The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
CITY NEWS.
LFIom TI,ur..lay Mornings p,lly.l

r. ON Tiiurslay Mornings Ddly.l
NAsQCEgADE 1aiis are noy IN order.
LAMPS Oh the street corneis are becoming
nul~anc-.
TINrFRANCE meetings are being successful
in Lawrence.
A large lot Of freight came in on the Kansa,
Central yesterday.
OSLY TWO loads of hay app AIRED on The
marke. yestelday.
LAST night was frosty enough to make any
one tn ink OF winter.
SUNSHINE was enjoyed for a short time
yesJerdGy 1ftsrnoon-
WORK is steadily progressing IN the repairs
! on the Lawrence dam.
ONLY two cases came before the police
court yesterday morning.
PEOPLE are taking a rest since the conclu-
sion OF the holiday week.
| THERE are about 100 members of the Ma
| sonic fraternity in the city.
| The receipts In the County Treasures
Office yesterday, were 81 30.
THE trade among dry goods merchants was
! reported good yesterday afternoon.
The new county officers Will take their re .
speciive stations on the 18th inst.
CARL HOFFMAN sold twenty-five pianos
during the month Of December, last
THERE are four fox aud seven wolf scalps
hanging as ornaments in the County Clerks
Office.
PosK packers are bracing up and getting
ready for an extensive business, as the wealth
er grows colder.
THE public schools were re-opened yester-
day, and the pupils were no doubt refreshed
after their week of vacation.
THE rattle for a piano for the benefit of.St.
Johns Ho>pit ii, which. was 10 have taken
place yesterday, has been postponed until
further notice.
THE board of directors of the Kansas Or
phan Asylum met at the First Congregation
al chu eli, yesterday afternoon, and elected
officers 1or the ensuing year.
THE creditors in the matter of the assign
ment of Geo. Russell, met in the Office OF the
Clerk Of the District Court, yesterday. hut
failed 10 elect an assignee. The court, there-
fore, will appoint one.
ASe error yesterday morning made us say
that the furniture presented TO I. p. Gable
ami wife New Years Eve consisted of a cham
Der SET when il should have read ''parlor
set" and a handsome ole IL was too.
THE business of calling was continued
yesterday, but gentlemen, as a rule, wer. the
sreceivers." The. cards. presented at some |
places were not left, and the visitor was very |
politely requested to ''cJll aGain." Quite |
contrast between the business OF the first day |
aud that OF the second.
THE citizens of Leavenwor,b will appreciate
the fact that the crossing of Main street on
The north side of Delaware Is being filled
with maca;am. A couple of loads on the
crossing ii ON the Union depot 10 The CLeroke-
street sidewalk would be another blessing that |
would b. memberrd-
Capt. Julius E. Quentin, OF the lith infan-
try. arrived at the Fort Leavenworth mill
,ary prison, yesterday morning, with an es-
cort from company sc" of his regiment and
live military prisoners, from Columbus Ohio.
rour of the convictS are sentenced 10 tir5e
years each for deseition and one TO one year
for larceny
Ma. THEo. HILBERT having purchased the
tore recently owned by himself and the late
Mr.. Chas. Schinke will continue the grocery
business al the old stand, at the southwest
corner of Cherokee and Seventh streets,
where he will be pleased 70 see his old FRIENDS.
As Mr. Hip.rt is weli-Snown, we need only
O call attention 10 his notice over his sigma .
ure, in another column.