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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

~ The Atchison Champion says that Senator
Woodwork, of that County, in voting for Os-
born for United States Senator, does not repre-
sent the wishes of ne-tenth Of the people of
Atchison County. When the editor of the Cham
pioR telegrsphed Senator Ingalls, to favor q
scheme for gambling away Presidential victory,
(Which the Senator treated with silent contempt,)
what proportion of the people of Atchison Coun-
ty did he representa-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

e The Seneca Courier, in its list Of Births,
publishes the following:
Jan. Is. 1877, to the wife Of q. H. Robenkohl Wild
Csf, SON.
try, but didn't know the women ever gave birth
to wildcats.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

- Judge Wilson, who has been at Topeka
burning for Harvey, to pay him for having made a
District Judge ont of very slim timber, has re-
turned home in disgust, not having been able to
influence even the members from his own Coun-
ty. We shall next expect to hear that he has
appointed special attorney for the purpose of
filing an information" against the members of
the Legislature for contempt of the Court of the
18th Judicial District
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

- W. A. Phillips opposed the Compromise
sell, and made the best speech against IL in the
House. W. W. Guthrie uuite,i in t-legraphing
Senator Ingalls, to support it. The Republicans
Of the First District are beginning to find ont
that they selected the right man to represent
their principles.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

II In the Kansas House of Representatives,
the resolutions in favor of the weak COM
promise were defeated by a vote of 81 to %. The
% included the dozen Democrats and "Independ-
ents" in the House. This pretty fair average
of Republican public sentiment in Kansas.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

II The Douiphan County members of the
Legislature have all steadily voted for Osborn
for United States Senator. He cannot complain
thst his old home has gone back on him. If his
present home had done as well, he might have
had something to be proud Of.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

n Is the editor Of the Wathena Reporter re-
lapsing into second childhoodf He now devotes
his time chiefly to picking ont and exposing lit
tie errors of grammar aud orthography in his ex-
changes. He recently found fault because We
put an extra Q in Waverley, and now he objects
to our leaving off the at the end Of Osborn.
Let him put the surplus whore we omitted it,
and call it even. He has also fairly demolished
the Topeka Capital on grammar, and read the
Commonwealth lesson that it will remember,
when it gets the thing through its wool. A pet
ty critic Of this character is generally regarded
as very Insignificant insect. But as long as
the Reporters columns are speckled with errors,
it should avoid correcting proof for its cotempora
ries
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

u Under the now system of determining who
is elected President, after the people have decid.
ed it by their votes, the ballot-box bids fair to
be superseded by the chuckaluck-box
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

n Judge George +. Hoar has been elected
United State Senator over Boutwell,, in Massa-
chusetts; and Ex-Governor Alvin Saunders has
been elected over Hitchcock in Nebraska.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

u Nevada miner recently arrived iu Oma-
ha with $500 in gold, and the next morning he
had not dollar Of it. He Compromised with
. lot Of gamblers.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

t4- Our recent allusion to the names of Kan
sas Counties, has started up quite . discussion
As to the origin of the name of the County Of
Billings, (now Norton.) They all agree that il
it was named after . singular genius who once
represented the County in the Legislature; and
Secretary Cavsnaugh gives Judge Price the cred
it of offering the name Billings.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

-. Fred. w. Dunn has purchased the Council
Grove Democrat. He is a son of William F. Dunn,
one of the early settlers on Roys Greek, in Brown
County, who died there in the year 1866.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01
Sherin,s Sale.
THE STATE OF KANSAS. (Ss
COUNTY OF DoNIPHAN,


