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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-17

fries wa one Of the N is., m.un.,sa ma,
a. :, a.
'na' ever ~" uP'sa '"e nch-
Read tie hist ~ written in kaDeas. while
Lecompte vas Jude. II. ias,i,utsd m IL
hi anti ...:,, p ,,.
Inc lac's :" 'nr c'-r 81 nays we're mis-
epreeen'ed .! ',e Aee"mNe on'on' and
uosefno. 0eArys conaacs' a. were all his
zcts, maze tne SUBJECT oi an abusive ariicle.
10 TINS 1eorge ". bro"n, Who va. one
OF me treason prisoner, rePiied IS fellows,
in the Herald q Freedom, Of which p.per he
IA the .eror Some IF the undeniabie facts
sfdfea IN Mn arftce, utterly d,sProre Judge LIE
compile Drefens,ons TO naPot,dlay IN the DIS
charge q h,s ciacldI duties.
The C",on Justhes LecomPte, because
the defsndent introduced e1 parte evideoce,
and proved an abb. The Judge was 81
tered froof. and IN TACT We did prove 10 him
tat 81 the time zoe were charged with doing
irsasonable things 10 Kansas, and for more
than one month previous, We bad been out
OF the Territory, and could not have been
gully OF the Crime with which we were
charged. Moreover. We Cfered to give
bonds in the SUN OF S. 600 for our appear
ance at the next term Of the court, TO answer
ior The 'hdictmen. and YET the court declared
the ofer Sc no, baisole: Four months after,
ne !ook Dali, however, 10 TIE sum OF 50. 90.
'asing ms ac'ion upon the iachss in the
pf9eecution-
IN ,ne indAe'ment sRainst the ninety eight
cree c'ate prisoners ne refused bail, as they
reIe ,hoicled 'of murder. lie we'll knew
'ha' mere was NOT jury, however male
.o'sn'' In,cn couin De 80 packed ~ to bring
IN 'etoc, "r moroer' because IN the alb
seIce Oh ma 'ce PePensc, At Dest, could only
1m9un. % a,ansiaoShter. And yet. the
uuse ie'u.eu 1ai,. An 'ne case OF bunuD,
way coic-o'oooeo cehoerate murder.
r, nee ".Ie no eAeIuaung circumstances
m, me nle.cn attempted 70 seal his horses;
VT. Ia nuu u re"ons'fa'ea ana vas shot like
VIZ Deas Pacxed fro-siavefy grand
July 'n'.:eu nays iof MURDER; L-cjmPte
'e, s.Tsu Eiw On JAIL.
.tp'a .eiuIl was snow.ng 70 the muir.
w.. =, t Dun1 ~ nssoo' oy DIS osd-side, and
.. .au LII - e.. u',nk msn, ~ e1'rems,
,"nt. -. % e. .a NJ, "'a 1ocge Cato'
'ooN n'S .nu..n 10 'of@ OF law. hays was
proven oe.o,e she efsnG Jury 10 oe the man
S mo iln ecu me NORA DOW. rive hundred
uo'aI' .e~alu nAr oeen onefed Ior mis- ap.
pIene :1,s s1a ne was arrested; arrested
i %. rT ,1n mn uenoA!e MURDER ana Judge
HcCOMr T. dt"s9arded me jeetings Of an
tneensed puo,e, dtTeydrOtng ms dtfy as
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-17
LIBERAL LEGISLATION.

The settlers On the frontier will notice
that Col. Philips has commenced work In
earnest. Without delay he procured favor
able report from the Committee on Public
Lands, of which he is a member. In order
that those directly interested may see the
bill, We print it herewith. If any amend
ments are required, those affected by the bill
should at once notify our delegation:
A BrIr FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SET
TIERS ON THE PUBLIC LANDS In THE
STATE OF KANSAS.
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House q
Representatives. u the United States Of Amer
ca, IN Congress assembled, THAT it shall be
lawful for homestead and presumption set.
tlers on the public lands in the State OF Kan
sas to leave and be absent from said lands
until September frst, eighteen hundred and
seyenty-fve, under such regulations as to
proof of the same as the Commissioner OF the
General Land-O Office may prescribe.
SEC. 2 THAT during such absence no ad-
verse right shall attach 70 said lands; such
settlers being allowed to resume and perfect
their settlements Is though no such absence
had been enjoyed or allowed"
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HOT QUITE.

