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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
AIEGAL OUES.rvON.

The case of the neglected Douglas county
treasurer is likely TO raise a nice legal ques-
lion. The Constitution provides that he
shall not hold his Office more than two con-
secutive terms, and prescribes two years as
a term. Mr.. Watson, who has Just been
elected by very large majority, went into
Office four years ago. He held the Office
one full term, and then the law was changed
by the legislature, making the term COM
mence in October instead of July. During
the short term thus created, from July 10
October, Watson was out. lie was then
elected again, and is now serving another
long term. lie is now serving his second
full term, but the question is-was the peri
cd from July TO October, during which time
the office was filled by another person. a
term, in the meaning of the Constitution, or
have Mr. Watson's two terms been consecu-
tive?
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yesterday: .-Our people ere :cginning 20
do little thinking for themselves, and
don't propose TO be driven up to the polls,
hereafter. and voted like herd Of cattle
Tor every worthless scalawag that hapPeu-
10 be on the ticket. We are Republicans"
said he. land are all true 10 the principles
OF Republicanism and as long as the Re
publican ticket is composed OF good, honor
able men, We shall vote IT without a
scratch, but" he continued when the
Republican party permits itself Ia be
run by such men IL We have seen acting IS
its head managers in this campaign, and
puts men on It's ticket for high Office whom
We could not associate with without ccm-
promising our self-respect, it must expect Us
to scratch them off every time Weuscd TO
shut our eyes and swallow the whole ticket,
good or bad, but that time is past, and
henceforth We propose to exercise our pre-
rogative as free American citizens, and vote
for the best man"
That's sound doctrine il i the true posi-
tion for every man, white or black, to oc-
cupy. The colored people OF Leavenworth
have done themselves credit by their deter
to think for themselves, and the
result of last Tuesdays election shows thai
thev mean what they say.
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OUT On THE OCEAN.
Periiou. Adventures of n Cuna>der-
Deckr W q, shed by Waves ana Spray
hove the EainMass

-
Above the HainMass.
TIL. Cuna,der RUSSIA arrived at New
York on the sd. after an unusually rough
and stormy massage. She was thirteen days
from Oneepstown 10 New York. and one
d,v he made only sixty-six miles. One Of
the crew. who had followed the sea for
eleven years. declared he had never known
sncb q storm az that experienced on Satur-
dav and Sunday. October y and 2S. The
sky in the morning was overcast with black,
heavy clouds. and the ship lurched
.n und,r the tremendous force OF
the gale that the passengers were obliged
10 Keen below. A terrific squall came up,
and the staunch ship was thrown nearly on
her beam ends. The seas repeatedly broke
over the decks. and on the main deck the
water on the lee side filled the passage be-
,w...n tho saloon and he buiwark. and
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''SOnacthing to the PoOr,-
New York LEDGER

lNcW 1Olh lcuStf-l
From an incidental notice in that Book
which We all revere, it appears TO have been
the habit for the Redeemer oil men and the
disciples out OF their scanty common bag
to give something to the poor" The ex-
ample is worth studying. The growing evil
of vagrancy is attracting notice everywhere.
There is a point in the life of a man going
down at which he might be saved from the
life OF tramp" mans neighbors-his
church neighbors-could often interpose at
that point and give him chance upward.
Relief, dispensed by ones own neighbors, is
less likely to be abused than ''poor-relief''
dispensed in promiscuous way. Churches
we mean congregations-could look, each
after own, when endangered, and thus
press(8the amiable side OF religion To men.
avert mischief, save some lives, and at the
same time practically initiate the Founder
OF our religion
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The keSIslt in Uissi.>;p,t.

JACKSON. Miss, November The elec-
ton, Yesterday, passed of very quietly, lit
tie interest being manifested IL there was
no opposition To the nominee of the Demo
crar state ticket. In few counties an
attempt was made To elect Indepen-
dents, but with the solitary eXcer-
tion Of Marshall county, where the inde-
pendent- elect their entire ticket the attempt
was unsuccessful. In Warren aud Kinds
counties. he Independents were well beaten.
IN independent sheriff was elected in Ran
I'm county.
Ex-Governor Grown was run hv his
friends for Senator from the eleventh dis
trict, composed of Kinds and Rankins
counties, but was beaten by upwards ui six
hundred votes. \ veIy small vote was
poiled. Oae precinct near Jackson, which
generally votes over i've hundred polIed
only twcnty-nine.
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seven Thou.and Lake. in Minnesota.

