The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-16
THINGAMYJIGS.
Ills said that Fanny Fern. with her dying breath.
ursed her husband to marry her daughter.

- since the wear lsOO England has waged forty nane
iu s,,e of All The peace societies and international
| veniions they all appear anxious for another
~ Shrove Tuesday will occur in this Centennial year
on he 10Th Of February. This coincidence of Shrove
Tuesday and Leap Day has not happened since 1874
| and will not occur again till 1914
- Hartford Courant: Mr.. Parton married first and
looked up the laws aferwar therein treating the laws
precisely treated the facts in writing history or b
| osraPhy.
~ General Washington bequeathed his family Bible
in three auario volumes to Lord Fairfax who left il
the Herbert family 1t has an autograph of c. W and
copious by Bishop Wilson the editor and gyer 1t
will be exhibited r the Book Department. at the Ceneu
| NAL.
~ Norwich Bulletin: A woman called at the regis
II and paid for it, II is felt that this establishes prcce
dent that will Obge most of our best young men to take
| TO the woods.
~ Heber wrote his popular missionary hymn, From
Greenlands Icy Mountains" at Wrexham, England and
SATURDAY. Of its composition the following sun
| day, is still living in that town
| r. negro woman living in Columbus Ca has Civ
| en- birth child resembling a man and bear. The
Likeness is said to be blending one The woman attrib
utes the fact that she badly frightened
few months ago by bear performing In the streets.
r- Mount Vernon is be put in order for the Cen
tennia visitors. Pazzas and bausrales to be
ect from New York is engaged drawing plans of the
building that in of destruction by fire it
could be rebuilt exactly as il is
~ NJ Guillaume Guzot in lecture at the College
de France discussed the fertile subject Who wrote
shaksPeare and traced the origin OF the theory that
Bacon the to an American woman named Bacon,
| who anxious to glOrify her namesake.
Iy- Pinchback, when boy of fourteen lived in Lafa
Pnkey Stewart He afterward lived in COyngton, then
in Terre Haute where he went to school He went to
St Louis then New Orleans then to Washington where
he is waiting for a seat in the United States Senate
Eg The inventor of fnecut chewing tobacco is said
who 1purished about half a century ago.
iaS- The Newburyport AassJ Herald says that when
young Miss Charlotte Cuslman engaged to Charles
Spaldng of that city who kept dry goods store the
r.. SplulflinW ODleCtinn
match, and il was broken of. Mr. Spaidns died some
years ago abachelor.
TfltOn pure a fake and if Mrs Beecher knows
that Henry is pure as two snow flakes why doesn't
she speak to Mrs. TiltOn when they mset Why look
daggeTs her There's Inconsistency there somewhere
70 Detroit Free Press: The failure of winslow to find
hiding place himself and his plunder will do
discourage imitation Of his exploits than all the preach
ing and singing which Moody and Sankey are likely to
bestOw the community for the next SIX months
rPs Boston pawnbroker has got into trouble by
ceiyng a stolen dog. YOu may steal BGstonians dia
mond pin hurry of his youngest boy for Charley Ross
hand on his able dog you really want to discover
the spirit Of Bunker Hill
~ 1t has been reserved for Prussia produce Gen
e has really passed eight decades in active aud
wa. .imker'' in 1885 and is consequently a survivor
he 6rSt French rrvontionary war when NAPOLEON l.
had yet to make his way The HISTORIAN General will
complete his htieh wear in the Prussan military
ice in August next
~ An enterprisng man in TIE xas who wanted to get
post office appointment offered to give Mr. Jewell one
half Of the salary if il than $1,000 signing him
self Yours fraternay 1t would be difficult TO deter
mine the predominatin characteristic of this crafty but
supplemented Office seeker.
~ The Boston Post says Senator Christiancy is
worth several millions She married him for his beauty
thous sh.
EY Some of the papers recalling the day when, 100
years ago I7O women to tar and feather and
woman who had named child TEcmas Gage af:er the
erty.
~ The father of the Leland family Of hotel keepers
Simon Leland drove the first stage the Green Noun
Mountain coffee
LandgrOve, almost a century ago.
EY- curious story is published by German news
paper according to which officer of the Imperial Prus
sian Foot Guards has received challenge in which thr
Iy officers of his regiment challenged to fight
choice OF arms and place.
