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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-02-15
CITY TAX NOTICE.

NOrICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAI THE
N City Tax Rsll for ls7l has bean plaesd in ny
hands ior collection. will attend With said roll
e HSnday In November.
and daily thereafter for thirty days, for the Pur-
On III ssxss re1aining unpaid after the nrst day
Of January, 1877, there vi b penalty Of ten tis)
Ths relieving taxes were levied BY ths City Csun.
ell q the taxss for the ascal year:
General Fund tper dollar mills
6ehool End do mills
Ffrs Dept Fund do y mills
a. ma 10 mill
0svsrs, Culvert aud
o! 3D.: r y;S,u,,, and do mills
ext'c S,rsst Fun do X mill
0akina Fund dc milk
LIT. On City Bond Fand do 8 ailb
lat1rs iasi vintsr. edded an sddiuell levy q dx
:.a.. % :s sas aG y. ely, :.Ess sSs
city Of Is niils HENRY DEcKEt1AN:
By r. n. MADDEN, Deputy. nOvis-iSt
The above advertisement i set up in usual
TINES type, and is the one referred to, and
measures just four squares, eight lines nom
pareil making one square.
Gro. PALMER, Foreman.
1t will he seen that Mr. johnson, who
is printer, deliberately lied when he made
the statement to the Council.
The pretense Of measuring the squares BE-
fore the Council wasa farce - he did not have
The advertisement set up in TIE TnGn type.
and he could not possibly measure il without. |
Mr.. Creighton told NJ yesterday that he |
did mot help measure it, and that he could |
not.
II ten hns Of type was 4 square the 3D.
,srtissnsnt would make only three and
. half squareA
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A Mexican Plog.

Mark Twain, in 4 recent lecture, tells of
horse he bought in Carson City, as follows:
Everybody roade horseback in that town.
I never saw such magnificent horsemanship
a. that displayed in Carson's streets every
day, and did envy them, though am not
much Of horseman. But had soon learn
ed to tell horse from a COW, and has burn
ing with impatience to learn more. l was
determined TO have q horse and ride my
self.
Whilst this thought was ranking in my
mind, the auctioneer came scoring the plaza
on black beast that Wis bumped - like
dromedary-and fearfuliy homely. He Wa
going at twenty-five dollars, for horse, sad
die and Bride"
A man standing near by me-whom l
didn't know, but who turned out to be the
auctioneer' sbrother-Eoticed the wistful look
in my eye, and observed that that was re-
markable horse to be going at such price,
let alone the saddle and bride.
/ said / had half notion to bid.
He said: "Now, you are stranger take
it. You think he is an American horse, but
he is not anything of the kind. He is
Mexican plus-that's what he ia genuine
Mexican plug"
But there was something else about that
mans way of saying it, that made me just
determine that would own genuine Mex
lean plug-if it took every cent had. And
said:
"Has he any other advantages"
He hooked his fOrefinger in the pocket of
my army shirt, and led me to one side, and
uttered:
Ssh! don't tay word! He can buck any
horse in America; he can cut buck any horse
in the wOrld"'
Just then the aucti0neer came along:
"Twenty-four, twenty-four dollars, for
horse, saddle and Bride"
! said "twenty-seven"
''S0ld."
took the genuine Mexican plug, paid for
him, put him in livery stable, let him get
something to eat, ard get rested, and then in
the afternoon brought him out in the plaza,
and some Of the citizens held him by the
head, and others held him down to the earth
by the tail, and l got on him. As soon -
those people let 20. he put his feet all in q
bunch together, let his back sag down, and
then he arched it upand shot me one hundred
and eighty yards; and l came down again,
straight down, and lighted in the saddle
and went up again. Ind when came down
the next time / lit on his neck, and seized
him, and slid back into the saddle and held
on. Then he raised himself straight up in |
the air on his hind feet, and just stepped
around like member Of Congress, and then |
be came down and went up the other way, |
and walked around on his hands Just as |
would. Then, he came down on
all TOURS again with same old process of
shooting me up in the air, and the third time
l went up heard a man say,
ooh, don't he buckw
So that was bucking. l was very gla,l to
know it, not that was enjoying it, but then
i had been taking a general interest in it,
and had naturally desired TO know wha, the
name of it was.
And whilst was up, somebody hit the
horse with strap, and when got down
again, the genuine bucker was gone.
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Death Of s~s,asor Grisr,e..

