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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

From the London Daily Telegraph.
At the beginning Of the century the Prince
Regent was the guest of the great Duke OF
Bedford ut Newmarket. One night, in COM
pany with many gay and dissolute comrades,
the Prince repaired after dinner to the public
gambling rooms, then not les accessible to
all corners than the Kursaal of Hamburg or
the Converaaxionhaus Of Baden Baden is to-
day. The Prince played long and deep at
the fascinating game Of French Hazard; and
not until the pure rays Of morning had for
hours been streaming through the skylight
with flushed cheek and angry brow.
Accustomed to heavy LOSES, the Prince had
on this particular night been 50 unmer-
cifnlly plucked that some suspicion of
foul play Aasbed across his clouded and
excited brain. Selling the dice with which
he had been playing. and turning to the
proprietor, the royal gambler said "You
shall have check tomorrow morning for
what have lost il, On examination, find
that You have won il fairly" Deep was
the dismay With which the fashionable "bell
keeper'' heard the threat Of his formidable
victim. The dice, which had long been his
fraudulent Instruments of robbery, were, be
well knew, heavily plugged with Iead.
Disgrace and punnhment SCARED him in
the face. Bot with quick-witted readiness
he noticed that poor kinsman Of the Duke
Of Bedford, . guek under the same roof
which sheltered the Prince, sill fingered in
the gambling room. Calling this gentle |
man. aside, the sambling-house keeper
offered him large sum II Be would enter |
the Prince's bedroom and suhstifute an hon.
1t pair of dice Cor he ''loaded" or "coeEed" |
cubes Of ivory which The Prince had carried |
Of.
The bibs W. accepted, and, . the royal
rdde slept The heavy deep Of exhaustion The
exchange ~ e6scled. On the follI wing
lay aAer having cnused The dice 10 Be avn
INTO, Tie Pfince eave instructions thal the
IeAt should b dsehzusd: md TIN ~ sum
ncludsd n Tie balance Gbset Of b. kahil-
~ vhicA ths Psisss suhseqne.tly laid T.
ne IL Hous a Cbmmnna j,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

CINCINNATI. Sept. s.-The suit of VIM.
Blackeny again-, the Lefei estate to enforce
q contract BY which he claims half interest
in the patent Lefei turbine water wheel, was
decided to-day at Springfield, Ohio, in the
District Court, in favor OF the Leffel estate.
The court sustained the demurrer of the de-
PENDANTS On the ground that the statutes OF
the United States requires all transfers OF pat
ents to be In writing. The suit involves a
larRs amount OF money.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

nnthz q lie cAild, = not ithsa 10 occupy =
plaoe in our common schools. We have
been told, and We fear Il Is true, that the one
se.ioa system vs sdopted and the piay
ground practically abolished be1use aristo-
cratic parties did not desire to have their
children associate on the play ground With
the children Of " common penple."
We fiil to recognize in the O~~ereai ar.
ticles the usual we'll rounded periods of the
accomplished editor of that paper, and fear
he has assumed The authorship of an article
in which the efron, mistatements and evil
dent party interest manifested. is chargeable
to another.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

MAYOR HALpERNAN very justly has de-
cided not to pay Marshal Robertson for two
days absence on the late excursion on the
l.. I. 4 G. 4. The Marshal says he ex-
pected to be locked one day only, but Hal
desman insists that the Marshal did not ne.
tnm until O'Clock a. m. Economy is the
cord. Halderman's administration ia
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

HORACE GREELEY's forthcoming article
in the October GALAXY will be entitled ''The
One-Term Principle" and will advocate the
policy Of restricting the presidential Office to
one term The peculiar relations of Mr.
Greeley just now to the of6ce in question.
and The expressed hopes and ambition, of
Hi friends, give unusual significance to th;.
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ST. LOUIS.
AsahAeA n the Head

ST. Louis, Sept. 6.-Two coal miners,
named Michael McMullin and Alex. Dur
kin, working two miles from Alton, ILL.,. got
into an alteration Last Monday night which
resulted in Durkin stabbing McMuIlin in the
head, killing him instantly. McMullin was
the attacking party. Durkin gave himself up
and was released on bail.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

