The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-07-22

The railroads of Kansas have agreed
to pay 5000 toward erecting the Kansas
Centennial buildings in Philadelphia.
Miss Lillian ID. Lockwood runs a news.
paper in Jewell county. She is represented
As handsome blue-eyed little sprite.
Usage county now has two county seats,
and il remains for the Supreme Court TO
play one Of them out.
The public printing for Elk county,
was not awarded to anv paper at the SEES
sion of the Board last week, owing to the
fact that none OF the bids were perfect.
March l, 1869, the population of Man
haitian township was 2,017, and Of Riley
county .,0l+a gain of 217 during a grass
hopper year.
The Walnut Valley Times claims that
Butler county people pay % cents less taxes
on the 500 valuation than those of any
other county in the State.
Seven, the last of Kickapoo Indians of
Kansas, were q few days since made citi-
zens Of the United States. Superintendent
Hoag paid them $3.50 apiece, and gave
them deeds to leo acres OF land.
Thousands OF acres of prairie have been
broken in Lincoln county, this season, 20
far, and the plows will be kept moving until
the first OF August A larger amount Of
fall grain than ever before will he put in.
The Usage Free Pres says:
There is one man in Leavenworth who
never opened another mans letter through
mistake. We refer to officer Hiscock, Of
the police force.
The Topeka Blade asks:
The Leavenworth TINES SAYS that "Col.
d. Monahan, U. s. A." is an arrival at the
Planters. Is it possible that our Dean is
| on his travels as "Col."?
The Topeka Blade says:
Somebody said that the Midland road
was to be formally turned over" to-day to
the Santa Fe. From the proper authorities
| We get the information that it Is still in the
old hands. and it may be for some time.
The Waterville Telegraph says:
Col. Thos. Moonlight, e1-Secretary Of
State, is building sewers in St. Joseph, and
it Is said \ new drama is in vogue it's a
parody on New York by gas-light," and is
entitled "St. Joe Sewers by Moonlight"
For the convenience Of applicants for
State certificates to teachers, examinations
are to be held simultaneously at Leaven-
worth, Lawrence, Emporia, Manhattan and
Topeka, under the direction of the men,
bers of the State Board of Examiners, sew
orally.
The Independence Tribune says that the
city Of Independence contains 43S DWELL
ings, AGA families, l,O26 white males, 1,OO3
white females, and % colored persons, a
total OF 2,057 persons. The population of
, the county Is a trife less than 1000. And
this population is to support daily paper.
The prairie grass was never better for
making hay than it il this year, and our
farmers will find it to their interest to save
as much hay as possible. Large numbers
of cattle will be driven here to eat the sur
plus corn, and this will make market for
hay.-Houmd County Ledger.
Mr.. Chas. f. Locke, OF Kansas City,
has entered into contract with Mr.. Beech
err by which the eminent divine engages to
deliver from fourteen to twenty lectures
in the territory west OF the Mississippi.
The contract secures Mr.. Beecher for 500
per lecture and expenses.
A correspondent of the Commonwealth
intimates that the new grass supposed To
have been brought hither in the craws Of
the grasshoppers, is nothing but the buffalo
grass, which he characterizes US a nuisance
for various reasons. It's too tough and
limpsey for moving, dies too soon in the
Fall, lacks brilliancy of color, &c. He
thinks it will prove pest and tartar.
The Atchison Champion saws that little
boy by the name OF Dobbs, son of an TN
ploye of Jerome & CralPs livery stable, was
run over by one of the circus wagons during
the parade in that city, and badly injured.
Mr.. Queen paid the father OF the boy 5000
for the injury done him.
George Grant, founder Of the Victoria
colony, is the owner OF farm which EN-
braces the whole OF the county OF Ellis, is
larger than any dukedom in Europe, and
contains 900 acres. Mr.. Grant devotes
himself principally to stock raising. He
has just wintered 1000 sheep, and has
S25O,O00 invested in stock of all kinds.
The Churches are the first to
take action on our suggestion that we unite
in general Thanksgiving, Harvest-Home
Celebration, as will be seen by the proceed
ings OF meeting held in the Methodist
Church last Sunday evening, which we
print in another part of this paper. The
Changers will probably take action at their
general meeting next Monday. - .Saiina
Herald
Whitfield W. Morrison, Esq, one OF
the Oldest citizens OF Salina, died at his |
residence on Santa Fe Avenue, at 6 o'clock |
last Monday morning, July 18th, at the adj |
vanced age of sixty nine years and nine |
months. He came from Illinois to Saina |
about the time the town was first laid out, |
and, consequently, had resided here about |
fifteen years. He was an honest, industri- |
Gus, and worthy citizen, commanding the |
respect and esteem of all who knew him.
Sdiind Herald.
Some of our exchanges are growing
over an estimate that the Arkansas Valley |
will harvest two million bushels OF wheat \
this season. This is doing well but Saline |
county alone, in the Smoky Hill Valley, is |
now harvesting over over five hundred |
thousand bushels of winter wheat only To |
this We NAV add at least five hundred |
thousand more for spring wheat, rye, oats |
and barley-making in all one million |
bushels of small grain now being harvested |
in Saline county alone. Ii any county OF |
its size and age can beat that, trot it out
.Stline County Journal.
The Fort Scott Monitor saws:
Very heavy rains extended into Craw-
ford and Cherokee counties on Wednesday |
night, accompanied with severe lightning. |
This is the heaviest rain that has fallen |
there tor several years. Some parties from
near Usage Mission on their way to Mis-
souri, started from Girard yesterday morn
ing, and had driven but few miles east OF
Girard, when they drove into small ra-
vine where the horses became unmanage-
able, on account OF the depth of the water,
and before they could be rescued were both
drowned.
The Fort Scott Monitor says:
Yesterday morning two little children of
Mrs. Lizzie Carnifax, 4 washer-woman liv-
ing at llG Scott avenue, were playing with
a box Of concentrated I've. One of them
about two years old drank some of the con-
tents of the can, and was suffering very
much last night. DIR. Baldwin was called
and is doing all that can be possibly done
to relieve the suffering child, but he has no
hopes Of its recovery. 1t seems strange
that parents will persist in the careless use