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Fee. S.-Ex-Seustor
Grimes lied at his residence in this ciiy,
$50 last evening. Of heart disease. tn.
disease first made its appearance two week
since
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GenNincness Of the 6chenck Fish Go
FeSpOndence Denied.
NEW YORK.
TaRHR

Hoes Not Favor she Reductions Of
Tariff.
NV YORK, Feb. IA Washington dis
patch says the Chronicle states that On Tues
day, Secretary Boutwell, made a s,aiemen,
before che Senate Finance Committee that he
does not favor any material reduction of the
tariff, because he needed all the revenue he
could get to reduce the public debt; also thai
the talk about war with England was very
injudicious, even if that country should re-
pudiate the Washington treaty, as such fact
would only restor. the prior legal status Of
the case.
Correspondence ssswesn Fish ana
6eheneE.
New YORK, Feb. THE Telegraph III 9
afternoon publishes TIE following CORES
pondence:
LONDON, Feb. Hon. Hamihoa Fish,
Secretary Of S'ot., Washington:
SIR: In view of the rcceHt EXPIRE
sions of opinion rs To what acii, n
Great Britain should take in reference TO tie
Geneva Conference, on the part of Chief JUS
lice Cockburn, and the general tone OF the
English press, desire TO be officially in
formed whether the Government of the
United States wall in any degree recede from
lis claims for indemnify as recently pre-
sented.
(Signed) Obd't servant.
ROBERT NJ. ScHENCK,
Envoy Extraordinary, &.
''DEPaRTaEHT OF STATE,
wAsuISGIoS, Feby. !.
"Io Hon. RoJt. w. Schenck, London:
SIR-You are authorized TO affirm that in
no event will the Government Of the United
States recede from the position it has taken
in relation to the Washington Treaty.
Your obedient servant,
lS!Gnedl HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary Of State
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Thrown from she Track

Sr. LouIs, Feb. 1.-TWO sleeping cars of
apassenser train coming east on the M;sson-i
Pacific Railrosd we're thrown from the track
about 8 o'clock this morning, some fifteen
miles this side Of J.ffsrson City. One of them
slid down an embankmen; endwise. while
the other and 4 passenger coach, we're brown
scros' ihetrack. Seven persons y. more
or less lsuis-d. hu, 10 one was seriously
hurt. The cause OF the ACCIDENT was the
preakirg OF a rail under the ladies car, iu,,
preceding the sic ping Coaches Mr.. Mar
I'M, OF Leavensor,h, had his forehead
Slightly cut.
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LAMBS FOR the LANDLk.S.

Mr.. Pierce, Chairman Of the Committee
on Education and Labor, in the United
States Hoase Of Representatives, introduced
q bill last Monday which, in its second Sec
ton, provides as follows:
'Tha, any landless citizen OF the United
States, or person having sled his intention
to become citizen thereof, in proper court,
that desires to settle upon the public lands
and enter into an agreement to comply with
the provisions Of this act as hereinafter re-
quired, and shall have designated quarter
section of public lands belonging to the
United States, shall be furnished with trans
portation to such quarter-seclion Of public
lands, and upon the location and entry there
of by said citizen in accordance with the Law,
and upon due proof that he has not sufficient
means to open lands for cultivation, shall be
furnished with articles hereinafter named,
not to exceed the amount stated, to-wit: $50
worth of lumber, canvas, or other building
material; one pillow, one pick-ax, one hoe,
one shovel, one Ak, one Ratchet, 100 pounds
of assorted cut nails, 400 pounds of -four, so
pounds of bacon, 10 pounds Of coffee, 5
pounds of tea, leo pounds of corn meal, 100
pounds of salt, Is bushels of seed wheat, 5
bushels of yeed corn, bushels Of seed pota-
toes, and 81 worth OF assorted garden
SEEDS
The first section provides for an
appropriation of s2oO.OOo,oo0 to carry
ont the provisions Of the section quoted
above Section three provides tina
persons thus aided shall refund ten per cent.
of the aid received, at the end Of five years,
and ten per cent. each year thereafter. The
seventh section of the bill is as follows
''That any person or persons who shall avail
himself, herself or themselves, of the pro-
visions of this act, and shall willfully fail or
neglect 10 comply with its requirements,
shall be deemed guilty Of felony, and upon
conviction, shall be punished by fine of not
less than 500 nor more than 81, 600, or i'm
prisonment for \ term not less than one year,
nor more than Eve years, or both, such fine
and imprisonment in tie discretion Of the
court having Jurisdiction thereof"
This bill, if it becomes law, will enable
any Door man or woman in the country to Sc
cure home.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-Several passengers
injured by the railroad accident near Jefler.
son City to-day have arrived here. 1t ap-
pears some twenty persons are more or less
hurt. bat none dangerously. Mr.. Rice, of
the Planters House, Leavenworth, was &c
verely jsn,med. but NO bones were broken.
Mrs. NJ. P. Goddis and Miss Mary Goddi.,
OF Cincinnati, were couside, ably bruised.
W. d. Rawley, Of Atchison. Kan, Ed.
Maxwell, OF Chicago, and c. W. Mitchell,
OF the Usage Missioa. were severely bruised,
the latter cut about the head. Five or six Of
the wounded stopped over at Herman; none
of them seriously injured.
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The P0ins - Issue.

