The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-04-10

bsaiss. and all SORTS Of ways and means have
bssa Practiced, and artful dodge resortsl
tta in order to 81 he tax squazsly % that
dsaiPtion Of persnnal properly. But all
ebosls in that directioa have been 70 far un-
ncosndal. There i nov . lag o. The STAT
ute booss Of this State for that express pur-
Pose. but i i . dead letter, for the vsry rea-
90 hat it cannot in it, present shspe, he
enforced Without oppre>ioa. A person Who
owns property heavily nosts.eed i in The
6sA plaee taxed foe the foil valuaaioa Of the
property, the eame - i be VS. the clear
owner oft The Safe places tax Of three
nills upon the mortgage money in the hands
ofths ovser Of the mortgage; but the latter
nrely pays Il. He ha inserted il The mort
eaoe psoviso that his debtor shall pay all
taxation upon the mortgage noaey. The
Ths latter. therefore, having alsesdy paid
tax upoa .hat portion Of Tie value Of The
gruand which equitably ought to Be account
Cd fce BY the owner Of the mortgage, psys
asolher tax upoa The same amount ofmooey. |
Ii may be aid that the uostsaeee ought
not 10 have agreed to pay the sax. Possibly
sot. Bot persons in pecnniasy difkcuhies,
asd IN Uans Of money, cannot dictate their
terms to capitalists, and they are compelled
to submit, BY neceasity, 70 hard terms. II
he hv would allow the owners of property
subject TO m0steaeet0 deduc', in his psymsnt
to the latter, the amount of The tax upon
that portion Of the valuation which repre-
ssoas the mortgage. then the thing would be
squieable. A II u, in general psaeice, the
ovser of encumbefed properly bes.a double
hurdles.
Apeopos to the allow motioned constitu-
sioual revisors, one Of the jury reform psops-
siiion i, that the the jury shall coesiss Of
seven; that the trial shall proceed even
though two Of the seven should Be compelled
to retire On account Of sickneas, and that
majority Of the remainder shall have the
power Of deciding the ease.~ This i Ne
9arded - healthy indication Of enlarged
and more liberal public een,iment, and the
day Of their iull adoption IN era Of general
congrstulaiion.
The Exposition Centennial may bow be
said 70 be placed upoo solid and permanent
basis, beyond all peradveniure. The citi-
sens Of both sexsa, meeting On the thorough
fares, have abandoned the old style Of
salusation - '.good morning." or good
evening"" and instead enthusiastically e..
quirs chow many sharesT With The OF
million recently contributed BY the State.
the total amount subscribed has reached shrs {
millions Of dollars in the city. That pos. Z
seases all the tangible evidences Of good I.
health.
The Office Of City Treasurer, il one Of the {
most honorable. - veil - profitable in this j
Htate. The present occupant 0fIen himself
for . second term. His immediafe prede- !
cessor, Marcer, finished his term in the pen.
itsniiay. Not satisfied With the aalary and
reasonable emolumeola, be was in the habit
Of loaning the public funds to banker and
broker, By the name Of Yerkers, and divid- Z
ing with him the profits realized from sock
in their calculations, in one day reduced Z
them. Gov. Geary, Who threw his par q
doos around With . perfect looseoes, vet .
them 1t liberty. Their brown stone fronts,
and black walnut furniture, have found other !
ovnen BY aid of the Sheri6's hammer.
Even nov forsske me.
Pat Widener il doing what no Treasurer
has done for years-psy warrants at sight.
In Leavenwortb, warrants would be called
city scrip. Widener Vas formerly butcher '
BY occupation. He gives great satisfaction,
and has forced the conviction that he can
handle the public funds, - we'll 10 rib I
roasts and sirloin eteaks, and that an honest, 1
capable Treasurer ID just as likely to come q
from among the butchers a. from the bank
ers. Yours. Z
Another l'at!sss fer she Sisters
Hospital.
Another frcst-bitten hunter was brought
to the Sisters hospital yesterday. He eiva
his name - Moses A. Beaufort, and had
been engaged hunting and trapping for the
Hudson Bay Company. Both his feet are
badly frost-bitten, and be has neither money
nor friends. The poor Sisters, - usual, 4
have taken him in charge, and propose TO 6
treat him with their Christianlike charity. II
1t will be recollected that . festival will be !
held at Odd Fellow Hall on Easter Mon .
day for the benefit Of the Sisters having .
charge Of 81. Johns Hospital. 1t is to be
hoped the public will not be unmindfal on
The occasion Of the devote'lness with which
The good Sisters OF Charity Of Leavsuworth
apply themselvss to the alienation Of suffer.
ing hu manity.
Politicians are unRrateful. ingalls,
showed his ingratitude in . marked degree
when he refused to Gid T. D. Thacher to
get the postofice. The new Senator would
not say word in favor Of the new appli-
can't, but animated his dislike of him in ,
lev Lot meaning words. The ingr.titude on s
he part of Mr.. ingalls, is in the highest de-
gree censurable in view Of all the facts. Put
your trust elsewhere than In Poiiticians.-
Laserence Duly Standard. y
A circus Is going to stake ~ days in +
Atchison this month, to give the horres an q
to pasture.
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