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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14

ONE of the most remarkable instances
of total depravity on record is narrated
by the Chicago papers. Mrs Boyce, who
was recently found guilty by a Chicago
jury of involuntary manslaughter,
while confined IN the city prison was fire.
quently visited by a good Samaritan in
the person of lady who did her many
acts of kindness and exhibited her SYM
patty for the unfortunate woman in vari-
Gus ways One day the lady called at the
jail as usual and while there the prisoner
administered to her dose of morphine
in tumbler of water. The lady soon be-
came insensible from the effects of the
drug, when the prisoner took advantage
of her situation and relieved her of all her
valuable effects, chief among which was
a set of false teeth, mounted on q valuable
gold plate, which supplied the natural
dental deficiencies of the good Samaritan.
Upon recovering her senses, the lady of
course at once realized the loss she had
sustained, and charged her protege with
the abstraction. This she persistently
denied, and the valuable molars were
only recovered by calling in the services
Of police officer, who found them
carefully secreted in the bottom of the
prisoners trunk.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14


A REPREHENsIBLE hoax was played
on the Legislature of Missouri the other
day. 1t having been reported that the
Hon. t. J. Kelley, the member from
Camden county, had died of quick con-
sumption, speeches highly eulogistic of
the deceased were made; both Houses
passed resolutions of coincidence and ad-
journed out of respect to his memory,
and committee was appointed to escort
the remains of the defunct legislator to
Linn Greek. The committee, in endeav-
oring to fulfil its duty, discovered Mr..
Kelley at his boarding house in the act of
taking very substantial dinner, and con-
cluded to dispense with any funeral cere-
monies. A search was made for the
author of the false report, who was
finally discovered in the person
of a small boy, who, it is safe
to say, will never figure as the Juvenile
hero of Sunday school book.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14

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" mention the ar this paper.
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14
TELEGRAPH

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this fascinating and valuable art the Northwestern
Business College. A regular line of four miles In
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and IS per week. For circular, address
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14

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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14

Mechanical Diseases. Persons engaged in
Paints and Minerals such Plumbers Typesetters.
Gold-beaters and Miners as they advance IN life, will
be subject to paralysis OF the Bowels TO guard against
this take a dose of WALKERS VINEGAR BITTEES once
twice week, Preventive.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
rxaNspOxrarIu, QUESTION.

Hon. John J. Ingalls, seems to be taking
the right kind of an interest in the settlement
of the grain transportation problem. He
recently addressed letter to the editor of
the St. Louis Democrat with view of OBJ
tanning information of value upon the subject
of Mississippi river navigation. The follow
ing is copy of the letter:
ATcHIsoN, KAN, August %, 1873.
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
The people of Kansas are specially inter-
ested in the Transportation question" it
being the remotest of the disiinctively agri-
cultural grain growing States from the At
lantic seabosrd. have long been convinced
that the only profitable path for our products
was via st. Louis and the Mississippi river,
and am DESTROYS Of collecting all the data
accessible upon the subject Of the "Greaf
Water Route before the assembling of Con-
gress. have read with much interest the
article in your iseue of the 18th upon this
topic, and will I've greatly obliged If you will
refer me 10 some person from whom l can
ascertain further statistics in relation TO the
channel from st. Louis 20 the G1lf-its
width and depth at the chief commercial
points; the location and character of the
principal distractions to navigation; the
greatest minimum depth that could he OBJ
tanned by practical methods from St. Louis,
together with the probable cost of the neces-
cary appliances to protect the came. would
also esteem it favor if Won would forward
to me, at any time, snch information upon
the grain and produce trade for the current
year as msy he accessible by the clio of the
season. JOIN J. INGALLS,,
US. s, Kansas
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
NJ, AhOae's DueDs