CHICAGO, Sept. 6-Yesterday Afternoon, a,
Rockford, ILL.,, a man named Jesse thinner
man, an old and wellknown drunkard,
killed his wife, an old lady of 20, BY stab
bling her with a czrpenter's scratch-awl.
Zimmerman then tined to destroy his own
life by taking large dose Of landamum, but
prompt medical aid saved him. A letter
found in the room where the murder was
committed proves beyond doubt the deed
was premeditated.
Horace Greeley arrived in this city this
morning.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

New YORK, Sept. The court to-day
refused to admit the abOrtionist ROsenweig
to bail, and he was remanded to pris0n.
1t is stated there are over 200 professional
abOrtionists here, and that hundreds of I'M
fortunate women are killed annually by
their malpractice.
A large crowd assembled in the Supreme
Cour:, this morning, to hear the application
restrain the city officials from further paying
out money Of the city and county govern
ment. The application was presented by
Ex Judge Barrett, and an order was made
by Judge Barnard setting Monday to hear
arguments. Ii ia believed that for the pr, =
ent nothing can be practically accomplished,
a. the Tammany officials will resort To
view to having the final judgment delayed.
The New York Herala On the Tam
nany Tsa0as.
New YORK, Sept. S.-The Herald which
has heretofore had but little TO say on the
Tammany frauds, in an editorial leader to-
day, thinks that the attacks Of the press upon
the city officials are founded upon personal
spite, disappointed and party business mo-
tives. 1t thinks that all the parties who have
held sway in the city in past years, have been
guilty Of plumber, and that the present power
Of Tammany was obtained through the CO.
operation Of the Republicans. 1t is for the
resignation of Tweed and Connolly, and
says that a crisis has come in city affairs and
in the history of Tammany which cannot
be bridged over by expedients, and which
the influence of party organization cannot
avert, and that reorganization of the po-
litical element is demanded by the stu
alton.
There are reports that the Citizens Com
mite of Seventy have laid plans to get the
case against The city authorities before the
United States Court in case there il disco
luton Of the injunction by Judg BARNARD
on Monday next.
The action of the Citizens Committee Of
Seventy, excluding reporters from it, meet
ings is received with dissatisfaction. Ii il
thought that in investigating what is alleged
10 be secret frauds, the committe should have
no secrets about its own proceedings.
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JAMAICA.

PANAMA, Sept. S.-The United State-
Consul at Panama demands the imnediate
prosecution of Gen. Herrerasa and o,i,ers
as pirates, for seizing the American mer-
chant steamer Montigo, for revolutionary
pnrposR.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

The Cheyenne Indians are fairly rivalina
our own race in the matter Of polifeness and
excruciating suavity. William Wilder, Jas.
Callahan, and man nick named '.Zack,' u
have Just returned from q search after loss
sock out on Beaver Greek, ninety miles eass
Of Denver. A party Of fifteen Indians.
cheyenne, who were encamped On the Soda
mon, came to them one day, exchanged cour-
tesiee, inquired after the health Of Amesi-
cans generally, and quietly retired to the
wilderness again They we're all armed to
the tech, and might have had thing pretty
much their own way, but they chose to Be
civil.-Rocky 4oxaiaia Necs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

LEXINGTON, KY, Sep.. s.-The fall racea
on the Kentucky Association Course, ut thir
place Will commence on Monday next, Sept
11th, under the mose favorable s0pices.
There are more horses nov q the tack than
have been for many year.
Gen. A. Buford and JOIN Harper arrived
here Yesterday with thsif slahlA
Upwards of sssuly.lvU sninab ere here.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

OsxAIoosA voted By 2S6 majority, On Tie
3ssh 10 jne 50. 100 Of township bo.ds 10
- n building The Atchisoa, OskaIooa 4
lANBsne Raikoad.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

A CHICAGO paper thus compares the mod
ern Indian to that of Cooper, a novels: ''The
Indian of by-gone day used to stand on q
bluff, With folded arms, and gaze sadly up
on the iron hoss As it snorted through his
hunting grounds. Now he swean at the
baggageman because he does not check his
carpet bag in hurry, shake. hands with the
conductor. borrows a chew of tobacco from
the brakeman. and reclining upon two seats
masticates peanuts and reads the Police Ga
.ese, - the express beam him to the portal
Of the Northwest wind, Keewaydin.
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Making FUn II Mig APpeslses.
One of George Alfred Townsend's letter.

