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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-11
THE BALLOON VOYAGE.

To-day has been appointed BY the Graphic
Company as the time for the ASCENSION OF theil
balloon from the Cspitoline Grounds. Brook
lyn. Il understood that everything is ready
for the areal journey, and at last accounts the
venture.ome navigators of the upper atmos.
phere, Mesers. Wise and Donaldson, were
confident OF successful voyage.
We believe that balloon will safely eros
the Atlantic Ocean, although it is fact thai
very few person. in this city hold similar
views. 1t is the general impression that the
balloon will take some otter conrse thsn thai
expected BY ia occupants, ard come down in
come on. Of the wsy place on land or sea.
Prof. Wise has visited the upper regions
more than hundred times. and experience
has demonstrated to his ample satisfaction
that curren. of ais ssadily moves from
the West 10 the East. He expects
n meet that current and sail essily to trans-
Atlantic shores. We have faith an Mr..
Wi,e's reasoning, because he has been there
In the matter Of bailooning, We accept the
Judgment Of one man who has "been up in
q balloon" in preference to the Judgment q
one thousand men who have not been there.
Mr.. Wise speaks FROM practical experience
Those who differ from him srgue theo'
re;icaliy.
A vast deal Of interest c!asters about thu
areial enterprise, and the people OF the old
as we'll as of the new world, will await with
eager anxiety for iiding. concerning the
voyagers.
1t il the intention of the eronau:s, inme
diately after ascending, 10 catch the trade
winds and move in nor,heasteriy direction
TO the point on the coast of New Foundianc
neares. the shores Of Europe, and sail from
thence almost directly east, veering little
southwark until land comes in eight again.
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REFgaINs FROM HUxLlNG ABUSE

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The Leayenworih TINES ia out mildly
against the farmers movement. We had
hoped that Col. Anthony would be with us
Sin spirit and in truth" but he prefers ito
run after other and strange gods" 1t is
gratifying to know, however, that he under
stands the character of the men engaged in
that movement in this county, especially the
old Republican portion OF them, better tnan
the Commercial, and reirains from hurling
the abuse AZ them which the latter named
sheet assumes to do. He knows that it will
return to curse that paper in an hour when
its editor thinks not.-Fdrm Journal.
The Journal il mistaken. The TINES ia
not out against the farmers movement. We
believe that the reforms in the management
of Lesvenworth county affairs
which the farmers so earnestly de-
sire can be secured through the Re-
publican party. We again rei;erste
that the salaries paid county officials art too
high-that there is too. much extravaganza
in the conduct of county affairs. The Re-
pub,ican-paIiy is equal to the task of putting
things right in this respect, and if it fails to
do 90 it will be false to the people. There
are farmers in this county who profess to
believe that the nomination Of ticket indie
pendent of parties, is The speediest remedy
for the present lila. While We do no, agree
with them in that opinion, We concede the
right Of American citizens to nominate a.
many independent tickets as they please.
We have no abuse to hurl at men for an
aouneing their views in convention.
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a Damb0ry Herenasle
From the Danbury News !


