The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-11-27
TONGANOXIE.
Hogs. Business, Jail, Churches,
and "The Times.
TONGANoxIE, KAs.,
November Is, 1873. {

TONGANoXIE, KAs,
November Is, 1873.
Editor Tiscs:
We are now having foretaste of the COM
ing winter, last night being the coolest night
We have had, but to-day the eun IL shining
and the air is getting warmer. Oar cold
"anap" has started the hog trade. Mr.. s.
Hollingsworth bought some Monday, and
Mr.. L. Baldwin and Mr.. E. Hoskins are
buying now, although great many farmers
are holding their hogs for better prices, two
dollars and eighty-6ve cents being the price
paid At present. 1t is rather . slow business
to sell hogs at the above price when corn is
worth forty and forty-fve cents 2er bushel J..
We would be glad TO have some man or set
of men come TO our town, erect ware houses,
and buy what the farmers have to sell, in
stead of spending their time in hauling it to
Leavenwo,.h or Lawrence. Ii will make
business for our town, will be money in the
pockets Of the parties undertaking the enter
prise, and will be much more convenient for
the farmers of Our vicinity, and Leavenworth
and Lawrence, instead Of getting our pro-
duce by the wagon load will &c. it by the Ger
load. One great objection, and probably
the only one of any importance to such On
undertaking, is the high tariff the railroad
company charges for cars. But | su sat's.
fed that If parties will come right down to
business, and give the railroad company TO
understand tina, they mean business, and will
make business for both the company and the
shipper, the high freight will not he
in the way Oar town ia the only town Of
its size, 10 my knowledge. which has no
warehouse of some kind. We want mar
ket here for what the farmers have to sell,
or our town will remain about where it is.
We have a good country, good location for
a good inland town, and il we can only get
the application of capital, we will he num-
bered among the many good towns Of ksh-
sas. There will be something done sooner
or later, and the man who comes first, will
get the long end of the rome.
The authorities have just completed new
CITY Jail, one that will not burn down ~ the
old one did-the new one being built OF
stone and iron Yet / think a city Jail is
entirely unnecessary, al nearly everybody
has Joined church here during the last two
months, forty-three having united with the
NJ. J. church during the Ia-t three weeks.
Bat the isil will he good thing TO have in
case of emergency.
Mr.. II. fsrke WA in town last
Saturday, and talked TINES to h
go,d MANY of our citizens, and
paid that We had better town than
prest many towns in h snsas having two
newspapers and making great blow. Mr..
T. seemed IN appreciate Us, and said that
The TINES was indebted 10 ns fo- the large
club We have Of said paper. Would be glad
TO have Mr.. y. call again, and az often
possible
The County Sunday School Convention
will ke held here NEXT Thursday and Friday.
A large attendance il anticipated.
The Congregational Church will I've deli
Gated here next Saturday. Rev. W kincaid.
of your city, will preach the deiicatory
sermon.
Rev. II. O.born unaccountably escaped a
serious snd probably fatal accident Monday
last. While the wind was blowing terrible
gale he proceeded to place a prop against
his smoke house, and while thus engaged
the binding. capsized and fell upon him,
but nv something keeping the whole weight
of the binding from coming on him, he
escaped by the aid Of his wife, daughter and
some neighbors with few eight bruises.
Mr.. James McKuhen's stOre was broken
into SUNDAY night and suGiry articles taken
to the amount of thirty or forty dollars. No
clue "a yet, | believe. "a to who the thief
was. Ed. TT