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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
IEL.IGE,S 4 IOIf.

There's an urgent demand for the fool
killer, in st. Louis-not in any OF those out
of-the-way places where his services are
usually supposed to be required, but in a
place where you might suppose he would be
the least likely to find job. If he responds
to the call, and does his duty, there will
soon be svacIncy in the bench OF the 'court
OF criminal correction To establish what
we have hereinbefore set up, We submit to
the jury the following, from the RepuJiican
OF Tuesday morning:
In the court OF criminal correction last
week boy TAo had been tried and con-
victed OF petty larceny, for stealing pocket
book and handkerchief from married Go-
man, was unexpectedly released upon the
ground hat the property stolen from her be-
longed 10 her husband, who had not Joined
her In the prosecution. Without discussing
wlether this j good or bad law, the RepuJLi-
Gun cannot refrain from saying thai it is a
very foolish proceeding. To some extent it
Is quite proper that the disabilities which
The Old common law made for a femme cOuer:
should De- preserved, but even
the most rigid observance of those
technicaliiieS Of practice should not re-
qulre the joining OF the husband in a crimi-
nal action. In this particular case the wom-
an was really a witness, and not the prosecu-
tor. The state was the prosecutor, and the
state had surely nothing 10 do with the ques-
tiol whether its wtness.was a temn,e sole or a
femme c1ceJt. TIE use of the phrase .'prose-
cutting witness" has led To the idea that il is
a voluntary matter whether or noila crime
shall BE- punished. Every now and
then the paper, report that some wit
ness refuses To- prosecute, and the
case referred 20 above seems 10 be the climax
Of this ah>Errlily. The witness does not
prosecute criminal suits. The state is the
plaintlE, for the community as well as the
individual suffers by crime, and the COM
munity cannot afford 10 let crimes be arrang-
ed as private matte between individuals.
The HcUysii.UH i not sufficiently informed
about this particular case 10 say just where
the mistake was made bat enough is shown
10y the result 10 convince any one that, law or
mo law the end was inocllery ofJuStice.
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a CONGRESSMAN w,r.,

The following interesting little loy.
story is told of Mr.. Coneer, the witty Con-,
gresham from Michigan:
HIS present wife was his first love, but they
quarreied and each married. Twenty w., :.
Ai'erw he, widower, was In Co,errss
and .he. widow. sat In the gallery ana ID
tened to him speaking. II was the f,r.. Tin.
they bed met since they had she,r 49,.
quarrel. shs sans her easd aaa iAvited ~.
10 eal- "a ~ vhaGA - pru.s,.S -
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NOT OIITE SOLln,

The Inter-Ooean thinks that Georgia will
not be solid on the question OF her new con-
s,itution, to be voted on December 9TH On
the same day members Of the legislature
viii be elected, and as these will choose tie
United States Senator TO succeed Senator
Gorden, there is some difference OF opinion
on that question.
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MILLION AND A HALF.

Mr.. Field, himself, estimates it at about a
million dollars on the stock. The manag-
er OF the retail department saws there was a
retail stock in the store of three quarters of
million dollars, and from quarter to II
half million OF the wholesale stock stored
in the basement. The insurance on the
building is not known, but it is stated TO be
over S2O0OoO, and is placed by New
York agency. The stock is believed to be
insured for at least two thirds its value.
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SuppOsing a youth, with his heart i'm his
eyes,
That shone like the light of the beautiful
skies,
Should promise TO love me through all of my
life,
And begged that I'd be his own dear little
WIFE
Guess / would-wouldnr you:
Camden Post.
clothes,
And her bonnet showed down on the bridge
of her nose,
Should go for your person and pocket for
life,
To be useless, expensive and cumbersome
WIFE
Cue s. / wouldn't-would youe
-Redding Dispatch.
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An Iniimasion That he VIII be Like.
IL 60 Heed.
TIL

Marshal MacMahon has at last received
an in,imation that he will be likely to heed
unless he is 30 reckless and hotheaded that
he is determined to rush upon his own de-
struction by deliberately Designating the
wishes of the other Powers and alternating
their sympathies a. well as inierrupiing
their friendly relations with France The
dispatches intimate that counsel Of modera-
ton and conciiiation has come TO him from
every court in Europe. He has deliberate
ly defied the verdict OF the people Of France
twice expressed at the polls. 1t now re-
mains To te seen whether he will be rash
enough to defy the Premiers Of Europe at
time when the Russo-Tursish war and the
approaching end of the Pope may recipi-
tate new combinations and conflicts any
day.
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Promptly
An Easy
An Easy C0aundrum PrOnptl
Guessed.
TSr IOuis Timas1


