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Rock Island Argus., 1871-11-08

A VOID QUAC S.--A VICTIM of early in
N discretion, causing nervous debility, pre-
mature decay, ETC., having tried IN vain every ad,
Vertised remedy, has discovered simple means OF
sefcure, which ne will send 10 his fellow
Address j. Il. REEVES, IS Nassau st. n. u,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, Aug. 23.-The disturbances At
New Castle-on-Tyne continue, and the au-
thorities contemplate calling on, the militia
To- restore order
LONDON, Aug. 2i.-The Amnesty Assoc
ciari"a u. DIblin will hold meeting AT
Phasmis Park, ON September Sd, To petition
the Queen :or the Liberation Of political prs
/ ontTs.
Commodore Ashbury's yacht Livonis
sails on the 3lst of August for New York.
The Times special from Paris states tina,
the question oi the dissolution OF the Assem-
bly, L. causing great excitement, and tha,
grave consequences are possible.
The Echo To day has dispatch from
Vienna To the effect that over;ures had been
made by bismarck to the Austrian Govern
meGt for the settlement. of the Rouwain Rail-
road difficulty.
4 correspondent saws the English foreign
officer has been warned 10 watch the pro-
ceedIBgs al Gasie:n.
LONDON, Aug. - The British ships
Lone Cere,is and Knight Errant, bound to
san Francisco, were wrecked off Cape Horn
Eight lives were lost yesterday from the
sinking ola schooner in the English channel
IN consequence "i collision.
The reports Of cholera at Antwerp have
caused the enforcement of quarantine laws at
shat port.
The Independence Beige to-day, discre,iils
the reported appearance of cholera at
Antwerp. AT konig-berg. on "Wednesday,
there were 10 cases ard iorty-sight deaths.
and at Dautsic, On the same day, twelve
Cases and ten deaths. The epidemic il de-
creasiup in Russia
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
CHICAGO.


CHICAGO, Ang. Pin the Agriculture
Convention the Committee ON P-rmanen
Organization reported that such ',l,.,aizt
ton at the present time would h.. premature
| and they therefore recommended the meet
| ing to adjourn, subject to the call Of the TX
ecutive Committee. to be composed OF III,
| officers, and that the committee lie Charge
with the duty Of drafting articles of a-socia.
| ton.
Mr.. Flagg, rom the Committee on Ex
periment-, made a report in which they laid
We want our meteorological observations.
First, Scientific after tine Smithson plan
Second, Practical, like those Of the sigma
service. Two mechanical experiments, fir.
in strength Of materials. second in motiy,
powers and third in trials OF agricIl,u: al i'm
pliment-.
Third, Experiments in physic-, especially
in the effects of the different ,iegt.ss o
light. heat, electricity, moisture and vegcti-
BILE life
Fourth, Experiments in industrial chem
istry, such az analysis of soils, Of clays, and
other sari!,s used in the arts, Goals and build
rocks, minerals, plants and their products,
and OF animal products.
Fifth, Experiments and observations in
mining metalurgy.
Sixth, Experiments with soil in ;heir
drainage, pulverization by different imp!e
ments and their composition, the application
OF different fertilizer, the location o. coils
in adjoining plats-
Seventh, Experiments in special culture
with different varieties Of gra~e-, grains,
roots, plants, trees, ETC., with variations in
the time, distance and depth Of planting,
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Whatever y0s have 70 81, my friend.
Whether witty, OF gr1'e, o. gAy,
Condenso - much n eve, you can,
And say in the readiest way;
And vheihef you write Cfrural adal:s,
CIT particular things in town,
Just take Q word Of friendly sdvice-
Boil IL down.
For il you 60 spiutte,ing over page
When . couple Of lines would do,
Your butter is spread % much, you zee.
That the bread looks plaialy through.
So when you have story to tell,
And would like little rsn0wn.
To make quite sure of ye1r vish, my friSnd-
Boil II down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose, o. veFR, JUST Try
To utter yoar thoaghss In The fewesi words.
And LET them Be crisp and dry.
And when IL IL knishea, end you suppoee
IL is done exactly brown.
Just look II owe. again. an then
Boil IL down.
For editofs do not like 70 print
An article laxily long,
And the reader does net care
For couple Of yards a song;
So eather your Wits In The smallest space
II you vim the author crown,
Aud every time you write, ny friend,
Boil II down.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31