Writing on August 9Th, the Paris CORE
spondent Of the London Standard says:
1.-Two days ago NJ. Edmund About published
an article in his paper, the Dir-Nesrieme
Steele, insntirs in the grossest manner f.
Edouasd Ii,r e, the editor of the journal de
Paris, spoke of him az THAT young fellow, 7"
piece of iupertinsnce with those who knew
the intercourse Of the person in question at
the Palace Royal, and the precipitate way in
which he had to leave the house Of Princess
Matilde. considered quite in keeping with
the parasitical character Of that "man Of
letters" The Jou'sal de Pris noticed this
very Quietly-merely mentioning that NJ.
About had waited on ''that young fellow"
and called him the "savior Of France" N.
About retaliated BY q column Of abuse Of
Herve, which, in the present etate Of public
feeling in Frauce, left my eminent confrere
no alternative-he could not but call him
out. The fought with swords to-day on an
island in the river Marine. The encounter
lasted a quarter Of an hour, during which
NJ. About had TO pause twice; ultimately he
received thrust through his sword hand.
He richly deserved the lesson. N. Herve
never fought duel before, bot In THE case
he really had no option. You must bear in
mind that in France there are insults which
DO man can afford cot to resent. We may
regret that state of public opinioo, bat We
he cause Of the duel was not political is to
Be found in the name of NJ Heryes SEC
,ods. One WIS an Imperialist Councillor of
kate; the other, the editor Of the Bona.
paftist paper, the Rhfrie.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
O1R GERMAN POrUu.ATION

A recent number of the Chicago Tribune
contains very interesting analytical esti-
mate of the number of Germans living in the
United States, the more importan. fac;s Of
which we reproduce. According to the cen.
. ls lists, there lived in the United States in
the summer Of 1870 4 total of | $50. 40 per-
sons born in the present German Empirei
To this is 10 be added the number of emf
grants from Austria, Bohemia, France,
Hungary, Lnxembourgh, and Switzerland
for 1S69'70. amounting to l96, ZOO. In
this total. the emigran,s from Russia and
Russian Poland are omitted, az offsetting the
Prussian Poles, who are no: of German ex-
traction. This gives grand total Of l.
S66, 900 persons Of German descent born in
Europe and living in this country, in 1870.
To this number are to be added the descend
ants of German emigrauts born in the States.
The census of the first generation of all ma
tionalities amounts to 4, LAG, 20l. Divided
pro rats, this would give l COS, 900 deecend-
ants of Germans. The latter generations
which remain to be added have to be OBJ.
tanned mainly by estimate. The stream OF
German emigration from 1850 to 1920 was
steady, but very small; but, during the past
fifty years, it has rapidly increased. So will
be seen by the following table:
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

There ha, been 4 general reduction OF
through freights over all the lines crossing
Illinois from the West 10 the East. The
Davenport (Iowa) Democrat states that on
Sunday last, go loaded cars passed through
that city with stock and grain for the East,
while many trains Of empty cars passed
Westward. The car,seof this is stated to I've
the reduction Of through freights. Had the
schedule adopted under the Illinois las been
adhered to, there would have been stop
page of business. We yesterday published
q statement that the Illinois Central railroad
was sending all the available empty cars into
Iowa. The zane activity prevails on all the
Western lines, as is shown by the arrivals in
Chicago. For many days the receipts of
grain alone in this city have equaled i, 400
cars daily; to these must be ided from 100
to 200 cars of hogs. cattle and other stock,
and the. cars which bring potatoes and other
produce, "a we'll a. general merchandise.
The daily average nunber OF cars reaching
Chicago 10 over 60.
The schedules Of freight charges estab-
lished BY the several companies after the Let
of July have been practically abandoned so
far as through freiehts are concerned, and
grain II now transported 10 Chicago from the
Missouri river for ga small sum az it wonld
have cost under those tariffs to haye brought
it from points on the Illinois side of the
Mississippi to Chicago. The reduction OF
freights from the West to the East j. general,
md yesterday there vas large reduction Of
The rates Of through freigh:s from New /
York to Chicago and other Western points. !
Taking advantage of these concessions, il il
very probable that there will an be immense l
of all kinds of freight within the
,ext thirty days.-Czieago Tribune.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

. A correspondent Of the New York Times,
from Springfield. ILL.,, sums up the results Of
the farmers agitation thus far in that State.
They are not encouraging, but neither are
they conclusive. At the basis of the move
ment lies solid grievance, resting very
heavily on vast number of energetic and
spirited men. 1t may be that the farmers
have made a mistake in the degree for
which the railroad companies are respon-
sible for the evils which they suffer it is
certain that they have made a mistake in
their 6rst attempt to regulate the companies
in their own interest; but the evil remains,
and is very oppressive. The farmers will
no; give up with one attempt, because to
give up lie to accept a situation full of dis.
comfor: and injury. Whether they do bet
ter next time or not, it is certain that they
~, ~ do much more.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

