The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-08-15
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on the foot. Thinking serious results might happen
from the scratch, Mr.. Fry went to DR.. Carter, who
cauterized the wound severely that Mr. Fry very
lame IN consequence. We have never heard of any
ono being bitten scratched by cat while in fit
| before, and would regard such wound with some
ALARM Ii any reader Of the Chief has ever known OF
any Ill results TO come from cat bite scratch,
der similar circumstances, will they please make il
known for the benefit of the public I'VE knew a
mouse once to be attacked by cat that we supposed
had fit. by the way she rolled her eyes and switched
her tail, and the mouse died. If Frys foot doesn't
quit hurting by the time it gets WELL would advise
him to have it cut off, Catnp is sometimes good for
the nip of a cat-PrJ
The political pot down this way, has begun to bub
tle-after while it will boil. and boil lively, too.
There are several candidates for the Legislature and
the various County Offices to be filed but if the
people are true to themselves they will set aside and
eonsisn to political damnation, the trmmers and wire
puilers who have already engaged in the work Of
securing cutanddried- delegates to pack the Coun-
ty Conventions. 1t is very seldom the people have
voice in nominations for office, and of the peo-
pies choice seldom get Office, from the fact that they
Will not stoop to dirty work. and feats of political
prestidigitation, in order to q nomination.
Money and whiskey freely used in all elections,
to defeat the will of the people and the dirtest scala
wags in the community without either character or
morality, are generally chosen to distribute money
and whiskey and buy up votes for their favore can
ddate-favorie, because he pays them for the dirty
| work they do. When was there ever q Republican
Convention, Peoples Convention, or n Democratic
Convention held anywhere, where nominees the
unanimous choice of the people, without any trading,
shystering or buying of votes You can't such
convention. Delegates should never be instructed
to vote for anybody When you instruct delegates,
You pack" the convention in advance, and abridge
the freedom of individuals. have known delegates
to vote for in convention, when they knew they
were not the choice of the people, simply because the
men who managed the primaries told them they must
vote and SO. am in favor of doing away with
primaries and delegates, calling mass convention
of the people, and nominating men who receive the
majority vote of the convention If we believed SO
large proportion of the people as bad you
| seem to think, would shoot ourself flee to the
mountains take dose of quinine. This is bilious
weather, and makes things look yaller.-Pr.]
Edward Downward, Chief Clerk in the Office of the
Secretary of State, ut Topeka in town. last week,
visiting old friends. Ed. looks hearty; Topeka life
seems to agree with him. If Republican is to be
elerted Secretary of State would rather it would
be Ed. Downward than anybody We know of. He
thoroughly understands the routine of the Office hav-
ing been clerk in it for a number of years We un-
derstand he will be candidate before the Republican
Convention for the office. HE will not.-Prl
Andy Sheridan has secured the contract for furnish
ing and hauling stone and brush to the new dykes
this side of Elwood. His large force of men and
teams will be divided between the two hotels here,
which will make things lively again.
The weather f,r the mast two davs has he.n bor
-J II seems "a II Tho torr;J zone has transferred
;,,e q, .L; ,a,;. pol, r., o,,o,oI ,5
sweat and sworn that ther never d;J feel the heat
so hoaIr ,s n,w Ev.rv re.r ,r. h.or the s,me
r.morlS .N.rer al, snch bo, weather. never fol,
,hc COLI 90 h,dIv coolest weather eyer sau never
cav an m,cb rain rever .aw II 60 dry etc These
or. oor,no, oxnras.;on. R,, h.,;.,o ,r s.f. in
80, a., ,o ros.,. ,,o
s;. aud 5.hili,a,;na VIC have had for som. ysars
h.,o s.. !. ho,,or Tho, :, hos hoon a, r, time ,bs
S,,,,o, .,,I r.. =, K.ns,s TOO IT, ,os, ,.,;,h,
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No., =, q, yo,.ou,Sor l., ,ho ,h.r,,,n,.,or .ar,nod
Ga e. 800 ,o,,;nr ,bovo >, nor Lo,o,r 20 40.
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,I ;,,,ouso hoo, Nod mo, 10 .rrnr;..d e ,he, arc
80 ,,or,r viii Tho fs,or w. 100 bovs GOING IN
the creek every ,lav whose parents have forbiddeu
,to, 20 aoso Ifth.y o, ;t their n,r.,,ts can guess
| a, N. .apse
Kobn the thinner has moved into the store vacated
| hv Chs Eue,,ro-Cam,hel,,s old stand
I'll. h,,l;,y y,c,ted bx. Kobn the timer has been
fitted nm for n saloon by Major Landry who is COM
c,r,,lIr ed
We an ;l,ustrntio, Of woman,s rights and mans
roncs tho other 5av both t.autfu, and suyycstive.
om.n With h.r foot oocte5 nm nm the window sill
s,,oL;n,, ,,;no While b.r worser half was hard at
,rorL in the l;,ehen with the thermometer Mt ITO.
sweating and Streaming over the wash.tub. Ye gods
and LITTLE fishes that was picture fit for Da ynci
ar Mur;IIo have aIxavs been an advocate of
,mon suaraoe lint here ia ease for serious reflec-
tiou in the matter. If we give woman the ballot,
,oos :, sen man IN the kitchen the wash bouse and
tho Nursery, Does If condemn him to the cook house
and the wasb,ub, to sweat his sweet life away over
dirty dianers and soiled lineul Docs it-but for
beor The snbect is too painful TO think about with
| the thermometer wav nm among the uueties.
Friday evening last about o'clock. we had n fear.
c, ,o-u, ,f ,r;nJ rain tbuuler and LIGHTNING from
,b. notb ,.s, Tho aav had beep extremely hot and
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