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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-06

ness for the gravest as we'll as tie least of
ferses. And vet, when Tilton savs be for
gave, there ia metropolitan chorus Of
denunciation raised sgainst him in Chris
tan city because he didn't do something diff
iersnt from what he says he something
different from what Christ explicitly epjoin-
ed that he should do.
We are Eot concerned TO defend Tilton
against the charge Of Inconsistency, bot We
cannot fail to remind his aseailanis that they
have not vet established their main accusa-
tior, viz: that he vas the psramour Of Mrr.
Woodruff. Mr. Tilton does not charge
him With infdel,ty to his marriage vows,
although her statement is cunnirgly woried,
so that has:y reading Of il would convey
that impression. Mr.. Tilton, when in,ero-
gated upon this point, denied the charge,
With considerable heat. Consequently, i,
rests upon nothing. so far, but the fact that
he wrote the Woodhull biography fool
ish publication, no doubt, and one which
Mr.. Triton has probably regretted. When
the grains Of facts are all sifted out OF the
abundant newspaper chat, with which the
name OF TiltOn has been winnowed, there Ia
very small grist left. Mr.. Tiltoa may be a
libsr;ine, lIsr, sni everything else VILE, but
inconsistent, he has not bsen, except as far
IS he has, in times past, defended his wife
against aspersion. Such defense being in
pursuance of q compact or understanding,
and when MIS-. 9ilten ''renewed her mar
risge VOWS" and having been fully set forth
with the attending circumstances, in his
sworn statement, il not such Inconsistency
IS Al Impartial jury would long sickle
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POLITICAL EQUEsTRIANIsM.

The Kansas City Times, which circulates
about equally in Kansas and Missouri, md
which considers itself the special guardian
OF the Democracy Of both States, is just now
engaged in little bareback" feat which
gives it first rate opportunity to display Its
ability to ride two horses, in two directions,
at one time. The Democracy Of Kansas,
being in hopeless minority, hang all their
chances Of success upon ''Possum" ticket,
hence the Times believes and is able to
prove, that all political virtue centers in the
Postum, and consists in burying party lines
out of sight. But in Missouri, the Demo-
Gratis have good round majority and hence
the Times believes in a straight Democratic
ticket on straight Democratic platform,
and is able to prove that anything else is a
deception and fraud, and that those per-
sons who advocate the Possum policy in
Missouri do so to deceive the people.
This is rather difficult feat to perform,
hut those who do not belive that it can be
done have very inadequate conceptions OF
the capabilities of first class Democratic
newspaper.
The same arguments which, on the Kan
sas side Of the line, make the Postum the
most beautiful bird in the world, have only
to be reversed, on the Missouri side, to make
him the most hideous beast in creation.
This may seem, to the unsophisticated, like
a hard thing to do, but its just as easy as
falling off log to those who know how-of
whom the K C. Times is one
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THE rwENTY.rH1RD DISTRICT.

The Independent" convention, last Sat
urd.y, in the 23d district-at Buchanans
Grove-was not as harmonious as it might
have been. Mr. c. W. H. Moore was NOM
mated for delegate to the State convention,
and very promptly declined; this brought
the chairman, Mr.. Grover, to his feet. who
demanded to know Of Mr.. Moore uhy he
declined Mr.. NJ. thought this was his own
business, exclusively, and that he had per
feet right to decline if he saw proper, with
out being obliged to give an account of his
conduct to anybody, but since reason was
demanded of him he had no objections to
giving ii: He said he had already seen
enough OF this Independent Grange Move
ment' to be convinced that it was "a politi-
cal baby of Ike Eaton's," and he, Moore, did
not propose to be one Of the nurses! A very
lively scene followed this little speech, but
Mr. Moore was not called upon for any
further explanations.
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osBoRx CITY.
Great Destruction in the Northwest Caused
BY the Grasshoppers and Drouth.

