The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-11-23

There arrived in the city LAT Tuesday
evening, a young man named Allen Rafh-
burn, who vas on his way from Quincy, ILL.,.
To visit his friends at Chetopa, and PASS his
Lac: days with them, az he vas far gone with
tina, dreadful, unyieldirg disease, consump-
ton. He put up At the I've House, and cal
culaied, hi. health permitting, to pursue his
journey on the morrow. But to him the
morrow did not come. he passed q sleeplD
| night, and very early in the morning aruse
and proceeded down stairs- At the foot he
sank to the aoor in an insensible condition.
He was picked up BY Mr.. Sladle, IN en-
pioyee of the house, bat almost Immediately
e1pired.-NeC Chicago Iransaipi.
The herder's camp attached to Kelley's
| herd, on the east side Of Lindsey Creek,
some half mile south Of Mr.. Needham's. &C
CT .ently caught FIRE on.Wednesd1y morning
last when the camp and its entire contents.
including the weaving apparel, watches, and
other personal property belonging 10 some
nine or ten herders, we're totally destroyed.
Solomon Halley Pioneer.
Hon. Thaddeus H. Walker is receiving
the congratulations Of his friends on the hap
piest event of his life. It's . girl, and
weighs eight and a half pounds.-Comnos-
uealth.
Fifty cans Of Texas cattle from the X.
P, and twenty-one from the A., 7. 4 8. F.,
passed up yesterdsy.-Ibid.
-Expressman Hall was thrown from his
wagon on Friday evening, sustaining serious
injuries.-Ibid.
The railrsad bridge il now 80 far along
that the works are out of the way of high
water The pile driver went over on to the
north side to d i've few piles there, which
will finish that kind of work. The super
structure has been delayed somewhat by the
| northern fires, but the bridge will be done
| and ready for crossing BY the 6rst Of Janu-
ary.-LaUresce Journal.
An election is to be held next Tuesday.
in Usage county, TO decide whether or not
for a road running south from Carbonate,
through Lyndon and Melvern, TO the south
ern line of the county.-B.
The walks on the capitol grounds are
! constructed BY 6rst removing the soil to the
requisite depth, then putting in . layer Of
refuse lime from the gas works and covering
this with cinden from the furnaces of the
Capitol building. Enough has been done to
give some. idea of the general plan
Record.
-Sabetha Is going to have Q very hne two
story school house, 22x46, with two rooms
below and one above. 1t will cost $780,
Atchison Patriot.
In passing over Douglass county We
have seen many fine fields of wheat. The
recent heavy rains have brought it forward
wonderfully. The early sown wheat fairly
covers the earth.-Larence Tribune.
-Wabaunsee county has thirty-two organ
lied school dis:ricts, nearly all Of which
have good school houses. many being far
superior to the average, SO says the Alma
Union.
INDIAN Joe,"a Piute man, we'll known
among the whites, was stoned TO death BY
his tribe, having failed to restore to health
two sick Indians. The practice Of medicine
nmong indians evidently has its unpleasant
features Secn Monitor.
Clay county has carried The $3.50, 0C0
bond proposition for the Kansas Central
Railroad The Junction City and Fort
Kearney Railroad proposition (s2oo,O00)
was defeated.