The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-04-11
0Neeklp Gimes
THURSDAY, APRIL II 1872.



Seventeen applications from ladies, all in
vain, for registration were made in one ward
in New Haven.
A lady, Mrs George ". Reed, has
been elected superintendent Of schools at
Montpelier
The Prince OF Wales and Queen
Marie Henrie;ie Of Belgium are both an
nouneed enoeiate.
Twenty Brooklyn churches unite this
week in grand fair foT the Woman's | Mon
Missionary Society.
The Grand Duke Alexis goes TO Rio
Janeiro direct from Havana, thence To
China by the way Of the Cape Of Good Hope.
An Illinois farmer, L wool raiser, las
kept his annual Clip for five years past, and
threw ii all upon the marie. AZ once, the
other dag. Il amounted 10 CyeT 1900
pounds, and hc got aiz;y-iye cen;s perpouni
all round.
A somewhat asceiically inclined gentle
man having written 10 the Bishop Of Quebec
as TO the sinfulness of dancing, Bishop vii
lia,ns concludes his reply with these words:
81 am alive 10 the danger Of friTolily, but
there are greater dangers in 4 Young mans
path; would rather see my son to- fC.i of
the ball room than too shy OF il"
The Swiss Confederation, though It's
population number little over $500, 900
persons, contains three naiionaliJies, German,
French and Italian, and is split up into
twenty-five se.ni-iEdepeEteni canlons. Each
canton il divided into administrative Dis
,ricts prefecture ard political c5rG- antics
icommrnes1.
A jealous tax collector IN Michigan
town, forcibly robbed delinqnen; citizen on
the street recently, and took his gold watch
as security for the payment Of tie tax.
Neither would he give up the captured prop
erty until informed by counsel lhat the pro-
ceediDg was unlawful, when be returned Il
with an apology.
Some idea Of the yalns OF our great cat /
tie hive, Texas, may be gained from the
Statement; that there are nearly fGur million
head Of cattle in that State. Seven hundred 4
and fifty thousand calves are raised and .
branded every year. All are raised on the
great Texas plains, which cover an area Of I
one hundred and tiity-two million Icres.
Experiments have lately been tried at
crossing the bufialocs with domestic cattle,
and the result is pronounced highly satisfic-
tory, breed o: animals being produced .
which retains many Of the the valuable
properties Of beth breeds. The animals a.e
large and strong, the chief objection TO them
being that no ordinary fence stops them for
a moment, and tina, they lore The water
70 much that they will swim and spor, in Il
even when it is full OF ice.
1t is no: generally known tia, oysters
and clans can see. Its, however, the iac.
They have not regularly constructed eyes,
which give distinct impressions OF objects
on the retiIa, tut ;hey have floating nerve
fllaments, that give them sense Of light
They are rudimenial optic, bu, sufficient for
all the purpose .oi these very humble
animal forms
A visitor 20 the United States supreme
Court writes: Facing the door ~ you crtcr,
on 4 raised platform, IL a;ikcn roles 1t the
nine Judges-suppo=sd 10 he the most dig
niiied tribunal in America and ! have nc
doubt it is, notwithstanding / have seen one
of the Judges eat an apple with great rus;o
while seated on the bench, and another par
take of molasses candy, and after The repa5t
lick every one of his ten finger with great
satisfaction