The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-12-12
White Cloud Choyv.Chow.

| During Saturday night and Sunday morning a
snow fell to about the depth of five inches pro,luc
ing fine sleghing The jingle of merry sleigh bells
may now be heard in all directions. and at all hours
The A. & n. X. X. are about to commence the
building of an iron bridge the Nemaha ut the
first crossing, in place of the present wooden bridge
Friedlander. the White Cloud jeweler started for
q visit to st. Louis, last Saturday
On Thursday evening, Miss Helen Cooper gave an
entertainment of dramatic reading, at Odd Fellows
Hall. The entertainment is pronounced to have
been superb.
The construction train last week. suspended ope-
rations for the season. large number of men were
thereby thrown out of employment, most of whom
Immediately left for different points on various
roads.
Died, December 81. 1873, after lingering Illness
Rev. j. N. Piper, NJ. D., aged 6s years, 9 months
and days. The deceased was born in Chttenden
County, Vermont. The greater part of his life was
spent in Ohio and he came to White Cloud in 1874.
During his residence here, he made many warm
friends, and died respected by all his neighbors.
The ferry-boat was compelled to put up for
couple of days last week. while the boiler was under
going repairs. During the interruption. the skif
served partial substitute
The White Cloud Combination Minstrels gave
their first entertainment, at the Odd Fellows Hail.
last Tuesday evening. As were not present we
do not know of what the entertainment consisted
but understand that the Hall was filled to its utmost
capacity and the performance the best thing of
the kind ever given in the place. The troupe is an
amateur one, composed of young men of our city.
The pork business at White Cloud has been push
ed pretty briskly, during the past week. The prin-
cipal buyers are Messrs. Burkhalter Lynds. Hines
Nuzum, Jim Mills, and Springer. Messrs. Burkhal-
ter and Hines slaughtering for home consump-
ton, while the rest of the above named operators
are shipping. The price paid thus far, has been
two dollars and fifteen cents per hundred, gross
weight
The A. & n. Railroad is making steady progress
toward steel railway track. As the rails give way,
they are replaced with steel rails. Over mile of
the rail is being put down, extending from the
tank up around the bluffs.
Another catamount, about the same size as the one
captured some time since, was killed last Monday,
out Roys Greek. George Delaware slew him.
Catamount or lynx' Which!
Mrs. Miranda Pierce, mother of c. j. Pierce of this
place, died at Atchison Saturday, the 9TH inst,
from injuries received by falling from the cars the
morning previous. She was returning, by way of the
North Missouri X. r., from visit TO Illinois, and
when within few miles of Atchson, she rose from
her seat, and went to the water tank, the back
end of the car to get drink. After quenching her
thirst, she semes to have become bewdered for she
walked out of the car and thrown from the plat
form to the ground. As the train was under full
Roadway, she received mortal injuries She was con-
veyed to Atchson where she died evenings after
her arrival. The remains were brought to White
Cloud by Mondays express and inferred the next
day in the cemetery. The old lady seventy four
years old Nov 18th.
DIR. Lewis had runaway snashup, on Thanksgiv-
ing day, in the Missouri Bottom, the result Of
trying to straddle stump which higher than
the axles of his buggy.
Ditto, the team Of Partner g. Orion, ON last Sun
day week. while the family of Mr.. p. were out
sleigh riding. The doubetree broke. and the horses
galloped away, leaving the aforesaid family sitting
in the sleigh, enjoying the surrounding scenery.
The river is running with musll ice which fact gives
to our icepackers pcreeptbe stffening of the up
per labial appendage.