The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-07-24
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There has been good rain to-day, which was q
ceptable to the farmers in this locality
Mr.. John Culp, Of Doniphan, an invalid from di
ease Of the lungs and liver is ON visit to his daugl
ter, the wife off. II. Hobbs, in this neishborhooi
His health is very poor.
yearlng colt belonging to George Dolby. wa
severely injured on a barbed wire fence. ON las
Wednesday.
The Buster mare, formerly spoken of rs being in
jurrd some time since, is dead
There will be considerable grain threshed out il
this neishbOrheod, shortly. We learn from reports
that the yield of small grain that has been threshe,
is better than was at first expected.
We learn that one Of Mr.. L. b. Smiths children i
sick but do not know the nature Of its disease.
While stacking grain, the farmers discover tina
the grain is not injured SO much rs was expected il
would be from the recent rains
Vegetables Of all kinds seem to be very plentv a,
they come in their season
We are informed that Mr. Ed. EGG will be before
the County Convention. this FALL for nomination for
the Office Of Sheriff. (which Convention i-PrI
We had the pleasure Of mteeing Mr.. VIM Hunt a
former citizen of DonipLa. County, but now n resi-
dent Hamburg, Iowa. He is the man who in
company with his uncle Squire Hunt, when in a
state Of intoxication leaped from the top of high
steep bluff, just below Petersburg, in this County,
several years ago They both leaped and that with
out severe injury 70 either of them and TO this
day. that bluff is known Hunts Leap.
Mr.. Il. A. Brown, after q visit to Petersburg Bot
tom. informs us that the past rains and high waters
the Missouri river have flooded the Bottom so badly
that there will be but little of any kind of crop rails
cal there, and that the mosquitoes and sickness of
different kinds will lie so bad to the people
to leave there, and go somewhere else to live.
Mr.. Z. S. Dunlap informs that George Randolph
and some others have moved away from the Bottom
We notice an item in the last Chief concerning
Troy's prospect for more papers. We shall adhere
to the old advice, and let well enough alone, and
hold on to the old standby, the Chief who has stood
the test, and has never iinched from us, but has
stood by US through thick and thin, for 10 these
many years.
Let all Of us correspondents he peaceable with
each other and give items of interest concerning the
people and crops and other matters of interest and
incidents that may occur which give material infor
nation to the people of the County, and abroad and
not fill up space with insinuations personalities
and personal abuse. For instance: Limber-Twig
was in town with two hats on; or We might saw
that Clod-iopper went into Hahn's saloon on Sun
day; or that somebody made nest ofC. HIS hat
or that uncle Jim Forman rubbed his fist under c.
HIS nose; woman went to the saloon and
drove her husband home, because he would not go
otherwise. Now all these things have n tendency to
touch tender chorl which leads us to think that
we have been wronged. Now, are a sensitive
people, and always have q present thought for
wrong things done to and if this is not sufficient
we shall have to make mutual agreement quietly |
with ourselves personally, and not bring sueh things
before the public notice.
Mike Langan is the owner of two as fine made |
steer calves ever saw.
number Of our neishbors sowing considera- |
Die turnip seed. Turnps good feed for the milk |
COWS, and if raise too many turnps for table use
hey can lie fed to the cows
The large eorn-felds of Joseph A. and VIM. p. |
'ymns, are objects of growing beauties. A person
you'd think, when passing by these fields that these
gentlemen mean business, as they surely do. and
will reap the benefit of their labor, this fall.
VIM. p Symns has built fine residence on his
arm, which is an ornament to this neighborhood
LNBER-TwIG.