The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-18

tiic h"sA itoin 10 nave some cnaDge made,
but upon returning, found his pocket book
gone. The loss becoming known, about IN
hour Afterwards Il little colored fellow offer
ed to pass five dollar bill n a bakery.
and the officers being informed they went
Tor the little cuss, who eventually disgorg-
ell sixty dollars, and took them to the place
where he had thrown The empty pocket
book in the weeds. The same little fellow
stc!e bucket OF cherries this spring from
under Biddie's nose while he was picking,
ard successfully made way with ihern, 10
B5b's great wonder and as;onishment. He
Is not the only young thief in town. We
have heard tell Of one that steals chickens
out ol butchers coop, and then goes and
sells them 10 the other butcher,
TLe Coal Hsd- ia Wnbansee Couasy.
WahautS 4 County News, l0.l
Willie Chapman wss passing over the
land OF ]. n. Hubbard Just east Of the
farm OF 5. III. Fairfield, when lac discovered
what he thought Was coal cropping out Of
the bank Of a ravine. He informed his
IA her Of what he had found. Mr.. Chap
man dug into the bank some eight or ten
feet, and took out two loads OF excellent
furnace coal. The vein crops out some siX
inches thick, AMI is probably much thicker
inrther in the bank. The excavations will
be from three to fifteen feet. Mr. Chapman
is going 10 develop the mine Ii is only
one quarter OF mile from the surveyed
railroad from Manhattan through Alma u
Burlinghame. \ lew mol'hs ago another
vein vas discovered by Mr. Chapman, four
miles ", st Of this, on the farm 6f Mr. WeiI-
man. Who knows but large coal field
underlies this part OF Wabansee county.
The indications point very strongly in that
way.
One Robbcr Killed and Another
Wounded.
Lawrence STANDARD, I0.l
We learn from Mr. Henry Whitney, a
b-uther-in-law of Jerry Willis, and young
man who carries the mail between here
and Carbondale, that an afiray occurred
there the other day which resulted in the
death of one man and the wounding OF an
other. 4 Young man who is resident Of
Carbondale, set up refreshment stand at
the celebration near that place on July 4th.
The celebration lasted late into the even
ing, and as there was not time to move his
goods, the young m an staid on the ground du-
ring the night to watch them. AT q very late
hour two men made their appearance
and demanded his money. This ne refused
to give up, and one Of the robbers attacked
him. A scufiie ensued, and both fell to the
ground. The robber had the upper hand,
and dem manded the young mans money,
threatening TO kill him if he did not pro-
duce it. This he refused to do, and the
second OF the two assai.ants, who had until
this slime stood aloof, seized an Ak and
made desperate stroke at the young mans
head, but by an effort he dodged and avoid
ed the stroke, at the same time making 4
Herculean attempt TO gain the advantage
of his antagonist, who held him down. In
this effort he was successful, and getting to
his feet drew from his pocket a pistol,
which up to this time he had not gotten
at. lie fired at the man who struck at
the heart caus d almost instant death.
The second assailant turned and ran but
received 4 ball in the shoulder. BY this
time the noise of the afiray brought parties
to the ground and the wounded man was
captured after 4 desperate attempt to
escape.
An intense Excitement was caused by the
affray, and thorough investigation OF the
facts Instituted which resulted in the entire
exculpation OF the young man who did the
shooting. The killed and wounded man
were tramps and desperate looking cou-
pie. They had been southwest ON the A.,
7. Il s. f., and at the time they made the
attempted robbery were on their way
east.
The Self Laudaiion has BecOme Van.
s0OWss
Manhattan Enterprise, TO-.
Will the Atchison pSbeIs never get
through blowing about the magnificent re-
ception they gave the editors? There is
such thing as blowing ones horn too
much. The editors went 10 Atchison to
have good time, and Atchison made the
occasion an opportunity TO secure vast
amount Of free advertising. Their orator,
an Atchison man, did nothing but talk of
Atchison and her advantages every other
speaker, out OF courtesy continued the fiat
tery OF Atchison; the Atchisonians were
mad ii the editors talked of anything that
did not in some way eu!ogize Atchison.
We are sick OF hearing the name Atch-
isOn.
Broom Corn aud the Manufacture OF
BFo0ms.
tLarncd Chronoscopc, 10.
Broom corn in Central Kansas is no long
er an experiment, and is destined to be-
come an important branch Of our diversi-
fed agriculture. The acreage Of this pro-
duct is steadily increasing yearly, and soon
will rank with any of the older States
The manufacture Of the raw material into
brooms is rapidly assuming a prominent
place in our industries
Our Mineral Resources should be
UtiliZed.
lLlrned Chronoscope, !0.l
Ii is notorious fact that Kansas has the
richest beds of gypsum plaster of paris) on
the continent, yet We send to Michigan and
pay six dollars and half per barrel.
Why don't some one take advantage OF the
fact and commence operations, only small
capital is required, not exceeding three
thousand dollars.