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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-03
TIE BEET SIDE OF A PRISON,

Thanksgiving was an occasion Of more
than ordinary interest to the convicts In the
Nasachuset., State Prison. In accordance
with time-honored custom, pardous wen
granted to some of the more worthy Of theil
number. One man of ffty-two, sentenced
for life for . crime which would naturally
have alienated his wife's affections, was, on
being pardoned, received by her with open
arms; and son and daughter were their
ready to escort Liberated father home to q
Thanksgiving dinner. 1t is also noteworthy
that the hard LINES have 70 diminished he
amount Of contract la6or in the prison that
school has been established within it
wa!lf, one Of the convicts being selected Is a
teacher for the rest. The experiment has
become 50 popular that it VII hereafter be
continued as a regular feature Of the prison.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-03
F0PrEY's HEAD Is LSv!..

Col. Forney, being in London when he
-eceived the news Of the Aner.can elections,
took but a counle of days 20 digest his facts,
.nd promptly sat pown and wrote to tie
Philadelphia Press about the .ma..er. He
said:
= GTbe Amer. IAN people have declared
that they want the means by which to live,
and this can be furnished BY the simple
process OF stopping the reduction of the
public debt, increasing the circulating ne
dunn, and building our tsls-continental
railroads"
This, we are told, will not only give uf
prosperity at home, but a revival of the
confidence Of foreign nations.
THE TINES is opposed to decreasing the
public debt these hard times, and also ia.
vcs increasing the circulating medium
Push forward all needed public improve
ments Furnish all the work possible 70,
the laboring classes.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-03
JAMES WILSON. ESQ.

1t is with much feeling OF regret that we
Az called rpon to announce to the public
Le,venwcrth and vici ,ity, the removal
s-om our midst of one of our Oldest and most
respected citiz,ns, Mr.. James Wilson.
Having come here among the earliest eet-
tl-r. AID at all times identifying himself
with whatever pertained to the welfare of
our city and her people: VIC feel that, in loss-
i-s him, We not only loose man Of energy
Ind sterling integrity, but q good citizen,
the absence of whose family will be long
felt by ali Who knew them. Mr.. Wilson
has accepted situsiion in The Dry Goods
-'dleoe, John D,ggett proprietor, Kansas
City, and We can cbeerfully commend him
70 the kind considerations of her citizene,
and hope that much success may attend him
in his new home.
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VENGEANCE Is NINE.
Another Mountain Meadow Buth.
or Captured.
Colonel OF the Regiment that
Slaughters l19 EmiSrauts.

We have supplied the readers of TIE
TINES with all valuable information con-
corning the capture of one Of the Mountain
Meadow butchers, and from the Salt Lake
Tribune, and q letter received from Salt
Like, We give full particulars of the capture
of another one Of the priesthood
Bishop Dame-at his residence In Paro ~an,
Iron county, Utah. q few days ago. on war.
rant issued out Of the Second District Court.
Dame is indicted fof murder as o principal
in the awful massacre Of Mountain Meadows,
he having been 1t the time-ls57-a we'll
q now, high in Office 10 the Mormon Priest
HOOD and in the Church military organisation
known as Nauvoo Legion. Dane was
colonel Of the regiment which slaughtered
the 119 smigrsnts; and the fact hss long
been believed by all classes in Utah, thai,
when George A. Smith, the special courier
of Brigham Young in the horrible tragedy,
conveyed the order hence, this military
Bishop lost no time in hurrying his troops
forward TO ths most mefciless and relentless
hatchery Of the age, bot acted with internal
ce.erity in doing the bidding Of his Master
in Zion. For seventeen years the bloody
hands Of the murdereIs have been safe under
uncertain laws, but to-day. thanks to
the Legislation of Congress, there is
hope that a. least some of
the perpetrators may be brought to justice
for The awful crime. Yesterday . train from
the south brought to this city the Bishop
Col. Dame, in charge of special Deputy
United States Marshals Spears and Evans,
arriving at the depot at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Shortly afterwards, by direction
OF General Maxwell, the prisoner was taken
to the Utah Peniteutiary, there to be held
uo,il the further order Of Judge Foreman,
presiding over the Second District Court,
aud upon whose warrant Dame was brought
hither for detention pending trial. On the
road from Parcwan to Salt Lake, the pris-
oner obeyed all orders of the officers with
readiness, and in turn received uniform
kindness at their hands.
There was no trouble or interference on
the way, and the Bishop reached this place
in his usual good health. He converses
freely and in an interesting manner on gen.
ersl topics, but is reticent touching any sub
ject that might lead to conversation on the
Mountain Meadow massacre. This silence
is his unquestioned right; and however anx-
ious the public may be to learn his private
views, or CLEAN from his recollections drip
ping with the gore of slaughtered men, wo-
men, and children, the mouth of the accused
can remain sealed as the lips Of tne sphynx
for 60 says the Law. And yet the dread
secrets of the Church of Jesus Christ Of Lat
ter-dsy Saints will be dragged from guilty
men BY the memorable inquest of that came
law which At this late day calls them up for
review.
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T1E interoceanic canal project seems
Fey 20 be put into prac ,cal shape at last.
The commission for the examination Of
he d Aerert routes will meet in Washing.
ION ON the :C;h Instant. TIE choice is sup
posed % be be.ween The Nicaragua and the
n .en -outes, tnaeby way of Tehauntepec
'lr' +ny 50 many tcnleis. The former Ii
generally regarded as the most feasible
:oute The completion of ship canal to
co meet me two oceans is certain to be the
inauguration of new era of prosperity tt
Ame..csn comme,ce, and most Of the YES
se's posing through it must of necessity
touch and gid our shores.
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Sad News.