Great Destruction in the Northwest Caused
BY the Grasshoppers and Drouth.
OSBORN CITY, KAN, July 81, 1874.
EDITOR TIMEs:-While reports are Icing
made from ell parts of the State in regard to
the po!ictical proclivities Of the people, it Is
my present objec. to report the extensive
ravages of the drouth and The grasshoppers.
The rain has already held of from Us for
an unprecedented lergth of time, and the
wheat crop is thereby greatly shortened. We
have had considerable breadth oil wheat
sown in all this country, and during the
early part of the ST asOn it promised veil but
the lsie drou,Ls have reduced the yield to
some four or five Lu .hels per acre on an av-
erage. This limited crop is the only one
that the people have. The corn is all de-
stroyed by tie late invasion OF the CRASH hop
PER-. These insects have come on "A in
clouds that filed the sky; settling down. the
earth is blackened With their presence. All
vegetation is subject to their ravages-corn,
oats, wheat, young trees, vines. meiOrs, ,ur-
nip, onions, beet, parsnips md such
like, arc destroyed, with the
exception of the grain that has been har-
vested. The average tenn eraiure is higher
than We ever knew il before. A hundred
and ten in the shade is no uncommon temp
e,a,ure, aud the thermometer hsrging in
the shade reaches il almost every day.
There 10 . widespread discouI agems n.
in our country. Starvation stsres hundreds
in the face, and great many are leaving or
preparing to leave the country. We shall
undoubtedly have great dss.iiuiion the COM
ing winter. Many cannot get away and
they must suffer, for there lie not enough food
in the country to support the population. Ii
il probable that other portions OF the State
are in like circumstances, and il 70, the
problem Of mere existence Will be fearful
one to meet ere another year rolls around.
call attention to these facts for further action
NAV. ard will, be necessary in order to pro-
mote the settlement Of the countless uncnlti-
waited acres in our State. Truly yours.
&. REAsONER.
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HARD TINES.

The following item, which We take from
the Plattsburgh MO- Lexr, Of yesterday,
gives rather gloomy picture Of the pros
pect before our friends across the river:
This section Of country is suffering very
greatly for need of rain. 1t is now six weeks
since We had any worth speaking of. The
corn has held up wonderfully, but now it
begins to suffer. The prospects for a crop
are gloomy, indeed. The people are greatly
discouraged, becase they rested their hopes
entirely upon the crops. Money is 30 scarce
that only few can get sight Of q dollar; the
times are hard, with certainty that they
will grow worse. The chances for return
to specie payment seem very slim. There
are plenty OF people in this country, to-day,
near starvation point, and yet We are told
that money is plenty.
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TREASURY NEGOTIATIONS.

The Pittsburg Commercial trusts that Sec
retarv Bristow will not suffer himself to be-
come inoculated with the delusion that he
is great fnancier" II the Secretary sue
ceeds as we'll in the future as he has in his
negotiations for the new loan, there will be
danger that the people will "become inocul-
ated" with the delusion spoken of-Roehes-
ter Express.
The negotiations" to which the Express
refers, consistently in taking up bonds that
may be paid in greenbacks, and giving gold
bonds in their stead. We are ready TO con-
fess that our obtusenes is such that We can
not see where or how an operation OF this
character opens any very wide avenue OF
greatness to the Secretary, or of profit to the
ueople.
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fHERI n III HOII.

The people of Leavenworth will rejoice to
hear that the City Council, last night, by
a unanimous vote, instructed the City At
torney to commence suit At once against the
Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern X.
r, for noncompliance with their contract
with the city and for forfeiture Of the $780,
600 given by them to the city. Every man
who desires the prosperity Of the city will
hail this action as an indication of deter
mination to prosecute our rights. in earnest.
If this road is compelled to carry out its
contract with the city in the essence OF the
agreement, our people may reasonably hope
for better and brighter days.
The report Of the City Attorney was full,
explicit, and without equivocation, in favor
Of prosecuting the road. Councilmen and
Attorney, the handwriting men and tax
payers Of Leavenworth, thank you from the
bottom of the ir hearts. Push forward the
good work. With confidence in your integ-
rity in this matter, hope will again inspire
our people with renewed confidence, and in
creased prosperity will surely follow. TN
TINES participates in this good feeling
and will work with renewed vigor to advance
our material interestA
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The Beecher Business.