COUNTY DoNIPHAN,
In the District Court Donp County of
E.v. Snively, Plaintiff.
Lyman Nash and
Mary F. Nash, Defendants.
NOTICE is hereby given, that will, the ID day
~ of March, A. ID. 1871 Mt the hour of two O'Clock
NJ of said day. the north door Of the Court House
In the City Of Ty in Denphan County State OF Kansas
offer for sale at pubc Tor cash. the following do
scribed real estate wit: Lots three 9 four ~ and
I've t5) In Block sixteen 6D in North wathenA; also
Lot six, s) In Block sixteen 40 in North wathena
in Doniphsn County Kansas Taken the property Of
Lyman Gash and offered for sale 10 the highest bidder
for cash. 70 safisfy certain Judgment and Of
record In the District Court for Donphan County n the
state Of xansas In which Snivsfy plaintiff and
Lyman Nash and Mary =. Nash defendants.
Given under my hand this 2sth day of January A. D.
Is77.
TT. vANDERSLICE,
-t-a Sheriff of Dopiphan County.
February I, ls7s-5w. Prs fee. 5000
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

= Princess Salm.Salm, widow of . foreign
officer in the Union service during the rebellion,
is about to marry European nobleman. Some
of the Kansas papers, in publishing reuinisen-
ces Of her during the war, disagree in their state
ments. We refer them to Gen. James B. Steed-
man, of Toledo, Ohio. IfrePorts are true, he can
tell more about her than anybody else.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

INDIAN REsERyTAIoNs.-SenatorW Williams, of
this County, has introduced Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. Is, as follows:
Resored By the Senate, the House eoneUrriRg heren,
That joint committee consisting Of two members of
the Senate and three from the House, be appointed
whose duty it shall be to aseertan and report at
early day may be practicable the number of In
dian reservations lying wholly part within this State
together with the number of Of land belonging
and of Indians occupying each reservation. Also
to the advsabty of requesting Congress to take such
steps will tend to the removal of all Indian tribes
from the State and of any farther action they may
deem necessary upon the part Of the Legislature Of
Kansas to bring about that result
This is . movement toward removing the In
dians from the Reservation in the north eastern
corner of this County, adjoining White Cloud,
and opening tho lands for settlement and
improvement. The existence Of this Res
ervation has long been a nuisance in that
community, and an actual drawback to the town,
by keeping a considerable area of fine land ad-
joins the town uuoccupied and waste.
Senator Willimas has been appointed men,
Der of the. committee provided for by the resolu-
tion, on the part of the Senate. .-s
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

~ The Atchison Champion is lampooning Sem
ator woodworth, of that County, for voting for
Osborn, and the Topeka Blade Is slangwhanging
Senator Green, of Douglas County, for voting the
same way. We thought those Senators were act
ing very unwisely in not asking permission of
those two papers to vote for the man they pre-
ferred.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

~ We learn from an Ohio paper, dated last
November, that Adam Weaver, . native of Vir.
ginis, aged 70 years, was dying; and it sdds
that when . boy, he was . playmate of Gen
Robert Z. Lee. As he was born in 1877, and Gen
Lee in 1907, he must have been fond Of playing
with the little boys; or, perhaps, he used to 30
over to old man Lees, to play with the baby.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

THE SENAToRsHIP. .-Bslloting has been going
on ali week, with no result; and there were but
slight changes until Monday, when Osborn sud-
denly ran up to A. Tuesday, Osborn polled AZ,
and the bottom tumbled out of poor Harvey,
whose force went over to Plumb, giving him 81,
or "a less than the number necessary to elect. If
either Sears or simous strength should 90 to
him solidly, it would elect him. But an anti
Plumb caucus was held Tuesday night, at which
it Is said 90 members were present, and pledged
themselves not to vote for him. The cancus was
endeavoring to agree upon q candidate, but at
latest reports, had not succeeded. A day or two
more will probably cook the goose.
LATEsT.-As we go to press, "wednesday
evening,) We learn that P. B. Plumb has been
elected Senator, receiving SO votes. No particu-
lars. That anti caucus didn't "pan.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

n Senator Ingalls had the backbone, not
withstandiug the instructions telegraphed him
by crowd of selfappointed leaders of public
opinion in Atchisou, to vote against the compro-
mise game of chance. Tally for Ingalls,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01
Notice by Publication.
In the District Court of the Second Judicial Disret
the State of KAnsas sitting in and for the County of
DoniphsB. "
Cyrus Leland Jr, Piaintin.
William Highley
Hannah 7. Highlsy
his wife, and
James NJ Highley Defendants.
NOTICE