With pain, we unfold the startling inielli-
gsnce, that one c. S. glastonbury, of La
grange, Missouri, Treasurer of State Grange,
is deiaulter in the sum Of $4,000. He has
loaned the money out, and put his property
out Of his hands, 20 that is sailed down. 1t
all came out Of the pockets Of tie hsrd:work-
ing farmers of that State, as dues and initia-
ton fees, to make some men rich, and place
others in Office. What did Ruley tell you
my country men? But hold! We are not
done yet; let Us add that, the Treasurer Of
the State Grange of Iowa, has $4,000 Of
the poor farmers money in his hands, and
will never give it up. They have levied on
all the property he has got, and made
s., 600 out Of it, and that is all they ever
can make, 30 he escapes with = cool $780,
900. Hurrah for the Grange. But hold /!
up in Nebraska they are after their State
Treasurer, but can't get sny satisfaction out
of him. All, deluded people, You who
wanted the Dispatch to endorse the intended
humbug, in ordes 10 6ll the pockets Of in
fernal scoundrels, and elect the o6scourinss
Of creation, to Office of public trust, you had
better look after the Kansas Treasury of the
Grange now, and get all you can, back, and
then thank us for not encouraging you,
through the columns of the Dispatch, TO pay
out your hard earned money to enrich lazy
Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
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Blessing Q Bell.

Fully two thousand persons gathered in.
side the unfinished walls of st. Patrick'l
Church, Ocean avenue, Jer,ey City Heights
Yesterday afternoon. On bare pine boards
stood an immenee bell, weighing at least
$500 pounds, to be blessed by Bishop Cor.
rigan.
The Bishop was accompanied BY Fathers
McManus and Tlssout, the latter Jesuit
cal missionary, with keen features and long
iron-gray hair. The Bishop delivered q
short address on the origin of the use of
bells in the Christian Church, and Of the
Catholic Church in particular. The bsptis.
NAL ceremony lasted nearly an hour, and
was interesting. The Officiating priests,
with their acolytes, walked down from the
altar, and, with a ever of water, basin, and
towels, washed the bell with holy water in
aide and out. Returning to the altar, .
long prayer was recited. At the close of
the invocation, tine three robed fathers sgaia
descended, two acolytes bearing candles aloft.
The Bishop then from . small vial poured
quantity Of oil, and with the tip of the fore
finger Of his right hand streaked the bright
sides of the bell, repeating the words Of con-
secration in Latin. The bell was christened
"St. Patrick"
The bell will be placed in position to-day
by Messrs. Meneely & Kimberly. the foun-
ders. Mr.. Meneely said that the bell was
the largest cast BY the firm in many yssrs.
The cost of manufacturing and erection Was
over $4,000. The church has cost 70 far,
exclusive Of the Land. s9s. OO0.-N Y. Sun.
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will tonight have remained in an .pparens-
~ inanimate state for six days and nights,
etrange to state, no indication Of approach
ing decomposition or change o! any other
character, can b. detected, the corlsa, if
such il ID, remaining a fresh ~ though
death had just occurred. A number OF
doctors rom various sections called to see
the child yesterdey, one of them punc,ur-
ing the ch,ld's eide With lance, bat failed
to draw blood. They all, however, agreed
that it would be highly improper to bury
the child at present, a conclusion in which
The poor parents Eagerly coincide. 1t is I'M
derstood that little Bertha, when two yeara
old, narrowly escaped being buried alive
she having remained in q state of apparen
suspended animal life nine consecutive weeks
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Hi, On the 7. =. c.