The protocol of the Treaty of Washington
provides Of the arbitration, BY the Geneva
Conference, for all the claims for damages
whosoever that the United States may have
BY reason Of the fitting out of rebel cruisers
in Great Britain. The following is its Lam
guage:
'sNow In srdsr to remove and adjust al csnplaints
and claims the part Of the United States and to
provide for the speedy settlement Of such claims
which are not admitted BY Her Majesty Govern
said claims Svoriag esf q acts commied by the 9oe-
said resse, and known the Alabama claims, shall
be referred to . tribunal Of arbtrators - etc.
Inasmuch a. the arbitraton who have
been mutually chosen are charged with ad-
justing all claims ''g1o,risg out Of acts COM
mitted BY the Aforesaid vessels, We do not
exactly see what John Bull is growing
about. And ina.much Is those arbitrators,
who ara chosen from disinterested nations,
may reasonably be trusted to arrive at fair
and just conclusion, We see no sense or rea-
son in the sudden explosion of English tenn
per in reference to the matter. England and
Englishmen, AZ we'll a. the Government and
citizens of the United States, may have
claims for ''indilect losses" which would
properly come under the ccgnizance of the
Geneva Conference.
The High Court has been convened, the
jurors sworn. and row here comes Johnny
Bull, whiningiy declaring that, '.1f you pre-
sent all your claims for their action, l will
back out" Was ever a great Power pre-
sentcd in more pitiable light?
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Separation Of Canada fr0ma Greas
Erfa0fm

BosroS, Feb. s.-A special dispatch from
Halifax says it is reported on Trustworthy
authority that a treaty exists and has been
signed by the British and Canadian govern
ments for a separation Of this Dominion
from the British empire. The term. were
agreed to when the Act of Confederation was
passed by the Imperial Parliament, but the
treaty was not to take effect for some years
unles. the British government SAW neces-
sity for action sooner. British troops have
been gradually withdrawn from Canada, till
there is scarcely soldier in the Dominion
outside OF Halifax.
There is no doubt that should the differ
ences between Great Britain and the United
States become more serious. the British gov
eminent will at once publish the treaty and
proclaim the independence Of CansJa, and
by that means be relieved from the necessity
of defending these colonies against the
United States should war eneue.
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Continuation Of n. Invsstig alton.

q one to Build . Court Houae.
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LeavenWsFsh anA Topeka Roa6.
In an article On the shove subject, the To-
peka CsanonrealM says:

In IN article on the above subject, the To-
.peka CbamosreaiN says:
The proposed road would, of eouns, b .
good thing for all concerned, and particular.
y for Leavenworth. We are satisesd, hsw.
ever, that owing to the course purs1sd By
that city On this sane subject lase spring, Il
viii be impossible to interest Topeka and
Shawnee county in the new project uatil
Leavenworth herself firya shows what she
will do, in manner that cannot be doubted.
We have once vsied = liberal amount Of
bonds for . railroad to Leavenvorth, and il
was not our fault that the road was not built
When We vote them again, it will have to Be
or the certainty, beyond all hazard, that our
friends At cine other end" are ,oipg to do
their part The road ought to be built, and
it 0n be built; but Newspaper promisss and
sts~-corner ASSURANCES will not answer the
purpose. Let Lsavenvorth step forward
and tender her proper sha.e of asistance in
. way that will convincs the people Of JEFF
ferson and Shawnee counties that she u in
Earnest. That will start the enterprise o. .
vubstantial hasia And It will be tins
lnoueh tn 10 IL for bonds and nbsoip.
ions in oth9 localities along the line.
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The art OF living together" pleasurably
il greatly promoted by the habitual exchange
of the little courtesies Of life; they are never
unimporfant, never unacceptable, are always
graceful TO the feelings, and are constant
we'll spring of agreeable feelings in every
household. Shall brothers and sisters be less
careful Of the feelings Of one another, than
those Of a stranger? and as between husband
and wife, should there be les effort at gentle
ness of department, Of suavity of manners,
and courtesy Of expression than is extended
TO outsiders, who have no special claims, and
may never be seen again? Shame upon any
member Of any family who neslecis those az
fectionate attentions and those suavities of de-
pertinent toward the members of the house.
hold, and even to the lowest servant, which
cannot fail to elevate the giver, and to draw
from the receiver those willing and spontane-
Gus reciprociiies which make of family zsso-
Citations little heaven below.
Fault finding is an spple of discord in null
titudes Of families There are some persons
who, from ugliEess of temper arising from
bodily in6rmiiy, or an inherent blight Of ma
ture, are forever 6uding sault, either with
something said or done or omitted to be said
or none; If not n the family, then out Of it.
Somewhere or something il always being
done wrong with them; in every remark they
make there is vinegar and bitterness; their
whole nature seems to be in . condition of
chronic snarl; their adjectivcs are of the most
sweeping character; everybody il 4 liar or
. swindler or . scoundrsl, even II
their shortcomings are Of the slightest char.
acter. Such persons are demoralizen of the
community in which they live, and of thoss
with whom they associate; and % to the fam
lily in which they reside, they are psrpstu-
n storm, tornado, and curse. This com
planning, fault-fnding trait does not assume
these gigantic proportsons Of enormity ct
once, but always comes BY SLOW degrees and
long practics. Let the reader fear falling in
to this great condemnation; let him b %
afraid Of it from this good hour, as to resolve
never to fihd fault with nybody or anything,
or characteriZe auy ones conduct for omis.
sion or commissions, until he has ''slsps on
it," thus giving the clearer Judgement of
renovated brain an opportunity Of more dis
passionate exercise.
Let every person of intelligence, refine
ment and culture, bear in mind that in "liv-
ing together" with othen pleasantly, happi.
~, it Is of essential importance to practice
the virtues of uniform gentleness, deference,
and courtesy, remembering thst one of the |
most cardinal points in the promotion of do
nestle enjoyment and of family happiness Is
to cultivate selfsacrifcs; for it il this which |
cherishes love in the heart of the giver, and |
kindles it in those for whom the sslf.sacri6ce |
is made; or to frame the principle in . |
phrase which all can comprehend, rea,en-
Der and spplx, that Is the noblest heart in
any household, which gives to the othsn the |
6rst choice, and leaves TO the others the best
pieces and the best things.-Halrs Journal
9f HeauA.
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Loss Of the StsamahIp Ameriea-rerri.
bic StFOggle fer Life.

Loss Of the Steamship AmeFiea-Terri
bic struggle fer Life.
New York, Feb. IA Rio Jzneiro Letter
gives details OF the loss OF the Steamship
America, on her passage from Buenos Ayres
to MOntevido, on the 23d of December She
had 1874 passengers, and the ships company
numbered over 30 persons.
When near Cerco, one of the boiler tubes
exploded. TIE steam rushed out into the
ERE room instantly scalding to death two fire.
men and one coal HEAVIER, who were oiling
portions Of the machinery. at the same time
extinguishipg all the Ii ghts and scattering
live Goals all about the room between the
boilers and the steamers sides. The pumps
we're out Of order and could not be worked
The Gre spread rapidly and panic ensued.
Only two boats could be lowered, and they
were swamped by half crazy passengers.
The officers lost all control of the crew,
Who, with revolvers, fought with the rassen-
gers for means Of saving life.
The steamer Villa de Salto was passing at
the time, but no signals we're made to her,
and it was not until she saw flames burst from
the America, that she knew there was trouble.
She then put back to the assistance of the
America.
Captain Basic OF the America, was the
first TO abandon his steamer, taking refuge
on the Italian war steamer, where he re-
NAMED fsaring he would b lynched if he
went ashore.
The number Of person. lost is no. definitely
known, but supposed to be over 90 persisted.
No Americans among the lost.
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cnsusr AND TEE LITTLE oxEs.

The following verses are reproduced here for ths
accommodation Of those attending Mr.. Hanmond's
daily mcet;n.s.-Er.i
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Fires.

