The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-09
THiNcAMYJIcS.

recall a certain incident connected with her tyr
husbands. In lSE, while she the wife of Hor
Ezekiel Mcintosh. of Albany, Mr.. Fillmore was car
didate for the position of State Comptroller of NeY
| York Some persons who desired to defeat bill cleo
ton raised about 80 900 for the purpose and place,
it in the hands of Mr.. Mcintosh, instrueting him q
place il in the bank in his own name. and not I,
make the matter public: He did as desired, but be
| fore the fund could be drawn out for election pur
poses the treasurer fell sick and died Mr. Filmor,
was elected Comptroller, many years afterward mar
RED Mrs Mcintosh. and received as q part of bel
his election.
p Mr.. John W. Garrett has presented to the
people of Maryland q fne copy of the portrait OF
George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, to whom
grant OF the territory of what subsequently, be-
came known rs the Province of Maryland was issued
by Charles the First hut before il passed the priyy
seal Lord baltimore died His death took place at
ms lodgings. IN IincOn's Inn Fields. London on
Bprll 10, 1862 and on June 3O of the same wear the
perfected charter transferred to his SON C.cus
oaVert, second Lord Baltimore, and the first actual
proprietor of the Province of Maryland. The por-
trait of the first Lord Baltimore presented by Mr.
Jarrett was copied from one painted by Mytens
sno was Court Fainter 'oJames the First, and also
to his successor Charles.
n II will be remembered that bank in Scotland
Jailed some few years since, and some of the mana
gers and directors are still in prison In the city Of
GiRsgow there were individuals who owned stock To
the value of - $50 OOO and they were called npon ~
pay and did pay in addition the loss of their stock
sl3OOlsO making total of nearly eighteen million
dollars. Families in affiueut circumstance were
reduced to perjury. relief committee was raised
and the generous Scotch have afforded relief in 9lS
cases Annuities were purchased, and fan lies
which were living IN luxury are now dependent for
existence upon the pittanee which they thus receive
~, T. Brigham Bishop. of Boston, who wa. an
engineer Of General Garfelds staff when the battle
of Mnrfreesboro was fought, took tine photograph
of the General tust after the fight which is said tn
be the only photograph of General Garfield in uni
FORM An artist has made life-sized crayon from,
it, and this has been given to Mrs. Garfield.
" The following is from Washington letter
Tta "hur.. n hsaa
rate record in detail Of the private life-especally
ut Nashington-of every Senator and Representa-
tive and !, is this record am sorry to say, which
has given the MOrnons such tremendous and fatal
power at Washington for a quarter of o centuary"
When Uncle Sam takes the Mormons BY the scrufF
Of the neck, they will understand that black sheen
congressman are not running the country.
~ In front of Col Thomas Mead's house in
Greenwich. Conn, stands n sycamore. or ballwoOd
tree. which is III years old having been planted in
l1l0. II il about $50 feet high and fifteen feet from
the ground its circumference is twenty-eight feet,
and its diameter nine feet. A hole in the trunk
which is now no bigger than a mans hand. was not
into. and used by the children as a sort of
play hOuse. As the tree has grown of late YEAR, the
aperture has gradually closed.
r. Why should man who voted 200" times in
hopeless effort to commit his party TO unpatrio-
tie course which was sure to prove fatal blunder
decorate himself with n brass medal to commemo-
rate his folly That is surely one of the things
which no fellow can find out
y
haps the happiest old gentleman in America. lie
enjoys his work if he still bow and is often
found at midnight bending his beloved tools.
He works for hours together. and il as fresh and
spontaneous and mirhful in feeling in the almost
forgotten days when Sartains Magazine was house
hold oracle fhiiadeiphia Telegraph.
II Zone Of the best presiding officer, We ever
saw says the New York San. was n page in the
House of Representatives at Washington. who used
10 stand behind old Governor Pennington. of New
Jersey, when he was Speaker, and tell him what
TO do
" How was it possible for General Grant TO read
in three days what other man in the country
'Oud in as many weeksl-Toledo Blade. The G.ner-
Al did not attempt to read the evidence but having
expressed an opinion the subject. may now tackle
the testimony if il takes all summer.
