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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-07-24
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The Braniford (Canada) Courier tells Of 9
gentleman OF that town who recently tried
an experiment; which has completely cured
his wife Of Jealousy. He says he was sub
ject to a nightly curtain lecture from bis het.
ter half at a time when he wished to bt
wrapped in the arms OF Morpheus. for re.
turning an sffsction for an old Lady friend.
He bore it for several nights with a Chris
tian-lise resignation, but he at LAST devised
a plan for putting an end 10 it, lie pro-
cured piece Of WOOD formed in the shape
of a human being, and j. e-sed it in some oil
his wife's wardrobe, and then placed it in
tie garden, sitting in an iron chair. To
this craven image lac kneit down and poured
forth imPassiontd addresses. The servant
girl was standing at the ki.ensR door at this
time and overheard these apprai-. She i'm
nedis:ely notified her mistress III the fact.
Presently both OF them emerged from tn.
kitchen; armed with brocmslicks, aud made
an attack upon the dummy wonan." while
the husband who had retired in ,oi order,
eat at the back enjoying Ike SCENE. Af,rr
knoci ing the image over they rourc,d up
on and tore the clothing in rags Th.y anon
discovered the cheat. aud rushed back into
the house terribly mortified. The hu-hand
followed them and said e1ssperating things
Whenever she shows any disposition to be
jsalou. he has only to mention that little
scene in the garden. ard she oh nges the
topic. The servant has since been induced
TO 60 &c the states. where "wages are high"
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NHAFfH SPAIN.

4 .cst news from Spain confirms
e.. i that the country ia gradually
i,i, az 40 the wildes. state of lawless con-
fusion. The defeat of the government troops
at Ripoil By the Carlists is confirmed. SO,
also, is the rising of the Iniernationals at
20 have been characterized by all The worst
features o. the Paris Commune. Not only
was the Mayor killed. bu; his dead body was
dragged through the streets by yelling mob.
a similar fate bs.ell the Collector of
axes. Several factories were fired
and reduced 10 ashes, At Malaga,
too, the wil.ies; kid OF atrocities have been
committed. The people have risen against
the municipality, and such lie the helpless
ness of the authorities that the Mayor of the
town in pure despair has rendered his
resignation. The government is full of
d, lnce; but of course i; can do nothing. A
coup d.ta of a vigorous and determined
kind il the next sensation which We look for
in Spain. If Spain cannot save herself it
gill be the duty Of the other powers 10 take
her in hand, but from present indications
bon Carlos i. likely to soon be IN POSSESSION
OF the Government: our dispatches this
morning announce that he has crossed the
border with a strong force, and is rapidly
marching across the country almost without
opposition. The dispatch may report him
in Madrid, with the reIgns of government in
his hands. We are prepared to hear any
ding from Spain, ard shall be surprised At
sHoahip1
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The ,~,,"w .,onc A.y,xaDre.

The Yellowstone has its source in the
| mon tain lake OF iha, name, lying between
the Big Horn anil Upper Missouri branches
and IA characterized by many islands, and hy
bold sxeepiug curves, frequently infringing
! IN the hill sides. Between Clarke Fork
.nd the nor,h o! The Big horn, il ia a rapid
river, h)xing solIe three or four miles Ier
hour, and is from five hundred to six hun
ired yards wide. After passing the Big
Horn, and thence to Powder river, i, re-
-embles the ,utod Missouri, and expands
into a volume $40 yards wide. II ia nnob-
.truc;ed BY difficult rapids, and contains M.
merous densely- wooded and heavily -tirabrred
moved At very little expense. Captzia Rey.
nold's party, who explored il some years
,go, represent its Il 1ods as neither sudden
,or excess We. They followed it up several
hundred miles. and expressed the opinion
hat i, could be navisa,ed all the way to the
point where it issues from the mountains, by
i,oats drawing three feet Of wafer, from the
middle Of May to the LIST Of August, and
pronounced it better for steamboat nsv;ga.
