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

The Bailey defalcation has assumed pro.
portions so gigantic that the public require
some fuller and more satisfactory explana
ton Of the manner in which it has occurre,
than has vet been furnished. How was II
possible for the Collector of two districts In
New York, TO defraud the Government 10 an
amount exceeding six hundred thousand
dollars? When did his frauds begin and
when did they end? What kind Of super
vision must that have been which rendered
them possible? The Misrepresentation OF
six hundred thousand dollars could not have
been effected in brief period. The process
extended over years, and all the time Mr.
Bailey was extolled as model officer. Did
he cOntrive to outwit his sIperiOrs, or was
their confidence in his goodness less than
that which they affected? We are not vet
throughout the whole affair there has been
a determined effort to screen the defaulter;
but it must be admitted that the present AS
pet Of the case is exceedingly unsatisfactory.
Will the Bureau of Internal Revenue throw
light upon the suhjcct9-N. y. Times.
No, that Bureau will throw no light upon
it. Darkness is what is thrown in such
cases. Commissioner Delano is actually Of
Tended and storms like mailman because
the Republican press OF Kansas have shown
up an equally guilty deiaulter. lie has re-
moved an Inspector who began an investiga-
ton. He listens to and believes Sid. Clarke,
who says: 81 think John SPeer is an honest
man." The original theft is not as shame
full As the wretched devices which are re-
sorted TO to cover il up.
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TnE WILL % CHARLES DlCkENS.
COoel0se00 q the OeRsD0n II Deem
seaaoeyhVssooinse~ Abs1! IA

N4May. 1 0ef08Q whlc6 have
tsoddep sed yiD tsesd thecunsccrsted ground
around that gave; many, many are the
hearts that both in the Old and in the New
World are drawn toward IT, as toward the
Fes4img Place q a dear personal friend
many ze The flowers tha have been ssrcwn,
and many the tears shelby tie grateful afiec-
ton cf the poor and those that have none to
help them. May / speak with these many a
few sscred words which may come with a
sew and deeper meaning, because they come
from the lips Of cur friead; because they
are the most solemn utterances Of lips
now for ever closed in the grave? They are
extracted from the viii Of Charles Dickens,
dated May III 1853, and they viii he heard
BY many here for the int time. After the
most emphatic injunctions respecting the
inexpensive, unOstentatiOtls and strictly Pri-
vatc manner Of his funeral : injunc-
ticns which were carried cat ~ the
very lester-he thu continues " I d.
red that my name be inscribed in plain Eng
lish letters on my tomb. Iconjure my friends
ON mo acrUunt to make me the subject If any
mOnument, memorial OF testimonial whatever.
l rest my claims to the remembrance If my
country upon my published works, and tothe
remembrance Of my friends upon their exPe-
rience Of me in addition thereto commi,
nv soll to the mercy Of God through nv
Lord and Saviour Jeak Christ, and exhOrt
my dear children humbly to try and guide
themselves BY the ieaching Of the New Tesla
n,ent, in its broad spirit, and to put no faith
in any mans harrow construction Of lis letter,
here or there" In that simple and sufficient
faith he lived and died. In that simple and
sufficient faith he bids YOU live and die. II
any Of you have learned from his works to
feel the strong value Of generosity, purity,
kindness and unfeIfshness. and have learned
to show tisese in your hearts and lives, then
remember thee are the be,a monuments, me-
MORALS or testimonials to the friend whom
yon have loved and who loved with a rare
and AnselEsh love his friends, his country and
his fellow man. These are monuments
which he could not refuse, and which the
humblet and poorest and youngest here
have II in their power to raise TO his memory.
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A WOMAN BEATEN AMI Cmok En-
10 DEATH.


