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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-06-19

About year ago one Of the steamships
sailing from East Boston 20 Liverpool took
aboard gentleman and his daughter, who
intended to travel over the greater part of
Europe. A few days after dsbarkation the
gentleman was found dead IN his room, at
hotel in the north of England, having been
attacked ty heart disease. So the young
lady was left apparently friendiess in a
strange land. She desired to bring home
the remains of her father, hut this could not
be done by ship o! the Cunard company,
their rules forbidding the shipment Of a
corpse. While YEARLY waiting at Lon
don hotel for the sailing Of Southampton
steamship under different management, the
kiEd hearted landlord invited her TO go out
to his country home and remain there until
sailing day. There were other guests at
this country residence, among them young
gentleman who devoted a good part OF his
time TO the entertainment of the American
visitor. At last he accompanied her TO the
steamer, and bidding goodbye, handed her
a bouquet, in which, after sailing, abe found
note asking permission TO write TO her. We
canno. be expected to know about the COT
respondence which followed, bu, wedo know
that day before yesterday there was a we'd
ding at Concord, n. H., because We read In
the MONITOR
SIN this city, June IL, by Rev. J. F.
Lowering. Peter ID. Carr, Esq, OF Liver
pool, England, ard Helen NJ. Poverty,
daughter of the late james Poverty.
tom Trr SRI nj
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-06-19
DELAHAY-s PExFIDY.

Daring the war of the rebellion, and while
Delahay was managing the now famous
Brown corli, cases, he made oilers to
us 10 coniisca,e mortgage OF 81 800, which
Clinck CockrilI, OF Platte county, held upon
a lot belonging to US in this city. While We
would ordinarily have been willing to have
saved few dollars, yet We could not see the
propriety of a United States District Judge
di.honoring his office by soliciting business
ia this way. Mr.. Cockrill had always been
a kind friend TO ia, and while it was repre-
sen,ed to US that 81, 900 or 81 500 might be
saved by the coniiscation, We failed to see the
Justice of swindling personal friend. Since
the exposure of the Brown case, We can see
more plainly that the Judge had personal
interest in increasing the number OF such
cases. The proof goes to show that the
Judge drew his share of the profits ct all
such cases regularly. He didn't make any
thing out of old Uncle Ciinck.
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SNAE.s. AND MEAN.

Judge Lowe has been fixed" by salary
.tcal. and the Sal Soda business. Cobb has
a Congressional seat, and before be runs
through the political Smelling machine two
years, there will ne nothing left OF him but
the mere CoJ6. Phillips is to small 10 no.
tice.
The foregoing article appears loaded IN the
editorial Columns of the Commercial. Messrs.
ingalls,, Lowe. Cobb and Phillips united In a
request to appoin; United States Marshal
in place of Col. Houston, editor of the Com
uercial. This fact accounts for the milk IN
the cocoanut. Perhaps il orr CongressIona!
delegation will only give the poor fellow
another Office he will see something good IN
them. In the interim We trust they Will
survive the assaults of an ex-tnited States
Ma.shal who has made during his admins
tration an Infamous record-one who has
stolen himself rich. The people acquiesce
in the removal of such man without shed.
.in- . tear
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.uxx.cEro THE VEST.

lis officially estimated that, since leoS'
nearly 900 Americans aud Mexicans have
b sen murdered by Indians in Arizona. Inc
Prescott Miner has frequently Pubiished
whole columns OF small type, giving the
names of those murdered, the dates upon
which said murders were committed, and the
localities of the horrid deeds. The bodies
of many of the victims were found horribly
mu,iIated, yet the knowledge Of the whole,
sale slaughter failed to shock the people o.
the Fast: no, not half SO much as they were
shocked a, learning Of the death at the
bands of the treacherous Modocs, OF General
Candy and Peace Commissioner Ihoroas' al,
of which goes TO show that the lives U,
front;ersmen are rot "a sacred, IN the eyes o.
the Cburchmen of the East, as those oil Big
adler Generals ard p: eachers.
Besides these Iosses in human lives max o.
proper,y reaches hundreds OF thonsands'
T, mps, also be borne in mind, observes Inc
Dsnver Tribune. that the Indians have IN
yariabIy been the sggressors; have always
been the frst to break treaties, murdel
and rob. Yet, snch ''paciGca'ors" as~nen
Howard, V. Colser, Mr.. Brunot, and MIR
WEIGH, have published TO the world tina
the people of Arizona have wronsed ih'
Apaches, and that Western "folk' Preie
war 10 peace. 1t is from such misrepre
sensations, by such Influential parties, tina
the Yves, has suffered 80 greatly. But 1t
gratifying 10 know these deceptive statement
are no longer of any avail. A full bu
,ardy Justice will yet be melted ont to West
ern men and Western principles, and TIL
/ shor'ly'
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A Funny n an.

