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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-01-27
4 WORK OF 8RT.

We are in receipt oil a copy OF tie an
nual report OF the Kansas State Board Oh
Agriculture, for the year 1870, Wklch Is
neatly printed hook of $50 pages, strongly
bound, profusely illustrated with maps and
pictures, and in general appearance very
credi,abie volume. We have no; yet given
il such an examination as would warrant
US in speaking critically OF its generai
character, but desire to call attention 10
some OF the extraordinary illustrations
with which the work is embeilished
A Afull-page engraving, opposite page 49,
represents Wyandotte, as city oi 2o,ooo or
10000 inhabitants, showing shipping, man
utac.urin establishments, and all the 9th
er characteristics Of city-all OF which Is
good for Wyandotte-it gives her very
fiattering position in the eyes OF the world,
and we are glad Of it.
The Secretary OF the Board lives al
Wyandotte.
Opposite page 1872, a still finer engraving,
representing city Of at least fifty thousand
inhabitants, with more mills, more steam
boats, and more metropolitan indications
generally, than Wyandotte, is-as We are
informed BY tine line under it-a view OF
Atchison-all of which is good for Atchi-
ron, it gives her as grand showing of
before the world as the most enthusiastic
Champion of the railroad centre" could ask
for-and again We are glad OF il.
The Vice-President of the Board lives al
Atchison.
Opposite page 312 is a picture which any
one without information to the contrary
would suppose to be view Of some prair
lie village of about five hundred people
there are no foundries, no machine shops
no smoke stacks, no anything to counterac
the impression that it is collection o
shanties, with nothing to relieve the monot
ony of the scene except building near the
center of the picture which looms up abov'
everything else, and looks like mammoti
barn, with summer kitchen" at the en'
of it. Here the printed line again comes Il
our assistance, and we are informed tha
the magnificent work of art We are con
templating, is a "view OF Leavenworth"-
city with twenty-five per cent. more inhabi
tants, and fifty per cent. more money inVes
ted in manufactures than both the othe
towns together. This is not very good 10
Leavenworth, and it will be difficult I
find any citizen of the place thus carics
tured who is glad OF it.
The President of the Board lives a
Leavenworth.
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The censumption Of Souls.

A pretty account the treasurer OF q
thriving city parish has to show in these
days under the head of interest. How
would it look computed into missionary
work. A friend of ours once furnished a
basis for computation. About to go as a
missionary to China, he passed through
Washington one day. He remembered Gau-
tiers restaurant and by singular, unac-
countable associat ion of thought, his mind
ran away at once to the rat sausage and
birds nest pie Of the fowery kingdom.
"Tom," said he to himself, you mnst have
one OF Gautier's good dinners before you 60
to diet of hard-tack, with rice and chop
sticks bringing up the rear" Then he re-
fected that Gautier would take dollar
from him for the most moderate kind of
dinner (it was before the war;. He in
start.y fell to calculation. A dollar,
reasoned he, will buy four American Socie-
ty Bibles each Bible might convert three
Cinnamon before they used it up. "Tom," )"
appealed he, "can you eat twelve China
men's souls at one dinner The dinner
was not bought But on that basis how
many Chinese souls are used up in paying
tne interest accounts Of our city churches
The question is not wholly comicaL
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LEGISLATIVE.
SENATE.
Eansas Jauuary 20, 1876

TOPEKA, Kansas, January 70, ls16.
Senate met at the usual hour, Lieuten-
ant Governor Salter presiding
PRAYER by the Chaplain
A large number OF bills were reported
back from the various standing eonim''-
tees.
On motion of Senator Simons, Senate
hill M 20 relating to the abolishment Ot
capital punishment, WAS ordered printed.
On motion Of Senator Simons, the con
alteration of Senate concurrent resolution
No. S. in relation to Joint committee on n
nance and taxation, was postponed until
tomorrow.
senate concurrent resolution No. Il, pro-
yiding for committee to visit the State
Penitentiary.
Senate concurrent resolution No. ii, m
structing State Librarian to procure copies
of the Bible, were all odopted without de-
bate.
Senator Bauserman offered Senate JOINT
resolution No. Z, providing for revising and
codifving school laws.
Senator Mcmillan offered q resolution
askip, the appointment Of joint commit
tee of five to visit the deaf and dumb asy-
lum at Olathe, and the blind asylum at
Wyandotte, and report the condition oil
those institutions as soon as practicable.
The resolution was adopted, and Senators
Mcmillan and Wood appointed o" the part
Of the Senate.
Senator Griffin moved that the senate
adjourn till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Tending this resolution was offered that
when the Senate adjonrn ON Friday II he
till Monday, at O'Clock p. m, which wss
adopted.
Tha Secretary read communication
from the trustees oi the insane asylum at
Ossawa,omie, asking the appointment oil a
committee Of thirty or thiriy-hve members
to visit The asylum.
Senator Horton moved 10 refer the com
| municarion to the special committee al
ready appointed to visit the asylum
The motion to adjourn to ~ O'Clock TO-
morrow was hen adopted.
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NOT RELIABLE.

