The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-08-02


Prof Williams has. for several nights been lectur
ing sleightOfhand, exposing tricks how those won
derful secrets are performed and how people ar,
swindlea out of their money by such deception H.
is good ventriloquist His lecture on spiritualism
and the deception practiced, was COOL You ar,
bound to laugh, If you hear him.
Florence ODriscoll lost his best farm mare. Las,
week, in the harvest field, by being overheated.
John Hog killed his mule, that was crippled a,
the blacksmith shop, last week.
Old Father Spencer, living with his son-inaw, Os]
Anderson went out, last Saturday, to get some dry
sumac for wood, when he was attacked by a with
pigs She caught him by the hand, pulling him down.
tearing his clothes of, and decorating his side and
body very badly. He will get we'll The SOW left
him, to go after her pigs, which was all that saved
him from being eaten up. He vas helpless. II was
a Providential escape
T.L--what is made in mileage to Atchison. by
| taking the cutoff! You know.
Clmax.-Why in the deuce don't your city dads
get on a strike and take down your Hayes and Tden
polesi
Roasting-ears apple-umplings, and blackberry
dessert is what is the matter with the children.
young man got off the train here, last week. that
represented an old fashioned pair of winding blades
He laid down pair of scales and went to sleep,
when lie weighed. After sleeping two hours
weighed again, when it was ascertained that he
had evaporated just two gallons of beer.
Born-In Geary City, to James Pickard, of Omaha,
Nebraska July 9th, son; gross weight, IL pounds
Wen might Squire Patterson be glad to have annex
ed to him such fine grandchildren
strike ON Hudlson's Bottom Who struck Vest
says it not him.
Samuel Neece has apples that are good for dump
hngs. lWhy are You forever tantalizng us in that
way APrl
SilversIlith in Doniphaa. Advertise, and let the
people know who you
Photograph moved into town.
Ledington's ram got a strike, and struck Quinn
above the eye.
Thomas and jeremiah is good in cold weather, but
too much in warm weather, gets fellow on a-Ben-
der.
his shoes for Lows excursion.
J. Weyer went to work too soon and had a relapse.
Is better again.
Mother Curtis and her daughter Nettic were visit
ing among friends, last week.
Mansperger has a journeyman shoemaker Matt
had occasion to make pair of fine boots.
Hahn keeps his beer bottled, in the ice house. Eel
lows 60 and sit a cake of lee and Hahn holds the
cork-screw, while they are cooling.
Brown made a strike to Atchison for ten kegs Of
ST. Louis beer. If this blockade continues long it
will play the dell with those superannuated temper
ancc boys.
A common saying is that "right wrongs no man :,
but it did not hold good the other night, at Williams
lecture, for Wright took SIMPSONS widow away from
him.
Robert Flickinger, County Treasurer, was down,
last week; bought some wheat, to he ground at his
mill, in Geary City. Barney Raft and Billy Pat
tersOn know how to make good -four
We made a visit to our neishboring town, Geary
City, last week, and found everybody busy and the
people in good spirits. Stopped few minutes in Mr.
Burks store He has well assorted stock, and keeps
it in nice order. Seems to be doing good and safe
business. Is n clever man.
wD. Stewart, citizen of Doniphan, also Clerk of
Wayne Township, has, since the I'D eff July, 1877,
been labOring under some halucination of the mind
supposed to have been brought about through fear
that his son will go down to the river with bad boys
and get drowned.
Bon-To Orb. Low, July 23d, daughter. Orb.
says he would have set up the beer, if it had been
boy. You ought to have known it sooner.
Sampson has gone off with Williams the ventrilo-
luist. He is bound to learn. lie has great advnn-
Iage Wright, from the fact that if he can pro
luce the gut-teral sound he has got him. as lie has
the capacity in that line.
Where is David, that slew the Philistines with the
Jaw bone of SIMPSONS horse. Come down; We are
having lots of fun.
Joseph McCum threshed about seven hundred
bushels of wheat averaged seventeen bushels to the
icre. a good deal of wheat threshcd did not do 10
we'll If farmers who have threshed would give to
of the Chief the number of bushels to
Inc there could be average estimated of
Inc number of bushels in the County.
That pet wolf had better be confined closely for if
lie gets in our henroost be unto him, Mr. Wolf
Church and basket picnic at Spring Grove, next
Sunday, near Rev. Kirbys.
Freight trains started again, last Monday. The
company have added ten per cent to the usual wages
JONATHAN.