The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-30

d,.scr1s4 beside the roadside, the ngure of "a
boy. crouching IA among The bushes ihst
| Ter from the rain. 1t was about dusk, some
| three miles from the city, anu according to
the good farmers reasoning 1t would lie
LITTLE LESS THAN ISHUNAN
| to leave the youngster there SO he took him
INTO his wagon, and nesting In the hay the
| boy soon fell asleep. He iiu not seem TO De
\ more than seven Or eight -ears OF age, bright
| aud intelligent and from al appearances was
4 capable OF The appreciation OF a favor, as he
| Regarded the generous farmer with grateful
eyes, more eloquent than words. Arriving
| AT home be gave his new found charge some
thing 10 eat and IRON The eager ravenousne>s
displayed by the youngster IL wasevident that
| IL had been some time since lie had had the
opportunity of satisfying that
INoRDINArE APPETITE
with which boynood is gifted. The farmer
gave him some good clothes, and after keep
| ing him two or three days until he should
| have recovered from the effects Of his expo
| sure. he brought MIN 10 the city aud made
apple alton 10 the Chief of Police 10 ascertain
1 ii anybody had lost a boy answering 10 the
I lad, description. But To the knogI, dge OF
| the Chief and his force he wasn't claimed by
anybody; nobody had
MADE INQUIRIES
| regarding such a boy; If he was a missing
link In some family cham, his parents didn't
know il, or didn't want to; he was sort OF
blank in life's lottery, whom nobody cared
particularly for. But while the chief and his
assistants we're puZZling themselves as 10 his
identity and whether or not he really belonged
to any body, woman named Cinda MITCHELL
happened 70 have her attention directed to
niil, and after hearing the boys story, re-
membered perfectly who his mother was
THE LADS STORY
is somewhssmix as the tale of a younster
would naturally be, but hangs together well
enough TO be evidence that II is true, and not
the Invention OF mis- fancy, even II he were
old enough TO possess one. He rays that one
day after the SHOWS We're gone, when would
D. h.r - !,
leaving Us, policeman Corbin Class came 10
their house, where he and his mother and lit
tie sister lived, and
TOOK HIS MOTHER AWAY,
since which time he has never seen her.
Ii must have been a year or more ago since
this occurrence happened, however, as Glass
has not been connected with the
force ,,v sine &C THAI ap rims in sms house
formerly used n grocery store, al or near
the southwest corner OF kiowa aud sixth
streets His mothers maine lie said was Eliza
Moore, and in view OF the fact that "A police
man took her away, II was thought probable
that She might be IN the county jail Inquiry
at that institution, however, showed that
there was such name as Eliza Moore
upon
THE PRISON RECORDS,
although there was Lizzie Moore and Eliza
beth Moore, one being very old woman
and t1e other comparatively young, VINO
may be the mother al The boy. Subsequent
inquiry developed the fact that the BOY had
a SISTER, Polly, "A girl about WE'VE years Oh
age EMPLOY ed In a Cherokee street. boarding |
house, VINO evidently knew nothing III re-
gard to the whereabouts OF her brother until |
told. Since the disappearance OF the mother |
the girl has been
LIVING WHEREVER SHE COULD |
yet work. and seems to have been taking |
care of herself. The boy, Willie, WAS taken |
home by the kind Hearted woman Clnda |
Mitchell, but the latter, being in poor circum- |
stances. cannot afford 10 support him, espe- |
cal!y as he IS bound TO her by no ties oil |
either blood or kindred. By Information re-
ceived las, evening. the ooys Inotne a - ~
named 81 rs Jane Mechanic, Dut whether tiils |
is 10 or not will remain to be seen. None !
AHEAKTLEss MOTHER
would leave her two children friendless and |
alone in one city while she herself was living |
IN another. The boy Is AN unusually smart |
mother has been making his living the best |
way he could, sleeping IN boxes and barns, /
running chores, and doing odd jobs. His |
street training has begun To tell upon him, |
the
RUDER INFLUENCES
OF the world do not have full sway. he will |
turn out hundreds of smart lads have be- |
fore him, whose education ha been upon the |
street aud whose training has been among |
those vino are without the pale OF the Chris |
tlan portion of the community.