Senator horton presented very cogent ar.
gument-, in mis- speech at Athens, in favor
Of keeping the Republican party in power.
His review Of the history and donble-deai.
ing OF the Democracy was especially power
fol, and his statement OF what Republican
i'm he's done and il yet capable of doing for
the nation was unanswerable. A leading
Republican his hearty condemnation Of the
principle involved in "back pay" is the
more valuable fr5m the fact. that he does
no, presume to sit in Judgment upon those
who differ with him on this question. We
are also glad 70 Eud that he has touched
upon the transportation question with much
good sense He admits the existence OF bur-
dens upon the farmers, DO does not seek
remedy in the destruction Of the railroads.
Every new expression of Republican senti-
men, upon his point shows that ne party il
substantially agreed upon il, and can be
sasely trusted to apply a proper remedy.
The Wild promises of Democratic dema.
yogues to the farmers are worthless a. cor,-
pared with the determination OF the Repub-
lican party to deal With il prude.sIy foe ths
benefit a al claaAcNer Yo;k 1issea
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
THE OPEN GOLD CONSPIRACY.

Gold spectators have had abundant warn
ing Of bull corner. II, in the face of this,
they continued to sell gold which they had
not, they deserve no consideration nor relief
If they get tossed. While it seems that
there are journals in Mr.. Jay Gould's inter-
~, re, it Is a question if denunciation of
-. anu the conspiring bulls does not en-
80. age spectators on the other side to fall
sao7t, q liking the outcry will bring in the
Tgszsur. as UrsA Major to break down the
bills al make the fortunes OF the bears.
The Treasury should be careful not to be 60
used. There may be spectators go silly as
to think that because the Treasury sales broke
down the price so per cent. when it had flown
to near so, it could make the premium tum-
bic in the same way from a much less figure.
They will find themselves mistaken If they
venture on this fancy. Mr.. Jay Gould can
squeeze but few save those who sell gold they
haven't got. There should be no interven-
tion of the Treasury to save them.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

Yesterday afternoon, at about 3 o'clock,
says the Phoebe New Record of August
18th, a great volume Of smoke rolled up,
apparently from behind the bill to the eouih
OF Meadow Valley streef, causing several to
exclaim that the hills appeared to Re on FIRE
II came on very swiftly, dying over the town
in a norheriy direction. A terrible vhirl-
wind came up suddenly from the same d.
rection. overiurning out-houses. and rolling
them down hill, and causing several women
to shrek with fear for their own safesy.
The sky was darkened, and q very heavy
rain-extremely heavy for Phoebe even
began to fall. 1t was blown into LIQUID
sheets BY the wind, and the water fell upon
The roofs and windows O. il it were thrown
from b1cks.s. In . few minutes the water
~ running down a.. tie streets. and in
Main street there xas eood-sised torrent.
Looking ont upon the valley frou tae court
house, one could hardly see a-diaapce of
half Q mile; the air we literally full of
water, and the valley seemed q . fog
covered -. This aats OF things eousirned
for about 6faeea minutes, when the som
lhated soa.ewhaf.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
The Costumes Of She,lss