The Plymouth church scanda. CONTINUES
/, evolve ii- DISCUS ing nastiness. Beecher
ha, no, ye, come forward with bi- promised
"fu.i answer" to the charges, snf the pub
lie IA beginning II istl some dOnbt. and a
good deal OF indifference, a. to his coming
or not coming. For every days develop
mems, outside the commit,e room, (since
Tiiton's statement there seem to have been
no deveio pments on either side, within the
committee ROOM, have tend,d to the CT nclu-
sion tina, the charges can not Re answeret
satisfactorily, though they be answer, d ever
so fully.
Oae Of the mos: dis ustiDg phases Of the
ioul b1-irts, ia that which mak,s it appar-
ent that most OF the parties concerned IN the
''nest-hiding" business have been, for four
or Eve years, making frequent confessions OF
their guilt, not only to Oie another, but to
every body that Was willing to stand So their
copfesscr., The stories (,rue or false, IA the
case may be) are, that Madame Triton made
a 'circnmst antial confession" not only TO
her husband, but to her mother, to Madame
Cady Stanton, TO Madame Hooker, anu the
Ldrdknox how many other people; that
Bescher confessed to Moul GA, to Carpenter.
10 Bowen. TO E. d. Holton, t. W w. Pat
ton, to NJ ,dame Woodruff, TENN. Cisfilin,
and to an indefinite number of other
in:ereaed males and fsmales; while Tilion
went about conf. ssing himself a cuckold 10
all the piocs angels and prurient prudes ard
sole doves that constituted his peculiarly
miscellaneous circle Ct acqnsin:ancss.
Whittier any OF thee Ply mouth Church free
love ne t-hides have poured their comics
sion, into The ears Of Brigham Yong. Mol
lie Hoihrook. Tom Collins, Mayor Oliver.
F.o ence Mccarthy, Anna Dickinson, Ross
Tweed, or Old Subsidy PomeIoy, remains 70
be found ont. Bot il half the pubslshed
statements concerning the numerous COME
sions said to have been made by the members
OF thst tiot,s free love crew are Trustworthy,
,hsre is not mnch rse in wsifirg for the
chief nest hider h come forward With st'li
another eonie sen. The jury which consists
OF the whole public is rapidly getting iH:o
a frame Of mind enabling q rather unsni-
mcrs agreement upon their verdict, which
seems most likely 70 be findinz that Ply
mouth Church, In Brooklyn. in the state OF
New York. 10 the most corrupt Fest OF free
love nest Liders on tie con,inent.-Chieagc
Times.
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STATE FAIR.
Save Your Premium Lists and Bring Them
With You to the Fair

Save Your Premium Lists and Bring Them
With You to the Fair
The State Board of Agriculture published
an edition OF fifteen thousand Premium
Lists, which is nearly exhausted. The de-
mand upon the Office OF the Secretary for
premium lists, and Information concerning
the Fair, is unprecedented.
The producers OF the State are beginning
to realize that the approaching exhibition
is emphatically theirs, and it is believed,
from present indications, tina. the exhibition
will he the largest ever held in the west.
The novelty of the steam pillow alone
will more than compensate those
who must have something erciting at an ag-
ricultural fair, for the loss to them, of the
fuss and excitement grosing out Of horse
racing. Again, We say, save your Premium
Lists and bring them to the Fair for refer
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The Beecher business is bringing con-
spicuously before the public q good deal OF
the same sort. A New York correspondent
thinks the decentralization among the clergy
is fearfully extensive, and says:
New jersey has an Episcopalian rector
who is charged with seduction under prom
ise of marriage, and there is living witness
to that crime now four days old, with the
mother in = dying condition. New York
has another rector. VINO has heartleesly jilt-
ed four Of his flock, and his church is nam
ed the Church of the Holy F1irt" Balti-
more has come to the front with Lutheran
minister charged with seduction and it Is
difficult to know where to turn to lind an
honest Christian adviser.
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Ann "OID IIOD.