| have caused the meandered lakes in all
the township plats to lie counted, and there
are in the actually surveyed portions OF
the State Just 1895 meandered lakes
Calling them 5000 in number, and from
reliable data in this office We find that these
lakes average 800 acres each, this gives us
an equivalent OF / ,J0O,OO0 acres Of water in
the surveyed portions of the State Now,
computing the lakes in the unsurveye
portions OF the State from reliable data IN
possession OF the office, We find that there
are 700 more lakes, which makes 700
in all. The numbcr of lakes TO a town Is
much greater in the unSurveyed portions OF
the State than In that already surveyed.
They are found also TO average more
acres. We find We are compelled to esti-
mate the 1000 lakes in the unsurveyed
portion at 500 acres each, which gives Us
an additional water area Of ! ,200, 900 acres,
making a total OF water area on the survey
ed lands OF 100000 acres of water within
the limits of the State. This does not
embrace the vast water areas included
within the projected boundary lines Of the
State in Lake Superior and Lake of the
Woods and along the great water stretches
of the International line.
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RaPsd. Brief and vsOiens.

Ocean steamers that encountered Friday
cyclone had terribly boisterous voyages,
worse, it is said, than have been experinced
in several years. A few steamers are some
what overdue, but there is as yet no special
Cause for anxiety about them. There are
several instances of wreck and abandonment
Of sailing vessels at sea, but none are re-
ported Of steamers. The fury OF the storm
upon the lower lakes has left long record
Of shipping disasters. There is probably no
record OF cyclone in this country that was
70 rapid in its approach, 50 briei in dura-
ton, and so violent while it lasted.
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He Wanted 90 Marry.


One morning two or three days ago a
middle aged man with sore thumb and
look OF anticipation entered Justice Good
wins Office and softly sat down. He put his
hat on the floor, sat up very erect, and for
three straight hours hardly moved finger
At noon, as the Justice was ready to go, he
asked the strange man if he wanted any
thing. 'iaw," he calmly answered. "Well,
what is il ?" Il vhants TO see the Shustice.r "
IL am the man." replied his Honor. Il
thinks so all der while" said the man as he
sat down again. did you want TO see me
on business asked the puzzled official
"Iaw." "What is your business-what do
you want to ask me-" 81 vhants to get
'marriet. ."'Well, where's the briie?' Il
doan' know about any prides" Where is
the woman whom you desire to marry ?"
asked his Honor Il haf nelier seen her."
was the calm repy. We'll, how can |
marry yOu to anybody" 81 doan' know"
"Where is the woman" exclaimed the
court. The man went away saving Il
schall get married no more till next year
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Suspended.

ST. ALBANs, Ontario, November "A
dispatch from Rou.e's Point says Hufu.
Ieaton, an extensive merchant. ha sis
pended. Liabilities SyOO.VoO: assets stated
to be Sl0o,ooO, but probably will not rea!iz.
that. large storehouSe owned by iicltnn
at Houses Point, WIS recently burned. and
later developments Indicate that there ysere
some irregular transactions Obliteratcd bv
the coniiagration, - il il stated the I. :.
government officers W, re about To seize the
,torehouse, believing II contained smu.gled
goods. Insurance policies amounting L.
900, were surrendered to the conipanic-;
against which they were held IIcatuns
friends claim that this was done b-caU~e -!
the careles.ness of the person who cdused
the fire. Ii Is also alleged that Ilcatnn has
gone over To Canada and taken up his abode
10 escape prosecution by the government.
lleaton was for wears president oi the Ma
tional Bank of Champlain.
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A Queer Sort Of Compliment for the
New York Tribune.l

