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The Portland daily press., 1874-11-21

was ou Gue DanK OF lonely stream, and
close to the outskirts of thick wood. A
waterproof knapsack, containing change
OF clothes, false beard and wig, and some
biscuits and preserved meats, were hidden in
hollow tree. My brother and his friend
always took their fishing-rods with them,
and presented themselves as engaged in the
innocent occupation of angling to any chance
strangers who might pass within sight of
them. One one occasion the proprietor of
the asylum himself rode by my brother on
the opposite bank Of the stream, and asked
politely if he had had good sport! l
For fortnight these stanch allies of ours
relieved each other regularly on their watch
and no signs OF the fugitive appeared. On
the fifteenth evening, just as the twilight was
changing into night, and just as my brother
Whose turn it was) had decided on leaving
the place, Roland suddenly joined him on the
bank of the stream.
Without wasting moment in words, the
two at once entered the wood, and took the
knapsack from its place of shelter in the hol-
low tree. In ten minutes more, my hus
band was dressed in a suit of workman's
clothes, and was further disguised in the wig
and beard. The two then set forth down the
course OF the stream, keeping In the shadow
OF the wood until the night had fallen and
the darkness hid them, The night was
CLOUDY; there was no moon. After walking
two miles. or little more, they altered their
course, and made boldly for the high road to
Manchester, entering on it at a point some
thirty miles from the city.
On their way from the wood, Roland de-
scribed the manner in which he had effected
his escape. l..-
The story was staple enough. He had as
sumed to be suffering from nervous illness,
and had requested to have his meals in his
own rOom For the first fortnight the two
men appointed to wait upon him in success
sion, week by week, were both more than his
match in strength, The third man en-
ployed, at the beginning Of the third week,
was physically less formidable person than
his predecessors. Seeing this Roland decided,
when evening came, on committing another
"act of violence" In plain words, he sprang
upon the keeper waiting on him in his
room, and gagged and bound the man. This
done he laid the unlucky keeper (face
10 the walD on his own bed, covered with
MS own cloak, SO that any one entering the
room might suppose that he was lying down
to rest He had previously taken the pre-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14
TIE NATIONAL Park.

L. Congress last Friday the National
Park bill vas ,ecommit,ed. because it called
for al appropriation OF 5000 when the
original creators OF tie enterprise declared
that IN having that grand section set apart.
they only wanted to establish it as National
Park, and wanted no appropriation from,
Government whatever in connection there
with. 1t il claimed that there are plenty Of
public-spi.i,.d ci,;z.ns who will. with the
ordinary privileges and protection Of the
Government, invest their OWL money to any
extent necessary TO develop, embellish, and
protect the park TO the eItire sstisist ton OF
our own people and of all visitors from
abroad.
This Yellowstone reservation scheme wac
devised by ex-senator Pon,eroy, and to him
belongs mot. of the credit for having the
vas, area of Lard set apart and retained BY
the Government in AL its nstaral beauty
and granJuer, 70. a national garden. That
region OF country is celebrated for Its lofty
mountains, charming cascace. aud wonder
ful geysers, and las riresdy attracted the
notice oftravelers from all parts Of the world.
We had supposed that the Congressional
idea was 10 retain the reservation in its
native ruggedness, without permitting the
or adjournment Of civilization.
TO teautify and improve the
pari. would be an outlay of money TO destroy
iui what the true sdrlirers Of The scheme
mot desire 20 preserye.
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ADyANCE ~ RATES.

Asa practical resuit Of the recent hsrmo-
nicus conclave of the American railwsy
kinga an advance o fiSs cents per hundred
pounds in freight over the competing rail.
way lines between Chicsso and New York
is promulgated. The Chicago Tribune COM
men;ing upon this advance in iranspo' tstion
rates, s,yt:
"This movement, following the opening
Of navigation, is out o! the Line Of all pre-
cedent: but II is understood that il has been
forced oy the New York and Erie and New
York snd Central railroad companies, which
have lines of steamers on the lakes. The
rate by steam on lakes and rail to New York
is so BIZ lake, by rail A cents. The ad-
vance has been forced in order to drive
freight TO the lake steamers owned BY the
two railrosds mentioned. The connecting
roads have no choice but submission.
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GOOD NEWS ron SETTLERS.

