The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30

Tom S.ivers, OF the Champion has writ
ten up another love story. with a moral.
Look ont for another duel without a corpse
The Netawaka Chief says there was fraud
in the last payment Ct the Kickapoo Indians
We hear that the Ke- wau-knk kicked, and
demanded full pay.
The southern part of the state has com.
menced talking over the prospects of the va
rious candidates for Con. reasionsl honors.
We hope this district will stick to the elm
migration" issue for the next three months.
Blue Rapids Times.
The Seneca Courier announces the arri-
val Of . new citizen in that county, adding
that, besides his Own numerous family, he
brings large lot of blOoJed beifers, sheep,
aud hogs!-Chtet.
The city council at Hiswstha, has let a
contract for planting 100 trees on the streets
of that city, the trees to be white white elm,
box elder and cottonwood. The contractor
gets 81 each for setting out the trees and
boxing them up.
Three of Mr.. Corson's boarders left
some time between dark and daylight, Last
Sunday night or Monday morning, and left
their board bills unpaid to the amount Of
S74. A letter was left stating that when
they could get the money they would send it
to him. Hardly consolation in the hard
Gmes.-H athena Rsg,mtor.
The facetious editor of the Waterville
Telegraph sees it only in this light: "Atchi.
son Il once more to have bridge across the
Missouri river within one yeaI-aiter which
(some time after the Central Branch will
probably again be extended: after which
(sometime after) Wateryille will die again
after which (sometime after) her rivals will
probably take start and outstrip the world
in push, &C., e. II nothing don't happen,
ETC., ETC."
The Kansas editorial convention meets
at Ft.S Scott on the ooh of next month. Root
has suggested that after the convention ad.
journs the editors excurzh to Galveston, Tex.
as; the suggestion, We believe, has met with
pretty general approval. The Common
wealth. however, is afraid that editors will
bring themselves into disrepute by "desd-
beating" the hotels A LA ATWOOD HOUSE,
LINCoLN) which strikes US - = poeticAl way
OF urging Galveston to say: Gentlemen
come to Galveston and You shall be the guests
of the city" For one We are ir favor of
going to Galveston or St. Paul. Perhaps
San Francisco or some good fashionable l"wa-
tsring place. cay Saratngs, would be better"
Our preference and pet longing has ever been
to go the head of the Nile or visit the grave
of Gutembureh- would be 30 appropriate.
Chief.
SOUTHERN KANSAS.
The Courier contribute. the folllowirg
from Cof1evville:
The noble RED man roams through the
streets OF Arkansas CITY.
Wheat eighteen inche, hiyh in Cowley
county.
The editor Of the Arkansas 7rDre'er is |
industrious and observing. lie collects and
prints items from all parts Of Cowley county
The Osage City Shaft publishes a brief but |
excellent sermon about shade trees. Here il |
ie:
The first rail was rolled at the Topeka |
rolling mill Last Friday. The Commonwealth |
Gays the ceremonies we're imposing.
The Arkansas Troreicr says:
Thirty-six families from Blakely, Scttt
Co., MINI, will start for Ksnsas next week
10 settle in Cowley and Sumner counties.
Under the head oil "Encours eing," IL
O.wsgo In 'epsndsnt mentions the return Of
4 re, teman from Texas With a sunburnt
nose. We suppose tie editor accepted it as
! harbinger Of spring.
Thousands OF wild geese habit the Ar
kansas river, and deer and antelope are re-
ported very plenty in the territory Of Arkan-
10 City.
A large breadth Of oats and spriEg
sheat has been sown in this county, and de.
Ipite the chilly weather, ia doing fine. The
1heat il up four inches.-Chase County
Louder.
Lorain Moore, Fix miles west Of town,
While sharpening fence posts last Tuesday
lfternoon, IVES 20 unfortunate AZ to nearly
plit one foot open with an axe. DR.. Elem
NC dressed the wound. He will be con.
med to the house for some time.
-Cornelia Brown. of Corydon, Iowa,
writes to the postmaster here concerning the
yhereabout Of her lawful husband, Daniel 8.
Brown, for whom she still keeps tanning .
Park of the old love. Naughty Daniel,
,earken to the call Of your dearly beloved
;ornelia.
in the article from the Topeka Com.
which will he found in this issue, |
be name OF Hon. d. Emmfrt appears Is
andidate Tor Secretary OF Slate. That gen.
|eman authoriz ID US to state that be has in
mated to no person that he would be q {
apdidate.-Uumbold Union.
Many Of Our townsmen are planting trees !
a front of their residences, and many more
ueht to. Nothing 50 beauties town At 20 8
tile expense. Shade trees are . mark of
rift and energy; 1owers are ministers of
we and culture. How cheerful Is . cool
nd inviting shady seat during the heated
I'm.
The WHEAT crop Of Saline county this
ear will Be We largest ever raised in that
,unty.
The Valley mines, near De Soto, yield 3
! 1. rs. 3Os pounds Of zinc ore in the last j.,
looth.
Reports form all parts of the State say
ut immigration ia rapidly increasing.
-Sevesal cases Of spotted fever are report
! in the vicinity Of Lexington. Missouri.
The people Of Shelby county are taking
eps to organise On immigratioo society.
1T will Be pleasing 10 lovers Of early j
.eetables to know that new potatoes are in o.
le market, and are selling Ut The Eenerk1-
y Low price Of one dollar per peek. q B
,urnal
From minister from IndePeodencs ve
arm that tvo Of TIE Younger boys jim a.d
ole, visiied that place bat Tuesday even
=, and without any attempt 1t nose.saasoe