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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
TERRIBLE DISASTER.

4 wilt Dam aor.ss as Mar. Land.
Ing. New Jes.~y. Eio"dtng Ts.s
TSSso-ssoase. tillea Win Water
sUppss~a Great l.o.. OF safe.
NAYS LANDING, y. j., September I6.-
The dam above Woods Cotton Mills. on
the Egg Harbor river, at Race street, burst
last night, causing great damage to proper-
~. When the dam gave way the whole
body Of water seemed TO burst forth in
.ingle huge column, End the town was sub
merged in few minutes. Bridges, lumber
aud coal piles, and IN fact all things nov
able were borne AWAY by the flood. The
villagers were aroused by the crashing in of
the windows ard doors, and the rush Of the
CURRENT OF MUDDY WATER
carrying lumber, sticks, coal and stones
through their houses. A scene of the Wild
IS, excitement followed. Several persons
are reported lost, and it is said that two
bodies, one Of woman and the other of n
child have been wash, d upon the river bank
three miles below the town. Great num-
bers fled from their houses and escaped
through the rushing waters To high ground
Many Of these were in their night clothes,
few taking time, even, TO catch up their
clothing. The loss tn The coal and lumber
men is estimated at $50 GOO; this does not
include the great damage which resulted
from the destruction Of furniture and
household effects.
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Starting out with the statement that
there are many rich men in Memphis, and
that none of them have been conspicuous
in contributions to save the people from
starvation and disease, the Avalanche, of
that city, says:
1--WE who are here to-day do not feel like
Rincing phrases or CLOSING over facts. But
we do mean TO say, in plain English, that
Memphis has another curse than the plague,
aud that curse Is her rich men. For mean,
selfish penuriousness, We think the rich men
OF Memphis can beat the world, ancient or
modern; and there is not a man standing
here to-day, fighting the greatest plague in
all history, that will not indorse this senti.
mtnt
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phone, and 40 the editor took special p-ins
and introduced John To his vile by means
of the telephone which connects the f.mes
office and the residence Of Mr.. Anihnns.
This telephone is arranged much The same
as an ordinary telegraph. At the .Id Of
the wire, instead OF a battery, are two dem
tai cups, through one of which yon NAV he
sending dispatch and through The Other
receiving one al the same time. MR.. Ah-
thony sang piece for W., and a. The stratus
OF mu-Ic Tell upon the ear, borne over the
wire several blocks, with such pcrfecI -ru,-
citation, that il seemed like a dream instead
Of living reality.
The court house had to he taken in r., St.
and we proceeded 10 it immeiI lately
This was big thing To take in. bat our
delegation had taken la So much lately,
that ii was not Ia be terrified bs cpurt
house. The L-aveuworth court h,us,. i.
considerably larger than the Burlington
court house. Its got to~n clock, sn'i
every morning as the old clock chim,- out
eight, the hea. Of Howard Simpson may
be seen protruiing from wind,w ~ 4
Continental Hous-, lis haii-cios ii yes
| resting npon the old chronomel-r, and tn.
expres-ion-''I wish il wer- only six" 49,
Gaping between his Gle ncbed teeth be
grabs his pants and PUSHES down tine stair
prepara tory for the days work. Howard
is employed in the clothing department t
the government, Fort Lesyenworth, aud
seems to De doing we'll. TIE magnificent
school ediiice', the manufacturing -s.b
lishmenIs, the grandeur and beauty # hrr
churches, but most Of all the big heart
edness and generosity of the Leaven-
worth people deserve especial mention.
Asd in this connection We desire to name
Geo. X. Woodward, formerly OF this civ
bat now travelling in the Insurance bust
Ness, who Is an old resident Of Leaven sorth,
and happened 10 be there IT the meeting Of
the State convention. Mr.. Woodward
while in Burlington won the reputation OF
a young man Of decent parts AMI good re-
pute," and at Leavenw"rth PLACED rs under
life long obligations for his kindness and
generosity. Aud then there was Gen By
ron Sherry, II. Miles Moore, and in fact
everybody in Leavenworth were nnceasing
in their attentions. 1t is really surprising
to see how Leavenworth il picking up.
| Three years ago it was a very quiet town,
while today the click of the hammer and
the song of the sa may be heard in every
part Of the city. Besides having great
many other good things, Leavenwor,h hiss
some Of the best hotels in the west And
We would say to the public that il yon stop
at the Continental House once, you viii be
sure to stop there again.
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the equilibrium has been restored by . ne
tuctiou To two years on some other COCA
sion. Between 1922 and 1928 there occur
rrd the unususl lapse Of six years. which
may have been compensated for by the
earthquake which shook Algiers nearly to
pieces in the year 1925. That did not leave
enough subterranean force On hand to sup
plv Vesuvius with her regular eruption due
IN the same year. Her last disturbance
was in March, 1876, and the time now,
therefore, verges toward the regular period ;
40 Ne hope the eruption may come on, if
the alternative il to be an easthqaake
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How Old Man Lord spent the Hot
Weather.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lord, of New
York, have remained secluded all summer.
A reporter recently called at their residence
and Was shown by Mr.. Lord the summer
resort Of the couple. 1t was yard in the
rear of their residence and thus described:
"The extensive rear yard had been COM
pletely transformed into perfect haven OF
delight; all that wealth could mmand
and art contrive had been lsvished on that
open space Of 80 by 100 feet, and the whole
most thoroughly concealed from the rude
gaze Of the neighbors by natural arbor
vines Of all kinds. The interior OF this
enchanting retreat was prolific of exotics,
tropical fruit, plants and flowers in endless
variety, and here and there we're fountains
of the richest perfumery in full spray; and
fitting about the house were unnumbered
festhered sonRsters from every cline, that
WED with each other in sustaining an al
most unbroken stream of melody. 1t was,
indeed, paradise of odor-, music and flow
ePs
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fCincinnati Times, Ia.

