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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
ExroKrA kansas. May %. 1873.

ENPoMA KANSAS, May DO 1873
EprroR CHrEr:-"A stranger in . strange land, feei
rather lonely and my mind runs out I'm dreams Of nome
with Its friendly associations snd suburban enchAntment
and the Of grasshoppers and tsmPo
rary desttutia. hsye.fn my weary travels TO nHd
County IN the ats A in agricultural wealth OF 80
far advanced in prosperity as the Lancaster
of Kansas The appearance Of Usage and Lyon Counties
all that could be desired but coil does not compare
all with that of Doniphan-hard PAN is too prominent
to make the raising Of corn, oats and wheat
Misery is said be gay lover of company therefore,
to afford an item Of consolation to your farmer readers
will state that Atcbison Jefferson Shawnee, Douglas
and part Of Usage Counties all are just now the scenes
of Hopper reviva and destruction to the hopes Oh the
hardhsted yeomanry while the news from the Counnes
along eastern border is so terricay fearful that
requires large Of confidence in fra humanity to
give your sufficient capital enter heartily
into what is known as the beef business 1t is said
they have DESTROYED all crops in Of the eastern
Counties spang spear Of grass upon the prai
re and that farmers have had to drive their stock miles
away to prevent starvation hope for better things In
Doniphan County and believe firmly in the doctrine that
the Lord will provide in Kansas In this County,
and from here west along the A, T. and F. Railroad
and down along the of the NJ K and Railroad the
prospect for good crops beter and aside om
the dread of the winged pests migrating from the
South and East the purpose of getting square meal
in this locality feeling of the people is that Of the
r 10y, An, .. g., ,,r,s IN MI, life T s.w
,.S -. ~ ~, ,,-u - - -. a.; ..h..a rhs
sight Usage City, and that country is almost SOL
id coal field aording at Usage City monthly revenue
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60. ~ - -. - a.. Cot, Co, ,no.,ioD
Troy 81 - - s. ,s.. 80, Ter ,h-as condi.
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

EDITOR CHIEF TROY KASsAs:-I In your last issue,
clippings from KnoIvill CTen paper and also Orgi
nal paragraph to the effect that at the next election the
Catholics will all vote the Democratic ticket would
spectfuy inquire what your motive be in publishing
such tems for take for granted that editor has
for purposeess paragraphs The statement in
tOn however Is not confined to the Chief; but 1t has
quite much foundation the made during
the that all Catholics slavery rebels. Some
people still Of this opinion and yet Sheridan Shields
Mulligan Rosecrans, and many others who commanded
besides sc in the union ranks Catholics There
perhaps hundred In the union army for every
who served under the Confederate flag presume il
is perfectly safe assert that quite half Of the Catholics
in the United States will the Republican ticket not
wthstanding Harper and Nast-the of q Tory and
prostitute Jew. But when such become the great
high priests Of party is it not pretty time for de-
cent men to take soundiDgs and slacken sail
There Is also another point that should be overlook
ed and that Is the aggressive Purtanism of the Repub
party-that determination to worship God according
to their conscience and make everybody else worship
Him in that particular way and other-that spirit
which compels Catholic children attending the public
schools to listen to the reading Of Bible which they
taught regard schsmetca mutlated version Of
excellent book which the unlearned and unstable
er apt to wrest TO their damnation. Religion
and Temperance admirable in their way but you
not engra them political party. The inevitable fate
Of the hybrid Is death The Republican party has been
from the first openly and intensely antCathoic Its
leaders and Its organs have waived opportunity Of
sailing that Church and knowing this the editor Of
the-0kt ~ ssss nothing surprissS In the
belief that the Catholics vote viii be unit against the
proscptve spirit which applands Bismarck and Victor
Emmanuel and would willingly follow in their footsteps II
it could only brush the Constitution from its path
The writer Of this is, and has been Republican
of the mOst uncOmprOmisng type. He has always given
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

~ The Christian CyRosure, of Chicago, which
is devoted to making puerile and puny war
upon secret benevolent orders, has this for its
motto: ain secret have l said nothing. Jesus
Christ Will The CyHosure please wrastle with
the following, from Christis Sermon on the
Mount
But when thou doest aims let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth:
" That thine aims may be in secret: and thy Father
which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly
But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet
and when thou hast shut thy pray thy Father
Is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee OPENLY"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
SIS Reward!