ton than the Missouri. The total length of
The Yellowstone is about FIVE hundred and
fifty miles, and. if our present information ia
tOlerably correct, about three hundred and
fifty miles OF the river will be opened to the
'slsy steamboat of the Western waters. The
Northern Pacific railroad (which traverses
the natural channel of the Yellowstone,
~ith its Southern connections To Cheyenne
and Yahkton, will greatly assiss in populst.
ing and developing the Yellowstone basin
and the many adjoining river valleys, and
bringing their untold mineral wealth and
the wonders OF their volcanic phenomena
within the reach Of the settler and the tour
ist. The completion Of these highways to
the great national Yellowstone Park and
Like, lying amid the most fascinating and
aceDsry Of the world, and in
climate the most fAvosedS will attract ihosis-
and. of visitoIs from eysTy. par. Of the globe.
-Ner York Herald
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The l.umoer Trade Of Ch,eax..

The Erposit:es. a new weekly devoted to
the review Of manufacturing inter-
ests and industrial ecOnmy, has this to
say, concerning the lumber interest OF Chi
eago:
ut is quite difficult to appreciate the lin.
Portance Of the lumber interest OF Chicago
l, 200, OOO, 900 feet Of humber, and in shin
dies, latb and other shapes enough 10 add
zoo, OCO, $50 feet. vas the aggregate of last
year. Piled twenty feet high il would cover
about 3 900 acres OF ground. Every day We see
Struggling verseis loaded with lumber pas
up the river, but hardly realized that on, OF
the II, SA vessel arrivals during La, year
5000 were loaded with lumber. The freights
on the amount received by lake foot up about
50, 600, 600. The expenses incurred in cut.
ting, hauling and booming logs, and manu-
featuring and handling the lumber before il
reaches the Chicago yards about 81 u, or in
the aggregate $40, GU0,O 900. Upon the aver
age price OF Si2 per IN ut the lumber mart
this leaves only 81 per IN for slumpage and
profit; and the average price paid for stump
age in the piner,es bordering on LAKE Mich
igan is at least 81 SO per m. After the lum-
Der il sold to Chicago dealers, the expense
Of piling it on the docks and delivering it
when again sold is nearly 81 per m, and
here is another accou, Of g, 600, 600, making
-ome allowance for that which passes to the
Inferior without being piled in Chicsso. At
least ano.ier million il paid for labor in
manufacturing shssh, doors, blinds. flooring,
etc, in Chicago. Allowing 81, OOJ, 900 for
profit on freight, here ia sum total Of Sl5,.
000, 600 paid for labor of one year in hand
ling thi. one product. The laborers direct
" employed represent population Of about
200 600, and like population who are in
directly supported by this businea, All this
vsst population draw their supple. directly
from Chicago. In addition to this, the
profi;s realized by Chicago dealers. n,anufac-
urers. commission merchants are not less
than 81 900, 900, VIII oh, with large portion
Of the freight profits, are added to the annual
wealth o: Chicago
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Up IN quiet and Pious Iowa the boldest
ROBBERY of the decade was committed. 1t 10
rather an audac ious venture for highwaymen
to halt stage coach and plumber the travel
er. bat it requires deal of daring TO at
t-ek- railway train and sack the baggage and
express cars for valuables in the presence CT
passengers and train men. The details Of
r. :obbery on the main line OF the Chicago
L ! Island and Pacific Riilroad, near
A air, Iowa, will be found in another place
o. to-dsy's paper. The ''storied Oienwald,"
of the Kansas City Times will now have
fresh cause for excessive admiration. He
will I've the FIRST to claim that Zone but Mis-
so1rlsns could have devised such grand
scheme Of audscious and murderous piuuder.