From Leavenworth, Kansas, comes . warn
ing against personal journalism. Colonel
Anthony, Of the TINES Of that city, has been
fined 81 600 and sentenced to . years i'm.
prisonment for libel, growing out of q per-
snai quarrel Of some kind. We think the
verdict was unjust, but We trust it will not
be UNDECIDED by our St Louis Contemporaries
who are wont to indulge in paragraghic
bitterness toward each other. The Globe is
TIE only safe model in this respect. 1t al
ways speaks kindly Of its brethren Of the
city prea.-N Losis Gle6s.
Col Anthony has neither been fined nor
sentenced 70 imprisonment. He never had
any personal quarrel With Judge Lecompte.
We merely spoke Of Leoonpas - he i r
sosded in history. We are glad you 9t1hnk
the verdict unjust"
I'm Tnrn is sill published At the low
price Of $50 per annum, for Daily, and
Sl.Oo per naun ior Weekly; postage pre-
paid. Send in your orders.
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violation of the eight hour law. And con-
sequently the Committee, in behalf Of the
Government employees in the Department
of the Missouri, ask that they be allowed
compensation Tor such time employed. We
hope Congress will pay the attention to this
subject it deserves, and see that justice Is
done to loyal claimants.
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A1oe4oe CooReof q AAAooo 01otoIy.
Before The late trial Ne thooght little or
sohi.g oft We. supposisg that there
oos:d not b . jury found il Tie civilissd
World thas would 6sd any one guilty Of IL
bel foe ayisg vhas TIE TInEs bad said Of
Jedss Leeonp'e. All history. and The go
esal puts,iea d Leooopss were % veil
6xed that no one dreamed that any amount
Of pr.judice would make The charge stick.
We vere nisaaksa. Sisce that verdict Ne
have b.ss hunting up new testimony, and
ssadisg he current histoy Of our State.
Fsisnds, vho we're asaoonded 4 he verdict,
have volunasssed Information selaaivs to
Judss Leonopte, and sisted facts that cane
usdee tAeir pessonal excavation We fad
shas Ill IL hisfori.ns agsss.
In order - still fmsbse visdic.ae TaE
TmB asd prove that it mid No more than
~ been vziftsn b. The prem for de last 81.
,sea years, asd that % libel vas uttered, Ne
print he fellosiag iron 0sioa's History Of
1Abasidls + Il IL grsiAse iaPssasss,
Ihsu IL - ~ Il Asfly sssassliss Jodes
[sssneejs ssstinpey. La / ~ - fssgst-
- - hiAssy NJ = g. 1sGlaltJa
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REPLY WL.K.

TEACH 0ROVE, Ukc. l0s4 4.
EDITOR TINEs:--I noticed in last weeks
Tines . Communication from Pleasant
Ridge signed IL. H." in which the writer
volunteers to enliehten us with few COM
mems on the result of the late electors. az.
K" tells u tn It he 10 an American citizen,
eighteen years Of sge. Nov, we, boys Of
fifty yesrs and UPWARD, are certainly under
obliga ions to him for his gratoiious ins.Iuc-
,ion,. He is probably . graduate Of Prof.
ShoIes' Academy and we'll posted in the
science of politio', and Il i fortunate for
he public thss he does not keep to himeelf
that knowledge" which 'leads to prosper
ity." But let ne analyse has communica-
ton. He say, Il must say for the last
eighteen Year, experiences in the land Of
Columbis, that stability, honesy and ecooo-
my::charactesiEs several Democratic Admin
islrations, while inbec,liiy and sel6shness
we're the result Of Others" Nov, what wire
,hess several Democratic Administrations
during the last eighteen yesrs! Buehsnan's
and Johnson's.
Nov, "a 81. X" was only born about
the time of the former, and his mamma msy
no. save instructed him IN all the events Of
that lime, se need NOT wooGer that he
charscterlzes thai administration - one OF
stability, honesty and economy" when
there were euch politicsl agi. aii0ns and Up
heavings Il IT The Wisest statesmen could not
tell What day would bring forth, and VII. n
he who was NJ the head Of the nation glOried
in being the las, President Of the American
Union.
A, to the hone-ty and economy of said ad-
ministration, 81. r." u re erred to honest
John Covode's Investigations, published
in 1860, and to the exposures made in Con.
eress. during said administration, by Hon.
Mr. Sherman, and other.
The other Democratic administration Wa
under the renegade and inetriate Johneon,
who was made President BY the hand of An as.
ssssip, and who came within one vote of being
impesched; and he Who cast that vote 10 for
saken BY his cCuatrymen, and, apparently,
punished by the elements.
al. K" further says: "Tbe emancipation
might have been regretted by come, but
can safely assert that BY many the fact was
hailed With joy" Ve,y true, BY very many
but IL. X" does not say that he was Que OF
the many.
''Tne var ended" Wei glad he told US
ibid not the Democratic blood flow q.
freely 10 the Republican, in bringing the
matter to q successful termination" Very
true again, bat the Democratic blood flowed
ON the other eide, and, had IL. K" any
hlooA nov IN sb.sd # vould. no doubt. b
poured cut in behalf Of the lost cause. II
must be admitted that there we're many
Democrats in the Union army; but they
have nearly all voted the Republican ticket
ever since. But there was no Republican
voluntarily in the Rebel army.
As TO the uneratefulnes VI the Republi-
cans to Horace Greeley and Charles Sum
ner, IL. K" is sgain mistaken. About all
the honor those two great men have to-dsy.
ID found in the ranks Of the Republicans,
who never Cursed them and afterwards
swallowed their imprec.ti0os, to emit them
- many Dem0crats have d0'e. S. IL.
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SHYOfKR.

