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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
PRESS OPINIONS

The Russians need to be reinforced not
so much by men as by a man.-CtReinnGti
Gazette
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE,
ST. AaARY's, KANSAS.

tOn the Kansas Pacific Railroad.)
HNHE First Term of the Session begins on
Monday, September Ord, 1877.
Parents desiring TO send their sons, should
endeaver TO have them ready for inst date.
Board and TUITION for ten mouths. $1,000
For Y ospectua ETC., apply TO
.REy. F. II. S1UxfEBscx,
augle-asw PrsSdent.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
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nAHnnayeaRA Agents wanted everywhere Bus
iness strictly legitimate Particulars free
Address :. WosTu 4 Co., ST. Louis. No.
iulNl9WlN
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
An INQUEST.
the Body Of Robert Scruggs, Before
He Is Buried.

ON Monday evening, after the arrival Of a
coffin from Atchison, in which TO place the
body of Robert Scruggs, who was hung near
Oak Mills in the morning, a coroner's jury
was summoned, and after a short inquest,
rendered the following verdict:
STATE OF KANSAS, L.
ATCHISON COUNTY.
An inquisiiion held on the dead body of
Robert Scruggs, found hanging to a tree about
one mile south of Oak Mills. We, the jurors,
by strangulation, by . rope put around his
neck by some unknown parties.
THOMAS HAzLEGROvE,
RICHARD KING,
LOUIS TURNER,
JOHN FITCH,
FRANK PERKINS,
WILLIAM MCWILLIANs-
This fixes beyond doubt the certainty that
no proof will ever be obtained that will i'm
caie anyone with the hanging.
SUNDAY morning We called the attention of
our readers to the advertisement of st.
Mary's College, st. Marys, Kansas. To-day
we would commend to their attention the
claims Of St. Marys, the Academy Of the
ssacreu -HesIi, al tue saiie Pi"SS- Inc PfieS
of tuition is extraordinary low, and nowhere
will girl be better cared for, or in safer hands
than under the guardianship of the good sis
tiers Of the Sacred Heart.
READ the new advertisement of Schune-
man & Singleton, ON third page. They are
already receiving large quantities OF new
Fall goods, and especially, big lot OF home
made wooden goods, and are making great
preparations for an extensive Fall trade.
Mr.. SchunemaL starts East this week, to
lay in the full stock, and by the first Of Sep
tember, they will ready for the Fall trade,
with q new stock of goods.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23

Are you despondent sufferer from sick
headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation
of the heart? Have you dizziness of the
head? Is your nervous system dep. essed
Does your blood circulate badly? Have
you cough? Low spirits? Coming up
of the food after eating? &c. All of these
and much more are the direct results of
Dyspepsia, Lii er Complaint and Indiges-
ton. Green's August Flower is now
acknowledged by all Druggists to be 4 posi-
tive cure. 100000 bottles were given
away in the U. S. through Druggists to the
people as a trial. Two doses will satisfy
any person of its wonderful quality in cur
Ing all forms of Indigestion. Sample bot
tie 10 cents. Regular size IS cents. Sold
positively by all first-class Druggists in the
United States. mayl2eod&v
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23

The Cheapest, Pusest aad Best Family Medicine
In the World.
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaun-
dice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Col
&c, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMCH,
Heart Burn, &c, &C.
This unrivalled Southern Remedy is war
ranted not TO contain a single particle Of Mer-
curry, or any injurious mineral substance, but
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
One Live Tech

Is worth dozen dead ones, and to secure the
teeth from decay, 1t is only necessary to use
the Fragrant Sozodont. The odor of this pure
preparation is 90 delightful, that IL ID a luxu-
n TO apply 1t, and Its beneficial effect upou
the teeth Is marvellous.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23

DENY THE KILLING OF CROFT,

Having become sobered by the deeds of the
night previous and partially stunned by what
was Transporting around him he said but little
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
Application for Pardon.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That on Sat-
~ urday, September the lsi, 1877, i will ap-
ply to the Governor OF the State OF Kansas for
"a pardon of the Offsnse OF assault and battery,
Of which was convicted in the District Court
Of Leavenworth county September I'D, ls7j,
and sentenced to confinement or twelve
months in the Jail Of said County.
augl5-w3c EDWARD MORTON.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23

