The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-20

w nc0 Inc great CircuS cOWtS 10 tOHE, Win
its flying banner, high stepping cava,cade
and blatant horns, and pitches its tent upOn
the green, Immediately thereafter numer Gus
smaller tents, which were not represented in
the street Pageant and do not figure On the
gorgeous poserr, appear As if by magic and
invite the crowds 10 enter and behold the
wonders contalre1 therein. The side-shOws
are smaller in dimensions, but the pictorial
inducemen's, and the harangues Of the man
at the DIOR. are always more attractive than
the allurements of the larger tent. The co..
mopol,t.n amusement seeker, conscious that
he will find something which will richly re-
pay him, and tired Of the sta'eness of the
circu,, rarely fails 10 Welt the site-shoxs.
The grs a, circus at Brooklyn has now been
ia p,oers many weeks, drawing large
houses and eliciiirg all kinds of criticism
upon the character Of the performances
Many, however, are tired OF attending, and,
as there is nothing new on the bill, We have
Thought It would not he amiss 10 call the at
ten,ion of the reader to some of the side
shows.
These are various in character and quite
numerous. The Rev. Florence Mccarthy
has started a newspaper called Orion, ard is
busily engaged "beliing" his Baptis, breth-
rem. The R-v. w. c. Dandy, OF the Ada
street Methodist Church, has been found
guilty of chewing too much tobacco. James
Brossman, an ex Catholic priest, now rUmin-
ates in the Bridewell over the folly of swim
ding people. A Methodist Church in Fort
WAYNE is up in arms, and twelve of the SIS
ters were sent t. tie lookup the other day
for gouging each other with psrasols. TIE
Rev. A. HoIlipg;tn, OF the Centenary Church
at Minneapolis, print, card spying ia st he
won't preach any longer, because the MEM
bers OF his church have called him liar ;
and the Rev. J. F. Chaffee, Of the same
place, says he is slandered because he rs ac-
cused Of being hypocrits and Pharisee.
A Methodist Episcopal clergyman Of New
Orleans, being a married man, recently
elopsd with Handsome woman belonging
to hrs congregation. His lawful spouse. not
reIi.hing the operation, followed up the
guilty pair and overlook them at Armenia.
n. ", on the Hudson River Railroad. A
sceIe eIsued. BO,h women claimed the
worthles, vsgabond. The law, however,
gave him to his Iightfui spouse. and she de-
parted in triumph with him, with ali that
tina, implies The Rev. J. Benson Hamil-
ton, Of the Broadway Methodist Church,
Somerville, Mas,., has got into troub e with
the Superintendent of the Sunday School
owing 10 certsin unra aid bills. Suits for
debt and counier-suits fer libel have grown
out Of it, and the Holy War has spread in
to two churches, giving occasion for numer.
Gus other scandals. which are delightiug
the lawyers. The congregation OF the
First Presbyterian Church at West6eld.
New jersey, is on the Verge Of
disruption because it had bsen charged that
the Kew. Alexander Nick elvey va, INSTALL
ed as pastor BY means Of fraudulent call.
The details of tie affair show degre. Of
low cunning and ehieanery worthy Of
hummer ward meeting. The Rev. joseph
Porter, pas,er of the Ph@uixville Pa
Presbyterian Church, Is up Tor trial en- the
charge of sponeing living out of one Of his
parishoner.. The Rev. Howard T. Alex
snder, who recently vent down to the Eas,-
ern Shore of Mary land TO make Methodist
youug lady by the name OF Shor;er. One
Sunday the big brother Of Miss Shorter ap-
peared in meeting and denounced him,
whersupon the minister fsinted away. Miss
Shor,er's father appeared rs the defender Of
gagged in 6s.-fehs, which rapidly spread
S0IOORlOut tnc WuOiS COuki SSotich. " ueu
Alexander came to. his meeting was troken
up. and he is now in jail on the charge Of
criminal indiscreiion." Father ID. gan. of
Cape Nay. has raised storm about his
ears for abusing the hotel concerts Of that
place. and st Louis father Is in trouble for
getting up corner on masses. The details
OF the Knpff scandal in Germany, which is
slmoet parallel to the B-echer scandal, ex-
cept that the pre:a,e Kup6 is in prison,
are already familisr to the public.
These little side SHOVE, fourteen in NUM-
Der, a,e quite as interesting in their way as
the performances in the large tent at BROOK
lyn. The performers are not we'll known,
hut, 10 the little circles, they create Just a.
much excitement. 10 Wv OF TINS iIe'eise
n Ia o In IL . cl.es Ct amusementr, We are
certainly Justified in sskine the old question:
Whither are &c drifting? Has the father OF
Ill mischief got another shosi and-year Pr'v'
ileeey-Chinaso Tribune.