This morning, writes ELI Perkins," /,
well-known Boston man sat down by bena-
tor Robertson, IN old and proud resident Of
South Carolina, On the balcony Of the States,
and Commenced Negotiating himself into the
SoU'heiner's feelings.
4 tell you, iii, South Carolina ID great
STATE, sir" remarked Senator Robestsos,
automatically.
"Yes, said the stranger from Boston, "sAe
i. / knew q good many people down there
myself and splendid people hey were too;
o. bsave and high-ioned = he Huguenols."
"You did sirf' exclaimed the Senator.
"Oh! - siF. / know some of the great
Ct msn your STATE ever sav, sir. Knsw EN-
intimately, mr." cootinusd The Bosom man,
eoe6dentially drawing hi chair closer and
lighting hi cigar.
"Who did you know down there, sir, =
the old Palmetto StateP' aaked the 6outh.
eene1.
"Wsll, or, I know Gsnessl Sherman, and
0s.eral Kilpesrick, aA"-
'tGreat gunr' hiesz1pesd he South Car
Gilman, and - bsps q talking In the same
Strain for to houn.
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the ensuing Congress are already forecast;
the financial question Is passed over with .
hopeful nod, and ali seem to give seasons
for wonderful caange, yet the enigma
seems difficult to solve. Republicans give
one class of reaeons, and the Democrats |
another; but the utter corruption Of the |
party is its Encouragement Of the South. |
do not wish to dispute with either party,
yet must say from the last eighteen yean
experience in the land of Columbia, that |
stability, honesty and economy characterized
several Democratic administrations, while |
imbeciliiy and selfshress we're the result of
others. That Puritan pride, that wholesale
dishonesty and ingratitude to former friends,
with high-handed intolerance, prove tie
theories of thei- so-called progress. The
unfortunate sectional, sealous disposition of
the Democrats brought the Republican party
into power; they at once envrapped them
selves with the mantle of patriotism, and
cried ont for the Union, and branded those
who differed With them q tfaitor. The
emancipation Of the colored man followed.
The emancipation might have been regretted
by some, but can safely assert that BY many
the fact was hailed with Joy. The war ended.
Did not the Democratic blood fow - freely
a. Republican in bringing the matter to .
successful terminaiionf yet our Repub-
lican friends claim the glory of the victory.
behold their philanthropy" Ah!s.ropsly
fortified was the citadel Of their power.
Election after election followed, and they
hurled from 'heie ramparts that degree of
defiance, with the var prestige, and battle
cry oil traitor and copperhead. / was then,
% am now, citizen Of the United States,
living within FIVE miles of Leayenworth CITY
and following the occupation of farmer.
we'll recollecs the acts Of that self-styled
moral patriotic party who were euriching
themselves and their friends. The public
lands were given away, the Constitution
was, regardless of the rights ofthe minority,
their reckless dealings with the Constitution
alarmed every Conservative, the dishonest
spprorristion Of the public domaius and
public money enr1ged the then starving mil.
lions; tie orphan ries Of . misgovnned South
comes forward % On accuser. but the late
election has caused the people to rise up In
from power = party whose iron grasp fol
fourteen weary years Of rockies, adminis
trarien has had control. They were basely
uograieful to their best friends, to.vit
Horace Greeley and CHARLES Sumner, tn,
original trainers Of their party. Well maj
q apply the app.llaticn Of the celebsatet
Robert Burns, the bard Of Scotland, Man
inhumanity to man, makes countless thou
sands mourn" As the victim Of reckles
administration has nearly expired, eelec
0 the pall-bearerr, snd placs it in . fttin,
sspulchre. Alas poor Yorrick. L. X.
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The grangefs are iuet coming in for
share Of censure - to the present depression
Of trade. Watern - we'll - Eastern pa
pers are realizing the fact that the business
Of the railroads cannot be interrupted with
out all other classes feeling uniavorably
the consequences. Already the indications
are that the coming winter will be hard
one for all whose means of living
are narrowed to the needs Of the day.
In many directions railway improve.
ments have been checked, and all
around labor has been materially reduced.
We see it stated that at the Chicago shops
only about two-tnirds of the number of me-
chanics are employed at present. At the
shops at Clinton, Iowa, they are working
now only Eve days in the week. In the WI
mona and st. Peters shops the time has also
been cut down from six to five days per
week. Nearer home almost all of the great
railways have lessened the number Of their
employees, the hours Of labor and the wages
paid, and very generally the cause of this is
traced more or les directly 10 granger legis-
lation in the Western States. Railrosding
is a sort of endless Chain, and when a few
links are disarranged, the whole works un-
satisfactorily. The grangers, as managers
in practical bueines, seem listle,, il any,
more efficient than IN devising legislation.
The experience Of their attempt to control
the crops has been most unlucky, and they
are now reaping tbs fruit Of their policy in
holding back wheat when there was for.
eign market for the came, at fair prices. Phi.
or to the granger agitation, the leading com.
panies of the West bought grain from the
farmers along their lines, paying the prices
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MEDICAL.