Here is an alleged new phase OF the sill
Yer question" which the advocates of sill
yer, according to the New York IV0tt, have
got to tackle:
Has the present congress now the power
and right 10 repudiate the action OF its prede-
cesSor in 1873, infiict actual damage ON the
bondholder and impair the obligation of the
public debt entered into in lS15:''
This is the easiest conundrum We have
vet seen. The present congress has certain
ly as much power and right" as the con-
gress OF 1873, which repudiated the action
OF all Its predecessors since 1892, inflicted
immense damage upon the people, and
changed the obligation of the public debt
entered into in lSG5 and in 1869. The
present congress has as good right TO con-
slider the interest of the taxpayer as that of
1873 had to consider the interest of the
bondkolder.
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joe- Il 4 Commerce. Some weeks ago he
made an offer for the paper, but was unable
to secure control of all the stock and did not
desire to buy unless he bought all Since
then he has abandoned all thought of buy
ing it. Col. Anthony claims that The
TINES, OF which he is editor and proprietor,
Is making more money than all the papers
in Kansas City put together.
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The People are mOt I'm the least
Alarmed.

The New York papers had pinned their
faith ts Congressman J. ID. Cox, Of Ohio, a.
"a man to whom the conservative opinion
of the country has turned with confidence. y
He has disappointed them, however, in his
viexs on the financial question. They
counted him n steadfast resumption
ist, but now they count him among those
whose course has excited surprise and NOR
tifcation, if not alarm. The course Of Mr.
Cox will not alarm the people as much as it
does the advocates of resumption
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EvERYnoDY nREw ap.,..

EVERYBODY DREW A PRIZE.
The New York 7Ii5ure thinks that the
late election resulted in peculiarly happy
manner, and says:
one good effect OF the elections is the in
creased caeeriulness of all sorts of politicians
fhere!s a gleam of comfort for all of tbe,,
IRON one quarter or another. Even an on
year has its good side.
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Letter From Senator Plum b,

Lawrence Tribune.
The following letter from Senator Plumb
will explain itself:
WASHINGTON, Nov. q, 1871.
b. +. DIGGs, ESQ.,, County Clerk,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
have arranged to have sent you from the
General Land Office copy of the Centennial
Map of the United States, issued last year
1t will be forward, Il as soon as prepared by
the Department. The map is Intended for
the use of the county, and 10 remain "a fixture
of tn. clerks Office. Yours truly,
PB PLUME.
We have seen copy of the map referred
to, and find it model of accuracy and to-
biographical skill. Mr.. Diggs has fifty re-
sponded acknowledging receipt, with a mod
est request for one for the City Library.
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Tae People Think They Have Had
Enough Of That.
II. Louis RepublicaI

II is worth noting that the syndicate
threatens to abandon the negotiation of the
four per cent. bonds, just at the time that
the senate and house committees are con-
sidering how best to take the bonds out of
their hands and offer them direct to the
people. The syndicate think they can die
tate the terms upon which the government
may refund its public debt, but the people
are beginning to believe they have suffered
altogether too much of that dictation al
ready
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No Occasion for Alarm,

Isl. Louis Republican,.
A dispatch from Rome states that there i.
no occasion for the alarming rumors con-
cerning the pope's health which have been
put in circulation within the past few DAYS,
and that his holiness yesterday gave an..i-
tnce % seyeral persons.
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Use Of Opium IN New Englana.

