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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29
FROM LENAPE.
A. Bernstei1's Store Robbed. The Grasshop-
psrs DESTROYING Everything Green, but the
Farmers are not Discouraged.
LENAPE, April 18th, 1875.

LENAPE, April 18th, 1875.
EDITOR TINES The life of correspon-
dent, as well as that OF an editor, is full OF
trouble, and he who would write must not
expect, when he sees his first letter in
print, that his path thenceforth will be
smooth and strewn with flowers. But a
few short days ago We were happy and free
from the cares of turmoil and strife, and
thinking We would like to see one OF our
productions in the leading journal of the
Metropolis Of Kansas, in an evil hour we
penned YOU a few lines over the initials c.
T., which you saw proper to publish, and
we thought We were making rapid strides
on the road TO distinction and fame, but,
alas some person (who by us is non est IN
reratrrs, and We hope he never will be) has
also written letter, and used our initials,
in which he is very persenol to several of
our citizens here, and particularly so to enc
of our best cows. Now, what We are afraid
of is. that the COW which has the instinct
common 10 her race, will think We wrote
that letter.
The store Of Mr.. A. Bernstein was broken
into few nights ago, and robbed of con-
siderable amount Of money and some goods.
Mr. Bernstein himself was away at the
time, and no one was there but his wife and
children. She hearing noise, got up and
went to the window, and seeing a man
standing near with club in his hand, her
fears for herself and little ones overcame
her love of property, and she did not give
the alarm till morning, when the robbers
had fled, and no clue to their whereabouts
has thus far been obtained. The same
night store at Edwardsville was robbed.
There is probably an organized band of
thieves prowling around the county, and
the people will do we'll to keep good look
out for them.
The young grasshoppers are making their
appearance in countless numbers, and all
garden vegetables are rapidly disappearing
a prey to their Unsuitable appetite. How
long they will stay with us..is now the all
important question, for certain it is that no
green thing can long remain above ground
while they are here, and We all feel that
the hoppers or the people must soon leave,
for as productive as our valley il, We can
not raise enough produce to feed both
Our farmers, however, are working with a
will, and large amount Of corn will be
planted before the LIST of May. CT
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Posr-ofr1cE CHANGES IN KANSAS

During the week ending April "a, 1875;
furnished by VIM. Van Week, of the
Post-ofice Department:
EsrABLIsHED-C onnersville, Decatur Co.,
Frank Kimball Postmaster; Coopersburgh,
Rice Co, Robert Cooper; Martin, Ellis Co.,
Phranda D. Robinson; Norman, Phillips
Co., John E. Mundell Swede Geek, Mar.
shall Co., George H. Russell.
PosT-MAsTERs APPONrED-Dexter, CIV
lew Co, Mrs. Sarah A Williams; Wacnda.
Mitchell Co, Charles II. HayeA
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Humphreys Homeopathic
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STATE OF KANSAS.

OFFICE OF me AUDITOR OF STATE,
Topeka, April y, 1873
Hon. Thomas A. 0syOrE GouerRor
DEAR SIR: In answer 10 your letter Of this date
i would say that no bonds Of Ness, kincman and
Pratt counties have been reg stored in this Office
There has been organization of Clark county and
no bonds issued. The reports recently Published
that six hundred thousand dollars had been issued
in bonds by these and other new counties were $,
manifestly false and malicious that they did not
seem 10 merit an official denial.
Very truly YOURS
ID " WTrnrp Auiit.r
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Colds. Sc. w. t.-hs IL weakness. Fever Ague.
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CORRECT tac sryrcficns Of tie Stomach, and are .
kare cure fec j:'An-psia. Nervousness. s.eepless-
nesS, Female aIsiEts. ;akEess ech.,ity, &e.
PA,.:.S CLIMAX SALVE
Il com aa.i krnics ", maay other ext racts
and hai-su,x- U-Hal -snt ~ t. care 10 rciu,a and
Salt kheuI.. TSTs- Sore les. f-os: BE. Chill
blain>, CcrHs. u Ta.stIg'i.i - ,se Yves. Broken
Breasts Soc- Nipples. Cu'>, trt."rs EII >eaids
ard all l..aaey-. lisa ass, = rSs or BEAST. II
sliays Inflammation, sshaaeS al Psin- and heals
without O Sesr. II j. Ir-n i,s ~siSEt n gold TO
every family. .-:i Shssit =I-ayN Ne OF hans.
ES Sold by Druggists eYeryT here,
j.. P. siEIa. .ale e.. ristor-
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NTATE OF hANSAs.
ENECUTNE DEPARTMENT, :
IoPEKa. April %. 1873.


