The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-26
BOSTON.
Present appearance OF the Burnt
District.
What the Stupidity Of the Boston
School Board May Ac-
conlplish.
Distinguished Takers, Warblers
and Actors.

! I Pe5i&l Correspondence Leayenvorth Times
lie saun'erer through the burnt distric;
OF Last year would fad il hard to-day to
recall the scene OF Iu;n and desolation that
then greeted him. Handsome new buildings
are everywhere E!-ils in the place Of the
| unsighdy heaps Oi brick and stone. The
familiar name. are re-appearing in their old
places, and the smouldering ruins OF year
ago are every day becoming more and more
ike dream. " here the situation and tie
value OF the land world allow, the
sTREETs HAVE BEEN wIDESED,
AID though 1t would require an almost en-
lire remodeiing of the section to straighten
them, something to has been done towards
thai Improvement. Washington street now
shows 10 trace Of the FIRE except in i,s new
aud improved appearance. The city has Ger
ttiniy been gamer as far as Outward ap.
pearaBces are concerned, and il Is 10 be
hoped that the experience is not 10 be lost
upon architects and builders, but thst its
safety as well as it, beauty has been en-
hIncel.
The Transcript was issued last week isum
the handsome building erected on the site of
tie then fine, new one destroyed hy tie
f.e.
The question most deeply agi;atiug
the pubic mind II the Hub at present is
the re:a-al OF the school committee t.
allow
THE LADIES ELECTED
to it their zeaiz. The conduct OF the veneer.
able grandmoiheIs constituting majority
OF that Board would be eIaspera,ipg if it
were not too supTemely absurd. Such stick
lers :or tie law and Constitution have not
been known since tie beginning OF the chris
ti2n era. They were supposed TO have died
out with the FAaraz ees. Ii this Were the
fr-I time hat the fitness of the female mind
for that exalted pnsition were 10 Be tested,
tie position would moi seem ~ strange, bat
a. the experiment is not a new one, even 10
Massachusetts, II does iCoS lille like old
j
mented on by The press and pulpit, and pub.
lie opinion is certainly on the right side IL
the matter. Che ladies were elected by an
almost unanimous vote IN their respective
wards. and those wards have expressed their
sentiments most emphatically by public
meeting, &c. 81 the last regular meeting
OF the Board a reconsideration OF the vote
was called for and refused by a majority of
U..T .;
women who fought long and we'll for the e5-
abii-meD; OF L gIrPs nigh school in Boston,
are helping ia tnis contest, and ii would
seem that the individuals who did not give
The
WOMEN CREDIT FOR BRAINS
enough for Latin and Algebra are not dead
vet. But, as Sam says in Uncle Tens Cab
N, al. an Ill wind that blows nowhar,"
and ;his much talked of decision OF the City
Solicitor and vote of The committee may be
he means al carrying the nstter before
higher authority, and end in = remodeling
Ji OF the law or a new reading of the word |
persons" What Susan b. Anthony and |
he Smith sisters can't accomplish by tact, the |
School Board of Boston mss most unwit- |
iusly
FORWARD BY THEIR STUPIDITY
nd ape the exceedingly wooden horse that |
hall help the besiegers into Troy.
Madame Missions admirers seem as mum
rous and rppreciative as ever. The first
light OF her appearance here was unfavor-
.bie, but the second, MigRoa, was given 10
ui and enthusiastic audience. Tie demand
or tickets Was az good for neaI.y all the
ther performances, and the season ar I'M
al u,.ca.s-l,,I Thn-o laz baas, M re- |
uciion in the price OF t.cke,s, and though
o;ei exhorbitant
MUSIC, LOWING BOSTON
nus. see and bear. With such houses as the
resent scale, what would they be at ore that
you'd admit the great unwasbed, Tor the love
4 music Is not always 20 be measured by the
ength OF ones purse, and many are kept
way now b. the COS. OF tickets. To be sure,
here are SEATS within the reach Of the 'poor
,ut respectable pockets, and If your purse
rives you TO the topmost gallery, You have
he satisfaction of knowing that even there
he law of cJmpensation holds good, and if for
nee IN your lie TOO high IN the social scale,
,ou are in the best position in the house 10
atch the sweetest music.
\ farewell has been arranged for NJ dame
NILSSON AT THE MUSIC HALL
N the 18Th. Il will be her only appearance
Iere in concert. The other musical alirac.
ions announced for the month are as great
: usual; Cornila Urso's classical concerts
nd other foreign az we'll as native talents
)undrary succeeds in the Opera for short
Engagement, and then comes
MISS KELLOGG AND ENG SsH OPERA.
IT tie Museum, Dora and Cinderella take
he place OF LeiEe FINLEY which has
,een having an immensely success
ull run of Eve weeks, and Mr.. Warren, as
i lea Sber, has been adding to his lcng list
# successes. At The Howard, Ten Nights
n Bar-room, and the Jokes, announced
or next month.
Among recent departures for Europe,
President Elliott, OF Harvard College, ii is
Umorei 10 find a
SUCCESSOR TO PROF. AGAssIZ;
J. ". ChsEiney, the Artist, for an absence
# several years; and Warrington, of the
5os;on Pres, whose friends gave him BAN
uet before he left. Among Lite arrivals,
lark twain, WI 0 i5 reported to De on his
asst lee uring tour before retiring forever
rom the platform. Gerald Massey has re-
ppeared among Us, and had his spirit pho
Dgraph" taken, but IL not announced to
rOpound or answer any more theological
Wilkie Collins gives another
nd last reading of The Dream Woman"
ere. Muscular Christianity" and the
REV. CHAs KINGSLEY
re amorg the good things Of the week. He
ectures ct fremont Temple on Westminster
bbey. The actor and elocuiionist, Mr..
smes z. Murdoch, has just given the last Of
hree lecture. on "Reminiscences OF the Stage,
18th limitations Of great actors and readings
rom various poets, at Parker Memorial
Isll, ID large snd interested audience.
BoSTnN.