THE editor Of Andrews Bazaar" has solved
the problem Of how q sixteen page paper, de-
voted to fashion, literature, art and society
class, beautifully illustrated, can be publish
ed for the sum Of one dollar a year. This pa
per, containing interested serials and other
stories, should be in every home. Published
by W. Il. Andrews. Cincinnati.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-23
A NeW T0Wns

Chas. Hulin, who is In the West for Messrs
Bowen & Cunningham, writes to the firm
that he lately staid all night in the town of
Garland City, near Fl. Garland. The place
was ten days old, and people were lodged in
hotels without roofs, business was being
transacted in what will be the streets, and a
general openness pervades the locality-sold
a bill Of goods, though. Fifty houses were in
course of construction
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Secre-
tary Sherman, in his Mansfield speech,
estimated the tonnage of the Mississippi
river at 100000, the northern lakes
100000 and the New York canals
4,172,17 tons; total, 10,172, 179 tons
against which the four trunk lines carry
27,649,502 tons. The estimates for the
water lines are ridiculousIy errone-
Gus; and il that is sample Of the
information collected by the Bu-
reau of Statistics, it ought to be
reformed or abolished. For example.
there Is foated down the Ohio river
annually 90,0oO,0O0 bushels of coal,
which amounts to 1000, 900 tons. This
is more than one-half the amount cred
tied to the Mississippi river. Then
there are, In addition, immense quanti-
ties Of stone, wood and lumber, moved
in barges, which would swell the ton
mage Of the Ohio, in these articles alone,
to more than is estimated for the Mis-
sissippi. It is safe to say that the top
mage of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
is more than the whole amount credited
to all the water lines in Mr.. Sherman's 9
estimate, and the tonnage of Chicago,
including lumber, stone and coal, must
far exceed the estimate for the North
ern lakes. The fact is, no accurate
information of the commerce Of our
rivers is collected, and the same re-
mark holds good in part Of the lakes !;
but enough is known to justify the esti-
mate we have given above.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
Illicit D.stiIleries In Tennessee.

MEMPHIS Aug. 2s-For several years past
the revenue officers have had great trouble In
trying to break UP illicit distilling In Henry
county. Tenn. and In numerous instances
they have been confronted with armed bodies
of men and forced to leave. Various means
have been resorted to in order TO put stop to
It. Last Saturday the better portion of tho
citizens there, after consulting, with the re-
grand barbecue at point fifteen miles north
Of Paris, to which all the moonshiners were
invited and also U. s. Senator Harris, Rep
resentative Atkins. Collector Patterson and
Marshal Waldron;. Senator Harris made
them the disgrace brought upon the State by
their course and that vigorous measures
would be enforced to put stop to their illicit
work. Finally an agreement was made that
weeks. surrender their stills. ETC., and give
bond for their appearance at the next term Of
the United States Circuit Court.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
RAILWAY BUILDING In 1877.

The Rnihtdy Age, of Chicago, pub
fishes statement of the extent Of rail-
way building In the United States dur
ing the last six months, which shows
that, up to July /, 705a miles of track
had been laid, as against 680 miles in
the same period in 1876, 400 ia 1876, and
$50 in 1874. In every year noted the
traek-l laying OF the first six months was
from one-third to one-fftn only Of that
of the year. This points to mileage
Of 5000 miles or more OF new track in
1877. The Railavay Age says IA very
notable feature Is the amount Of narrow
gauge track, all three feet except one
(the Philadelphia and Atlantic City,
three feet and q half. OF the 1864 miles
built, 283, or over forty per cent, are Of
the narrow-g gauge theory has inherent
merit, and Is destined to form a very
important portion of our railroad sys-
tenn, In spite Of the opposition Of some
who can see no good In any gauge but
the standard. We believe in both, in
their appropriate spheres. The cost oil
railway building was never SO low as
now, and yet 1t costs a great deal oil
money to build railways OF any kind in
any times. The economy Of narrow
gauge roads has generally been ovsrra-
ted, and the extremely low figures an
ticipated by some have seldom been ad-
hered to. On the other hand, the enor-
nous rate OF from $4o, 900 to 300, 900 per
formerly built, has been greatly reduced
for the best roads OF late years. 1t will,
perhaps, be fair to estimate the average
cost of the roads in the above list of
both gauges, including, equipment, at
80 600 per mile
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
THE CROPS IN PLAQITEMINES.
SOME MAGNIFICENT sTUBBLE CANE
AND EXTRAORDINARY RICE
YIELDS.
Steamboat H0spitalfties.