Every intelligent reader knows that the
use Of opium has increased enormously in
this state within few years, the direct re-
silt without doubt Of the enforcement oi
the liquor law in many of the LANCER towns
and cities. We learn upon good authority
that one of the largest firms of manufac-
turing chemists IN the country says that
more morphine is sold in Maine in proper
iion to its population than in any other
state of the Union.
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II il Hoped They will be ln Earnest

Kansas City Times, Yesterday.l
To-day the suit OF the n p. against the
I. 2. r. T., under the act of 1874, provid-
ing penalties for discrimination in freie hts,
will be called up for trial and argument in
the L. S. Court at Omaha. L; is to be
hoped that the plaintiff will be more in
earnest than the past history of the suit
would indicate.
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Asaia.s l,s Passage.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE POST
says: I'VE are informed that petition
asking the Senate and President to withhold
their approval from the Bland silver bill,
or from any bill which provides for the re-
monesization Of silver as full legal tender
has received the signatures of the banks and
savings banks Of Eoston, and is now in cir
culatioa among the aame 3class Of imsisu-
tions n this city"
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A Msn1oens q s~.as.r Merton,

IChicagO Tnbune.I
A beautiful site in Crown Hill Cemetery
at Indianapolis has been dona ed by the
Trustees for the erection Of the monument
to the memory OF Senator Morton. The
Monument Association has entered upon
vigorous canvass Of the State, and before
the close Of the year fund will have been
secured sufficient to erect a noble tribu,e to
the great indianian.
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FOSTER.

The Hon. Lafayette 5. Foster, who was
elected to the Connecticut Legislature last
week, was a United States Senator for
twelve years, and acting Nice-President un-
der Johnson's administration.
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. Hear the Mal
Lion Roar.
New York Tribune.l

New York Tribune
When Charles Sumner was making his
famous Civil Rights speech, Washington
negro vas heard to say to another, "Is you
goin' to de CAPITOL to-day to heah de
Massachusetts lion roah ?" Chief Justice
Chase heard it, and told Mr. Sumner, and
the Massachusetts Lion was immensely de
lighted.
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riT-ST ATTEND TO IFS OWN R,>s-

II is stated that Gordon and Lamar CALI
od recently on the President 10 induce him
TO take some action looking to the decision
Of the Louisiana Senatorial contest, and
that they were informed that it was the
province Of the Senate alone to decide upon
die qualifications OF It's members.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
The Quake as Yasksop.

YASKToS, ID. T., November I5.-At LEO
O'Clock p. M, YanktOn experienced the Sc
verest earthquake ever ielt in this valley.
No damage was done beyond the breaking
Of come glass and the falling of some pla-,
tering, though some buildings tipped. per-
cePtIbIy, and people rushed from their
houses in fright.
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RetOra Perainenf.

"Give us the dollar of our daddies," cry
the silver lunatics. We wish we could give
them some Of our daddies' sense.-Nem Tori
Hrold. Oh! We wish you could, but you
do not seem to have any If it to deliver
-Gruphtc
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'sSOber mp Or Resign,

The way the local Gambetta of Des
Moines put it to the Mayor of that baiIi-
wick was, Sober up or resign" and he has
handed in his resignation, to take effect the
next time he gets drunk.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
This In PitiGeal.


The Democrats of Mr.. Burnum's distric.
say '''tis true It's p. T., and p. r. It's It's
irne."
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22

There appears to be . disposition on the
part OF certain Repablican Senators to get
NJ, tight 1p0a sone of President Have
appointmenfR InAsanch q the nofivc. of
these gentlemen voaId be subjected to
severe scrutiny, Ne saggest that in thair
case, n u ehat & Jeek FalstaG, Adisrre.
tios veu1 - - testsr part Il valar.s
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:. We All See 1. In the same Light.

liNahsths Sity SoufHai.I
Now that the moon has the contract for
lighting the city there is not SO much anx-
ieiy on the subject as during the dark nights
of last week.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22

NEW YoEK, November lI-RoL,. l..
Case, Tresident Of the Security Life and
Annuity Insurance Company, was convict-
ed, to-day, Of perjury, in swearing To his
annaal ssaasoentfo 1875, asd Ienandci
foe ann1ennA,
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At o'clock the body Of John O'Rourke,
a pipeman of engine No. d, was recovered
from the debris in mangled condition.
Eugene Siveny, reported missing, is at
home, badly hurt, but not fatally. The
irm have temporarily secured storage
quarters on Wabash Avenue and Washing
ton street, but no definite arrangement
will be made until Mr.. Letters returns from
New 70 k, where he now is. lie is expect
ed Tomorrow.
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Hawkeye.
The latest war map out is war maple
brandy. Hic.
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Always Obey the. Twelfth Com ns
ments
TTufer-0eeap

What an amount of misery might be
saved, and sin averted if everybody obeyed
the injunction and shut the door" 1t
seems to be one of the methods used BY his
Satanic Majesty to promote discord in the
family and encourage silent profanity at
the office and the counting room.
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SUNDAY IN DODGE CITY.


