The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-03
THIHcAMYJIcS.

THIHcAMYJIcs.
IL Throiore Parkeri is to have statue in South
Boston public square
| rY- Senator Cunser writes poetry, becoming Swest
Singer Of Michigan No. ?.
rg- s & Preniiss' grave, near Natehez, is over
grown with bricrs and weeds
u Thurlow Weed is almost blind but his brain
and tongue in good repair as ever.
rY- Marie Ansoinet,e's writing table sold at the
| famous Hamilton anetion, in London, for fl5,000.
cr- williamstown iKy.l girls carry rcvolvers, and
the Cosrie says they wear bsngsm their hip pockets
F In the privacy Of her court iife il is said that
Queen Victoria and those who surround her use the
German language.
| e An Adrian Mich, man had his nose broken
while playing base ball. and m accident insurance
| company paid him tHs5
F Ex xseeretary Evarts, being shown 3o6 medal,
dryly observed: "fes, a bronze mcdal-beaten brass
lis an appropriate badge
| ~ II eosts the United States Q little more than
SIS 900 year to fire the sunrise and sunset guns ut
the several military and naval stations
E<in some parts of New England, IL is said, candy
is sold strongly saturated with quor - 10 ntoxi-
| cate ladies unaccustomed to the beverage.
| ~ Plumpness. milky whiteness Of complexion,
| puffy eyelids and swollen akin mark emphatically
the arsenic cater, says Cleveland physician.
| II The correspondence between Goethe and Car
lyle, which Mr.. Froude failed to find, has been dis
covered in mass of nedited letters, and Will shortly
| appear
II Mrs. Jane Van wart, niece Of the Isaac Van
Wart who assisted at the capture Of Major Andre
near Tarrytown, died on Tuesday, In Jersey City, in
her eighty first year.
the Greenbackers of Maine nominated for Represent
atiye in Congress- and the Democrats indorscd, IL
President of National bank
n" THE trouble with Rchalieu Robinson" says
the Philadelphia Times, lis that tho lion and the
gle in the light Of his lurid elcquence look TOO much
like the monkey and the parrot"
" General John N. Palmer on Rosecrans: al
dare the Democratis party Of this country 70 n0mi
head the Democratic ticket in 1884,"
y II is estimated that Summer tourists will leave
1000 600 in New Hampshire this seasor, and they
haven't got the business Of robbery down very fue
in that State, either.-LoreR Ciisea.
~. They've got the telegraph through to Jerusa-
lem and the miracle business were in progress
there at present, We should have special giving full
particulars the next day.-Boston Post,
F We learn from an Albany paper that . recent
dastardly attempt to bribe member Of the Legisa-
ture with railway pass failed most misersbly. He
had one already.-SL Louis Post Dispateh
e The New York Herald inquiries: Are the
Stalwarts in the mnorityi" Ask something hard
er; for instance, if two and two make four-Bosto.
Journal.
lB- Mr.. David Mouatt will not wear his 3o6 medal
in public for several years. He altered election
return in Philadelphia and has been taken into a
State service which interfercs with his appearance
in public.
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fire insurance If he insures himself from being fir
ed out a candidate at the next Presidential Re
publican Convention, the new move will be n good
0ne.-Ettck.
TF w. +. Eastman, OF Butte Creek, Oregon, ex-
hbits enormous tooth Of some prehistoric animal
The tooth is composed of luminstod sections about
half an inch apart-seventeen sections in all. II
weighed eleven pounds and was found in the bed Of
Of Butte Crcek.-Portdhd OTegOnian.
IL A Western circus manager arranged 10 have q
wsx baby dropped from second-story window in
every town which hs show visited just in time to be
caught by one Of his athletes. The performance
successful several times, and crowds the
hero of the rescue until the newspapers exposed the
trick.
II barber in Lawrence. Mass., thsught 1t fun
ny to cut the hair of simple minded customer In .
uicross manner, but the police Justice looked at it
from different point of view. and. telling the bar
Der that he had been guilty of IA serious assault, fin
ed him fifty dollars and costs with the alternative
OF going TO jail for six months.
