The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-07-20

man Colt, won race in go the other day
IN the East
EIGHT hundred chimneys were blown
down in St. Joseph by that high wind LAS
Thursday night. Business for bricklayers-
The construction trains Of the NJ, h.
T. L. r. are running TO Flatrock Creek
eighty-five miles south of the State line, ant
eighteen miles from the Arkansas River, anc
the bridges all in, except that over the Yer
iigris. The road will be completed anc
trains running 10 the Arkansas within tweni,
; days.
ONE of the heaviest wholesale houses il
Kansas is that of NJ Hoffman,, wine, hquo
and cigar dealer. Mr.. Holman is known
far and wide in Newest a. a most substantial
business man, with whom every dealer like
10 trade. Although this is dull season o
the year, this house is shipping large quaint
ties of liquors every day.
The Girard Crawford County Pres.
Office was burned on the morning Of July
18th. Two gentlemen connected with the
establishment, Messrs. Wesser and Morley,
had narrow escape from the building. The
fire is supposed 10 have been set by some Of
the Neutral Land Leagners who have been
very bitter against the paper. The Pres is
TO he revived.
OF the cattle trade the Abilene Chronicle
o the 18th says:
''Since our last report, ninety-six carloads
Of cattle have been shipped from this mar
ket 10 Chicago. The trade is becoming more
active, prices remaining about the same.
The following may he considered the ruling
figures: beeves, 21Gl3c, one-year olds, $50,
s; two-year olds, S9to,l2; three-years old,
$1,000; COWS, Sl4GGlS.
THOSE who desire TO be rid of those
troublesome summer pests, flies, need
only to Use the following simple remeday
Take half teaspoonful of brown pepper, one
teaspoonful of brown sugar, and one tea
spoonful of cream; mix them well together,
and place them in a room on plate, where
the hes are troublesome, and they will soon
disappear.-E1.
Which will disappear, the Ingredients, or
the flies?
JOHN RoURKE, a Catholic, and Michael
Martin, an Orangeman, both at work on the
Fort Sect & Cult Road, became involved in
dispute over the New York riot. BY mu-
tuol agreement they left their work, repaired
to the banks of the kaw and chad it out"
Rourke came out victor, and then helped his
almost defunct adversary to a saloon, where
they took drink and became friends again.
WM. T. MARVIN, ESD, of Easton, called
On us Yesterday. Mr.. Marvin is an old rail-
road man, well acquainted in New York
with the officers of the \. y. c. r., and c.
T.. |. r. He is familiar with the broad
gauge system, and SAYS TIE broad gauge has
ruined lis advocates. There is bat one
broad gauge now in America. Mr.. NJ. is
for the narrow gauge, and says his people
are for all three propositions
We learn from the Topeka Record that
the prospects for a crowd at the camp meet
ing near there, on the 24th of August, prom
Uses to be immense. Mr.. Kelsea has engaged
and has ON the way, 10000 feet of lumber
for tents. Then there will be a large num-
Der Of canvass tents. The grounds are only
about mile from the city limits. There
will be a station on the Kansas Pacific Rail-
way which runs through the grounds, and
trains will run out every few minutes There
will probably be large attendance from
Leavtnworth county.
YOUNG people in New York have pleas
ant and original way of forming acquaint-
ances. The following personal advertise
ment appears in the Herald. We canno.
commend it 10 Leavenworth boys, because
might prove dangerous experiment:
If the young lady dressed in white who
got out of a Fifth avenue stage Wednesday
afternoon, at about ) o'clock, would like to
meet the gentleman who pinched her arm,
he will be at the corner of Broadway and
Fourteenth street to-day at O'Clock.
ANOTHER large stove Foundry and Iron
Works is 70 be bull, in our city. A stock
company for the purpose is now being or
ganized, and several of our vealthiest and
most reliable business men are engaged in it.
Several thousand dollars has already been
subscribed. The location of the establish |
ment has not been decided upon, but the
carrying out OF the project is rendered Ger
tain by the backing of some of our best |
citizens.
As an illustration of the fact that The
TINES publishes more matter in an equal
amount of space than any other paper in the
city, We call attention to the space occupied
in the other morning journals by the Coun-
w Board railroad notice. In one it occupied
4 column and third, IN another nearly two
columns, while THE TINES gave it in less
han column. People who read the papers
should bear in mind column in The TINES
means great deal more than column in
other papers.
Warm Weather.
On Sunday and Sunday night we had prob
ably the most oppressive weather ever expe-
rienced in this city. Not in consequence of
he great heat, for the thermometer went up
10 only 96o, which is not the maximum by
several degrees, but the oppression proceeded