The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-01

|. II. 3sy% Letter.
Blow Is the proposition Of Mr.. Joy, which
has zen accepted b. He County Boards Of
Atcison and Doniphan; i,,..aI -
DETROIT, Aogusl. l1th, 1870. z
GENTLEMEN: With relezsacs - lie nail
roadfrom Atehism 70 Nehsasla, abast which
| We i've conversed, can ny this: After
having consulted .capitaliAs with whom /
am Asociated, they Do not tAink your short
| piec Of road Of any value in itself except to
the country through which It runs and to
Atc,ison. They do think that II II shall be
extended nofthwaN along the Nemaha to
Lnpln, o. up the Missouri to Omaha, or
bott that it can be made valuable, provided
bridge shall be built ut Atchison. To ac-
com,lish there things will require large
future expenditure, which will have to Be
mad BY those Interested in the Atchison 4
NEBRASKA rad. The road, Is now situated,
belongs substantially to the counties, and
the, can do NO more to make It valuable now,
norcan they in the future. Our people do not
shOr road, and with no ability to extend i, they
the ,ompaay could be transferred to u, 90
the Dad northward and noEthwesterly, and
BY . doing give the property value, We
shotld venture to take mortgage bonds
enough upon it to finish and equip the road,
trusting to our ability, with the friendly aid
nf tie country north, to give them value.
This il the only motive which can interest Us
to IKE your road.
II any action Of this nature should be
thought wise by the people Interested in your
road we would take the road, aud complete,
and furnish equipment, and operate it.
lin these circumstances your people think
it 70, their interest to propose to transfer to
us their franchise and the stock, 20 that We
shall feel that we are Interested to make ii
valuable, we will take it, and complete il,
and put it in operation - fast n it shall be
reasonably practicable 10 do 50, and think
it could he done by January 1st. The iron
wOuN Of course have TO be laid from the
AtchiO0 end.
Thu few shares Of stock which have been
full paid by individuals-about 81, 900
woulG not probably he an obstacle in the way
Of thh proposition, If the parties desired to
retain them. ......
If any such arrangement ~ this il desired,
the determination to make it should he |
arrived at early, because, otherwise, it might |
not be practicable to complete the road this |
year. YOurs truly,
J. F. JOY.
To Me~rs p. T. Abcll and Others, Committee.
DCNIPHAN, CoUNTY.-R. NJ. Williams
has gwen III the footings Of the census Of |
Iowa Township, which he has just com-
pletsl. The following figures are from the |
lit:
Population Of White CIoud-white, 79S; |
colored, 3S-tOtal, SAG. Voters, 22O. Died
during the last twelve months, IL.
Population Of Iowa Point, 239; and Of |
3O9. &
Total population Of Iowa Township,
3, $40; voters, S19; died during the last |
twelve months, %. ......a.
This il several hundred lesss than was esti- |
mated. The population Of the County will
fall short of Is, Co., White Cloud CAisf.
->0e-
There are many towns in the United States |
in part or wholly lit by gas obtained directly
from s,,berraneols sources; but Erie, Pa, is |
favored with 50 large a supply that it is now |
Ifacturing purposes. All that il necessary |
~ /" uOIc uOWu AIN SHIN a llUC VI hNc 1
hundred feet, and permanent flow Of gas |
comes rushing up through it. One well |
thus sunk eight years ago has produced ever
since without intermission, and flow SEEM
ing to increase rather than diminish. A
brass foundry and soap work have also |
been using as fuel the gas from another we'll
Ior long period. The most recent we'll
nlnk, supplies grist mill with abundant |
fuel to run four stones 1.-The prOprietors say
hey can run six with it-night and day;
equivalent to more than S40O worth Of coal |
yer month. All it costs them is the original |
expense of the we'll and tube, about 81, 500.
The Columbus, CO., Statesman says: "a
'oung woman, well dressed, passed |
through the streets yesterday, and into one Of
he establishments where small advance
nents are made Oh articles Of value or per-
'onal attire. When she went in she wore a |
,eautiful pair of kid boots, which completed
Ter outfit and compared we'll with the rest Of |
Ter attire. When she came out from her |
uncle, she was minus not only her boots |
MT her stockings, and wendell her way
hOmeward in her bare feet"
lnaieaiie1s Ofa lon9 war.
New YORK, August 24-As an indication |
# long war it was noted to-day that Ger |