The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

The new CINCINNATI S>shcol Ec,i.l h,. ~
c.n;1rd Nv the election of Frami. Terry a,
president. W. r. Hurlhut rs clerk, and John
Uanoock n; superintendent. The officer,
elected are all in favor "ftbc Bib. in public
schools The majority VIZ small, hut equal
~ the expectation Of the friends Of the
Eible.
Among the prominent visitors to Wa.h
incton Last week Wa lion. Andrew Stewart,
Of Pennsylvsnia. lie j. about eighty year
old, hut shows much activity. He was vel
coined NV many members Of Congress, and
regarded ~ u curiosity, IN view Of the fac,
that he was elected to the House Of Rcpre,en-
tives fifty years ago, and served successive
terms. He j. the only living Congressman
Of half Il century ago.
4 mcctin. was held in Boston, on SatuI-
day, ut the rooms Of the Massachusetts State
Temperance Alliance, hy persons heretofore
/ actin: with the Republican party, hut oI'-
pcr.eI to the new liquor law. Ex-Governor
Trask, m Springfield, occupied the chair.
The question Of forming n new political
mrtv W.. discussed. The movement WIS
f,vorcd Nv most Of the gentlemen present. 4
committee WIS appointed to issue call for a
State Convention.
At Richmond, Kentucky, on Friday morn
Mc, six COlored women entered the ladies
passenger car, and when asked to leave, re-
fils,l. The conductor, thinking their action
xas 10 make a it-.t Gaze in the Federal Court,
tclegraphed to Louisville, and Wa told to-
QUIT them il possible, bn proceed Ia N" cx-
tremiiics. The olcre,l girls, however, held
their own, and were carried to their destins-
ton, Notwithstanding the opposition al the
conductor.
President Barnard, Of Columbia College,
in Il communication 10 the y. Y. E,en,ng
Fct, makes the statement that the common
belief in regard to the excessive cost Of arti-
ficisly manufactured ice Is quite erroneW,s;
that it, manufacture ha, long been carried ~,
profitably in Paris; that it can he manufae-
t,rcd in this country for Lex than quarter
Of cent per pound, and that it may be de-
livered Ia customers at twenty dollars ,sf
ton, and then pay a fair profit.
The Hartford Comnnt c.,lls attention tn a
feature If the ccvefnMent Of Vasar College
"They have one institution at Vssear College
which might we'll be introduced el-ewhere- a
resident physician, in constant attendance,
whose bsisine>. Is the prevention Of dIea,e.
The Office is filed nv lady, and, with the
con- ientio,,>ness If her -ex in such matters,
nc doe rot permit IT to he -ineolIe. She
keeps vieiant watch over the pupil II
nc see. signs of overw"rk, she orders that
one study, or two perhaps, shall he dropped
a. She daily insPect- the table, or'lers thr,
dish Of and that one on, ono to i've served
daily and another not At all, and conforms
the diet to son,e .tadlArd Of heslth'
A reporter Of the Memphis AnIastke, who
WIS on the steamer Lee during a portion Of
the recent race, found that the coal IN
hoard was bitumino,hs, and that II VA, all IN
nice lumvs, not Jess than a pound each, With
rcsin scattered Through il, jsssa ~ one would
scatter bssn through chopped feed. One of
the hands informed the reporter that the
pine knots were nearly all out, hut it was Il
pleasure to Discover that there were at lea|
twenty barrels Of c,al oil still unused. This
oil was used with judicious calmness. A
man II Judgment and nerve took a tucke:
full Of il round, and, with a. Asge diPper,
while a fireman opened the doors Of the fire. |
boxes, he dashed half gallon into each,
with periodical precision. This was done to |
add little tone to the slusgishness of the
bnumino,ls coal mixed with fOsin."