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A correspondent of western piper, writ
ing from Long Branch OF the great race on
the Fourth between Tom Boziius aud
Springbok, Gays: On the nigh, before the
race, McGra,h the owner Of the famous
Bowling), louDging on the piazza Of Cham
berlain's c'ub-bouse, altered his boast about
the speed Of his horse with dream, Of victory
already achieved, and ro;Ised himself BY his
own violent snoring to the realization that i
was not SUCCESS with which be wa into1ica.
ted. Il -s,ies-, anxioua. eager, aud half mad
he roamed about the West End Hotel, pay.
ing ex,rsvsgant pIices TOT pool- and Offering
pTivat. b.;s a; lars. odds. 70 every pur-
chaser OF pools who would bid against his
horsrs.. Hi. extravsgsnt conduct in this re-
.pect led many Who did nor know how ar,
denfly he loves his kosre1, and how much
more Lahore to have them win victories than
to win dollars for himself, 70 -oppose that he
was PLAYING "double game" At one tine
in the jersey Derby hi. jockey pulled Tom
Bowling in 80 strongly and allowed McDAn-
lie, to gan on him 90 rapidly that for mo-
ment the indignant people IN the grand
stand, who had watched Mcirath in the
pool room the night before, believed thst he
had actually sold the race bat when Tom
Bosling came in under . pull sn easy
winner, they shouted with McGraih and his
whole stable, and tts hais Is. the grsnd stand
we're th.osn alrsoet .. high OYER hi. victory
a. those Of the enthsias,ic negroes Who
lounge around Tom Bosline's stables and
never weary Of telijns Of his neri's. Mr..
McGrsth mu-t hats Won 1t least So, 900 on
tbs race alora
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gssx " ebRTON

Elsewhere in to-day's paper We reprint an
editorial article from the Topeka Common
rsath concerning the gentleman whose name
beads ihis paragraph. The words OF THE
Comaepgsalh will find hearty approval in
kanrss. No man in the onion stands higher
in the regard and admiration of the people
Of Kansas than Senator Morton. Even IN
Leavenworth, the home OF Caldwell, the
people manifested their esteem for the sta'es-
man in a manner that a;tes,ed the most sin
care approval. The honorable citizsn' OF
the State, withou: regard TO party, thank
him for mis- ,liant and unfinching course in
the Caldwell Investigation, and accord him
vast credit for checking the advance Of cor
Iup!ion in Kansas
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s~Of.lis W CAs.1H. ="

La The absence OF trade and Improvement
St. Jo-.ph '-s -aF ears boosted loudly of
sole rea'll. So elimination of the ninth
,-sssz re. r'. ST that the real and per-
ssos. vi. 70, H-e1anan,:: No, is only
ts,-.' all ] ,rs, while the wealth Of
Ly al. :, Kansas, is twenty
i. m..n".- /. population also, Leav-
e..xul,h exceeds 3. Joseph and Omaha,
aAd Is last crowling Kansas City. There
are only two counties in Missouri, viz: St.
Louis and J .ckzon, that surpass Lesven.
.ssrsh county, kInsas, in wealth and popu-
IL "a
ra- tresant rate of progress can be
mas - r ten years, the county Of
L =. will be the, richest as well as
tin 80. densely populated region oil the
NJ uri valley, and only second in the
" i u s L us county Missouri.
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Msiris.esi.i Advertisements.

The case of Kate Stoddard st.,kiuxly illus
trates the perils Of the amusement known ~
matrimonial advertising. This golden.
haired murdnress vas weaving a web for
other vIs.in,s al Iiss time OF her arres. for
killing Charles Goodrich, Two letters were
found in her pocket, addressed respectively
to unknown male correspondents in Jersey
City and New York. They we're couched
in Language we'll calculated 10 lure the COW
eled prize to land. Then the steady hand
tina, sent three bullets crashing through the
brain Of her last lover was ready to graep
the most promi-ips Of the new victims.