iCcrIes, ondencc Of the Missouri Democrat
WARRENsBuRG, July f. 1870.
4 murder most foul and diaLolical WI,
perpetrate,i in this county on the md instant,
IL 1 Saturday.
Four miles northwest Of Columbus lived a
Mr.. Hunter, the wife Of an industrious far
msf-Mr. Hunter being at the time absent
frsl his home With his team nthe hay field,
whittier he had gone to haul grass. Some
sccsinirtl came upon Mr. Hunter, who had
beea washing, and moi br,tally assaulted
herr She was xiferward found with her head
beaten all 10 pieces, in a manner which
showed that Il had been done with a stone.
He'd jaw vas smashed, her hair pulled out,
and lone Of her eyes knocked out! Herthroat
gasf evidence that she had been horribly
choked, the prints left by the fingers and
thntnbs III her as<,ilsnt Being visible in her
necE. There had apparently BEEN fearful
an desperate struggle between the victim
al 1.-THE murderer. She was found dead and
in tsis cys,siisiun ~ her husband on his re-
turn to the hou-e. Mr.. Hunter leaves three
children
Strong suspicious rest upon negro who
was ieen near the place that DAY. There were
also:tracks 10 the hoi-e and yard and thence,
from. which il j. thought that the perpetrator
Wills traced. 1t is believed that her person
was 6r<t outraged and the murder then COM
mittsd to conceal that crime. The victims
hands and wrists were badly hceratei-the
skinsspparently twisted from them.
The whole country Is out hunting for the
tla-t}rdly scoundrel, and it Is Judged he will
be fund. The public mind i in the highest
state of excitement. Should the wretch BE-
caught, am satisfied summary punishment
will be inflicted pon him.
IA isquesa wzS beld, bat the action of the
jury has not vet been made knnwn.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

OLD SLTTLERs' RkrsIos. There will he
meeting Of the old settler, Of Lawrence, AT
the Eldridge ho'Ee, IN Sept. 18th, 1870, 10
celebrate the sixteenth anniversary Of the
settlement If Lawrence. How :. Z. PCnse-
roy will he present, and furnish free supper
and entertainment to all who live in 0lhes
parts of the State. All who p;oneesed IN
Lawrence during the winter II 1854, and
the spring Of 1855, are invited to be psesew(
with their families. Al who intend beise
pFe.ent in Lawrence as we'll m ont Of il. are
requested to notify Joseph Savage, at Law
renee, Kansas, by writing, is sVn a. conven-
lent. The supper will he rial hlritsnie,
with M wines ar hrwrs. Thi- ~ the fru1
reunion of the obi settlers If LawreNe, and
it j, hoped that as marv II can respond to
to the invitation will do ~. In this invita-
ton M distinction Is made If Inrty, creed,
q ar.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

4 CHICAGO correspondent says: Our
champion income rensierer this year is John
F. Tracy, President Of the Chicago, Rock
Island Il Pacific, and the Chicago & North
western Railroads, who acknowledges to
500, 900, on which he pays the handsome
fay of so nm
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

The Cowier-JoUralt thinks that 'the secret
agent engaged b. the President to hunt ~
ohscure men for Cabinet and other important
appointments, is unquesticnahly the mos
successful officer now in the employment OF
no
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4 NEW TOWN.
New CHICAGO, NEosHo Co. KAN.