Its . very nice question whether the
VOID "shysaer," when applied to rsapecta-
bic member Of The bar i sctioaable; sill
more delicate i the inquiry whether Mr.
william Bush, Who was called shyster BY
Mr.. Storey, il rs.pecsable member Of the
Bar. Mr.. Buahs suit for libel, now in court
will clear up The doubts concerning his
'sputation; but it probably viii not give the
sweet asurance to newspaper writer's that
they may call everybody they don't like
shysten. So the vocabulary Of journalism
will be thus far abridged. lit i libel
thsse ass many tl,ousands Of actionable cases
On hand
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The New York Tibsas says q report from
Kansas mentions that ex-senator Pomeroy
is looking we'll and hearty, and exhibiting
"a tendency to grow fat" The most extra
ordinary thing is the drift which his cease
is taking. What are We to think of 4 pcti-
ton headed BY the Mayor of Topeka, and
extensively signed by the population, ask
ing that mol. pros. may be entered in @old
Pom's" case. He will never be tired, says
the Leavenxorth TINE; and it adds: @He
will 20 scot free, Boosting forever afterward
that the authorities did not dare to press
him 10 trial"
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rnxY srAup AZ IAcx orxn.

If . clerNmans cossresation do not BE-
lieve him Innocent Of charge4 who will! A
tele&Faphic item announced to the world
that Tie Rev. Thomas Cooper W. hsld
70 bail in Tie sum of $500, BY . worldly
Jua6oe, On de charge Il ieloniously asault-
ing y NJ girl named Flora Nay Peten
The oongrssasioa Of Tie Free Coneresasioaal
Church Of Frankford, Pa, where Tie case i
alleged to have occurred, publiah rssolu-
tons expss.ing unlimited confidence in
their pasaae. The Sanding Committee Of
TIE church have he'd 70 opportunity to in
veAigaie The case, bat hey are certain of
their paAnrs innocence On the Halliday
principle Il discEeditins aneek. From pres-
ct apPsarancs, tie pasaor of tie Free
Church has bssa alsugsther TO f1ea The
Peztinacity with which caesUnen Sand By
each other = worthy Of al raisa
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FOR SALE,
OR EXOHA10I

Ose Of thess faxns b known - ths Henry Keller
hFD, ssven niboD iron LnvoaWogsh city, esn-
sissing Of 10 aes0 uader high ssass q eultivs.
uoa. With . lsfgs b -adss sseAasI q ehsies Va
Fjessss Al sppls. Peses, pear and eAssry lnsss
~ Ill kinds II SaM fsuis SD isesacesdsd - be
the bess iarn in county. PuzeAaaU vias have
~ - = fve ysan time. Her1eA. hog, shsep.
q iopsusoA proporsy In LsaVoososSk, GsnsS
CITY, q o. JssspA. yin b tahea n pm peynsat
n deu1Eed. Z. b. HOWsbEY,
Raoas 81 - Fitssilhsa' 9 Bailiag. Lasvsa.
voesh, Kaaasa- dae7.dA04o
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-17