There ls an inconceisable amount of folly
and crime connected with matrimonial ad-
verti-ing. Sharpsrs Of both sexes follow it
a trade. Elegant h;ackyuards draw
school girls and sentimental fools Of older
year,. married and unmarried, into CORES
pondence. and If they do no, lead them into
open VIC. edness, use their letters to black
mai, them. Many 4 family has been plunged
into deepest misery b. The folly Of answering
an advertisement. II is a tr6e Of one sex a.
OF the other: The femanine sharper
ia often the Laore skiifnl Of the tso; and, b.
such lady -like delays az Kate stoddard's
letters susxy sted, drew the writer's on step BY
step uutIi tbey- nave IeSe1iSV -tuetx Fer;
sonaliiy, told all their secrets, and placed
themselves completely in The po~er Of IN
interruptions -specula,or. In nine cases out
of ten, the adyertisers are black sheer, Whose
pretenoe Of guileIsssness "a worn Of when i,
10 too late for escape. Theh comes mere
tricious attachment, . league Of hwiesnese;
Disgust, q qlarrel, and deaih. Or, il no
PASSION has supervened. the adventure lesve
the victim % completely in the tolls of hn
entrapper that he gladly pays blackmsil to
sscape IN exposure which che does not fear.
In any case, the danger i deadly:
No doubt, Kate Ssoddard viii be tenderly
dealt With on her trial. There 10 no proba-
biliiy that she will be brought in peril Of
her life. But il may be thst, when she Is
eFposed q an adventuress. she will Be iound
guilty Of murder 10 tie secood degree. She
: young, fair, Of GOOD educa.ion. and Of
Puritan desceot. Ya It vii Be benefit to
socieey u she can Be shut np vhess shs will
do 70 moee harO.
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ANrn~N mAkk> M. POINT.

the TINES of this morning has an edi;c-
via, article on the political situation in
Ksrsa-. wherein the editor makes 4 decided
hi He refers 10 the continual hoWiing
tn, q going On in the country papers of the
S,s;, bout the corrupt and corrupting prac
tices Of Lesvenworth politicians, taking up
specially the Oft repeated charge that Leav-
en~orih men achieve petition without buy
ing il; t. this charge he gives an effectual
quieius by remsrking that buying presup-
poses reliing, and that if, as charged, Leav-
enworth candidates have always bought, the
fact is prima tacie evidence that the coun-
try delegates have always Sold The
point i we'll taken, and there is no get
ting around il, if our folks buy, some
body ei-e's faiks mnst cell, and we agree
with THE TINES that If our country neigh.
h.rs as-re To cure this evil the quickest and
hast ~ay TO- them 20 do Il In to send men 10
the Le..isis'ur- who sill not sell out; they
can reach the ses, s.f the disease much more
readily in this wsy ,hsn in bowling them
>eive. hoarse ever the corruptions of Leaven-
worth. ''firr, cast the beam out of thine
Own eye."-Argr.
Whenever . man from the State charges
the Repun'icans of Leavenuorth With inn
posing unworthy Goserson and 6enaton
upon thew, ve 6ees Inclined TO The opinioa
that he ,defa.aer has 10 characaee o. beaine.
thss = either vilfsIly q isasistly mia.
sepseseas or psipls.
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tineis ~ CtmmHriaI gexAcper. which is
pom cucsls AMI irGecent'y eJ'te': by any-
one VITO t-ppens 10 4s= in she 5fsre when
the printers want copy, Is displeased with
the warmth and cordially of the reception
given to Senator Morton, night before last.
The commerrsat shinka. the reception would
have been n9re s.tisi.cto'y e TpapH 81. re
spectacle citizens" II the Mayor OF the city
and the editor Of The TINES had not en-
yineered the reception! The Mayor presunes
II 10 be -hisdufy - personally welcome any
distinguished siiitdf ~bom the city desires
70 entertain = lie guest In the performance
Of that duty be hss neser halted to consider
whether the organ Of Messrs. Lesste and
Caldwell would be pleased; but if it would
make no difference with the manner Of the
receptions, he would prefer the good will Of
the Commercials editor, because it 10 better
to have the good will Of an a. than his ILL
will.