Our Representatives must bear In mind
the fact-when considering the question oil
apportionment-that the census Of Leaven-
worth county, as published in the report OF
the Board of Agriculture for 1875, is utter
ly unreliable. The members of the House
and Senate will all remember that the
worthlessness of this census was demonstra-
ted by the newspapers at the time it was
taken, and that every maf who took the
trouble to look over the lists was able to
name scores Of citizens who had been omit
ted from the enumeration. The actual pop
ulatiou of Leavenworth county, at the time
this partial enumeration was made, was
about thirty-two thousand, while 1t Is
stated in the published report of the Board
at only about twenty-seven thousand.
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Abanca, ivy an ea .hquake, on the 9Th OF
Decen. Der, and states that between =. m.
ci the LII, and a. II. OF the D h, no tess
than tnirty-seven shocks occurred, several
oi which were very severe. The details
s,e a.eagre and the extent ii lives lost II
not reported.
Is LARS NTH 50 CoUSIs TO HEif fsoN-
J.. the superior court this morning, T.
w Pond, a manufacturer whose wnoie,
sale iorye-ies created so much surprise ana
excitement, Withdrew his plea OF not gull
", and was sentenced TO hfteerf years IN
the State prison. There are still thirty
two indictments against him.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, January 23.-ArchPr
NcNeiil, brother of the planter assassi-
mated a few weeks since at Scanton's land
inc Arkansas. wss drowned there last
night. in attempting 10 rescue gentleman
from Memphis. who was carried into the
river by a land Glide, and who was after
wards rescued by another party.
ARRESTED.
Tom Bolton, who killed Jack Simeon
few weeSs since at Randolph, Tennessee,
for the murder of his uncle, was arrested
here ard committed to Jail to answer.
NOT GUILTY.
INpIASAroLIs, January 23.-ln the on'-
ted States court, the argument in the Brown
lee crooked whisky case was closed to-day.
Al f,er the instructions of the court, the jury
retired, and at ) O'Clock brought in verdict
oil ..rot guilty"
SEVERAL LIVES LOST
HAVANA, Cuba, January 2o.-ln the
storms around San Domingo, early In Jan
uary, many vessel ard several hives were
lost.
HOTEL BURNED.
MILFORD, y. H., January so.-A large
hotel at Amherst burned last night Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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CENTENNIAL.

We copy elsewhere, in this issne, from
the Congressional Record, the fuli report of
the speech of Mr.. Phillips, OF this district,
upon the centennial bill. His remarks
were briei. bu: directly to the point, and
will well repay perusal. The Washing
ton RepaNican says, editorialiy, in refer
ring to the speech referred i0
"Mr. Phillips, Of Kansas, ..-s "happy
thought" yesterday when he said "a ma
a,ion which could pay four millions Of dol
'iars day to sustain war could we'll af-
.fc I'd 81 100000 to make war impossible" /"
The idea is capable of "great amplifca-
otion
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HEAPS OF GOLD.

II the stories told about the richness OF
the new gold mines in Wyoming are true,
th., hitherto precious metal at no distant
day may lose its value as
basis for a circulating medium.
According to the statements OF those
interested, the main lode, appro-
priately called the Centennial, is 1--WE foot
vein, assaying as high as from $500 to
$1,000 per ton while the spur is twenty
inch vein which has run as high as $4,000
per ton. 1t will be hardly safe, however,
for the inflstionists to rejoice over the ap-
parent confirmation of their theories as to the
worthlesness of gold until these reports are
authenticated and the gold market suffers
from over supply.
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NOT WORD OF TRUTH In II,

We don't believe a word Of it, but never
theless they say that the reason why Leav-
enworth was made to appear in the Agri-
cultural Report as not much of settle
ment. was that the members of the Board
feared their President would lose caste with
the Changers, If it should oe made to ap-
pear that he lived in city. But they
didn't seem to care what became of their
vice-President and Secretary.
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REVEALS.

