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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-05-06
4 KENTuCXIAN TO NARY MISS IDA
GREELEY.

Next Saturday morning, in St. Vincent's
Church, New York city, Captain V. Mich
olas Smith, of Kentucky, will be united in
marriage to Miss Ida Greeley, daughter of
the late Horace Greeley, and a few hours
later the welded couple will take ship for
Europe. Captain Smith is a native of
Shelby county, Ky, and for several years
was q captain in the 18th Regiment L. S.
A. He resigned in 1868. He was a gradu
ate of Dartmouth College and of the law
school of Cambridge. In 1862 he married
Miss Lucinda, the daughter of William II.
Pope, of Jefferson county, and sister of DR..
H. ID. Pope, Of this city. Soon after Cap
tain Smiths resignation he removed to Leav-
enworth, Ks, where he became interested
in journalism and practiced Law with Judge
Lecompte, editor OF the Lecompton Journal.
Captain Smith is . gentleman of fine estate.
and enjoying both time and taste, has de-
voted himself of late years to literature.
His wife dying in 1868, he has resided most
of the time in New York, and has been a
contributor to the Atantic GALAXY, and other
magazines. Captain Smith is singularly
handsome and attractive gentleman, pos
sessing features of classic mould, and all
the perfection and dignity of q perfect in
tellectual and physical manhood. The
union of this Kentucky gentleman with the
cultivated and intellectual daughter Of the
Ih5x.ls founder viii hardly fail in being
. mos happy one. They win have the best
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THE KIND WE WANT.

The Valley Falls Neu Era copies our ar
ticle on the subject of immigration to this
State, and adds;
Correct. What We need is the truth, the
plain, unyanished truth. What has in
iured Kansas in the pas; more than any
other one thing, has been the exaggeration
of her blessings and calamities. People
have been led 10 believe that in Kansas, all
they had to do to get good living was TO
gather the perfect grain and fruit, without
the labor OF cultivation, that no shelter or
food was necessary TO be provided for stock,
but that ample feed was found on our
prairies during very Light winter.
Thus misled many invested all their
means in cattle, provided no feed for winter
and harvested their hides before spring.
We have faith in Kansas, and il the people
had taken care OF the abundant harvest OF
two wears ago Kansas would have had
enough and to spare without the importa-
ton OF one ounce OF food for the past win.
ter.
This seems TO be the universal sentiment
throughout the State. What We want is q
class OF people who will add to the wealth
as we'll as to the population OF Kansas
Men who are willing to work, and who viii
not become discouraged at every little mis-
fortune, is what We need, and unless We car
have those, it would be better if kansa:
never sees an immigrant in the next year.
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EXPERIENCE.

Monday night an Associated telegraphic
diSpatchwas sent from this city as follows:
L..vESvORTH, KAs. Nay al. $ Coulter. an
Oh resident and an honorable man, aud recently
OF the s0,aaasrrili oice, IN this ctv. com
iirtel suicide this morning by taking large doe
81 iaudnnni. He nal been expelled from the Typo
graphical Mon, and published a q rat and default
er, which i SUPPOSED Ia have had some influence
upon the suicide. The Printers Union in this city
has often been guilty Of Passing infamous resolutions
regarding persons who have dared to act iDdelenj
entity Of them Their cowar,lly and dasiar1lv A.
ton severely condemned, by oIir hest citizens Tue
TIHFs and '0snser, Of this city are both run ill.,
dependeHtly Of the Printers Union.
Every paper run By the typographical
Union failed to publish IT, Every paper
employing non-union printers published the
dispatch.
This TACT alone speaks volumes. A news
paper run by Union printers does not pub
lish news of this character. The Union
printers refuse to set up the type, and the
owners dare pot order them otherwise for
fear OF strike.
The telegram is true. Resolutions and
circulars have been issued by the Typo
S'apHiSai Shiosi, va Has cry, WHICH NOuiu
disgrace the Modoc Indians. We have a
circular in our possession, issued by the
Union in this city one year ago, signed
by the Secretary and President, with their
seal attached, which is not only lying,
dirty sheet, but is so ou'rageously infa-
nous that no honest man dare defend it.
1t is true that few decent men belong
to the Union, but the majority of them are
tramps, unworthy of confidence or trust.
Our own experience with them proved that
many OF them were dishonest. They at
tempt to browbeat and bully. They have
assaulted non-union printers They do not
hesitate to misrepresent. In short, they
will do almost anything to gain their ends
THE TINES was run by Union printers
until 1874. Before that date the Office was
troubled with drunken, unreliable men. Nc
man could lie employed AS foreman who
would not become tool OF the Union
Many attempts were made TO injure tho
office, even upon the slightest pretext
Since THETMEs has employed non-,lnior
drunken, dishonest men.
The TINES has often been cheated out Of
money by Union printers, who ran away
in debt to the Office. Every non Union EN-
ploye has been found honorable. So mucl
for our experience. For the last eighteer
months non-Union printers have ran thi.
office like clock work. No noise, no threats
no drunkards. Everything pleasant an,
agreeable.
We have never had occasion to regre
the change, and sincerely hope We vii
never again be compelled to employ othe
than respectable, honorable men.
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ARpoR DAY.