MoHat's Life Pills!
Ao1Hat's Phoenix Bitters J!
PAGES CEmsx Salve ~!
torn sonplets Family rsdicine Chsss, 80 nev0
eoreA uoro diseases, and have done more go iof
humanity, thaA any other Aedicine ever ooefe4 70
IOFTAT'S LIFE PILLS
s,e purely Vegetable. They act on the Liver,
6eninR TIE ducts, and restoring the body to pr
fset health, and May be relied on to cure Seryea
and Siek Rea4Aehe, COstivensxs. cyspep sla, InoS.
0pstIon. Jsandiee. Liver and Bilious Complaints
Calds, Seurvy. General Neaksssg. Eeyer ASse.
NOTFAT'S PHOENIX BlITEKS
AYrcet the sseretious OF the Stomach, and are .
nm care for Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Sleeplsss-
-. FEMALE Con piai.ts, Wsaklses Dehility, Ae.
PAGES CLIMAX SALvE
Aaeempound Of Arnies with many ether sxlRasee
M Halsaus. WeWarraati t - elrs SerefalA al4
IN RheQ1. Fever Sorss, Piles, Rrost Bite, Cnu-
MN. CoFIs, Innannation Of the kyoa, AEokea
IFoosfs, Sore Nipples, Cuts, Bralsss, Barns,
~ Al CutaneoaS Diseases, on nan or booees y
allnSs iAnannatioa, suSdses all lain, ~ neale
VisROut scar. IL Il worth its vsieAt In - -
oTsgy faniy, and should alWays - - AAAA.
H Sold by Druggists everywhere
= J. p. MlLlA Sole FEspeiseer
ssk9s-7
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more than h.,f the stock Of the conce;l, Tor
witch he paid $3.50, COO, Col. Forney retain
ing the balance. il s stated that this change
is due to the results of last election, and was
not contemplated By Col. Fo-ney when he
went abroad. The Press will now become a
Democratic organ, and support Ex-Governor
Clinton for Governor of Pennsylvania, next
fail. Col. Mcclure will not assume con-
troll until the new year, and the Democracy
will have to do without an organ until
that date.
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posr0FFICE CHANGES

In Kansas during the week ending Nov. %,
1874, furnished by VIM. Van Week, OF the
Post-of6ce Department:
EsrABLIsHED.-Westfeld, McPberson Co,
Nathaniel Hempsted. Postmaster.
DDcoNnxuED.-Gregory, Cherokee coun-
ty; St. Paul, Howard county.
AProINrED.-Albany, Nemaha county,
Mr.. c. B. Stinson; Appanoose, Franklin
county, Marcena St. John; Belmont Wood
son county, J. l. Heaey; Climax, Green
wood county, Charles c. Miller Dlmon
Lsavenworth county, William Gatehell
Exeter, Clay county, A. c. Butler Farland
McPhsrson county, Mrs. Sarah A. Geer
Lit.le.en, Sumner county, E. A. Kennedy
Logan, Phillips county, William II. Gay
Oakland, Jewell county, Bowan +. Howe
Washington, Washington County, Erasu
n, Emmens.
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The Folly Of Fashionable Calls.

