The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-04-24
FROM TONGANOXlE.
ORGANIZATION Of the New City Council
Associat on OF Congregational Minis.
tiers in Council.
Opening OF the Scholastic Crops
&c, &c.
1oAGANoxIE, KAs., April Is, 1873.

1oNGANoxIE, KAs., April Is, 1873.
Editor Of The Timer:
Spring has returned again, as soft and
fresh a. though its temporary absence had
but served to make us appreciate it the more.
Some Of our new corners" have been some
what discouraged with the weather, for a
few weeks, from the fac. that most Of them
labor under the false impression that there
have been no storms elsewhere than in
Kansas, but guess that if they will get the
reports from other localities, they will thank
their stars that they are in Kansas do.
Our. old City Council gave place to the
the new, Last Monday evening, the new
Mayor, DIR. Van Emsn, appointing and
the Council confirming, Mr.. H. W. Rice, City
Marshal. and II. Conemeyer, Assistant, both
good men, and calculated to ill their po.
sitions with credit to themselves and profit
to our town, and If the new Mayor and
Council complete what was commenced
By the old Council, We will, ere
the closing of this season have good
sidewalks on several Of the principal streets
of our town.
The Ministerial Association Of Con.
sregstional ministers and delegates passed
of very nicely, and very interesting time
was had. Several ministers and delegate.
from Leavenworth were present, prominent,
| ly among whom were Rev. kinkaid, X. J
Brown and W. A. Rose.
The new Methodist Minister preached last
Sabbath in the brick church to large con.
gresation. all being delighted with the ser.
mon, which was better than We have beer
having for some time. Mr.. Bailiff will
move his family this week to town from
Holton.
Our School Board has employed Mr.. T
F. Kirby as principal, and Miss Smith, o
Leavenworth, for the primary department o
our school, which will commence next Mon
day. We only have nine months SCHOOL on
Of the twelve, can't afford eighteen, as they
can at Pleasant Ridge.
Newcomers are coming and filling al
our vacant houses-with deman.
for more. Some property i
changing hands. J. s. Phillips sold hi
residence in town this week TO Rev. Mr.
Osborn, o! New York, and has moved to hi
farm near the Summit; also Mr.. Willis
formerly of Southern Kansas, recently pur
chased Mr.. Grenamst,'s property. on Della
| ware street.
Mr.. l.. Baldwin is still tuying all the ia
cat lie and hogs he can find. He seems II
have disposiiion..to serve his country tn
best he can, by buying what the farmer
have to sell. Mr.. b. has handled grea
MANY thousand dollars worth of stock il
the last five months. He pays good prices
sell, we'll, and makes small profits, thereby
beneGtting the producer. Mr.. Cra~fort
Moore has q fine lot Of fat steers. which viii
bring him handsome sum when he sells
| The price of fat cattle is Better now than i,,
some time. Mr.. Baldwin paid four and i
half cents yesterday, to Mr.. Graham, fol
some fat cattle.
Wheat looks fnely-tbe best il has fol
three years-and it is to be hoped that there
will be good crop raised, for if the farmers
ever needed good crops it is now, par,icn.
larly ofwkeat.
c. M. Fry. E-q., our newly elected JUS
tice OF the Peace is being literally patron
ICED, both as hotel-keeper and as Justice
OF the Peace. He has been busy all week,
consequently giving Mr.. l.. NJ. Harold, con-
stable, something to do, which he does in a
very digniiied manner.
Mrs. DIR. J. II. Van Enan was out riding
this morning for the first time, after several
months serious illness. W. j. Van Eman,
the Doctors brother, is reading medicine and
preparing himself for next winter, and the
prediction can safely he made that he will
master the profession.
Mi-s Lizzie Woodcock is teaching the
school in the first district southeast of town,
and Mrs. Lizz'e Mann in the frs, district
west. Mr.. n. Mann's father and uncle are
visiting him and will remain several days.
Mr.. X. Davis and family will 60 to Chi
cago next week to reside-sorry TO lose them
There is considerable ague and a good de-
mand for quinine; a few cases ofsPot;ed fever,
three fatal in the last three months.
Money scarce and harder 'im"s ""r"'"g.
i.LlCTEE.