Parson Harlohis Washington paper gives
old probabilities a gentle stirring up, which,
it must be admitted, in view Of all the cir
cumstances, is not wholly undeserved. The
Parson thinks if the weather man can't do
better than he has been doing lately, he had
better take in his sign. We copy as follows I:
1t is quite evident that there is general
disposition to criticise the want Of useful
ness in the Signal Service. None Of the late
storms that caused such destruction OF prop
erty were predicted, and no coming OF prob
able danger given. 1t would seem that either
We are expecting too much from increased
experience or there is want Of close atten-
ton to duty. We have no disposition to CEN
sure the management of this bureau, but
there is great danger of the whole system de
teriorating into the mere issuing OF daily
bulletin giving probabilities no more relia-
bic than the announcements in the old al
MANAGES of the expected condition OF the
weather. If we cannot have an Organiza-
ton of some scientific benefit il is useless to
waste money ON it. The mere collecting the
telegraph reports of the weather from vari-
GUS parts of the country is a duty long and
inexpensively performed, and requires no
special ability, and is of no particular i'm
portance except as a matter OF news.
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The managing SCENTS Of the factory and
the financial commites ara Messrs. " ait &
Co.. Who have entire control Of the manufac-
turing essahliahment
Whsa . certain lot Of cheese is cod in the
market. . dividend i struck, each patron
receiving his proportion Of noaey therefor.
at once. This cheese factory vasestablished
one year ago, and has, up to this date, sold
about fifteen thoueand pounds Of chee,e, for
which the pairocs have received about
81, 100. which has been Distributed among
them. This cheese factory accounts for the
good times and bountifulnes Of money
around Centralia. I would mention some
Of the new.pspers visited on my route, but
they are all received at your of6Ce. How.
ever, to b short, I will say that they are all
good enough. Lie.
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A WAR FOOTING.

1t is time for editors to begin to brush up
their arsenais, and put themselves on war
footing. Only few days ago, Albert Grill
fin, of the Manhattan Nationalist. was as
saulted BY a cowardly bully, armed with =
cow-hide; and now We learn that Geo. W.
Rust, editor of the National Lire Stock Re
porter, Of Chicago, has been assaulted by a
bruiser, and seriously injured. We are &C.
quainted with both these gentlemen, and are
very much mistaken If their assailants do
not hear from them occasionally in the news-
papers, If this thing i to become common,
the modern editor will have to return to the
peace-preserving custom Of old times, and
whenever he has occasion 70 castigase jack
an, put something in his pocket wherewith
to defend himself against the animals heels
An assassin is always . coward, and .
glance ut the front end Of loaded revolve,
has . wonderfully soothing effect on hi
wounded honor.
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Beechsf and His Heck.

n. Y. Special to the Chicago Times.1
Several pess,Ds, not members Il Ply
mouth Church, bat friend Of Beecher, say,
If the case goes sgainst hin, that he will
destroy himself; that he has declared pri-
vately, long before this scandal, that he be :
lieved suicide jus,i6able under certsin cir
cumstauce,. They feel SIRE he would not
survive his god name; that honor is far
desrer to him than life; and that be has
never had the least fear Of death. Many
members Of Plymouth Church sre willing to
forgive Beecher, even il gu lty, while Others
are determined that he shall quit the pulpit.
Every woman of the church is reported to
be strongly and enthusiastically on his side,
WHISTLER he in guilty or innocn'. They ab-
soluiely vorship their pastor, and are bitter.
y hostile to Tilton.
N. Y. Cor. 81. Louis Globe.l
Those claiming to know, say Mrs T,lton
LETT her husband the moment she knew he
intended 10 expose Beecher. because. 10 her
theological faua ici,m, she imagined the
cause Of religion TO be represeoted by her
pastor; that, in etanding b. him, even At
The expense Of desefting her husband, she
coueciea,iously believed she did divine str-
vice. Few pefsons outside Of Brooklyn have
any adequaie idea Of the Wild worship Of the
women Of that congreeaiion for Beecher.
They hold him 70 be sort Of Goldman or
mat God, incsp,ble Of doing any wrong.
They would, moreover, believe. beyond
power o. disproral, that any act Of his must
be right, merely because It VA his act.
Mrs. Iiltoa is reported 10 be no more AZ
solu,e and unreasoning in her faith in him
than hundreds Of his feminine parshoners.
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POST OFFICE CHANGES