"ILLIAM HIGHLEY, HANNAH T. HIGHLEY
w and James n. Hghley: You. and each Of you
VIII take notice that have been sued by Cyrus Le
land Jr In the District Court Of Donlphan County
Of kansas and that the said plaintiff filed his petition in
the said the above entitled action In said Court on the
ith day Of Novembsr 1916 and that you or
demur to said petition before day Of March
is or said petition will be taken and Judgment
will be rendered agsinst the defendant William Hi9hley
upon certain pronissory note for the Of hum
dred and nifty dollars together with thereon At
the rate Of twelve per cent fom August 10Th
ls1S and for costs; and that mortgage given by said
William Hghley and Hannah T. Hishl-y upon the fol
lowing lands and enements situated Douiphan County
Kansas to witt Commencing at the north west coruer of
the south quarter Of section No. three In tvn.hn
NO. twentyons Of range No. three. then running east
on the north line Of said quarter sctsn IO6 rods 70
stone thence south col ro west los ros ths
north 60 rods to the place Of beginning FORTY
acres OF Land to secure the payment Of said not. fore
closed and said premises decrrs tn be soid satisfy
saa interest and costa including attorneys
lee Of 5 and that James NJ Hisey barred from an
interest title claim in lien npon pre,nses and
that ON and xer said sale each % e.nants be for
ever barred from setting any title upon said
pfemises PRICE & HEATLEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
January - ies14w Prs fee, II.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

u The Compromise trap is designed to have
the same effect upon Gov. Hayes that the Arctic
expedition had upon Captain Hay-s-to freeze
him ont.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01
Bellemont Lime Work.-

WEE undrniEned has parchased the ceisbr.tei Linz
work. st Bslsaest Doniphsn County Espss. i..s
above Joseph and VIII give his whole stteotiop q
1o.nes, keepng caeseant supply Of the very b>st ar
eents psr bashel. - -
Aug. ~, iGs.-iy. HAIr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

-. The ssbssh. Adss.es has t,sa consider
ably enlarged.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

~ Judge David Davis, of the United States
Supreme Court, has been elected United States
Senator from Illinois, in place Of Gen. JohI A.
Logan. Judge Davis is a moderate Republican
sometimes considered shaky, because he has
shown disposition to daily with the Democracy.
He was member of the Chicago Conventiou'of
1860, that nominated Lincoln for President; and
it isa:d that he voted for Hayes at the late cleo
tion. This would indicate that he is right in
politics, even though he was elected by Demo-
cratic and independent" votes. He is q man Of
great wealth, and is reputed to be penurions-
perhaps because he does not spend his SUBJ
stance in drinking, gambling, and riotous living
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01

- T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia
have in press q new book by Mrs. Emma
d. L. n. Southworth, entitled The Fatal Secret,
which is being printed from the authors manu-
script. 1t was written expressly for this vol
ume and has never before been printed in any
form. It will be published on Saturday, the third
of February, in uniform style and price with her
IshmaeI and Self Raised, which have proved to be
SO immensely popular. Booksellers and all 9TH
ers viii do well to send in their orders at once
for the book is certain to have q large sale.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
Curious Facts About Spiders

Some curious observations regard
ing spiders have lately been commune
Gated to the French Academy of Science
by Father Babaz, who has been fifteen
years engaged in these researches. It
happened one day as he was reading
in the garden that a small spider light:
ed upon his book and crawled over the
very line he was reading. He tried to
blow it away, but instead of letting It,
self be carried away by the blast it
raised its abdomen and swung itself up
to a leaf overhead. This appeared
strange, as there was no thread to be
seen. Our observer caught the spider
again, put it on his book. and repeated
the experiment., which ended in the
same result. He caught it once more,
and this time put himself directly in
the sun, with the insect on level
with his eyes. In this position he at
length discovered the evolution per-
formed by the little creature. On re-.
ceiving the blast it raised it's abdomen
and in SO doing projected thread Of
uncomfortable tenuity to considerable
distance, and raising itself in the air
disappeared from view. This unex.
pected discovery induced Father Babaz
to examine the question thoroughly :;
| Every spider that came in his way had
to contribute something toward his re-
searches, and in this way he at length
ascertained a fact hitherto unknown
to natu1alists-viz., that most spiders
possess not only the faculty of spin
ming q thread, but also that of project
ing one, or several, sometimes of a
length of five or six metres, which
they use to traverse distances with,
and affix their threads to given
point they seem to feel for the place
where it is most desirable to fix it.
Certain spiders, the Thomisa buta, for
instance, will eject bunch of threads
which, curling up in the air and shin.
ing in the sun with various hues, give
the insect the appearance of a peacock
displaying its tail. But this is not all;
spiders can fly and swim in the air,
though they are heavier than alcohol.
To perform this feat they turn their
back to the ground and keep their legs
closely folded upon their body, and in
this posture sail about in perfectcease.
| 81 T. n. e. NO Il,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