LEAyEyWORTH AND
RA0LROAD.

ne railroad from Leavenwor;h TO To-
peka will be built at an esrly day. The peo-
plc, this county have decided to extend aid
To 1t in an amount large enough to secure
the road.
There Is one question which now delays
immediate action; that IL, whether the road
is to be built and operated by the X. p. T.,
or by the G., S. W. & P. r., narrow gauge,
running from Leavenworth, via Oskalooea
and Topeka, 10 the southwest line Of the
State Should the K. P. r. sell the Law
renee Branch, they will operate the line from,
Topeka to Leavenwor;h.
o-kaIoosa is largely interested in this line,
ani il she. with other towns along the route
through Jefferson County, will extend aid to
the amount of one hundred thousand dollars,
the road will run through Oskaloosa.
II they do not do this, the road will run
10 the south Of Oskaloosa, over much more
favorable route.
The business men Of Leavenworth are
bound to have an independent road directly
to he Yves, and southwest.
The only paying roads in the country are
the east and west, and roads running from
the southwest and northwest, towards the
great centers of trade. Taking this fact into
consideration, an east and west road is Of
grea, importance to Jefferson Co.
road from Leavenworth west, through
tn north part Of that county, will be built
this year And nov, if they secure a road
through the middle or southern part of the
county they will have all the railroad facili-
tie Iiey need
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-31
MEN LIKE HIN.

The e1-rebel soldier, whose appointment
to clerkship in the Postoffice Department
At Washington lately occasioned so much ex.
element, has published card, in which b,
declares he has renowned his Confedera;.
principles and attached himself to the Union
principles of the Republican party. By the
reveal Of the test oath his political disabili.
ties were removed, and the fact that he was
once Confederate soldier, does not proven,
him from holding Office Being good Re.
publican, he asks if his party expects to
maintain foothold in the South BY snub-
hing men like him. We han't seen the an
swers vet,
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FROM JACKSON COUNTY.

The BENDS vosea-3s5 Majority.
The following telegram was received here
Yesterday:
NErAwAKA, Kan, Aug. 2S.
JUDGE ROBERT CEozIER, Leavenworth.-
Jackson County bonds for the Kansas Cen
trail Railway Company carried BY 275 ma.
jority. IF. WYATT.
This is good newr, ard insures the build
ing of the road to Holton and Neiawaka
within the next twelve months.
We hope to hear good news from Win
chester. Leavenworth wants railroad connec-
ton with that lively town. Her people
must now see that the::K. C. T. mean, business.
In no other direction are they certain OF Oh
tanning a road. If Winchester votes the
bonds for the K. c. r. her citizens can ride
to Leavenworth On the cars in January next.
The whole west is alive and is determined
to DO the fair thing by this road and by
To~roD-orSh
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LETUN HAVE RAILROADs.

The C., S. W. & L. Railroad Co. hav,
made proposition to our County Beard Il
build narrow gauge road from Leaver.
worth to the Southwestern line of the State
The route is not definitely settled upon.
1t may run via Oskalocsa and Topeka or &C
via De Soto, Ottawa and Burlington. :.
The County Board will, We learn,
submit this proposition to the PEG.
pie, and We believe the people will approve
Of it BY their votes. 1t is an importan,
road, and will contribute largely to the in
terests of Leavenworth.
We prefer TO have this road run via De-
Soto, but of course the direction depends
principally upon the subsidies given along
the line
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Pumng Extraordinary.

In the graphic account Of the shooting
scrape at Newton, published in this morn
ing's Commonwealth, we notice the following
first-class and very gilt-edged notice Of tn,
Glance" and other "houses" in Newton:
"The proprietors Of these houses are al
men who have many friends, and who, BY
their personal qualities are universally pop
ular. Quiet, never intoxicated, and gener
Gus to fault, their constant aim has been tc
keep quiet and orderly houses; and they Oh
their employees have always suppressed any
signs of tumult or disorder Immediately on
their inception. 1t must he said, to tbeiI
credit, that no disturbance would ever occur
could their efforts quell it,"
1t may be that q man who divides with q
fallen woman the pitiful wages of her sin
and shame has many fine personal quail
ties" but most decent people are unable To
discover them. 1t may be that q man who
keeps a wretched shantv where poor,
miserable, degraded, blear-eyed bat
tered efigies of women whirl in drunken
dances with men more british than them
selves, it may be. we say, that such man
may be generous to fault" but We have
never been able to see where the gene
rosityr comes in. l. NAV he that man
who deals out to two legged bru.es whisky
which would eat holes in the hide Of any
Texan steer in the prairie around Newton. it
NAV be that that man is all the while en-
deavoring to "preserve order" but the COM
mon sense of mankind in general fails to
recognize the fact. The high qualities Of
such men, are as doubtful to us as the virtue
of prostitute and the conscience Of pick
pocket, and it lis our candid opion that if
there is anything in orthodoxy, hell ia full
of just such generous, sober, orderly, popu-
lar gentlemen.-7Speka Record.
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a DEMOCRATaC CANO1DArE.

