The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-10-05

County Cierk
| EVERY advertisement in The TINES l:
paving. There is no dead matter in oui
columns. Can our Contemporaries say as
much? We guess not.
J. L. BAKER, Chairman Of the County
Commissioners, Of Greenwood county, ad'
vertises for roposals for building the cour'
| house In Eureka.
liz seers that the two Dunlevys and
Douplass. who we're all three shot in an at.
fray a, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas
are recovering from their wounds.
IT is said that Dr. Medlicott is allowed to
keep the kew of his own cell, at his new jail
quarters, at Garnet, and that he is treated
a. CUES, of the prison.
The "Na,rM Gauge" is the name oil
paper which the x: c. r. Z. Company have
published and are abont to circulate for the
information Of the people Of counties west
of Us.
SECOND CRoP.-We have seen some spec
linen Early Rose potatoes Of second crop,
raised by G. ". H. Moore, Esq, planted on
the 22nd of July, from crop planted by X
J. Menteer in March last.
GOLDSMITH MAID seems to have made 4
decided failure at St. Joe, judging from the
expectations as TO her great speed. A friend
from there reports her time as follows: lst
heat, 2:2i; ID, 2:lS!; Sd, 2:23.
Road stea mers are being introduced IN
various part of the country. One will carry
a party of passengers to the Fair Ground at
ST. .ouis, preceded with a land of music,
&c.
We are informed that 600 hands and 100
teams are at work al the Fort on the rail-
road, and 100 more teams are 10 be en-
ployed. The work on the bridge is also
progressing finely.
Nh. J. +. HOPPER is introducing hard
coal, IIackawana. in this city, and has
opened an Office at No. ll3, South Third
street, where all orders for the same should
be left, ami will receive prompt attention.
The fir-r freight over the Chicago 4
Southwestern iailroad, was n lot OF deli
cious Cali ornra grapes, Malagas or raisin
grapes, for some 0, the punches OF which
we are under Obligations TO MIR. ;. ,.
Stevens, the general Western Agent OF the
road
FINE APPLEs We are indebted to Marion
Todd, Esq, from ever the river, for lot OF
as fine apples, known as Lees Favorite,
large and luscious, VT have tasted this
season. Some them weighed / : pounds,
and scld at 81 per hushel with rising
market. There viii be another load in the
city in few days.
We learn that the contractors Tor building
the road from Fort Leavenwor,h are import
ing or about TO import laborers from Illinois,
while they refuse to employ laborers who
live and have families here, simply on &C
count of color. This is all wrong. Home
labor ought to be protected, and money kept
in the Stale where the work is done.
Mr.. II. g. RUSSELL, living three miles
west of the city has raised on the nplands a
crop of mammoth potatoes, one OF which,
weighing IL pounds and 6 ounces, he show
ed to us Yesterday morning This ambitious
vegetable lacked only ten ounces OF being a
peck Of potatoes. Five Of his hes: Will make
over bu>hei in weight, and Mr.. Russell
intends to send them to the Fair at St. Louis.
Who can beat that?
A FIRE occurred Friday night about 10
o'clock in Kansas City, on Main street, near
the levee, consuming the candy factory OF
Schwartz & Stuchlek, the double building of
Mr.. Campbell, portion occupied by a cour-
texan named Williams, and building be-
longing 10 a Mr. Watkins. Most of the
property was insured to its full value, except
the furniture of Miss Emmerson, who esti-
mates her loss at about $1,000.
shocking Murder.
We are indebted 10 Mr.. G. S. Smith for
the following account of a murder committed
at Leroy, Coffey Co., KS, on Saturday alter
noon, Sept, Both, the information OF which
was conveyed 10 him by letter from friend.
On that day two old farmers, named J. Peir-
sons and Joseph Vittol met in Leroy, when
Persons cut Vittol's throat with jackniie,
who lived about three minutes. No cause is
assigned for this most shocking murder.
The Clyde Watchman says that railroad
matters in Cloud County are quite lively
The Atchison and Leavenworth interests
meet here in antagonism before the people,
for request to vote bonds either to the Gen.
trail Branch or the Narrow Gauge. The for
mer's advocates are engaged now in stump
ing the county, and the Waterman, which is
friend to Leavenworth, calls aloud for as
sistance. We trust that it will be forthcom-
ing Immediately. The Narrow Gauge has
he advantage i'm argument and no doubt a