Gne BusteSt Day I'm tine Week. How
the Dodgers Keep ls-Slugxinx as u
Hal MasQ0e.
DODGE CRY, November IL.
EDITOR TINES They keep Sunday in
Dodge, bat in a way calculated to astonish
those who have been used to the ways #
more christian-like communities. You
know here when Sunday comes, because
business brightens up and trade increases in
proportion everybody comes out to have
a good time, and they generally have it +;
the churches are well patronized, but no
better than the saloons and places Of resort;
the sermon Of the morning Is discussed over
the faro table in the afternoon, while the
discourse Of the evening is made the subject
Of conversation in the dsnce houses and sa-
looms, at night While standing in the bar
Der shop waiting tor next a devout
youth, who goes TO church regularly, and
never misses prayer meeting came along,
and looking at the clock said, IL can't wait
for you fellows unless YOU hurry up. Its
near time for church to begin,
and L sing in the choir, SO |
don't want To lose my seat He hurried
on and arrived in time to take his place in
the choir for the opening hymn While the
Dodgers are not essentially a religious peo-
pie, still they are not SO bad as various
newspaper correspondents are pleased to
represent them. They are forgetful, that's
all. Yesterday a drummer came into one
OF the stores and noticing everything going
on as usual said 10 the proprietor. Don't
You keep Sunday here? see every place
is OPEN" The merchant looked up sort of
inquiringly, as it were, and asked, as Sun
day? Well, l really forgot, but ought
to have known it was, because business was
better than 1t has been for the past week"
The drummer, however, had evidently been
religiously brought up, for he bowed him
self out and said he didn't do business on
that day and would see the merchant to-
morrow. And so it goes Nobody is wick.
ed because totally depraveI, but are for
getful from habit and the customs Of the
country.
BAL MAsQUE sLUGGING.
They had a bal masque at one of the dance
halls Saturday night. The crowd was large,
and the majority being fortified with several
dozen OF benzine, the exhuberance of spirits
led some OF them into various controversies,
friendly and otherwise, nobody, however,
being seriously hurt. One of the girls"
was slugged by too attentive partner and
momentarily disabled, and several others OF
the boys and widowers touched with billies
and knuckles, but il didn't disturb the
pleasures of the evening any and the mirth
and fun went on without interruption. The
ball was financially and sociably one of the
successes OF the season, and afforded the
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fine-looking, middle-aged man, who mar
ried Commodore Vanderbilt's daughter
Ethelipda, TO whom the use of S4OO, 600 was
bequeathed, with reversion Of the principal
sum to her children, was called a. the first
witness by the contestants. He testsfed to
the correctness of the statement in Mr.
Lords opening relative to the confinement
OF the first Mrs. Vanderbilt in lunatic asy-
Ism, and Williams refusal to oppose the
will of his father. William said that he
sympathized with his mother As well as the
rest of the family did, but he did not feel
justified in opposing the "old man." On ac-
count of his own interest; the old man
would be down on him forever; and had at
one time threatened to break up his family
and go to Europe ii his wishes were opposed.
Mr.. Allen had conversation at one time with
the commodore in relation to the latter's
will He was in the commodore's Office one
day. The subject of will had been r Sferred
to, and the commodore said:
"wHEN I DIE rHERE'LL he III TO PAY.n
Surrogate Colyin-He must have been
prophet.
Mr.. Allen-I said: 1Oh, no, commo-
dore / guess not" and he answered: "Oh, |
yes there will; yes there will" He spoke
in such an emphatic manner that va. Ger
tain he meant what he said.
Mr.. Allen continued that about 1850
William lived on the farm on staten Inland,
about four miles fToa he commodore's
house, and saw his faGkR alnuse dailv.
Tie vitaaD - hoapo essv1l1in0 -
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And Every RePablican should de-
Likewise.
tSt. Louis Time

