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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

Chintz bugs are leaving the wheat ground
in places and going TO the corn. IL Is feared
they will do damage in some places. Corn
never looked better, anywhere, than IL does
here and we feel sure the damage done will
be in small patches and very light.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

lSterling Bulletin, 26
Chss. Z. Bristol was up from his claim in
Stafford Tuesday. and gives a cheering report
of tine looks of the crop since the rain
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
The Cattle Drive OF 1879.

dodge city Times, PSI
Number passed Fort Worth ---.. IL. 5iI
Number passed Fort Griffin........ -. ~, uIU
Total drive Of 1879 .............. -, 81.
The cattle trade promises to pan out we'll,
the grass on the range Is growing finely and
thus afiording good pasture Mr.. Griffien-
stein notes a comparison of the droth year OF
1860 and this year. He says there were plenty
Of rains in the latter part OF the summer of
$50; grass was good, and ss he expressed 10,
made plenty OF tallow." He says this sea-
son promises the same, Late growing grass
makes cattle fat, and puts them In n good
condition for winter and market.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Southern kansos.

columbus Courier. Is.
Providence seems TO smile on Southern
Kansas this season. Farmers never had a
more seasOnable year for farming than we
have had so far this summer. The rains in
the fore part OF the week has put the corn
crops in splendid condition
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
smith County.

:
Harvest in Smith County commenced over
two weeks ago. The winter wheat is nearly
all harvested, and a great deal of 1t is In
stack. The crop is a good one, and will COM
pare fsvorably with that OF the best season
we ever had. Spring wheat also looks well,
and will make d good crop.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
CROP NOTES.
Ifrom Tuesday Mornings Daily !

From Tuesday Mornings Daily
EDWARDS county has had considerable
rain.
Sumner county claims TO have 10, GO acres
OF corn.
Early p.owipg insures a crop of wheat
next year.
New wheat has been mark eted Id Bour.
bon county.
-watermelons have become numerous in
the various markets.
IfOnIy Half are True.
lKinsley Graphic
Ifhalf the reports We hear are true, Kansas
will raise an immense crop this year.
Rush County.
Cor. Hays Sentinel. o.
The people feel easier in regard TO corn and
other spring crops. Farmers have gone to
work in dead earnest. sowing miIlet.
Marion County.
Marion County Record. % 4
Farmers from all sections of Marion county
tell us that the corn crop never looked
better here at this time OF the year.
Cloud County.
[Concordia ENpositor, June NJ
We notice that the corn is generally very
clean and looking well. The prospects for
an Immense yield were never better.
Barton County Wheat.
IGreat Bend Tribune, ISL
The new wheat IN market thus far is very
much shrunken, though IL is firm and of
good color, and will maks good -four.
Harvey County.
lBurrton Telephone, y
Some OF the fall wheat is very fair. but
spring wheat and oats nearly failure Corn
II still growing, but IL needs rain badly.
Potatoes.
Holton Recorder, &c
The potato crop in this county promises To
be abundant. The early potatoes will make
= fair crop. The late ones are booming.
Russell County.
independent, 2SI
Nice showers; growing time; farmers are
juoilsnt; soon corn now for table use; the
threshers nov are busy; new wheat is yield
ing fairly.
Two Counties that Can Feed the
state.
ITopeka Common wealth, 90
Colonel HaIloweli reports sufficient corn
and wheat In Crawford and Cherokee coun-
ties to feed the State. Both crops are in eX.
ceilent condition.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Barbour County.
Medicine Lodge Cresset, 26.l

Corn is growing link per day since the
rain. 1t was affected but little by the long
dry spell. Sweet potatoes and all kinds of
vines affected verv little. Oats and Irish po-
tatoes almost a total failure, Millet looks
we'll. Wheat was Iight. Sorghum good.
Farmers in this vicinity are sowing millet.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Corn . aC~rtainty.

lSailnc tOunty JOurual,l
The late rains have made corn almost a
certainty, and there are great expectations on
oats, where a week or so ago there were none
Even some spring wheat Is thought To be
vAI
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Phillips County.
lkirWinChIef oal

Harvesting of winter wheat is progressing
finely. and an average corn crop will be real =
zed in most localities, while in other places
a full half crop will be the yield. Spring
wheat and oats promises fair yield and
corn looks very we'll.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
haps the BEST breed for one who desires IN
procure heavy pigs at an early age.
Mango in Pigs.

American aSrlcuNturlst-l
Mango can be cured by applications o.
whale oil and sulphur, well rubbed into the
affected parts with a corn cob; the skin being
thickened needs something rough To break
up the dry flakes with which II Is covered
Give y oz OF sulphur In the food daily for a
week OF ten days.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

Iklngman Mercury, Z'I
The yield of wheat in this and adjoining
counties will be much larger than at hrst
supposed, and of a much better quality.
A large amount of wheat will be planted
this fall. Many of our farmers already pre-
pairing their ground.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Elk County,.

