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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-25
TIE S4f.0OO.O0o,

Secretary Richardson decided on Salnr-
day to issue par. OF the 81. 600, 0'o rsaerye
10 eas the present money panic. JESTER
day the telegraph informed us thai lie haG
recon=iJsred, snd would not Issue sny part
Of ii. To i. il seems his plain duty 10 ifsue
every dollar authorized by law. Flood the
country with greenbscks and you relieve
TIE panic stricken people 2: once. any &c
iion lh.i appreciates the value Of monied So
c1ri,ies oppres=es tie industrial element. of
IKE canary. Any action that appreciates
tie ysla. OF the industrial elements Of the
country lifts burden from the shoulders Of
the people already overburdened with taxa
tion-s taxation that only results in max
ing rich rnen richer and poor men poorer.
Let the forty-four millions he Issued a, once,
or a. fast as the commercial community re-
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sExarcEiAL 1OPICS.

r.,,i,. ,te p.r.-,li,,cly heavy and eeT.-
bssf'e We
o,s article o! the LeaSeh"'''. ''"~,'''"
and Lawrence Tribune, concerning the Sena-
..;..,..,, ,l,. ,,,,.ers Of the Safe refuse
- ,t,,,,;., v;,b .r,vnv. The con-
10 fe"' ''' -. -, uo,.,or
siderzfi"n "'ch 'he N''"'
talk receives is very clearly sa""h ~ '"e
ubjoised comment:
hs,;svel ia The lee, pg-,ed cir
n. y-,;,a. of Eld.raIo. Will lie
w, - ibe Tinted S.stes Senate by
c cryarn.r O.boro. Dec. il all right on the
.te. -, o,,es,;on " in which the Gov.
.rnor has tain a .:sep interest. was an
- s,.oI;tionis: aci his theory in ~.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-25
THE FAIR.

We acknowledge complimentary tickets to
the Lsayenwor,h Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Fair, which Will he held a: Leavenworth
from Ocober 6 b 10 Hin inclusive. Leaven-
worth county always gets MP enc Of the best
fairs in ksns.s, and hss made unusual ei.
forts this YER. We sre assured they intend
to do their b.S;, and wish them abundant
success.-Hohoa Meas
Last year the Lsavenworih Fair proved to
be the finest exhibition in the Missouri Val.
ley. Perhaps, in point OF racing we we're
behind come of oar iva;-, but the fair itself
a. a representative of the products and in
dustries of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri,
was nowhere exeslied. The exhibition If
1873, in poin. Of entries, is certain to sur
pass the last years fair, and five are favored
with cheerful sunshine. the crowds in at.
tendance will be Immense.
Tie various railroads ooGvergins in the
city have generously agreed TO carry without
cost live stock and articles intended for ex.
h;bi.ion, provided that the oSnerhip Of
sach stock snd sriic!es does rot change du-
ring the fair. 1t is expected that the liberal
Inducements Of the Iosjs and the maguif.
cent premiums c1ered viii attract the Al.
tea,;on and attendance o: si the prominent
western exhibitors.
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n AIy. FACILITIES

The following increase of mail service IN
in Kansas routes hiss been announced:
ku'e 1880. Si'ina 10 Newton; emf
brace New Go.;lsnd, and increase servics
between Salira and New Cortland one trip
per week September Is.
Route 1890 New Cortland to Hutch
inson: Increase service heiween New Go,t-
land ard Mcpherson two trips per week
September II.
Route 1871. Sa;ias :, Pi,t-5nrg; ex.
tend service twice week iIcm Lincoln Cen
ter 20 Petersburg October l.
Route l4l5i Hanoysr and Cjra aud
branch; increase be,wesn New Scandinavia
and Cora one fip per week, October l.
Route 1876 Jewell to Phi!Iipsburg; in
crease one trip per week. Octoher l..
Route 1892. Meridian to Spring Ranch !;
increase service between Red Cloud and
Franklin one trip Fer week.
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INYESJl6AlE TT.

We published in Yesterdays TINES II
statement fiom Mrs. Re;char;, describing
the punishment which her son received from
four of the teachers employed a: the Morris
schoni. The sta e;nsnt wac translated from
the Free Press Of Monday syenin., and was
simply M-S. RS vsrsion of the crow"
N liking due allowance for a mothers zeal in
defence OF her soa, aud ai-o concedins that
the bos's version OF the whipping was ex-
aegerated. We still believe the affair should
be investigated. TIE pualic will hardly he
Satisfied until the Board of Education makes
All oficis! inquiry Ia ascertain the facts in
The caaa
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PLATTE CoUNrY's RENEf,r.

