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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-22
LA BELLE MANHATTAN,
The Queen City of che. PIain-some
Few Random Notes In Relation
Thereto,
MANHATTAN, Aug. Il

MANHATTAN, Aug. IL.
EDITOR TINES Manhattan, the belle
city OF the plain, the scene of the late Con-
gressional Convention, is most beautifully
situated in a basin formed by a broken
semi-circle of hills, in which the busy lit
tie city nestles as costly as can be imagin-
ed. Manhattan is Justly famed for it large
number Of elegant residences, the number
being larger in proportion to its size than
in any other city in the State. TIE manu-
featuring interests of the town are very
large, and form a firm foundation upon
which TO build solid business superslruc
ture. In this,
MANHATTAN Is PECULIARLY FORTUNATE,
as ii not only enables her TO keep wealth at
home which would otherwise flow 10 Other
towns, but serves 10 make her the center Of
the great agricultural region through
which the greater portion of the eastern
division OF the Kansas Pacific road passes.
While in Manhattan THE TINES repre-
sentitives were the guests Of Mr.. Ashford
Sunsiey, one of the leading and public
spirited merchants of the town, being domi-
| ciled at his magnificent residence. one of
| the finest in the State, and which. in its
furnishings and surroundings displays an
elevated and refined taste. Mr.. Stiuclev
dispenses a most elegant hospitality, and
spares no pains TO make his guests
feel at home. In this he is most ably SUP
ported BY Mrs. Stingley, who is doubiv
earnest in her efforts te render a visit 70
this most hospitable Of mansions pleasant.
The firm of Stingley & Huntress, Of which
Mr.. Stingley ia the senior member, does .
general merchandise business in dry eoods
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groceries. boots and shoes. and agricultural
implements, amounting yearly 70 Sl30,-
COO. The size of their establishment
is sixty by one huadred aDd tTenty-four
feet. in addition 10 which is one OF the
largest warehouses for the storage OF agri-
cultural indictments in the State. They
run corps OF from twelve TO fifteen salzs-
men, employing t~o book keepers. Ar.
Stingley attends to the purchasing Of goods
and experimenting the sale departments,
while Mr.. Huntre-s attends 10 the financial
portion Of the business. This firm controls
the largest trade OF any hoGse in the city.
PUBLIC SPIRIT.
In point OF locri enterprise and public
spirit Manhattan is more than fortunate IN
possessing large nsmber OF welithy bust
mess men who never hold back when The
Interests Of the town are at stake, the pro-
jsct- On foot at the pre+en. time icing the
erection Of large and cOnimodious hall,
an institution very much needed. Manhat.
tan Is rapidly gro~ing, and gives bright
,rrEise Of a uriou- iu;urr.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-22
VIII NansOn Marble COae TO the
Rescue Of Dennis KeaFney.

Many people have things which they
cannot use, but which others, standing in
urgent need of cannot obtain. This is one
of the mysterious phenomena OF life. Here
for instance, is Dennis kearney. He says
he has at commend only three or four
hundred words" Then he proves what he
says. Manton Marble knows, out of a
language of $4,000 words, not less than
10000. Kearney is boiling over with
ideas which he cannot express with any
versatility. The grand and noble though,
that the capitalist Is generally leacherous
whelp and thieving vampire cannot be
expressed too often, but it ought to be said
in different ways After it has been uttered
two hundred times in the very same gusge
it becomes, perhaps, slightly monotonous
Now, Mr.. Marble can, if he will, piece out
and supplement kearney. At present he
has an embarrassment of lingual riches
adverbial gulches and adjeetival bonanzas
that he really does not know what to do
with. Unlike Kearney, he is intermittent
The Californian spouts incessently, but Mr..
Marble is mild geyser, who has a squirt
of rhetoric only once in many weeks.
Kearney needs his Vocabulary. Indeed, he
must have it or run dry. "Serpent-like,
Shiny imps of help is an able and delight
full epithet to apply to newspapers thirty
or forty times, but it is liable, If used too
much, to lose its edge. if not rctually to
break the force of the argument. Will
Marbl. come to the rescue Of kearney?
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ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
Is The Condition of the Defunct Mas.
tin Bank of Kansas City.

