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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
CIR Nd SUCCESS OF THE NARROW
GAGGE.

Oar citizens will read with interest the re-
sui, OF the narrow gauge policy thus far:
The narrow gauge LOCOMOTIVES, built by
the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the
Denver and Rio Grande Railway, have been
sci up and tried on the line of that road near
Denver and are now in operation in the Con-
structioD Of the road About three and a
half miles of narrow gauge track (3 feet J
had been laid ont of Denver al last accounts,
anal upon this the small engine has been
thoroughly tested. Immediately upon leav-
ing Denver the track il laid to a temporary
grade of 40 feet to the mile. Up this grade
the freight locomotive pulled twenty Of their
four wheeled fiat cars loaded with railroad
iron. The engine hauled this train without
difficulty, Stopping and starting readily with
ii on the grade. This engine has three
pairs Of drivers thirty-six inches in dame
ter, ''pony truck" in front, and weighs, in
running order, "a, 900 pounds.
The passenger engine Mon.ezuma,"
with two pairs of drivers and Irony truck, !"
weigh. 5000 pounds) drew train of six
passenger cars at a speed of thirty miles an
hour, making the time with ease. The ELI
gines ride well and steams freely. We are
permitted to prin, the following letter from
General Superintendent and Chief Engineer
Greenwood, who has charge of the constr,Ic-
ton and operation of the line:
DENVER RIO GRAN DIX RAILWAY,
DENVER Col. Aug. 18th, 1871.
Messrs. NJ Baird 4 Co.:
GENrLEMEN:-Thisi is To certify that your
engineer has delivered to the ID. 4 r. G. X.
T. the three engines constructed for them BY
your company. The engines, az far as they
have been used, have proved a perfect sue
cess, and fully believe they will perform all
the work they were guaranteed to do. /
have always had full faith in the success of
the narrow gauge three feet in this easel
and the working of the engines, As well AZ
the rolling stock which we now have on
hand, fully demonstrates that We wee justi-
fed in reducing the gauge on our road.
Very truly yours,
iSigned w. II. GREENWOOD,
General Superintendent and General Mama
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
QCEEN VICTORIA.
fier CnpOPmIarity.

tffc1n inc LOndOH <tm>s, <tuy ..
Wise men look a, facts more than argu-
menis, and as a fact there can be no ques-
ton how much Of the power and even life OF
the monarchy resides in Its personal and d.
rect influences. Lord Derby says institu-
tons to be defended in these days must carry
their justification on their face. If so, no in
stitution ought to be SO easy to defend as
monarchy. for it carries its justification on its
face whenever it shows lis face to its subjects.
There is no justification SO evident and 70
strong AZ that Of the heart, and this is the
strength which the personal influence of
monarchy may add to all the institutions
and acts with which it is identified. But, if
this is to be reality, the personality Of the
crown must be visible and sensible. A sOye-
reign who is never or rarely seen in an insti-
tuition, and not person. 1t is not merely
what the queen does that render her impOr-
tant; it il that what would have to be done
in any case is done by the queen. If she
ceases to do it, there is so far an allowance of
the most essential features of a monarchical
system. The allegiance may be endured for
a time without harm; but every year Of its
continuance weakens the sentiments it con-
dems to disuse, and We trust advice which is
offered from the most loyal motives will be
received without offense.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
wENDELL HAS FAITH.

Wendell Phillips, in a letter TO the New
orkSaadard of the 18th, says: "The Com
mune must bide fits time. That is not far
of. Men now alive will hear frothy orators
ride into favor by proclaiming. in stolen
bombast, the difficulty Of finding marble
white enough and gold pure enough to record
the worlds gratitude to the Commune"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
GET THE COLO.

John A. Martin, Of the Ckanp;oa, cali,
d. X. Anthony, of The TInEs, . scoundreI
and liar. Brother Anthony, don't sir or
old leans 80. He IL sick-eot the collie
Waneyo Ka.sas Vdllg.
There is bad odor about him. The med.
ical director has made dasno.is and has
prescribed carbolic acid. We have no douhe
rood results will follow ID NE.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
MES cor THE sCURyY xow