STRAYED from Severance, May Ieth 1915 three
- Colts of the following description to wits One small
light bay twOyearo old Mare with black and tail
Two re dark chestnut sOrrel almost black yearlings
both One il low and heavy built and has mail
white spot in the orehead the other is taller lighter bod
led white spot in the forehead somewhat larger and
small white mark the Said Colts followed
into town, and have probably followed of
search has been made dad about the
and tidngs had Of them since that time. will pay
reward of Five Dollars per head for said Colts pay lib
orally for information leading tn their recovery
WILLIAM IRWIN,
June J. 1875. Severance Kansas.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

The State Treasurer has given notice that suit
will be commenced at once against the school
districts that are delinquent in payment of their
bonds held for the benefit Of the permanent
school fund. There are no delinquent districts
in this County.-HoltoH Recorder and Express.
heState Treasurer had better stop moment and
contemplate the sublime fact that Kansas Leg
islature says "all school bonds and the coupons
thereof shall be made payable on the first day OF
June" and the next Legislature quietly goes to
work and changes the laws so that only one-half
of the taxes fall due before June 1st, and yet
they propose to sue districts for legislative
fault. Better sue the Legislature q little.-COH-
cOrdid Empire.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate.

In the Probate Court Of DOnphan County State of Kan
In the matter Of the Estate of Lydia A. Holman,
deceased
NOTICE hereby given that by order Of the Probate
V Court of said County and State aforesaid will offer
for sale at public auction cash. at the north door of
the Court House. in Troy the 10th day Of July 1915
O'Clock NJ Of said day the following described real
estate Of the said Estate situate in Doniphan County
Kansas wit The south half of the sOuthe quarter
of section twenty 2O in township four 90 Of range TWEEN
ty C2OJ. NATHAN PRICE,
Admir- Of the Est. Of Lydia A. Holman decd
June TO- le75-5w. Prs fee, g.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
SheriH,s Sale.

SGAITE.S STATE OF cdIAST KANsAs ,ss.
the District Court Donphan County of Kansas
John Deitz / Plaintiff.
- Adam Brenner
Martha A. Dreamer,
And Harvey Ray Jr., Defendants.
NOTICE is hereby given that will the 18th day Of
~ July, A. ID. 1875 the hour of o'clock p. NJ,
of sd day the north door of the Court House in the city
of Troy in DOnphan County State Of Kansas offer for sale
public auctis for cash the following described real
wit: The south half of the northwes fractional
quarter Of section four az in township ve t5 Of range
twentyone 2l Qess the CemeteryJ in DOniphan County
State Of Kansas Taken the property of Adam Bren-
and offered for sale the highest bidder for cash
satisfy certain judgment and costs of record in the
District Court for DOnphan County in the State of Kan
in which John Deitz is plaintiff and Adam Brenner
Martha A. Brenner and Harvey hay Jr defendants.
Given under my hand this 9Th day of June A d. 1873
T.. T.J.VANDERSLICE
Sheriff Of DOniphan County.
June 10, l575-5w. Prs fee, sIo5O.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

n The Atchison Champion, in its claim to be-
ing the oldest paper in the State forgets to men,
ton that its name is not now the same that it
was a few years ago; also, that it was published
for a time by George /. Stebbins, and then by
John ]. Ingalls,, which slightly curtails the time
the present editor claims to have been in harness.
Better own up at once, that the Chief is the old
est paper in the State, the Emporia Nelrs the
second and the Champion the third.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
Administrators A Notice.

nN the 7th day of June, A. d. 1873 the undersigned
" appointed, by the Probate Court of Doniphan
County, Kansas Admnisratrix of the Estate Elias
Edwards late of said County deceased All persons in
debted to said Estate notified make payment Of the
same and those having claims against the Estate
qured to present them for within year from
the date hereof and such claims with
three from this date they will be barred
MARY EDWARDS, Administrative.
June 10, 1SI5-3w. Prs fee, 81
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10
Board Of Eoualization.