The Kansas Congressional delegation
seems to be working earnestly and effective.
~ to protect the settlers from the encroach-
men: OF coporaticns and land monopo-
lies. The telegraph brings the news that
the bill passed the House yesterday pro-
.e,ting all settlers who went On lands prior
10 notice from local oficei of other ciaims,
or who s,tled under any law in good faith
A bill also passed the House taxing rail-
road lands.
The measures OF reform mentioned above
were demanded by the people OF this state,
and suggested to Congress by the last session
OF the Kansas Legislature. The prompt re-
spouse from Washington indicates clearly
enough that our representatives in Congress
are mindful of the Interests of the settlers,
and determined that railroads shall moi
evade their jus, ehsre of state and county
..y2t.op
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The KANSAS FRUIT CHOP.

Col. ANTHONY: 1t is to be feared thst
the prospective fruit crop has been damaged
by the protracied consecutive days and nights
Of high, dry winds and gales, during the
pas, week, that prevented proper ferti!iza-
ton of the fruit germs.
A few years since there was partial fail
IRE in this vicinity, and in the absence OF
any previous irjuricus thermal causes al
tributea it to like high winds that had pre-
vailed while the trees were in bloom. The
irui. then sat well bit soon began TO drop,
and before maturity, go much of it had been
css,. tina, it amounted to a failure in come
localities. The peaches now, however, are
200 far advanced to have bean seriously ef
fecied.
The leading ho,ticuiturists did net then
agree vita me on the cause Of the failure,
and it might be well TO review the question
now, that the necessary observations may be
noted and the resul,s remarked.
L. HAwN.
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where Ill = light md perfume and love and
beauty; vhess svesy ssase shall b satis6sd,
and every desire 6ilsd With pure and q.
qusite fullDeps! Il y true that im this heav-
en- Of mine thess wers not sny Des, but
did n0s 0is them ]. my s0pceme coatent,
Dor, think, did aay Of The women Who
were lying about elssped lovieely in each
Others arDa. o. langhin6 and sporting in
the water, md lhisk nov, - hsve BE-
fore, hsd jast - lief have ny parsdiae one
where no nen could come.
Just - arrived 1t this very sensib!e cen.
clusioa ny saiesdane aro0aed No from ny
dreams Of perfect peacs By pointing to the
touasaia and sisoifying that ~ aiso tosss
10. Ny four frieods then made their ap-
pesrascs With the servants and our lunchecs,
and nobody caa tell Of The enoic.l look Of
~ i've sittisg rouad the baskets eating, and
witboss any elothes On. ! have sesa %
many sighs in ~ life, bot ~ women
around shOss baskess, With ehicksa lsgs in
our hands. and giases Of viss and other
things. were too perfectly ludiezuas for anv.
thing. and l laughed till coalda't eat II
I had only . napkia to cover ny face
think should nave laid down and died on
the spot.
PLAYFUL SPIRITS.
All my dreams Of luxurious, sleepy, SEN
suous passdise, filled win unduiaiiay figures
oftranscrndsnt beauty. were gone. and was
fully possessed Of the demon Of mirth, and
provoked the others into the same s,sie Of
mind-a capacity which has never deserted
me at any time ~ place, or without any
persou, in my life-and ne we're som the
uaddest of theerowd in the perfumneJ va
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14
HOLMES sEsTENCE

We believe Holmes, the ex-Postmsster OF
Wichita, who was recently sentenced to the
Peni.entiary for term Of ten years, ia the
only prisoner ever sentenced to confinement
wi,hou, labor in the Kansas prison. Judge
Foster in explaining the sentence said the
law in this case did not prescribe labor, but
merely Imprisonment. The counsel for
Holmes remarked tina, the prison authori-
ties would no, heed the sentence of the court
in tn a, regard. bu, on the contrary would
make Holmes perform daily labor just the
same as other convicts. The Judge again
repeated the language of the sentence, and
declared that confinement without labor was
the nrd II Of the court.
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NOTICE

Is HEREBY GIVEN that there will Ice 4 p.t.-
l. ton prevented To the h. ard OF County Commis-
soners o. IsAven~orth ,eonnty. Kansas, al their
next session. asking tor relos at on of ie Perry,
vile and LeavenwoTth state Toad between the ;ol-
lowing points, fo-wit: CONNER cling eighty rods
vef Of the southeast corner Of the southeast quar-
ter Of section eleven. town ten, range twenty run
ming west on the section line. What is comnoniy
knosn ~ the Mcintyre rnal tween sections
eleven and fourteen. To the n0rh Of the
northwcs' quarter cf section fourteen thence south
to the sou Invest conner of said nor'hwes 9u-rt-r
crossing the old survey. thence west through tee
center of ctOn fifteen, cr.ssing the Old survey
again tn the county line where il will nievsect the
said road again JESSE MCAkT,
May sth, ls.t-may 1i-w3t. and o,hers.
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sENklHLE xEMARks.