1t is pretty we'll understood in this COM
munity that the limited circulation of the
Legaie- Caldwell paper renders it powerless
to do either good or harm, hence our citizsns
in prep airing ovation,, receptions or banque.s
are not particular to consult the wishes OF
its editor. Beyond that, the Commercial has
no place in political parties. An old news
paper man has sptly dt6ned it as "havins no
position in either party, but instiuctively sup
porting Whatever was rotten in both" A bette:
definition Of it's character could not have
been given. Its sickly mouthings about re
specialize citizens" refusing to engage in the
reception of Senator Morton, because the
Mayor collected them, shows lack Of decen-
cy upon its part as lamentable as its lack
of truth. No public man ever received
more spontaneous AMI generous welcome In
this ty than did Senator MortO,. The Com
mersial knew this, but in desire 10 injure one
whom its masters dislike, it attempts 10 sub
vert the truth and by false inuendo bring the
good name Of the city in question. Never
vas contemplate journalism more glaring'y
Inhibited than in yesterdays Commercial.
II the attack was directed toward u, We
would not pay any particular attention to IT,
out underneath its cloak Of pretended praise
Of the distinguished guest there is Turk ng
desire 10 convey the impression that the re-
oep,ion was TO, attended by respectable
G ,iizens. live cared to devote space to the
c ,n,radiction OF this falsehood We could
mention by name hundreds of prominent
and highly respected citizens who called at
the Planters House and were Introduced to
Senator Morton, r-
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STATE OF KANSAS
COUNTY OF LEAvxSwoarH. So
la the District Court o; tn, Fir,, Jui ci District
of th- ) ate Of kan-as stun Ia AN, Tor L-.y.
worth cunt. In SAD state
" orge X lines ami David
W. Esve- srtn, Bibe,
AMI Fave. PiiintihI, YC.s. W. ~
JANET Esss,n and Wi ltsZ
L.. IA "a, B.!rbd ans
DU RLiC uptie' is h"r.b, riv-u thai AFT ~
L b. vitae 81 tie Ju ign,-nJ r-n.!-- al h. III
,bpve .n'i Ida ioH il ~ tire 49,. "a ms
Court an 81 special acnri., - IA q
j'd <ni-nt 10 me lit.ets and delivered, I Vi !o4
7H~gday, the 18Th day Of Anyss;, A. ID I,..}
At o'c!"sk p m. o: sail dag the Court
House door il The City %. I~s,y.nw"r H. N III
Count ard state fire, id of.sr at public %. ami
y to the highest bid lie. tos e. ~. la Il the
% loving d. ser b, 4 tracts OF amt .i,utt- ! ing
And r~inx IN tn County of eavenw nth, and
state ~ Ksa-as namely. - ,.ber-d s..se o.
p up ~ $40 On ty msp or Flat nj. IA the oil
ne. 81 the Register Of Dee1s in and for the Couats
and State {. .sad
laid propeTts is be sold as com uani i by the
said special execution and in pur1as OF sd
judgment THOMAS L. ,NARD,
sherh OF J. a.@nvo tn Cous IT, Kaasas-
Sheriff sOfice Leavensor 4 cay, July sd. a.
ID. 1879.
BYR"s sHsRRY, Attorney for P,sp,iGs
july23 dlwtd
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An Important Letter

From prominent gentlemen and resident Of Gu
cinnati, Ohio, fr the past forty years well known
70 the newspaper publishers thI oughout the United
States:
NEW TOKK, Oct. nth. 1870.