NOTICE is hereby given. that the BOArl of County
~ Commissioners of Doniphan County Kansas. will
meet provided by law the Office of the County Clerk
of said County Monday July 5th 1875 TO sit Board
Of Equalization the the year 1875 which
time all persons feeling themselves aggreyed appear
and have all in the Assessors returns for said
corrected as justice and equity may demand
b Attest: CHARLES RAPPELYE
June 10, is7s-tt - County Clerk.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

s- Now the Reporter accuses the Chi9 of be-
ing Democratic paper. This is rather rough,
coming from paper that, only at the last elec-
tion, selected a ticket to support from the sew
eral tickets in the field, and selected Democrats
almost exclusively.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

n The critic of the Reporter is frequently
mortified by finding blunders in his paper, when
it is too late to correct them. Perhaps he never
thought that other editors might be mortified in
the same way. So profound critic of the mis-
takes of others, should be perfect.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

n Since it has become known that McWaters,
the Nebraska penitentiary outlaw, was a rebel
bushwhacker of the very worst type during the
war, the Democratic papers have raised the cry
that he was inhumanly murdered, without prov
ocation, by the Radical penitentiary officers.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

r John W. Pratt Indian agent of the Delawares saws
the grasshOppers in Kansas before 1867
Ex.
John W. Pratt, Indian Agent of the Delawares,
lies. We personally know that they were here
in small numbers in 1857, and in large numbers
in 1866; and we have the word of those who
know, that they were here in 1854, and some
years previous to that time Perhaps Pratt be-
longs to the band that has observed the maggot
destroy the grasshoppers by millions, and anoth-
er insect stinging them TO death; who has dis
covered some fatal epidemic among them; has
ascertained that the eggs Winter-killed; that
the late frosts killed all the young grasshoppers;
that recent rains drowned them all and that
the pests are rapidly flying away-in short, the
truthful brigade acting under the orders of some
railroad company.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

~ The last piece of cheek is Stewart, of the
reporter, putting in claim to being the young
est editor in the State. The joke will be seen,
when We mention that he has grandchildren
almost old enough to marryI
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

n Louie Dill, the oracle of the forks of Twin,
tells the editor of the Germantown (o.) Press
that he dreamed procession was passing through
town, and that every man was playing on some
musical instrument on his own hook If the in
struments were large, it must have been hard on
h. hnnI
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

SOFT Thing IN PRINTING.-The Chicago Inter
printing that We have yet heard of. 1t has the
contract for printing the new directory, and all
il has to do is to set up its delinquent tax list
in double-column shape, tack on the addresses,
and there the Directory is-St. Louis Giobe-Dem-
ocrdt 26th.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

Y child recently died at Falls City, OF
"spaSmOdic heart Group of the lungs and to
add to the distress of the Case the paper publish
es lot of obituary poetry below the announce
ment.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

r. Grant telegraphed Sheridan that he could
not attend his wedding, on account of press of
public business But the same day, he started
with his whole outfit, Sartoris and all, for Long
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

II We would call the attention of the Demo-
cratic party to Gen. Sherman as an available
candidate for President, who has just made
strong point. The Democracy, ever since the
war, have been endeavoriug to belittle and break
down the Union Generals, one by one. In his
book, Sherman goes for them all in lump. The
Democracy should sustain him.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

tT- Bona" writing to the st. Joseph Gasette,
from Stewartsville, Missouri says that if there is
a saloon in the place, he has failed to find it. If
"Bona" failed to find one, we'll gamble all our
wealth that there is not a saloon in the place.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

After Mecklenburg there will be only fifty.
three revolutionary events TO commemorate.
They extend over period of six years, ending
with Yorktown, in 1871. Bunker Hill, on the
18th of June, will be the next feature of the
Centennial programme
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

