The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-22

found, meets with popular approval.-Chicaqo 1d.
|
| ~ A Georgia farmer removed to Alabama and
took his cow with him. but the animal turned up at
her old home, ninety miles of. few days after
| wards.
w BlaDton Duncan says the world is coming to
an end next year, and now let it be distinctly un-
derstcod that if Blanton around rs usual after Jan
uary ist 1888, he is TO be putrid reminiscenee.
- Prof Bell says: II intend to give my new in
vention of the induction balance to the world. | do
not think there should be n patent upon a device
that promises to be beneficial TO surgical science
tY-Since the re-establishment of capital punish
ment in Switzerland the number of murders aud mur-
derous outrages have perceptibly diminished. Dur
ing the few months that the death law was repealed
crimes of this nature were alarmingly the in
| crease.
y Father Ryan, the Mobile poet-priest is said to
be the most popular rhymcster in the South. and his
volume of poems can be found in all the book stores
| in that region.
~ The Sacramento Union draws attention to the
fact one not generally known that the fruit and
vegetable crops of California to n very large
| tent handled by Cinnamon.
| The Akron (O.D Banner suggests a memorial church
or hospital at Washington the most sensible COM
memoration of the peoples grief at the PRESIDENTS
assassination and gratitude for his recovery.
~ About forty of the lightweight counties in
Ohio are Democratic, and in these forty there have
been twenty three defacations of public officers to
three in all the Republican counties. The inference
| is as plain print.
I9- No article in support of Mr. Poeketbookwater
has appeared yet in the leading organ of the Ohio
Democracy, Tie Cincinnati Enquirer unless an arti-
Gle in Fridays issue, entitled 'hod your nose- is to
| bo interpreted as such.
| E' Weather student-"Has there ever been in
Ohio. q of frost in Julyf We think after
| lining the Bookwalter nomination carefully that
| there has
II young libertine of Iowa spent his time loaf
| ing and boastng Of his power over women. This
became so disgusting to the citizens of York that
| they emaseulated him. The fellow now has
| TO know that lying is not profitable.
| ~ Lew Head, who has been trial in Topeka
several months for violation Of the prohibory law
| was discharged Friday. The Blade estimates that
the costs will amount to sl,0OO, which the county
will have to pay. This is the law vindicated.
II Roscoe Conkling has already three 81, 600 re-
tainers.
rV- John Jacob Astor has added 3, 900 tothe Mrs
Garfield fund
Csr Peter Cooper says that he never was a minute
late in keeping business appointment,
| ~ A Troy boy locked n eat in q room, that he
might torture her, but the eat 'went for him. tear
ing his aud legs in n shocking manner. and only
relinquished her hold when her head had been near
| ly severed. Public sympathy is with the cat.
| ~ When the first Worlds Fair" held in
London in 1851, the London Times spoke of Mr. Gree
| ley as Horace Gruby." Now it publishes n leader
ON Horace Conkling late Senator from New York.
| Sixteen years ago Loren Bartlett, of CRANKY,
Mass, cut the figures 1865 the back of turtle
found in his meadow and every year since, with one
\ exception the animal has been seen in the same
field. Not to behind the times, he wants his date
| changed.
II Those persons who believe that sometime in
future city will see all the laws executed may
now take fresh courage. Up at Indianapolis
the goose ordinance is being enforced.
| ~. An Illinois man got a neghbor into State
prison ON a false charge, burned his house, eloped
with his wife, and poisoned his dog, and then had
the gall to ask the victim to forgive him. Did he do
iti No. He said: ''Can you bring that dorg back
TO life! You can't! Look out, Tnseoming for ye And
| they fought to the death.
