The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-22
CITY NEWS.

Cool nights.
THE police are looking wise.
FREIGHT business il looming up.
DWELLING houses are in demand.
The river fell seven inches yesterday.
The moonlight nights are On the wane
NOTHING has been heard Of the train rob.
hers.
LOOK out for counterfeit Mexican dol
lars.
Driesback has lot Of fine damson
plums
TINE to begin 10 select vegetables for
winter use.
Ice men have made a good thing OF it
this summer.
HoS. JSo. A. ANDERSON was the lucky
man, y to IL.
A sandbar is being formed opposite the
Planters house.
ALARGE number we're over from Platte
county yesterday.
Dox'r abuse the city officials, they have
enough TO do.
The Atchis,u Turner's hal = g'ani cele-
bration yesterday.
Sorra LEAvESwOETH has another
haunted house.
CONSIDERABLE sickness il reported in
fiat places.
MANY improvements are being made in
the north part Of the city.
SEVERAL Of the lookers-On came in from
NJ Inh attain last evening.
ALL the -four mill in the city are now
running night and day.
The X ,us,. Piciic was al hOur and
fifteen mInuter late yesterday.
The government boats on the levee are
rapidly approaching completion.
THE Democratic State Convention will
meet in this cit, ON the ith Of September.
wv. McNEAL CLoUGH il coniined 10 his
Residence with one Of job cOmfOrters.
THE TIN furnished the only re liable
reports of tn. Manhattan convention.
The butmenis Of the bridge over Five
Nile creek un Fifth street nave been re
paired.
AND now come. the season Of year Tor
ia. thrifty hou-e~ lie To commence canning
preserves.
AN engine ON the Burlington Branch Was
u bhl
"a heap Of time.
The exc temen' about the Congressional
convention Ia over, ard the delegates will
return to-day.
The Street Commissioner Is huay, trying
10 accommodate th. mauv who have ugly
crossings IIi- Is No envitble position.
DB Nug-nr, went to biIl posting with
out lIcenc- y.-I-rd Iy and coh+ qnentiy
III was gathered in 10y the PolIc-.
ALL IN. railroads G ,mpl ain OF 4 great
80 ,rcIUy of carr Ia acc mediate the he"vy
and Eastward shipments fl freight
The city Is fall of tramps Who lru at
the polio. aud c,utIurIe 1" tell plausible
Stories IA order 10 keep from doing any
n Of work.
.rirz Lang will APPEAR d fore the police
court thI- morning on the charge IL rent
in h.u,. To ul,n aud wuru'n 81 easy
yruu-
Tuo,r partie. who started ia the pork
hacking ini-inr-- ". dne-day night have
s.st.nd,d un nc cunt ui Ih II ammunition
giving cut
A FIGHT took place late last night
Opposite the Miami ilUu-e, Uu Miami
street b,t~e.n a couple Of colored men,
bui they both escaped before the police
arrived.
Mrs. Louis 'Brien, became very OBJ
noxionS ye-ter 10 some of her neigh
b,rr- aud the caaryes of Disturbing the
peace and destroying private property are
before her name at the police court.
COMPLAINT was made last evening by
lady that -lIe Wa in-ulted by long haired
individual. ~ she wa- crossing Ottawa
street, on Brosdway, during the afternoon
Sich reports are numerous, and the impu-
Jence Of this cia-s Of male street walkers
should he checked, either by the law or by
the u-e Of firearms. The latter Is, perhaps,
the surest and best.
A coLoRED boy aged about seventeen
wears, in q deinented condition, has been
wandering around the first ward Tor the
J, ct dax or two, much to the disgust oil the
...aies in that vicinity. lie should he sent
20 the a-yinm.
A TEAM b..ionging {, farmer became
frightened in the sll-y in the rear oi Keith ;
fnruitur. establishment, Yesterday, and
dashed m ably up Third street, but u" seri-
GUS damage was done ~ far ~ heard from,
althou n several persons narrowly escaped
being run over.