The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-08-18
Donipl,nn Items.

The ANIMAL school meeting well attended
The Office of treasurer having expired George Wal
Ter was duly elected for the next term-thrce Years
vote of 10 mills for teachers wages mills for in
eidentas, and mill to and repair the colorei
| school house. had. The Board will soon, per
haPs, be swarmed with applicants of teachers We
dc hope that they will secure good teacher about
| n six months term.
Thirty-three years would make Us tifty-eighi
years old. I'VE thought You were not over 25.-Pr
Miss Josie Hangover sister of James Hangover
depot agent here, was down from Humboldt. Ncb..
visiting, three or four days. Miss josie is a lady
well educated and intelligent and made many
friends while here.
DIR. Bennett went to Severance last Monday,
where he expects to remain in a couple of weeks to
do some dentistry. VIII return to Duniphan. where
he expects to locate for some time.
Mr.. Joe. Werner left old Doniphan, last Monday,
for ST. Louis, where he has for time been en-
ploycd in job Office. Joe. is apractical printer in
dustrious, and of steady habits-ifferent. perhaps
as a general rule, from printers a good many
iourneymen, well Is editors, are hard drinkers.
The young ladies of Doniphan will miss joe but
the remembrance of him will be cherished and
when their wearied brain is pillowed. many tears
will be shed in his absence and the long by-goncs
ence will refresh their memory. joe, come
back soon; don't stay long, for girls sometimes will
get married.
II is a of displeasure, and a feeling of hor-
ror for invalids in looking over the County paper,
to that some slowworking disease has laid hold
of some vital organ and their is reported fatal
all hopes given up. &C. Such things ough; not to be-
from the very fact it makes publicity, and gives to
friends that fearful thought that there is no hope
lnvalids and other diseased persons always hope.
and their hope should be encouraged, 50 Ion. as
there is the least shadow Of hope II may be tina;
persons in the third or last stage of consumption
have given up all hope, but then il is time enough
when attending ply sicisns give them up, and not
news satherers.
Doniphan and vicinity has in the las; week. been
visited with good rain. Farmers are feeling much
eheered. Although crops, corn &C., will be short
there will he sufieiency for more than home con
sumption, and some to spare. Flowing for winter
wheat has commenced again, and it is more than
probable that next years yield of wheat and all 9th
er products will be large.
Stock hogs will probably fall little, as farmers
will be little short in wintcrase, corn, SC.
4 lot of horses playing along the wire fence Of
Joseph Symns. one belonging TO VIM Symns, a very
fine horse, badly injured, being torn from his
shoulders to his hips through to the bone. Mr.
Symns was taking his horse home, Monday and
was very uneasy about the horses recovery. Those
wire fences next to herd law and prohibition-a
State curse, like good many more laws that are
oppressive in their nature to the poor lis Mr..
Symns poor man s-Pr.l
Jehiel Frazce and his were down, last Mon
day, threshing the MeCnm wheat, in the bottom
land below town.
Benjamin Curtis got oyerheated, while hard at
work, during the hot weather, last week and has
not been able to do anything since. Was some bet.
ter, last Monday.
, Joe. Werner and Dick Welsh were up to Geary
City, last Monday, horseback. II WIS the first
time Joe. ever Gcary, and has lived in Donipan
for twenty years. Now, ifJoe had seen Geary City
few days sooner he perhaps might have deferred
his ST. Louis trip.
From the Kansas City Nail: "Charles Tate. the
exrresident of the Olympic Club, of this city, was
married in Atehison few Days ago, to Miss Alice
Benjamin. Tate left Kansas City under a cloud
Miss benjamin belongs to good family there. but
was completely infatnate, with Tate
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