" We have been shown letter from
young lady at Dallas, Texas, describing that
country. She states that the religious advanta-
Ges are excellent, there being nine churches in
Dallas-which would be cheering, did she not
also mention, in the same paragraph, that there
is no public SCHOOL,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

n 1t is said that Gov. Hardin, of Missouri is
most Jealous Baptist. That the Missouri De-
mocracy should elect one SO partial to water,
looks like another mysterious dispensation of
Providence.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

y There is a crazy niger down at Paola,
who repeats rerbatim Jim Snoddy's campaign
speeches of last Fall. 1t is reported a strange
case. 1t would be strange if he were not crazy !
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

Mr.. Beecher speaks kindly of the Pope. Last
Sunday he said my venerable brother. Plus
X and i, why are we opposed to each otheri He
does not fear me, and do not fear him. So we
are equal" There are four Catholics on the ju-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

u We were never thoroughly impressed with
the-truth of the old adage, Familiarity breeds
contempt" until we became familiar with the
grasshoppers.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

~ The st. Marys Tnes says its subscription
price is only $50 year. No doubt that is cheap
enough, but these are grasshopper times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

The departure Of the Presidents family for
Long Branch, it 10 understood, has been some
what hastsnsd to avoid the birth of o British
subject beneath the roof Of the executive man-
ainn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-10

WONDERFUL MAN.-Anthony's wound will
be the making of him. There is no end of the
good things being related of him. Among the
latest stories, a newspaper correspondent gives a
history of the capture of the rebel flag at Iatan,
Missouri, in June, 1861, by Anthony. 1t gives
Anthony's own statement as to how he did it.
Now, we are willing to admit that Anthony cap
tured Ticonderoga, whipped the British at New
Orleans, and was killed at the battle of Bunker
Hill; but Anthony had nothing to do with the
capture of that rebel flag, and knew nothing of
it until after it was done. 1t was the exploit of
Doniphan County boys, members of the first
Company of the First Kansas Regiment, then re-
cruiting at Fort Leavenworth. They had to
steal guns and run the guard to go on the expe-
dition. Frank Drenning led the party, in which
were Frank Tracy, Mel. Lewis, and Tom Merrick,
all of Doniphan County, together with Umfried
and Voeth, of a Leayenworth German Company.
Drenning, slightly varying his authority from that
of Ethan Allen, demanded the surrender in the
name of Jesus Christ and the United States.
Drenning and Umfried were wounded by the
rallying rebels, while leaving. An account of
the affair was published in the Leavenworth
Conservative, owned by Anthony. Dreaming has
that flag yet; and every night, when the family
are asleep, he gets up, but instead of changing
the pictures on the walls, he spreads that flag
over his slumbering treasures, then creeps under
it himself, and peacefully snores until morning.
Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-21

TN Law o. NEksPAPxRs.-Ia -
bers W = - gfvs express notice 4 ia
trary 80 .ou0o1eg94 = wishing = ~
fheir sabecsiptioos.
:. II asy Subscribers order the h..
sncs Of tksir sswspapers, tho pubI;.ss =
continue q ssal tAsn until al arrears. ]
paid.
3. II subscribers neglect Or REFUSE /.
their uewspspers from tie Office "a!
they are directed. the law holds them -
sibis until they have settled The biIa y J!
dered them discontinued.
/. II Subscribers remove to otia, I
without informing the pdblisHer. and IS ~
papers sre sent % the 1ormer direetim \ !
arc held responsil r.
s. The courts Ssvs decided that rsf.:.
take newspspers from the Office, or -. I
and Leaving them uncalled for. il prirh: -
evidence Of intentional fraud
6. The postmaster who Deglects 10 -.
legal nstics Of the neglect Of . person 4 1,
from tho ol'ice the newspapers address.
him. is liable to the publisher for the sab,s'
ton price.
Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-21

possession, have or have not sI''. -.
at the conclusion that woman, ;, u '.'1
prehensible powers Of her 'n'e''e''ua
ity, is vastly superior to the sO'I.
animal called man, and if not why
not?
After q multitude Of equally stope'
fying Chinese puzzles the tireless eo'''
Or must sit down and compose num-
berless editorials Of intermlnao'e
length and supernatural br'lllancy'
Then, if he has a talent for sleep nc
may go home to bed, where MS 'ur'
bulent dreams will be invaded Dy a
select assortment of choice ghosts.
Yet after all this every young man III
America who can spell reasonably well
grows melancholy and morose over
the conviction that he has been cruei'
" defrauded out of his just inher'.
lance, which, he thinks, is an editorial
chair.-Hearth and Home.
Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-21