NEW CHICAGO, NEosHo Co. KAN, !
July 4th, 1870. !
10 The Eiitor cffe Times:
The name of New Chicago Is now in the
mouths Of many, as.the, to he Metropolis Of
Southern Kansas, bcing at the crossing Of the
MK.& T. Il. f. and J.. l.. & G.. Il. RS
with the former in good running order and
the latter being built with that rapidity known
| only in the latter days, the grading being COM
Pleted from Garnet (the present terminus)
TO this place. Track LAYING at the rate Of a
mile day will begin tomorrow, and will
place It's i'm direct communication with the
Metropolis Of Kansas, by the 9Th of Septem-
her. Thirty days ago not "A board or single
was on the ground; to-day no less than $50
buildings are up and occupied and about 80
more under way. Almost every branch of
business is represented. The firm of Bing-
ham 4 Castor, grocers, of your city is doing
a heavy business. The firm of Cashmire &
Co, of lola, is in the hardware trade here
doing well, As also many Others. We now
have = Post Office and all the essentials to
begin with.
As good stone as is to be found south of
Junction City is to he had one-half mile from
the town; water in abundance at depth Of
Is to a6 feet. Being situated on the west
side of the Neosho river, and in richly set
tied country, with her wood, water, stone,
and coal in abundance within two miles, New
Chicago is destined to make first class
city. With a population of 800 we propose
to organize city Of the third class. Col
Tilton, Of Buena Vista fame, is the propri-
etor Of the Sherman House, and none know
him but to pronounce him as gentleman Of
the old school, and who knows how 10 keep
hotel, having been engaged in that bust
ness for over twenty years in Pennsylvania
Judge Wells, Of Erie, proprietor Of the Erie
House If that city, HAS Just completed his
| framing for his large three story Hotel,
which will he ready for occupancy BY the
first day Of December. Several stone blocks
are proposed, and l am Of the opinion that
that the gentlemen composing the Town
Company mean business; and will do all in
their power to build up a city Of vast proper
tivns. The Company is composed If &. H.
Pratt, banker at Humboldt, Kansas, Col. J.
c. Carpenter, State Senator Of the Sixteenth
Senatorial district, Messrs. X. P. Stone, T.
u Jones. d. J. Jones, Judge Wells w. B.
| Fisher and s. w. Foster. Eso.- If This
county. They are selling lots to persons de-
string To build, for from $40 to S100 They
have abuut 500 acres for town purposes, and
have secured the location Of the depot Of the
NJ, X. & T. railroad. The cheapness Of
their lots is an indication that they are the
| right men 10 run town. Parties wishing
10 invest in new town which Is rapidly
building up will do well to make them q cali.
cEsaC- JOHN l.
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FATAL ACCIbENT.-On last Saturday,
while man named Pierce Roberts, Of
Welih descent, was digging we'll on Dr..
Leech's farm, in Soldier tov1rhip, he met
withnn accident which cCst his life. The
we'll WAS about forty feet deep, and he had
PROCEEDED some distance in the quicksand,
vheri he noticed the curbing which had been
taken down TO support the sides Of the veil,
giving way. He Immediately called 70 the
parties at the mouth VI the we'll to draw him
up. They hadzsised him about fifteen feet,
When his foot became 50 entaDgled in the
cIrbing that it Was impossible Ia extricate il,
and be was carried down and buried beneath
the ruins. Although continued efforts we're
made for his release, he was not taken out
unth Sunday at one O'Clock, p. m, when
Ii Was found to be extinct. lie was buried
BY thu neighbors near Silver Lake, ON Sun
day evening. He had no relMives in this
counity.-Icfeka Commonwealth.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14
THE TIMES
TINE LEADING PAPER IN KANSAS.

THE LEsvENwoKrn TIsEs presents itself to its
Daily and weekly readers in new dress. II takes
this occasion to return its thanks to the people Of
Kansas fr patronage which, began in tbs DARK
days Of our Territorial history, has increased With
every year Of the progress Of the State.
The TINEs will I've in the future, as in the past,
The Leading Paper in Kansas.
II will publish the fullest Geographic de,ps,ehes
of the Asst iateL Pres, with special and exclusive
dispatches from all important points and in r'ssrd
to every important event.
II uill publish leiirrs from every County and
Io~n in the stsse giving full and accurate deserip
tions Of every Io,siity and thus making InE TInEs
a continuous History ii Kansss. This Failure Is
peculiar to this journal anil makes is val'iabl.
to Eastern A. to homo readers, and IL gives % the
immigrant the information which he de.ires in
ssrd to the resources Of Kan.aS.
The political character 81 TINE TIxEs will be, q.
ever, bold, FAIRIES, out.poken and progressive
Republic anisn, true to the csuse which sAye1 the
Nation, and vhieh will redern the saste from the
rub ring aud factions.
II will stand by the People in all their e6prts fbs
material prosperity and social psugrec snd rribsD,
AMI will eSroe every scheme ~hirh shall isjase
the COOL name or retarl the growth Of Kansas
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