VI hAouSSkS
More than ten days have elapsed since
the Mastin bank failed says the Journal. and
the public remains as vet utterly benighted
T. as TO the true inwardness of the broken in
stitution. Col. Coates, the assignee, has
been in charge OF the bank ard its affairs
since the suspension, and that he has been
pushing matters and doing all that was
possible for the interests Of the bank credi-
tors cannot be doubted, but when it comes
to imparting news to reporters touching the
condition of the bank, the nature of its as
sets and liabilities and the prospects for its
creditors the Colonel has a happy faculty
of impressing the 1uews gatherer with the
idea that he is taking him entirely into his
confidence and telling him all he knows,
when, as matter Of fact, he is telling him
next TO nothing. The reporter only discov-
ers this after he has left the Colonel, and,
attempting TO arrange his infprmstion for
publication, finds that he hasn't got any TO
arrange. A Journal reporter Swallowed
Col. Coates yesterday afternoon like de-
tective for an hour or more, at length
bounced on him, and, with sharpened
pencil at his throat, demanded what he had
10 say about the affairs Of the Mastin bank
"Nothins at ALL" said the colonel,
worth telling TO the public. The Mastin
bank was big affair and its wreck is
great heap of confusion, There are a
thousand matters connected with it which
have 10 look after. An inventory of its
assets and liabilities is nearly completed
and the public will have the benefit of il
in few days. This inventory will be on
file in the Circuit clerks office, where all
who desire to can see it. l have no opin-
ion TO express about what amount the
bank will pay its creditors. The assetts in
round numbers are about 100000 and
the liabilities about 81 100000. What pro-
portion of the assets are good l can't say.
Under the Law dividend cannot be paid
the creditors until the expiration of 90
days from the date of the assignment
Can't say when dividend will be paid.
a good portion of the assetts is in valuable
real estate which / think can be made TO
pay its full value" This was all that Col.
Coates had 10 say.
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THE SPARROW.
Wretched Int rlOpers aud Pesiilent
Famine.BYeedeFs.

Famfue.BYeeders.
DIR. Elliott Coues, the ornithologist, lifts
I'D his voice in the American Ndfu,aiis
against the sparrows. lie speaks of them as
a nuisance, as "pestilent famine breeders, u
and as ''the wretched interlopers which we
have 20 thoughtlessly introduced and
played with, and cuddled like parcel OF
hysterical, slate pencil-eating school girls u
The doctor Asserts that the sparrows in the
country already number thousands of mil.
IONS" and he anticipates the terrible havoc
hey will commit in the grain fields, orch
ards and kitchen gardens a few years hence
when they will have increased to "millions
of millions" He brings q formidable list
of charges against the interlopers, and de-
clares that prompt and stringent measures
should be taken, as a matter of national
economy, to check their increase" Although
evidently not ''philo-passeriie." DIR. Coues
would not wage against the sparrows q war OF
determination, but offers these suggestions
for keeping down their numbers: l. Let
the birds shift for themselves; turn them
loose and put them on the same footing as
the otter birds. That il, take down the
boxes and all the special contrivances for
sheltering and petting the birds; stop feed
ing them; stop supplying them building
materials let them take care Of themselves.
2. Abolish the legal penalties for killing
them. The birds are now under the arm
OF the law which protects them from most
Of the natural vicissitudes OF bird life. Let
the boys kill them, if they wish, or let
them be trapped and used as pigeons or
glass balls are now used in shooting match
es among sportsmen. Vast number Of pig
cons are destroyed in this way. There are
even sparrow club" in various cities,
which make q business of practising on
various Of our small birds, for which the
European sparrows would be an admirable
substitute, answering all the conditions
these marksmen could desire. In this way
the birds might even be made a source Of
some little revenue instead Of . burden
and a pest; they are to be had in practi-
cally unlimited numbers, and could be
sold by the city to such pessons ~ might
desire to use them for sporting purposes.
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The Anti-Anthony papers, the St. JOS
eph Herald, Leavenworth TINES, Troy Chief
Atchison Champion, and their echoes
"Trsy, Blanche and -weetheart-
Little dogs and alp
are singing their last song now.-Topeka
Commonwealth
We are singing, and we know that in
two weeks You will be singing with u.s. The
Commonwealth always sslstains the winning
man. On the 29th it will sing: The king
(Anthony) is dead. Long live the king
Martini. The people make the kings and
the State paper obeys and worships them.
The next kipg-given to you by us-will
he worthy of your homage and alteration
Even our friend F. Z. Baker will come
home from Paris and join US in the song
and dance:
Martin. Martin. Long live Martin,
And We shall gracefully yield TO his re-
quest to write the opening article in the
Com'lh, with the caption-Col. John A.
Martin, Our Governor. Or he may ask
Ward Burlingame or Sol Miller 10 do it.
1t will appear in the COm'h of that date,
and will be a sound article.
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CITY NEWS.