DR. RArwAY-Dear Sir: I am in ;uced bv q
sense OF duty tn the suffering to make brief state
ment Of the working of your medicine on myself
For several years | had been affected with some
trouble in the bladder and urinary organs, which
some twelve months ago culmi mated in a most ter
rbly affecting disease, which the physicians all
said Was spasmoiic structure in the uretha as aro
inham nstion Of the kidneys and bladder and gave
II as their opinion that my asA73 years-wouid
prevent ray ever getting radically enreI. had
tried number Of physicians, and had taken a
large quantity of medicine, both aliopaihie and
Homeopathic, but got no relief. . hal real OF
.s'onisii1g cares having been male by Your rem
'-iIes; and some tour months ago real q notice in
the philadelphia saturday Evening Post of a cure
having been affected on person no Ia long been
suffering n | had been. I went right off and got
some of eIch-your slrsaplriIian Es-olvent, Ready
Relief and Regulating Piil-And commenced tax
ing them In thr-e days l WAS greatly relieved,
and no feel as we'll Is ever.
e. W JAMES, Cincinnati Ohio
SFPrice, one Dollar per hott'a. Sold by drug
gists everywhere, and at DIR. Railways. No. 81
Warren. CO..: Charch street ". Y.
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TIE steamship Virsinius is the Monsieur
Tonson of Spanish-American waters. One
year ago she irritated the people of Colon,
Otherwise Aspinvall, nearly to madness BY
her mysterious fittings to and fro. Now
she has, Tonson-like, come again. Her last
entrance into Aspinwall harbor brought a
Spanish man-otwar after her, ard txo
American war vessels after that. The final
departure Of the Virginius "for New York"
with coastuise Clearance and cargo o.
arms and ammunition, conveyed By United
5 aies ship of-wsr, does not seem exactly
fair. The chip received he. cargo at A-pin
~aH, whittier ], hal been brought from
Esw York. She il notorious blockade
runner; and il the United States Consul
stretched his conscience little to grant her
paper, he did only what many better men
have done before him. But for all that,
this u Dot the fair wsv Of doing bu.iness.
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SheriM's Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, l.
COUNT OF LEAvESwOKrH.

STATE OF KANSAS
COUNTY OF LEAvESwOKrH.
In the District Court OF the Frs: Ju iisi,l D,s
trict of the state Of Kansas sitting in a,, Tor cav
cnworth county in said state.
The Metropolitan Building and Loaa:
Association, PisiItr,
No Sl;1
Maurice Dudley and cAthatine Duley
his sif-, Defendan ants.
Public notice Is hereby given Z, at Under and by
vi'tu- OF the judgment rendered in III. above en-
titlei action, in and by the ab,v. named Court
to me directed and delivered, I Will, on
Thursday, the 18th day Of August, 4 ID 1873,
al o clock p. Of said day, at the Court House
door in the City Of L@avebwofth, in the County
and > ate af'r sid, ot-r at pupc sal ani =. To
the hig ct bidder. for eash in hard, the following
described tract OF land situate, lying and being ia
the ',lu;y oi Lsav. nworth and state IF nau,s.
nani"lS, the north west quartz Ct the souI
quarter at section hve y, in township eleven tII
range TIVE y two CD contai ing forty to- Tes
more % less in the County and sIae al. rr,aid.
Said properly is To be sold comm mi. u b, Z o
judgment.
THOMAS LEON lRD
Sheriff Of Ieavenwnrth County kEns.s
Sheriff Office, leay-nworth CITY, JL!y SD \ T.
1873.
II " HsRMAS, Attorney for Piail'ir
july2Jdit,wtd
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Secretary Richardson has received from
Philadelphia . ccpy Of the new trade dollar,
Just coined. 1t Is about IN inch in diane
Ter, With the thirteen original stan around
the face, female 6gure ssated On . shsaf ol
grais, with asprig from = bou9h in The right
hand and . strsamer hearing tie word
aLiberty" in her Iek had. and "ls7s'' q
The bottom Of The piece. The words 'United
stsses Of Aweric." form srmicircle around
he revsz,e side, benesth which \ scroll
ehosing the motto ''E Plnribm Ushm ~
In The csntre appears the Amesican easle,
md bessath Il, IN semicircle. ~ sraias'
go f.e,s and Il the botiom, ''TFads Dollar
- ~ epitah.