The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-01-10

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LAwRExcE, Kansas, Dec. 81, 1871.
EDrroR CHrEr.-Thc town now wears a retired air.
The holiday rush is sbout over and the usual dull
ness of business has settled down like great, heavy
cloud The old year will vanish to-day. What awaits
US for the coming yeari
The first sensation for 1873, in this locality, viii
probably be the suit of j. c. Horton j. E. Watson
Horton, it will be remembered, was Watsons oppo-
nent in the race for County Treasurer, last Fall
Horton claims that Watson was Illegally elected; |;
that according to the Constitution he ineligible
etc. Jimmy watsous alleged disabilities will be con-
tested, in January, and in the meantime, we will
think of something else.
The Callahan case is getting quieted, to some e1-
tent but several more arrests have been made, and
the work of investigation is silently progressing.
This is really the most sckening that has occur
red in Douglas County for several years There are
many rumors and conjectures, and who are the au-
thors of the heneOus crime. remains to be developed
1t is said the girl died in great agony On her death
bed she requested to see certain young man. On
his arrival, she pointed to him. and said There is
the man who has ruined meP She made farther con-
fessions which involved one of our most prominent
physicians The Coroners jury rendered verdict to
the effect that Miss Callahan came to her death by an
abortion produced by the above doctor He is under
bonds, but declares he can prove his innocence.
great many students are visiting their friends
and families during vacation. The railroads have
shown them special favors this year, and they have
been enabled to 90 abroad at trifins expense 1t
will not be long before Lawrence will present the
pect of some of Eastern college towns Ofcourse
there is great deal to be done yet in the improve
ment Of the grounds, etc.
Printers are jolly set of men, despite the hard
and ioyraE cir ats which they
are compelled to encounter. We were convinced
that the above assertion is true, when wandered
into the Journal composing room, the other day
They were singing "In the Sweet Byand-By." One
compositor with 'sideburnersr and slight evidence
of hair on the upper lip, took hold of the soprano
and waved it alot high that it seemed as if must
find some exit in the ceiling to heaven; second
typo, with sparkling eyes, and no beard to speak
about, grasped the tenor, and made sort of trllne
sound, sweet to hear; third knight of the stick
with good mustache and imperial, steaded him
self, and began with his deep bass voice-sO deep
that it penetrated to the basement and Jared the
press fourth printer, with grizzly beard and un
combed hair, and whom the other fellows called
"Slug L." first around the stove. and then com
menced to sereech in sort of scmi-alto and semicat
like voice. One solitary compositor, with beardlesi
chin and slim neck made his best endcavors to dis
tribute" handful of bourgeois type. At the first as
cent of the Soprano the nonpareil headline fell into
the .e" box and when the tenor started mp, he smil
ed, and successfully deposited 'The" and q space
but when the bass began to rumble, he seemed terri
fed, and he held to the type with both hands and
as the semalto, semcatlike-voce began its career
he dropped the type which fell in q mass of pi' al
his feet. The boy, who has beard but makes ini
and coal act as a SUBJ and whom the boys cal
'devil," just then dropped lamp he was cleaning
and stood e1ultng over the compositor who did NO
sing, and who striving to separate the pi." Th'
song then subsided. Just then, the third knight o
the stick, with good mustache and imperial invited
Us to inspect the printers sample-room." He open
ed side door, and bade enter. We glanced around
the apartment cautiously. There were stOvepipe
and pieces of zinc in corner intermingled witt
old papers and rags; huge saucepan, that prObabl,
held kerosene, stood on a long, dirty table, all be
great heap of soot which the printers said they uset
for toothpowder; long, lonesomelooking black bot
tie stood the window sill; there were type her
and there which were probably used in a quarrel be
| tween two "devils- The whole room wore such
quaint, mysterious and uncomfortable appearance
that we involuntarily shuddered. Even the spider
! webs looked deserted-their delicate drapery wa
clogged with dirt and dust. The panes of the solta
| ~ window were clouded, and the sunshine wa
afraid to come in. We asked, with quiverng voice
| what this room was used for. "Tramps," answered.
the third knight of the stick, with q good mustach
and imperial CARLOS NOGGs.