II Miss Frances II. Willard writes to the White
Mountain Echo suggesting that the White Mountain
peak called tho Haystack be renamed Mount Gar
neld in honor of the President, whose face set
toward the White Hills on the morning of his at
tempted assassination
, C- Gen. Garfield's conduct since he fell wounded
has deepened the feeling of regret. Ii has been
of domestic kindness. and tnged slightly with grim
sense Of humor.-LOHdOH Spectator.
cF writer in Land aud Water says there are
from 900 to 1000 English landholders in Nirgnia,
with farms of from 100 to 800 and that they
remarkably happy. He especially recommends
Virginia for gentleman emisrants with large fani-
les ut offers almost the only genuine country life
with consenia surroundings TO the oxpatrated gen.
tleman."
~ lady in Taunton. Mass, received recently
from Europe boquet containing clover from
George Elints grave, a violet from Melrose Abbey,
= luttercup from DE Quinceys grave, n sprig of ivy
from Walter Scotts old home at Abbotsfor,i, ard
bluebell from the grave Of Helen Macgresor, near
Loeb Lomond.
y The Indian is iInpediment to civilization.
So long 40 he stands in the way of white man who
is willing to cultivate the soil and add something to
the taI duplicate he shond he dealt with a. foe TO
society. We are opposed to privileged classes in
this country and have never felt any New England
Sentmentaty for Indians untaxed.-!d Louis Die
patch.
~" "Herc lies the youngest of twcnty-nine broth
ers anu three srters- Sueh is the inscription on
tne stone laa' iarks tne st resting place OF eener
Indiana. He a brave and n good soldier
~ ~ a uar,;son bin,s.If -" Wv ''''''' ~ FP
~ so,. ,.,rs 400 h,rlr,n, ,,;,,;,,,, o5;,or
esl Ia crsditors n ,,,rrant Gir 10, 80 90 Id
preferring take other property valued at $3.50 The
despised l2D acres now yield the former bankrupt
editor an annual income Of SbO,OOO or moro from
mines.
IT curious performance in vegetation has been
noticed recently at the residence of Mr. Howard s.
Collins in Collinsville Conn Out of the full blown
roses ON one of his bushes have come buds three or
four ON the same blossom and thosc fresh buds have
gone ON and deyeloped into perfct roses like the flow
er. they have sprung out of-Harfford Conrunt
, " lew days ago Yusrrynan' IN getting out
hsgstone at Prospect Hfil. found petrihed rattle
% s. =; 'e y. 's sa hi =. Ssea
s.;'si e' @ ..ia ~ =; an" .s ~ ILL o"I h Is'ues @ @
is my.tery. II is believed TO have been there Al
least n thousand years. Ii has been forwarded 10
the Smithsonian Institute at Washington.
~ Prison discpline must be rather slack in Wash
inrton IL there is anything len in the sole of shoe
that prisoner make a knife Of if any legacy
OF former prisoner Dchlnu tltteau CELL
philadelphia Lodgr.
~ The reconl of old man Cbr;s,iapcv as . man
of family and prnctieng Republican entities him TO
house and lot in Brooklyn.-daaHta Constitution
r1y- The Democrats should nominate Tilden and
Rnol ,ai.r far President and Vice. prcscnt in lsSI
Two ..barls- are better than Burlington Ha,rk
eye.
y-E IL fonehalf or the stories ahout tho upbe,l,bx
condtion of the White Torse amount 10 anytbinc
they ought to put Giteau in there as soon as they
get the President out.-Ihdd. Times.
r-,- We hone Congress will make an anprouria,;on
- yn,r ~ allow The pnmerons ofs;csrr N anr a
~ IN ,;sit The seasbor, neyt snn,mcr Ros,a, D.,
Alexander MoselS, veteran Journalist, died at
ms nome IN new heht County, Virginia on tuesday,
last IN tns S-thira ~ year OF ms age ne was
native oi busEingnam county, was grahunted AT the
Sniverslty ol virginia IN N .hs ea.s o. - and began
the practice OF law IN hls natiNe Sounty, but having
io,,eH;Ile ubere for syernI YEAR he edited STATE;
h, a,,. ILL ,hs 49,, ahont isas h ~
moved 10 Richmond and became associated with John
Hampden Peasants in the management of the Rich
mond Whg, with which paper he has with but short
intervals, been connected up to the time Of his