VIM. Allen rises up once more, his brow
encircled with the usual halo of birthstone
He is not anxious to leave the quiet of his
home, but if his friends wish to vote for him
for Senator, by the Eternal he will not dis
franchise them, but will be proud to have
their support. by -. sir, my friends
are jewels" excIaims this most resolute of
war-hOrse. He has the customary kind
word for his rivals, for he tells the reporter
Of the Cincinnati Enquirer that the strong
est Senatorial candidates are Pendleton and
Payne, both Of whom "are wealthy, and
fear will make their money count in the
contest" Uncle William is always being
beaten by the other mans money. The
party has no end of love for him, but it
loves money more. This is queer sort OF
compliment for the party.
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Ex-Presldent Durant, of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad, was yesterday the subject of
severe condemnation at the hands OF the
United States Supreme Court. Certain
real estate had been conveyed to him in
trust as the president of the company, and,
upon his refusal to re-convey it, suit was
brought against Durant and wife. The
court below sustained his title, but its de-
cree was yesterday reversed by the Supreme
Court, and Justice Swayne. in delivering
the opinion, characterized Durant's course
as one which, ''str pped OF the verbiage
with which it has been clothed, and view
ed in It's nakedness, strongly offends the
moral sense of the judicial mind" This
sentence, stripped of the verbiage with
which it is clothed, clearly means that in
the estimation of the Supreme Court Mr.
Durant is a rascal
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
The True Standa a rd of Values.


The New York HeroH calls il ''the sill
yer swlndle," and proceeds to state that
''for forty years previous to 1874 the aver
age price OF silver in London was 90 pence
per ounce. -. but in July, 1876, its price
had declined to AZ pence per ounce" Well,
now, what in the name of common sense do
We care what silver is, was or will be worth
in London? Are We getting up a currency
for London? Ii those fellows at the East
will get rid Of their bonds, they will be able
to grasp the idea that the people of this
country want a eneuiEiRy medium, and not
a medium OF exchange The value OF legal
tender notes docs not fluctuate with the val
pe OF Inequality OF paper on which they are
printed. Then why, through ceaseless ages,
harp on this word ''fluctuate Gold fuc-
tuates, and actually greenbacks are the
standard
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1t has been stated that Mrs Layard is the
first Prank" lady, not OF imperial or royal
rank, who ever took her seat at the private
dinner table, and was admitted to the hos
pitality Of the Turkish Sultan. The truth
is that when the Prince and princess of
Wales paid a visit TO COnstantinople, in the
April OF 1862 they dined in private with
the Sultan at his palace Of Delma- Batche,
and that, in addition to our English Prin-
cess, the wives of the Ambassadors accredit-
ed by Russia and Great Britain to the
court of the Ottoman Pcr;e took their
seat simultaneously as the guests at
the same hospitable board. | believe
that l am correct in saying that when the
Princess Of Wales, Mrs. Elliott-lhe title
of Lady Elliott" is of a later date-and
Madame Ignatief took their places without
wells, at the Sultan's dinner table in 1869,
it was the 6rst occasion since the occupa-
ton Of Stamboul by the Turks more than
four centuries ago upon Which snch an hon
or as Mahometans regard il, vas conferred
b. the representative Of the Prophet upon
''Giaogr" ladies. 1t will thus be seen that
the present Sultan is not the first Padisha
who has given evidence that Western civil
ilization is gradually penetrating and dissi-
paiiDg the thick veil Of Oriental exclusive
DeSs
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THE NORTH P0IH-

While Capt. Howgate, on this side of the
Atlantic, Is laying deep plans for high
voyage to the north pole by aerial locomo-
tion, Arctic explorers are by no means idle
IN regard to the question on transatlantic
shores. Sir William Allen, who, in asteam-
er OF his own, two years ago, followed the
Alert and the Discovery" on their trip
to the far north, will, next summer, make
extensive explorations about Spitzbergen,
thinking that route to the east gives more
hope OF some tangible results than the now
oft tried western one.
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Development of our We nufac.uriny
lnseresys.


~ Ic4llta Beacon an.
The first casting ever made in Wichita,
was on last Tuesday week in the afternoon.
Mr. Mcfarland has blast furnace which is
fully adequate to the present demands. He
has the ground room To make such addi-
tions and improvements as the future wants
OF his business may render necessary. He
finds the very best moulding sand on the
farther bank of the Big river. The castings
made last Tuesday week are pronounced
equal to any made in the best foundries.
This foundry fills a want long felt in this
section. Castings can be made for ali kinds
OF machinery and there will be no necessity
for sending elsewhere. The delay is fire.
quently more costly than the price of the
work. This foundry will also furnish a
market for old cast-iron, large quantities of
which are rusting away. The casting oper-
ations attract quite a number of our citi-
zens all OF whom are more or less interested
IN its success, sit is the beginning Of a very
large manufacturing industry
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u Looi,. Mighty bad for Patterson.