Detroit has what il calls a funny man.
An cd man named Gregg, who mends furni-
ture for living, was sitting in his shop re-
Gently, when a stranger entered and asked
the loan of dollar. Gregg bounded at the
impudence of the request, and the stranger
began laughing uproariously and shut
and bolted the door. The stranger then
took of his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and
stepped up and seized Gregg by the hair and
lifted him up foot or so. Gregg attempt
ed to call in the police, but the funny man
seized him BY the throat and nearly choked
him to death. "why don't you laush?"
said the stranger, saying which he began to
,wig his nose. A stair rod then came into
reanisition, Gregg being constantly requested
to laugh. Seeing that his life was in danger
he did laugh. but it was not hearty laugh,
and accordingly the stranger began hitting at
his feet with a Ratchet. A pair Of shears
were then prodcured and the man began cut
ting eff his hair, until the victim wss left
bald. He then cut off the mans whiskers
and tickled the mans feet with curry comb,
threatening to stab Gregg if he made any
alarm. Growing tired at last, the stranger
said he guessed he would so. He was not
in need of any money, he said, but he liked
to NEE: a man who could appreciate fun. and
he went out. The carpenter was alive at last
accounts, but the funny man is still at large.
Ii is Thought that the case is one of emotion
al insanity.
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A COMMERCIAL MAN.

We see by an evening paper that ID. T.
Lowe is going into the grocery business. We
used TO think that Judge Lowe was emf
pentiy qualified for the bench, but We have
not word TO ssy about it now.-Commer-
cidl, jane l5ii.
The editor OF the Commercial supported
Clarke for L. s. Senator and opposed Lowe.
When Clarke was beaten the Commercial ed
itor left Clarke in the ditch and supported
Lowe. The Commercial editor, during the
contest for L. S. Senator in 1870, paid a
newspaper s., 600 to continue its fight against
Caldwell.
When Caldwell was elected this Commer-
cial editor deserted Clarke and supported
Caldwell.
The Commercial editor supported Lowe
until Lowe turned him on, of Office. lie
once thought Lowe was ''eminently quail
fed for United States Judge" He has mot
word TO say about j; ncw."
In the Judgment OF this virtuous protested
christian editor OF tire Commercial, Judge
Delahay is "eminentiy qualified" And
Why is Delahay qualified in this editors
opinion !? Delahay has had, after long
examination of witnesses, articles oiiimpeach-
ment preferred against him by the Congress
of the United States. The United States
Circuit Court has practically rendered judg-
ment that Delahay is guilty OF misappro-
pria,ion of government funds, and that he
was co-conspirator to defraui the govern
merit and absorb United States funds. The
public know Delahay to lie drunken, de-
bauched, dishonest Judge.
Then Why does the Commercial properly
named the Commercially editor support Della
hay
Simply this Delahay as judge issued an
order that all advertising in that most IL
famous of all Kansas courts, the Bankrupt
Court, should be published in the CONNER
mercial. and hence the saleable editor pro
ceeds to s!obber Delahay..all over with praise.
Mr.. Love you did wrong you should
have retained q Commercial man Is United
States Marshal.
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Ir,Gs LOWE AND THE n. Y. 81