IIT7I IT. " " IIlItTf -it'Itl0T.
DEAR SIR: have seen 4 newspaper article, cred
tied To the Kansas Farmer, charging that, among
others, that the counties Of Ness Pratt and King
man, have issued quantity Of fraudulent bonds |
wish You 10 inform whether any bonds Of either
Of the above named counties have been registered
in your Office, and if any, what amount.
\ telegraph dispatch published in many Of the
papers states that Clark county has issued some
fraudulent bonds Please inform me if the state
ment is correct.
Very respectfully yours,
THOMAS A OSBORN.
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THOSE BONDS,

The following correspondence, which We
take from the Topeka Commonwealth, may
allay the anxiety of those who imagine
that the East is flooded with bogus bonds
of Kansas. The language OF the State Au-
ditor seems sufficiently explicit. Papers
like the Kansas City Times, which have
published sensational articles in regard to
Kansas bonds, will, of course, see the pro-
priety OF copying the letters here submitted,
or OF publishing their substance:
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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29

mus NchpiStC Spttou ldCtoflcS W
found anywhere in the South. The leading
men OF the city are enterprising and
wealthy, and its future is doubtless one of
prosperity and greatness.-Iold Register.
We are sorry that space forbids us
speaking at length Of our trip to the Gulf,
last week. II was one that will long be
remembered by both the people of Kansas
and Texas. The kind reception and hos
pitable treatment that the party received
while in Texas, will entirely do away with
the idea long entertained BY the people of
the North and East that Texas was over
run with desperadoes. On the other hand
it will convince them that the people Of
the Lone Star State are as liberal and free
hearted as one would wish to meet with.
The benefit to both Kansas and Texas BY
cultivating a close connection cannot be
over estimated. We shall from time to
making Galveston the new route to the sea,
and the opening Of the Indian Territory for
settlemenf.-.SdJethd 4druncs.
Between Texas and Kansas there lies,
however, land-gulf, that must be opened
to settlement before the two States can eff
feet business relations that will be of profit.
The Indian Territory is barrier to cheap
transportation. Railroads have to trans
port freights the $50 miles across that va
cant country without help of local patron
age. Congress should heed the call that de-
mands the opening OF the Indian Territory,
and see that the vast tract of land lying be-
Kansas and Texas Is made available to the
farmers, who only are awaiting the oppor-
tunity to put that whole country in a state
of cultivation.
Our visit to Texas was one of extreme
profit. Instead Of finding = people hating
the North and Its institutions, We found a
people anxious to forget the past, and anx-
ious to help maintain the supre macy of the
National constitution and laws. They are
earnestly in favsr of peace. The rebellion
was lesson they will never forget. Their
anxiety for busines connections With Kan
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
A California Horror.

Sometime in March two men, J. W.
Rover and J. W. Sharpe, went to Hum
boldt county, Nevada, to take charge of
a sulphur mine, which Rover had located
there. Sharpe represented the interests
of Mr.. McWorthy, partner of Rover's
in the mines. Sharpe had been at the
mine but q short time when Rover be-
came jealous of him, and it has since
been ascertained that he made threats at
the Humboldt House that he would get
even with Sharpe. A week ago last
Thursday McWorthy sent word to Rover
to meet him at Mill City, few miles
from the mine, with team to haul some
goods to the mine. Rover came several
hours after the appointed time, and
when asked where Sharpe was remarked
that he was not his keeper. McWorthy,
accompanied by friend and Rover, re-
turned to the mine, but could not find
Sharpe. He waited four days, and then,
Sharpe not putting in an appearance,
and satisfying himself that Sharpe had
not returned to Oakland, McWorthy's
suspicious were aroused. Rover pro-
tested the utmost Ignorance Of what had
become of Sharpe. McWorthy then re-
turned to Humboldt and swore out a
warrant against Rover, charging him
with the murder of Sharpe. The war
rant was given to Sheriff Nash, who went
to the mine and found Rover, who stout
ly denied all knowledge of the missing
man. A search was made in the hills,
and the Sheriff and McWorthy were hor-
rifed to find portions of Sharpe's re-
mains secreted in different parts of the
surrounding hills. He had been killed
with an ak, and his body cut to pieces
in the most brutal manner. His head
was found in sulphur bag, and his
thighs, arms, legs and body in separate
places, each limb carefully tied up in a
sulphur bag. About 5000 in coin and a
pistol he had on his person were missing,
while his gold watch and papers were
found in his pockets. The footprints OF
Rover's boots were tracked to every spot
where portions of the body had been
secreted. Rover has not been found
San Francisco CAL.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
The Fighting Editor.