Jay Gould is very active in lobbying the
Senate and its judiciary Committee for the
purpose Of defeating the claim of the gov
ernment against the Union Pacific railroad.
Every Democrat in Congress should consti-
tute himself lobbyist for the Thurman
bill
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might visit her as he use in the days OF I, .sir
youth. Her consent was easily obtained, ,ii.
old love revived, and tley were soon mar
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COMPLETELY DESTROYED

by fire or by water. The building seems to
be completely Quilted, except ON the two
lower floors, which remain less injured than
the Others. An accident happened to the
tiremen by which one was killed, outright,
and four others were taken from the ruins
50 badly hurt that they will probably die
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Making Mere Meaey than aii 81 then
T0GeaheF.
~fl Du~~A~ O---~sr

Col. D. Z. Anthony, of Leavenworth, de-
nses the soft impeachment that he contem-
plates the PurcAsss of The Kansas City
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22

without bruizes. The following are the
known casualties: Chas. A. Dudley. OF San
Francisco, but formerly member of hi
cagO fire company, which he was assisting
tonight, killed; watchman in the build
ing, name unknown, killed; j. H. Shouenberg,
firemen, injured dangerously, internally ),
Francis Flanagan, internally hurt and dan
gerously; K L. Payne, colored fireman,
head and mouth, severely; Jerome Bailey,
pipeman badly hurt about the face and
hands, The following are
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according to an eyewitness, near the stove,
and probably from it at the north elevator,
and was spread not only by the elevators
but by the light shaft in the middle of the
building, which extends from garrett to
basement, and is forty by fifty feet in ex-
tent. The building was owned by the sin
ger Manufacturing Company, and cost,
when built, some five years age, S15O,OO0,
and is worth now at least
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HALF A MILLION

The walls, which were impaired by an
earlier fire, have never been as strong
as they should be, and are so shaky thai
they will doubtless come down. The build
ing may, therefore, be considered very near
ly a total loss, and the stock is variously es-
timated at from three-fourths OF million
The daily gazette., 1877-05-15
OUR NEW GIRL,

She only came the night before, and yester-
day morning she was gone. 1t was II dis
appearance as complete, and. tor the time,
as mysterious us OIkey Hall or any other
New YoIk man ever made. She seemed as
II she was goiug to stay. She asked all the
necessary questions, was especially gratihed
that there were no small children; aud she
sprinkled the clothes for ironing. In the
morning she rose early. Then for the first
time, the size of the house overpoword her.
ayes should have two chambermalds for
this eight-story house." she said to the man
waiter. Eight-story house !"replIed he.
'Yis; four front and four back; sure that's
eight" But as 1t grew near eight O'Clock,
and none OF the family made their appear
ance, she was puzzled again. "What time
does ye'es breakfast" "Detween half past
eight and nine," replied madam, the Cook.
"Vats that; nine o'clock, an eight-story
hous, four in the family, aud only only four
servants? 1t wont do" And our new girl
has gone. It's pity. She should have
waited and called the family in council.
They might have arranged for her conve-
nience to stop up for breakiast-her care In
this particular, 1t appears was concerning
the cleaning OF the house at an early hour
thoug we confess 1t would have been diff :
cult to make the house smaller. Anyhow
the matter ought to have been held open tor
consideration. This Is very obliging fam
lily, and might, to have retained this lost
Ijewel-green jewel-have been willing to
move if she had allowed them "A word as to
city and ueighboEhood, SIZE of house lett, of
course altogether TO her. Tue girl before
this glrl departed equally as suddenly. She
mad been there longer, some two weeks, we
think. Her objection turned out to be that
She didn't love as a sister another girl in
the house, and as the other girl ddn't
seem inclined TO go, che did. The family
now await the goodbyes of the remaining
servants on grounds varying from the fact
that Sunday in that quarter Is given to rain
ing and that the mIlAman is married.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-15
THE PEACH CROP

The officials of the Delaware division
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad have complied re-
port of the peach crop from Information
gathered by the local station agents
throughout the peninsula. The facts
have been obtained from the best authori-
ties in the several neighborhoods, and
estimates made by the most competent
observers.
The final returns were collated on
Saturday, and the results are remarkably
favorable. The trees are shown to be
everywhere in frst-rate condition, and
the fruit giving every promise of attain
ing perfect maturity. The estimates
state the probable yield at 1000, 900
baskets. If these forecasts are realized
the crop will be 25 per cent greater than
ever before. The fruit is believed to be
beyond danger of harm