The Democratic Executive Committee Of
Obi" has cancelled McCook' appointments to
speak, and virtually Withdrawn him from the
field as candidate for Governor The plea i.
that Mac is sick, but it is generally believed
that he is partially derangel. The following
is sample from one Of his speeches:
Talk Of the tariff! Two cents tashel
on ir"n-salt-sugar mean. Workingmen,
think Of that. And the bonds ain: faxed,
bu. y"nr salt is taxed, your sugar l mean,
two cents a bushel-a pound ] mean. And
who says Gen. Jackson was not great man?
Who ever heard Of him taxing poor mems
salt, -ugar mean, two cents a bushel? No,
Sir, Cd Hickory swore BY the Eternal sugar
should be free of tax! Then there il the
debt I'll twenty five thousand billions, and only
t~o hundred and eighty thousand paid off in
five years. Where has the rest gone to? The
Republicans stole it to enrich the iron.
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ST. PAUL.
| A Military Expedition SO Accompany
| she E0simeers.

she Engineers.
ST. PAUL, Aug. p A military expedi
ton is now fitting out 1T 81 Paul which vii
have the double object Of TX the In
gineers vi the Northern Pacific Railroad
while making the final location OF the line
through Western Dako,ah and Eastern Mon
tana, and Of snppressine ny h',-iiie demon
STATIONS OF the Sioux Indians. in the Vel
lowstone Valley. The expedition will CON-
sist of seven companies oi infantry, four
guns, twenty-five mounted Indian scouts.
twenty-five members of the Northern Pacific
Engineer Corps and seventy teams:ers and
Government employees, making a total of
abou, six hundred nen. The troops will M
commanded by General Whistler, and the
Engineering party will lie in charge of Gen
L. H. Roser, formerly ri Confederate cav
airy tame, and now Chief Engineer of the
Dakotah division of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The expedition will leave Fort
Rice on the 9Th oi September, aud will be
absent sixty or seventy day. The latest
survey % the railroad line through Dakoiah
crosses the Missouri river at the mouth of
Heart river, and wholly avoids the bad
lands east Of the Missouri, and iraverses a
fertile prairie country the entire distance.
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CHICAGO GRAIN TkADE.

The Chicago Tribune laments the deca-
dence of the grain trade of that city. Not
,hst the absolute quantity of grain handled
BY Chicago diminishes, but that the trade
does not increase with the growth and pro-
duct Of the Northwestern grain fields. The
rivals of Chicago divide that territory and
its products with:thei former undisputed mis-
tres. Milwaukee received as much wheat
last year a. Chicago Toledo has drawn
largely on the corn Of Southern and South
western Illinois, az well as the winter wheat
of Indiana and Western Ohio. St. Lonis has
succeeded in establishing grain center on
the Mississippi river, in active ard equal
rivalry with the great mart at the head of
Lake Michigan; and Chicago is obliged to
content herself with division of the spoilS.
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john rREXIX REDIVlyUs.

The New York Tribune is responsible for
the following
Mr.. Reucher, of the Santa Fe Democrat,
was so busy last week attending to some
mining matters, thae he was compelled to
leave his paper in the hands of his Mexican
assistant. This ambitious Aztec, jealous to
distinguish himself in his profession, and to
strike blow for the cause of his party, pub
fishes list of our New York Court House
expenditures, upon which he bases . savage
attack upon Hall and Connolly, Ingersoll
and Carney, denouncins them as Radical
thieves, and predicting ruin and pillage to
the ci liens Of New Mexico if they elect the
Republican ticket Que sotcfa de ladronss!
he exclaims: "Wh.t horde OF robbers are
these Republican of6cials.' Mr.. Reucher
vas last seen riding rapidly in the direction
Of Santa Fe, with Derrineer in each hand
and = howie-knife in his teeth. 1t was con-
iectured he had seen his paper and yearned
to see his assistant.
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The Social Evil.