The Leavesworth TINES has some sensi
bic remarks on the dead head proclivities OF
the members of the press. II is base SIAN
der upon al the honorable and respectable
members Of the pres in Kansas, to charge
them with dead-heading their way on excu'-
sions or at any other time. Ii is only the
dead beats, the inter!oping Jaagi. no fas,en
fhemselves like leeches uroI the fraternity
upon public occasions, tina; bring reproach
upon the editors and publishers of the state
i,y their attempts 10 get somebody else TO foot
their bills. Ii is to hoped that these will ali
he ruled out hereafter, strictly. The rule
NAV sometimes exclude those the Associa-
ton would gladly have with then; but the
evil must lie avoided. No editor can be re-
yarded in the light of dead-head on any
excursion. if he uses his pen.-csl"ioo-a
T,Js,,sDd,syf
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pxDExkD Bash.

The route sgei t. OF the
Lawrence & Galveston RsilS ~"o we
directed last week TO run TO VahNa7 O,''
have been Ordered b,nk TO L sN'en~of'h.
The quantity % mail brought Les'e"'
worth on the main line is d 'ub!e ~' 'sAeo
to Kansas City On the branch.
TIE X c. Joaracl, which went mic &C
stacies Of 10y over the order command ing 'ne
agents to make the town at the NV
mouth their headquarters, will refuse I oe
com:orted when this information res enes
that burg.
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\ Nose kor News.

The newspaper in search of a sensation
should always revere The memory Of Obadiah
Browne. lie was one of the most consider
ale fellows that ever lived; he knew the Iu.
value Of good scoop. and, though IL ccs'
him his life. he mssnt that his favOriie
newspaper should have il. Having reached
the Determination of opiatiDg himself into
another world. he called at the newspaper
office ani said that he knew of good senss
ton that it would pay 10 work up H.
wsatss, 10 have a reporter detailed 10 meet
him on the S'ntsn island ferry boat, and &c
company him 10 Richmond. The Faber
fellow was on h.: ii. and browne and he
made their way 20 hotel. The evening
was paas.d IL the blr-room, Browne giving
the reporter the history OF his life, and tell.
ing % nsay political oils and battles in
which lie rad been engaged. Retiring ta
his room he ssid. any tine has come.
hsve nothing farther 10 live fora ruined
and hes. tied msn; death is the only re-
-turce" A do-e of Iaudanum and all ws-
aver Poor Browne had been a member OF
Congress OF As. a politician Of great prom
ise, a man oi wealth and culture, but the
devil in the decsni,r allnred him, and for
r srarter q century Re has b-en rrnainy
do II the hill which 70 ignomiuiou-iy term
ius,,d in a suicides grave. But he hsd .
nose TOR news, poor feliow!-Chicago TIes.
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TIE tEAvENw0RTA WEIR. NAY IA. 1874

q popular man. and il strikes many people
that Linn county IL not YET done with his
sefvicea.
The B rider Sentinel. where your cores
pendent for . time laboF~d. il succeeding
veil. II has changed clothes this spsins.
and nov appear ineone Of the peatess suiis
vorn b. any newspaper. Its editor, Nat. @.
Barter, E.q., b deserving OF the success With
which he is meeting. He has lsbored here
long and faithfully. GeniAlity and iadsrtsy
enter into the makeup o. hls nature. Who
can wonder, then, II bis succes? People
contemplating "Trip to this part Of Kana.s
would do veil to srnd for copies Of The
!Senfisei, - the local news is very complete.
The principal of the public schools, g ".
Jonee, Eq., is performing bis work veil.
He has been ea.Dioyed here in tais capacity
for considerable time
MANr0S MAro.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14
PACIFIC EII.NAYS AND GOVERN
NENr INTEREST.