Your representative during last week took
| a tour along the lower coast to inspect some
OF the crops In that section. We found the
| cane crops in lower Orleans, ST. Bernard and
Plaquemines somewhat larger in acreage
lower part Of Orleans and st. Bernard that
crop Is not SO large in size as it was at the
corresponding time last year.
At the lower end of the English Turn, in the
upper part of Plaquemines parish, are several
very fine crops, those Of st. Clair, Searsdale
and Belle Chasse being particularly notice.
able.
Hon. I'll. ?. Kernoehan's crop on Searsdale
Is probably the finest in the State. at least it
was the finest we have seen after travelling In
this month along the coast from the mouth Of
Red river nearly to the mouth of the Missis-
sppi. There are about 800 acres of plant
cane and 300 of stubble on searsdale. All the
first years stubble of this place is magnifi-
cent, and bets are offered that the greater
part of it will yield at least $500 pounds Of
first, second and third sugar to the acre. This
place was fertilized during the early part of
the season with 300 tons Of cot ton seed meal.
The crops Of cane are generally good belw
there That on the Union plantation Of
Messrs. Burbridge and Miller are very fine
and far advanced for the season.
As we Travelled further down our attention
was called to the crop on Myrtle Grove,
which equals that Of Scarsdale in quality,
though not In quantity. There also the stub
BILE is particularly fine, and on the place we
saw a fine field OF third year rattoons. The
cane on all the places below this is good and
the stubble up to high average In stand and
size. The finest crops In the lower part of
Plaquemines are on Pointe Celeste and Mag
nolia plantations.
THE RICE CROP
now being gathered is reduced In area by sev
era1 thousand acres. That being threshed is
yielding heavily. FL. j. Feltus Esq, has just
threshed out 400 barrels of rough rice from
65 acres, which is an immense crop Other
places are yielding from ten to twenty barrels
to the acre. As well as we could Judge the
sugar crop of that section will be q little
larger than last year and the rice crop con-
siderably less.
Your representative returned to the city on
Monday after a speedy and pleasant trip on
the staunch steamer Martha, whose captain
and chief engineer know how to manage her
in their respective departments well enough
to render her peerless in safety and speed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

satisfactorily questions touching the
following points ~, age; ~, nativity;
(3), where and how educated AZ, mar
ried or single-ff married, mum Der Of
family; 81, service in army or navy--if
such service, when entering, length OF
service, character OF discharge. rank at
expiration OF service, whether wounded
, or not, and nature OF disability, II suf-
fering from wounds; {4, ~ II II The sw#iiaesf
or orphan of Union soldier, give the
information required above as far as
possible; (7). give past and present oc-
cupatlons OF business; (8), give the
value OF property over and above liabil-
tiles; (9), state habit In regard to the
use OF liquors OF any kind as bever-
age; ,dol, state existence OF any chronic
or inherited disease; (1D, give, for refer
ence, the names and addresses Of six
prominent citizens Of the neighborhood,
township or ward, taken equally from
poIltlcal parties, where possible, and
possessing q personal acquaintance
with the applicant. The foregoing in
formation shall be embodied In q suit
able form furnished by the commits
sloners, and shall be sworn to by the
applicant before competent officer for
the administration OF oaths.
5.-Chiefs OF bureaus and divisions in
each OF the departments shall make to
JIG DObIu mouLHIy reports OF Inc gen.
eral department and efficiency Of each
employe under their supervision.
j.-The board shall make an annual
report to the President, to be laid by
him before Congress, giving all appoint
ments made and to what service and
grade, as we'll as from what district each
was made: and all dismissals and for
what cause, together with what other
information as may be necessary for the
good of the service.
The foregoing statements regarding
reform tn the civil service embody the
views of President Hayes. On the as
sembling Of Congress 1t IS designed TO
formulate these views into bill, SUBJ
NIT the latter for legislative action, and
trust TO the wisdom and patriotism Of
our lawmakers for that strengthening
and upholding Of the Presidents efforts
at reform which is expected and desired
at this time. In the meantime the Pres
ident desires the public to discuss the
points above presented, In order that
there may be @ full understanding of
the subject when the time arrives for
definite action on it.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