Those of our readers acausinted On Men
son street will remember That the roof to Mr..
Forceps' saloon adjoins his house, and j.
windows il in Mr.. FOrceps' bed room. On
this roof Mrs. Forceps has spread hesita-
ting Tomatoes with view to hasten theil
ripeness. Las, Wednesday she put i've
more with their fellows, making thirty in
all. The ForceT.s have niece visiting
with tben,--a young lady named Hall, Of
Thomaston. Size has made the acquaintance
OF many OF cur young people, and on
"Wednesday night several Of them got to.
getbsr TO give her serena.!e. Providing
themselves with requi,ite instruments the
young men took up position nesr this sd-
dition We speak OF and struck upon the in
s,ruments. Mrs.. Forceps was first awak.
ened Ivy the music. and nndged her husband.
He also awokr. The music was grand-not
loud &c coarse, bI! cot, low and harmo-
nious. Mr.. Forc.ps was very much pleased,
and got w 10 the window to hear it. Then
Mr.. Forcep- 90; up also, and relying her
nigh,csp, stood beside Forceps. They're
-erensdng Elem" s.id she. II know il, "
said Foscsps. "Who can they be-" she
asked 81 don't know, Pm sure" said he;
"but | suppose could iiod ont if could
creep out on the roof sud look over"
"why dom, you?" said che, her curiosity
increasing. ''Pm afraid they might zee
me-" he said 81 don't think they
would" she said. They wouldn't be
looking up on the root, would they? Mr..
Forceps thought moment and then con.
Guided none could ste him, as the moon
bad just gone into bank OF clouds, and
objects were quite dim. Aud then he softly
on the shingles, completely encased in red
flannel under-cloihes and a night-cap of the
same rich material. The music still con-
tinued, coming w. through the night air in
waves of ec-tstic harmony. Mr.. Forceps
sat down On the roof and iaboriously worked
his way to the caves. Then he lifted him.
self up TO turn over and look down, and
jus: then he stepped on something soft and
yielding, felt his foot give, made desperate
clutch at the shingles, was too late, gave .
piercing shrek, and shot of the roof and
went revolving aud howiing in among the
band, followed bv the tomatoes, and madly
cleaviny the air with HIS red hanneled limbs.
He struck on his back on the bass-viol, and
with one leg tore the eatrals from an &C.
cordeon. and with the other knocked all the
keys from a silver mounted flute. The man
who PLACED the bass-viol was driven senee-
less into a pile of pea-brush, and the
Hu'e-plsyer, with his mouth full of blood and
splinters, jumped over the fence and fed.
What become of the others Mr.. Forceps does
not know, he being too busily engaged in
getting on his feet ard into the house 10
make critical examination OF the field. 1t
is presumed the bass.viol man died on the
spot and was surrep,itiously removed and
buried by his companions, a. there was no
sign o, him about the premises in the morn
ing,
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che GRAPHIC BALLOON
II Starts Sepse0Ser 10Th.

From the New York Graphic.
1t was our original intention to make the
departure Of the balloon an entirely private
affair. admitting only . few representatives
OF the press and invited visitors 10
witness the novel occurrence. But the
interest in the enterprise has far outgrown
our expectations, and We find that the public
pressure for an opportunity to see the bal
loon and its outfit Is practically irresistible.
Resides, there u nothing to be gained by
refusing to Crafty . curiosity which is
natural. and q demand which il perfectly
legitimate. Though the balloon is ours in
one sense, in another and far more important
sense it belongs to acience-it belongs to the
public, in Whose intere to and for whose
benefit the enterprise vas projected.
The Daily Graphic. accordingly, tskes
pleasure in announcing that, unless some un-
foreseen even: should occur to render it i'm
possible. the balloon will start on the great
trans Atlantic voyage ON Wednesday, Sept.
10, from the Capitoline Grounds, in Brook
Ign, and. also, that the grounds will be
opened to visitors on and after Saturday,
September 9, until the day of sailing. A
full statement of particulars will be found
in smother column. 1t is hardly necessary
for u IL confess the deep interest, amount
ing to almost anxiety, in the enterprise
which has engaged us 80 deeply and long.
and TO express our graceful appreciation Of
the interest which has been expressed in it
and the earnest desire for its success on the
part OF the general public.
The Graphic alsO gives the following sta
fistic, ne a.. ,he balloon.
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QUEER SUGGEsrl0N.

One of the queerest political suggestions
recently made is contained in Hon. Henry
s. Foote'S political article published in the
Washington Chronicle of Tuesday, it being
4 suggestion by Senator Brownlow that in a
certain contingency, which he regards Is
20 sible, Mr.. Foote run as candidate for
Governor of Tennessee against JEFF. Davis.
Mr.. Brownlow says in his letter 10 Mr..
Foote, which is dated at Knoxville, Tenn,
August 2s: ION one condition would be
glad to see old JEFF. continue his speaking
campaign Just inaueurated at the White Sui
phur Springs. understand that the Rip
Van Wrinkle Democrats, who have not yet
learned that slavery is abolished and the
Democratic party dead, desire to run Col.
Jefferson Davis, of Memphis, for Governor
OF Tennessee. / hope they will do so, and l
believe Davis wants to make the race. In
that event hope to zee you take the field as
= candidate"
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Agricultural PrSnasnx,