IT was hot yesterday, although temper
ed somewhat by the breeze in The alter
noon.
Tky.PsYrss time Is about over snd very
Gttle money is coming into the city and
county treasures now.
TAx-rAYERs would DO wisely TO LOOK
over The WEEKLY TINES and peruse the
County Treasu5er's delinquen; tax list
= NAN was taken TO the police station
lat night who had fallen in fl; nn Fiji
street, between the bridge aai c!ioc,a
sisg.t.
:. q. Howell. weil-Saowl 70 moS- oil Inc
Young men OF Leaveuw0rih, now occupies
position as book keeper in San FRANCHISES
bu-iuess house.
Mrs. CHARLEs II. Durfee presented
nigb, before last, her husband with
bouncing girl, which, uP to latest accounts
was doing finely. CODgra;GlatIons nave
been The order OF the day.
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The Nations Finances.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. August 1.-THE
Treasury now holds S34S, 80, $50 in U. 5.
bonds to secure National bank circulation,
and IS, $50, 400 in U. S. bonds to secure pub
lie deposits. United State bonds deposited
on circulation for the week ending to-day,
81, 250, 500; United States bonds held for
circulation, withdrawn for the week ending
to-day, 81, 2O2, $50; National bank circula-
ton: Outstanding currency notes, 81 800
79l. 7S5; gold notes, 81 ,402, l2O; internal
revenues, S33S, 500; customs, $2SO, 800. Re-
ceipts of National bank notes. Received
for redemption for the week ending today
as compared with the corresponding period
last year, 1877, S4,25l 900; 1873, S3,62l,-
600; received to-day, S53s,O0O. Sub-crip-
tons to the per cent. loan to-day, s2lO.-
600
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District Court.

The following is list OF the new cases
filed yesterday in the oiii,e Of the Clerk Of
the District Court:
State vs.. 4. 7. Stone; assault with intent
10 kill.
Daughters Of Bethel vs. Mile Smith,
Harriet Lewis, Mary Reed, and the First
National Bank Of Leavenworth replevin.
W. T. Mcclure VS.. Peter Boyle; abstract
ofjndgment.
Levi Y. Triton Us. Geo. Coffin damages
claimed in the sum Of 81 ,0G0 Tor assault
and battery.
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PEEsS0NAE..

Mr.. ". ". Hubbard, Of St. John. y. Y.
was in town yesterday.
IL. Clay Park, editor Of the Atchison
i'h i'll, was in the city last evening.
Harry Rogers, an old Leavenworth boy,
now residing at Wyandotte, came up last
night 10 see his old friends.
". d. Kelley received dispatch yester-
day from I'll Mora, Col, stating that his
son Harry was dangerously i'll at that
place. Mrs. Kelley leaves to-day to see and
care for him.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
THE FIRE TIEND

Plays Havoc With the Two Fricgb,
Houses Of the Chicago & Alton IL.
r., At East 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 1.-THE :r-igh,
houses of the Chicago 4 Alton railroad
burned in East St. Louis, last night. They
were two in number, each being 80 lee,
long and twenty five feet wide, and pretty
we'll filled with merchandise. Nine laden
cars and twelve transfer cars were DESTROY.
ed. The lass is estimated at $4,000 The
insurance Is as yet unknown. The stables
OF the company were not burned. The
warehouses OF the Ohio 4 Mississippi road
were in imminent danger and would have
been destroyed had not two fire engines gone
over from this city and prevented the spread
of the confasration- The fire is supposed
to have originated from spark from To-
connective falling upon some cotton on the
platform of one of the freight houses.
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Try Them.

We feel assured that housewives who use
DIR. Prices Special Flavor ng EXtl acts oil
Lemon, Vanilla, Rose, Almond, Aectarine
and Orange, avoid the disappointment so
often experienced by the Use OF the ordinary
favo-ing extracts. The care bestowed IN
the selection Of the articles used in DIR.
Prices Flavor, and the personal attention
of Steele & Price in experimenting the pro-
cess in their laboratory, makes DR.. Prices
Extracts 50 reliable.
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4 LondOn Paper with Ihree Libel
Suits.

