The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
APERrEcrLy Day GARMENT
KAHsAS I1KHs.

Yeaer lay the valley vas visited By . fine
ran. The "a ns this season have bsn more
ev.nly distributed than usual and the crops
show the benefit Of It'll City Courant.
The crops all need rain. Corn on the
boom lands d not suffering much YET, bot
a god slower or two would give it splen-
did push and insure % great crop.-LGr-
reno Journal
"A boy named Harry Nixlvss kicked BY
hsEse en- Sunday last N At. Wakarrsa. His
skul "a, badly fractured, and he lineered
in seat distses until yesterday noon, Wien
be ded 1t the residences Of his uncle, E. w.
Rutolph, Eco. -C6mm0asealh.
Aytu-g man 'r.veliog through here vas
ms,e drank and robbed Of 81. Sail the
mo,ey Ia n.d-l.st Saturday, evening late.
On suocay morning . warrant Wa n ed
~ Justice Atchison for the suspected patty,
bot Ae could not be found Woodsos Co.
Paa.
-rbe prairies are covered With cattle
and hey look fat and sleek, which reminds
u dat there is no place In the world where
eattle iatten % fase q On The prairie gra0
Of Kansas. Any one doob Ing it ought to
hav. seen the w.lsing skeietoos lsst April
and then look at The same animals now
lola Register.
The Illinois excu-sicnisaa made selec-
tions Of what lands thsy wanted to purchase,
les: vesk, and departed for their homes on
Saturday evening, we'll pleased with their
trip, ami full of admirati for our country.
Many If them With their friends, gill, 1t
come future day, tske up their beds and
anchor 10 Rotd CID Morris - Council Grore
Republican.
Sunday boy came rushing down the
Unworthy hill and alarmed many With the
startling annount ement ihA boy bad fall.
ca into we'll. A crowd ran to the scene of
the Supposed casually. The we'll and cistern
at the University were dasged, but no boy
was found. 1t turned out to be . wicked
eeIl.-Lasrence Standard.
An accident occurred at Watesvi lie Satur-
day, which threw damper On the festivities
Of the celebration. While firing the cannon
it became so hot that the msn 1t the touch
hole uncovered it and made prema ure
discharge of the gun. which blew of the
hand Of the man who WAS Tamming down
the cartIidge.-Afchisom latriot.
A house and lot ahOus Eve miles south-
WIN W ou8WpS ~ ~ OSo W sAxososss6 Ssss~
ing recent thunder sh0vsr; being unable
to dodge the thing, which made kiodling
wood out Of the house and posi- hole ont Of
the lot. The penoas Who lived in The
house about two ne, ks before 1t was Obliie-
ra'ed received doc noice to leave-apd Left
Consequently vs have the pleasure ofstst-
ing that nobody was hurt-bodily.-Otapa
Times.
Mr. John W. Der nis, farmer living
on the Nemaha river, nine nj e. south vi
Seneca, met With = terrible sccident on
Wednesday. He was driving TO the 6.ld
with ping machine, vLea the homes
took flight and threw him uoder the ma
chine. His left arm ~ terribly lacefaied
BY the sickle, and other portions Of his body
and head torn by the guards. The machine
passed over his Oody aod otherwise bruised
him. Hi. injuries we're dceseed By DR..
John g. Hidden, If Cestrali,. His wounds
are dargesooa bat he y . man Of robust
eonsiituI'oa and my recover.-Atnkisos
Champion. ass
The river hank between here and B.
wood keeps tumbling in, and it is Fsposted
that one Of the dykes 10 bon est. Col. Rob-
inson's last two acss are faA dimppsa,iag,
and his bouss, which was moved out to The
road is reported beyond recue from The Va
ter. 1t Is rumored that dyke will be built
on the south side of the bottom, on ]. N.
Campbell's farm, where the banks have
al been WASHED away rapidly. n. JEFF
Thompson, the State engineer of LouisiaI \,
formerly OF st. Joseph, snd who has done a
great deal Of dyke building, visited the
DYKES the other day and briefly exprssed
his opinion Of the work, which vas in &C.
cordapcs with that Of nearly every other
person who hiss any koovledse Of tie Mis-
souri, river. 1t vas like this; The sys-
tenn Is good, but there are NO dykes. They
have On ~ been eOmmepced. think il viii
cost more to keep the water under the bridge
than it cost to build the bridge itself.-Wa-
Lhena Reporter.