The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-08

several severe gashes, one severihg me- ""uTi
lin and chin from his face, except Sinai
nprtion Of the skin on one side. Harper was
.I.o ir.dly cut, receiving several serious
o,sbss on,. pes,eiraiing through the cheek,
S,rc;pp two teeth from the lower jaw Inc
Ln;ves ned were very large, heavy weapons
tn. Two men who engaged in this desperate
FAR are addicted to strong drink, and are
r.,,.p,Iy intoxicated, though at this time
,hsy we're thought TO be sober. The quarrel
had its origin in an old grndge. Both men
are very severely, thought II II not Thought
fatally, wounded
Jssk-
Seaport town abound in Junk shops Or
s,ores-strange old places where cables, an
chors, tar, iron, cordage- in
pieces-can be found. Sometimes they have
a c,mpass for sign, and sometimes II
wooden midshipman. They are places that
smell of the sea, are full Of dust and rubbish,
and remind one Of Capt. Cutie, and, al the
same time. Of a broken down and broken
up hardware and stove store
There are twenty or thirty establishments,
NOT dissimilar TO the salt water shops, IN our
civ. They affect Cherokee and Chociaw
streets. are taking very kindly TO Fifth street
and they -eem to have an inclination to
crouch down on alleys, squat On vacant
lots. and steal i'm wherever there Is 4 space
big enough to hold the owner and broken
table. They display their goods ON the side
walk and can do business ON the smallest
possible base Of operations. \ big wooden
chest would lie ample and spacious enough
IL
you would only give him chance to display
his wares ON the sidewalk.
The most distinctive feature OF our Junk
shop. is a battered harness. That il enough
To begin business with. Ten cents invested
stone merchant plant" Then he adds
a broken pitcher, a chair with one leg and
the second hand blue overooat of a private
soldier. Apples and ridishe7 then
come ia naturally. But the true
L-avenworth Junk man never :urgets that
old leather Is his strong point, and he hangs
up dccayed saddles, antique ialters and
rcins ali ever the ceiling OF his shop and the
awning of his sidewalk. Ii you want st
of crockery, of course he tan supply YOU.
lie can also sell you stoves and teakettle-,
mattresses, and anything ia the lime oi old
wagons and blind Indian ponies.
Ii any OF our readers are strangers L. these
establishments We beg that they will visit a
few. Lowell ,iys that only the dirty Is the
picturesque, and he illustrates 1t by the
s-Iualor and attractivencss oi the European
.eis;lntry-their dress, hu,s and fashions.
And our Junk- are also picturesque.
THE ball given by the French ladies oi
Leavenw orth, ON the I'D OF November last,
for the benefit oi the victims OF the WA i'll
France, net,ed $40. Those ladies, in the
name OF the French residents in this city,
desire to offer their warmest thanks and con-
sideration To the citizens OF every nationality,
for the Committee.
Mrs. BUREELI, President.
Mis-. BoUIssE, Secretary.
The following important despatch, rc-
oeived yesterday by Mr.. c. Il. Morehead, Jr.,
will be read with satisfaction by our business
men:
LAWRENCE, Dec. lst, ls.".
To e. X Morehodd, .Jr:
SIR:-Sa,isfactory freight and passenger
arrangements are concluded with the Kansas
Pacific, in regard to Leavenworth. They
pro-raie, via Lawrence. Z. Il. PEEK,
General Freight Agent, l., l.. X q. X. Il.
Col. McCARrY received the highest vote
Of an- State candidate al the late election.
Judge Brewers vote is also Very large And
Mr.. Foster, on the Democratic ticket, keats
his colleagues. All these gentlemen are
Jeayenworth men. Ii Is perfect non
sense to say that the people of Kansas dislike
Leavenworth. The feeling towards us is Of
the hest kind, bu, there Is a chance for great
preference in the men towards whom it is
extended.
Mr.. BURGESS of Salt Creek Valley lo-, :;
horse in a mysterious manner ON Tuesday
evening Riding into town he hitched him
on Shawnee street between Seventh and
Broadway, and when he returned there some
time after the animal was gone. 4 soldier
named Neaca, who was fined SD yesterday tot
carving concealed weapons, Is suspected oi
knowing something about the affair.
Presentation ". c. Butts, Repre-
sentative elect from the Twentieth District,
jefferson county, arrived in the city last
evening. Mr.. Butts lives al Grasshopper
Falls, and j. one OF the most enterprisIne
citizens of that go-ahead town. He l. a
Democrat, and this is the fourth time he has
been returned from District largely Repub-
Iican. There must be some good reason fol
this, and we must credit it To the fact that Ia,
attends faithfully To- the material irterests %
his constituents.
We clip the following, with tine latheiI'
appeal TO the pres attached, from an ex
change:
The undersigned Offers for sale, al yer.
low figures, the printing material "f TN
/ Glasgow Tine, comprising a complete news
I PAPER and job Office. For particulars al
dress, e MAYNARD, pid-s"", Mo.
IPubii.hers of newspapers will confer
favor upon one oi the fraternity VIII" !
busted by giving the above plao, u
their columns. Respectfully submitted, t
{ Maynard.
/ OUR city Is becoming as smoky a. fItl'
I burgii, and at shutdown, the view al ia
hou-,s from the hills on the west Ii aim"'
obscured by black pail which hangs owe
us. There * scarcely a chimney IN the ci'
that does not carry off smoke from this splei
dad new I.eavenworih coal. Rather thn
we can stand ii, however. There are whol
families up and down the river that woul
nu ,,hie,.; IL looking like Pittsburgh.