Alfred Gray, Secretary of the State Board
Of Agriculture, in answer to an inquiry from
the Secretary of Farmers' Club, publishes
q column letter in the Topeka Commonwealth,
relative to the bill for agricultural printing,
first brought to the notice of the public BY
the CHIEF. In this letter Mr.. Gray answers
nothing. He does not dispute the figures We
gave, be admits that q mass of reports for
years back (which he should have said were
regular trash are being printed at the public
expense; and attempts to show Why other
printing is done in the same way-and his
apology for all this is, that the ldr provides
for il, and it is not the fault of the Agricul-
tural Board. Mr.. Gray virtually admits
everything We said. The very point We
endeavored to make was, that the iar alloS
it, with the further point. however, that off,
GERS Of the Agricultural Board, BY system
Of persistent cumming and lobbying. procured
the passage of the laws under which the
public funds are being squandred by the
thousinds.-Troy Chief.
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THE SOUTHWEST.
Authentic Information from Fort
Sill--Late News from the
Pest.
ARKANSAS CIrr, Sept. s, 1879.

Edhr Tss~es:
I write these few linee TO contradic, re-
port that has been circulating through the
Telegraph columns of all the psEers for
several DAYS past, in regard TO the attack on
Fort Sill.
Mr.. D. L. Du Bois, a drsugismAn con-
nected with the survey. has been stationed 1t
Fort Sill some time; he le;t there August
2s.h, two days after The telegram Gays the
fight took place. ard he says everything was
perfectly quiet aod 10 one anticipated
trouble 1t all.
Sstanta and Big Tree had heen held at
Fort Gibson. and we're expected at Fort
Sill every dsv, tut had no; arrived when he
left, on the 18th, and the Indians were un-
commonly quiet. expecting their release.
In my last letter your types make me ny
the crops were all burnt up around Arkansas
city, when wrote that the crops were not q
yet much hurt in this county but were re-
ported all burnt up west of here. in the new
settlements; We have had two good rains this
week and everything looks fresh and prom
ises we'll for this Wiley.
Yoors &C.,
J. H. b.
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TALK UP YOUR ows Town.

TALK UP YOUR OWS TOWN.
Tie Connecticut Real Estate Register gives
some sensible advice from the above text.
1t believes that every good citizen should do
his bet to talk up and wake up his oxp
sovp.nen and the business of his own town;
thas he should gise positive encouragement
10 every useful and credi,able enterprise Of
his locality. One % doing may be certain
that he shall not lose his reward for every
suecs.fal enterprise in city. and helps d.
seesly and indirectly every citizen. We can.
sst Live unto ourselves. and We cannot dis
cearags any movement in behalf of place
without inAic,ing upon ourselves q personal
i1jsy. If you &c needed improvement
foe IL town, demand il and talk it up Wig
oroaIly until the whole community i i'm
peegnated With the idea-untl storm of
public sentiment complete ths work. Don't
sop bscanss some poor mummy, out Of
whom = vithersd Ill public spirit and love
It sdvanoensnt. noas ont his sepulchral
ahiae. ''It voa't pay." Show 10 your live
tslloss that i viii ply, a.d leavs the mum.
nv b his snhalnsd md susddIsd dust and
stlpiaiGy, I'D b ~ By you will see Tie
ssssk q yoar courage and tall. n univssual
inpssvs.s.t innsassd fanlisis a.d bu.i-
~ ~ hsaa1, iihsEal. ssssrou psblie
sViEis - rssv.As cd vsri1s 81 a.in
- ~ hensailsl svay paao sAnk]
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Few sentimental dameels would approve
of the transformation of a we'll known line
INTO "a tunk Was on my shoulder, I knew
it, touch was kind" Accordingly. q young
lady who lately visited the Jardin les
Plantes in Paris, in company with her
friends, was more terrified than fattered on
peroeiving that the elephant in the menag-
erie was neglecting the sugar and cakes
placed within reach Of his long proboscis to
pursue her wherever she went. When she
stood still, he stood still; when she moved,
he followed. An elephants trunk is indeed
Q marvel of animal mechanism, but to the
urscientifc observer it resembles eomevhat
to closely Mr.. Mantalini's description of his
corpse, being both damp and unpleasant.
The attempt made BY the poor animal to at
tract the lady's attention BY means of this
appendage soon caused her to hurry away in
alarm; seeing this. her admirer uttered q
loud cry, which brought q keeper to the
spot. He soon Gained her fears, and asked
her to hand the elephant q bouquet, which
formed part of her toilet She did 80 with
trembling fingers, whereupon the animal
carried it to his mouth, drank in its perfume
with evident delight, and to the surprise of
all present, returned it to its owner with that
mixture of grace and clumsiness which may
be imagined in q courteous elephant. The
bouquet was composed Of orange flowers, of
which these animals are passiOnately fond.
London Echo.
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The wonderful progress of our iron ship
building industry continues to he the theme OF
the New York journals. One Of them de-
scribes an interview lately held with Mr.
John Roach, who is the largest ship builder
in the United States, in which he 10 reported
n declaring American built vessels to be
the best in the world; while that the period
il not far distant when We shall work for
other nations. is indicated BY the fact that
he has already been approached in bust.
ness way in regard to building iron steam
chips for merchants in certain country near
England. Mr.. Roach further states, as re-
CARDS wooden shipping, that there is more
tonnage on the stocks in American yards this
year than during any year of our national
existence. Meantime the busy sound Of the
hammer and adze, and the hum and clink of
steam machinery, to-day enlivens every ship
yard in the United States. The shipbuilders
are happy. freishts sre high. everybody is
prosperous, and--the Democracy vociferously
insist that the whole country is fast going to
the demnition bow-wows. 1t il very sad
P;ttsburg Commseioi.
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TINE IOWA RAsLRoAD sAsDlEs.