The Twelfth Annual Fair Of the Platte
County Agricultural and Mechanical As
sociation commences to-day, and continues
through the week.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad will run special trains from
Leavenworth to Platte City and return. The
special to-day will leave the Union depot
at 8 O'Clock, a.. m. Chicago time {7:s0 city
,ime) and return leaving Platte City about 5
.. IA. The excursion fare is one dollar for
tie round trip.
We believe il is the general intention OF
the Leavenwoyth folk to give Platte a rous-
ing benefit this year. and il is safe to say that
the youth and beauty of the metropolis will
be largely represented on the fair grounds Of
our neighbo.s before the exhibition closes.
II the travelling public require additional
facilities for going TO the fair. the Rock
Island company will run on. two special
trains every dsy until the Close of the exhi-
billion.
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Thr -.arsow Escape.

4 ii:t!e lire kindied 4 great deal of stir 10
this city yesterday. The time of year, the
weather. the direction Of the wind, and the
locality Of the coDAsgration, all recalled the
circumstances Of thegreaf fire, but
there the likeness ceased. The total loss
will net exceed $3.50. 600, one-third Of which
is covered BY insurance. Fify-three build.
ings were consumed all Of them frame
sirncur and Of little value with the excep-
ton Of packing house. The flames we're
started BY 4 spark from q locomotive in
some loose hay At the corner of Newberry
.venue and the Sixteenth street railway
crossing. and ranged thence nOnhward over
the blocke between Fourteenth and SIX
teenth streets The high wind. and the
ready fuel that lay in the path Of the ERE,
might easily hsve given us another great
Ere hut for the mastery manner in which
the fire department. vas handled by the new
FIRE marehzl. This v,s the fist occasion
Benner has had for showing what stuff vas
in him. and all sccounls ssree that he &C
Quilted himself in euch . manner ~ to win
the complete confidence Of his ren.-Ch-
coos Tr;bwRe,
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A PROPOSITION.

The Washington Chronicle learns tina; h
distinguished business man IL Holland hss
made proposition, now in possession Of
Senator Morton, to build tour.,Tsok rail-
way from New York to some point in In
diana or Ohio, with two tracks thence 10 st.
Louis or Chicago, the road to he bulk Of
steel rails in the most complete manner. No
grants, subsidies, or subscriptions are asked /;
the proposition exac,s only that the road
shall be chartered bv Congress.
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The Pct,awxtOmie Fair commences on
the 10Th. ard the Louisville Reporter ssys
the display Of live stock IL going 70 be
creditshle, Is it i. evident from that already
entered. and more is coming.
The word ''boary-hesJed," which
emanated iron, Ksllccsi, of the Laurence
Tribune, is giving bin Considerable Doso-
rie'y throughout the s,aie.-fao,a Spirit.
''So:eriety" IL good. That's one On the
Rev. l. S Kslioch. Of oourpe it was not
derived from the Reverend gentleman.
conuec'ion with certain notes.
The manufacture of brick, FROM cchre,
II now acknowledged success, aid il des-
tined not only to YORK = revolution in the
brick business, but TO become business Of
great commercial value 10 Ossse City and
that part Of the Stale. The inst kiln wss
burned in September iass, and now they are
turning on, from 250. go 10 100000 brick
per month. Thee permanent kim with q
capacity OF sc, 600. are required 10 keep the
press, now in use. running. Submitted 10
tine intense heat Of these kilns. the brick
come forth, almost as bard and durable -
blocks Of steel. These bricks are put on the
cars at 50 80 to $40 per thousand. About
one mile Of the yellow ochre. ranging from
s to 3 feet in thickness, is known TO exist.
and msy he manufactured into paint, pottery.
chimney f1es and MANY other articles Il
connmerciai value -Paosa Spirit
The prolonged dry weather aud the
early frost Of this season have rendered the
prsi,ie grrss ccmbnslibie, ard We hear Of
frequen. fires sweeping over the country ard
consuming hay stacks. houses and harm.
The Salina Herald gives the following &C
coun, of destructive prairie fire in that re-
gion last week:
Through Mr.. Andrew K Morrison We
learn that the FIRE which was seen raging
northeast of town during the high Winds Of
Wednesday and "Wednesday night last was
the cause Of much lamentsb!e destruction Of
property. The IRE broke ont near the 81
line river, in the early part OF the evening,
and Was driven before the south wind toward
| the Solomon. which it reached about three
O'Clock in the morning. At this time the
wind suddenly chopped around 10 the north
| and gresily increased in v;olesce, ~ will be
remembered, blowing for several hours
almost n hurricane, and the fire recrossed the
valley and passed over the point Of hills be-
| tween the two streams, over new route, and
could not be eXtipgnished until it had nearly
reached the Saline From three o'clock un-
til near daylight twenty five to thirty men
we're necessarily engaged in fighting the fire,
and by their ubremt.ing efiorts the proper
~ of Mr.. Chas. Hahn and others was saved.
Two parties living Oh the Solomon and a
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TO THE RESCUE.