Not one pound Of every five thousand
pounds of freight going West on the Central
Branch Road, comes from Leavenworth.
Kickapoo and Port William furnish the
Central Branch with more business than
Leavenworth.-Atchison Champion.
While in the army, the military hero
wrote to his own paper statements of heroic
deeds performed, which were about as truth
ful n the above. We have been waiting for
words 10 fifty express our opinion Of the
Wild manner in which the editor of the
Champion INDUCES. and his reckless disre
gard Of nut only journalistic courtesy, but of
the truth. And nov We have nothing
harsher TO write than the republishing of
his own words. Words which must cause
every intelligent Kansas man to believe him
nOW afflicted with the .'scurvy.' The Med
ical Director Of his department could nou
undoubtedly make favorable diagnosis Of
his diasaae, and permit him to return TO the
rear. GOOD Bye, Johnny"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
THE ATCNlSON AND NEBRASKA
ROAD.

Passengers by the morning train north
from Leavenworth can now reach Salem,
Nebraska, at 2:05 in the afternoon, to which
point cars commenced running on the 23d
At Rulo this road leaves the Missouri river
AMI follows a westerly course up the valley
Of the Great Nemaha, which heretofore has
had no railway connection with "ihe
States" and in consequence, rich and at
tractive as it il, has not been developed 30
fully as less desirable sections elsewhere in
the West
Ruio, Falls City and Salem are well-to-do,
promising places, and the country in which
they are situated will warrant almost any
praise that can be bestowed upon it.
Now is the time Cor Leavenworth mer-
CHAINS 10 secure portion Of that business
which has heretofore gone to St. Joseph.
The development of this valley will give a
rapidly increasing business to those who
procure its patronage. The facilities OF
quick time and close connections afforded by
the completion Of this road to Salem, opens
grand opportunity for our merchants. Will
they avail themselves of il?
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
R0Ea HE REMEssEEE

Dos the editor OF the Champion siill cop
from Washington Irving, as ~as his habi
when he was 10 the Senate in 1862 Doe
he remember when Sam Wood called ths
attention of the Senate to the fact thu
Johnny reeembled distinguished American
~ritevr
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
a Damned Yankee Trick.

In the new book called 1.-The Domestic
Life of Thomas Jefferson" the granddaugh-
ter cf Jefferson relates Yankee trick thar
is not we'll known in history. When Mr..
jefferson died. July 4,h, 1896, an enthusiasts
tic Democrat and neighbor, OF Albemarle,
Va observed that Jefferson, by dying on
the 4th OF July, had raised himself and his
party one step higher in the temple Of fame.
When the rumor reached this partisan a few
days later, that Adams, also, had died on
that day, he refused TO believe il; but when,
in due course, the fact vas ascertsined, he
exclaimed in passion that sit Was ID
Yankee trick"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

Informstion come. from Newport that be-
fore one of the fashionable chu,ches thee
Id Sunday, ninety cha. lots we're to Be
oh,eryed. With ehaRioesess and Aunkeys IN
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

TIE new 1elaea00s.
Friedrich Douglas, in recent address to
the colored men Of Baltimore, rendered the
following excellent advice:
1--WE hope yet to ZEE the day when the col
ored mechanics of Baltimore will leave the
lanes and alleys. 1t would Be impossible for
angles to rear families in those dreadful dene
Of bad air and bod morals, and to lead lives of
intellignce, virtue and refinement. We muss
get rid oftfe somewhat religious idea that
ne ought TO live, like bats and owls, in holes
and corners On the earth in order 70 live in
glory heareafief. They mus understand their
day and generation: leaving the thing that
are behind, and shaking Cd the idess and
cusaoms Of The old house of bondaee. they
mus adjuk themselvs to the 3eoands
Of the neW relaaios into which, ty Tie iney.
liable hvs q human soc;ssy, they have now
bsa- hoagAt.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

WHEELIss, Aug. 25.-In the election
yesterday, tweniy-seven iown-hips heard
from give a majority of 944 sgain-: conven-
ton. The counties in the interior Of the
State will probably give m.joritie. for the
coaysosiea.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
Deru.es Insurance Companies.

