The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-12
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that he followed il one night lGaf way
around the square, crying Fire
Miss Fosay, Of Nova Scotia, act. Is,
Weighs $50 pounds, md that bids fair TO be
come the Fosh.ynable weight among the
Blue noses.-Bosson Pos. Foshayme!
Mem. for young men about to marry:
Iyory-coyered prayer-books with silver
monograms for each of the six brides
maids. 1t is the very latest.
The New York police department now
stations policeman at each depot and Terry
landing on purpose to answer questions pro-
pounded BY strangers.
"Bacon's Castle farm" headquarters Of
the famous rebels against British colonial
authority in Virginia two centuries ago,
was sold at sherifi7s auction a few days
ago.
Parson Brownlow is old, but as thorn
in the flesh OF the Democratic south, he is
still stupeDdous success. A thorn, old,
dry and sharp, is the worst kind that Is
made.
The township of Boston, in Iowa, raised
q cucumber six feet long, and sixty odd
doctors have thus far clustered about it
with hats removed in reverential gratitude
and respect.
Small boys now gather in the desolated
country gardens, and, hiding down behind
the hedge, shy frost-bitten cucumbers at the
unsuspecting passer-by, and hit him on his
bewildered ear.
A pickpocket in Philadelphia is liable to
be arrested, indicted, tried, sentenced, and
on his wav to the penitentisry within six
hours OF the time he reached for some other
fellows purse.
A jury at White Plains, n. Y, has given
a Mrs. Farnum, handsome matron of 80,
a verdict Of $500 damages against her
neighbor, Mrs. Williamson, who had open
ly expressed her opinion that Mrs. Farnum
was no better than she should be-"
A waiter advertising for situation says
he can "foid napkins in 800 different ways"
but what The boarding community wants
most just now is waiter who can carry a
dish OF soup without soaking the fret joint
al his thumb in 1t.
Next winter when your country aunt ex-
poets you to take her to the opera or theater
and you look at her Questionable bonnet
and freckled nose, do not forget how she
kept her thin face red for you over her
kitchen stove this hot summer.-Enckdnge.
Philadelphia furniture dealers send con-
fdentiaP letters to clergy men OF the city,
| asking TO be put on the track of persons
who are soon to be married, or have been
recently. This is truly business enterprise
Wonder how much commission the clergy
men charge?
The London Times growls at the defeat of
the Engii h oarsmen in America, saying
| the change Of climate disturbed their train
ing. and that the contest al best was a lot
terry. The Times likewise intimates that
their boat was twice Intentionally fouled.
The new tunnel being trilt under the
Thames is intended chiefly for the Use Of
| about 5000 workmen who have to cross at
that point, and who are often detained by
fog that stops the boats. Ii will be an iron
tube nine feet in diameter, lighted with
gas, thoroughly ventilated, and only for Pc
destrians.
John Lock, one Of the few survivors Of
the battle Of Waterloo, has just died in an
aims at Rochester, England, al the
age of eigh,y-four. He was in the Sixth
Dragon Guards, and, although among the
first Of he troopers engaged and in the
thickest OF the Cot hic,, neither he nor his
horse was injured
The impression which the Seward statue
gives an impartial observer is that Of a
man one part head, three part body, and
six parts legs. If Mr. Stewards friends res
pect his memory, they will have that statue
permanently enyeloped in a shee. from the
knees down -BrOokiyn Arq,s.
The acting editor Of the Cairo Bulletin
has had Misunderstanding with some
person, name not given, ard announces
through his brothers paper that 1--WE pro-
pose TO take care al ourselves, and are pre-
pared Tor any emergency-eIIher in this
state or any other if approached in the pro
per manner"
At Paradise, Cache county, Utah, on the
10th ult, seyen-year-old son OF William
Mitten was caught in the counter shaft of a
shingle-mill and had his right arm pulled
out of the socket, his legs pulled off below
the knees. and was otherwise shockingly
mangled. He lived about two hours after
the accident.
The total number of exhibitors at the
Centennial is 30,s64 OF these the United
States furnish SIS; Great Britain, l.O04;
Canada, 1857; france, 1897: Germany,
1899; Italy, LA; Argentine Republic,
1885,; Spain and Calais, 1872; Portugal,
2,462;; Turkey, 1852; Russia, S02. In ali
fifty-two countries exhibit.
A tailor and his son we're in the olden
days doing days work at farm house
The prudent housewife to secure a good
days work, lighted candles when daylight |
began to fade. The tailor looked at his son
and said "Jock, confound them that in |
vented workin' by cauale-licht" CAV" re- |
piled young Snip, ''or BY DAYLIGHT either,
father"
The Chinese Of California feel outraged
by the ordinance which requires the Sher-
iff to cut the hair OF his prisoner to uni
form length OF one inch. This law has
proved profitable 10 the city treasury, the
Mongolian preferring to pay his fine rather
than go TO jail and now steps have been |
taken by the indignant gueuewearers TO |
test the coustitutionality of the ordinance
The Columbus (Ohio) STATE Journal Of
Friday says: The State of Ohio has had |
narrow escape from the over-con6dence
and consequent Indifference of the Republic
can voters. The danger was discovered in
time. The glorious old Commonwealth
that never failed the nation IN the dark
hours of trial, will not fail it now Ii need
only be known that Ohio experts every man
to do his duty, and the result can not be
doubted"
The new Sultan is thus described bv a
correspondent of the London Times IA
long, narrow head, q stern, resolute express
sion, indicative Of energy, of intelligence,
an earnest and not very placable DISPOSE
To k, e
a ruler capable Of much good or much
evil, but knowing his own mind and
to have his own will. Then
there was an air BETTING high-bred man
conscious of himself and bent on exacting
his due"
Paris papers say that the charmer who
keeps the crown prince of Holland away
from his own country, and gets him into
trouble with his royal father and the Dutch
ministry, is an American. She is noted
for her large and beautiful eyes; but it is
limited at, that one of them is Of glass and
was supplied to the lady through the mum
ificenoe Of his royal highDese, to be uIti-
mately paid for, Of course, by the tax
payers of the Netherlands.
Bayard Taylor remarked sympathetic
ally to Prof. Huxley on his departure from
New York the other day, that he supposed
be huxley had learned, like Dick
ms, to play on "that remarkable in
the American catarrh," during
his stay. "Oh dough ~ said the professor,
dough cir. Busic has no chsrbs for be-"
There seemed to be a slight misapprehen. I
lion somewhere, and Mr.. Taylor hastily
withdrew. He saws he thinks Huxley
most overrsted man.-BTalo Express.
When the Emperor William visited I;
eipsic the King of Saxonx snrnrised linn |