The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-24

and empty inAe ths great reservoirs Of tbe
iatu< oceanic trahae the wealth Of . eoo-
messe which they had wildly anaieipat1,
and which they had amply arraDeea-tes -
cure. Who Is to blame? We shall not in
dulge ourselves in discussion of that ques-
ton. Let US sharply state our opinion that
it viii be the fanlt Of the people moa inter
ested-the people of Kansas-if these un-
lowered tendencies in their material inter
ests be not speedily arrested, and somahing
answering, so far as possible, the original
plans ofinternal improvements and external
business relations, carried to completion.
The business of this city is good. So the
appearances indicate. The streets are full of
teams and wagons. The latter, in the main,
seem to be devoted to the business of carrying
articles of trade. The stores are well filed
with people who are evidently buying and
selling.
There ure some strong wholesale trades
men in this city. The Messrs. Rideman &
Baker, grocerymen, sold last year something
near a million of dollars worth of goods. In
dry goods Mr.. Bullene is also heavy dealer.
B. w. Woodward, druggist, has built up
Wholesale trade Of amazing magnitude. So
also has Geo. Leis, who was clerk not many
years ago in the formers store. VIM. E.
Sutliff & Co. are the most extensive adver-
tisers in the State. This is saying much, for
they don't patronize the TINES. But they
sell as o sequence Of the patronage they give
to newspapers, goods all over the State.
Herein we wish to make business point.
The TINES u read all over the State,
by more people than any other
three papers in the State. Wouldn't
it be wise for these business men to think Of
this thing? We have no doubt the TINES
people hold themselves in readiness to meet
any demands that these thrifty commercial
men may make upon their columns. al
fair and just rates. Politics: The Demo-
cratic craft, small and badly modelled for
open sea racing, has again gone into the dry
docks for repairs, and also to clean her bottom
of barnacles. &c. The Republican 'Great
EASTERN" not taking note Of the one-mast
fish boat, ludicrously attempting to make
way against her, is evidently still at sea
bunting the sunken cable. When she finds
il, in she'll come, and then we shall be able
to report-who shall be Emperor of the
French.
Tonight ''Burleigh" lectures here. The
ladies and gentlemen of this " literary center
of Kansas +" are now vending their way to-
ward the Hall.
The thriving city of day and night, OF
tawa, Franklin County, is represented here
by Asa Lathrop, six feet and seven inches
and half growth, or else sixty-seven feet
and half we have forgotten which. At all
events after trying twice We got glimpse Of
his summit, and heard something that
sounded very like words coming down from
there. 1t must have been rich soil where
he was planted. Accompanying Mr.. La
throp, was Judge Stoughton, formerly from
Ligonier, Indiana. A lawyer of fine attain
ments and large experience. Of course he
will keep his place in the front ranks of the
profession. The only objection that can be
urged against him, is that he is Democrat
always at white heat. Massachusetts, street
people are agitating the question of a pave
ment 1t now seems quite probable tina. they
will decide to put down the Wykof pavement,
wood, similar to the Nicholson. The street
needs the improvement greatly. In wet times
the mud is all the way from one to three feet
deep, and it is a perilous undertaking to cross
at such times. Paved with wooden way,
it will make the finest street in any city OF
the West. II. +. S.