1t il reported that the Lycoming Mutual
Of Muncy, Pa, which has been spreading a
network of agencies all over the country for
the past two years, has begun to take up its
traps and turn back to its little country home
again. Numerous agencies throughout New
England and The IVES, have been closed
lately, with every prospect OF a continuance
of that policy. People are beginning to find
out that company claiming sc, OOO, 900 Of
assets, when nineteen-r wentieths OF the whole
consists OF worthless premium notes, can
hardly supply good anchorage ground for
confidence.
The Commercial Fire. of Chicago, is with
drawing its agencies. The experiment
proved Improbable, and as the company has
made fizzle now, both AT home and abroad,
the outlook is dim and mis,y.-7oIcdo Bla~e.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

A ooRRnfoNDExr in Phillips County
infos1n % that the Indian scare there ana.
from he presence Of . band of Omahas and
RAvnsa. Who were hunting. They COM
-sss>A ~ A.sr.>1A.sscs,s ~haf>~>r
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
The New Gee0a POes.
From Tie .Ser York Trfkr.r


Joaquin Miller and his "Sonss of tns
Siesr.s," continue to be talked about and
written about NJ. d. Conway, always pic
turesque, has represented Miller as figuring
1t London parties in ''red shirt sDd top
boots" Miller pleads guilty to the hoots
but declares that OF the two intimate gar
ments which it is customary for gentlemen
TO wear, the under one may have been red,
bat the outer one which Concealed il vas, op
the honor ofthe wearer, Away. spo,lessly
white. Mixers first knowledge of the
TITLED lady" to whom he offered himself in
London, and BY whom be vas rejected,
came to him here. Another report thai
'the Londoners found him bore a. we'll ~
q boor, has quite q; little foun.iation in fact
He wrote to friend in Boston: II rarely
went into society in London. 1 did not At.
tend one in twenty Of the breakfasts, dinners
and evenings " which Was asked. l went
to no club but the Savage and was there
but tvice-the last BY especial request and
arrangement, that might meet my friends,
many Of whom had never seen before.
There was fuller attendance, they told me,
than there had been for years, and was
made an honorary member (which is 4 rare
honor iodeedl, and the clerk gave me a most
cordial letter to the Saturday club of New
York"
The newspaper stories concerning Miller
domestic troubles have led him to furnish,
for the American edition of his poems, one
written to his wife and entitled "MyIrh.'
He says it was written with his heart.
blood. I will give you few stanxss, whic;
I think We are bound to accept a. his own
version Of the story:
''And you and have bnried love,
A red seal on the cofin's lid;
The clerk below, the Court above.
Ponouneed IL dead; the corpse il hid.
And 1, vho never crossed your will,
Consent-that you may have it still.
"what recks it nov whose was the blames
But call II mine, for better used
An 10 wrong and cold disdain-
Can better bear 70 be accused
OF all that vears the shape Of shame
Th.n have you 'e:i the touch q blame
81 % alone; no little hands
To lead me from forbidden ways.
No little voice in other lands
Shall cheer me all the weary days;
Yet these arc y0urs. and that TOME
Is much indeed. and it must be.
II did not blame yoa-do not blame
The stormy elements Of the soul
That I have scOrned TO tone or tame,
Or bind down unto dull control;
In full, fierce youth, they all are y0urs
With all their folly and force.
''But should you sometime read q sign,
name among the princely few,
While you are With your friends and vine,
Then careless turn to one or two,
Say, He vas mine, his sunless his tears
Were mine-were mine for years and years I"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

1t ia as easy to be good man as a pool
one. Halfthe energy displayed in keeping
ahead that ia required to catch up when be.
hind, would have credit, give more time to
attend to business, and add to the prof; and
reputation of thoes who work for gain. Be
prompt; honor your engagements. II you
prom;ce to meet a man, or do certain thing
at a certain moment, be ready at the APP
pointed time. HyOu 60 out on business, at
tend promptly TO the matter on hand, then
as promptly attend to your own buisDess.
Do not stop to tell stories during business
hours. If you have place Of business, be
their when wanted. No man can get rich by
sitting around stores and saloons. Never
STOOL" on business matters. Have order,
system, regularity and prOmptness. Do not
NEEDLE with bnisness YOU know nothing Of
Never bay any article YOU do not need, and
the man who sells will take it but in trade.
Trade is money. Strive TO avoid harsh
words and personalities. Db not kick every
stone in the baltimore miles can re made
in day by going steadily on, than stopping
to kick. Pay as you 60. A man of honor
respects his word as he does his bond. Aid,
but never beg. Relieve Others when you can
but never give what you cannot afford TO,
say No. No necessity for swapping it out dog
fashion; but say it firmly and respectfully.
Have but few con6dents. Use YOUR brains
rather than ti,oes of Others Learn to think
and act for yourself Be vieilant Keep
ahead rather than behind the times Young
man, Gil, this out, and place it, by careful
per,sal, in the golden store-room of your
brain. and If you End that there is folly in
the argument, let us know. - Peninsu!er
Herald
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

