The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
SUMMARY

| The Delaware, Lackawlnn4 * West
ern Railroad announces an auction sale 0!
100, 600 tons Of coal to-day.
A Batlieford, Msuitob,, dispatch ssyr:
! An Indian canDlOai named Ssiftruuner has
bsen sentenced to death on his confession.
In MukdeIe, Ontario, the Revere Ho.
tel and the stores of Wilcox, watch m sker,
Hill Bios, general merchants, and Sproule
Bros, drugs, burned. Losa, 1000.
A United States M4rshal, with an ex.
ecutiOn against the city Of Elizabeth, \,
j, for deisulting on ia bond, found 10
properly that could be attached.
Assistant Postmaster Beatt'e, of Rich
mOnd Va, WAS seriously burned By the
explosion Of percussion caps in package
which be was stamping. The matter will
De investigated.
| Architect Clark has contracted for an
electric lighting apparatus for the Hobbies
Of the capitol, at an expense OF 5000,
which Is TO be IN working order when Con-
g.e=s meets.
The vouchers of FitzSinmo1s, Marshal
of Georgia, are undergoing a clnae scrutiny
at the Treasury Department. II ia charged
| that there has been misconduct during his
administration.
The workmen in Websr's and in
Hsle's piano manufacture. in New York,
struck for higher wages. Other piano man
| ufactories have iIcreassS the wages Of
their employees.
"A prominent Treasury official says
| that the affairs Of the New York Custom
House have never, in his memory, been 80
efficiently msra-sd as since Collector Me--
rit;'s appointment.
John Sherman was found with his
throat cut at Bowery hotel in New York.
He said he was married three months ago
and had been in trouble ever since, hence
he attempted suicide.
A Tammany Hall mas metti.g to
ratify Kelly's nomination will be held
September 18th. A number OF bands of
music are engaged, and preparations are
being made on a large scale.
Customs officers seized large trunk on
board European steamship, which
arrived in New York Friday, containing
clothing valued a. 81 900, which the owner
had sworn contained no dutiable articles.
1t is understood that Secretary Sher-
man has concluded that the charges pre-
ferred by John Ray, OF Louisiana, against
Collector Badger are unsupported by the
facts. Ray Was candidate for Badgers
place.
The New York World gives details OF
the alleged conference between the friends
OF Kelly last Tuesday, and says it is under
stood that Kelly il to receive So, 900 to-
ward expenses from the Republican cam
paign fund.
Henry Maier was arrested in New
York on a charge OF marrying Sophia
Bleibtrag, in Rochester, in 1877. Msier
supported his two wives in New York until
his two wives accidently met recently and
the truth was revealed.
United States Judge Byron has Issued
an order for the arrest Of the Sheriff Of
Darlington county, South Carolina, for
violating an order Of the United States
Court in attempting to seize property for
which said Court had appointed a receiver.
-Informstion has been received of the
failure of William S. Fell 4 Co, importers,
Of Sydney, New South Wales. Fell bought
500, 900 worth of goods in New York two
months ago, but suspicion was aroused and
N any Of the goods were not delivered.
A Havana letter dated September -,
says; Reports from. all parts Of Cuba are
favorable to peace. /, il believed that the
uprisings in the eastern part OF the island
are isolated but dangerous elements still
exist. Four respectable persons were as
sss-ina.ed on their plantations near Colon
within 8 fortnight. Two we're brothers,
formerly chiefs in Cuban ineprrections.
Some are inclined to believe that rural
police committed the assassination