WaSgOner's Tempe rance Lecture.
The announcement that the Hon. H. +.
Wasgener, Of Atchison, prominent legal |
hight OF that city, and a leading Democrat IN
Stale politics, won q lecture IN TINS city Oh
temperance, drew "A crowded house at the
BAPTIST church on sunday evening,
THE SACRED EDIEICE
lie ing crowded from the pulpit steps TO the
rear seal IN the gallery. IL Was mol ihaI Mr..
"aggener was "A prominent lawyer that he
recGISed thu = ovation, rellgiOusly speaking,
IL the ZANE may be applied 10 a gathering ON
"A sabbath evening, although IL was perhaps
strange enough thai
\ LEGAL GENTLEMAN,
udicialiy bslapc,1i. should cun>ent.to appear
the TUte of "a temperance agItator: but the |
fact that a Democrat who has always voted |
The straight ticnet, M perhaps Always
AT IiIe ban, should thus go back, these two
last words are Used inetaphoricallyl upon
THE ACk NON Lr.DG I'D FUNDAMENTAL PRINCE
PLES
IF his party, was what struck the people, land
hey gathered accordingly 10 hear what could
Dc said nom the standpoint they ralurally |
up.u>ed Mr.. Waggen,r would look at the
Su bjecI ot cold water ana blue ribbons. Those |
vino went to >iy their curiosity, came
away satisfied Those WHO went with The ca
peciatIou OF hearing a good lecture upon tein-
iIrrtDc- came away Iratifird, for IL can be
ssId with Truth that II was able an effort
upon the sub ecf as
THE PEOPLE OF LEAvESwoETH
have ever had tue pleasure of listening to.
The preface la his address WAS compliment
larry 10 say tee Least, and II touched a kindly |
chord in the breast of each ana every indlvI-
dual, man, woman and cLilu in tile audience
WHEN he maze the gratifying announcement
nat II as IN RESPONSE 10 AN inv .tatlon from |
the citizens of the Gem city OF IN. West HAT
ne had appeared TO speak Ia them. The
TERRIBLE AND DISASTROUS EFFECT
Of the evil OF intemperance, said Mr.. Wag- !
gen-r, is apparent upon every side. II can
o. seen in Ire hollow eye and wasted cheek
Of the wifi. oi the drunkarc, as she sits trem- |
DliDgiy, win her iitIle one in her arms
waiting Win strsinine, Gag. ear 70 catch the
iIst sound OF his approaching footsteps; IL
Is vIsIbt. by glance at the countess II
THOUSANDS OF WRECKS
Of ruinet homes and fortunes thrown up
high and dry upon tne sands oi time Il Ii TO | .
De seen In the number oil young men ana .
old, who have gone ana are every day going
swiiily on the down grade TO The drunkards |
ueii il is visible on every hand, Wherever
We look. Its victims are more numerous
such a DOuntiful aud fruitful harvest; fnm-
~. does not cut down the bravest and the
Isiirest IN such numbers Ms does
THIS DEMON OF DRINK.
and all the plaques that the ear IN ever knew, |
never caused such n Who'll sale destruction OF
human life. IL eorTupts the judge upon the |
bench and drags his ernine III the dust; II |
iull, the brain anu dims the eye of genius: |
n swallows up talent in The maelstIom Of an
empowering appetite, and brings misery |
and woe, want and sorrow, degradation and
iisgrac~, vice anu wrelchedness, and all the
JtiIer Ills with which man IL cursed. d..
NO ONE CAN COMPUTE
The amount of crime caused by the immedI-
ate OF liquor; the dyiHg speech OF nine.
lenths OF the murdereis who explste their |
err mes u pOn tee y.liiows consists OF n warning
10 beware Of the intox lcating cup, the indus.
Irious agent WHICH Ills penilentlaries, Jalls | ,
ana prisons. az which furnishes the gal
strict enforcement OF the law IN regard 10 |
This liquor traffic the saloons are