Tie Pacific railways have always stood in
about the same relation - the Government
as pelled sons OF adventurous dispositions
stand 10 father. Bver since the frs, cod
was turned on the atarboard side Of the Mis-
souri,, these thoroushfares have been the care
ard anxiety OF the Government. The pro-
lecto,a proved on The treasury; the coutrao-
tors eot rich by cheating; Credit MUbilieIs
we're Matched out OF the schemes to rob tine
peopIe; ard s,ill later Encouragement pre-
vented the meeting ofobiigaiiors 10 the hand
that helped them. Through ali this the pa
ternsl power at Washington has passed and
ret ,ined lie, love for the overland hopefuls
But hereafter it seems that more rigid pol
icy il t. be enforced. it being determined, a.
late as yesterday, by the House Committee
on Pacific Railways, that the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall demand OF each connsDy
the immediate payment of 5 per cent. pr
snnum If their respective MT receipts,
az required by law. This Ger.
tainly should he done nov, for the railways
in question cannot at present be the straigh 9
of which they have previously complained
on sccoan; OF The newness Of the country pas
sed throiis, and lack of local freight. See,
for insiarcs, he Union Pacific railroad. i,s
own repor, :or 1873 elbows an Increase ~
local freight. and that tho .. a.
which j; pss es is really I, :. -.....s /, be a
source of profit. In that year The number
OF tone o: through commercial freight car
red one mile was 81, 29l ,5i7, and the num-
her o. tons of local commercial freight car
rsd one mile was l2G, 010, 1876. being q, ;
11S, SIS tons In exues. Of The former, and m
increase of the local 'reight Of 81. Gil ,465
tons over the previous year. BY this it IT,
clearly shown that this railway has in parti
cular 10 further Feed to complain Of slow
growth OF tcsde along its route,
The work Of developing the Oste 20 called
Great American Desert has been fairly com
menced, and the profits TO the railroads en-
term: and penetrating that region are incress
inS S. a fortune making pace, which should
satisfy both the companies and the Houss
Committee on Pacific Railways that it s
right that the law should he enforced NJ re
gsIds the payment of interest on the receipt
of the road and in every other direction, az
toward ali corporatiopa.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14
.,EcOKIAs. DAY.

GoTsynor Bsveridse OF Illinois, has irsueo
a proclamation officially recognizing May
3O.h, as the day for the patriotic people o.
thst State to decorate the graves o: the Union
soldiers who sacr;ii ,cd their lives during the
war for the na,iona. preservation. lie re.
comments tia. the day lie made general
holiday, an 4 that on the subsequent Sunday
appropriate religious sersices be heid IN oil
the caurcher
In view Of the fact that National Gene
tery il located at For; Leavenworth more
than Ordinary preparstions should be made
by the people OF this ciy TO commemorate
the Day. The officers at the Post are always
ready 10 join the residents Of the city IN car
| ryin. cut the programme OF decoration.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14
& ReuaskabSe Panty.

The Wilmington iDel.) Commercial ssys
this, there lives in one house 1t Eldridgs's
Hill, Gloucester county, n. J., four ladies
OF lie respective ages Of eighty seven. eighty
two. serenity -nine aud sixty-icur years. rhe
yaun.c-t 10 tie housekeeper, ard the Others
board with her. 81 the ladies are smart
i,hysicilly, and their mensal powers are in
sisor still Tie eldesi Of the pai,y y the
mother Of nine children, the grand uoiher
of thnty-uise children and the great-srand-
mother of iwenty-s;x children. One Of her
children il lady physician in Wilmingtoo,
another is the lady Of eixty-fopr yean vith
whom she re.ide@. This lady's busbapd, to
whom she wac married at twenty. lived %
commemorate the fortieih anniversary Of
their sedding; and - a. instance Of long
life. ii IA n,eEtion-d that the husbands ais-
ter lived 20 be nipety-three years old, and
was never in Bod vith siekpes any coasscn.
tive seven days II y said 100 that she in
duleed in the habit Of snokiue . scSancp
pipe from sixteenth year up to he day Il
her death.
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AND BAXTER

The President ha. ,e!egraphed to Brooks
and Baxter requesting them to disband their
respective military forces, and promising
,,o,ect;op to the Legislature. The message
to Baxter suggests that the time for conven
ing the Legislature be postponed Tor ten
DAYS in order to give the adherents OF Brooks
an opportunity 10 respond to the call.
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No rhr aadins-up Is CURED In the shuttle -
This fAvoriie Machine doe, every variety of work
done on any shuttle Machine, bat with greater
ease and perfection.
II has h.en aiop;ei by the Kansas State Grange
- their STANDARD MAChIN Z, and the one beat
suited TO general family use.
We solicit correspondence with every Grange
throughout Kansas md the Send for circu-
lars, samples and special terms TO Chargers. to
ID A BUCK, Manager.
No. sos North Fourth street,
marl9-199-aov&w ST. LOUIS, MO
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SEWING MACHINE