The LONDON weekly paper that calls it
sell Truth il called upon TO prove Its fidel-
lily TO lis name. IL has three libel suits on
it, hands at once, and there seem To be peo-
pie who, in the language of Hdmie''s eccen-
iric love-IeIter, .'doubt Truth to be a liar"
One Of the complainants is a Turkish sub
ject named Lambri. Truth said lie went
about falsely representing himself to I've a
Pasha, thai he had passed under false
names, and that he was 4 card-sharper and
made his living by gambling. Lambri de-
MES all these statements and asks for dam
ages. The second plaintiff is Mr.. Robert
son, manager of The Westminster Aguarian,
whom II1uh charged with frand and dis
honesty. The third Is Mr.. Davidson, the
musical critic OF the London Times whom
Truth accused OF being in partnership with
an operate agent named Jarrett, in the
business OF black-mailing prima donnas
If Truth told the truth, it will have an OPP
porluniry TO prove it; il not, obviously it
would be according TO the fitness OF things
that IL take some other name
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Surprise Parry.

A pleasant surprise party took place last
night at the residence of Mr.. Ettenson, 3l5
Ottawa street, under the management Of
Misses Anna Ettenson and Sarah Ringolsky,
who surprised Miss Lena Ettenson of Full
ton, No. The following were present
Misses. Gusta Michael, Anna Bernstein,
Fannie Harris. Anna Freundiich, Hattie
Lowenthal, Lille Hershtield, Gusta and
Julie SGeindler, Lena Eothenberg, Dora
and Anna Friedman, Francis Seller, Mag
gle Newgent, Jule Rothschild, Sarah and
Lula Calm; Masters John Simon, Sol.
Frank, Mallie Abraham, Simon Enthschild
Isaac Ringolsky, Fred. and Isaac Seller, Abe
Eucnson, Sam Freindlich, Harry Lowen-
thai and Jessie kaufman. They had pleas
ant time.
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An Extension OF R,,siness.

The Grocers' Supply Company, founded
by Mr.. Joseph Harrop, and still represent
Ell by him, has moved into new and CON-
modious quarters at 2l6 Delaware street,
where the manufacture Of those articles
for the supply OF the grocery trade will be
carried on, upon an improved and extended
scale. Mr.. Harrop has retired from the
drug business and proposes to devote his
entire time and attention TO manufacturing.
The success which he has met with hereto
fore bears ample evidence of the fact that
his trade will constantly and remUneratiye-
" increase, and to this end he will spare
neither exertion or expense. We wish him
success in his undertaking.
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What Is ThOuEht Of Mr. Phillips de.
kansas CRY Times, 10. /


The defeat of Congressman Phillips in
the Third District of Kansas is really an in
iury TO the State Broad and liberal in his
views, acquainted with the intricate work
tncs OF Congressional ways, the peer of the
ablest Representative there, correct in de-
pertinent and Industrious in habits, Mr.
Phillips was in position TO do the State
of Kansas a great deal OF good. When we
recall the objections made by the discon-
tented Radicals of the Third District to the
gentleman representing the the whole State
of Kansas in the Congress of the United
States, We canno, help deploring the low
state OF morals and State pride which rule
a certain class of politicians. The objec-
tions to Mr.. Phillips were unworthy the
consideration OF intelligent men and could
only be thought of among desperate lot
Of hungry Office seek,rs.
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Probate Natter.

The following is record Of the proceed
inss FOR yesterday in the Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate al Adam
Brauiner, deceased, letter Of administra-
tion. with will annexed, issued to Elizabeth
Kraft
License issued to W J. Rogers and Nina
Mouser; married in open court.
License Issued 10 George Washington
and Rosetta Price parties married in open
court
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Constructed bowels, inward piles, costive-
ness, levers, torpid liver, yellowness Of the
skin aud eyes, indigestion, dyspepsia. and ali
of the internal viscera, are
cured by .Svayne's Tar and Sarssparilla
Pills" Unlike many other purgatives, they
do not irritate the stomach and bowels by
frequent use. They keep the system in a
healthy condition, by arousing the torpid
liver 10 healthy action. aud expeliing by the
bowels and kidneys, the matter that poisopS
tine foundation of life.
Heparticu.ar to obtain "Swayne's Pills"
Price IS cents a box al all leading druggists
Arnold .0ones & Co, and sparrow Jones,
i.eavenWorth.
SunwedFrikw.
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Getting Uneasy.