TIE rival advocates Of the di6esent 81
TENS Of medicine are having hitter var in
Iowa - 10 vhstAer allopsthy o. homeopa-
thy ahall b taught in tie medical depart
ment Il The State University. 1t Il very
pavsly .ussssasd that tie discussion i
vons thaa folly, ior what diGereoce can Il
poaibly make to man whether b isslain By
q bomhahell q . buckshok Thb question
bad better Be referred 10 the Academy Of
Science Of Leavmvueth.
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TN C&ieaeo Hisu.s i vesy severe en-
church fair. charity di..en and Other en-
tsrtainns.s Of . similar typ. It calls
tAsm io0 franda" and intimaAo that
tAess / notAing - psEnicious 10 he youth
. thsse loeteEies and rafRo 1t fain. No
buin0 nan vosA bsgEuAGs . ehaEifable
sUa.fnAisa HI eoskihsEian, but 10y do
diliks b h ~boasf y Pretty yo0g ladis
sq1sl1iag thsa b by tekeas iar . luaival
q y esaAibsAs suns1hi.g 81 . eAasiey
49, -
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HaSpy AaiisG - Ysang M hso ~ sGsrW q
sessoa. InpsdinaaO . Nsu1aeo sunOvoA. vo
AeGhDA q tsonSUne uov - femnRkah1s PpOo-
~. nosks - Osea1nRU ~ hSA. n oanDed -
Wl,Sa AddEsD
HOWARD AsDO0A11OQ,
Ne. Rsssh 18th e. PA1onAalphla. p.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MOI Is Life Pills!
M0HaS { Flcerix Ritters "
PAGES Climax Salvel!l
Sssn . esori.'e Family keiieine Csest. asA Asse
essed moro diseases. and haze done moro good for
Humanity, tAAA AEy ether medicine ever oIered =
MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS
are larely Vegetable. They act on the Liver,
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PAGES CLIMAX SALVE
r. cor .oun6 Of An; wi. many OF her extracts
and balkans. Nerlrrsnt II 10 c1re Scrcfula and
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ovsFy family, and Should always been hsI1.
Sold by Druggists everywhere.
y.P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
6 Liberty street, New TEA.
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OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,
LKAvEswJRrH, KAN, Dec. Z, 1874 {
e. MccRILLUS,
County Ire asufer
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07

He, in turn, explained to her how he had
read her letter over several times without In
the least comprehending her innuendo about
"blue eyes and black ones" how bis wounded
pride at last got the better of his love, and
how, after roaming about in his misery for a
year, he saw how foolishly he had acted, and
at once set out for home. Imagine his con.
stsrnation when he came to her old home and
found her not there
He inquired for her, and heard of the faith
er's losses and death, and since then, he had
never ceased to search for her in every con-
ceivablc place, :,
"And now, my little darling" be continued,
for fear | might lose you again, you must
consent for US to be married to night. Will you,
Sweet ?"
The only answer he received was a gentle
pressure of the arms around his neck, for at
that moment Jessie entered the room.
On seeing them she drew back, but Roy cal
led her to them, and told her all that was ne
cessary to make her throw her arms around
Lenore, and through her sympathetic tears as
sure her that she would always love her as
Cousin Roys wife.
The next day Paul LIE Jour received the fol
lowing telegraph
Dear Paul Your sister and myself were
married last evening, and will pass through
your city next Tuesday, on our way to Europe
Meet us at the National Hotel at 3 O'Clock
p. NJ. on that day. Your brother
Roy ELLISON"
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07
WHOLE NO. 975

The WIDOwERs Brown AND JONES'
We have two wldOwers up in our neighbor-
hood who have engaged lately in a friendly
but exciting contest in which everybody in the
vicinity has taken the deepest interest Both
lost their wives about the same time, and each
had SIX fingers OF Grape wrapped around his
high hat. Brown determined to-show the
nelghbors that he mOurned more passionately
than Jones; so he put three fingers more
around his. Then Jones thought that every
body would think he cared less for the depart-
ed Mrs. Jones than Brown cared for the late
Mrs. Brown SO he got band of Grape fifteen
fingers wide around his hat This fred the
heart of Brown, who Immediately put on 80
much Grape that it projected an inch and
half above the summit of his hat crown. Jones
saw it, and instantly cutting the crown out of
an old that, he telescoped it on to his new hat.
and craped the cylinder clear to the ton,
Brown now thorOugly excited, and determined
to do justice to Mrs. Browns memory, got
eighteen old hat crowns and erected upon his
hat kind of funeral shottower, which he
enVeloped IN Grape and wore on the street.
Jones feeling that his dear departed would
think him cold and heartless if he failed to do
his duty in this crisis, built up stack of about
twenty sections of stOve-pipe, which he dove
tailed on his hat, draped in mourning and
sported. Brown at once telegraped to Paris
for silk hat six hundred feet high, swaddled
in Grape twelve feet deep, and reaching from
the brlm to the top of the crown. 1t will shut
up like a Spyglass when Brown wants to 90 in
his front door, When Browns hat arrives il
is though Jones will commit suicide and ioin
Mrs. Jones on the other shore.-Maz Adcler.
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07