Says Stephens to the World: "You star,
your treacherous foolish new departure
linquish slavery, court the Niger. and cut
your cloth to Greeleys 6gure-and Demo.
Gratis won't vote your ticket; they'll spit on,
loathe, despise and kick it. YOU'RE beaten
sure in every section; you'll scarcely know
you had an lection" Then says the World
to Stephens: Bourbon! You'd better clap
the loil curb on! You're idiosic, crazy, fool
ish, fanatical, imprudent, mulish, To clear
the deck for mortal action We
must begin with refraction, must make q
liberal confession, cave in, acknowledge our
transgression, hug all the niggen in hurry,
black ali their shoes, and say we're sorry.
Your ticket will never stand the revel; one
grn would blow it to the dickens-the aboli-
tiouists would knock it higher than Glide
roy's sky-rocket"'
Lost II they use the sovereign balm;
Lost II they try to do without 1t;
Thus. though they quarrel Ger the charm.
Roth are exactly ri9h abosfT
-CA;ouQo Pat.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

The following advertisement appears in
the vinyard Mass Gasette. Nancy soes
in for Sunday Law, and is determined to main
tain her position:
WEST TIssuRY, Dukes Co.. Mass,
August II. 1871.
M. EDrroR:-I do not want folks to call
on me Sundays.
Call On me week days
won't sell Sundays.
want to do right in The ighto Of God.
NAHCY LUCE
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

We clip the following piece of strong
truthful speaking from Scyibner's Monthiy
Ofthe worst foes that women have had Il
encounter, wine stands at the head The
appetite for strong drink in man has spoiled
the lives Of more women-ruined more
hopes for them, scattered more fortunes foI
them, brought them more shame, sorrow
and hardship-than any other evil that
lives: The country numbers thousands-Day
hundreds of thOusands-Oi women who are
widows to-day, sitting in hopeless weeds be-
cause their husbands have been slain BY
strong drink. There are hundreds of thou
sends Of homes scattered all over the land in
which women live their lives of torture, 60
ing through all the changes Of suffering that
lie between the extremes Of fear and despair,
because those whom they love love wine bet
ter than they do women they have sworn to
love.
There are women BY thousands who dread
to hear at the door the step that Once thrilled
them with pleasure, because that step has
learned to reel under the influence Of the
seductive poison. There are women groan-
ing with pain, while We are writing these
words, IRON bruises inflicted BY husbands
made mad BY drink. There can be no ex-
aggeratiOn in any statement made in regard
to this matter, because no human imsgi,A
ton can create anything wore than the truth,
and no pen is capable OF pOrtraying the
truth. The sorrows and horrors of a wife
with drunken husband, or mott er with
= drunken sOD. are a. near the realization OF
hell ss can BE- reached in this world, ut least.
The shame, the indignation the aOrrOw, the
sense of disgrace Of herself and children. the
poverty-nOt unfrequently beggary-ihe fear
and the violence, the lingering life long
struggle and despair Of countless women with
drunken husbands are enough to make all
women ours, wine, and engage unitedly to
oppose it everywhere as the worst enemy Of
heir rex.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
Receipts 81 NeW C0ss~a - S0sessle 81 .
Young Girl.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 23.-The fir-t new cotton
was received thi. morning.
Miss Ella A., daughter Of Col. Fred
Doley, o Florence, Mrs, Committed suicide
by taking lsndsnum. las; Monday night
after retiring from party given in honor o.
her dsbu into society, she having jus; gradu.
ared. She LETT note Tor her mother stating
that she Wa tired OF life
Ass- GSBburn Gsoa0PabBy Discharge.
CoLUNBus, O., Aug. 25.-In the Baaen-
barger case the entire day has been con~um-
ed by the Counsel in arguing the molten to
discharge Mr.. Coibain, the defendant, and
at 5 O'Clock che was discharged.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
THE NEWTON TRAGEDY.
Death s,r Three Mere yiestm.