- Judge Chester D. Krum. of the Babcock
was fam oas at the time for having begun speech to the
Mob Mob '""'''' Win '''' "''''' "''"'" vi 'H'
ES- 1t is proposed in Ohio to make one years drunk
n cause Of divorce. proposition affecting so
large class Of the people Of State should be-
fully considered There has been enough Of rash legiss
tisn already.
.y A young American lady who had enjoyed the rare
privilege Of taking strs with the poet Tennyson Incl
osy affected romance the situation when he paus
ed during the walk to scratch his back against gate
post"
Tgy Zach. Chandler ehuekIes and says Poor Chris
tiancy That girl will make him wish he haln beaten
me for the Senate. L guess I've got even
~ There is a negro man in Upsnn County Georgia.
who claims have brought from Africa By Spanish
slave traders something like century and that he
is years old. But he says he only
nursed Geo G. Washington but saw him, the
popular sentiment around where he lives is that he Is
bald headed fraud.
rSs- The Norristown Herald : Mark Twain goes over
to Eng End LeXt Spi M to lecture Mrs Twain will ac
comes home at midnight and insists upon getting INTO
bed with his boots on
rf'7 Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Beecher, in his emphatic
Himself if they had anything say his detrmcnt
speak it out 1t is little remarkable that he excepted
knows that of them would not have spoken
There never yet was woman challenged to talk who
failed to reply.
"a Mr. StamPer was felon about to be hung in |
North Carolina. Mrs Stamper his wife The night
before the execution Mrs stamPer asked permission
take farewell look at her fast departing Stamper She
left the prison bathed in tears When the ailer to
wholesome advice upon his approaching dissolution it
Mrs. Stamper, and not Mr. Stamper who met his
tonished gaze. There a stampede.
~ The indianapolis Journal deems it singular fact
that few Americans know the words Of our national |
songs 1t particglarizes thus: 1t is safe say that
Of parties in this vicinity tried July to sing
The Star-spanged Banner and failed, because
knew the words. All knew the tune but nobody the |
text"
Ie,- This is what address issued in 1s7i
es to the voters Of Massachusetts District in behalf Of
candidate for State Senaorsip: In all his busy life of
thirty five he cannot be justly charged with tho be-
trayal any trust with dishonorable Tried in
many places and never found wanting willing TO
humblest courteous genial gentleman he richly de
the compliment of hearty support" The candi.
~ Barstow hired farm of Norcross in Suffolk Va
NOrcross day walked a ield with a valued dos
when poisonous snake bit the dog NOrcross sued Bar
stow claiming that Barstow peeunarily liable for
injuries done by snakes his premises BarstOw sued
NOrcruss for damages claiming that the farm not
worth the rent agreed because OF the of
the snake upon it, The legal talent of ths country
gagged in these intricate suits.
~ In Red Clouds speech the other day he said
Many have gone since the pale faces promised
food and blankets the red The prairie has
boOmed and faded the has white ned the lofty pine
tops the violet almost buds again and still the white
tells hunt the infrequcnt bufIlo, arouse
from his lair the vicious chipmunk Brothers. the red
has suffered much and III be heap dam if it ain
time raise a few sealps. have spoken"
~ Proctor Knott tells US that the President, a
alary of $50 600 has secretary salary Of $500 to
10 the Presidents writing assistant secretary
alary of do the secretarys writing. and
Jerks a salary of 80 each To do the assistant
arys writing At this point the money gives out and
there is pay somebody do the writing OF the
clerks the poor devils have it to do themselves.
. Chicago Times: Wipe off your chin is sail tn be
he latest We sadly deficient in terse. express
We phrases like this and it is pleasing observe a
lency increase conversational in that
pect. We should have many other expressions be |
lsed in a similar sense For instance might have, |
Push back your hair; Roll down your psntalopus" "
Pin back your ears Tie up your shoes Pail up
0ur socks: Tuck in your cravat :; Turn down your
olar !" and Pull down yOyS cuffs
- An English mechanic recently kept his chill at
lad the measles and whpoping cough. lie arrested
med three shngs and not permitted 10 20 home get
he money; but confined in a dark cell night his
air cropped and he forced to put prison