The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-04-13
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tr-nehc. a -aDidly a possible on account Of the
heat Both impressed me as being truthful and W
sht men they talked about the whole matter with
eandor and soldierly frankness, and cannot doubt
their word. No complains that shaw and his
men were buried together there could have been
nothing more sppropriate; the objection was TO TIE
brutal tone Of the alleged order; and I'm glad 20 be-
heve that il was never given
u at Revei. in exeavating ground for the new
harbcr. the hulls of several ships, long buried IN
the earth. have been laid bare. Four Russian men
af-war-lS TO lSo feet long-have been menthed-
From the inscription. OloRes, III, on one OF tde
cannon found. il seems that the ships wrecked
after that date and the fact is curious as showing
how rapidly the water has receded. In old times,
the sea evidently came up 70 the wallis Of the towi:
while at present there is hSlf mile Of dry land
between the walls and the Lsrhor and where great
ships rode, not very long ago. the locomotive new
runs, between rows of wharves and merchants
offices.
of VeneEaels, dated I7s0 which gives historical
summary Of early projects for piercing the lsthuuS
of Panama The first goes back to the reign Of
Philip H., of Spain. who, at the instigation of the
viceToy of the Indies, srnt certain Flemish enGi-
investigate the spot the feasibility Of the
undertaking. Their report was altogether adverse
and thereupon Philip III. threatened the penalty of
death agains; whoever should again bring up The
project
- Chief Justice Cartier. Of the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia, will be entitled retire
from the bench in April. full pay. he, in that
month. will be 20 wears of age. IL Is nov under
stood, however, that he will sit at the other term
ease of Gaiteau will be heard on exceptions. and
that this will adjourn sine die, in the latter
part of May. early part Of June. This will make
unnecessary any suspension Of the sentence OF
Guiteau.
~ o. O. Howard, at the celebration Of the Bap-
tist Social Union, in New York. few evenings ago,
made speech, in which he said: In my Judgment,
there is longer any any reason for further trouble
between the sections. The old issues over which
have fought settled forever. When / laet
virginia's Governor tGovernOr Holiday in HsmP-
ton Virginia and grasped his hand, and heard kis
patriotic wcrds-each of us having Lost an arm on
the field of battle-I felt that We were indeed ous
people"
~ Probably the last time that Mr.. LonG.llow
wrote his autograph, he did il for two lads sons Of
Mrs :. NJ. Robinson, of this city, who visited thr
poet by his permission. saturday, the 18th inst
They were received in the kindly spirit which Mr..
Longfellow always showed toward young people,
aud shown over the lower part of the house after
which he wrote his name in the album which they
took with them. in q clear firm hand. In the after
noon Of that day his fatal illness set in.-Bosio"
Journal
n II is said by some one who has apparently
looked up the facts that only seven days Of nation
al fasting and humiliation have been appointed 10y
Presidents since the establishment OF the Cover.
ment, and that they have been designated as fol
low: May y Ess y aaams Ssn Ssp,.mE,r is
April 30 1853, and the first Thursday Of August.
1864. by Lincoln; May y. 1875 postponed to June ~
by johnson, and September s6, 1881. by Arthur.
Y The New York Tribune says of the late we'll
known antislayery agitator, Stephen ). Foster:
The more he was hissed, the more vehement he he
came He is said to have been naturally kindh-aTt
ell and Of q social and genial nature. His great
mistake was in suPposing that he really helped hs
cause by vituperation, disparagins comparisons
between things radically dissnlilar. Mr. Wendell
Phillips continues to make the same mistake.
e The Tombstone EPifIph refers To curious
custom in that remarkable settlement, of huge ne
gro with bell stalking around at certain hours ."
announce the beginning Of a fresh game oil Keno at
a house of which he is retainer This "a n feature
of the manners of their Erandlathcrs which will
doubles. interest future generations If Tomhsion
ers, and is fttinsly preserved 10y the local 'hrou.
cler.
II Recently at tho Essex Quarter Session,-surh
10 the anomalous state of English law-it was found
in case of und0ubte,l theft that the law does not
permit an indictment for stealth. GROWN. grap,r
cut from the vine The thieves. however. had taken
the propretors scissors cut the lunches. and haN
ing pocketed that useful implement. were found
guilty Of stealing and properly punished.
~. One intoxicated said it was a bundle Of
RAGS that Law ON a window sill two hundred yards
away, at Austin, Texas and his companion said il
was a womans head. They made bet. aud der;-
ded il by shooting at the object; but neither won
for it was a boys head which the bullet grazed.
~ The announcement that there were seven
kinds of wine at the last dinner given by the Prcs
dent, will have tendency to indefinitely POSTPONE
any movement which may have been on foot To or
GAME n Chester 4. Arthur Temperance SOciety.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
~ Judge Fol.cr, the new Secretary Of the Treas
ury born in an old-iashioned won'len housc, W
Nantucket. His ancestors were men OF education
some of them men OF remarkable learnn. and scleu
tifc and mechanical skill. Abah F0lser, an aunt.
many times removed, OF the new secretary, was thr
mother of benjamin Franklin.
