The Leavenworth weekly times., 1874-04-30
ITEMS FROM STATE EXCHANGES.
NORTHERN KANSAS.

| The Baldwin and WIcks men anu
women, of horse stealing noterity, were ar
rested last Thursdsy evening. near Osawkse,
for stealing some clothes, beef-hidee, rope,
&c. They are ''bad Iot," and should be
deprived of their liberty y.-Oskaloosa In.
dependent.
The editor OF the Sickle and Ssegf is in
formed that won1n slapped a man in the
face in the O.kaloosa postoffice.
The Hiawatha Dispatch contributes the
following to this column:
The wheat fields that surround Hiawatha
are green and densely matted, more 80 than
we have ever seen them in former years at
this date.
A gentleman and his daughter, from
Wathena was here Thursday looking for a
place TO go in a kind of ladi,s furnishing
store. We understand that some of our young
men tried TO induce them that there il q FIRST
rate opening here for srlch thing.
The Cawker City Tribune say:
Vigilance committee was organizei in
Irving township, Jewell county, last Satur-
dav evening. Persons desiring membership
apply to A. Chandler, ". or z. Walker.
We are having slight fall of snow and
some rain to-day. Theatmosphere is quite
cool but crops are growing finely. We have
potatoes of our own planting eish inches
high, and barley ten inches high.
MISSOURI.
Last Saturday our most estimab!e friend,
DIR. Ben l.. May, OF Barry, called to zee us
For some time he has been in Southern
Kansas. taking a look at The country with a
view Of locating there. He has determined
to locate in Ccfiey county, near Burlington,
and will in lew days remove his family
thither. The Doctor intends to throw aside
his piIl-hags and hereafter engage in the bus.
iness of caitle-raising. The people Of Plate
county who know DIR. May, regret sincerely
that he has decided to remove from amongst
us. He is a skilled physician, and one Of
county. Wherever he goes, ,nay prosperity
attend him.-Rate CITY Landmark.
On last Tuesday, the election of school
directors for the township in which this city
is embraced, took place with the following
result. James NJ. Riley for the term OF
three years, NJ. NJ. McPhetridge for two
years. end James II. Birch, Jr., one year.
A nine months school was voted b. a large
maio,ity.-Rattsburgh Lerw.
-"Pedro" has got the heela 0! 'pi,ch'
as a game of cards OF Cameron.
s.. Joseph is using carriages o' Leaver'
worth manufacture.
The Dcmocrat gives this piece OF sdyice
to the farmers OF Platte county:
Oar farmers spend more than they make.
They have but liule 10 sell. Nine out of ten
are now buying feed for their starving stock,
Tbev exercise no economy in farming. Let
them go to work; raise more wheat, more
corn, more grass, more stock. Produce more
and spend less.
The wheat crop of Platte county is larger
and more promising than any we have had
for years. Harvest ii, and sell as soon a
the market opens. Dom; speculate in grain
Take what you are offered, and don't bold
on for higher prices. l! no disaster oocu :,
the whea, crops will bring to Platte county
one hundred ard tify thousand dollars.
| This ought TO bring some relief TO people
over-burdened with debt. Hereto oore, or
farmers have bought stock to faiten and cell,
and for some years did well; but for two
years past they did not reaiizs as much as
they paid cut.
The We-ton organization for the pre-
yention of horse-stealiny was completed last
Friday. TIE meeting was largely ATTENDED!
and the members me IN business. The Com-
aereid[ advises horse-thieyes 20 give that
county a wide berth hereafter.
One day last weak young man named
John Bulot, living near Beverley station.
-hot and killed a black pelican, on sandbar
in the Missouri river, which was no doubt
the largest bird that has ever visited this
part of the country. IL measures 9 feet )
inches srom tip to Zip Of Its wings Weston
CommeTci al.
The Platte Council OF Patrols of Hus-
bandry will meet at the court house in Platte
City on the first Monday in May next, at
10 o clock a. m. Delegates will take due
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
WESTERN KANSAS.
The Dodge City Messenger brings The
tiding of shooting scrape over Claim:
A man named Lawrelce, of Syracuse,
Kansas, was shot, Tuesday last, by a man
who carries the name OF Prairie Dog Dave
The weapon used was rifle, known by
hunters as ''big fifiy," gun which carries
a very large bali. The ball passed through
the body on the left side, causing portion
of the lungs to protrude. Hunters say 1t
was very lucky that the nan was not far
from the gun when shot,. as the ball would
have made hole large enough 10 have
thrown a good szed cat through The
wounded man was brought down on the
train and taken to the Dodge House, in this
city, where he il receiving medical aid. it
lie said that Prairie Deg Dave has left the
country. Tie difficulty originated, as We
understand il, about q 'claim."
Col. Isaac Young is in the grocery and
provision business ct Dodge.
The young men of Wichita have organ
lied base ball club.
The Lon g,on Ledger reports wheat look
ing well in Howard county.
Tenement houses are in re2t demand at
Wichita The Eag'e complains of damp
wet ueaiher-Oa,s are worth fo,tg crE's Il
bushel in wichita.
Davis county wants a herd law.
The rain storm on Sunday kept great
number of business men home from church,
but The ladies were there and lelI well paid
for gong. We have not Termed yet why the
rain is more hurtiui on Sunday than on
Saturday. Wa some one rise TO explsin?--
MunhafiGa Nationalist.
Ii the editr Of the Nationalist hasn't
learned yet tha, there is no use in trying to
teach him anything, lie will be inquiring
next why ladies prefer Going to church
through rain ard mud?
Heavy rains have visited Reno county
recently.
-Miss Julia II. Dustin, OF LeavenwoIih,
v no was recently engaged 10 teach the gram
mar department OF our public school, has
cen compelled to give up her position by
reason OF Ill health. ard has returned to her
home. She was a fine young lady, and
Junction il sorry 20 lose her.--Junction City
Tribune.
-Someof cur readers may have marked
Ae pretty little poem, ''Tne Geese and the
Cranes," published in the onion of April
IL, and credited to the St. Louis Republican.
Since the publication We have learned that
the poem first appeared in the Fort Scott
Monitor last F. F.bruary, over the signature OF
sIroponilI - the nom de J,line of Mr. En-.