We have added man to our staff.
he is the Chesterfield of the editorial
corps, and occupies the first room sew
eral doors from the chief editorial re-
treat. He is of the Hibernian persua-
sion, has bright red hair, strong, sinewy
arms, and airs himself with coat off and
sleeves well rolled up. He sports
cane, that is always handy, of solid hick-
ory, huge dimensions, and loaded at the
butt. He keeps two pets of the English
bulldog breed, with litter of well grown
pups in the corner to keep up the sup
ply IN case of accident, and it is fancy
of his to keep brace of loaded blunder:
buses against his chair. 1t is his bust
ness to do the delectable part of the edi-
torial work of the times. He receives
the short-haired women and long-haired
men who flock to every newspaper
with piles of manuscript upon their ia
vorite hobbies, said to be "just the thing
for an Independent Journal" and he
welcomes the large and growing family
of Col. Mulberry Sellerses, who have a
patent method of paying the national
debt, and of making money plenty for
everybody without earning it-all of
which they could demonstrate to the sat-
isfaction Of any one by publishing forty
or fifty columns in an independent jour
nal. He also greets the crowd that
comes with the scandal of the streets and
gin-mills, and insist upon publishing it
anonymously, to "break up the rings
and restore the city to law and order. Z"
With all these, and others in the same
useful line, our new man has to deal, but
he acquits himself with wonderful salts
faction. Now and then there is little
confusion in his office-a chair or table
broken, or window smashed, and once
in while the dogs are seen paving a bit
of silk, and bugles and things, and pan
taloon patches out of their teeth, and
the pups do occasionally play with an
ancient reticule, or a grandmother's fan,
or an old shirt-dickey, but upon the
whole the department is a success, and
we can confidently commend it to all our
brethren inclined to an independ-
ent newspaper venture.-Philadekphia
TTa77ee
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
Indian Draw POkee.o

A stalwart specimen of that race "who
see God in the clouds and hear Him in
the wind" "struck" gentleman of
somewhat benevolent aspect for a two
bit piece, saying, "Me heap hungry. 3"
"Then why do you loaf about here 2"
said the gentleman. "Why don't you
go down to Pyramid Lake, where you
can find plenty of gamer" "Me find
plenty Of game up here" said the war
rior. "You can? What kind of game,
l should like to know2" asked the gen
tleman. Me find um plenty sebben-
up-ee, plenty draw-pokee, plenty"
'fThat will do" said the gentleman,
"here's your quarter. An Injun who
hunts game of that kind is sure to be
hungry" The child of the desert took
tn proffered coin and grimly trod away
without word of thanks. He went not
in the direction of those places where
eatables are exposed for sale, but laid
his course for the nearest lumber-yard,
where group of members of his tribe,
seated upon an old horse blanket, were
manipulating the pictured papers of the
white man. There, planting himself on
his launches, he took deadly, deliberate
aim, and fired one more shot at his ia
vorite "draw pokee, bat brought down
no meat. As he sat sucking the end o.
his bead-decked scalp-lock and gazing
wistfully about, it was plainly to be seer
that he was still very hungry Injun.
- VirgiaiI (NeU. Enterprise.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
to emigrato from Russia on account of the con-

10 eml6rato from huSSla on account Oh the con-
scription.
The Prussian police have lately received
alarming notices Of plots against Bismarck's
life, and a special detective force has been de-
tailed to protect him from assassins.
Some of the French journals treat the re-
ports of the alarmists about war with Germany
as unfounded.
China has engaged the ex-Confederate Gen.
Ripley to construct extensive works for the de-
fense of the coast and principal rivers of that
country.
The Gar of Russia arrived at Berlin the
10th of May, and was cordially received by
Emperor William and other distinguished per-
sonages.
Another steamship is reported lost-the
Cadiz, while on her way from Portugal to Lon.
don. Sixteen persons are reported as having
persisted.
The Pope reached the age Of SO on the 18th
of May, and was presented with a congratula-
tory address, signed by full million of the cit
izens of Germany.
Later advices give the number of lives lost
on the steamer Cadiz at 63.
A man, said to be relative of Archbishop
Ledochowski, has been arrested by the German
authorities, as the chief conspirator in the plot
to assassinate Bismarck and others.
The Catholic Bishops of Prussia have de-
cided to dissolve the religious orders which the
State tolerates, rather than see them subjected
to Government supervision.
The island of Laghalien has been ceded to
Russia by Japan.
Spain has paid to Minister Gushing the last
installment of the Virginius indemnity.
The lunatic O'Connor has been arrested again
at Buckingham Palace with pistol in his pos
session, with which it is supposed he intended
taking the life of Queen Victoria.
The steamer Faraday has succeeded in find
ing the United States direct cable, and will
finish laying the cable as fast as possible.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
THERE ONCE WAS A TOPPER.

