The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-07


READ advertisement Of farm at auction.
The striking coal miners resumed WORK
Yesterday. II seven cents bushel.
FEosT a, Junction City on Tuesday nigh'
Last.
The State Fair begins at Topeka on the
llth.
THE Medina Ner Era is to he removed to
Gra--hopper Falls.
A FEED bow is wanted in the TINES Press
Rooms. Apply at the Job Rooms
THE Hoard of County Commissioners
NEE, 10 morrow. The new narrow gauge
propo-i,ion will come up Tuesday.
MR G.. II. OKrMAN has three valuable
lots for sale on Shawnee street, between Fifth
and Sixth, cheap for cash.
SIGSoR FARINI has accepted an invitation
to sing ri the Cathedral at 10 O'Clock n'ass
this morning.
Mr.. A. r. HILL, Of this city, did the
champion shooting at the Sharp-hooters' pic
mic on Sunday.
WI: hear that the people at Concordia are
frequently compelled to lariat their houses to
preyent them from floating away.
EXcayATISG is going On for a brick build
ING At The southwest corner of Delaware and
Fifth streets, 10 I've erected by Judge Latta.
A NEw BAPTIST paper is TO be started at
Lawrence. Nov l2ih, by Rev. Mr.. Ellis.
The paper business is already overdone there.
4 rRIvarE letter from Washington, Iowa,
received Yesterday, announces heavy frost
there n. Friday morning last.
| EyEEygoDY fayors an excursion 10 Chi
c,go =. snon As the C. Il :. W. road Ia IN
running order. II will he fine thing fol
our ba~ineSs men and their wives.
NRs. AFFILIATE is about 10 erect two
story building on the north side OF Della
ware street. between Main and Second, and
Mr.. Geiger, the contractor, is making exca'
vaiions for the same.
THE Atch-on Branch of the Chicago q
Southwestern Road starts from the main line
one and a half miles this side Of EdgertOn
and about twenty miles from Leavenworth
Mr.. PAT MCGRAw is building up a res
taurant business in this city never befor'
equalIed in this valley. His establishment
i. a pattern Of elegance and attractiveness Il
epicureans.
EVERYBODY wears cheerful face at tn
splendid prospects of our city, and the al
ready increasing business. All the whole
sale merchants are doing heavy business.
JOHN STENBAUER, a soldier at the arsena
at Fort Leavenworth, committed suicide Of
Monday morning, by blowing his brains Oh
with musket He was German, IS year
old. The act ia supposed to have resulte
from relative cheating him ont of $4,000
We have upon our table a sweet potat
seventeen inches in circumference, min
inches long, and weighing four and three
fourths pounds. 1t was raised by MIR. u
rich Byron, of this county. 1t is the large
We have seen this year.
Ware in receipt OF the first number {
the Clay County Independent, recently start
ed at CLAY Centre by Mesrs Huston 4 Dow
ner. Ii is fine looking seven column shee
we'll filled with local news, and should b
literally supported by the people of ths
section.
A GAS bag in Kansas City was offering I
bet, the other day, on the number of lam
posts in Leavenworh, placing them at yer
small figure But he wouldn't put up an
money when challenged to do so. They ne'
er do. We offered to bet them $500 la
! fall that Leavenworth had the greatert nun
Der of votes, but nobody would take the be
The following account of fire near 81
Joseph we clip from the Herald:
Yesterday morning, soon after midnight
the large steam Touring mill, owned by Nj
Carder, son-in-law of Geo. G. H. Brand {
this city, was discovered to be on fire, an
was burned with all its contents The mi
, was between this city and Taos, about twelv
miles distant, and was Familiarity known 8
the Davidson Mill" There were 81
bushels of wheat, 60 sacks of flour and ~
I bushels of corn in the mill, all of which Is
total loss The loss cannot be less than 81
600. Insured for half that amount.
A KANSAS CITY paper, few days ag'
stated tina, the valuation Of property in TIL
! town was thirty millions Of dollars, not inclut
ing personal. We thought this one of the
biggest lies at first, but zee how il is nov
While lots in other cities are estimated Onl
by superficial measure, those in Kansas Cit
t are sold by cubic measure. For instance,
{ lot $50 feet long, . wide. and 20 hig
/, is worth a great deal more than lOl merel
$50 feet long and . wide. This il how the
do it. Heighth is everything there.
LII
: THE KANSAS GENITAL.
Election or Directors and O9eer
!, The stockholders of the Kansas Cent?;
, Railway met yesterday and completed Il
organization of the company by the electio
of the following officers and directors:
Directors-rhos. A. Scott and Matthe
Beard, of Philadelphia; Andrew Carnagi'
of New York; L. T. Smith, J. c. Stons
| Lucien Scott. Pc. Hanves, Levi Wilson, Il
w. Gillett, II. l.. Newman and &. 5. Sta
tauer, of LeavenwOrth.
The Board of Di. ectors selected the 70
lowing officers:
President-L. I. Smith.
Vice-President- Lucien Scott.
z Secretary and Treasurer. E. Havens.
The following We extract from a littl
Z book on Chronic Diseases by Rev. X. '
Pierce NJ. D., of Buffalo, n. Y. Our reat
ers can receive this interesting and useful Ii
, tie book, postpaid, by enclosing one postae
! stamp to the Doctor.
: CATARRH.