Gallipolis is quieting down. There have
been no cases OF fever in the city proper,
and there are not likely to be any The
few cases in the small district lying above
the city resulted from the infection of the
Porter, or Of the barges brought up by her I;
but the cause of the infection once remov-
ed, the disease has shown no disposition to
grow another proof, if any were needed,
that the germs Of yellow fever are not Gre
ated in the body Of the victim, in other
words the disease is not contagious from
the Darson
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BODY SNATCHlNG.

The Body Of a Respected si,iz-~ 81
Cleveland Is Nis>ed from = resh
Grave, and IL sOund in u Sank iu n
Medical C"li-Se.
CLEVELAND, ONO, September 17-On
Saturday last, Edwin French, an old and
well-known citizen Of Cleveland, died al the
residerc. of his son-in-law. in Willoughby,
three miles east Of here The funeral ser
vices were held yesterday afternoon, and
the remains entered in the Willoughby
cemetery This morning, early, it was
discovered that the grave had been robbed
Detectives were at once set to work, and
this afternoon the body was found in a
tank
UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR
in the Homeopathic Medical College, in
this city. The grave had been robbed
between one and two o'clock at night, and
the body was brought to the city in q car
riage and thrown in the tank, the floor put
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19

"To sum j; up, six long years Of bed rid
den sickness and suffering. co-tinv soon No,
year, total, 81 ,2OO-all of which was stop
ped BY three bottles of Hop Bitters, taken
BY my wife, who has done her own house
work for year since, without the loss of q
day, and want everybody to know it for
their benefit" JOHN WEEKs,
eod&w Butler, New York.
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GODD NlGN.

