The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-27
SUMMARY.

| Typhoid fever Is becoming alarming
y prevalent 10 the western part OF Mon
treal.
The Commit on Appropriations G
the hocse viii not meet ua.il after tn,
assembling of Congress.
The New York Graphic says there is .
rumor, coming from weli-informed sources
that Mayor Cooper is sbou, to be Gus
pended.
The journeymen cutters in several
lar e tailoring establishments in Boston
will strike to-day for an advance Of about
70 pr cent in wages.
General Grant bss accepted an invita-
ton of the Grand Army Of the Republic
Post OF Harrisburg, 10 visit that city on
] the l5:h of December.
The Richmond, Va, Light Infantry
ues, whose organization dates back to
| 93, participated in the unwilling cere.
~onies OF the Thomas statue at WsAa.
ington.
Colonel John Frederick Won Werder
| who served under Butcher at Waterloo,
died on Sunday night In the Aged Mems
Home at Baltimore. His age wac 80 years,
10 months and 10Th days.
The colored peoples first industrial
Exposition opened at Raleigh, n. C., Mon
day. There was good attendance and a
large number of entries. The Exposition
will undoubtedly be success.
Colonel Richsrdson, at Winnipeg,
Manitoba, from B4ttieford, gives strong
testimony contradicting tn recent alarmist
rumors relating to the disposition Of the
Indisns of the Cansuisn Northwest.
The French beet crop il even worse
than was anticipated, ard the price OF
sugar hiss sensibly risen. Many reineries
have come to a standsrill. and nearly sll
are likely to terminate their operations by
the end Of December.
&C. Gsyier, msnsger OF Gayler's Comedy
Company, which hiss been playing at La
fayette, Ind, for two nights past, last even.
ing departed, leaving the members of the
company pennies They clam that
Gayler has taken OF at least SIS 900, and
has paid no sslsries.
Miriam +. Llewellyn, aged twenty
four years, OF Seymour, Conn, went to New
York, on the 9TH inst. took boarding
house and in the evening went out, since
which time she has not been heard of or
rom, aud her friends are enieavoripg to
race her whereabouts.
-President Seelye received recently for
Amherst Mass college gifts amounting
to S55 900 lin stocks and bonds) from Hon.
Chester ". Chaplin, of Springfield; an as
sursnce of $50 900 from the Stone estate, of
Maiden, and 81 600 from another source to
establish scholarship.
Mr. Gould, United States Consul at
Msrssilles, France, in a dispatch to tie
Department of S ate, dated October 9th,
1876, reports that the attempt to introduce
anthracite coal into France from the
United States have not been successful.
He says: "rhe prejudices of the people of
Europe and all are IN favor Of biiumInous
coal-their dwellings and ships being
adapted to its use."
The export of pure silk goods from
France has fallen from IOl, 100000 francs
in 1873 to 100000 francs in 1879. Of
mixed silk goods there has been an in
crease over 1873 of 5000. 900 francs, and
over 1877 in all kinds there has been an
increase of 100000 francs. The total
exports OF France tor the first nine months
OF 1879 have fallen off 100000 francs,
while the imports during the same period
have increased $4,000 600 francs.