''At H00e" - 1o1ayesee c., 1aeoooss
-ThsiF Fable ADpearssess-Dsse
DeppeAasloWs - rect
[Fron the Lexington Caues dan, Aug %
In despite Of the vast and constantly in
crsasiug exploits Of crime. ~ claim that
Missouri leads the whole Unioaite malefac.
tory In the heroic sple.dor and perfect saH-
tro;d Of her gallant highwsymen.
The old, hishly-so'ored bit unreal nara
lives Of Capt. Marryatt, Beadle, and the
other French and Yankee novelisss, are rem
dered inspired By comparison with the &.
PLOTS Of those who in month have made
their names and acts stunninsly rhetorical ;
Who have made successive and brilliantly
executed ten strikes on half dozen banks
In q many States here knocking over .
! teller, and walking of leisurely with .
banks burglar-proof vaulted treasure there
hurting laundering train into ditch, and,
hustling of passengers-numbesing thirty To
one, and penning them like shsep while
going through their effects here to-day,
over there tomorrow, and back again the
next day.
We assert, when it comes to . comparison
Of what Western Missouri can do in the way
of furnishing blood-seisriog incident, The
whole country and the world sink into into
insieui6cance. These old bushwhackers
never fail. then their ceolnsss and indifier-
ence, 'between drinks," wins our admira-
ton. This brings % to The statement Of q
fact which will hardly b credited. but Of
which ws think there need Be no doubt.
Two or three member Of the band known
as the train and hank robbers, have been
several times in tie city Of Lexington since
the execution of their last exploit in Iowa;
in fact, they have been in the city three times
during the present week.
There il little doubt that three of these
bold fellows rode into Lexington last Sum-
day evening, one of whom attended the ser
vices at the Methodist church, another
stopped at house of ill-fame, while third
acted a. mounted sentry. They united later
in the night and disappeared. Tuesday
morning q man, supposed to have been one
rison < Co. g Bank, but failing to accom-
plish his purpose, w.s permitted to with.
draw. This only on rumor.) The other
case is without doubt.
A gentleman in this city, who was with
several Of the leading spirits of the band
during the late war, and who knows them
personally and we'll. statee that tvo Of them,
known as the James brothers, we're in ths
market house in this city last Monday even
ing. He recognized them instantly. They
remained some time. and were cautious in
their movement, never going together. but
ever having each other IN easy striking dis.
lance.
On this information, a party was gotten
together late in the evening and pursuit
given; but these bold fellows only laugh At
the authorities, and seemingly invite their
sleepy enterprise; BY boarding the legal lion
in his lazy lair.
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How doe. the farmer like this little lis.