The most serious obstacle in the reforma-
ton of the victims consists in the Internal
amount Of virtue among our respectable
women, who emphaticaliy veto every at
temp, in this direction, BY refusing those who
desire to escape from the degradation, any
admission TO their homes, and thus drive
them lack to that from which they had tenn
porsrily emerged, hoping for helping hands.
] am informed that an effort was recently
made BY the Boston police authorities to re-
form such persons BY enabling them to OBJ
tain suitable employment, which was largely
successful for time. One went to Nafick,
Mass, among other pl1oes, selling sewing
machines, and wa. doing well but these ''vir-
tuous ell-hounds' tracked out her ante
tons. A lady then, who sealously advocai-
ed the reclamation of such. vas asked # che
would board the girl; she Indignantly replied
in the negative. l understand that move
ment, like others Of similar character, has
failed mainly from the ''I-am-holier-than-
thou spirit. manifested by "virtuous" wo-
men. many of whom differ only from proeti-
tutes in degree and determination, for while
prostitutes usually enter the profession under
necessity, and leave it when they convenient
" can, many respectable" women prOsti-
tute themselves for life BY marrying for
money without love.
Conformity to fashion on display in dress
involves OUTLAWS beyond the means which
legitimate labor can supply. The gew-gaws
or display al fashionable receptions BY those
Who can dip in the Treasury and obtain
douceurs for land grants are largely account
able for the resultant peculation and prosti-
tuition on the part of those to whom such oP-
porunities are denied. If prominent lead
ers of society here, the wives Of eminent
officials, etc., were to receive" in dresses
not costing over SIS the social evil would be
more effectively diminished than by any
amount Of mere preaching "virtuous' in
dienation. As it il, the blood of many an
unfortunate is on the heads of the wives Of
Presidents, Generals, or Cabinet ministers.
correspondence Washington Chronicle.
The sabove can be read with profit,
by those who are interested in retaining
los, men and women.
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FROM HOWARD COUNTY.

HOWARD CITY, Aug. 20, 1871.
Being a subscriber of your paper, and you
having goodly number of subscribers here,
l thought it would he to some advantage to
our community, as we'll as to others, to be
heard from occasionally. There are several
persons here speaking about subscribing for
your paper As soon as their subscriptions are
out with other journals. We have thriv-
ing village here, and the location Ia good
for town 1t is surrounded by good farm
ing and stock country, timber enough for
convenience, and plenty of pure running
water. Coal is abundant enough for fuel
and all purposes. Our town il no located a.
TO get the County Seat, should the county be
divided, "a it no doubt will be soon, the
county being entirely too large to accommo-
date the entire population. The present
county seat is on the natural railroad route
from Humboldt 10 Arkansas City. That
road is now being contemplated, and now is
the time to invest here, as it is q good lOca-
ton for wholesale and retail establishments
to supply the Southwest, which is all, or
nearly settled up. Any person wishing to
go into business of this kind, will do we'll to
visit our town and see the prospects before
locating elsewhere.
We also have advantages of water for
machinery.
We have tri-weekly stage to Eureka,
and good hotel to accommodate those Look
ing out for homes and locations for business.
A word TO the wise is enough.
Yours truly, A SUBSCRIBER.
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aEAvExwoRrn INTERFERING.

The Champion OF Atchison, is authority
for the statement that the Leavenworth peo-
pie are interfering in Jefferson County, to
prevent, if possible, aid from being voted 10
the Atchison, Oskaloosa & Lawrence X. K.
We publish the Champions article in anoth-
or place.-Larence Paper.
We feel justified in assuring our cotempo-
rary that there is much better authority than
the Atchison Champion in matters apper-
tanning to the interests of Leavenworth
Leavenworth people are not interfering in
Jefferson County" to proven. bonds being
voted to any railroad, and We trust our Law
renee neighbos will not lend their columns
70 the circulation of John Martins fictions.
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q Series 0T SssPprases.