The ScHooIxAsrER IN Lovr.-Mr.
Mills, q school superintendent in Chi.
cago, makes out. examinetion oues.
tons for teachers in . way peculiar
to himself, winding up every question
with IF not why notg One Of the
teachers tells this story about him:
She said she boarded once It . place
where his girl" boarded. One night
he came, rang the bell, and asked the
servant: "ls Miss in; and If 20
Why! Is she engaged and howl"
Then ne went in, and . tattle-tale. lie
tening at the keyhole. heard him. cav:
MY darling do you love mel II not
Why notw After awhile: .0ive !
synopsis Of your employment DURING
the week. Analyses thoroughly and
completely the state Of your .ent;.
ments toward me-" When he left Il
'er Kissing her. remarked: 'sBe ~.
pared on Sunday next, Ct hall peat /
2 =, g state accurately and nrec;s.,.
when. by whom, and under vhst ~.
cunss.nees our marriage ahail $ =.
Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-21
METEOROLOGICAL CHANGES AND THEIR
PROBABLE CAUSES.
BIZ d. @. STRONG.

BIZ G. STRONG.
That our climate is subject to radl-
cal and permanent change will scarce
ly be denied by any man OF ordinary
accuracy in his observations. The
seasons of our boyhood were altogeth-
err unlike those of our manhood. The
old maxims of our fathers do not hold
good for their children. The winters
are longer or shorter, the mercury
higher or lower, the rain-guage shows
a greater or less fall of rain and snow
than in former years. These varia-
tons are constantly oscillating in an
arc of ten to twenty years, but IN per-
iods of quarter or half a century the
pendulum of the weather clock is per
ceptbly heightened or shortened and
It's movements correspondingly re-
tarded or accelerated. We do not
propose, in this article, TO discuss the
fact, but 10 look at some of those be-
licfs or theories by which the fact is
supposed to be accounted for.
If it is fact it must be capable o!
a scientific explanation, and OF all ex,
plantations given, onl Y one can be sci.
entiic, and, consequently true.
LIST. BY some il is held that there is
no definite law governing the change,
but that it is lust as il happens To
state this theory is TO rciu.e il. Such
a hypothesis would introduce endless
anarchy and confession into all the
movements "s matter. Though, the
sentence containing the law, by which
these changes are governed. is too
long for single life time to interpret:
yet, We have read enough of it, 10
know that. like all physical changes
it is under the direction Of an in,cli.
gence full Of benifcen, purposes to-
ward the race in general, as we'll as
toward each individual in particular.
The history Of our earth-changes, as
written upon its granite skeleton and
its alluvial tissue, demonstrate that
the law of those changes was to pro-
vide for the present wants, and at the
same time the future necessities of the
race. So in the present case. There
is permanency enough to meet all the
wants Of the present, and surplus.
or margin, of physical force to be ap.
Piled to those far.reaching purposes
OF God which embrace in their benefi.
cence the Interior portions of our race.
"a. Another theory is that the change
Is not permanent, but that there ia q
constant recurrence of the past. That
there are no vast cycles, but that FIVE
or ten years embrace every phaze of
meteorological phenomena to which
we are subject. Hence we hear peo.
pie saying I'VE had just such winter
as this ten years ago." or II. have, no.
ticed that such and such natural events
occur just about so often.n These oh.
servations are valuable and sueres-
tive, but they are not accurate enough.
There is enough similarity in the sea-
sons of 1854 and 1875 to suggest each
other, but there Is also enough d;ssim.
ilarity to suggest an entirely different
decade. The ten or twenty years to
come WILDE, in many important rea-
poets, unlike the ten or twenty year,
past.
Sd. The theory which / conceive u
b nearest correct, because ansverin~
the scientific conditions Of the nroh.