The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-01
Highland SInw.

Thos. Heatly. ESQ, of Troy, was up, ON Monday.
attending the lawsuit. Although good many were
convinced of Knowles guilt by the testimony of the
witnesses nothing could be proved against him, and
conseq uently he was acquitted. Is. A. Seaver con
Quoted the defense.
George HIolton, White Clouds litcratsur, paid his
respects to our town, on last Saturday.
Will MerreI, of Oakland Station, Kentucky, has
returned, and will attend school here, next year.
The City Council concluded, last week, that well
was needed worse than any other public improve
ment in which they have say, and went straight
way and selected as n location the corner of Main
and Genesee Streets, opposite the Highland Hotel,
that place being about the centre Of the town Work
has commenced. and Jim Shafer has the job.
Miss Maggie Hubbard arrived home, last week.
She has been receiving instruction, during the past
year, at the School of Arts in Lake Forest one of
Chicagos suburbs. Her sister, Hiss Eliza, will leave
this week. for the same place, where she will attend
school, the coming year.
Married-At the residence of the brides father,
one-haf mile east of town, August ls 1881. by the
Rev. s. y. Irwin Strother Pierce and Sophia Wal
ters both residing near Highland.
Mr. Fred J. Close, one of Doniphan County's solid
Republicans was in town few days, last week.
Miss Ollie Lee will go to st, Joe, this week, andat-
tend school ut the Convent. the next nine months
Frank Kitzmiller's two children have recovered al
most entirely from their long spell of sickness.
What we wan, in this town is n No. !, good tailor
Since Prof Dean left and went to st. Louis, we
have been without tailor entirely. There is plenty
of work. aud the man who comes here and opens up,
will find in a short time that he has n coed loca
ton for the business.
Prof McCarty came in from Hiawatha, on Satur-
day lie has been conducting the Normal Institute
at that place. for the past month lie also had charge
of the Normal ut bingham, during the month of
July.
We received message from Virgil Partch, few
days ago. lie is spending the summer with his pa
rents, at Omaha Agency Nebraska, and writes that
he is having glorious time, fishing. hunting. swim
ming, and rowing. We will venture he sometimes
addresses the aborigines in Greek, which, doubt.
they understand fully well us he docs their
joinler in their mother tongue.
In our item last week. concerning the herd law, of
course We were .'only in fun" Any person knows
that il is the farmers business to keep his fences in
good condition, and his gates shut But to whose
duty it is to the weeds from the lanes,
are still in the dark, and il was want of informa-
ton about this that prompted us to make the men
tioa we did. We are told by one who pretends to
know that it is the road supervisors place to remove
all obstacles from the highways trees brush, weeds,
or any thing else that is detrimental II such is the
case why not compel the road TO do their
dutyi But this is next to impOssiblity, for they
are not going TO cut and remove such insignificant
obstacles oeds when they very often neglect the
roads and bridges until they get very dangerous,
some person volunteers TO repair them; and they
scarcely think of the fact that they in duty
bound to erect and keep in repair plenty Of guide
boards 1t certainly is not the farmers duty to clear