The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-01-03
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II White Cl0ud Ch0w-ChoWe
Notwithstanding the nnfsvorable busne-s asl'eri
Of the past five weeks, people are not discouraged
for they that although the trading industries are
checked for time, all will come ont even in the end
Nothing depressed and by and by the present spell
will let up when gathering packing pork hanl
ing wood, storing Ice and shipping produce, will 90
forward with . rush.
A blind man delivered a Temperance lecture here,
one night last week. We have all along contended
that person could see with half eye. that there
is too much drinking carried ON buf il has be
come 40 had that the stock blind begin to see
it,
| r. X. agent Embree furnishes us the following
port If shipments from this point for the month end
ing Dec. 3Ist: Number of of wood. 81 of grain,
Is; making total of 46. The showing is poor one,
compared with several of the preceding months but
more unproptious month for business than the one
| just passed has not often occurred
Miss Annie Moore left, last Monday, for visit to
Oshkosh Wis, the former residence of the Moore
| family.
GOLDEN TExr.-The fool when he toucheth his
tongue to q wagon tire a cold Winter morning.
jerketh it away quickly, leaving n small portion of
the papille sticking fast; but the wise by gent
ly blowing his breath for a moment performeth the
experiment with IMMUNITY.
Though the weather Of the past ten days has been
rather uBfavorabe for hog killing, yet energetic
packers have managed to get away with several hun
dred head. Palmer & Orion commenced operations
last week. at their mill, and Burkhater & Nu-
yum slaughtered their quota at the old brick yard
tablislment
We learn that the fight Of steps leading to the Odd
Fellows Hall will be replaced by ones, in time
for the Masonic ball, 40 that the tjmid and nervous
people attending at that place. need have
no fear of broken bones, in the future.
An alarm of fire given the streets, last FRI
day night. The locality was found to be the house
of Mrs W. W. Moore, which had accidentally become
ignited The flames easily subducd. without
any very great damage being incurred
The following is a summary of the White Cloud
amusements of the present holiday season: Chrft-
mas tree at the Methodist chuIch, hand ball AMI
supper, Christmas and festival at the eolered
church, Indian hop at lesson and dancing party
at Phil. Kclleys-evcry said to have been per-
feet success.
CENTRAL THOUGHr.-Cotton batting in the
is good for earachc; but should it be gun cotton
You are using. keep away from lighted candles.
Those who neglect this precaution, will he apt to
perience a roaring in the head.
Miss Tina NOyes is up from st. joe visiting her old
associates of White Cloud.
At the last regular meeting of Lodge No. IS, A. F.
& A. NJ, the officers elected for the ensuing year
were:
l.. L. Orion, W. NJ;
G. W. Shreve, s. W.;
Z. L. Palmer, j. W.;
X. u. Williams Secretary;
j. NJ. Idol, Treasurer.
The installation was postponed from Dee. q (St
Johns day) to the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 9Th
The affair will take place in the Methodist church.
and will be followed by Masonic ball at the Odd
Fellows Hall.
ArHoRIsx.-'Ihe wind bloweth where it listeth,r /
and old plug hats handy for stopping up broken
window panes.
The public school will reopen on Monday, Jan. 9TH.
Our aboriginal brethren up the Reserve have al h
most reached the goal of civilization. Their Obscrv
of the present holidays has been very much like
that of the whites and they have fairly cmulated the
latter in drunkenness. One brave, whom noticed,
mellow" that he rolled of his pony, and lay
for time in the mud in state of happy tran
quillity.
FooD FOR TIE LAMBs.-Anything with by before /
it, is swearing Even the mother who sings her /
youngster to sleep with,
by o, baby bunting
Daddy's gone hunting
is unconsciously teaching lesson in profanity.
Ed Hook, of this place, got into difficulty at /
BiselOw, No., which is causing him some trouble. /
Il seems he was drunk, and fired q pistol at a hack
driver, for refusing him passage to Mound City. He
was arrested, and gave bail to answer in 500. If
men must get drunk, why will they 60 around in 4
this state with pistols II was just such scrapes
that hanged Bergen in Ohio, and Hodgkins in Geor-
gia, the other Frday-kling people with revolvers,
when the murlerers were so drunk they did not know
what they were about. On the other hand, we call !
to mind several very prudent men who have travel
led unseathed over half the land and never thought
of carrying a revolver