II Ii is rather early yet to write the political
obituary of James @. Blaine. The returns are not
Ill in yet. and Mr.. Blaine is by no means So much
out of politics rs some people would like TO have
Iim. Mr.. Blaine has weathered several storms be
ore.-Springfeid Union Rep.l
~ koquet was AFT Ied. n day or two ago. To the
ioor of the cell in which Walter MalIey accused of
he murder OfJennie Cramer, of New Haven. il in
,arcerated. The offering quite too previous"
The prisoner has not been convicted yet.-B rooky.
Eagle.
n The cardinal principles of the old Wing party
we're: !. Liberal National appropriations for works
II internal improvement. = National Banks 3
protective tariff. The old Wing party is dead. but
Is principles survive. Wing il n good name. Why
lot resurrect it Memphis IraiaHche.
y OF course, it is nobody's business that n
rome medal weighing pound has been presented
o each Of tho 300 whs voted for Grant ut Chieago
ysr served a third term each Of those medals
you'd be n sure passport to an office.-Clereldnd
Herald
II We are not prophet. nor the son of a proph-
Z, but one James q. Blaine. from the State of
aine, will be elected President in the year of onr
ord 1881. Paste this in your hats, gentlemen
baltimore 4 pierican.
q The Democracy, as usual, is winning the next
frRs haffla thraa al.
ctiOn. IL takes a National election to settle tho
Democratic cries Of victory.-Omaha Bee (Rep.)
II BY very large majority the Republican
larty Of the nation has determined that M .ner,
4 Garfield revler Of Garfields friends shall ever
'e elected to fill the Martyrs plnce-B Express
Repl
n Gentlemen who didn't vote for General Grant
I Chicago don't get the pound of bronze 10 pin on
heir waistcoats. There are sundry other thiurs
hey don't get.-Phaadeiphia Press.
~ Henry Ward Beecher prayed on Sunday that
Arthur might be strengthened against
nsdOus whispers"
EE- A correspondent writes that the name in full
mentioned in the Oxford University Calender ns
Oscar Fingall o. Flahertie Willis Wild"
" brass collar with the simple inscription
OS, would have been quite as appropriate. though
erhaps not rs handsome.-DdyiOn Democrat
- Col. X. G. IngersoIl gives receptions to "tbe
leh and poor. the lame, the halt and the blind" at
is residence in Washington, Sunday evenings.
" Among the letters received by Mr.. Scoviile in
SPohst !" MS appeal ior evidence upon the ques-
n =, ~ - J,," .'.y was one when ssid;
,ra,, ~. hnar5;a1' =. ~ ~ oSIoDer' Mhen
now am I hecaIa acan.in,aJ - h"I Is NS n
r.r;,.s i.n, I'm IN atIif Win MN Vne
ubliean headduarters with and ~ r,f,,r1,5 Il
-hch act proves much in regard 10 his insan;tv
~ Everx sexcp xc.r. ocrYrs n, al. CL.,,u.
- ,,os;,;s,,, = ~ ~ $3.50, NJ AhIhIhapane
aere were . 900 600 visitors The e1po-tion occur.
ID again this year. The relics include IL Il claimed
agment- OF dress Of the Virgin Mary the linen
hich enveloped Jesus in the maDusr The cloth
Inch draPed the loins of Christ when the cross,
leather belt winch he once wore and the cords with
men ne was Oound'
~ The Idrcrfiser ridicues Blaine's idea that the
anama Canal be held by Notifications Of our.
! order to protect New Orleans and san Franeisco.
ct IL there u ANYTHING ia the 'Afonroe doctrine
mt is the logical necessity from it, There NAV be
nthing IN the Monroe doctrine" but whenever
lis Government has inserted 1t, the net has been
rnerally aPpiauded ut the time and after.-BssfoH
ranserip
~ The pilgrims arc a constant menace IN The
saith of Europe and Of the United States They
olnte all the known sanitary laws. and after bay
z siekened with The cholera themselves, they sci
pm fall TO spread the plague wherever they go
norm dmefteah
~ Tie late Gen. Merriwether Lewis Clark Of
frankfort, Ky, who died q few DAYS ago ia said 10
ave been the first child born of white Aneriran
Irents west Of the Mississippi river
- The Hon Montgomery Bla;r. in addi,io, "a
lnual valentine to Mr. Tilden for the Prr.s-5tlIa