Not the least valuable suggestion of the
many that have been made concerning our
approaching National Centennial celebra-
tion and the best methods of Observing il,
is that OF correspondent OF the New York
Time8, who recommends that the Centen-
NAL Committee and the people generally
take into consideration the planting OF
centennial trees" His idea is that on
some certain day or days in 1876, as the
committee might designate, all owners or
occupants OF real estate in the United States
OF one acre or over, plant or cause TO be
planted an elm, oak, maple or other tree,
in the shades of which, in 1875, people may
gather ard eat and drink in remembrance
of their ancestors. The idea has sound
practical wisdom as well as patriotism 10
recommend it. 1t was wise injunction OF
the Scotch laird to his son to "be aye stick
en- in tree-they'Il be growth lad whites
yer sleepin'"
A gentleman suggests, in The TINES this
morning, the propriety of proclaiming the
second Monday in this month as "Arbor
Day." on which occasion the farmers and
citizens of this county should plant shade
trees around our magnificent Court House.
The Mayor of Topeka first adopted this
idea, and it has been generally endorsed
throughout the country. The grounds of
the State Capitol Building looked very des-
olate, heretofore, but when the trees planted
last month grow, the appearance will be
greatly improved. Now, let the people of
this county take hold before it is too late,
let the second Monday in May be proclaim
ed "Arbor Day." and see if We cannot con-
vert our Court House square into shady,
cheerful looking block.
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The PRoHIBIT10NIsTs IN OHIO.

The temperance people of Ohio have al
They do not seem TO profit by the experience
Of several years past, and again are deter
mined to blindly meet a sure defeat. The
worst oil it is that a majority of those who
support such ticket are Republicans, and
their detection might defeat every one of
our candidates at the next fall election.
The people of this country will never elect
men to Office who advocate the passage of a
Jaw that would close the doors of any class
OF merchants, and by legal authority pre-
vent them from selling their goods. Tenn
perance is one thing, Prohibition is anoth-
er, and this the advocates of this cause
must remember. The people of this coun-
try believe in Temperance, but never will
they favor Prohibition.
As an evidence of this, We might mention
that at the Ohio election two years ago, the
Prohibition ticket polled 10,0Sl votes,
while last year the number decreased to
ISIS.
Grave questions concerning the immedi-
ate welfare of Ohio, will be canvassed and
decided next fall at the polls. Party lines
wi be sharply drawn.
Foghon Allen, an honest man but par
tisan, was chosen Governor in 1873, by only
fS0S majority. And in that very election
fifteen thousand Republicans, living on the
Western Reserve, refused to vote, and over
seven thousand Republicans voted the Pro-
hibition ticket 1t will be thus seen that
the latter class might have elected the
whole ticket by large majority. What
will they do this year?
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posr-oFFIcE STATISTICS.

We are in receipt OF detailed statement
OF mail matter of al glasses, originating at
two hundred and nine post-ofiices OF the first
class, in the United States, for period OF
four weeks, commencing January II, 1879,
compiled under direction OF lion. Geo. ;.
Bangs, General Superintendent OF the Rail
way Mail Service. From this statement
very correct idea can lie formed Of the
amount Of business transacted in the dilier-
ent postofiices. This estimate also furnish
es statistics sufficient to enable Us TO Judge
Of the comparative business interests OF the
various cities named. We do not include
Omaha and Kansas City because they are
omitted from the published list.
The first table shows the number OF
pieces and the number OF pounds OF first
class matter mailed at the offices named,
first-class being matter. which pays letter
hostage:
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ARR0R DAY

