The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-29
re Heavy Hail storm In barton
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weighed one aud quarter pounds and was
discovered by MIR. {. +. Difienbacher. This
piece measured eighteen inches in circum-
ference, and in falling demolished a new
Mash-tao.
Some idea of the viol, nee OF the STERN
NAV b. gathered from this fact Messrs.
Jos. Gray, j. Il. Champion, ID. y. iicizrr,
and others measured specimens that fell IN
front OF their iace~, aud they report pieces
all the wIy from hve To- eighteen inches
around. At first II was feared that great
damage had been done TO crops, bu: il au-
u,irs that the Storm was Outned to a com
ptraIivcly narrow strip Oi territory, and
tnAt this in mediate vicinl Y got ;he ont
al IT. Beyond cutting up some watermelon
patches aud killing q lew chickens and
young pigs, there WIS little real damage
done.
\ Gay Bsssm-- Who Cut u SsSs - in
ssan.as.
Galveston News l3l
y social sensation burst upon our PEG, le
to-day as suddenly and unex pectedIy a. IA
water spout. A Young lawyer who has cut
quite splurge in society for several months
past, scattering money with Il lavish hand,
sporting the finest clothing and choicest per
iuuery, lett suddenly Tor the north This
morning. He has wife and child in
Xruia. Ohio, the daughter Of District udge
Barlow. His route Of operations has been
as follows: From N.nia to Wlchits. Kan
sas, Percris, IL, san Francisco, Salt Lak,
City, Virginia City, Montana. to Sherman
At each OF these places he has cut a bril-.
liant figure in society, tried to marry. bor-
rowed money, and always skipped in
Incl, mn Al S4n lrau.I.s. laft.
exposing his vil!aIny and the morning of
- nup,ials arrived simultaneously HIS
.-othed was a beautiful, accomplished,
sul only daughter % rich wido~. lie
managed to borrow 5000 from the
widow and promised TO leave with
her necklace studded with dia-
monds as collateral, but he did not. At
Peoria he was a member of the Episcopal
church, and President oil the y. VI. &. \
At Salt Lake ti.y he ineratia,,d himself
into the good graces Of the Mormon elders,
preach, d in the tabernacle, borrowed II 10,
and skipped. lie married under the name
OF +. = Il. Walton. At the other places he
assumed the name OF Maj. Bonner, and
here n. has been practicing law reciting
Shakespeare and borrowing money under
the name Of r. T. Binnerton He Is tine
looking fellow, aged sbOut thirty eight, hut
sesms ten years younger. a lady Of this
city, the wife OF leading business man,
met him here in company, and Thought she
recognized in him the betrayer OF the Ohio
lady, who is a dear and intimate friend Of
hers. Correspondence and investigation
followed of course, and day or two ago
photograph OF tn, gay lothario and his full
history were received By some means he
got an inkling Of it last Saturday night and
this morning he concluded he had business
in Chicago, and skipped.
Appotnsuseat Of n Good Nnn.
lAtchiSon Champion, o.
4 circular, signed by c. +. Morse, Gen
eral Superintendent, and j. r. Goddard,
General Freight Agent announces the ar-
poiniment OF Mr.. +. J.. Parker, late Private
Secretary 70 General Manager Strong, ~
Assistant General Freight Agent oi the
santa Fe road with b, a,.IIuart. : at Tope-a.
Mr.. Parker has since his residence in Kan
sas, proved TO those who have come in con
tact with him, hi. cspability business
man, and his polite attention TO every one
has won him hosts Of friends. IN his nsv
position, we know that those tho have bu--
iness with him will meet a gentleman with
whom it will be pleasure 10 uansact II,
and that it will be done ratisf lcIOriiy in
every way.
FaNorably Impre>sed With ram-
.ra.ss'.
lwincIe>t"r argus, .
Mr. John Carson j. highly pleased with
the yield OF his tame grass crops on Kansas
soil. WGen be ir-t began farming here
he was advised not 20 pay any attention to
tame grasses. Bat nevertheless he tried IL,
and finds that it does better than IN Penn
syiyanIa. H. clover and timothy ",elt,'
Of five wears, containing 30 acres, Is nOw
nearly all clover, from which he has II-t
tskeu a large crop. Next spring he pro
poses, ii the season - favorable, To pillow up
a go OF this meadow, and plant !; h.
,orn, and RAISE a crop tn reirom the like
II which has not been thought Of The
Ong clover roots have deepsned and !oO--
med the soil, from which, with1u. doubt
anOus wheat crop can be TaI-,d. lie Is
ivorably iGn pressed wiki his tame graz.
experiments.
rhe "Arknn>sw Travei.r'' abroad.
Arkansas Valley Democrat, IL
The "Arkansaw Traveller was in livery
table the other day, and stepped into ole
Il the stalls To make d critical examination
Il one Of the horses. I he horse didn't iIk-
lis lCOks, and when Arkansaw told him To
git over" he got over in the WRONG dire
ion, bringing his hOof down upon a seven
~ nine buniOn on the traveller" larboard
,edal. "Augh Ouch! Gracious goodness
% dammit /" yelled Arkansaw, as that
horse, with leer in his eye and On sxpres-
ion Of malignant intelligence, leaned kis
Whole weight on that impaired bunion Re
eased, ne hobbled into the Office, leavingi
freak Of sulphurous profanity behind him,
md sought consolation at the hands Of the
unior proprietor WELL said the latter,
ooking at Travellers" feet, "ihe horse
wasn't to blame-he'd got to put his feet
Town somewhere in tie stable ~
. Boy Crushed to Death Ben"ash
the Wheels Of . Kansas Central
Car At Hois0n,
lHolton SINAI, I'll
1t becomes our painful duty to give our
eaders the particulars Of horrible aeci-
lent, which must sooner or later occur 10
,oys who are permitted To -peDd their
lime around depois. 1t IL true that they
nay not all be killed, but limbs are ire
luently broken and other accidents will
ur.
Lesterday afternoon the freight train on
he Kansas Central had pulled up to the
epot and was moving out after another
ar or two. James A. B?,rs, a boy about
leven years Of age, son Of Isaac Byers,
rho resides in a tent in the northeast part
I the city, concluded to jump on the train
nd take a short ride. lie succeeded in
citing aboard the train at the back ear,
ut a. it butied sgainst the car TO which IT
las to be coupled, the conclusion was ,o
rong that the little fellow was thrown
-neath the ahsels- 1t was but the work
I Second. Two Of the wheels parsed di-
gonal!y across his neck and breast A
-akemsu saw him fall and jumped off the
ain and pulled him out But IT was.too
tie the Young sui hid departed. The
iei.-- biussoy bOi, Mas tasen To the depot
b. re i.,,iI Il ~a- held by the cOroTner
n. Scutt, aud = fDllo~ing lurymen: W.
J. Allen, j. g. Portsrfeld, W. T. Scott
I'm. shacklee, Joe Adair, and y. Foster.
verdict OF &C. idental death from The
lu.e We have stat. above was return
The bow was Hurled at o'clock last eve
ng, at the expense of the city. In good
.alth at noon and b,icre dark encased in
e tomb,
There is a sad warning, and one that
ould not 90 unheeded, in this sudden
.ath, to parents who are so blinded To
e welfare of their boys az TO allow them
frequent the depot. 1t is the first death