town, and has been making
things lively for several days, getting her hand and
tongue in mischief She had better look out and attend
70 her knitting it will be worse than opinion
scoldng There only fotythree families that
exceptions to that
Married-On the 18th of November by Justice Forman,
MI. George Brock Miss Lou. Hndley the residence
of the brides mother, on Rock Creek
BOrn-To Isaac Spencer a SON. November 18th. Isaac,
old enough have made your arrangements for
warmer night o. Jupiter! but was cold. But such
is life.
Who says town is not raising when every family
in town has crock Of buckwheat batter sitting by the
stove to raise.
Horses here about the epizootic As il in
a mild form, it did not keep them from
The talk now that there will be pork packed here
this Winter. There is every convenience, such pork
house tank and other arrangements for curing several
thousand head of hogs. can buy in Township
from thousand TO fifteen hundred head Of hogs
There will be money in meat, this Fall.
Some of Doniphan young men, that part their hair
in the middle and to the spelling school at Tate
school house had better let those bottom fellows girls
alone. they will get whipped They have said so.
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