Senator Pattersons case does not grow
brighter. \ Charleston dispatch reports
that another indictment has been found
aiganst him on the testimony of twenty
four ex-members OF the Legislature who de-
clare that they were bribed to vote
for him as Senator The great diff
Guilty in proving charges of bribery has
always been that those who gave the
brides and those who took them were
equally unwilling to bear evidence against
others that would also disgrace themselves
But here is cloud Of witnesses already Sc
cured, and unless there Is some slip in the
progress of the case, it cannot be long be-
fore the Republican majority in the Senate
will be further reduced by one, and the Re-
publican minority-let Us hope it is-in the
South Carolina jails be increased by the
same number
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RUSSIAN MoyEMExrx.

The dispatches report that the Russians
have entered the Euphrates Valley, ncrth.
west oi Erzeroum, which indicates a pur.
pose to cut the roads to Batoum and Trebi-
zon!e, and compel Mukhtar to abandon hi,
position at Deviboyum without battle.
Trebizonce is $50 miles from Erzcroum
but the nature OF the country about is such
that it is quite impossible to defend it.
With Erzeroum in possession of the Rus
SLAMS, Irebizonde would be at their mercy.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
A REVEREND BRUTE

In the death of a well known ST. Louis
cyprian, the papers OF that city find food for
beneficial reflection. She was the daugh-
ter OF well-known minister in Cape Cir.
ardeau county, Missouri, who, when misfor-
tune overcame her, east her off. During
all her public life she plead piteously for
restoration to her fathers favor, but >while
preaching the Word Of God, repentance and
charity, he turned deaf ear to her i'm
plorations, and left her to die in neglect
and shame. His congregation will listen
to that divine with more than ordinary in
terest, hereafter, when he glowingly paints
a pretty hot hell.
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fChicago Inter-Ocean.l

France ia divided into eighty-si, political
departments. In forty-three Of these cleo
tons were held last Sunday for Councillors
General, in all about l,500. The election
was important, because the local Councillors
chosen participate in eiecting the SUCCESSORS
to the seventy five members Of the Senate
who retire in 1879.
The French Senate is composed of 800
members, 75 of whom were named bv the
National Assembly and are life mem
bers. The other 225 are elected by
the departments, or by the councillors
and delegates from the communes
the departments are subdivided into arron-
these into cantJns, and the can
tons into communes). The Senator'S named
by the departments are elected for nine
years, one-third or eeventy-iye retiring
every three yean OF the seventy Eve
SeaatoEs 70 % ose b 1871, ffty-eiehs ase
CpnlEvafiv4 - - 1sp1h1ieans na1b :
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Our Relation. with Mexico.

WA.uINGToS, November s.-The "Deorio
Official, oi October IL, contains what ap-
pears to bc an authorized expo.iti0n Of the
Nexi"an government in reference To the
eStrId!ti"a treaty With the nited States.
II cilim1 that the present treaty does not
prohibit the surrender Of Mexican citizen.
to b. tried in the I nited State. courts for
offences committed ON United States soil.
and that the government may, in its discre-
ton, surrender them. 1t says that
tue action pi the Executive in
ordering the surrender OF the raiders Sho
attacked the Rio Grande Jail, was in accord
ance with the advanced and enlightened
principles Of international law and comfy,
and required by the peculiar circumstances
of the crime il add, that il the govern
ment has duties towards its citiyens, it has
also, international duties to which it would
be unfaithful il il refused its assista nee in
the execution Of -alutary Justice
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
Nothing Strange,

BALTIMORE, November 7.-Returns from
most of the counties indicate that kcating
Democrat for Comptroller, will have ma
jority ranging from 25,O0O TO 10000 The
Senate stands seventeen Democrats and
nine Republicans. The Republican Sena-
tors in Allegheny, Caroline and Garrett
counties, and the Democrats gain Senator
in Prince Georges and st. Mary's counties
The House will probably stand sixty five
Democrats and nineteen Republicans In
the last House the Republicans had twenty
f.,r
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REGaSrEHED LETCeux

A report Of one of the departments of the
Post Office shows that the extraordinary
number of nearly four and one-half million
letters were registered during the past year,
or about one letter for every ten persons.
The record shows that only one in every
five thousand of these letters has been
lost and OF the number that disappeared
large portion was recovered.
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,FsSt,CENT,ONS VERE COOD.