EDITOR TINES: The matter of planting
trees on our county court house square has
become one of general conversation and in
terest; and the question is daily asked,
"Why il cannot be or is not done now ~
Scores OF taxpayers are only awaiting per
mission to be called, when enough trees will
be furnished and planted without any cost
to the city, county or State. \ number OF
citizens, outside the city, are DESTROYS of
furnishing one or more trees, and all are
only awaiting call from proper authority.
Ii no plan has been adopted for laying out
the court house grounds, let that have i'm
mediate attention, and the place for each
tree, as well as the kind of tree at each
place, be designated by stake.
The proper lime for planting is now at
hand, and is rapidly passing away for a
whole wear. The planting should he done
now. Sodding can be done in the Fall, or
when convenient. Let the second Monday,
being the 10th day of May, be the day for
the good work to go on, under proper
authority, for no time can now be lost!
ARBoR DAY.
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CARDINAL MccLosKEY's SPEECH

Cardinal McCloskey varied the usual GER
emony of Capitalization by making
speech in English. 1t was neat and appro-
pirate. He thanked the distinguished
guests, lay and clerical, for their atten-
dance, and asked them to Join him in
thanks to the Almighty God, and, after
Him, "our most Holy Father, the Chief
Pastor Of the Vice Regent OF Christ on
Earth" for the honor of comforting upon
an American the dignity and power Of
Cardinal. In expiatating upon this point,
he said
1t gives honor, also not only 10 the hierarchy and
the Catholic people, but it was the intent and pUr-
pose of the Holy Father TO give honor 10 our whole
country; to give honor and show his deep interest
and esteem for our great and glorious Republic, Of
which the Catholic population form 50 essential
part and who 80 Loyalty devoted 10 her lnstlt-
tons and who, with Gods blessing, will show their
utmost efforts TO strengthen and TO save her, and
make her glorious and prosperous forever. On this
ask God 10 bless this country and also To make this
the dawn of a happier day for the Holy Father, so
long deferred but 10 come at last, and that he
may live 10 the glory and salvation Of his peo-
pie.
This was not the idle compliment OF an
hour, the formality OF an imposing occasion,
but an explanation OF an important event.
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BUILDERS, ATTENTION !!
Proposals to Build Additions to
the State Insane Asylum at
0saWatomie.
OFFICE OF THE BoARs OF TRrsTEss
KANSAS rTATE tNsANg ASYLUM.
OsAwaroM \, KAs., April 9Th, ls1'

OsAwAroM y, kAs-, APtil otn, 1910
Proposals viii lie received by the Trustees Of the
Kansas ) at. Iusaue Asylum ustil Wedne day,
May IL h. 1875. at o. check M 'or the ERECTION
OF adiit ons TO the present Asy un build ngs, A.
eoriins to plans snd specih s,ions 'o' ,he .o'k,
which may be seen All. April 18th ut the Asylum,
and also at the oriee Of Haskell 4 woSd, Archi-
tects, La re. &c, Kansas
Proposal VIII be r c-ived for the whoie WORK
l. For all excavation, tone and brick ma-onsry
including crsins, ducts, &c.
.. Foo all plasterirg.
s. tor all tin snd .eet-:rou work
4. For nj, painting and 81 zise.
5. For all parts rot above enumerated end
which; for convenience, are called carpenter
xoTk.'
s. for the entire job cornpie'e.
Tho sp cifcs,icns will fully set firth and ex-
plain he boundaries eftae above Divisions
forms Tor which may he had on sppl at'on TO
Eask.H Il " ood, at Lawrence, Kanszs.l IN the
sum Of ne thous nd dollars. signed by not less
than o. ons BILE parties, condition ed that the
bitder will, ifawari Is made To him, enter into
contract for the work, and furnish sat sfAcf0ry
conditioned, that the parties to the guaranty viii
also become parties the and, ant will furnish
such nd dit ional bondsm. as the Board Of 1Ius-
tees msy uire.
Psym.nts will he made IN cab tbs work pro-
gres e. uyoa estimate male by tie Superinten-
dem, 10 per cent upon all estimates being nth
held until tn. hIal completion mi acceptance Of
the work
Bids may lie address ed 70 the undersigned, Sec.
Rotary Tn" BoArd Of Trustees car Of DR.. A. d.
Knapp. osa~a,omie, Kansas, or may be hanoei to
the SECRETARY IN person on the day OF opening at
All bids must he sesled and endorsed "ProPos-
as for b',i ding ditious TO the lnssns A.ylun,,
and al: bi rs Gil have copy Of this advertisement
attached.
The T uStses reserve the right to r, ieet any and
all biir, the bet interests OF the State seem ID
de nand.
Bidders are requested t. he present ut the Asy-
lum on the day If orening, to 6e pre-. . ell To
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KENTucKY's CENTENNIAL.