The Chicago Tribune says: "Mn. Grundy
has decreed that Ma Jones and Mrs. Smith,
who have netting whatever in common be- |
You'd the fact Of BELONGING 10 the same social |
set and Who naturally either dislike each
other exceedingly or are entirely Indifferent
to each other, shall exchange formal calls
I'd isfsitxm. Accordingly, Mrs. Jones,
with loudly expressed regret at the necessity
Of going, and hope that Mn. Smith will be
out. arrays herself elaboiately and pulls the
Smith door bell. If Mn. Smith is not ct
home. actually or 69uraiively. Nm. Jones
breathes . sigh Of relief and hurries away.
Ifshe il, Mrs. Jones il ushered into lugu-
beious parlor, where she wastes half an hour
in idle gossip about the weather, and the
last engagement, and the next party, and
the Wondr0us achievements Of various CON-
monplacs children. Each woman listens
and talks languidly. Earh il wishing the
bore were over. When the necessary min
utes have been consumed Mrs. Jones de-
parts. When the necessary weeks have
pasred Mu. Smith plays her part in this
most tedious society drama, and the eurtain
falls to rise again . T"onth or TIVE latter On
Mn. Jones. Both these women would stop
this farcical exchange Of waits il they dared.
But they do not dare. 1t 10 the fashion and
they fellow Il. As r:sult they are obliged
to waste hours on hours, week after week in
. round If bowling and gosGp;ng and smiling
from which they get no possible good. They
either hive to give up one whole day every
week to receiving calls, or they must hold
themselves in readiness at slmost every
hour Of every day TO do 20. 1t does moi
seem to occur to these people that where
such system prevails nothing else systematic
can, There can be no fixed hours for any.
thing. Friends cannot exchange calls al
will because acquaintances left in the lufcl
would be hurt. Sometimes . woman grow
sufficiently Independent to announce tina
she will not make Gala Then the rest O
her sex, every one of whom would Be gia(
condemn - impolite, checking, &c, he
observances of society. Five years after
wards, the woman who dared usually know
something, while her old associates are still
displaying their old stock Of information
Would it not be we'll for women feformer
to remember that calling and dressing ar
two great grounds for reform? They ar
alike in this, that women can, il they will
effect the reform in both BY their rinel
effort. Masculine cooperation Is rot needed
If few prominent ladies would but say
o We will call orly on the pssons whom v
: really wish to Sc > sid would make tboj
i saying true, We should econ witness q d.
> cided change icr the better. Would it nc
4 be well, by the way. for women to remov
. few of the disabilities they have impose
II upon themselves before invoking masculin
|. help to rid themselves Of others?'
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APp0IHTED.

The typographical fraternity OF Leaven-
worth will be gratifed to learn that Era as
n. Emmons, of the Washington Repubii,a n,
has been appointed pcstm ss;er at Washing
ton, Washington county, Kansas. M. E.
is former employee of The TINS, good
printer, tip-top man in every way, and
withau sound Republican.
William Ga;chell is appointed postmaster
at Diuon, Leavenworih county. Mr.. G. il
higkls recon nended as the man for the 20.
sitio,, and we trust VII give satisfaction to
the people of that section.
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EDWARD S. S1oK g. though lost to SIGHT,
is not WHO'LL 70 so..en. He has money. II
is one Of the ma; ms of New Yo.k that q
man can't be very bad as lorg as he has
Flen.y OF money. In the recent attempt to
get up fb.aEs TO- the prisoners at Auburn,
sc es eonL:ou;eG SEQ. Ms. Stokes is one
Of the most snowy women on The street. She
GOES not sit weeping at home, but enjoys Lie
WITH The. me- est. T.lden was great po-
l:t-.,sl friend Of Jim Fisk, and the chances
of a pa don the net two years are quite
81 m
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FA :. freights along the Upper Hudson
a. said q be seriously delayed in conse.
qrence OF the low weter in the river caused
h. the want Of rain. This evil will con
ii rue to grow worse yea by year unless
some more s:-ngent measures are adopted
to prevent the destruction of the Northern
70 ,ests which give lie to the tributary
st ,ams
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We understand hat new daily paper is
to be started in Topeka, about the frst Of
January, under:he auspice' of joint-stoek
company, with J. Clarke swayze, formerly Of
the Topeka Blade, as editor. Though
Swayss wa forced to succumb to the panic
Of last Fall, in having to suspend the Blade,
he knows how to make good paper, and ID
enc Of the hest newspaper men in the West.