II York, England, can boast what London can
not, viz: two peers of the realm among its Lord
Mayors-lord Binsiey in 1907, Lord Dundss in 1921.
real live lord as Lord Mayor Of London may vet be
seen, should the aayoralty of London assume, under
ton of the Project of the Seine
e A London paper says: The pathos Of the sale
which ruthless breaks up the historic gallery Of the
Duke of Hamilton, is perhaps best brorght out by
miniature portrait of "a Knight of the Carter at
tributed TO Holbeip. This says the catalogue,
'was presented by Charles l. to the Marquis of Ham.
lton, and bears the Kings brand both A. King and
Prince"
rF a prominent Missouri State officer has recent
ly shown disposition to shut up the lottery stalls
in church festivals well bunko shops in other
places, and he is right. Churches that want to
gambling suppressed will do we'll to suppress it
themselves, and If they want to see the of wine
abolished they will substitute cold tea for 1t ut the
sacrament.
u The san is progressing, in Now York this
week. of the famous collection Of coins on which tho
late Ar. Chas. /. Bushnell lavished his wealth and
his leisure hours during thirty years. One Of the
be the only ever struck, the piece showing that
the die was cracked: II bears the legend, Ias,.a-
Bushnell valued it at over 81 900.
g Conklings proceedings were from the frst
those of an impracticable. The latter-dAy word
crank hits him hard. lie had the vehement ego
that belong to the breed Of those who have lost the
hyvheels of their mental machinery; and his rcsg-
nation proved that the question of his personal
Commercial
r. Disappointed politicians arc not without their
solsce General Grant who since the little affair at
Chicago just two years ago may be set down in that
a mile to top wagon in $40. This, considering the
weight Of the wagon and the distinction Of the driver
4 uncGmmonly good time II the General were Pres-
sport.-San tranesoo Call.
F Gregory Bateman, vicar Of Cold Ashby, North
amptOnshire, England writes that he has found In
his register book the name of Robert Garfield under
the date date of 1870 and others Of the family are
recorded as baptized in 1912 1914 and 1917 The Vi
thinks he bas clear proof that these yeomen wero
the ancestors of James A. Garfield, and proposes
that memorial window, in honor of the late Presi-
dent, be placed in the Cold Ashby Church.
EF- A hackman in Cleveland, Ohio who had
colored competitor, has been fined so and costs BY
by police justice for soliciting passengers at the
Union Depot by crying out: "Come this way, and
You can ride with a while man." Language" said
Judge Kennedy, that tends to degrade or insult .
man who has the misfortune of being colored, and
who is in honest competition, seeking his lv
ing, is an outrage, and cannot be tolerated"
u 1t is undeniable that to the ungodly there is
usually as much fun at prneetng 1T circus,
and tirst for living waters is not the only kind Of
thirst that is abundsntly quenched the borders Of
the camp ground Irregularities at these religious
meeting places are not abundant they
were; but there is still room for improvement,
well plenty Of people who will say great deal to
cast camp-mectings into disreputc unless the In
proyement oocurs.-Nsr York Herald
II lady, writing from Washin gton, says icon
gresham Bu.terworth ranks here man ire
proachablc in private life. Toward his mother, q
venerable Quakeress, who TO visit him. he is
gallahtly fal Garfield was to his mother;
toward his wife, piquaut little lady, somewhat af
cied with deafness. aud hence calling for more chiv
lover; toward his little defUrmed son, Benny, his
darling namesaEe, his tenderness Of manner is very
beautiful
Y A. Banning Norton, Marshal Of tho Northern
District of Texas, has Of late boon conspicuous fg
ure on the streets of Washing gton. He q
resident of Ohio, and when Henry Clay was q csndi
tlate LOT tue fresiuency ne TOOK an oath tnat ne
would shave have his hair cut until the great
Kcntuckian installed in tho Executive Mansion.
The defeat and even death of his political idol did
nd release him from the strange oath, and he now
walks the streets looking like q modern Rip Van |
Winklo just awakened from his long sleep.
EF- The hatred between Roman Catholics and |
0rangcmen has been intensified in Ontario by Vim |
cent f. DE Longe, apostate priest, who declares
that he subjected to torture for his heresy in
monastery at Sandwich. He tells moro wonder |
full story however, ofa Father Fitzpatricks tongue
being cut out in q Montreal monastery, because he
spoke against the Pope. Dc Longe solemnfy de
clares that he the mutilation, and the Orange
men believe him. On the other hand he il said to
have long beon insane, and those who have him in
charge admit that his mind Is now unsettled.