The dispatches convey The Information
that Secretary Richardson has decided 10
buy ten million dollars of bonds, for tie
purpose of relieving the depression in iinan-
cial circles of New York. This proceeding
may he right and result TO the benefit o;
the country bit We incline TO the opin-
ion that the government orgh. not TO
interfere in these stock gambling rio.s. We
doubt very much IL the Secretary OF the
Treasury would come to the relief Of West
ern farmers with the same haste that lie
rushes to the rescue Of tie New York money
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s.EAvENWORTH FAIR

Invitation and tickets 10 the Kansas '.;r
at Leavenwor.h, October 9Th to i:lL, iAe.e-
size, have been received. The Association
has expended lsrse sums OF money during
the past year in improving snd beautifying
their grounds, and have provided an smphi-
theate. large enough To sss, ,hir'y-ive thou
sand people, BESIDES coma si..us buildings
for the accommodation of .A :. .Sisors in every
branch OF industry, excellent speed tracks,
and other facilities for q first class fair. The
association confidently expects a srccsss.ul
exhibition, and indeed il deserves it.-Kar
sas Civ Journal
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aU.NpSr ENy1SCE.

The Democratic party in Illinois world
APPEAR to be well nigh extinct. At the
election lsst year there we're forty-iise
counties which gave Democratic maJoriues,
In only twelve Of these have the Democrats
made nominations this year. In si1teen
they have formally dis5anded their organi-
cation; in sish, they have called CONVEX
fions which are expected to do nothing bni
d;sband, and in the remaining nine counties
the si,nafian "a uncertain
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-25


Last Friday the Democrats Of the Twenty
Third Representative District met in del
sxa.e convention at Junction School House
On the Lesvenvorth and Fort Riley road,
and endoreed the nomination of DR.. ]. J.
Crook. for Representative in the Legislature,
end Jonu V. Wells for County Couuis-
aioner.
Dr.. Crook sersed in the Legislature Of
1871, and made a good member. lie is
yell known in the county, and being .
popular man will hold the fall strength Of
his party and get many prominent Repub-
2ican votes.
Mr.. John. Wells, the nominee for County
Conni~ioner, is a well-to-do farmer of
EAstoe township. He ha, resided in Less-
envorsh county since 1854. The solid vote
Of the Democratic party viii be cast for
him.
The Republicans of tha. district hsve not
made nominations.
The reeuit Of all the deliberations in thst
district is the pon,ination Of good s1en. Let
The elec.icn 30 as it may, good MEN will
serve the people.
Ga former occasion THr TIMES advo.
Gated The election Of Doctor Crook TO the
stsse Seaate, while men Ginning to be Re
puhlicans Supported Jeanison. What We
Shea aid in favor Of Doctor Crook Wa true.
He i . naa vho i devoted to the iatesesas
q he eonniy. nd win do al u biz poser
Apssns1e ~ vslnss = = npPsA
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Ii some of the free-losers who persist in
calling themselves Spiritualirts do not get
into Innate asyluns, then there Is but little
ues for such institutiooa The differences Of
Miss Middlebrook, Nn. Woodruff and An.
thouy Higgins, ssihe Convention in Chicago
yesterday, surpassed, in profanity and indie
csncy, anything that has jet been proclaim
I'd in public. Thy psoaounced against the
ios.i,utioa Of marriage. All Of their mum.
Der Who we're in favor Of legalixed marriage,
we're held up 10 ridicule and scorn. Mr..
Higgins ccnseoptuoasly aocused such per-
soss o. looking through he goggles Of
Mosa.' Nthsy vsse hokiRg fAsoash The
-. II - ep1eeei6cal' eeakliI6nens.
d ssuany sGaDl - ~ n e tnaolsfabls
uu1nasA-A Imo -
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Death of Wilson shanasa, Sr.