One of George Alfred Townsend's letter.
to the Chicago Tribune contains this:
A fra-class civil war can be contrived in
Philadelphia any day in the year BY setting
back the State Houee clock an hour. Punct-
ually 1t twelve the Philadelphia artisan will
look At his stomach and compare it with the
clock. In FIVE minutes he will be transform
ed into q raging cannibal. At a quarter
past twelve he will assemble 1t the Mayor
Office, and demand an explanation. Al just
twenty minutes past twelve he will march on
the market houses and Produce Exchange.
By half past twelve p. m. the horses will be
stopped on the railways, and the smoke of
the barbacued cattle will rise to the skies,
while foraging reconnoiances will be made
into Jersey. The rebellion can never be put
down bv arms; nothing less than hams will
do il.
Il we'll remember the popularity said to
have been Obtained BY an English clergyman
Who was visiting in Philadelphia. He
dropped his his and preached . very long
sermon. At five minutes after twelve be
stopped, to everybody's relief and bepan to
read some notices 70 the congregation. The
frst related to laying away fuel for the church
for the next year ensuing, and be announced
il - follows
Those Who want to take part in the n
raneements for eating this church will re-
main to co0summate il after service"
Great csies broke out in response all over
Tie coogresation:
"Amen"
The only lecturer ever said TO have been
uccessful in Philadelphia was Prof. Blot
His subject was ''Food, illustrated BY speci-
mem Of cooking" l
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

TIE Prince Imperial Frederick William,
Of Germany, Is Subscribed ~ in build and
bearing, opieal hero fora novel Of mus
cular Christianity school He e somewhat
shove tAs middle height, deep-che.asd, .
lisle sgu.se.shoaldessd, PerA.pa and with
~ in1n4aahae 60 md freedom Of howe
~ VAieA ceas from pegsoaal strength
- pguGei0ey q III n6nly execiseA
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14

POuGHKEEPsIE society has been in great
futter over the marriage of Miss Maria Lou
Use Jewett to Walter 3. Miller. The inter-
esting feature of the marriage is that the
couple are but seventeen years Of age. Both
were born on the same day, and at fifteen
years of age fell in love with each other. 1t
was 4 church wedding, and previous to the
arrival of the bridal party, the invited guests
had assembled to the number Of two hundred
and fifty. So young couple had never be-
fore been married in Poughkeepsie. Before
they arrived 1t the church some young ladies
in the gallery engaged in conversation as to
where the happy pair would go on their bri.
dal tour. "W6y, to Saratoga, Of course"
said one. Another responded Immediately,
"What all alonew and in the midst of the
meniment some one sent request to the
organist to play Rock Me to Sleep, Mother
and Put Ne in Ny Little Bed
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14
aaOwE II THIS.


TA->~ rA>.s~>A uu>- "A H.>-x--
naS, Nss.. OvaSiSSs. Poems ~
Dioser.
At Harmonv Grove. Farminpham. Mass
Aug. ri. over 3. 600 member, of the Howe
family gathered, ;ncludine represent.tive,,
f,op, eveyv State in the TIn;en and from sev-
ersj from foreipn countries. A mammoth
tent vas erected in which dinner was laid
for 600 persons. The Howe family were
called tn order about 10 O'clock bv Colonel
Fr.nk +. Hove of New YORK. PRAYER
was offered bv Rev. WIN. houehton. Of Con-
necticut After which Col. Howe. President
of The dav oave . familv Welcome for ali tn
all The song of welcome vriften bv Jnlia
Ward Hove 1ss .nno ~ The audience The
or.tion vas then deliyer.d bv Hon Joeenb
Hove Secretrrv of the Dnm;nion Of Can
ada be;n0 received With anpIause through
ont he ooncIuded bv expresine the hone
that the two countries would soon be united
"a one or..t f.m;Iv Anoeh.r .ono vr;,ten
bv C.,oi;n. Hovs ~. foiIo-.5 h. , n,ss,v
nom vr;tsen Nv 1uI;. W.rd Hoy. rh;cI
Vas then rad cre.t;n. sr.st nI..s,re a
br;ll;.nt .ddr,. b, Jndc. Have Of Ne1
OrIe.ns and . sonr nv RI, H;ncll.v of
San Francisco. followed. A few short
speecbes concluded The literary exercise. Az
j O'Clock the dinner BEGAN.
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Sfu,Dle Resusedies.