A locomotive, capable OF drawing 100
loaded cars, will be shipped from Pniladel-
phia for Australia Oct /. Heretofore Eng
lish manufacturers have had an exclusive
control Of the locomotive trade in the colo
mics OF Great Britain.
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will the Price of Wheat Advance. and
Hhenl
tChica O Tribune, 1861


TACOMA, Ind, September l3.-Please in
form me through the columns OF your paper
if you think wheat Will advance, and oblige
SUBSCRIBER.
We think it will: but have no opinion as
to uhen it will advance, or the figure at
which it will turn upward. Our reporter
asked prominent member Of the Board OF
Trade to help him in solving the problem,
and received the reply: IF could tell,
1 wonld not be here TO listen to your CUES
ton"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
ANOTHER FIGHT

1t locks very much as if Russia were
getting ready to give Turkey another
drubbing for not more promptly carrying
out the provisions Of tie Berlin treaty and
in such case, Turkey could get neither
sympathy nor assistance.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
rs nu, a cot rooted in with straw,
fs's>il Eiza,d Found in BAR


County.
lGreat Bend Democrat, lil
) one weeks since some men in the en-
pioy 81 DIR. Baker, while digging we'll,
discovered at the depths OF about twenty
two feet part OF what appeared TO he a
strange marine animal. The part discov-
cred is about 80 inches in length, and is i'm
perfectly petriiied, resembling the tail Of
fish OF large lizard. There is considera-
ble discus-ion among the scientists, great
numbers OF whom daily visit the doctors on
their way TO and from Russell. Some
claim that it is a comparatively well known
family belonging To the saurian species.
while others maintain that it is of a much
more rare, in fact almost unknown species,
recognized by Huxley and others as belong
ing TO the reptillian family Of the selurian
epoch. The doctor is confident that ne can
un' arth the body Of the strange monster,
and will make the atiemp. as soon AZ he
can get through with his summer farm
u,rl
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estimated to be at least $4,000. The increase
has been nearly 5000 a year since the first
census was taken in ls55. The State is ex-
tremely fertile, and so admirably adapted for
farming and grazing that IL will be strange IL
il be not .'efore long one of the most popu-
lous and prosperous States beyond the Mis-
sssippi.
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Some Trcubie About Delivering the
Goods.
lCuicago Times, &c.


There seems to he 4 hitch in the negotia-
tons, initiated by Germany, for joint ac-
ton Of the powers TO compel Turkey s
acquisscence in the stipulation of the
treaty Of Berlin concerning the ratification
of the Greek frontier. England opposes
the movement, it appears, while Italy hest
tates about lending it her aid, and Bismarck
is said to have decided to defer further ac-
ton until a more urgent crisis is reached.
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':b. National. are >ho.s ing fh' M
selves in Missouri.


The State papers seem To have SUDDENLY
dropped the Senatorial discussion. Tie
fact is that there is lively scare in the
ranks Of MissouIi's Dernocracy just now, and
1t is 10y no means certain that the Demo-
cratic party will be able TO elect Senator
at Jefferson next winter. The Nationals
are showing themselves in big force 10 some
OF the hitherto Democratic strongholds.
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Col. Robert G. Ingersoll il we'll known
AZ an orator whose speeches abound in pas
ssg,s Of poetic -plenjor; but it is not gen.
orally known that he has sometimes con-
iribured always anonymousiy-to the po-
rticai literature OF America. On the 18th
"i August he visitei the home OF Robert
R.Irn-, and there wrote the following poem,
Which his friend, MIR. Redpath, has Just re-
oei led:
The BIRrH PLACE OF BURNS.
rho'Ish = ,otIaDd uos,stss thousand names
uf pa not, kim and ptsf,
q IT, nobi' ~. grau6-st ~ tuema all
A;ts Vel aud ci aided here;
IL r-rc IiS'd the gent PEASANT prince,
FI- owing coit--r- king,
- npaI' Il with whom the greatest lord
i but :, Titled thing.
rs nut a cot rooted in with straw,
- howell made OF clay;
nL-' door shuts on, the snow and storm.
cne window greets the day;
an Yet L sttnu within this room
And hold ali thrones in scoTn,
For mere, beneath this Lowry thaieh,
Loves sweetest bard was born.
Within this hallOwed hat feel
Like one who clasps a SIM ne,
- hen tbs glad Ii ps at lat have touched
The something deeme.i divine:
Aud here the world through all the years,
As long as day Ieturus,
Tee trIDute nj Its low and tears
Mil paw 10 Robert Barns.
Aug. ~, 1875.
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inter ocean, 10
The old veteran, General Shields, has
heen stricken down with paralysis in New
York. The General Is now Is yesrs of age,
and the announcement Of his critical i'll
ness will awaken the gravcst approximations,
ana call out the warrnest sympathies of the
people who have recently ielt renewed in
ter,st in the life and work Of this veteran
of two wars
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
Secretary Evarts Picking Potato
Hug.