The debasement of Inriity which, nnde,
the pressure of competition, has gradually
extended Of late years TO almost every arti-
Gle used by man, ia notorious. Yet as few
persons except the Unlisted. realize the i'm.
mense loss to society from this source, an
Illustrative experience of my own may here
he welcome. When my father left me man.
ager of the New Lanark cotton mile, in the
winter Of lS24-25, a certain Mr.. Bartholo-
new, who had long been a customer of ours
to the extent of SO, coo or $4,000 4 year,
came to me one day, asking if could make
him lot of yarn suitable for ordinary
shifting at such a price, naming it. I've
have but one price," l said, land yen know
we'll that We sell such warn 30 per cent. above
the rate you propose"
81 know that" he replied, but you
could make it so az to be sold at nv price"
/" Yes, by using waste and mixing in weak,
short stapled cotton"
"And it would look almost a. well ~
perhaps"
"Then I'll try it."
"My fathers instruction." l replied,
ARE not to lower the quality Of our goods
I'm sorry; but can't fill your order"
He went of in a huff, but returned two
days later. "See here" said he, "don't
he Quixotic. ! can have the yarn asked
you about spun elsewhere. What's the use
of driving a good customer away from you
shall get the stuff want, and use it all the
same"
SIT would iniIre the character of our
mill"
Not il yoU leave of your Trademark.
What do care about The picture? Mark it
as you WILL"
/ hesitated; and fnallv-not much to my
credir-agreed to make the yarn for him. !
stand either for Bartholomew or for bad"
said to him when he came TO look at it.
"I'm ashamed to turn such an article ont Of
our mill"
But three weeks after again. 'Just the
thing" be said; and he gave me a second
order, thrice az large as the first.
The B yarn became popular article in
the market; the shifting that was made from
it looking smooth, and being sold at some 10
per cent less than that made from oar usual
quality. Yet to my certain snowleige-for
l tried lit di! not last half ~ iorg as the
other.
That transaction sits somewhat heavily on
my conscience still. Ie, j, helped TO teach
me great lesson. 1t is my firm belief that,
a. the present time, purchasers OF cotton,
wcolen, linen and silk goods, Of furniture,
leather good, and all other man
ufactured staples, lose On the average, be-
cause Of inferior quality, more than half Of
Of all the money they pay out. And / doubt
except by cooperation. this crying
evil can be remedRj.-E. ID. Orea, IA II
nnLlc
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
-X.sENAT0R POMEROY.

Ex-SfyAToR PoMERoY arrived in the city
". 1t was remarked generally that he
looXed much careworn. He is reticent as to
the Senatorial contest, but expresses himself
freely "a to the trial on the York charges, in
which he will, go it is asserted. turn the ia
bIes on his accusers-V Wash. Cor. s.. Louis
Gobc.
Kalloch Gays all of Pomeroy's old friends
have to unite on him. Houston says the
same thing, and others sing a similar song.
KaIloch, Houston & Company say the suit
against Pomeroy must be Withdrawn or every
politician in Karsas who aided in Pomeroy's
defeat will be blown 'sky high" They
(Ka!loch, Houston & Company have made
mp their minds not to stand it any longer.
Great men can accomplish wonders. We
anxiously await the ''turn." "The clouds
are clearing away. Let the sun shine"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
.Craei a.d De.aa.axsraa.


Senator Morris hss no. taken his back psy,
and says he does not intend 10 take IL, be-
cause nc disapn.ores Of the principal in-
VOWED in 1t. Bot be ajas-and We COM
mend his words 20 those who are trying TO
hunt down every man Who voted for this
measrre-"ahiIe l entertain that view in
regard to the principle Of back pay, il il due
to Other members Of Congress Who voted for
and received il 10 say that they thoughs they
had . right to Il; that what they did Was
ancioaed By psecedents. By The votes and
actious Of maky Of the ableA men Who have
gone hsSore them in the nation, and il il .
matter upon vhish men have . right to
di6es and differ honestly" We regard the
haek pey - - vssy unwise and inpohic;
bue TO 6enonpes every IN Who vUesd for L
= . s,nlasyershhes" md ''thieF' / both
cuel and deaagqgi0l-Nes York Daily
Grepa;e.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

In estimating she later generations. .sbat
is, the grandsons and the great-grandsons, Of
course computatiop can onl1 be made on the
emigration between 1921 spd 1850, amount
ing 70 COO, 600, Naturally, only limited
number of tbese wosid have grandsons and
gresltgran4ions, and, these the Aaahiichten
estidsisa. 500. 600. The total summary,
theret'e, shows: German Immigrants, L.
$50, 600; fret generafiH, ], COS. coo; and
other eenesssjpQs, ~ Or a total of
4,9s4, 900. A.ronnd nu5 bsz1 We may say,
that there are $500, 0ON q Germans and
their immediate defendants living in the
United States.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04

-Abominatious at seaside hotels:
Matches that won't light, eosp that won't
wasa, teveis that correspond in size to nap.
kins. Sies In soSp, eend in water pitcher
and locking glasses ''izarfniiy sid .onder.
fully made; ?:
Southern summer vi.itofs that accept
the sfratinu prefer the Greeabeiaf White
Sulphur Springs Of Wei yirgisia, but The
1arecooaeructed, 'uarepeatsne rebels 90 70
he Mosseoaesy Whine eslPAar 6psiap n
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
p.puaArroN OF LxAvExwoRrH.

