The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-15
FROM TONGANOxIE.
Improvements Being Made.
The Opinion Of the People in
Regard to Newspapers.
Items of Interest.
ToNGANoxIE, Nay II. 1873.

k~us" Af"ess
Fine, pleasant weather is now the order of
the day. and the farmers are improving it
BY making 'every edge CUT to get in their
crops as soon - possible. The gras Is grow
ing finely now, and the stock begins to show
the benefit Of ''change Of pasture" Almost
every day large herds of cattle can be seen
passing drought to~n, or grazing on the
prairies in our vicinity. A foe lot of sew
eral hundred stock cattle passed through
town last Tuesday from Jackson county,
Mo-, going TO Grasshopper Falls.
Mr.. Wilkerson. living east of town, met
with quite an accident on Tuesday, his team
running away and breaking up thing. pretty
badly. But fortunately neither Mr.. W. nor
his horses were seriously hurt. The wagon
was jammed up badly.
We were supplied with some fresh fish last
Wednesday, from Stranger Mills.
Justice Fry held his first trial Tuesday,
and endured the "wool pulling" ty three
lawyers in Justice Of the Peace-like man.
ner.
A young man representing himself a.
agent for the Commercial, was down to see
US on Tuesday. Did not get enough money
to pay his car fare back to Leavenworth.
Our people do not want to pay two dollars
for a paper, when they can get better one
for le.s money. The Commercial must do
better than that il any subscribers are to be
obtained here where THE TINES is 50 favor.
ably known. At one time there was one
hundred and eigh, subscribersio THE TINES
and eight for tie Commercial about one year
ago. 1 do TO. know how many subscri-
bers there are to either paper now,
although / know the said agent had
hard time to find any one
who took the Commercial" Mr.. Muncil,
the postmaster at Stanwood, ia company
with the sheriff of Marion county, were in
town Thur.day. Mr.. Muncil il live man
and a good citizen il he is Democratic
postmaster.
Mr.. Spears has finished the bri' - nv"-
Nine Mile creek, on the Stafford rosd, and
Mr.. Culver il building fine... bridge at Sar.
coke, across Stranger. This has been good
season for bridges. More bridges nave bsen
built within a few miles Of town in the last
SIX months than in TIE three years pre-
ceiling.
Deputy Sheriff Palmer WAS in town Satnr-
day. Bob il a good fellow and is the live
agent Of Jas. Bayles, Of Lees Summit, Mo,
Nurseries. l. q. Dulton sold several thous
and dollars worth of nursery stock the past
winter. He is building a new house, his
old one having burned last winter, during
orr coolest weather.
see in The TIMES that there is talk Of
st ,riing cheese factory at High Prairie,
alec one at Fairmount. a There is a fair
prospect of one being started here. Men
who have had experience seem to think that
il will prove to he the best paying arrange
ment the farmers can go into. don't see
Why we can't make just As good cheese here
in Kansas as they do in Oh;o or New York,
and keep our money at home. 1t does not
pay to buy what We can make ou.selves-and
make money too by doing so. Ii stands the
farmers of Kansas in hand to think Of some
thing else besides corn.
Mira. Bulard, of Quindaro. delivered a
lecture at the School. House Hall. Sunday
afternoon, to large audience, on woman's
rights, not political rights, but the right to
do more good than she does do, to think
more of making themselves useful rs we'll az
Take it all in all it was
about the hest thing of the lecture kind that
We have been favored with. The lecture is
we'll worth the attention of any audience.
We had quite a storm lat night, doing
some damage, particularly to the new Con-
Church, which was ready for
The roofing. The raflers were all blown
lown and one of the gables was carried to
he ground. However, there was no serious
damage only the loss Of time it will take TO
replace it. Some Of the timber- were broken. |
It is lucky that the whole building did not !
20 down, which would have been the case
,ad the wind been little harder.
Mrs. Sylvester died yesterday. Her hus-
lands death last week probably fastened
,er own, as she was very low at the time.
Messrs Anderson & Tarrence are doing q
lively lime business. They prob,bly fur.
lish the best lime in the State.
Mr.. 10 Adams brought in fine lot of
wee. potato plants yesterday, and if his po-
Atoes are AZ good "a the grapes he raises
hey will do.
The members Of the Methodist Church
re making arrangements to build parson.
&c. which will lie credit TO the Church,
8 the preacher is compelled to live in rather
n Indifferent house a, present.
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