The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-01-03

SMALLPOX AT SEvERAxCE.-The c0ncealment o
the fact that loathsome and contagious disease pre-
vaiis IN community. should be regarded a crime
Inc transporting are led to expose themselves and
the confagon liable to spread over the entire
munity, before people are put upon their guard. Il
would seem to be the part of prudence and safety,
make known at once the presence Of such disease
% that precautions could he taken to prevent is
spread But the usual practice is to keep the fact
| concealed, AMI to deny IT when rumors Of it get
abroad. in order to keep trade from DESERVING town
or custom public house, for the time being.
For some days, there had been rumors Of snall-p
ut Severance. None of our correspondents spoke of
it; but the B~iietia, that pretends to be 40 vide
awake to the public interest, made a special an
nouncenent that had taken the pains to ascertain
the facts, and asserted that there not of
smallpox in the County, and had not been, for
months past. Yet, at that very time persons in the
County were dying Of the disease. On Saturday We
received letter from Nortonyille, jefferson County,
from justly indignant writer, who stated that they
have cases Of smallpox in the City Hotel, at Sever
ance but that the fact concealed, and travellers
were kept in the house. without n knowledge of the
presence uf theflsease Also, that travelling troupe
had recently stopped there and ten days afterwards,
one Of them taken sick with the disease, at Nor
tonville But the fact he concealed any long
er 1t has been kept secret until it has spread all over
the community. On Monday, citizen Of Severance
reported about dozen in that place and vicin
ity. Among these, were three or four at the
hotel two at Angstads millinery shop, two cases that
went to Atehison. child Of Mr.. Fosters, and
at LOngs-what Long, we did not learn
Those who have never been vaccinated, should at
tend to it, without an hours delay. The disease may
spread everywhere within few days. We presume
that physicians prepared for this
Since writing the above, We have been furnished
by correspondent with ftla account of the disease
at Severance. We learn from other sources, that
there is great indignation in the community against
Dr. Quincy, who knew of the existence ofthe disease
and concealed the fact.
TExrBooKs.-The Troy public schools will reopen
next Monday. The Board have adopted q series Of
rules, which the school will hereafter be compelled
to live up to. good deal of annoyance has been
caused by diversity of text books there being two
or three kinds in of the classes. The Board
have adopted a complete and uniform series. No
pupil who has a book, will be required to purchase
new one: hut whenever book is necessary, one
of these Textbooks must he purchased They as
follows:
Spehin5-Ncw American Series.
Reading-New American Series.
Geography-Mitchells Series.
Gramsar-Harvey's
1riltmetic-Ray's Series.
Algcbra-Robinson's.
United States History-Swintonis.
Phiiosophy-Wells.
Chenistry-Wells,
Book Keeping-Feters.
PeNmanship -Payton, Dunton & Scribner Series.
gest that occurred in BurrOak, took place
I.u.
The clans there from the Upper and Lower Bot
toms person from the Lower Bottom was select |
ed do the calling for the dancers, which the Upper
Bottomtes did not relish. fight stirred up,
and the caller whipped, and put out of the house.
But he gritty and returned to the charge, when
the fight became general. number pretty |
well pounded, and severely cut with knife
One individual tumbled the stove; and another
thinking it advisable to git outen that ar, attempt
ed to do SO by jumping up and grabbing the joists
over head, and swinging himsefup into sort of loft
but swung his head against sharp of oist
and almost scalped himself.
Sc. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas,
Hereby notifies the public that it does not hold itself
for any debts contracted by Anthony
Wolf a schoOlteacher, who claims relationship with
RI Rev. Innocent Wolf, ID. D.. President of said Col
lege. He has claims whatever the College, or
on St Benedct's Rock Church. Severance, or
ST. Marys Church. both the latter in Doniphsn Coun-
ty, any persons connected with them.
Jan. 3 1s7S-2w.
II We received a call, this morning. from Mr. A. |
Fl. Longley, Of the Paoa Spirit. He is working up
an enterprise which Mr. Perry, the proprietor of the
Spirit is inanguratng-thc establishment of house
in Kansas City, for supplying to country papers what
are known among printers rs "patent Outsides' As
n commencement, he proposes issuing only Kansas |
papers, carefully edited with reference to Kansas
news and interests. Mr.. Perry is energetic news
paper man, thoroughly conversant with Kansas az |
fairs, and well qualified to conduct such enter
prise. The establishment at Kansas City, which
furnishes most of the Kansas papers with their out
sides, is furnishing very poor quality of goods, and
gives universal dissatisfaction. |
~ singular phenomenon Was witnessed at Wa |
thena, Monday night, soon after the arrival of the
Troy excarsionists to attend tho Masonic ball. A
hack loaded with passengers was going up hill, |
when the horses gave a sudden jerk, fitting up the
back seat. An object seen gyrating in the air,
that resembed the moon badly eclipsed; but there
being at the time other solution |
sought for, when it discovered that the object
was the editor of the veteran Democratic orgon of
Doniphan County, who after turning over several |
times, down in the road squarely on his occul
taton- The place where he struck, is said TO have
assumed the appearance of a buffalo wallow. |
TALLY-Ho,-Last Friday, n party Of Troy hunters
had grand foxhunt, in the bluffs north of town. The
party consisted Of John Jones' Len. Noyes, Nose
Townsend, Dick Cox, and Elzey Stone They started
foxes of which they freed three times before
bringing him down. portion of the crowd returned
town with the trophy while the others continued
the chase after another fox but failed to catch it.
" The Odd Fellows had public installation of
their officers on Tuesday night Past Grand Master
John NJ. Price, of Atchison, TO have ofciated,
but he taken sick, and could not come. Judge
Nathan Price oicated in his place, and did it WELL
Afterwards, there supper and dance. There