POPULATION OF LEAVENwORTH
Tie Board of Canvassers appointed ~
the City Council and Board of Education,
10 tase tie census of the city, reported the
resul, of their iabors 10 the Council last eve
ming. The population Of the city, accord
ing TO their count, is twenty-five thousand
one hundred and twelve. These figures do
nc, materially differ from the figures of the
township sssessors, who enumerated the in
hab;.ants Of the city. nnder tie provisions
# the State law.
In 1870 the population OF the city vas
1888, hence the PRESENT census shows an
incrsrsa OF 7,239 in three years. lncln-
ding tie resident population of Foit L.aven-
worth, which was 1875 in 1870, and not
less than 1875 now, the population of
Lesyenwo..h msy be fairly set down at
2s.Os7.
The figure. Of tie sworn canvassers OF the
State correspond with the figures Of the To-
cal canvassers, therefore cur citizens may
rest assured that the count is correct.
II must be borne in mind also that the cor.
porste limits of Leavenworth do not extend
over as much territory as formerly. Special
to eyade. taxation, has changed
the boundary lines, and in that manner
hundreds who belong really in the city, and
maintain Offices, etc. 4, in town, now reside cut
side aud were not enumerated.
Altogether, the progress Of Leavenworth
has beea remarkable. The growth has been
steady from the start, and wi,hal very rapid.
Before there was house in Leivenworth,
st. joseph and Kansas City were cities Of
size anu importance. We have
already distanced St. Joseph, and are going
onward at a rate which is certain to lead
Kansas City.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
wrraER AHEAD.

Judging from the reported result Of the
Republican primaries in Boeton and other
important cities in Massachusetts, Ben.
Eutler's chances for the Gubernatorial nom.
instion are decidedly bright. Whether these
result. are to be ascribed to his personal pop
uIari,y, or the hitter fight made upon him
by his personal enemies, it would be impos-
rible for us to surnise. Suffice it to say that
Butler is irrepressible, and that if he dies al
All poIitically he will die game.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
00W "Aask IWaso'' Sold - E0glAsS
A0V0De.

Tie irrepressible "Mark" has LEN at his
old tricks ayain a. practical joker in Eng
land. Here is the story, - gravely told in
the London scientific periodical called Lint
and Tatsr, by Mr.. Henry Lee:
Apropos Of porpoises hearing, my friend
Marx Twain tells me that after reading ny
little article on this subject, the idea struck
him one morning when he "a. performing
his ablutions ina large zinc bath. that be
would Try to fancy himself a porpoise being
raped At on the front glas Of bis tank By
thoughtle.s persons. So, while his head
vas under water. he tapped With Ri. knuck-
les on the metal side Of The bath. The sound,
he ssys, was conveyed to his tympannm With
surprising resonance, and, il not sufficient to
cause him n commit suicide - the porpoiee
did Il Tie Brighton Aquasium, vs. mech
louder ihan would Aave bs0 produced By
lie - - h ~ sx1ssnal cir.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
unN0POLY PARTY.

In the Western States the Democratic
ipsrlv pre.ends to be anti-monopoly; in Viz
oiri. its candidate for Governor was nomi-
mated in the railroad interest. The difference
ia accounted for by the fact that Virginia is
believed to be Democratic, while in the
Wes.ern States that party lie in tie minority.
Wherever the party has the power it
is on the monopoly side..
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-04
The Ret Weather.

T..e Term Of hot weather which came 10 q
close yesterday will long be remembered in
Kansas. For sever crccessive days TIE
thermometer ranged from 100 To .0s, max.
ing ten days in the month with the Their
mome;er up 70 100 degrees or shove. This
j. unprecedented. This is the sixth sum-
mer that We haze Published Prof. Shows
record, and dcring all that time tkere has
been nothing to compare With the feFce &nd
long. continued heat Of the term through
which We have just paeed.-Larre.ee
Journal.