The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-02-14
From Friday Mornings Daily. !

| Juicy weather again.
THE new janitor went TO work at the Court
House yesterday.
| The receipts yesterday, in the County
| Tressurer's Office amounted to SLIGO.
| COUNTY CLERK NEIHAUs reported, yester-
| day, that he was too busy almost, to sleep.
| The warm weather has had bad effect on
the local coal trade for the last few weeks.
THREE more fox sc,,ps were added, yesier-
| day, TO the collection in the County Clerk S
| Office.
The rain which has been threatened for
several days began to fall Last evening about
nine o'clock.
| SEVERAL grocery merchants have been
complaining of the raids OF rats among egg
| baskets.
| ArUMBER of new Improvements are being
made in the south and western portions OF
| the city.
lCE dealers calculate that only about ,oo0
| tons of ice have been gathered during The
| present winter here.
| DURING the recess in the term of the Dis
trict Court, the attorneys will make good
| time in preparing eases.
| THE old ma ket house has been repaired
| and put into tenantab.e shape for the various
parties who have Offices in the upper rooms.
A LITTLE boy named Adams. twelve years
| of age. fell into Two Mile Creek near the coal
shaft yesterday afternoon and narrowly es-
| capped drowning.
| THEuppe rooms in the Court House are
| being thoroughly renovated by Sheriff Lowe
The county offices in the lower portion of
| the building will be attended 10 next in or
der.
wAsHBURNE's lecture on 1.-The Siege of
Paris is a vivid description of the scenes in
| cident to this Franco-GerInan war, that all
should be familiar with. Reserve your seats
| this morning.
THE work on the Kansas Central turn table
progressed well yesterday. The waste dirt
taken from the circular pit is bling thrown
into the vacant lot where the ruund house Is
To he built
REV. wM SMITH is conducting a series of
interesting meetings at the First Methodist
| church on South tifth street. The interest
manifested in the religious work is greater
| than ever be ore known In the city.
WE were informed last night by Chief of
Police Moonlight that Officer NJ. Daveron has
| been signed TO Office duty, and that he will,
until further notice, act AS Deputy City Mar
/ sinai.
train No. 1, due here at l0:55 yesterday morn
ing. did not arrive until ten O'Clock last plight,
being delayed by the wrecking of freight
train near Brighton, Iowa
THE young folks Centennial club enjoyed
| "a nice. social dance last evening at the resi-
| deuee of the Misses Col ins, South Leayen-
~orth Whiiehair's s full band dIscoursed mu-
| sic for the occasion, with Ma. Shreve prompt
| ing.
The mails which should have arrived on
| the Missouri Pacific at l2:s0 yesterday from
| st. LOUIS, did not get here until 6:27 in the
afternoon, owing to a delay caused by the
| vrecking of a freight train near Callahan,
NO. night before last.
PRoBArE JUDGE MANN received a letter q
few DAYS ago from Mr.. H. Cronemeyer, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, but formerly resident Of
| ronganoxie, which states that n party of
Pennsylvania people will shortly come to
| L-avenworth county to locate permanently.
| Mr. Cronemeyer contempiates going into the
| manufacturing business IN Leayenworth.