The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-04-04
0@eeklp Gimes
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 1872.


Sandrfes.
Seventeen applications from ladies, all il
yam, ior registration were made in one war;
in New Haven.
A lady, Mrs George W. Reed, ha.
been elected superintendent of schools al
Montpelier.
The Princess of Wales and Queer
Marie Henrieite OF Belgium are both an.
nounoed enceinte.
Twenty Brooklyn churches unite tLii
week IN grand fair for the Woman's Union
Missionary Society.
The Grand Duke Alexis goes to Rio
Janeiro direct from Havana, thence 10
China by the way Of the Cape of Good Hone.
An Illinois farmer, 4 wool raiser. has
kept his annual clip for five years past, and
Threw all upon the marke, AT once, the
other day. IL amounted 10 over 1900
pounds, and he go, sixty-ive cents per pound
all round.
A somewhat asceiically inclined gentle
man having written TO the Bishop of Quebec
n to the sinfulness of dancing, Bishop VIII
llams concludes his reply with these words:
Il am alive to the danger of frivolity, but
there are greater dangers in q young mans
path; l would rather see nv son too fond of
the ball room than too shy Of it."
The Swiss Confederation. though i,s
population numbers little over $500 600
persons, contains three naiionaiitie.. Germ.n
0-nnch and Italian, and is split nm into
lty-6ve semi-independent cantons. Each
ton Ii divided into administrative dis
ts (prefectures) and political communities
.mmunes).
"A Jealous tax collector in a Michigan
n, forcibly robbed a delinquent citizen on
.e street recently, and took his gold watch
as security for the payment Of tie tax. |
Neither would he give up the captured prop.
cry until informed by counsel that the pro-
ceeding was unlawful, when lie returned it !
with an apology.
Some idea OF the value OF our grea, cat /
tie hive, Texas, may be gained from the |
statement that there are nearly four million
head OF cattle in that State. Seven hundred
and hfty thousand calves are raised and |
branded every year. All are raised on the
great Texas plains. which cover an area of
me hundred and filty-two million acres.
Experiments have lately been tried at
rosslng the bufialoes with domestic cattle.
nd the result is pronounced highly satisfac-
ory, breed o: animals being produced
fhich retains many of the the valuable
7operties Of both breeds. The animals are
rye and strong, the chief objection to them
ing that no ordinary fence stops them for
/. moment, and that they love the water
o much that they will SWIM and sport in ii
ven when it is full of ice
1t is no: generally known that oysters
Il clans can see. Its, however, the fact.
hey have not regularly constructed ewes,
'ch give distinct impressions of objects ,
,e retina, hut they have floating nerve
.Aments, that give them sense of Light. !,
ney are rudimental optics, bus sufficient for I
! the purposes ;of these very humble
!mal FORMS :
"a visitor 10 the United States Supreme {
ut writes: Facing the door as you enter, q
raised platform, in silken robes sit the
iJudges-supposed to be the most dig b
tribunal in America-and have no v
tit is, notwithstanding have seen one .
eJudges eat an apple with great Susio !
.seated on the bnch, and another par y
nf molasses candy, and after the repast Q
rery one of bis ten fingers with great
Notion" a