finer men than the little tirailleurs; but,
like most of their race whom one meets
here, a retreating forehead and small
Uranium, with wandering eyes, give the
impression of ferocity and cunning.
A few PAGES further on is q cir
Gle of Russians officers and men
gazing, fascinated, at spectacle with
in. There. at last, are the bodies col
leeted together. for examination: all
headless, some cut limb from limb, some
treated in manner which is univer
sally regarded as the deepest insult that
can be paid to the body OF q man alive
or dead. But were these men alive or
dead when they were thus treated?
With regard to some there may be a
doubt, but with regard to others no
doubt. Here was to be seen body with
wounded finger dressed and the rest cut
off ruthlessly, perhaps in struggling
with the knife. There lay what was O
man, In an attitude showing plainly that
he had striven to save his throat; near
him was another with the red
cross on his arm, having, perhaps,
dressed the wounded finger of
exhibition lay with barred belly, slashed
blood had run from the wounds !;
another had been cut limb from limb.
A young and well-shaped form, with
clearer skin than the rest, had been
beheaded and otherwise shamefully
mutilated, but there was not single
wound Of any description on his body
produced by regular warfare. These
are only instances. The proof was all
too plain. There lay men who had been
wounded or unwounded prisoners in the
hands Of the Turkish gentlemen"
who had foully murdered and mutilated
them, showing thus that they are saw
And but few PAGES distant the Russian
medical men were dressing the wounds
of these savages, and soldiers standing
round guarded them from all evil, even
the righteous indignation which filled
their own breasts.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

CINCINNATI. Aug. 27.-Flour dull. Grain
quiet and unchanged. Whisky good demand
81 10. Pork quiet, So IS. Lard quiet, 83o
Bulk meats firmer, asking 5@7. Bacon steady
and unchanged.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Wheat irregular, 96s4,
September sales $685.. Corn quiet; AZ Septem.
Der; 424 October. Oats quiet; % cash Au-
gust; 234 September; 23554 October. Pork
quiet; $40 1711a September; S12 271a October
Lard quiet; $40 September; $50 October.
Meats, loose, quiet; short rib nominally 6.60
M6 September.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2s.-Flour unchanged
Wheat better; No. 8 red 81 1901 30 cash +;
S1094M1 O914 September; 81 1914 October; No
do ST O3 cash Corn lower; 38s403S11a cash
$4,000 September; 405a@4o4 October.
Oats. quiet; 26 cash and October. Whisky
steady, 81 %. Pork dull; iobbing at $12 rs.
Bulk meats and bacon unchanged. Lard
nominal.
New YORK, Aug. 2s.-Cotton quiet; Uplands
Il, Orleans III Il; sales 33s. Futures steady;
August 11.e1@1103, September 10.93@10.96,
October 1o.s391o.s5, November 1o.72@10.74,
December 10. 74010.76
zaa@1c lower. Corn unsettled, Isc lower. Pork
dull Sf3 10t013 25. Lard steady; steam s.75
Spirits Of turpentine firm; 36. Rosin firm !;
81 s214@1 80 for strained Freights firm.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
PaIais Royal.

Among the many changes to take place soon
on the grand boulevard none will be more strik-
ing and more indicative Of the good time to come
than the swayiDg to the breeze the banners Of the
grand "Palais Royal" Our ente-prising friend
Levy, who has for SO msnY years been the popu-
ar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 1877 Canal
street. seems to have had his faith shaken in re-
publican institutions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with one fell swoop, to obliterate the
name Of dollar store forever. He is making prep
arations for the opening of this elegant and gor-
geous establishment, and nothing will be spared
in making it the most attractive place in the
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known
throughout the whole South, and as it has been
known for it's promptness in filing orders and
the polite attention of the clerks and the place to
get everything, so will the Palais Royal grow
into popular favor, for we will see in the large
and gilded signs that are to adorn the building
evidences of q new era, prosperity which we
have longed for but never expected until the
present time.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
THE MAINE CAMPAIGN.
The Democratic Candidate for GOv-
ern0r-Pr0spects of q United Repsub-
lican Party.
TN. Y. Herald.l