Secretary Evaits has fine farm in Yer
mont on which bt is raising some premium
vegetables. He goes out early in the morn
ing TO pick the bugs off his potato vines,
which remind him of some of the annoy
ances that he sees in Washington. "Thsse
parasites" said Mr.. Evarts, remind me of
the oficeholders that infest the Capital
You think you have got rid of them at
night, but the next morning they all come
focking back as fresh and persistent as
ever
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Select Good stock.
IPrairie FARMER. III
The Rice County R all road Project.

A rousing railroad meeting was held at
Mcpherson on last Saturday. The A., +.
Il S. F. people proposed to them that if they
would issue bonds to the amount of $1,000
per mile they would give them road. The
northeastern part of the county is not salts
fed with this, but wants an independent
road and will cooperate with Sterling in
her plan of a narrow guage to Leavenworth
provided Sterling does anything to CO.
operate with, otherwise there will be town
ship bonds issued to secure the extension
of the proposed Mcpherson branch of the
Santa Fe through the northern portion of
this county. Sterling railroad and real
estate men will probably find 1t necessary
to be up and doing to protect our interests.
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IN. Y. Herald, -
Samoa has ratified the treaty We made
some time ago with her, and sent us an am
bassador with all his blushing honors thick
upon him
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Parents cannot be too careful! in guard
ing their Babies. Only good and relia-
BILE medicine should he given to them. DR.
Bulls Baby Syrup is known not to con-
tain anything injurious. Price % cents.
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will sselp 20 Elect snrs.r.

IPhiIadeIphla Press, II.
Massachusetts ProhibitIonists will again
vote separate ticket this year, and by so
doing may possibly sIcce,d in elecling But
Ter
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IJhIciEO IrIbunr, TO
The Pend!etonian idea of payirg the
Government debt in greenbacks has bten
very generally revived.
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Crow ded Out by n pres. o, Other Wat.

New York Herald, II
The New Hampshire Democrats found
room in their platform for barely eight
lines on the financial question.
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ve.svius Gessing Ready 60 Shake 'eo
mp Again.

Vesuvius is once more in trouble and an
overflow Of lava east of the Observatory is
regarded as probable. People whose homes
are on the sides or at the foot Of this IN
easy vent of subterranean fires will not, per-
haps agree with the outside world in opin-
ions on this subject, but the world will rec
ognize that il vas high time the mountain
bestirred itself, under the pain of losing its
reputation for regularly. Since the begin
ming of the present century it has averaged
about one eruption In three yeara. If the
interval has 1t any time reached four years
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WOODBURY., y. j., September IL The
Republicans of the hrst district to-day
nominated Geo NJ. Il ,bertson for Con-
yre-s.
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CoUHrY TREAsURKR's OFFICE,
LKAvESwokTH, Kan, September 16, 1873. J
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Very few people can Keep verbeuas in
th-i rooms over winter, and not at all in a
cellar
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darlington Independent, l3.l