A Kansas paper named the Western SPIRIT
saws the New York Sun originated the charge
that Mr.. Lowe of that State had a huge
grocery bill of his own paid out OF the funds
of the House of Representatives, pretending
that it was for stationery delivered TO himself.
The Western Spirit is a lying spirit. No
such charge ever originated in the Sun
or was ever Published by the San. No
doubt, however, Mr.. Lowe il capable OF
stealing that amount or any other amount
that might come in his way, for lie was one
of the promoters and AGENT of the great back
pay-steal but tina: is not good reason why
the lTescra SPIRIT shonid indulge its propen-
sitv to tell lies.-N. \. San.
The New York Sun in iis assaults upon
Judge Lowe, exhibits either partisan malice
or lamentable ignorance. Notwithstanding
the SIM s assertion that Mr. Lowe "was one
of the promoters and agents Of the great
back-psy s.eal'' that Z; n!leman voted against
the increased compensation first and last
Mr.. Lowe did take the back pay, and in
doing SO performed the only act Of his public
career that his enemes could justly censure,
or his friend, honestly regret.
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alnlH n ReYOlYeF.

A nan recently entered Utica restaurant
and ordered very elaborate dinner. He
fingered long at the table and finally wound
up with 4 bottle Of wine. Then lighting a
cigar he had ordered, ne leisureiy sauntered
up to the counter and said to the proprietor:
"Very fine dinner, landlord. Just charge
Il to ne; I haven't got 4 cent"
"Bus, don't know you," said the pro-
prie.or, indignantly.
''Of course you don't. II you had you
wouldn't let M have the dinner
swell, yon must pay for .he dinner, /
say"
"ADd psy can't
'I'Il see about that" said the proprietor,
Who had snaiched a revolver on, Of a
drawer, Ieaped over the counter and collared
the man, exclaiming as he pointed j; at his
head, "Now ace if you will get away With
that dinner without paying fox it, you seoun-
dreI."
"Wha. il that Won hold in your hand?"
said the impeccnious customer, drawing
back.
'That, SIR, Is revolver"
80, that's . revolver, 10 it? don't care
q fs ior . revolver; thought it vas = ssom-
och pump"
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THE INDIAN CLaI: AGENT.
Heterogeneous Shanis Describes
HIM,

lie il generally bankrupt-in morals,
religion and polite. He will make uncon-
scionable demands for the most imaginary
services: will make any kind Of representa-
tior to the Indians against the character OF
his own people and government that in his
Judgment will oyerreach his clients; will
magnify his own importance and traduce
others; will impudently claim an exclusive
knowledge of public records that are really
known TO every one; will threaten others IN
order to carry his point; will accept pay on
both sides of his case, and the last and best
pay is The best served. He will buy or sell,
corrupt or be corrupted, which ever proulises
the most money to him. He will attack any
other of the same class of operators if not
permitted to share in the spoil,. He will
marry squaw and become an Indian to Sc.
cure an influence among them, and will
abandon his victim and children if necessary
for gain. He will abandon American citi'
zenship for that Of hand of Indians, solely
to divide their property with them, and that
done will abandon them. In short, if there
is ANYTHING that an Indian agent will not dc
i, is tina, he will not treat his clients, the In
diars, honestly.
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The lively editor of the Danbury Neys de-
clines an invitation to go to the metropolis,
where, as represented to him, he would have
larger audience and truer appreciation.
Charles +. Browne, Mortimer Thompson,
Bret Harte, d. X Locke, or others did or
have done this; but Montgomery Bailey, the
Danbury Neus bumorist, is wise a. well a.
drolI, ard in recent letter on this subject
said:
81 like this town, where have lived most
of my life, and the town likes me. My
small paper is only weekly; but | own il,
and am eon,en; With the little but satisfactory
independence that / enjoy. know
I've gotten good deal Of rep
utation lately; it won't be any
les if stay here; and If go to New York,
am dreadfully afraid should soon be an
old story and dwindle down to an impercepti-
bic point. Yonr big cities like fresh oranges.
bat it very quickly socks them dry, and
throws them away. don't want to be
sucked dry right of; 70 think I'll remain
where I sm. I've seen from my country
home ho~ clever fellows turn out who go
to New York with grind expectations. They
gave up something, and in the end found
nothing. am glad YOU want TO have me
come, and Pm glad,ier that don't want to
CONS. Dsnbury. magnificent village a. II
il, il good enough for me; and as l don't
want to steal anything, or get murdered, or
get up a reputation for genius, i respectfully
but firmly decline to pitch my tent in
Gotham
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ansf,e en- Xoasa sixty Cents