~. ,,., IL. o vr.
v;Isr,aSd II s,- hi,a .sn,,,r ny e,rins IN. wand
and stables for the house.
This is yery we'll. Iut our protective
tariff il a yerv comprehensive thing. Per.
hans II would be more fair If the World
would mention in connection with these ar.
ticles the duties levied to protect the farmer.
When it gives the duty on blankets, why
no, the extreme duty of from 80 to 65 per
cent. on the farmers wool? When he
shows how the farmer il oppressed by the
duty of 35 Der aent. en- rope. why not give
the farmers protective duty of so per cent.
on hemp?
With the farmers grievance by the pro.
tective duty on harness, why Dot give the
farmers compensatipp protective duly of 10
per cert. on raw hides and o per cent. on
leather? With the duty on the farmers
horse brush should be mentioned, the duty
of 10 cents pound to protect the farmers
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CATTLE IN THE AIR.
Ar. ...,.- Combat BesW cen I've Rocky
dO00saksa A.ssSleo.

-. i,..-, terrific battle between two birds, I"
says the Virginia Nevada) Montanian, Of
the l4ik, occurred between two large brown
eagles in the vicinity of the lake. above Wiz.
ginia, on last Wednesday evening. When
first noticed the birds were. soaring one
above the other At an altitude Of perhaps
ihree-iour,bs of mile, and seemed on . sail
for pleasure. Presently the uppermost bird,
closing iis broad wings, shot down like .
meteor Tor two or three hundred feet and
with a wild, piercing scream, Lit fairly upon
the back o, the other bird. Turning With
the rap,dny Of lightning, the victim clutched
6 adversary with talons and beak, and 4
fierce struggle ensued. The savage yells,
the striking Of huge wings, the showers Of
falling iesthere, gave unmistakable evidence
OF the ier"c;:y With which the contest was
wsgrJ.
"As they fought they fell earthvards, and
when within 500 fest Of the ground they BE-
came di>en,zngled and each svooped up.
wards again. Now followed an interesting
lrisi as to which should gain . suf6cient al
.ilude to make another plunge. The circliDs
o. the smaller was rapid and close. while
that OF hi- antagonist vas made with greater
limits, and his ascension vas
quicke>, accomplished. The largest eagle
Wa s-"n =. . -c-...., mile high, and some
!.a;,is,r.- 81: iest above his victim. Hover
in, il u...i sir for q mement, a II making
.urc Il ITS aim, he again darrell down upon
hi. enemy, striking him % before with .
lurce tb,t -semed sufficient to kill of ITSELF
Again they grappled and fought like winged
demons whirling, falling and striking fu-
rio:i,ly FOR the space Of two or three min
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The Washington Chronicle denies in toto
the stories circulated about the attempted
organization of 10 black mans party in the
District of Columbia, and says the Islander is
working good deal Of mischief in virsinia,
the Conservative leaders making it The text
of frantic appeals and Wild haransues to the
white voters Of that State. II in undoubtedly
the fact that beyond the effort. OF lev dis.
appointed demagogues who arc endeavofing
to raise disturbance BY which they may
derive possible benefit, there i 10 move
ment Of this kind worth . moments q.
tention. The colored men - . body are
too intelligent and sensible to be drawn into
such a blunder.
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rss s.s aCOaT AGAIN.

The Trans-Contioe n,al Railway Company
of Texas hiss Just con.e,ed to the Texas and
Pacific Railroad Com ANY all its franchise
and real and personal property in Texas,
Louisiana and Arkansas. This is another
point for the Pennsylvania Railroad CON-
pany, and j. additional evidence Of Col.
Thomas Scott's skill in manipulating railway
onfarpvix.s
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RAILWAY lOrRTESlES.


The General Manager of the Atlantic &
Great Western Railway has issued the fol-
lowing Instructions to the employees of that
road. II they are faithfully reduced to
practice, the line should presently become
one of the most popular in the country:
"rr.at people rs if you appreciated and
we're willing 10 acknowledge their custom.
Try to accommodate and please. In short.
nc, ss any good business man would toward
his customers. Don't treat people - if you
were conferring favor on them BY letting
them ride. Rather seek to make the line
popular, because its business Is dependent
upon the people. You need not he ashamed
10 lespeople understand that you acknowledge
this. II passenger refuses to pay, or ia
rough and abusive, treat him with courtesy,
but srmpeAs"
II would be 4 good idea for the chiefs Of
ofhsr lines to issue similar order for the
beneit Of the travelling public, and to take
nsasures that its requirements. Of which
there il almost everywhere pressing need,
sAall be properly observed.