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

l wdk0 VIII SC&AkC LEVEL 0ssA ASAsse-
the sprightly locals Of the Leavenwort
The field here Is rich and fruitful for them I
sling ink fr6m.-Ihrsons Sun.
We are desirous Of visiting several Iesdin
points in the West during the pre.ent Sum
mer, and have selected Denver and Parsons
When We can gel away, We shall do this, bu
"you know how Il r. yourself"
Mr.. VIZ. FkEKLAhD, Of this city, misae'
. swarm of bees some time ago, and fev
days since discovered that they had taken N
their quarters under an open box about I
foot dep, which had been inverted On th'
ground 70 81 hive upon. When found
they were in the honey business extensively,
having deposited large quantity Of CONT
in one end Of their retreat. A new hive va
procured, into which they we're removed.
The Lawrence Tribune gives the following
velI-deserved motto. Of Mr.. Fred Harvey:
Mr.. Fred. Harvey, the sentlemanly and
| Efficient agent Of the Hannibal Il 81. Joe
Railroad vas in the city yesterday. The road
be represcnis, and lis connections, Is one Of
the most popular lines for through travel in
the country. Mr.. Harvey is not only sue
ceaful railrosd man, but hss heretofore &C
quired considerable reputation in connection
with the Newspaper business. which he thor
ooghly veil deserves. We hope We shall
see more Of him in this quarter in the fu-
ture.
OuR buschen buy Texas cattle-poor ones
al tvo and half cents per pound and sell
the meat nj fifteen cents. This is very pleas
ant for the butcher, bat very disagreeahie TO
poor laboring men who have to buy it. We
think II the consumers would "strike," for
three or four days, on the imposition, the
price Of Lone Star meat would he materially
reduosi. II this il not done, we hope some
man Who can content himself with fair
profit Will 70 into the business and compel
the Others to come down, or else relieve them
LOUISE SYLvrsrEK closed an engagement
It Lawrence recently, and being called before
the cartain ON her benefit night, said:
'TA now bid you goodbye, for We are
going away tomorrow morning. Pm real
sony, for ] would like to Say With you.
Perhaps We will come hack again in about
three weeks, for 4 few nights, for could
not think Of eoins by without coming to zee
you; and sometime, when get rich, and
have lots Of money, I'll come back, buy .
Little ho0se, and, If you'll let me, stay with
you slways."
No. 5l2 Walnut stree4, Wa last night raided
BY the police, and seven or eight gamblers
and ose Of the proprietors captured. An
effort had been made to run the place With
ont the kHowleslge of the police. but this the
keepers failed to do, and win in consequence
lose about thousand dollars in con6scated
property and ines.-DenoauL l2h.
That is all the reward 4 man gets for in
dustry. Nov, here is the Colonel, been up
here for two or three weeks toiling in the |
hzrves, field, while insidious enemies attempt
% seize his savings during his absence. But |
ill, Jennison is happy.
WHAT shall We do with all the gymp |
'nm weeds? There IL no such word in the |
the Botany, or in anything else,
except the minds eye, Horatio, but gpmp-
nm is what people call it, and all that re-
mains il for ms 10 SPELL ii in the simplest
We repeat the question, what |
hall be done with this Gne crop? Why not
make ii into some mvigorsfing tonic, or
ympsnm pills, or squeeze out the juice for
! pleasant aperient. Truly, gmpsnm is
ably neglected. Let US have some Hot
entots brought here to gather il, 20 it can be
made available for the public good.
SHFRnAH THURsrON, the we'll known
porting man who va. here last year with |
Tom. Allen Is in trouble, being charged
sith having stolen $l25 from John Singer,
! farmer living eight miles west of Jefferson
lily. The parties concerned were riding on
he railroad on Friday Last, on their way to
\. Louis, when Mr.. Singer had a game Of
'three card monte" with the defennant and
everal OF his a~ocistes. The prosecuting
witness is alleged To have placed Sl25 in the
,ands Of n third party a bel, and the
stakeholder decamped with il. 1t is denied
hat the defendant took the money lie
,ave hail ia the sum Of $1,000 Thursday in
he Count ~ Criminal Correction tor his re- |
appearance IL Court ON the 18th inst.
Wassss.
Yesterday was one Of the hottest days ever
experienced in this part Of the country.
We are not talking about thermometers now;
We refer to the plain, unvarnishel facts rs
hey existed yesterday afternoon. We heard
reports from halt dozen gentlemen, each
,f whom had frst class Fahrenheit, and
% two OF them reported alike. II wasn't Of
he smallest consequence about their meieo-
rolugical instruments. II was a hot day,
md every intelligent person knew it.
Would il have been any consolation to see
hat the mercury only Aood at 7O07 Not hy
Wy ustdus 1ue dwius SOslsS1pu>utfr stish
'emaincd that you were melting down into
'Our boots, and would coon he past human
id if q cool resort was not found. To grass
Nth the Thermometers. Give u a fan
'ome fsstidious people tell us it isn't nice to
ny "hos"-,l,at We should say warm"
We don't care for that, either.
DosAae.
We learn from the Kansas City Josrsai
hat on Tuesday last melancholy spectacle
"a presented at the State Line House. A
talwsrt, powerful man Was stretched upon
manscled hand and foot, and raw
ng in a freuxied and incoherenf manner,
'ith now and then an apparent CLEAN Of rea-
On. Upon inquiry the following facts were
licited: His name was james N. Cravens,
md he had been for some time engaged in
attic grazing at Hetherington, Atcl,ison
county, Kansas, but for the last three months
'e had exhibited sign- Of an impaired rea-
%. His paroxysms had at last become 60
islent that Il was decided 70 remove him to
be Miami County Lunatic Asylum, at Ossa-
and Mr.. r A. Van Wrinkle was
him thither. He had been tenn
srate and steady man, and it is hoped that
be change may restore him to normal con-