Our exchanges, from all portions OF our
own State, and from neighboring counties
in Missouri, all chronicle extensive and in
tcres,ing revivals OF religion in their re-
spectine localities. Thus far We have moth
ing of this kind to report in Leavenworth /;
one or two of the churches have been hold
ing nightly meetings for a week or ten days,
but seem to have met with only very mod
crate degree of success.
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recurring payment in full to the Treasury
of anv Laiance that msy .e left in the
hands of the finance committee before any
diviaend or percentage OF profits shall be
paid 10 .tockholjers. We agreed 10.
The House then proceeded to vote on the
pcssac, of the bill, which was pr '5sed-
yeas, l46; nays, l3t.
The announcement was greeted with aP
plause.
Adjourned
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coHING EORTE.

There is fair prospect that in the course
of a few years the grotesque carnival OF
Nardi Gras Will oyerrun the whole country.
Up to the Close OF the war, this festival was
confined TO the extreme South, and was
rarely seen outside OF New Orleans. After
a while it found its way to Vicks5urg, then
to Memphis, then, three years ago, to Louis
Vile, and now King Carnival has his bills
UP for grand parade in Cincinnati on the
lasi day of February. At this rate, he will
soon be able TO take in the whole country,
and We need not be surprised il We find
him. next wear, in Leavenworth.
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GRAssHoppER BOUNTY.

Senator Halderman has introduced in the
Senate bill providing that the boards of
commissioners, of the several counties of the
State, shall pay bounties for the destruction
of grasshoppers, As follows:
For collecting and destroying every
busheI of locus; eggs, SS; for collecting and
destroying every bushel of unfedged 10
Gusts. the sum OF sixty cents"
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STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

We learn from the Secretary, Hon. +. u.
Adams, that the State Historical Society is
making satisfactory progress in the collec-
ton Of important papers and documents,
and is preparing foundation for full
and reliable history of Kansas from its
earliest settlement. This is a work OF much
importancs TO the State, and one that
should be literally encouraged by the pub
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-01-27
TEE CENTENNIAL BILL.
Remarks Of Hon. Vim. A. Phillips, Of Kan
sas, in the House Of Representatives, at
Washington, D. C January 18th, 1e76.


Mr.. PHHLIrs, of Kansas. Mr.. Chair
man, l shall not consume much of Jour
time. / desire very briefly to state why /
think this House should vote for the CEN
,ennial sppropriatio
do not believe there is a man in this
House who will deny that our Government
is fully committed to this celebration. I'm
der authority of an act of Congress the Ex-
ecutive Of the United States has invited the
governments Of foreign natlpns and the
people Of those nations through their goy-
ernments to be present TioSe invitations
hare been accepted BY all Of them. AP-
prorSiations have been made, according -
the different modes of those nations, to
meet the expenditure involved and to do
theis share t6~srd it. Having therefore
invited chs cooperation nd<sxle1itnQ
ON their pxrf, il would eertsih3y 1esg ~
remsrkable circumstance II our Govern
ment declined to give any SD . the <ns1r
prise it4elE The spptas6ec1 1ilf Age2
much for the chassctK e esneM6fE
a lie noneY viii do. 6ksuIfSe 49, q
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n VIII HANG rHEN.

Verify that engineer viii 6e hoisted by
his oxn petard. The Republican National
Committee will circulate Ben Hill's rehsl
spcsch = campaign document next sun-
uer-pos - it was doctored and fixed up
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in the Record, but as he delivered IL ~
W. have tc {. +. o give the Conieierates
in Congress half chance and 'heT VILE
furnish US all the campaign literature "e
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A coRRrsPoNpKyr, writing from Wash
ins.ou to the New York Heraii, says that
Tilden, Thurman, Hendricks, or BayaId.
can be easily beaten next fall BY President
Grant, and asserts that the only strong men
in the Democratic party are Charles Fran
ci. Adams and Ger VS. Hancock.
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% sHUk&

Axw YoRK, January 25.-Le.ters have
been received here, from Lima, announcing
IL eeomplste destruction Of the town Of
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AFTERNOON session..