PrrrsBURG, August l7.-At meeting Of
the board Of health this morning it was de-
cided to quarantine all boats and trains ar
irving from the South and West. Physi-
clans will be stationed at Davis Island.
seven miles below the city, and on the rail
roads at Sevickly and Mansfield, and will
examine all the trains and boats arriving
and detain all persons showing any symp-
toms of fever at the points named, for treat
ment. A telegram from Portsmouth,
Ohio, states that the tow-boat "John
Porter" destined for this place, has but one
case ON board, and that a very mild at
eack. A public meeting has been called to
raise funds for the sufferers in the South.
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which stands for Assistant POsim0S

which stands for Assistant POstMas.
ter General Tyner.
WASHINGTON, d. C., August l7.-This
morning one of the newspapers of this city
publishes the following statement: Assist
ant Postmaster General Tyner, in a con-
versat on with some personal friends on his
recent trip to Europe, remarked that he
had convened with several leaders of the
Grant movement, and they are indeed ear
nest in pushing General Grant for the::Pre
idency. He said that the choice OF men
for the second place on the ticket had en-
barrassed the Grant managers a good deal
until the name OF General Key was sug-
ges,ed, when it was adopted at once.
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BELGRADE, August 1.-THE newspaper,
allege that those Austrian serb regiments
when near Callika Zwernick, having re.
fused to advance, were decimated. As they
still remained mutinous, further executions
took place. The remainder we're sent,
prisoners, to Austria. The. Austrian Gener.
al Savenavich, marching from Mastor to
join General Phillipavich, has stopped BE-
cause his communication are threatened.
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The California ssAlltgatOr'' n dian
0pOlls.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. August T.-Den-
mis- Kearney and party arrived here this
evening, and Kearney made short speech
to a crowd OF 500 to 1900 persons. He
was followed by A. X Parsons, of Chicago
and Philip Van Patten, of Cincinnati.
A grand labor demonstration has been
arranged for tomorrow, consisting Of q
street parde and picnic at a grove near
the city, where speeches are to be made by
kearney, McGuine, Parsons and others.
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GENEVA, August 1.-THE worlds con-
vention OF the Young Mems Christian As.
ISOLATION, now in session, is meeting with a
measure of success highly satisfactory to its
promoters. The average attendance at the
conference is one thousand delegates, and
are present from America, Belgium, Eng
land, France, Holland, Spain and the prot
estant countries of Switzerland
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REAL ESTATE TEANSFERS.
9 ST GE Property Transfers As Heco--
dod Yesterday in the Office of the |
Register Of Deeds.

Jefferson O5horn and Nancy Osborn
to W. i. Harris, 25 39-l00 acres
in the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter Of section IL,
township Il, range %, east Of the
9th principal meridian, and de-
scribed as follows: beginning at
the southwest corner Of said sec
lion and running thence east -
g2-l0O chains. thence north 10 81
100 chains, thence north s. de-
grees west to section line, thence
south - 800 chains TO the place
81 beginning, except acres here
ioiore conveyed 10 school district
10. IS in the southeast corner OF
the above tract ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. }
Eli Ia Diefendorf and wife to Sarah
Il. lngersoll, lot ;, block II, city
proper -.--..-..--..---- ~
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raj ability and would make q promising
man If he would let whisky alone. When
under the influence of liquor he is qunrrel-
some, and lis treacherous passions control
him.
Pass him around.
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KANSAS NEWS.

Stuart answered this letter as follows, the
envelope being addressed 10 Mrs. Matte
Stewart, Atchison, Kansas
A Lady Fina, Her Friends After
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NAbbe0.

CINCINNATI, O., August l7.-On the 9TH
of July last, James Gilmore, a trusted clerk
of the United States express company, in
this city, absconded with $4,000 of funds
in the company's care. A dispatch from
Richmond, KY, announced his arrest q,
that place, Yesterday. A reward Of $1,000
was offered for his capture.
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PENSACOLA, Fla, August 1.-THE Amer
lean brig 'Acklear," of Matthias, Me-, from
Cuba, reported off Pensacola bar with the
mate dead and the crew sick with fever
As any pilot boarding her will be detained
at quarantine until frost, they refuse to
bring her in, and It is probable that the
vessel will sail north.