The Harrodsburg kentucky Reporter, of
a recent date, says: "This is Kentucky
centennial year. One hundred years ago
Richard Henderson purchased from the In
dams all Kentucky south of Kentucky
river. One hundred years ago Daniel
Boone surveyed the purchase for him. One
hundred years ago Boone completed the
fort of Boonsborough, in Madison county.
One hundred years ago his wife and
daughters came as the first women to Ken
fnctvr
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CONDEMNS It's LEvrTY,

The London daily Telegraph, after read
ing the Police Court reports of the Detroit
Free Press condemns the levity of Ameri-
can magistrates, and solemnly weighs the
matter thus: I'VE may not approve of
POPULARITY, in magisterial court, but, on
the whole, it may be questioned whether
the mirthful readiness of the American
judge may not be preferable to the solemn
injustice which local courts in England 50
frequently witness"
1t seems to be impossible for those old
English journals to appreciate anything
funny. The police reports of the Free
Pres are very ridiculous, and we are much
surprised to see even London paper re
gard them as serious. The Times, Telegraph
Standard, and other papers of Great Britain
are always the same solemn, sombre, and
without sign of humor.
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From the above it will be seen that the
receipts of the Leavenworth post-ofice for
letter postage are nearly four times larger
than those of the Atchison office, and fifty
per cent. more than the Topeka or Law
renee offices, and about one-seventh more
than the st. Joseph Office.
This showing is official, and ought to be
encouraging to our people. We would sug-
gest that our readers make their own COM
parsons between Leavenworth and the other
towns around. Look at the figures any way
you will, and there are but two or three
cities in the West that have any room to
brag over Leavenworth.
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STATE ITEMS.

j. J. Buck, of Emporia, has gone east.
Solomon City glories in real salt
works.
The Rice County Herald has entered
upon its third year.
The Ceasoriid is the name of a new pa
per published in Elk county.
-Kansans are returning from California
by the hundreds.
Mr. G. ID. Baker retires from the SAFE
Record this week, having sold his interest
therein to his partner, Mr.. S. d. Macdonald.
The st. Marys Times gives us very
interesting account OF the excursion to
Texas, and we hope its circulation is in
creasing as fast as its exchange list.
The lola Registe' says that the grass
hoppers are leaving the southern part of
the State, but have done little damage in
Allen county.
The Millers' State Convention elected
the following officers for the ensuing year.
President, II. C. Hall, Oswego; secretary,
J. L. Beatty, Chanute; vice president, ID. +.
Sheperd, Fort Scott.
Delegates chosen to St. Louis-J. B.
Beatty, with j. b. Talbot for alternate; W.
T. Soden, and S. b. Riggs, alternate; II. c.
Hall, and ID. +. Shepard, alternate; J. W.
Haughtailing, ". Bowman, alternate.
There is one thing upon which Els
worth county may congratulate herself, and
that is, that not one begqr was permitted
to leave her borders to solicit aid for her
grasshonper sufferers. Situated within the
belt of country devastated, she maintained
her honor and dignity by severely discount
tenancing anything that looked towards
throwing her people upon the world as an
army of paupers, and when the true story of
the grasshopper raid shall he given to his
tory, this fact will be the brightest spot up
on her escutcheon.-Elauorth Reporter.
Mr. ]. Throckmorton, our county clerk,
returned from Topeka Saturday, and
brought home the $4,000 in township
bonds voted by Neosho township in aid OF
the Paola & Fall River railroad, which
were in eskrow in the State treasurer's Of
fee. Mr.. Throckmorton had them cancel
ed BY the State auditor, and Neosho town
ship Can congratulate herself on procuring
them without litigation, although they had
been claimed with other bonds, BY the rep
resentatives of the railroad company. At
the end Of ten years it would have cost Ne
osho township $4,000 to have had them
cashed.-Bsriington Ratia.
The Arkansas City TraraT learns from
parties in the Territory that negro herder
had little fracas with some Osases at
Hopkins Rancho, on Pond Creek, about IS
miles southwest of Arkansas City, during
which the negro wounded three Osages. The
report goes that the Indians wanted to
measure the darkey's neck, and he objected:
then thev insisted on it, until finally veap-
ons were drawn and fired. The party mum.
bered eighteen, and passed Shawkaska las,
Friday, painted red. They returned by
the same route, painted blact, and held .
war-dance on the river Saturday night, and
next morning killed seventeen cattle be.
longing to Capt Nipp, Thomas Hendersou
and othen, who had them in the Territory
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wishes of Kentucky for a happy future