The Speaker then announced the busi-
ness in order, the vote ON the motion To
consider the vote adopting the report OF the
committee on elections, admitting Messrs.
Green and Frost, of Norton and Ford
connties.
The roll was called, and the motion To
reconsider was defeated by vote OF 64
nsys e, SO yeas.
Il:e introduction of bills was next in Or
der, and sixty-seyen new bills were intro
duced.
The Speaker announced a communica-
ton, which was read, from the trustees Of
the Insane Asylum, asking joint commit
tee of both Houses TO visit that institu-
tion.
Mr. Click moved that the State Board Of
l Agriculture De allowed to occupy the Hall
| of Representatives on Friday evenings
| when not otherwise occupied. Adopted.
| House adjourned till 7:30 p. m.
The special order Of the evcniny session
was to discuss Mr.. Brumbaughs resolution
| in regard TO the resumption act, which L.
| as follows:
Whereas, Congress, at its lest session,
passed a law providing for the resumption
| Of specie pa ayment on the first day OF Janu-
| ary, 1879; and relieving that said law Ii
| injurious to the bet interests Of the West
'ng,e TiJ D. A.. uo, q p.,,,.-
| n 'n - -. IT.,
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st IS Ca"a,.ss sn,;,Iad a. sc, =.
.n n;Ja o., H. ,ss,,mn.;on 81 .nsc;s r,v
ment, approved January IA, 1875"
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,ha ,,,nd,ce, and !, f.vor - The c,ni,.l.
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Fourth-That gold has advanced ever
since this law was enacted
Fifth-It is not the policy OF the West
to have the reSumptiOn act remain a law
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KAS5AS LEE STATURE.
CINIETNIAL TEA PAEIY.

The Opera House is crowded with three
or -four thousand people, to attend the LES
dies Centennial Tea Party. 1t is periee'
success, and will BE- repestea tomorrow
l.sht
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or THE wAR-PATH.

SALT LAKE, January Pa letter re-
ceived At Helena, Mont>es, from Fort Pess,
on the Yellow Stone river, says: Sitting
Bull, and band Of Sioux, attacked party
near Fort Peas On January %, killing one
man and vounding five Others. Eight
horses were also killed Another party OF
men are cut Oft from the fort BY the Indian,
Who nuLaber several hundred, and it is
feared that the entire garrison will be mas
sacred unless speedily assisted.
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comp1Glion Of the Northern Pacific railroad
cales15r. is-
Mr. Ehesman called up the Senate bill
to protide for commission, on the subject OF
alcohdic liquor traffic. During the dis
cussion, the morning hour expired, and
the Chair laid before the Senate the un6n-
ished business, being resolution of Mr..
Morton's in regard to the recent election in
Mississippi
Mr.. Morton said his health was in such
condition that he would not be able to
continue his remarks to-day.
Mr.. Davis called up the resolution sub
mitted BY him few days ago, in regard to
the investigation Of the books and accounts
Of the Treasury Department, the pending
question being on the motion OF Mr.. Ed
munds, to amend the resolution 70 As to
have the investigation made by the COM
mittee on finance, instead Of BY . special
committee, which was agreed to. Yeas,
q nays. q
The resolution a. amended Vas then
agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,, the preamble,
alleging that there was discrepancies in
the accounts Of the Treasury, DC, was laid
on the table.
The resolution was agreed to as follows
Resolved, That the committee on finance
be instructed to investigate the books and
accounts OF the Treasury Department, par
ticularly With reference TO odisc-epancies and
alterations in amounts and figures that
have been made in them, especially
in the annual statement of the expenditures
of the government revenue collected, and
the public debt, contained on said reports,
and if any such discrepancies and altera-
tions be found TO exist, to report the same,
and extent and naturs thereof, the years
whenever they occur, BY What authority
made, end any reasons that induced them,
and report eesezally such other and furth-
er infurnaaioa hearing upon the subject, y
10 fheninsy eeA bes,, I'D that said com
nisasskaWrpsvGstaDjRjae penoas and
,Pa1isk-- Rxz l-s -s 81
fbs 6ila1sSk0 0foEl1ns3aossi4Dsstion d
.4Ae 1i116 pi1nElb aseeoaisaien on the
snhjusufa1suhi He Hlp6aan6e.s Rndine
disfn1n,En0Inde0ukip1s uscutiv1
sss ssuR d1HUsslk saipl1nsd.
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10 the pension act, providing that, except
in case Of permanent specified disabilities
10 increase Of pension shall be allowed to
commence prior 10 the date OF the examin
Ing surgeons certificate. Also, repeating
the law which MAKES bounty land war
rants personal property. Alter discussior
the bill passed.
Mr.. Rusk, from the same committee, re
ported bill to increase pensions in certain
cases. 1t provides that persons who, in the
military or naval service, have lost oDs
hand and one foot, or have been totally ol
perm manently disabled, shall be entitled to 1
pension for each Of those disabilities.
After the call Of committees, the Hous'
went into committee OF the whole, Mr.
Wood, Of New York, in the chair, on thu
centennial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Thompson adyCcated the bill.
Messrs. White and Gordon opposed it.
The debate was then continued by Messrs
Williams, of Wisconsin, and Lamar, in ia
vor of the bill.
The discussion having closed, Mr.. Hoi
man moved a test vote TO strike out the en-
acting clause Of the bill. The motion va
rejected by 10l to l26.
Mr.. Mills offered an amendment author
izing the Governor of Texas to appoint tw'
commissioners from that State in place O
those acting under the former appointment
but, on point Of order, the amendmen
was ruled out.
The amen nent of Mr. Sheakley for ire
admission to the Centennial grounds On Ii
Fourth of July and every thursday, va
rejected.
'Sevaral .rnouJpepfa vyere provrs<-d an,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-08-30