In Kansas during the week ending August
LIST, 1874, furnished by VIM. Van Week, Of
the Post-ofice Department:
PosrMAsTERs APpoINTED.-Blue Mounds,
Linn county, S. French Williams; Dunlap,
Morris county, David Blanton; Mill Creek.
Bourbon county, George H. Harris; Sargent,
Hamilton county, Edward F. Hardesty.
Observation-Disclosures Farm, Harvey
County
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an ever can see-that the policy OF the pre-
sent. council is to "s;ave of" the case till it
is too late to do anything. The council
meets in regular session to-night-one oil the
last meetings before the case will be out
lawed-and we would advise the voters and
taxpayers of the city to be on hand, in
goodly numbers, and see what effort, If any,
shall be made by the council to have the
rights Of the people protected. There is talk
of holding an indignation meeting in regard
to the matter; let that meeting he in the
council chamber tonight; let members Of
the council see by your presence there that
YOU are not Indifferent TO the public veal,
and let them see that those members who
are recreant to the best interests Of the city
are to be held to a strict account before the
bar Of the people. There is no time for any
further delay We have waited now till the
eleventh hour; without any trouble or ex-
pense we Gan compel the Atchison 4 North
western railroad to do that which we have
paid half it million of dollars to do, if we
act nor, but if we continue to pursue the
policy which this council has thus far pur.
sued, few DAYS more will place the case be.
yond our reach. This is no trifing matter
il is not a matter that these railroad gentle.
men can afford to face for the mere pittance
required to buy two or three cheap members
of the council. The city has given them
five hundred thousand dollars, for which
they agreed to do certain work they do moi
intend to do it unless compelled by law; the
courts have decided that We can comPe
them TO do what they agreed to do, if VI
take action before the case is out-lawed. The
question now is: Shall We take the necessary
legal steps to secure our rights, or shall We
continue to delay until il is too late to act
We have hall million dollars at stake. i:
not that sum worth considering.
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"MR. BEDcnER walked last night with
his hands behind him." said one dispatch,
yesterday morning, while another Of the
same date informed us that "Mrs. Tilton sat
at Ovington's piano and played Home,
Sweet Home!'" The plot thickens! Can
such things be, and overcome Us like sum.
mer's cloud! Breathes there q man with
soul 50 dead, who after all this new evidence
will dare to say that Beecher is guilty, that
Tiltou is not liar and q horse-thief, and
that Susan didn't tell ii Let rs re thai
man, if such there be; drag him forth; lei
the world gaze On him!
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The Eclectic Lecture COurse enterprise
is meeting with an unexpected degree OF
popular favor; and it deserves to be popu-
lar, for it il the most attractive pro-
gramme, in the way OF intellec-
tual amusements, that has ever
been presented to the Leavenworth public
The sale of tickets will commence this week
and the manager will have no difficulty in
disposing Of as many as the house will ac-
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TOO TRUE.

One thing seems to be determinedly st
tied, however, and that is that Mr.. Beecher
can never stand In Plymouth pulpit again
without seeming to de6le the holy vessels On
the altar, and insulting the public sentiment
which has made him all he ia-Conmon-
Vealh.
That seems to be the conclusion into
which the public mind has settled. Il = .
sad fact, but fact il Is neveEtheleA So far
- Mr.. Beecher Is concerned the matter may
a. we'll end now. In the sad and expsessive
language Of . frontiemman, On . certain
mouznful occasion-@is's no ne fooain' any
more With that hos; his eyes i scs.- =
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NEWSY.

What relief it affords us to turn from
the stale and worn out Beecher business, and
read something fresh-something, for in
stance, such as referred to in this paragraph
from the Washington Chronicle:
The Chronicle OF tomorrow Sunday will
contain an interesting account OF the Last
interview between President Buchanan and
Colonel Thomas H. Benton from the pen Of
Hon. HoratiO King.