wishes of Kentucky for happy future
Louisville Commercial.
Now, Mr. Commercial, YOU can't clam our
handsome Nicl. Smith that way. He il a
bona jide Kansan. Moreover, his ''fine e.
tate" is all in Kansas. The idea that Miss
Ida Greeley would marry hentuckian is
absurd On the return OF the handsome-t
couple in America from a foreign tour, their
home will be in Col. Smiths mansion, sit
uated on South ozplanade, in the city Of
Ieayenwofth. Kansas
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n uPREAcHne.

The Rev. John s. Glendenning, of scandal
notoriety, came up smiling in his pulpit in
Jersey City, last Sunday, for the fint time
since his famous trial. A large congrega-
ton greeted his reappearance in the pulpit,
which was decorated lavishly with flowers.
M. Glendenning's church has paid the
changes of the lawyers who conducted his
defense, and his salary has not been afiec-
Ted by The intezmission in his ministry.
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THE LAWS OF 1875.

The Secretary OF State has issued the fol-
lowing notice, which we steal from the To-
peka Commonwealth. 1t will be of interest
to attorneys and others:
10 rbom Il Sdy Concern:
The laws required to be published in the
statute book will 90 into effect and be in
force from and after the 18th of May, a. ID.
1875. THos. III. CAvANAUGB,
Secretary Of State.
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AMI xIIzA,s ALnoHY.

Judge Mexican decided that Brigham
Young should pay his divorced wife, Ann
Eliza Young, an alimony of $1,000. This
order of the court has been strenuously op-
posed BY the great Mormon, and he has re
fused to obey it from the start. Two
months alimony is now due, and the ques-
ton is left in the hands Of Judge Lowe,
McKean's successor, to decide whether the
order promulgated by the latter shall be
enforced. The decision will be matter Of
interest, in that it will determine to de-
gree the feelings of the new Chief Justice
Of Utah toward the Normous.
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ANOTHER LIBEL.

The London Athaeneum has been compell-
ed to pay about $4,000 damages for an al
legged libel which appeared in a criticism
of book published in the city of Edin-
burgh. The verdict of the jury has given
rise to much discussion in the English
newspapers, and is generally pronounced by
them an unwaranted invasion of the rights
Of criticism. We think so too. These
authors will be riding rough-shod over
journalists by and by if the outrageous ac-
ton of this Scotch jury is sustained.
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GEN. DEIrzLEE, an old citizen Of this
State, writes from San Francisco, and says
"ihe grain crop ~iN be short, and the fruit crop
shorter, on account of drouth and frosts, and
the outlook is not at all promising for new
Corners"
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We have received the Sumner County
Pres, edited by John ii. Folks, the secre-
tary OF the Kansas Editorial Association.
His report of the proceedings of the annual
meeting, and the excursion TO Texas is ex-
cellent, and should be preserved By every
editor in the state.
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PosT-0FFIcE CHANGES IN KANSAS.
During the week ending May /, 1875;
furnished by Wm. Van Week, OF the
Post-ofiice Department


furnished by Wm. Van Week, OF the
Post-oflice Department:
ESTAELIsHED-Adamson, Rocks county,
Daniel White, =. NJ; Aladdin, Douglas
county, Henry Weber; Bond, Douglas
county, Silas Bond; Calcutta, Douglas
county, Sarah \. Bowen; Forest Grove,
Montgomery county, William James; La
peer, Douglas county, Riley T. Baldwin
Salemsburgh, Saline county, John p. Char
Lesson; Trivoli, Ellsworth county, Luther
II. johnson.
DIsCoNTINUED-Delila, Ellsworth county
NAME CHANGED - Grasshopper Falls
Jefferson county, to Valley Falls.
PosTMAsTERs Observation-Disclosures City
Cowley county, c. N. Scott; Cedar. Point
Chase county, Charles \. Garlick; Elma
Republic county, Andrew Il. Turner Nick.
erson, Reno county, Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Budd
Raymond, Rice county, Peter Smith; Re
no Center, Reno county, Samuel Dilley
Stockdale, Riley county, S. S. Knapp.