The New York Tribune says that a little
very simple knowledge would 20 a great
way in warm weather. Here are a party OF
amateur sportsmen coming home in disgust,
ON account of the mosquitoes, and thou
eands of stay-at-hOmes who find life almost
uncomfortable on any terms for flies. If any,
body knew it, carbolic acid is the sovereign
remedy for all their troubles. A few drops
evapOrated in a room, or poured upon a
cloth, will keep the winged pests at safe
distance, and if the pure crystalized acid il
used, no great annoyance will result to hu-
man beings. Restaurant keepers ought to
know this, and keep the swarms Of flies away
FROM their windows, where they settle and
buzz, to the torment of passers. The musty
taste Of Croton water complained Of by those
who make its acquaintance newly every sum,
mer, may be corrected by throwing a few
scraps of sheet iron into the water tank or
cooler. This prevents water from decompos-
ing, and keeps it pure and sweet. 1t will
even preserve the water from growing I'M
Wholesome and offensive on long sea voyages.
People are constantly rushing about in the
hot sun, complaining of headaches and gid
dIness, when all they need or safety and
comfort is wet handkerchief in the crown
of the hat.
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Hon. Alexander Caldwell responded. He
was Leavenworth man, and was for her in
terests. 1t was the great metropolis of Kan
sas, and he intended it should remain 40. II
had all the metropolitan advantages, and
must continue to occupy the position of the
leading city of the State. He spoke quite
lengthy of what he hoped to see accom-.
plished for the city of his home. He secuted
the erroneous idea that capital and ideas
might not be possessed BY the same person at
the same time. 1t was true that there were
men who had money and had ideas too, and
he was one Of those men. His remarks
were greeted with frequent outbursts of ap-
plause.
Col. d. K. Anthony made q most excel
lent speech, in which he pictured the growth
which Leavenworth and Kansas had made
in railroad enterprises, and entertained his
audience with well-grounded predictions of
the future growth and development of the
State BY railroads.
Mr.. Einstein, of Leavenworth, closed the
speaking with some very good remarks on
the advancement Of the prosperity of Leav-
enwarth and the State.-Lawenee Tribune.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14
The people dwelling along the Mis.issip-

THE people dwelling along the MISSISSIPPI
.pi have stirring times in prospect, unless a
writer in the Lakeside Monthiy is very much
ont Of his reckoning. After carefully re-
viewing and placing in bold relief the hor-
rors of the earthquakes which have shaken
the great river since 1776, but particularly
of the terrible commissions which occurred
near New Madrid in 1911, he coolly OBJ
serves that all the analogies indicate the re-
currence of such shocks at least once in q
century. 'In all those countries, " he adds,
"where observation has extended over a
great length of time it has been found that
their visits may expected as often as once in
hundred years." and as the earthquake
district of the Mississippi has now enjoyed
quiet of nearly sixty years, the next forty
are to be years of unprecedented seismic dis
turbances.
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eioAA ~cDVVS oouAc, kAs0&aooAAAA0u
lighted with gas, paved walks, costly public
buildings, elegant churches, blocks of com.
modious stores, and palatial residences. He
referred to the present and projected rail-
road facilities of Leavenworth, to the great
highway and railway bridge so rapidly ap.
preaching completion, and spoke at length
of the advantages the State of Kansas would
derive from the narrow gauge, Kansas Cen
tral Road, that among its stockholders and
directors was Thos. A. Scott, of the Pennsyl
vania Central, who he considered to be the
greatest railroad man in America; also Mat
thew Baird, of the Baldwin ! locomotive
Works; John McManus, of Reading, and
Andrew Carnegie of England. With such
men there was no such word as fail, and he
felt sure that the road would speedily be
built westward through the rich valleys of
the Republican and Solomon, and on to Den
yer, or some other point southwest, until .
connection should be made with the great
Denver 4 Rio Grande narrow gauge, now
heading for the Halls Of the Montexumas and
the shores of the Pacific. Mr.. Caldwell,
did mot wish to be considered n
being in the least contracted by having 50
much narrow gauge on the brain. He felt
thatit vas his duty to work for the develop
ment Of the entire State of Kansas, and that
his efforts should be to develop the material
interests Of out young commonwealth, and
that he would rejoice in the growth of
Topeka Lawrence, Humboldt Manhat-
tan, and indeed, every part and por:
He spoke Of railroads - being the great
civilisen Of The sse; that hare hey bad pre-
csded population; settlsd uPthe country, and
had settled The Indian qusatioa, and would
N year or too e6sctnally and at;afacsorily
aipoe Of II Mormon qsssisa ala. he
avsh sps;ally % IL Lnvs.vessA, Law
40 = 0alvsAaa RaaA; tAsaoA thsoI
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-12-06
Singular Indian Tradition.