Death of Three Mere Victims.
From passengers on the night train train
of the Santa Fe railroad, who arrived al To-
peks last evening, we learn that three more
persons who were wounded during the muir
derous ARRAY at Newton on Sunday morning
last, died yesterday. Lee. the brakeman on
the Santa Fe railroad, was one q: The un.or-
tunate victims. His body arrived on the
train last nigh; and will be buried in Topeka
to-day.
This IL the most terrible tragedy that has
ever occurred in Kansas during civil times.
1t il . burning shame and disgrace to Kan
sas, and measures should at once be ado pied
to prevent repetition. II will be remem-
bered that Newton has no municipal govern
n,ent, and thus it is dependent upon its
authorities for protection, As they
are inadequate TO govern such lsuless and
reckless class "A predominant in that town,
We believe it would be an act of humanity
for the military branch of the government to
take possession Of it and control it until
civil organization can be formed, and in
which there is strength enough to offer pro-
lection to its people. LIE. US have no more
Of such sickening and shocking trayeiies.-
Commonwealth.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
a Utica Brute.

From the Ufiea Observer, lsA
The residents Of Nelson street and vicin-
ity, in the Seventh Ward, are greatly ex-
cited to-day over a case Of continued bru-
tality, which eliminated this morning in the
victim receiving serious injuries. The facts
in regard IN the matter, as far As We have
learned, are A. follows: Philo Evans, boat
caulker by occupation, and Of incorporate
habita and who j. brute, as the sequel will
show, for some time has resided at No. a
Nelson street with woman named Mr..
Prindle. Evans claims that he is married to
her, but Ms. Prindle assertsfhat he's not.
Be this a. it may, they have lived together,
and Evans has abused her shamefnlly, il
seems, at various times, brutally beating her.
This morning he subjected her to more ILL.,
treatment, and she was heard to scream sew
eral times. Finally, towards noon, the
brute savagely pitched her from the side door
Of the house, the steps to which are quite
high, she landing in the yard and being rem
dered unconscious BY the fall. A crowd soon
gathered, and medical assistance and the pO-
lice sent for, but for some time no one sp-
parently dare enter tbs house. Dr.. Churchill
in due time arrived and attended to the in
jured woman. She was seriously injured,
and her face and breast looked u II she had
been subjected to severe pounding. On the
arrival Of the police the brute Evans was
arrested, and was soon landed in
The stafion house. 1t ID to be hoped TINT he
will receive such summary justice that he
will not Be inclined to maltreat q woman
lSain.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

It u seated that the egg Of the common,
hen, - veil - those Of many other bird,
present certain external characteristics by
means Of which it ID possible to determine
beforehand the sex to Be Matched from them.
Thus The male" egg haa, 1t it, pointed end
small folds and wrinkles, while tie ''iemale"
egy i entirely smooth and we'll rounded of
q both endA.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

The Hostiesltxria says: 1t isa good plan
for all fruit growers to apply lime freely in
their orchards every two or three yean A
half bmhel to each tree, or 100 bushela broad
cast, per acre, will suffice. Light. loamy
lands will be bet bene6tied BY lime, and
shell lime is better Tor fruit trees than the
usual stone lime.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

ST. LoUIs. Aug. 25.-Judge Lendiey, to
day, refused 10 grant the Injunction applied
for yesterday, 10 injoin the sale Of the North
Missouri railroad. The sale, therefore, will
take place tomorrow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-19

Gen. G. G. Washburn's Donation to the
sufferers.
1t will be seen by the following that q
carload of flour, donated by Gen. Wash
burn and shipped from Minneapolis, tc
aid the Chicago sufferers, has been sent
to the Mayor of Green Bay, chairman oil
of the Committee, by consent of the
donor, to aid the sufferers North.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. Is, 1871.
To the Mayor of Green Bay A car.
load of -four donated by G. G. Washburn,
and shipped from Minneapolis to aid the
Chicago sufferers, will be sent to you, by
consent of the donor It will be deliver
ed to the G. g N. w. to night, and, il
needed badly, think that company
would run it to your city by passenger
train by tomorrow p. m.
Are your committees organized so as
to take care of, and properly distribute
all supplies that will be sent to your
care S. S. MERRILL.
GREEN BAY, Oct. Is, II.
S. S. MERRILL, MILWAUKEE, Dis
patch received. Thanks Our committees
are fully organized. with ample means to
receive and distribute supplies.
G. d. ROBINSON,
For Committee.