HOW c1ARK's 60. N. TT SPOOL COTTON oR1G1-
MATED.
Until within few years, the great diff
Guilty to be overcome in the introduction Of
sewing machines, was the objections made
by manufacturers and operators to the then
popular threads. These complaints were so
loud and we'll founded that the sale of sewing
machines was greatly impeded on account
OF the impossibility Of obtaining thread
ADAPTED to Their h use Mr. George A. Clark
the American market the now famous Clark s
30: N: T." Spool Cotton, all numbers being six
cord, from 8to 100, which met the demand, did
away with all complaints, and long since es-
'tabiished its reputation as the best thread in
use tor sewing machines or hand sewing. To
Mr.. George A. Clark belongs the credit of be-
ing the first to supply those fine qualities of
Six Cord Spool Cotton with which his name
rs associated. The thread IL used and recon-
mended by agents OF the Singer, Wheeler Il
Wilson, Grover \ Baker, Domestic. Howe,
Florence, Weed, Wilson, Blees, Remington,
Secor, Home, Lathrop, and other sewing ma
chine companies. The superior quality Of
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

A clergyman had come to preach a
charity sermon and the clerk was as.
sisting him to robe before the service
commenced, when he said, s.Please
sir, am deaf Indeed, my good
man. said the clergyman, ''then how
do you manage to follow me through
the service!' "Why, sir. looks up.
and when you shut your mouth,
opens mine.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
IS THIS A FAIR COUNT 2.

The number of feet of draft which ono
pound OF cotton undergoes is one triIlion,
seven hundred and seventy-tw billion.
three hundred and twenty million, six hun,
dred and thi1tysfye thousand, six hundred
teet, or STATE din figures, 1,77a, a2o, 635, 600,
distance OF 335, AT ,552H miles. The follow
statements The web Of cotton from which
this immense length Of thread is drawn il
forty inches wide.1 It goes to the carder.
where it is drawn to 4xl2O, equal to $50 feet,
Then the.drawing frame increases It to 48Ox6.
equal to $3.50 the lapper 2, 88C&9x, equal to
6, 48O; the comber draws II ont to 6, 48Oxo6.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

1t is nearly time for some patriot
to write note, urging himself as the
best person for certain local Office.
and then sign it ''Many Citizens, and
send it to the newspaper of1ice-with
two dollars enclosed. 30
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

Clark's''O: N. T." Spool Cotton soon secured
for it an immense sale, but with the great
popularity Of the goods came also counteFfeits
which made it necessary tor the manufacture
ers to adopt trade mark tor their own and
the public's protection, and now upon every
genuine spool of their thread is the follow
ing: 'r 1'@f.''
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
Mes!R!A
(4U1lD
VI ~

This trademark is familiar to every mer.
chant in the United States, and all who have
ever tried the genuine Clark's 80. ~
Spool Cotton, continue to use it.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

HOW CLARK's go. N. r." SPOOL COTTON oR1GI-
MATED.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