The intention OF the old deacon was good.
but the way in which he worded his notice
was infelicitous He said: ANY MEM
Jers of this congregation who have left off
wearing apparel are requested to contribute
ti,e same for the benefit of the poor" \
quiet smile pervaded the house, and the
people concluded that it would be hardly
the proper thing to leave off warning APP
parel in the chilly November.
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Good. n C0rrcc:.

NEW YORK, November An ALBANY
special says that the returns from the inte
rior oi the state come in slowly The state
ticket will range from l2,00O TO 1900 Dem
ocratic majority. The Republicans claim
twenty OF the thirty-two senators, and Six-
weight of the one hundred and twenty
eight members of the assembly. Another
dispatch saws the legislature is close and
probably both branches Republican.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15

The Pa~>age of lBiand,s SILVER Bt,s
d, be Re.cOu~tderea.

WAsHISGTos, ID. C., November S.
Speaker RanlaIl says he intends to bring To
the attention Of the House the manner and
circumstances under which Bland's silver
bill was passed, but has delayed doing 20
only from the fact that Buckner, whose
name Is intimately associated with the SUBJ
icct, has not been in the House for two
lays The speaker further says that, how
eser erroneous the proceedings were, il the
House should reconsider the sab,elt, In.
majority Of the House in favor of some sucb
measure is 50 large, that its passage Is Ger
fain
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
From ,'ennsyiyau.s.

PrrrsBURG, Pa, November Returns
from 2U2 out of the 2.e22 districts in ~
legheny county, gives >territt. Republican,
for Supreme Judge, 1854; Trunkev,
Democratic, IS 5; Bentley, labor green
back, j, ,l56 Srerritt's majority over Trun-
key i 1896. The Republicans elect their
nn,ire comfy ticket with the exception OF
Fetterman, judge of common pleas.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
How 10 Is in Minnesota.

CHICAGO, November The Times I"
st. Paul special says the returns TODAY do
not materially alter last nights figures. TN
the state election, Pillsbury, Republican,
ior governor. will nave about l2,000 mai Or
ity in the state over Banning, the legs la
ture standing about the same a. last wear
Returns from all parts OF the state, although
incomplete, indicate bad defeat for the
state house appropriation.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15

policy square and cordial endorsement.
the gains are still larger. Minnesota er-
dorsed the policy, while Wisconsin took 10
position upon the question, and the Repub
Leans gain in both states.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
General Sisaing HUH Takes q Home.
SleAA.
New York SUM-

Canada has decided that Sitting Bull
shall remain where he is, during the COM
ing winter; IN the spring shall go to the Red
Deer river, on a reservation there. This
latter is the region that Sitting Bull himself
applied for, as il is a good hunting ground.
The difference, then, to Sitting Bull, between
living on this side OF the line or on the other,
is that Canada picks him out a reservation
where he wants to go. while our Government
would have picked him out reservation
where he did not want to go. For his own
interest, as well as for ours, Sitting Bull has
d. cided wisely in deciding to remain in
Canada.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
EvS1osiOo In Texas.

Perhaps the most important discovery
made BY Prot. Cope in Western Texas is
that Of q domestic hog, with undivided
hoofs, similar to those Of horse Nature
in freak first made one, and from that
more came, and nov they are quite numer
Gus and raised for meat The professor
has the skin and skeleton of one for his
collection. This is one Of the most impor-
sant arguments known in favor Of eyolu-
ton, for here We have not only . new
genn8 bat Probably . new order Of
sninab evolved q essaAed
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Light Literature.

What Is your favorite author, Evalinas''
her old father asked, patung tbesweet girls
head with his loving hand
And Evalina, with the telI-tale bushes
maBtling cheeks and brow, looked bashfulIy
over toward whore shy, ,imid young M an
was 6dgeting In rocking chair and trying
TO hide his aching feet behind each other,
and said, in a voice tremulous with what it
meant,
Georges hand, papa dear
George Sand, eh ?' said the innocent old
gentleman, George Sand, eh? les see, he
was a woman with q mans name. wasn't
she"
So runs the world away.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
Latest From the Iauip.

BosroN, November Returns from all
hut seven towns in this state, received
shows the vote as follows: Rice, ~ rs !;
Castor, 12,;i5:i; Piltmln l6,2ll Phillips.
341l. The senate stanas 81 Republicans
and Democrats, a gain oi senators for
the Republicans. The house stands l.3
Republi' ans To 6i Democrats, Liberal Ee-
publican and , independents
The act allowing Harvard College prolcs-
sors To hold office WIS adopted