Among the Seminole Indians there
is singular tradition regarding tho
white mans origin and superiority.
They say that when the Great Spirit
made the earth, he also made three
men. All Of tho men had fair oom-
plexions aud that after making them
ho led thom to tho margin Of a small
lake, and bade them leap in and wash.
One obeyed and came out rurer and
fairer than before tho second
hcsitated moment, during which
the water, agitatcd ty the first had
become muddied, and when he bathed
he came out copper.cdlorod the third
did not leap till tho water had become
black with mud, and he came out
black with his OWN oclor, Tho Great
Spirit laid before thcn, threo packa.
ges. and, out Of pity for the misfor.
tune Of color gave the blnck man tbs
first choice. lfo took hold of oach
package, and having felt tho weights,
chose the heaviest. Tho coppcr.col.
ored man chose the next heaviest,
leaving tho white man tho lightost.
When the packages were oponed,
the first was found to contain apade es,
hoes and Implements of labor tho
second enwrappcd hunting, fishing
! and war-like apparatus tho third
gave tho white tnan pohs, ink and
paper, the engines Of the mind~-the
means of mutual mcntal improyom ent
the pocial link Of hdmanity. the foun.
dation Of tho whiteLnan's superiority.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-12-06
Florida TO be Put Under Martial Law.

The New York Esering post, Of
Thursday last, tie 23d inst, publishes
the following special dispatch from
its Washington correspondent, under
date Of the 23d instant '..a -
Thr Ku Nlux Committee have de-
cidcd 10 recummcnd to the President
the SUSPENSION Of the writ Of Haheas
Corpus in certain scctions Of Florida,
and it is believed that ho will not
hesitate to comply with their recon-
meudution, Notwithstanding the report
rom certain quartcra that he hps an
nourccd his intention of not suspend
ing the writ either in Georgia Or
Florida. ...... ..'~-.r
The Boston Post, in ailuding to
The above recommendation Of the
ku klux Committee, suys
Tho statement Of Senator Blair re-
gardins the alleged Ku Klux outragos
at the South, is of especial nom cnt at
this time. when the PRESIDENT is deba-
tug whether to yield to tho demand
for martial law in Florida and Geor-
gia. Senator Blair is member of
WIZ XII O"' isa alihS SoiDluittCCs huu HIS
estimate OF the testimony obtained is
quite as reliable as that Of the other
mcmbcrs who have u strong partisan
interest 20 serve in making ont a
state Of lawlcssncss. General Blair
cxplodcs the whole theory of political
persecution in few words, declaring
that violence exists in the South no
more than in other parts Of the coun.
try, except in cases where the people
have taken in their own hands the
punish meht Of criminals whom the
Government has allowed to go un-
whipped Of justice. This is no more
than happeus frequently else sewhere,
without even q HUT of insnrrcction, or
the need of martial law. Simulta-
neously with this statement of Gene
raj Blair, other mcmbera Of the Com
mlttcc give ont that they have dis
covered i rebellion in other States,
and call upon the President to dec are
military law in Georgia and Florida,
rs the last resort. There is an issue
here made up on facts and the pub
lie wiil remember the absurd mistak cs
made by the President regarding the
"rebellion" in South Carolina, and
judge which statement is the more
worthy Of crcdeuce.