The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

RaVnges aE she Cholera il, +, s.~>iR.
New York, Aug. 2i-Late Russian adj
vices say that from the first appearance at
cholera, on the 10Th of August, 1870, there
has been in 81. Petersburg SSH cases and
2,197 deaths; III Moscow and its eTvirons
the epidemic is very maligDanI, and Isl some
remote villages, where medics; assistance Is
difficult tn obtain, i: has committed fearful
ravages. II Wilma, up to the llth OF July,
there had been l, li6 cases and 5l2 deaths.
A great many people have del at Verbal
len, on the Prlssian frontier. At Tambofl,
town oi about 30,0O0 inhabitants, 1854
Cases were reported up to the 2ls; of July,
and ,242 deaths. At Rybusk, very i'm
pOr.ant corn depot, on the Volga river,
more than half the cases have proved fatal
Many of the inhabitants have left the town,
and business is entirely suspended. Private
advices represent that the famine and pesti-
lence have destroyed over 800, 900 lives, and
that from appearances lOO,OOO more must
perish. There seems no way of escaping the
destruction.
he Reception BY Prinee GosehakoH--
Reduced Expensss-Paraicuia Of
the Great Race.
New YORK, Aug. sl-Rev. DIR. Noah
Schenck, Of Brooklyn, who has just return
ed from mission to the Russian Count in
behalf of the oppressed Protssiants of that
reports that the reception commit
tee appointed by Prince Gotchakoff was emf
nently satisfactory.
The Committee on Charity have been
forced to cut down expenses. Some $50, 600
having been taken of their estimate for the
year. The result is they have abolished the
temporary relief system, which many Per-
sons in distress have heretofore taken advan-
foge Of
A Saratoga correspondent. writes a. fol-
lows concerning the four mile race ye-ter.
day:
First, LongfellOw was not in condition.
Horse judges who visited the track this
morning at daylight, cc,iced he was not |
ceiling in his accustomed spirits. His skin |
vas tight; notwithstanding, he ran two miles |
en- minutes before the race, and hardly |
.aised sweat.
Second, Why Was he allowed to run this
wo miles around the track, and hall way
re four-mile race? In reality. LongfellOw
1arper's seeming lax Of foresight, hut do
rot doubt his integrity.
Third, Was it a fair race? Questions are
ring asked on this point and there is not the
east shadow Of doubt that Harper acted
in the highest good faith. He
Tas afraid to trust his old rider, Bob Swine,
white hoy, for he might he trifed with.
lie believed though he was not good
ider, he could trust Inquirer Joe, black
oy whom he had Iai-e,i himself, but TO make
asurance doubly sure he did not let the rider
0 out of his sight for six days preceding
lessrsce.
Fourth, John Harper lost $4,000 when
.ongfellow threw the race, for the horse was
Orth $50, 900 yesterday, and to-day no one
ould give $4,000 for him.
ANY one who was sitting near John Har-
er during the race, would have been con-
inced of the integrity and his absolute faith
ia, he was going to win the race, until the
'st mile, and his terrible disappointment at
re final result.
usraEes BY Hack nser and Rwnners-I
kaisrSad Movement by . hos. a. Scott
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-There are con-
ant complaints that the hackmen and run
ers at the piers and railway depots are
brutal outrages on travellers ar
wing in the city. Notwithstanding the fact
lat the Ontrages are Committed under the
'-ervation Il, the police arrests are seldom =;
.ard Of. On Tuesday afternoon when the
e Of Gen. W. T. Sherman arrived at the /,
pot Of the Harlem Railroad, she was sur
unded by gang of the-e roughs and, to-
ther with a gentleman who was accom-
Inying her, narrowly escaped severe injury,
II apparel was considerably damaged. Her
cOrt was badly cut about the hands and his
Dthes torn by the assaulting rufhans.
II ia reported in Washington that Tko,.
Scott has concluded negotiations with the
arper's Ferry Water Power & Manufactur-
3 Company for their property, recently
rchased from the government, at Harper's
FRY. This is a movement, in railroad
ategy, of grea; importance as it will give
2 Pennsylvania combination possession OF
,Oint through which il can secure a much :,
orter route between Washington and the y
est than that now being constructed BY the =
fillmore 4 Ohio RailrUad Company. Its
imaied object ia to extend the road from :,
'gestOwn, Maryland, 70 Martinsburg, -
eft Virginia, and from there down the u
tomac to Harper's Ferry, and from there :,
'oss the Shenandoah to Edwards Ferry
ere it will form junction with the WASH :.
ton Il Ohio Road "
po0eP Wrecked -C0ss00 H0ase II. !"
esfessaee Horace Greeley Dss.
,DeaseS. =
VIEW YORK, Aug. &c. II Mallory &
), agents for the Southern steamship line,
! evening received dispatch from 81. Au- "
tine, Fla, announcing the total wreck of =,
ir steamer Leodonia, -eventy-6ve miles u
m that place, and the los Of twenty of her 0!
Y. The survivors are, the captains son, al
! and second mates, chief engineer, 6r-t Ut '
slant engineer, four cooks and the me-s az
!. The Leodonia sailed from the port Of In
= Orleans, or the 18Th inst, and was .
cked in the gale Of the 10Th. She was an
, steamer OF abont 900 tons burihsn. Her
20 of as.orted merchandise, valued at "a
[, 200, IN undoubtedly lo-t. The ves.el 60
partly insured Among the owners are GU
% Jewell 4 Sons, Of this city, and Capt al
r. Hovey, her commander. The latter
formerly connected with the London
Of packets.
meeting Of the Joint Common Council We,
ity accounts is announced for Monday fro
! The Chamber of Commerce and ito
G bodies are invited to attended. Sts