ARTEsIAN WELLs.-We are glad I.
know that an effort is being made 10 suppl,
the plains on the western border of Kans,.
with water for irrigation, BY means Of arte
sian wells. The first experiment Is helm;
undertaken by the Kansas Pacific Railway Al
their town Of Kit Carson.
This important prcject has been started lc
Gen. W. J. Palmer, the energetic Superin
tendent on the construction Of the read
months since the necessary machinery wa.
provided, and Mr.. d. c. Gruntx. Of Oil
Creek, Penn, placed in charge. This gen.
tleman has had large experience in drilling
oil wells, and under his careful manage
ment there is good reason to hope for sue.
Cess.
We have visited the scene Of operations
and made notes. An engine Of fourteen
hOre power drives the pcnderOus drills, and
the utmost care that experience can give i
used to make the experiment stroessiul. The
drill has already penetrated over 600 feet
into the eartll's bowels, and SUCCESS is looked
for at depth Of 100 feet About 40 feel
from the surface shale was found, and pene-
trated 400 feet, the formation then becoming
a gray sand rock and shale, which cuts much
like soap stone. No veins Of water have VET
been reached, except small one Of a brack-
ish quality. The boring progresses at rate
of . feet per day, and Mr.. Gruntz is conf
dent he will find powerful stream at a
depth Of twelve or fifteen hundred feet.
Should he do 50 We may expect the great
plain, with its rich soil, to vet blossom as the
rose.-TopccQ Record.
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WHEN Clarke gets home and begins his
attempt to whitewash himself on the stump
for the benefit of the people and his own po-
litical aspirations, We trust that letters sent
TO the Postmaster General will receive sOh,e
attention, and that the wrongs pointed out
will be remedied.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

The New York Me,hcdia is very much
excited over the proposition to close many
Of the churches of that city during the sum-
mcr sclstice. The Mdhodia saws: "Tht
devil takes no holiday during July and
August" But then he's used To the heat.
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LADlES' COLUMN.

and Naples railroad in Missouri.
''The ruling passion '-s;pstcd Tail stole
the tassel from the fan Of the wife Of the
British Minister while in Washington.
The marriage is announced Of George, son
of John Delane, editor of the London Times,
with LOUIS, daughter Of Mowbray Morris.
In an Iowa poor-ho,l5e, few days ago, a
gay old pauper of sixty eight summers mar
ried lively lady pauper Of fifty blushing
years. -
San Franciscans complain that frequently
the large spikes, projecting an inch above
the sidewalks, do great damage to ladies'
trains.
The Empress Eugene is a great lover Of
pigeons. She has a splendid dove cute at
Fontainebleau, which she says il superior to
anything on the continent.
| A Southern woman is said TO be buying up
live stock in Indiana for the Southern mar
ket. She is a good judge, shrewd, and ha;
Stacks Of greenhacks. ;"
Red Clouds wife IL as straight as an ar
row. Her name is The Woman Without a
Bow, or as We may say in English, The
Woman Without the Grecian Bend.
A woman living in Detroit was once sold
by her then husband for cord Of wood.
Both her purchaser and herself have always
been pleased with the bargain.
| A ladies' crOquet tournament for all Eng
land il being held this week on Wimbledon
common. II r. lively and picturesque affair,
and attracts large crowds.
nr.gns" f%ne avs nc 1on Unnecessary" 'h'
Wy Mn. u :S 1 ~. :" '."
wnea' tney Gelise ND Mnen' 'roi'l INC "''e''-
'"s, ~" "'''s .""os "e. i'"fe
Whenever, SAID Madame dc Stae', -
see Nj. b., l receive the same pleasure that
. Ne,'e rom .EcNl"s :. 'G'M G"pn'
1870 ' 0 " ""fP
seNn
There l. movement in certain quarters OF
New York to relieve the iart'shil~ OF the ~
male clerks IN the retaii stores Of that CITY,
trade ''' wv ''' ~ wv
e" .,H"P'"ie s"' "N l""," VI
snun .ne "neI ia! a,s. s"een% hIs hc',S
"@' "'S'"S' ~,"'S w "nn "'e'. III
s:.:i s .S.:f' WIN" "''e '' ''' :" ="
A drurle, ma, i, New,~,r ,,,.m,,;,v
Z, s,r;le III. wife Ip,rleJ her child from,
her arms d,,xu = N;pb, of e,,;,: I, wa. a.
| t,lIr ;u;,,rcd The man Hod from the hon =
md b,S ma, .;c,p been sre,
p.,-... ,;,
A morning paper saws in an obituary. MIR.
- was an estimable citizen. He lived up
rightly. He died with perfect resignation.
He had recently been married"
Ladies in Ph;lade,pb;a are 50 reluctant, to
toll The cens,,s ,.Lers their .ye that W,rsb,I
Ph;fer If North Wavd has determined IN
commence suit against several parties who
have refused, for the recovery OF the penalty,
| which Is SD. Hf .,rt
Mr.. Wards private tl,eatricaks, an Amer
lean entertainment, are great attraction in
Paris. Among the spectators at the perfcr-
nance IN SATURDAY., were Lard Lyons, Count
Persigny, NJ Chevalicr, and other distin-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