BIGGEST PAIR or TWINS :
in New Jersey They are supplied with steam
from nine immense tubular boilers and four
large upright boilers, Corliss' plan. They
consume twenty five tons OF coal per dav.
which will give some idea of the amount OF
steam necessary to drive the immense estab-
lishment. Besides these there are three or
binary sized engines, made by Watts, Camp
bell, & Co., OF Newark in different parts ofthe
works, making seven in all, grand total OF
nearly fourteen hundred horse power. The
young mountain OF coal, which looks enough
to last the whole city a year, is rebuilt by
two hundred and fifty ton boat loads, at brief
MANUFACTURING THE THREAD.
The cotton is brought in bales to the mixing
rooms, when it is examined and placed in
bins, according to the different grades, ready
tor the scutching machines, which open and
heat the material, cleaning lit from tho dirt
and sand it contains in the bale. After going
through the scutching machine, it comes out
IN the shape OF roll, like wall paper. com
paratively soft, white and clean. 1t is, how
ever, really in very rough state, compared
with the hneness and perfection that is to be
are running continually, and their Sound is
like the roar of a lightning express train. "A Il
whirls past the platform where YOU stand.
The first scutcher is ted with the bale Cotton
from hopper which lets II through mn
knives set IN large rollers, which revOlve
with tremendous force, and lightning speed.
picking the cotton into small pieces. and pass.
ing it by suction Of dir, on fo other rollers.
between which j. goes and comes out in IN
shape OF . web or "lap" In large rolls. ROM
OF these rolls are then placed upona machine
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-10-19
GALE OF ESTRAYS.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to
Ordinance of Police Jury of .Ouachita, No.
PA, Section 4s, will expose, according to
law, in front OF my office in the city OF
Monroe, La. at ringing OF Court House bell,
Saturday, November 3, 1877,
the following animals estrayed before mo
July 30, 1877, by Peyton ,. Miller, near
Howard plantation:
One bay mare, with brown horse colt
about four months old /; the mare about six
years old. about twelve hands high, branded
''H' on near side OF jaw and SO" with bar
across it on near hip, with white nose and
star in her forehead.
Terms of sale, cash on the spot.
FRANCIS A. HALL,
st Justice OF the Peace, Third Ward.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-10-19
Gil EEsIFF'S SALE.

Wood & Roane
va. Writ of II. ia. under II months bond.
Thos. p. Richardson.
Fourteenth District Court, Parish OF Gun
chitR, State of Louisiana.
by virtue ofR writ of HesT EtcidS issued
in tho above entitled cause on u twelve
months bond against tho defendant and Il.
Gilbert, have seized and will soil at tho
Court House door, on
Saturday, l7th November, la77,
1T being tho third Saturday OF said moui,Lh)
the following described property. with NIL
the IMPROVEMENTS thereon, to-wit:
Ouachita, fronting ON tho Ouachita river.
about rs miles below tho city of Monroe,
north and contiguous to tho land owned
by Il. q. Cobb, In section township ~.
north range four eAst commencing ut n
point on tho oast bank OF the Ouuchita
river, thence running north, 7616 onst
lOl $500 chains, thence north ~ oast
~ 70-l0O chains, thonce south 70ta west
~ 1900 chains, thenco north Az epst
2O-lOO chains, thoncc south 721 west to
stake on tho river road, thcnco south ~
down said bank TO tho place of beginning;
containing between tho river road and tho
river II 77-lOO acres 81 100 acros Of open
Or cleared land and 40 73-lON acres OF wood
land, and containing in tho aggregate $50
,scrcs, i.s per plat and survey OF Frank
Moore, Parish Surveyor, of date 3d feb'y.
lS72."
seized IN tho property Off. p. Richard
HOn, and will be sold to satisfy said writ
and costs.
Tern,h OF sale, c,u4li, Tor what tho
property will bring, without tho benctit of
Apprnisement. L.W. SURGllNOK,
1T fltt. .-'. o. .f-. 'tt.t ff Coroner,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-10-19

We copy, with pleasure, the follow
ing from the Morehouse Clarion:
While the papers all over the State
are weekly filled with complaints OF
irregularities in the mails, it is with
pleasure that we are able to state that
through the energy and enterprise of
our mail contractor, II. e. Dobson,
Esq, of Monroe, we have no faults to
find, no complaints to make. We
make this statement in simple justice
to Mr.. DObsOn because he shines as a
brilliant exception to mail carriers gen.
orally.