burlington Independent, 1871
reception committe, and fifty boot-blacks,
with an hundred carriages were there in
waiting, and shortly afterward the people
began to climb on tie buses and put hat
in a seat TO secure it. Brakemen and col
ored men were crowding through the cars
with an air of importance, and men were
asking each other if they were a delegate
or which? Emporia and Eureka people
were knotted off talking to Darlington peo-
pie how much building they were doing,
and Burlington people were telling the Eu-
reka and Winfield folks why the X. C., B.
d S. F. road was 10 be extern ed. Every
body had on clean shirt, and every body
seemed to agree in the belief that every
body Else was in too good humor to be
bored with politics. A Woodson
county delegate seemed to con-
slider it an honor to have
a Humboldt man tread on his corns, and q
Burlington man was in high feather when
a gentleman from Douglas was sociable
enough to sit down on his plug hat 1t
was q remarkable assemblage Of the noble
and ugly. Judge Raggles, of Emporia,
talked TO Do. Walking, Of Burlington, with
a mystiied air, wondering if he (RugYles)
as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
wouldn't fill the chair we'll. At the hotels
the people were transferred to the pave
ment, and the supernumeries flew around
humping people and making as much noise
a. possible. Then the Franklin delegation
had to be introduced to the Sequoyah dele
gstioa by the Coffee delegation; and people
who had never heard of each other, were
pleased to see each other looking 20 we'll.
On the trip down We learned that St John
had blacked his moustache and parted his
hair in the middle. This drew out the be-
lief from Coffee man, that he must be a
"fop," which was considered good enough
for a man from this county. Men who
we're never known to tell joke or laugh at
one, suddenly became humorous from asso-
citation, and it was thought excellent to
say, ihst the long heels had
come down to have convention.
Ii Was 6 o'clock when We arrived in Leav-
20 will draw 4 veil over the pro-
ceedings here, Is . crowd of men away
from home are apt to wander Just before
supper, and we will stop and wander with
them.
We first dropped in upon the hooked
noeed editor" better known a. ID. X. An
thouy. of the Leavenworth Ti~es, and We
are not surprised that the Times has be-
come . power in the STATE, after having
formed the acquaintance of its editor. M.
Stevens informed ~ they soon were to add
new power presses and otherwise increase
their nov splendid facilities for doine lob
work. John Geiey had never seen . tele-
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Excellent Milk Punch.
horn a Thousand Year. Hence.


The bigoted editor sf the Oskaloosa In
dspeaden seems to think that the yellow
fever pestilence is a Judgment on the peo-
pie Of the South tor their late wickedness
Aud this is the nineteenth century, That
fellow ought to have been born at least a
thousand years ago. lie evidently know
but little about hygenic laws.
The R-suli 0I OF a SLAMS Labor m
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n New Il OrOG m De-
(Exchange.I

In England they are adopting a horse
shoe made of cowhids, and knosn a. the
Yates shoe. 1t is made of three thickness
Of cowhIde compressed into steel mould,
and then subjected to chemical preparation.
1t il claimed for it that it lasts longer and
weighs only one-fourth As much As the COM
mon iron shoe that it will not cause the
hoof to split, nor have the least injurious
influence on the foot.
Give the W00ea Proper Eaci1ssies.
Prairie Farmer, II.
II SHOULD Be the business of the head Of
the farm to zee that the females Who attend
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QUARTERLY STATEMENT
Showing the condition quarter ending

Interest Principal ct. lnsraIImeut Bond
Interest Bonds issued to X p X X
state of Kansas, ls.5....---.
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Those who attend to the gardens in the
spring and have kept them clear Of weeds
are now realizing the profits Of their work
in large dividends of fresh, palatable and
healthy vegetables; while those Who neg
Iec,ed their gardens and suffered the weeds
to grow rank and cover the ground see
their folly and determine to do better next
year. We fear that such men will not keep
their resolution but 20 on in the same old
track, dining on rusty pork and salt beef.
We have no bowels of compassion for such
shifrless men wepity their wives and chill
dren who are obliged to live on such a
mean diet, when 80 much better food is
within their reach If the head Of the family
would put into exercise little more gump-
lion. We shall stick to the text that rood
garden is the most profitable part Of q |
mans farm.
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Be liberal to your farms and they will be
liberal TO you. A farm is very much in one
respect like looking gla-s-it reflects tie
character of the owner exactly. If he is
man Of taste, his buildings, fences and the
general appearance of his farm will tell
the tale. No effort Oh his part TO disguise
his real thoughts or sentiments will avail
anything 40 long As the operation. OF his
farm belle his words.
They Have a Perfect Right 20 En-