4
i Young man, his wife and little daugh-
ter, residing in 81. Louis, Ind quite round
of excitement for one day, recently While
he went To his place of business she took her
childto the park, and while there saw, lean
ing against 4 statue, man she took for her
husband, but on going up to him, proved an
entire stranger The episode started an ac-
quiintance, however, and they commenced
/ conversation. Meanwhile, Il friend 81 her
husband met him in the street and jesiingiv
reInarke that his wifi. mus; find something
attractive in the park, a. he always found her
| there. Stung BY jealousy, the Young man
st out to discover. He drove to the park,
ieaped from his carriage and hurried ON
! through the avenues ia search OF his dear
ONES What were his feelings when h. saw
| what he supposed was the full realization %,
his friends hints There cruld be n, mis-
| take, for, sitting AT the fpot Of the monu-
mrDt his wife, and at her feet a gentle
man who was perfect stran er to him, car
essing and chatting with his child With
cry Of rage and despair he sprang upon the
supposed invader of his family peace, seized
him by the throat and presented revolver
at his breast The wife, innocent OF any
wrong, retained wonderfully her presence o.
mind, and begged, pleaded and impior-.
him to await an explanation. Time was
thus gained, and the husbands second sober
thought came to him. H. would spare the
strangers life, but she, hi wife. should
leave his house and home. lie released his
hold upon the gentleman, and after lev
moments Of unbroken silence the wife ven
tured to speak. The husband listened, but
only mechanically, to her story, but the little
angel at his side broke the ice by exclaiming:
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A JUST vERDECT.

The verdict of the coroner's jury in the
case of the Westfeld is worthy of special
commendation II declares that the compa-
ny has been criminally negligent, and i
therefore responsible, and The District At
torney il recommended to take the necessary
steps to have them punished. The verdict
is an edmonton which should be needed by
very many who are liable to be brought in
to conspicuous notice by boiler explosion
kind of calamity which has Of late been
alarmingly frequent. Neither public sen,i-
ment nor legal action is likely to take the
hack track in this regard.
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VIII AT NEXT.

Writing from Cheyenne, Wyoming, a
correspondent gays: ''One of our. leading
Woman Sufiragists, the wife of prominen,
citizen, and most respectable and accom-
plished lady, created something Of a sensn-
ton lat week by promenading about town
with the Mayor, the lady smoking. mean
time, a fragrsn: Havana. 1t is understood
that this eccentric feat WAS performed on
wager. There was nothing especially wrong
about il, but some of the elders stood aghast
with horror, and contemplative husbands
were heard to murmur, in pathetic tones,
What nextp'
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COLORED SCHOOLS.

We are informed that the Rev. J. c.
Embrey will lecture upon the question of the
Colored Schools Of our city on next, Sunday
evening, At the First A. NJ. E. Church.
The subject is one Of grea. importance, az
fecting the present and future welfare Of the
people Of Leavenworth, and We know of no
one 90 capable Of comprehendins the wants
Of the oolored children, and 80 competant to
instruct upon the best method of curing the
evils which now exist in these schools, as
Mr.. Embrey.
That gross evils have existed, and that
these schools, numbering over one thousand
pupils, have not received that care and at
tention thai the white schools have, is fact
% notorious that every citizen should be
ashamed Of it.
The very locations of the buildings are in
ont Of the way places, and the North Leaven-
worth schoolhouse, particularly, is placed
where no one would have thought Of erect
ing white schoolhouse.
We hope all Interested will avail them
selves Of tie opportunity, and hear what
Mr.. E has 70 o0ef On The subject
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An ACCOMMODATlNs RAILROAD.
The Atchison and Nebraska Railroad ar

The Atchison and Nebraska Railroad are
running their trains to accommodate the
travelling public. Passengers can leave
Leavenworth at SIS A. N. and arrive at
Salem, Nebraska, at 2:O5 P. M.-only five
and one-half hours. This is making good
time, and opens up to Leavenworth the
trade of Doniphan, Troy, Iowa Point, White
Cloud and Southeastern Nebraska. Now Is
the time for our merchants to visit the en-
tire lire of this road. Mr.. Firth, the Super.
inlendcnt. guarantees TIE same promptness
in forwarding freight.
We hope soon to hear of the transfer Of
the road from here to Atchison TO Mr.. Joy,
and that the competent and accommodating
Mr.. Firth will BE- the Superintendent Of the
consolidated roads.