The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-18

III MI. Brock s. report is favorable this fall
there Will be a large crop planted in this
county next year.
Oiathe Progressing n n Tempe rance
Town.
tOiathe Progress, Ill
Notwithstanding IL is, and always hss been
claimed that a temperance town never pros
pers, Otathe to-day has more business houses
dong "a paying business, than any other town
of the same size in the safe, and business is
steadily increasing every day.
Sale of n ChaEch Organ.
The Forst Scott Monitor says: The Congre-
satlOnal church organ has been sold to a
cnurcn society IN Leavenworth. One OF the
largest pipes of the organ was lost, and Solo
mon haiser found ii in front of his residence
youths.
A New school House 10 be Built in
Crawford Comfy.
[Girard Press
The commissioners of the state school fund
have invested s512 in the bonds of school dis
trict No. Il, Of Crawford county. This is the
Darlington district. A school house is TO be
built, and A. c. Fowler and p. A. Burnaugh,
of this city have the contract,
Grapes Injured by Frost.
North Topeka Gazette, III
We are sorry to learn from Mr.. F. ". Fiels-
cher, the grape man of Northern Shawnee.
that the late frosts have seriously injured his
u.
He estimates that at least two-thirds OF his
crop is already destroyed.
Busincss ON the Kansas Central
Road.
VALLEY Falls Cor. Sickle and Sheaf, Is.
Business on the Kansas Central is rushing
nowadays. On last Monday more than thir-
~ ears of freight passed up the road, requir
ing three engines, No. 5, the IL. I. smith,"
being among the number, drawing seventeen
loade4 ears very easily, the engineer and fire
cab being removed. We noticed several OF
the officers of the road on board.
Encouraging Progress Of McthOdism
In Hutchinson.
Hutchinson Interior, H.
During the last three months twenty-six
persons have united with the NJ. f. church in
Hutchinson, by letter. This valuable Access
sion Identifies Six families with the church,
adding greatly to its strength and influence.
During the same time thirty-Oue have joined
Identifying nineteen families with the
church.
Specimens of sound Fruit from Troy
Township.
Hutchinson Interior, ILL.,
We, yesterday, received from Samuel Slack,
Esq,Of Troy township, bundle OF speci-
mems, including the following: stalk OF
growing wheat. three feet high, number OF
branches cut from peach trees, and full OF
young fruf in "A perfectly sound CONDITION,
branches loaded with blossoms.
The Child Born that will See the Mar.
row Gauge the Standard.
Correspondent Columbus Courier, H.
We hope our friends of the press, will post
themselves on the cost OF construction, the
capacity Tor and business safety OF the Mar
row Gauge roads before sneerIng at them, IN
editorial squibs. We predict that the child Is
born that will see tine Narrow Gauge the
standard" in the United States.
Information Wanted of a Missing
Man.
Dosage City Free Press, II.
Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Philetus Wakefield, aged - years, who left
his home in Illinois, in January last, TO seek
his fortune III the west. He is "A physician by
occupation; Is about feet 10 inches In
height, dark eyes and complexion. He Will
learn something TO his advantage, should he
chance to see this notice, by addressing Geo.
W. Wakefield, Sioux City, Iowa, or r. > Ber-
tram, Council Grove, KS. Any news OF him
will be gladly received.