II General Garfield was the first .choolmaster
that ever reached the Presidential chair. iOrind
able list of American Statesmen were OF that calling
however. like General Cas-, lhaddeus stevens, "a T.
/ mon p. Chase. Lyman Trumbnll. George Bancroft,
3 >. Prenti.s, stephen a. Douglas, Horace Maynand
| and Secretary Blaine.
! ~ Two men. Of Fauquier. Va, went into Court
Z ~ = = sul
| Each owned a which, he claimed, was the moth
err of the calf. The Justice went with the jury ans
litigants 10 a pasture, where the two cows were ei
loose for the youn:teT to choose between. and the
! question was quickly and Enthusiastically settled
! n good deal of fuss is being made the f..s
that when a circus visited Paterson, y. j., the otnc
day, many business establishments had to close be
OF the absence of their employees That u no
! thing strange. Many Of the State legislature al
journ when the circus CORES TO town. and the Brit
/ ish Parliament always adjourns for the derby
| II There is Platt-Thomas C.-What il he get
tingi Are the big boys 10 walk away with all tho
pIums. and leave Tommy to sing for his supper 2
Detroit Post aud Tribune.
~ The brass medal of the 800 should hay,
been manufactured in the form Of dog cOlar.-tiH
| eiIHdti Commercial
~ Secretary Frelinghuysen aroused himself long
enough to take dinner with the President, even
| ing last week-CiHeiHHad Enquirer.
~ Set il down that the Rev Emory J. Haynes
Baptist. of Brooklyn, is not a sN5 brass medal man
lie classes Moses rs the greatest man In history
Jtea Herald
~ The attempts to induce Blaine TO trot in Dem
ocrstic harness continue, but are certain 10 iail
Blaine has nothing in common with that crowd
/ Pas6urg Commercial
| u One of the highest tributes lalthongh paid
ncunsriOusyl ever paid to the Irish race, was the
recent declaration by n Mormon Bi-hop. that th-rr
. no Irish men or women among the hormon-.
| r. Don't forget. advises the Providence Star
(Rep.l when you read criticisms On Mr. Blnncs III
plon,acy. that the stalwarts have taken conirse
81 a
from now, and that President Arthur L. n Stalwari
| n The manuscript of Dickens Christmas Carol
| is owned by Birmingham bookseller; that OF "Oui
| Mutual Friend" by George W. thiids, OF Philadel
phia and all the rest of his MSS. are in the South
! kensington Museum.
| II When a prominent and influential citizen
of stockton. Rocks County. gets short Of money hs
goes to Colorado. and works on the Rio Grand Road
| for go month and board.
| r. There il Platt-Thoma. C.-whnt 10 he get
4 tingi Are the big boys to walk away with all tn
plums. and leave Tommy 10 sing for bis supper
/. Detroit Post and Tribune
~ There are still on the English pension li-t
tn. names of servants of Queen Charlotte who draw
fI20 Is. ID. annually and ElO is paid TO those o
George III.
~ The Republican party is bigger than any mol
| or any side issue which may be attempted 10 10
sprung TO divide its eounsels or to weaken its az
sres-iye strength IndianaPoiis Journal
II When shall again behold the parallel q
that grand and vensrated quariette Of BuIhor-
7
ton CARTE.
~ When President Garfeld's mother was youn
girl she taught in little Ohio country school hcl
in primitive building standing near heavily tin
bered wood. One day fearful storm came MP, ID
school house was struck by lightning. aud telehr
and pupils all thrown 70 the floor BY the shoes
Tn. teacher recovered first and by her It'll
pupils rose-all but ons child whose reason bad tt
parted forever.
IL Having failed to find anything in the TreSsuI
Department to iniure Secretary Sherman the searrl
ers for truth poking about in the pseon-hol"r
the State Department. seeking scraps Of paper wit
which they may be able TO do Blaine a mischief
will be another Of loves labor lost iaei'la
Commercial
- pitched battle IL certain to be fought yer
speedily" say. the London Tins, cover the rsy-o'
| yrr.ion Of the New Testament. Air aly a res1rei
able organ Of Conservative opinion has sounded til
war cry against it, readings with nuc feelin
as if it thought Mr.. Gladstone had been among tiI
4 rcvisers-T
| ~ Mr. Ehoda Hutchinson Gray. the eldest siste
Of tie musical Hutchinson family, died at the fanil
homestead, Milford y. H., on the 18th ut. She ha
| high soprano voice, strong and melOdious, and q
her younger days Travelled sons months with th
! home branch" Of the family, while the quartz
| proper were in England She leaves two daughters
both gifted in song. of the numerous famii
| Of sixteen children. but four now remain viz: John
Joshua. Asa, and Abby.
~ The entire Bureau Of Statistics has been tnrne-