The Farmers "Granges' are constantly
growing in number. The latest report of the
National Grange" dated December 10th,
states that at that time there were throughout
the county 9297 subordinate Oranges, there
having been an increase during the week
closing on that date of 24S. The greatest
number of Oranges is in Iowa, lS39 Missouri
comes next, with 1899, and following this
State, the next largest numbers are Illinois,
1884, Indiana 1872 and Kansas 72l. These
five States, it will be noticed, have much more
than one-half of the whole number. The
adjoining States, in proportion to their popula-
ton have, in some cases, smaller relative num-
bers. Thus, Minnesota has 397 Oranges ;
Nebraska, 3Sl Wisconsin, 270; Ohio 249
and Michigan. l47. These ten Western States
representing the Middle and Upper Mississippi
Valley, have in the aggregate Glib Oranges,
so that they contain about ive-sevenths Of the
entire Order of Patrons of Husbandry. There
is stronge aud rapidly increasing develop.
ment of the Order in the South, the leading
States of that section reporting the following
number Of Oranges Mississippi, 507; Georgia,
1872; Alabama, 326; Tennessee, 1852; South
Carolina, 1874; North Carolina 1913, and
Kentucky and Arkansas each ll6. California
reports 1873; the New England States 68,
there being none in Connecticut or Rhode
Island; Pennsylvania, As; New York and
New Jersey each "a, and Maryland, 7. The
aggregate membership Of the Oranges on
December 10th was 697, 1915, of whom about
$50, 600 were voters, the others being women
and persons under age.
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07
POetrY.
PRAYER A LA MODE,

Give me an ere to others fsilinxs blind
(Mlss smiths new bennst's quite e fright behindO
Wake In me charity for the suffering pser-
(Thsre comes that contribution plate enes mors)
Take from ny seul all feelings eovetsss-
q u have g shaw like that make fussD
Let love fer all my kind my spirit stir
tssvs Mrs. Jones; Ill never speak to herb
Let me IN Truth's fair pages take delight
(Ill read that other Hovel through to-niKhtD
Make eontsnted with my earthly state
Il wiAh Id married rieh But It's tee IatsD
Give me heart OF faith 10 all ny kind
(siiss Brown's a. big hTDoerits a. ysu Il 6ndD
Hslp me TO myself as others see
This drsss 10 quite becoming unto mel
Let me act out no fAlsekood. I appeal
q wonder IL they think these eurls are real
Make my heart Of humility the feunt-
Pill me With patience and strength to Wait
Il know he'll preach until eur dinners lAteD
Take from my heart each grain OF selfeonesit-
Om sErs the gentlemen must think swset1
Let sAistly visions be my daily food
Il wonder what they'll have fer dinner goodn
Let not my feet ache the road TO light
tSabodT knows how these shoes pinch and bitsD
In this world teach to deserve the next
(Chureh out! Charles. do yoa rsesllsct the tsxtN
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07

Jonah's whale has been the cause ofa very
lively incident in the Academy of Sciences of
Brussels, which has greatly exercised the poll
tical press OF Belgium. NJ Won Beneden, the
eminent zooogist, had pointed out in the
course of an address to the Academy that the
tradition which describes the dolphin as bring
ing to the shore human bodies with which Il
meets. is very ancient and widely spread, and
that it bore a resemblance to "ths fable of
Jonah" The inadvertent intimation on the
part of the emRent zoologist, that he doubted
whether human body swallowed by whale
would be in good condition three days after
ward, has raised theological storm. Two
professors Of the Catholic Universit of Lou
vain demanded in violent letter that the
Academy should formally censure NJ Won
Bensden, aud the Academy having, with one
dissentient refused to do so, the two profess
sOrs ofLouvain have sent in their resgnations.
Smyrna times., 1874-01-07

THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION AND
RkILRoADs.-Hereafter the railroads of Penn
syvania are public highways and common
carriers, but nothing else. Under the prOvi-
sion that no incorporated company acting as a
Common carrier shall mine or manufacture arti-
cles for transportation or acquire lands except
for its use as such common carrier the anthrs
cite coal trade is likely to be released from the
domination of the great railroads, like the
Reading, and the Delaware, Lackawanna aud
Western, which in few years, would have
owned all the coal6eds, and would have been
absolute masters, not only of the transpor-
tation, but of the production of the
fuel of the Middle Atlantic sea board.
There are other efficient guards placed against
railroad aggrandizement There can be no
more consolidation of competing lines, and no
undue discrimination can be made in charges
or facilities for transportation. That modern
device for extortion known as fast freight lines
is destroyed by the provision that no officer or
agent Of any railroad shall be interested in
transportation over the compsny's roads, and
no discrimination shall be made in charges or
facilities between transportation companies and
individuals.-M T. Times.