A Motel Of SIMPLE
city aud Durability.
Ahes Ofall co,"pet.
itors in Improve
mems. and the m' st
P'rf CT " chine now
before the people.
telf Threading.
Light-Runn.ng,
IL makes the lest
Oise. ItiS;he nis st
simple and Durable.
the Ten-ion<zre ca
SLY, evenly md per-
iectiy adius &c !, aud
are SELF regulating,
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-TAs aleoes q 0izasd have al hen
e'e:sd. = Iis..':. ssPi'.d g 'As s's Of
Nay.
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lsesn. Gsst~eted aoa Csrseo,es fro.
EXe0o0Gea.
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Nay u. 1874.
n0MgfAnr.
The Local money na,kes IN quiet. with ne
very great demand for loans AL the regu-
ar custom en- Of the banks are getting aeconmoda.
tioss necessary TO meet demands. City scrip 10
huetnatisg In value with tendency To riss. We
give the following monetary quotations:
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LIVE STOCK.

CAITLE-The MARKET for cattle has not chang
ed greatly during the past week. Purchases are
fair, aad il 10 noticeable that bayers outnu.nbsr
the sellers. The ALLOWING table shows the. grades
and prices In our market:
Choice native stesrs, ~. l4o0bs and
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-14

AIDEs.Gree. &c; green saltsd, 81; dry nint,
1sSlse; dry silt, lsOisc.
BUSIALo HIDss-Bull, q 5092 IS; Gov. 81 SOC
IS; sPikes u 0o@l 50; ye.rii"ss. SO a6oc, sum-
mer bull. u co. oov, 81 10; sAiIe. 81 ~; year
ling, +06.
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Nefarakd CAiet.
On Tuesday evening. M Rev. n B.
Whites e.dest son FAreii) vas driving .
team acr.~s rsvine, Dear Mcdowell Creek,
be vas thrown from the wagon, which vas
loaded with corn, and the wheel paseed over
his head, crushing the skull. His body vas
not found until the next morning - MaRh0t
fan Nationalist.
Col. Phillips bill, creating two new
land d,stricts in western Kansas, passed the
Hou.e on Monday. The bill II nov in the
Senate. o. Of thee districts 10 on the up
per Arksness river aad the other in north
western Kansaa. Nov here's q chance for
four new fellows u get federal positions
Wiehitd Eagle.
From Prisa:e Letter r-ceised By Dr.
G, W. Mc.4iilin, from william Lawrence,
&c learn that . cnotrac: has been signed h.
tween tie q. siIers on the Ossgs ceded lands
and Judge black, retaining thst geniiewan
~ me Of the s,t ,rneys in the Osae- coded
iaod .nit. The Attorney 0en<r.i at the
United State. has zleo given his Official Con.
sent that the attorneys Of the setlers have
full control 81 their eAee Seio-e the Snprs,ne
Court Of the Uoi ei S,s,es-Osa9e .Wssioa
Journal.
-Buriingtoo snd LINDEN Of Oase tO,n
" have decided axainet liquor licrn-er The
&oii say. Osge City Is inch and tack
There 10 q legend 70 the eject that
party desiring to traorset some private bu.i.
ness With another, VA invited b The other |
party 10 step into . peishboriag store. "But
% gill Be disturbed there," aid the 6rst |
perty. ~. DO" aid tie secood psrsy, |
;'tbey don't sdvsrsise. "-Troy RpsStieas
We kan list farmer living about Eve |
miIes froa AscAisoo has juse sold forty
lhoussnd buGhsk Of eoen = ixty-aiss csalsa |
buShel. fhh aeP - ssi.sd n Tie yesn
1871, 1877 a.d 1879, esd H. prices beisg |
vesy low IL evses haiA crib and held h
~ ~ pov realised th1 kasdscoe sum.
We vopN ~ n surprised II he ssascA kc-
soey as JOSH I'D spastking 10 Do vii
q psi4 dean h thas yi4aay.-Lavsises
Jearel.