There once was toper-In not tell his name
Who had for his comfort scolding old dame;
And often and often Ae wished himself dead,
For if drunk he came home. she would beat hin
bed.
He speut all his evenings away from his home,
And when he returned he would sneakingly com
And Try to walk straightly and say not wora-
Just to keep his dear wife from abusing her lord.
For if he dared say his tongue was his own,
'Twould set her tongue going, in no gentle tone,
And she'd huff him, and cuff him, and call han
And he'd sigh to be rid of all scolding old danes.
II happened one night on a frolic he went,
He staid till his very last penny was spent,
But how to go home, and get safely to bed,
Was the thing on his heart that most heavily
weighed.
But home he must go; so he caught up his hat,
And off he went singing, by this, and by that,
an pluck up my courage, guess she's in bed,
II she aint, tits no matter, I'm sure: Who's AFRAID ]!
He came to his door he fingered until
he peeped: and he listened, and all seemed quite
In he went went and his wife sure enough was in bed
ooh! !" says he, "it's just as 1 thought: s"hos
afra.d?"
He crept about softly, and spoke not word,
His wife seemed to Sleep for she cen stirredi
Thought he "for this night, then, my fortune is
made?
For INV dear scolding wife is asleep Who's afraid?"
But soon he felt thirsty; and slyly he rose,
And cropping around, to the table he goes,
The pitcher found empty, and SO was the DoWl,
The pail and the tumblers-she'd erhptied the whole!
At length in corner, vessel he found!
Says he, "heres something to drink, Ill be
boundm
And eagerly seiziDg he lifted it up
And drank it all of, in one long hearty sup!
1t tasted so queerly and, what it could be,
| He wondered; it neither was water, nor tea
Just then thought struck him and filed him with
| " Oh it must be the poison for rats, decare!n
| And loudly he called on his dear sleeping wife,
And begged her to rise: "for," said he, "on my
| life
| I fear it was poison, the bowl did contain
Oh! dear yes-it poison, now feel the pain J"
| 'sAnd what made you dry, sir?" the wife sharply
| cried;
"'TwouId serve you just right if from poison you
died;
And you've done fine job, and you'd now better
| march,
For just see, you brute, you haze drank all my
| Stdrch!"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
NUMBER 42O,

line was the plantation of Mr.. John
Stapp. His small plank dwelling-house
was picked up from its place, turned
half round, and set on the ground 20
feet from the original place. Outhouses
and fences all down. The next victim
was DR.. G. P. Brown, who lived at
newly-settled place in quite a dense
forest. The timber was strewn in all
shapes and directions, one tree striking
the corner of his house. One room, in
which the family happened to be, was
uninjured. A very tall tree near the
place was clothed in the top with beau
tiful dress that Mrs. Brown was just
finishing. A tablecloth decked another
tree so feet high. The next place was
Mr.. Hes Tomblin's. Two rooms of his
house were left. Forest trees, fruit trees,
fencing and outhouses are all good.
The next and worst victim was Mr.. J.
Hill Davis. His house was literally
demolished, and he was bruised consid-
erably. Mrs. Davis had her jawbone
broken, and her little girl is not likely to
live. All the buildings and fences have
gone from his place. Mr.. r. 81. High
tower, at Stockbridge, has his leg broken;
Mrs. Livingstone and her 3 months old
baby were blown 100 yards into gully.
The four-mule team of Cowan & Bro. s
saw-mil at Whitesburg was blown helter
skelter, and Cowan was blown rs yards.
Cowan had to cut his team loose to get
them from the wagon. 1t is rumored
that thirteen persons were killed in Har-
ris county. About eight large planta-
tions were devastated in the track of the
storm. At Mathew Johnson's q large
shade-tree fell on the house, Just as the
wind tore the house down. The family
escaped to the kitchen, of which all but
four or five logs was blown away. Mr..
johnson, in attempting to run from the
house to the kitchen, was hurled against
the smoke-house and seriously injured.
The negro cook was mortally wounded,
and several children were hurt. Mr.. j.
W. Robinson saw a hail-stone fall as
large as his head. 1t broke into pieces,
but he picked up a splinter 7 inches
loag. In one instance fence-ral was
driven through tree, and rocks were
driven into trees like Minnie balls. One
child blown off has not been found, and
Mr.. johnson was injured"