The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-02-27
NEWS AAD OTHER lrENs

New Jers~y expects 10 hang two men in
April, one in May, and thr.e in June, be-
rides supplying the ususl quantity Of cham
psgDe.
The Rnnsyicaaian, a. Oh City. has sus-
pended hecaus- the editor and his vile could
DO, agree abcu, his employing female coin
positors.
Charleston papers itemize resident OF
that city who has actually read the Bible all
through. He did it for bet, in = liule over
two days and half.
A Come ticui family, consisting o.
five persons, dereud On tire to~n for their
daily bread and on themselves for So SO
worth Of opium = week.
The Philadelphia courts have decided
that steam whistles must not be blown IN the
| city, the workshops are showing their
.'me,tle" BY putting up gon2s.
joaquin Miller commends Tennyson:
and an exchange properly recognizes his ex-
erions Of that rare quali'ymsenerosity to
rivals. Another instance: The celebrated
revivaIi.t, Rev. f. T. Hammond. kindly
! taffs Turkish bath he enjoyed nj Blooming
ton, ILL., He WA much revived and got it
dead head.
4
Justice Chase's most intimate friends do not
recognize hin: From the handsome,
smooth-.aced, porily man, he has become a
tall, heavy, thin man, with yellow beard ;
his mind il clear, but his voice il weak, and
the thin lips culver from paralysis. he
goes about, the ghost Of bis former self"
When Horace +. Clark called on Van
derbilt to ask for his daughter, the old Com
modore said, oh! 20" want my money. do
you?" Horace turned to the door and 1T
piled: lyon aud yonr money can go 70
| Ill" He wac at once called rack and the
affair Satisfactorily seiIied. Clark room re
moved from his humble Office to u prefer
tiou- brokers' establishment in Wall street.
| A NOVELTY Of suicide il reported FROM
Paris. Two elderly ladie4. sisters, Mes.
DANES Celes,ine and Julie Rstel, were dis
covered dead, both. having swallowed q
this family te!o desc il c,,rions-both elderly
| dies we're in love with the same young
man. II he too could have been persuaded
| to Join in this new loves sacrifice, il would
have been slill more complete and interest.
ing; but then it is highly probable that the
youth WA in love with neither Ce!estine NOT
Julie. Matters go swry that way usually.
Mr. BANKS has reported n bill TO aid the
Sutro tunnel with loan Of 81 .OOO, 600. tc
be secured by a mortgage upon that exsggef
ated hole in the ground. 4 lieu upon the
east wind would be an equslly valuable Sc
curity. The Su;ro tunnel, rs the reader j,
doutless aware, is designed to deve'ore Ger
tain mineral treasures supposed 10 exis
Somewhere in the mountains Of the Pacific
coast gold region. 1t is purely a private
enterprise, with which tie Government can
not possibly have any legitimate connection
and Mr.. Banks would not be guilty Of {
more palpable sbsurdity, If he should ash
Congress to endow Colorado cattle ranch
or corner grocery in New York.
ALEARNED writer IN the Atlantic Month!
says that il our esteemed grand parent, IL,
late Colonel Adam, had lived until now
and had never trimmed his finger-nsils. the,
would to day have been q thousand yard
long We have never ceased to mourn tn
early death of A., but If he survived unit
nov, with his nails uncut, We should hav'
insisted upon cutting either his acquaintanc'
or his nails.-Louurillc CoMrier-Journdd.