A ranchman, Just returned from st.
Louis, reports, as litaral reproduction Of
his restaurant experience, the following:
Saws to the waiter, "Give me snipe on
toast"
By-and by he came in and put down some
toast, and kept on reading about what a
donkey Grant was, and what 4 ridiculous set
every one ia who is running for office; and
sat there for an hour. Then / rang the gong.
The waiter entered, and says !. "where in
the thunder ia my NEAR
SAYS he, They've been on the table an
hour"
S,ysI, 81 didn't order plain toast; want
a snipe on it,"
SAYS he, "There ia a snipe on it."
Then drew Close up to the table, and
saw little black speck on the toast.
Save /, you'll swear that's sniPe?'
Says he, "Yes."
SAYS l, You'd make good linen buyer,
you would"
SAYS he, ats a snipe on toast, anyhow u
Saws l, Chow did it get on?'
Say. he, "Thst snipe's all right. It's a
full-sized one, too"
Says /, 'l'm glad oft. Pm glad you told
me that's a full-s;zsd snipe; for do you know.
young man, when I sat out there reading
saw a black speck on that toast, but 1 took IT
for fly, and Pm glad to be informed it's q
snipe-a full-sized snipe. Now you can
take that snipe away and bring me turkey
on toast. want full-sized turkey, too.
/ amt hankeriDg after snipe since that
epieode. could have blown that snipe
through q putty blower without hunting the
mipe or the putty blower either. SniPe on
toast may be game, bot it's mean game.
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ssszs.sex. TOPEKA AND lola.

Atehison censures Topeka for the extrava-
CANT voting of bonds to aid manufacturing
enterprises and public improvements, and
advises the capital city to ''slow up" and not
.ssempt to force the ciry's growth. Topeka
Efforts by the production OF documentary
evidence to prove that Atchison county has
more bonds registered than has Shawnee
county, and suggests that A'chison should
hesitate before using her credit any further
to obtain advantages. While this contro-
vsrsy goes on the people of lola meet to-
gether and glorify Judge billions decision
concerning the fifty thousand dollars
of bonded Indebtedness which was created
by that place, and subsequently removed
ty the action of the L. S. Circuit Court.
The bond disease which has prevailed to
such an alarming extent in Kansas, Is now
very nearly under control. The reaction
promises better prosperity.
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4 Judicial DeeisiO0 Against Tight
NhOeS.

The several millions of tortured and corn.
afflicted people in this country should read
this paragraph and forever after bear the
name o. Humphreys in grateful recollec,
ton. Humphreys il Judge at the city Of
Washington, in the District Of Columbia.
Before him came as party plaintiff q shoe
maker and asked Judgment against man
for whom he had made pair Of shoes.
Came also the defendan, and made answer
tina, the said shoes did not FL. As to the
issue which was joined on the averment Of
the defendant, the shoes we're the best Wit.
nesaes. and they were brought into court and
placed upon the feet of the defendant. Thai
they would go on il fact that would seem
to have initiated somewhat against tss
theory Of the defense; but the defendant
swore that ieing On, the shoes made exist
ence insufferable. Then it was that Hum
phreys uttered the great principle that
should make hi- name immortal. He said,
in substance, that tight shoes were . torture
that no freeman should be required to en-
dure; that when a shoemaker fails TO consult
the comfort Of hi. patron, the latter Is under
no obligations 10 pay Ter the work. Judg-
ment Tor the defendant. And vet the Presi-
dent hesita'es "a 10 xLo -bofld he made
C5ief Ju-,ice.
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MONOPOLlES.

The day Of moncpolies is past. AT least
such is the hope of the merchant, the me-
chanic, the farmer and the laboring man.
The power capable of doing most good in
this direction is the organizations Of the
farmers of the land. If they prove true
TO the principles upon which they are
formed grea. good will come from their eff
orts. In their efforts let them be practical.
Beware of that class who have been go-be-
tweensin politics, always ready TO aid any and
every one willing to pay for their services
Stand BY men of principle, and your princi.
niles will be triumphant.
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BREr HARTE'S VERSES.