tsehsbe S1 " BsnDA SmauWOu,
The City was startled this morning On
learning that Wilson Shannon, Jr., eldest
sou. ard parrner in the practise of lac of
Ex-Governor Shannon, died at Two o'clock
this morning, after an illness Of only ten
days. Tie disease which resulted 30 prompt
ly and 30 ia'ally is reported to have heen ".
pnoni fever. The fist intima,ion The pub
lie had Of the illness OF Mr.. Shannon, was
the announces ment IN the Standard yesterday
afternoon tina; he Vas Frustrated by the fatal
malsdy which Las taken smother strong and
healthy man feom the walks Of life.
Mr.. Wilson Snaupon, Jr., Was within two
weeks OF passing his thirty-scurlh birth day.
Educated st Athens, Ohio, he came to Kan.
sas in the son,mer Of 1858. 10 1871 he yis-
tied Oregon and Californis, but returned in
short time With the intention of taking M
a permanent residence in Lawrence.
The deceased took deep inferes, in the
politics OF the country, aud profe-sed the
Democratic faith. lie symPaihized with
the government in the late civil strife. He
vas delegate to the Dsmocr.iic National
Convention at New York 10 1868 from this
Safe, and wss Secretary of.he State Execu.
tive Committee in 1872. The Democrats Of
this District placed him in nomin,iion for
the Legislature in 1871. During political
campaigns. Mr.. Shannon ~ss always hard
worker and contributed libsrally to organize
: Democratic oppoeiiion in the State Of
Kansas.' Mr.. Sha3non vas one Of The mem
bers of the De,aseu,ie !&aadad Company,
and was after wards elected President OF the
organization, Mr.. Shannon occupied several
other positions Of honor and ru.t, vas
Clerk OF the District Court and land sseot
at thie point for the &. P. r. r Company,
and in all of which he proved himseli voe.
thy of praise. His long residence in Law.
renee. his cheerful disposition and quies
ways enieared him 70 alarge circle of friends
s.d acquaintances. Who mourn 10 day his
sudden removal from their nidA. Ex.
Governor Shannon ard lady have the heart
Eel; sympathy Of the Gnaise conn1p:.
" in this sad hour Of a1iaioa.
Friends from . disaasee Aass hseG sun-
.ossd By Telegraph. We ealy know as
psussntskaf IL tu6onl nay ~ p1ees euI
hnn1u.-EsR6ns 0Qd6a
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/. ADDITIONAL AMENlSiES

TEe newspspe business is interesting in
Other p!sces than Kansas. For instance.
over ia Missouri, The little amenities that
eniiven the calling are sometimes INDUCED
in. TIE latest evidence of animation in St.
Joseph is contained in the following para
graph from the HeroM OF that place 10 re-
plying 10 something which the edi,o, Of the
Gosstte has ssid.
Every charge made by MIR. Canditi rria-
tive to the senior editor Of the morning Her.
aid, ia a wilfni, malicious. and atrociols
fAisehood, and he knew il IN be such when he
wrote it. Since J. IL. X C.ndif was here
with bis regimen, of ragged. thieving rel'rl.
who burned Platte River bridge, and mur-
derousiy sent the souls OF nineteen persons
10 e,srne:y; since the day We denounced that
infamy in the st. Joseph Journal and for
which an order Was issued for our arrest by
the rebel officer in command of 81. Joseph
since ~e FIRST gave traitors and their sneakiDg
allies, through the columns of this sheet. in
uLmistaksble Anglo Saxon, timely warning
of the cure fate awaiting them; there has no.
been an hour when we we're not q thorn in
the side OF every white Iivered rebel who
left hi- family in 81. Joseph to .iarve. snd
ran off to Prices army.
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SENATOR lNGALL~

Senator Ingalls, starts for Washington, ID.
c., tomorrow. He goes to the capital TO
look after important Kansas interests in tie
Departments, which can be be ter served by
personal attention than by correspondence.
Among other things, saws the Champion,
"he desires 10 eecure the approval OF the
Secretary of War to the plans for the Atchi-
son bridge, such approval being necessary
under the laws of the United States. The
Senator will stop. while in Washington. at
the Ebbeit House, snd persons desiring to
communicate with him. should address let
tiers in the care of that bouse,"
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FELL EXPLANATION.

Ii is now asserted that the railroad men
have been paying the dead bea'., ana 'he
played cut politicians to join The farmers
movement to break it down. 50 Gays the
snr;npfie)d Journal. This ia sufficient to
fully explain the cause OF the Ls~Tence
Tribune professed sympathy for the farm
sra' movement
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.a. xr-o.GAxrxID sNSK.