ernor-Prospects Of United Repsub-
lican Party.
IN. Y. Herald.1
BANGOR, Aug. "a, 1s77.--The letter of
acceptance of Joseph Tel. Williams,
Maine, has brought forth two-column
article Of bitter denunciation Of the
candidate from the Daily Commercial,
Of this city, one OF the leading Demo-
cratic organs of the State. The second
resolution Of the Democratic platform
Is as follows: "The reversal of the YER
| dict of the American people electing
Samuel j. Tilden President Of the
United States was the most monstrous
political fraud recorded in history. The
Democracy submitted to 1T in the in
terests Of peace. It must not be re-
peated." Mr.. Williams says: s'In con-
sidering the second resolution yod have
presented, nowhere find in it any inn
parchment Of the Presidents title to
the high office which he occupies, and r
haye no difficulty In according to it my
full concurrence"
The Commercial Says: "Mr. VIII
liams' Interpretation Of the language Of
that resolution is without warrant or
known and declared sentiments not
only OF the convention, but Of the united
Democracy Of Maine. What excuse,
what palliation has Mr.. Williams to
offer for his assertion that he nowhere
finds in that second resolution any i'm
parchment of the Presidents title to the
high office which he occupies What
justification can he present for under
standing the fraud charged as referring
only to the transaction of returning
boards and not to the black and damn
ing crime Of the 8 to Of the Electoral
Commission %
The breach in the Democratic ranks
is widening every day. The Radicals
claim that the Blaine element was ram
pant in the late Democratic convention;
that their candidate is neighbor and
friend of Mr.. Blaine; that Neal Dow
and Joshua Nye, operating with their
temperance followers, succeeded In kill
ing resolution denouncing prohibition
and advocating license law. The con-
dition OF the party to-day ID worse than
It has been for years, and unless Mr..
Williams WithdraWs, another nomina-
ton by the irreconeilables is talked of.
In the meantime Mr.. Blaine is healing
the breach in the Republican ranks.
The loud sounding denunciations of
Hayes policy are rapidly sinking into
whispers, and the prospect OF a united
Republican party in Maine is every day
more apparent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

The following Is the Temperature at the
various points named, as reported by the
Signal Service kilograms furnished by Ser
geant Brown, of the Signal Bureau, and indi-
eating the state of the temperature at the
points named, at p. m. yesterday:
Cairo SO degrees, Cincinnati 88, Galveston
8s, Keokuk 80, Lacrosse n, Leayenworth 81,
Louisville 81, Memphis 90, Nashville 80,
Omaha 70, Pittsburg %, Shreveport 81, st.
Louis 50, st. Paul rs, Vicksburg Sc, Yankton
ID. t. 83, Augusta (Ga.) 80, Corsicana TEX
88, Mobile ss, Montgomery 80, Savannah Sc,
New Orleans 81, and Key West 88.
The following were the variations of tenn
perature, according to the thermometer
(Fahrenheit) at Duhamers store, on Canal
street, yesterday:
Ga. M, IS; IL noon, s5; 8 p. M, s.; p.
m, 81.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
The Indians.

Especial to the Democrat
HELENA, Montana, Aug. 28.--A dispatch
from Capt. Benharn, dated Fort Ellis, August
~, states that the Indians appeared in Greser
Basin on the Gath inst. They struck Helena
and Radersburg party, killing seven men
and taking two women and one man prison
ers, whom they afterward released. The
main camp crossed the Yellowstone on the
25th.
The warriors under Joseph went back TO
fight Howard
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

LONDON, Aug. 2s.-Sir Stafford Northcote,
in speech at Plymouth last night, declared
@ pocy Of the stricest
An occasion might arise on which definite
policy would be necessary, but under present
circumstances the duty Of the government
was to keep In view and maintain, In every
England s SO That I'll t could % be Of f assstenee e IN IN
bringing this most miserable, disastrous,
cruel and barbarous war to close
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29
WAR NOTES.

The Fighting Mt Schipka Pass still G0-
Ing On.
Especial to the Demoeratl
ADRIANopLE, Aug. 2s.-The Russians still
hold Fort Nicholas in Sehipka Pass.
The Turks are attacking the highest Rus
sian positions In the Pass A large number
OF Turkish Wounded are arriving here. A
dispatch from Shumla announces that the
Russians occupy Popkoi.
LONDON Aug. 2s.-The Times Bucharest
correspondent telegraphs: It is said that the
hills around Schipka Pass are covered with
Turkish bodies, and that their loss already
has been as great as that of the Russians at
Plevna. The Russians still hold the Sehipka
Pass.