DETROIT, Feb. Fire at Port Huron
TIL. morning entirely destroy ed the building
and stocks Of ID. Graham. hats and furs, d
Gurin, boots and shoes, +. A. Weieer's gro
Gerry, and ]. 3. Farrard, dry goods. Total
loss 500, coo; insurance on stocks SIS, 900.
Boston, Feb. 9.-Thc National Bridge
Company's machine shop. and Curtis ship
yard, have been burned at East Boston
Loss $4,000.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 9.-The Diamond
Touring mill at youngstown, owned ty
Mcdonald & Co., was burned this morning.
Loss about 81 0QO: insnred for So. 600.
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severe WeAlhs - Loss Of Life and
stock by the Cold.
Sioux CTT, Feb. S.-Some fifteen miles
above the city, as far as known, eight persons
were frozen to death during the late storm,
within radius of fifteen miles Of here. The
loss OF stock within the same limits has been
immense.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAI THE
N CITY Tax Rsll for 1871 has bean plaesd In ny
hands Tor collection. l will attend With said roll
at ny once On the
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mittee, reported . bill referring to the Court
Of Claims the claims of the heirs and legal
representatives of Col. DazerVeso, deceased,
of Terre Haute, Ind, for money and supplisa.
furnished to troops in ITS, during the rev
olutionary var. Passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Duell q resolution was
referred TO the judiciary Committee, to con-
alder the propriety OF reporting bill for the
repeal of the bankrupt Law.
The House then took up the bill reported
lest Friday, to pay to the College of William
and Mary, in Virginia, $4,000 for the de-
struction Of its buildings and other property
destroyed, without authority, BY disorderly
United States soldiers, during the late
rebellion. The bill vas considered in Com
mittes Of the Whole.
NJ. Pierce, Chairman of the Committee
On Education and Labor, rscapitulated the
facts in the case, and advocated the passage of
the bill.
Mr.. Hoar, 4 member of that committee,
also spoke in favor Of passing tbs bill, and
after some debate the committee rose in order
to have the time for debate extended.
Mr.. Peters, from the judiciary Committee,
reported back the memorial of VIM. Hat.
ings for the Impeachment Of Ogden and
Hofmsn, judges Of The U. s. District Court
of California, and Judge Fisld of the So.
prsme Court, and asked 70 b DISCHARGED
from it, further consideration.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole and continued The discussion Of
William and Mary Collegs Bill. Speeches
wsss made in support Of The bill By StoKn
md AcNeeley, members Of TIE Conmittse
% Educaiion, .sd without dispoGing Of the
bill, the COMMITTEES and Hooss ID ,ourned.
The session Tomorrow being for general
debate only.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-18
Our Hiah School.

A subscription paper is going
around to raise money to buy piano
for the High School. Would it not
be better to wait a little while and
hire an Italian with his Organ and
Monkey for the diversion Of the ju-
veniles ? A musical professor from
the Shaker Village might be procured,
and the boys placed on one side Of
the house, and the girls on the other,
and regular Shaker Dance Inaugural
ted, while "Pop goes the Weasel" is
ground out by the Organ. Such a
diversion would be delightful to young
minds o'er-fatigued by hard study
Such start in the musical line, fol-
lowed by few new studies, such as
the Sanscrit, the Hottentot, the Pata-
gonian, the Arabic, and the Hin
dostanee languages, would fill the
minds of young profcients in litera-
ture with almost everything that is of
no possible use to them in after life,
and make our High School a dang
erous rival to Harvard and Yale,
Oxford and Cambridge. Xxx.
Woodstock, Vt. April 18th, 1872.
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Vermont Items.

Measures are being taken for build
ing new Congregational edihce in
Bradford: and there is fair pros,
pect that the enterprise will he &C
complished.
J. c. Emery, Esq. has been ap.
pointed Treasurer of the Vermont Do.
nestle Missionary Society, vice Dea.
con G. w. Storrs, deceased.
r. Dow, of Woodbury., was arraign,
ed before Justice Wells on charge OF
selling diseased beef, and held to bail
in the sum Of $3.50 for appearance at
the county court
The officers Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic have appointed Thurs
day, May 3Oth, as "Decoration Day"
1t is repoted that Mrs. Fisk has pur-
chased Jay Gould's interest in the
Grand Opera House at New York, and
is now the sole owner of the build
ing. BY the purchase Mrs Fisk ae
quires possession Of the building itself,
as well as the valuible real estate i'm
proved to large extent which runs
down half way to Ninth avenue on
Twenty third and Twenty-fourth st.