The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-08-01

Washena Issa.,
The botneas has gives place to agreeable oeolnes.
bless that .'cool wave" Only, We take our vhiske
without ice.
Mrs. Nicke has her hutei in nice shane for pues,.
eiean cool aud e"m'ofta1'e- Good living. and plenr
fit. The big bugs don't stop there. though.
Uriah Griffith has moved into the Oh, C.,.o. Hama.
and opened it hotel. again IL has berp r.uov,
ted and stable built on the premises.
DIR. Carter is putting coat Of paint on hi. hou.e
! One thing woman can do better than a ma, 4.
catching feas. woman viii saw. .bere. catch m;
flea my back. but the clumsy man ,loesn.t ace an,
flea because il fees nj his approach Then his natien
wife will get quart cup of WATER jerk of her chem
Use, and catch seventeen eas in seventeen secop5.
They all do it. As iea catcher, man in a monstrou,
| failure.
E. V. Snivcly has had his house neatly painteJ
Mrs. s., who has been ON visit east for the mas,
mouth, returned last week.
Considerable sickness in this vicinity, caused by
the hot weather. rank growth of vegetation and con-
slant rains When frost strikes us and the xecet,
ton begins to decay, then look out.
An infant child Of Robert Perigo died SATURDAY.. of
cholera infantum.
Old Nose says he knows 'dar was nixgers In de ole
time He knows dat Ham was q niger. and do
book spressly and wdout consequent evasion speaks
of Niger Demos Yes, sab, de Book tells all about
Niger Demos whar he lived, what he de,l. xbar he
cum FROM and whar he was gwine to- Yes, sab.
Dis nigger's got dat much larnin. You hear me
shoutin."
The iron the Bob-tail Road has all been removed
and with little repairing. it will be ready for travel
again, wagon road The building of that railroad
not only bankrupted the Company which planned it.
but nearly ruined wathena, by drawing trade to 9th.
er points.
fine rain here, Sunday
Mosquitoes are numerous. They present their bills.
and draw ON yOu at sight.
The German Methodists have bought the old Camp
beite church, put roof on it, plastered it new
ly throughout, and will paint it up in good shape 1t
VIII DC one OF the most comodous and tasty churches
in town, when finished. All, what fond memories
cluster around that old church, when Elder Lawson
Dr. H. Henderson Mitchell, and Tim Hamilton, were
the moving spirits and bright particular stars, who
pointed the way for poor, sinful humanity to mount
the golden stairs and lave their weary souls in the
perfumed waters Of the New Jerusalem! Those were
blessed days, which cannot be recalled. awe from
memory's chamber. And then the beautiful ending
of lives so sanity and unspotted Elder Lawson was
accused of too much familiarity with the sisters of
the church, and Lit out for other fields and pastures
green. DIR. II. Henderson Mitchell and brother
Hamilton became involved i'm vcxatious lawsuits in
which the truly good Doctor came ont ahead. Then
the Doctor became an ardent Advent and loud and
long he sang theprases ofthat Pharsaical sn whose
Iiish Priest, Elder White. is but another Brigham
ioung minus the polygamy part. Then the Doctor
moved to St. Joseph, and became Spiritualist; and
when the cry from suffering Kansas called for ait he
found some one to endorse him an agent and an
honest man %, and started eastward on his travels
or two years and more the Doctor gulle the people
Of the eastern States and finally settled down in Bal
timore, where, am told he lives in STYLE and sports
the finest of broadcloth, and the largest gold
cane in the city. As Kansas Relief Agent he was
big success. Tim. Hamilton is living quietly on his
farm in this County Whether he still adheres to the
faith once delivered by Bro Lawson delonent saith
not
The Wahcna -idrance material was sold to Charley
Larzelere, who now manages the new paper LZeizer,
Of this place. holds mortgage the Office for nearly
half the amount paid.
Davis is here yet and says he will he heard from
again. in the newspaper business. All he had in the
world he lost in the sale of the Adrance Office But
he intends to try it again. Where he does not say
The people of Wathena blind to their own inter-
,sts, when they allowed Davis to be sold out.
'iachocrr1cs pienty, AT D cents per quart.
Mrs. Servoss, wife of Mr.. Servoss who formerly was
miller at snively Hedges MILL had dangerous at
aek of congestve chils. Saturday hut j. now out of
iangor. Her brother, from Fort Scott is here and
will take her with him. Mr. Servoss himself is sick
St. Louis and could not answer atelcgram to come
nome. This is very unfortunate.
Wathena is infested with rats. j. W. Cook has lost |
over 200 young chickens by them, and Frank Dren-
ling had Is fine Light Brahma chicks devoured in one
hight. 1t ISN'T safe for person to venture out at
night now, without revolver the rats are 80 saucy
How do the Greenback men of the County like their
iew leader, A. j. Mowryi He hopes to 60 to the Leg
stature on that hobby, but will fail. If the Green
packers want to command the respect and confidence
If the people, they must put forward for Office none
'ut good, honest, reliable men. It wont do to tie to
he political pimps and prostitutes Who falling to get
'ce in either Of the old parties adopt the currency
lodge, and put on the Greenback mantle for-oHice |
because that is just what they after If the Green
back men arc determined to put ticket in the field
his fall they should be careful whom they select as
Not ono Of the currency reform |
iowlers now before the people will be acceptable to
he voters of Doniphan County. The material for |
candidates must from the ranks of the quiet but
earnest workers in the party.
The Bulletin, which not long ago prcfessed to be q
ed-hot Greenback paper, now goes squarely back ON
tself and ridicules the third party movement. And
Ill because a delegation Of Democrats waited on |
Bridges, and said: ''See here, We want no damned |
ionsense in this matter, You must rcpudiate the |
ireenback movement, and give us clean-cut, una |
radical Democratic paper
n we'll repudiate yon" The complete change in the
one of the Bulletin editorials of late, teses to the
ruthfulness of my assertion.
Sheridan Bros. have bought large rock quarry ly
ng just north Of town. from Benz Harding and have
large force Of men and teams at work loading rock
III cars for the St. Joe bridge.
DIR. Carriers sister, from Savannah, No. who has |
'ecn on a visit here, left Monday, for home.
understand that Dr.. winfrey will move from the |
'ottom to town again. soon, which is good to |
many. At present, the Doc. is down sick-chills |
,eleve. |
Last week, a party Of young men went bathing in |
he forebay at Cooks water mill, after supper, but
he proprietor not liking IT, threw therelothes into
he water. and slashcd some of them with horse |
Whip. OF course, the bsys are mad about it.
And the feas! Why, Aey am thicker here than |
he fallen leaves Of vallanbrosa, which you may have
leard of, at some time previous.
But am burning the midnight taper and must fee |
o my little bed. Oh, river!
X. n. PKrPER.
Highland Items.
Mr.. ID. Detriek has returned from Colorado, where