This road is an extension Of the Mississippi
& Missouri Railway, from Washington, Iowa,
southwestwari, in the direction Of Lez,vcn.
worth, Kansas. The road is all graded from
Washington to Fairfield, the crossing of the
Burlington 4 Missouri Railway, and the
trackiayers commenced to put down the
iron Yesterday. 1t Is to be completed
and in operation to Fairfield by the 10Th
Of August, certainly before the first Of
September. Scme fiffy miles of the road
northeast Of Leavenwonh is now fin
i>lsed and in operation, and We under
stand that arrangements are all perfected to
complete the entire line during the year
1871. M course, this road will give the
Rock Island Railway direct Conaection
with the Kansas Pacific Road tn Denver.
and with the entire system Of Kansas roads
south and v,thwest 10 the Indian Territory
and Texas, and with the Southern Pacific
Railway to California. Ii will open b The
trade rich and rapidly improving Territory
in Southwestern Iowa and Northwestern
Missouri, and, hence. beside the importance
of its connection with the Kansas iailways,
it will add the trade Of new and rfsca i'm
pOstant district east If the Missouri to the
business of the CITY. "r
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

The Manufacturer and Builder gives the
following directions Cor simple filter ID
10 purify clstern water: Place on the lerfo.
rated bottom of a ipy piece Of flannel, and
on this some sand, and cover the whole with
sln1to broken into small pieces
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

THE census returns are beginning TO come
n rapidly, and it is estimated that by the
middle Of the present month the Censu:
Bureau will be in receipt Of complete re-
turns from many of the large cities, and by
the first of August from several cntir
States
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

tie police prefect and his agents appeared on
] !! Q % !;
tleir hands we're knrfully maltreated.
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The Grafton recentla delivered by Gec. H.

The Grafton recentla delivered by Gen. H.
Pendletcn before Lees College in Virginia
i(plierile md conlDosplace to the last T.
e. Sylvanus Csbb, Jr., would havs1 bne
I6uch bder. "a the Cincinnati Eone
casls it the production Of SCHOLAR, and
the Washington Chronicle speaks Of its cheap
and stupid rhetoric and ignorance in this
fawning and disgusting manner:
A visitor to the University cannot fail to
zee that there is lively interest and keen
'spgueeislica q nh the ceremonies. Bt the
crowning masterpiece Of the week wss tie
Grafton delivered last night by Hon. Geo H.
Pendleton, of Ohio, in the public hall Of the
University. The exercises Of the evening
ccmmenced at 8 O'Clock, fprevious to that
hour there should have been announced no
standing room,) the hall being literally
packed with human beings. The fair maids
Of the South in large numbers honored the
occasion with their presence and smiles The
auditors were in that happy, attentive mood
calculated 10 inspire speaker. Nor did il
fall short If having the desired effect, for the
words as they fell from the lips Of the orator
profoundly impressed all within reach Of his
voice, and Throughout the delivery Of the
Grafton, occupying over one hour, he held
his audience, as it were, enchanted by the
eloquence of his manner, and was frequently
interrupted by deafening applause. should
feel, were l to omit laying before your
readers an abstract Of Mr.. Pendleton's admit
rable production, that ] had been derelict in
in my duty, and therefore give ven the fol-
lowing.
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AT the ancient conservation Of belh, the
prayer was made that when the bell sounded
all the ssEares Of the 3eyiEhail, lightni.es,
sorms, might be rendered vain, and
all unreasonable weather might be soft-
ened, q
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14

LAEGE OATx-Nr. w. Boyce, living
south Of Us, on Pawpav, in Howard County,
sent rs yesterday specimen of the Supreme
Oats, " grown on his place this seaeop, meas
uring Eve feet eight inches. He lefi also a
few stalks Of spring wheat groxaon the same
place, the head Of which are larger and
PlumPer than any We ever saw East. Both
are sod crops, which are always considered
inferior to old soil predictions. Earcku
Hxah f- -.-
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The House Committee on Public Lands,
on Saturday refused to report back the Gen.
tral Branch Union Pacific Railroad bill,
although strong lobby was at work to obtain