The recognized German Savings Bank
will open its doors before many days anH
satisfy every claim against the ins'i'ntic''
Mr.. d. w. Eave-, the Vice President OF the
bank, left the city for 81. Louis YESTERDAY
and will return early in the week. The ne"
Board OF officers and directors represent al
iesst one million of dollar, and will make
the bank one OF the leading institutions oi
81, Wet
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TNE ANONYMOUS CARD

4 circular issued secretly, yesterday morn
ing, BY Republican" evidently comes
from Democratic cess pool. If any man
has Charges to prefer agains. the County
Treasurer, or any other man, lei him do IL
openly and above board.
The Treasurer hiss performed his dutie7
we'll, 20 FAR 3. we know. He has accon-
moda,ed thousands OF our citizens by cssh-
ing their scrip He has paid where other
Treasurer refused payment 10 make the IN
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EXAMPLES or CREATIVE ENERGY.

EXAHPLES or CREATIVE EN- ERGY.
A rural Kentucky psper Of the Bourbon
persuasion il speaking Of successful agri-
cultural fair lately held ~ Tie colored peo.
PIE of the county, at which nearly two
thousand dollars wss distributed in premi-
un,r, ra;rely adds: IS The whites felt too poor
to s,icmp: fair this year" Whereupoa
the P,,tsbugh Csmmsrs;ai observes that ''the
unconscious favor Of sst:re which inheses in
this remark is absolutely dglicious. Here i
a people whom that paper and others Of il
class have sls.ys despised and condemned -
being of IN inferior order, setting exanplss
of creative energy, enterprise and thrih, 70
the very persons who hare aaiignes and
penecu,ed ihsm; while these latter, not
uithstanding the manifold advantages, ma:
terial and otherwise, shicd the5 posses, ana
compelled to aesnovIedge themselysa out
stripped in psogreu by Dos vAca thsy
lak Ia = -"
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TNeeklp Gimes
INDECENT.

The Convention OF Free Lovers, held IN
Chicago recently. wss notorious ior the utter
hack of decency in toe tone OF It's expresaio's'
T, was nothing if not disgustinsly indecent.
The Chicsgo Times report Of Vic. WOOD
huiPs speech for downright volgarity, sur
pEsses ANYTHING ever put IN PRINT
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The following di'patch was received in
Denver from the summit Of Pixies Peak, By
Telegraph lzst evening:
Pixies Peak, September l8.-At O'Clock
to-day Colombo Commaudry No. Knights
Templar convened in special cooclave on the
summit of this mountain, opening the com.
mandy in ample form. Probably no simi-
lar Masonic body ever before held . meet
ing over IA, 900 feet above ses level. The
weather vas delightful, and The vie~ mag.
nifxns. After the meeting, the knights en-
gagged in psrade, and drill, going through
the entire manual Of arms in uss By the or
der. From ths summit Of The great moan
tain. Colossdo Conassdsy sssds eoazssoss
sreesiags 10 e1esn e he 0sasEal 0sasa
EscampmsEt q ~ Uni1sd olnlo aad 70 III
9is KnigAA,-Dnse G9.
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BEWARE OF spurior. "Lords." An
Englishman residing in Chicsgo, says that
during the past summer a; least half dozen
imposters have been registered at hotels 10
that city, or otherwise tried to pas them.
selves Oft "a British sLord.." The LORDS"
of all Britain are not 20 many in number that
they can ne caught on aluos. snv bu-h, and
when they travel abroad, they do no, hang
out their signs-as indeed nobody elss,
unless he BE- q vulgsrisn.
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IssUING patent in-ices" and illustrated
papers in advance of their dates Il some
times attended with endorsements.
Frank LeS;es IUaNrqted Weekly for Septem-
Der 81 is out, and il contains an Interesting
Notice to Invesiorr," signed BY J. Cooke
4 Co. Investors are notified that there il
only ''lini,ed remainder of the Northern
Pacific Seven-thirty Loan" and that 'the
nnsold balance will coon be abeorbed BY
current sales, after which the company has
resolved to issue only elk per cent. honda"
The impression il becoming general that an
''unliniied' quantity Of these bonds can Be
bad at low figures, On and after the 27th.-
81. Ilois Uea01nf.
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MIR. d. P. Love once had the advantage
Of all competitors for the next Senatorship.
II he had :. mained ont Of the contest lst
winter and had refused TO taks ny PAT n
back pay, there i Des d0abs hue - Ue10
nave been the eAein q IL 1lgislstuBs ~
Ra90s 9Q@tR.