The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-01-29
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There were two or three suspicious characters loaf
! inS around town, last week, who did not seem e
have anything do, but have since left. 1t would
be well for citizens, and those OF the coun try
around. to see that doors well locked and win
dows fastened.
There is to be fine Catholic church built at Fan
ming. Pat Corcoran secured the contract for build
| ing il, and has begnn work Three extensive lum-
bier yard. Of A's ibis fighting each Other PIT % !.
came in and scooped their bids. to the intense dis
gust of the Atchison men at being undersold by a
country firm.
Ben. Ang.;ad has recovered enough to be able to
resume his old place.
The band is going to give concert. in about three
weeks The programme will be made as varied and
attractive as possible. Vocal well rs ;nstrumen
al Music, recitations, paper, speech ETC., are on
the list. The boys are determined to make grand
success of it, Those who will attend 1t, look
back to it a time, Tin the words Of Severanecs
sweetest poet, Capt. Clonchl.
when music arose with its vOluptuous swell,
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again,
And all went merry q marriage bell.'
Our old friend VIM. Steele, has returned from
LeadvilIe, to visit relatives aud friends and have
short rest before returning to Leadvle again, where
he is doing well.
We understand that Joe Ward. candidate for Jus
tice is corruptng the voters by presenting each
with box of pills-Jzyne's or Ayers, AS the voter
prefers. He says they will work the voter right up
to the polls since Jim Campbell's nomination he
nakes the same offer, besides throwing in dose of
salts. Their friends think Of administering box
apiece to theni Monday night, that they will
well, election day.
The golden chimes Will usher IN wedding,
Wednesday, rumor says.
Last Saturday was lively day-the Republican
and G,eenback convrntio both meeting. The fight
for certain Offices had been very warm and hitter
the situation thorou glly discussed. and the whole
Republican force. stirred up. AT o'clock. the Re
publicans met at Rppcy's Hall, elected that sweet
those two hardy of toll James A. Campbell and
ID. l.. Carpenter, Secretaries. After the crowd had
gathered in the Hall. the light reflected from their
had such brilliant reddish tint, that it was
hard on the Observing fhIa- with inv
worthy of Colonel of the Doniphan County veter-
Curtis issued the order to his troops for all
dust or chalk their noses, people would think it
Democratic Convention. This being done,
the light became more natural. The balloting pro-
ceeded slowly. as most of them thought they had to
write not only the name of the candidate, but their
also, and make their mark in the usual way
The proceedings were marked with their usual dull
until the vote for Trustee when the interest
became intense, and some thirty more votes were
polled than on any previous ballot. Perhaps the
browning episode Of the meeting was when W. d.
Ripley came forward to vote. He was challenged,
on the ground of being Grsenbacker, when he
ed TO the whole Convention, Il always have been u
Republican, and always expect to be- Curtis imme-
diately gave him the right hand of fellowship. and
declared him baptized into the Republican party.
Then the boys cheered until the woods rang Please
break the news gently to O'Drscoll, Wright, and
the others. -
By this time, they had got thirsty that the Con-
vention adjourned, and they went along the
streets, the Chairman, Secretaries and candidates in
the front. lady was heard to say to her children:
DO you those poor men, my children They
are Republicans. Don't make fun of them, my boys,
for something may happen to you and you may get
like they are, some day. Perhaps when she took
them i'll aud washed them.-Pr.I
Soon after, the Greenback party met at Mowry's
Hall. The Chief had dared to insinuate once, that
O'Driscoll might soon be heard making Republican
speeches but even its profene columns had not
brcathed the slightest doubt Of Rppeys faithfulness
to the cause-and now Bppey, the Chairman of the
County organization, Chairman of the Township
Commute. as his name appeared in the call for that
very meeting. had left them, and Joined one Of the
bfoated bondholders, softhanded aristocrats, min
ions of the money power. 1t WAS sad. But the four
of them met, all the same Half the party elect
ed to the Chairs-Pat Corcoran, Chairman and A. j.
Mowry, Secretary-while the other half, Messrs.
Welding and Friek, looked sad because they hadn't
been. But the meeting had many advantages when
viewed by philosophical mind. In the first place,
half the party could carry anything; for
fourth in the Chair, and couldn't vote, the other
fourth could cuss and rave around all he had breath
to, but the motion would 60 through. Mowry would
make motion, aud Frck would second it, and it
would 60 through; them for change, Frick would
make notion and Mowry would second it, and it
would carry. Welding might vote against it all he
wanted to- but he couldn't stem the strong current
Mr.. Frck nominated for Trustee A j. Mowry
for JUSTICE the rest of the ticket made up by indoors
ing nominees of the other parties. The business
done, the immense and enthusiastic audience quietly
and safely dispersed, and the angel Of peace once
more returned and broOded the gltterng spires
and gilded tombs of our beautiful city. GENTLE.