con IN magnifco cuadro de familia.
Nj tia Maria Micaela Y sus tres hijas
estahan sentadas, unas cosiendo Y
bordandO otras.
Las salude graye,nente; Y al YER
las pizperetas de mis- primas I'm j6-
ven con aquellos harapos, con la adj
cion de que 81 izquierdo faldon de la
levita estaba colgando, hicieron gran
DIES estuerzos para reprlmir Ia risa
que retozaba en- sus labios de rosa.
La madre las miro con severidad Y
elias bajaron Ia cabeza. aa
-Si6ntese ", caballero ofci05, dijo
mi tia, con cier.o retintin.
Me arrellane en- un siIIon con .tanta
prosopopeya, como ST fuera un perso-
naje vestido de palo de Sedan.
LA mas, peQuefia de- mis- primas le
| rino tanta CANA de soltar la carcajada
que tir6 la costura y Sc fu6 corriendo
su aposento.
ii De d6nde viene v, pregunt6 la
tia, para disimular.
de Francia, senOra.
- Bien Sc lie conoce EN- ell traje.
Ell traje me 10 acaba dc echar &
perder IN perro, que Dios cohonda.
II D6nde tiene Y. su familia?
-En fCadiz.
-Talsvez la conozca 70: como Sc
llama v?
Me llamo Rata i de Sevilla =
Leon, die va sin poder contenerme,
y me tire 81, sus b1az2s.
II Hijo mio |, eyclam6 levantan-
desc ! eatsechandome contra 81 cora
zon, Aquello SO yolviQ una Babel.
Las primas me rodearon, 114 apfeta.
ron. ns s elslss0a aas yas!tas conn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-08-30

Con ell obieto de no perjudicar &
los cosecheros de tabaco de Vieques
nj a los comerciantes que 10 compren
y con eI fin de evitar cue q la SOM
bra del derecho que tiene esta isla de
llevar su hoja a la Habana no tenga
lugar un contrabando que desacredite
este artfculo, y nos cierre aquel mer-
cado, coavendria que por las Autori-
dades Sc tomase la precaucon de pro-
hihir la pxportacion directa de dicha
isla dc Vieques7 para Cuba y para el
extranjero, ayisando adem5s q la Di
reccion de Hacienda de la isla her
mana que no recibiese como de aqui
tabaco que lie Guese de Vieques. Pc
ro a. nismo tempo, para dejar 4 sal
yo los intereses de los cultivadores
| de dicha isla de Vieques, qu;enes, Sc
| gun nuestras noticias, recolectan So
bre los 8 trescientos quintales de ta-
baco cada al1o, Y no cargamentos en-
teros como parece han salido de ALI,
serfa justo disponer que el fruto all
coseohado tuviese precisamente que
exportarse por medic de una de las
aduauas de la provincial. Asf nada
perder{an los veguercs de Vieques,
| pues su tabaco vendrla a la capital &
a otro puerto habi!itado y desde alli
Ffa q Ia Habana 6 adonde mas con
viniere.
De este modo en- tanto que ell Go
bierno de 5. NJ dispone la tota pro
hihicion de importar tabaco extranje-
ro en- Puerto REQ, que serla 10 mas
conveniente 4 las dos Antillas, cesa
ria el contrabando que por conducto
de Vieques parece que tuyo Iugar
causando una verdadera alarma en- l.
Vuelta Abajo que do motivo & qut
por milares de frmas Sc haya auto
rizado una instancia pidiendo al Sr
general Jovellar Ell deStierro absolute
del tabaoo de Puerto-Rlco en- la We
Gina provincial espano'a.