1t pleases certain class OF editors to talk
about Bret Harte's failure as poet after
leaving the Pacific coast to take place
among the regular contributors Of the At
Ian,ic Monthly, but We notice that his poet
ical illusions" are as readily published now
as ever before. The verses about "Nyes
skeelp," which appeared in prominent
place of the New York Tribune's editorial
page few days since, have been copied by
all the leading newspapers of the country,
and will travel around in the patent IN
sides for the next six months. "A man who
writes good verses early in life seldom loses
the gift in after years. Genius may 60
slow, and perhaps halt, but it hardly re-
re.aes
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a Pleasant sketch.

rom ttAi y Wv h''N"4
Her "I.eayes from a Lecturers Note
Book" are from beginning TO end amusing.
She begins by taking Il carriage, and sitting
down, in the dark, upon what she supposed
was seat, but which proved itself by bowls
blended with attempts at assault and battery,
to be boy. In this carriage she is driven to
a ho.el, where young Lady in green silk and
red ribbons, and pink youns man, with his
hair parted in the middle, sresinsing DAYS
of Absence" together in the parlnr, and in
the guests own room, the landlords daush-
ter sits and kni,s. ike another Madame
Deiarge, az she watches the supper and toile,
of the young lady lecturer. In the carr
next morning, friend, who took leave OF
her alluded to her lecture of the evening be
fore, and a severe woman, in spectacies, in
Qtiired in s;en,orisn ,ores, "Be you lectu-
rer?" h. +. was siien but the chatecism
proceeded.
81 say, be YOU a lecturer again de-
manded this awful person. ''Thars twice
I've asked you the same question.
Dumb With Amusement, wondering where
that "womanly tact" WA which We hear 50
much abou, and see 20 little, bowel yea"
that would have done no di-credit TO the com
mendstors in Don hIovanni."
"WeIl, why didn't you say 30 in the first
place? Might inquire your name"
Give my name, No; would have gone
ga Martha to the stakes first. New every
neighbOring ear elongated and grew into an
interrogation point. Even the cars, ~ they
sped along, seemed 10 echo. What's your
name. what's Your name? whats your
name"
:" might l inquire your name"
No, madam, you may not"
"Well, that beats all. l didn't mean no
harm. thought YOU might write for the
Rsrs'utioa. What's your opinion about
matters md things in general.
Good Americans who read D.cseH =
"American Notes" and "Martin Chuzzle-
Wit, virtuousy brand immortal Boz AZ
as-weil, az liar. Rather was he the Tyre
played upon, making -ach music a. the
players invoked. Here before me sat one OF
Dickens characters, drawn to the lie:
Matters and things in general? What
was ! to saw? Where should begin ,
With the creation OF the world MADAM"
l at las, answered in an undertone, looking
like rock and feeling like disembodied
goo-berrv, 81 have no opinions"
mo opinions - exclaimed the awful
person with severity in her eye and con-
tempt sharply playing about the corners Of
her mowth. III you've no opinions, how
on air;h can you lecture -
Had been a worm the swful person
would have crushed me beneath her foot.
Being nothing more than human, she turned
her back upon me az a creature let to all
sense OF her mission on earth.
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Tine foiIowing dispatches explain ihsE-
selves; though We n,.y Observe tina. no well
founded reports OF the existence Of cholera in
the Crescent city have reached u:
New ORLEANS, June IL
To ". H. .Seaaen::
No epidemic cholera. Danger entirely
abated. Perfectly safe 10 come here. Gal
weston is perfectly healthy.
LOUIS A Wilt.
Mayor, n. o.
NEW ORLEANS, June Il.
IL ". H. !Sensea:
No epidemic cholera here now. At safe
tere from disease az in st. Louis. Reports
entirely unfounded.
LOUIS A. WnTZ,
Mayor, N. u
ST. Losis Dispatek.
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GEO. A. JACKSON.

Many in our community and elsewhere
vili be glad to learn that Rev. Geo. A. Jack
son, Of this city, was, on last Saturday, by q
unnnimous vote, received into the General
Association of the Congregational churches
Il Kansas, upon the same terms precisely
thst all other members are received. No
special condition or assent to any particula,
doctrise was prescribed in his casa. He
has simply given a general assent 10 tha
ConGitusion, By-laxs and Articles Of Faita
I. required Of al By the Constitution. Asy
suprsss.aatins q impressions to the ON.
80 - i.nansct