The recent rains were "A blessing to this
country. Now the ground IL well moistened,
the wells and cisterns supplied with an
abundance Of water, and the farmers are
happy.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Douglas County,

From private advices we learn that the
crops in Douglas county are among those re-
ported good in the State. The late rains have
delayed the wheat harvest. but have assured
the corn crnp
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
A Method for washing.

dissolve one pound and a half Of hard soap
In little water, To this add ten gallons OF
warm water; one table spoonful Of spirits OF
turpentine, and two isblespoonfuls Of srno-
MIA. The same OF powdered borsx will an
swer where ammonia cannot De had. NIX
thoroughly with the water, which can be set
on the back part Of the kitchen stove Thi-
should be kept at q temperature In whicn the
hand can be held. Into this solution put
the white clothes, and leave them two hours.
covered a. tightly possible. Then take
out and wash obce through warm waicr
little rubbing being necessary. Rlnse
through two wa'ers- the last being biutd,
and the Clothes are ready for the line. The
solution can be reheaf ed, but little more
turp%ntine and ammonia should he added.
II does not iDjure the most delicate fabric.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Davis County.

Junction City Union, ISL
1t commenced raining in this vicinity
about IL O'Clock p. VI. last Wednesday and
the rain continued increasingly until about
2P NJ. Thursday. The ground is now thor
ougniy soaked. The corn cops are now fair
Iv
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
ryNE INCOME.

Georgia proposes 10 raise money ior Inc
support Of the public schools 10y taxing
whisky and dogs. Should revolvers be add
ed to the list the schools would have quite
-, inI,mp
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

ST Louis Rspuoilcsn.l
Spirituslism screms slowly working alor <
to practical basis, and when Wedding
couples get into the ia, hiou ii m-ku g
bridal tours to the shsd-s of earth. The
thing is getting down to business. Should
this Kansas novelty b.coule n con mon Gus
tom, Niagara Falls st night ~iIl bs n sigh:
to behold, if loving pairs f:on tie reslns
OF the hereafter b-rrsy the same predilec'
tioas OF their EARTHLY ex= =mplsrs.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

The Burlington Patriot says that all crops
Will be greater in yield than has been ex pect-
Ell. Some fields will yield thirty bushels To
the Acre
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Actually Believed 1t.

Wednesdays Leavenvortb TINES con-
tains lengthy account Of the spirit mar
riage of 3 daughter Of Col. Eaton, who
died about thirty years ago. with the son OF
Franklin Pierce, who also died about the
same time. 1t was . graphic scene accord
ing to The TINES account, and many who
Witnessed it were bamboozled into the belief
that i, was a marriage between two ghosts.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

Jewell City Diamond, D.
Mr.. Guari has 81 acres In grain With first.
rate prospects for good crop.
Crops look well. Flenty of rain SO far.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
sumner County.

Wellington Nidette.l
The corn crop along the Slate creek bottoms
In South Haven township is the most prom
ising that We have ever seen in any country
at this time of the year.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
The Latest Spiritual Exploit.
gEmporta Daily News.l

'EhpoIid bdiiy -Nc~s.j
The LEAvENwoRIH DAILY TINES of the
18th contained long account of q spiritual
wedding, alleged by prominent spiritual
ists Of that place to have taken place there
Friday, June 18th, aud on which occasion
the bride, groom and other spirits appeared
in materialized form, expressively attire1
in the lstes; earthly styles of this season,
partooE, with the human persons present,Of
the wedding supper, and then retired back
into the spiritualisiic cabinet wherein sat
medium Mott and we're seen no more.
To add to the ab-urdity of the account, the
bride is stated to he the daughter OF Col.
Isaac Eaton, the well known Democratic
politician of Kans,s, said d iughter having
died when 40 infant, some thirty five years
ago, but had reached the full statue OF
womsnhood in the spirit land; and the
groom il also stated to be the son CT ex-
President Pierce, who (the son) was acci-
dentally killed when small boy, and has
now also grown up to he a Democratic
voter in the spirit land. Ii vas very In
teresting affair, and as the spirits said they
had been married in the spirit land just
before accepting the invitation TO
visit the brides father and receive
wedding entertainment from him
their statement of course disapproves the
Saviour's assertion that "in Heaven there
ia neither marrying or giving in marriage"
The beauty of the whole story is that Col.
Eaton and other leading spiritualists posi-
lively assert the entire story to be correct,
that the wedding, msterialization; etc ac-
tuslly took place, and that they were there
and saw and heard all thst is represented
to have occurred. Ard now all the Leav-
enwor,h spiritualists who were not invited
to that wonderful wedding, are mad, and
bitterly, cruelty disappointed.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Crops in Washington County.

Winter wheat throughout this entire coun-
ty is ready for the toilers and although the
yield will not be SO large as in some former
years, most of IL yields a handsome revenue
and no one has any right to murmur.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Gdeeklp Gimes
THURSDAY JULY 3, 1879.
llSTIN TIME.

porcas AIIea got to town just in time to
hear of the spiritual wedding, aud she
writes a letter TO tell what she thinks
abort ii
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
GOOD PROSPECT.

The St. Louis Times-Journot; referring TO
Mayor Fortescue's visit to that city, in the
interest Of our funding operations, says the
Eo4sct of ssttlement With the creditors
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

NO.stxe CIty Free Press, 2L)
Our crop reports by our various correspou-
dents are cheering indeed, and now the
chronic grumbler Is in despair.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
The Fourth at Ottawa.

II is the evident in .ention TO have a huge
celebration at Ottawa The X. +. freight
boys at this station received yesterday dis
patch from the agent at Ottawa, 10 send him
. nat car at once, a. IL was intended to cele-
brate on . large scale, and that they intended
To elevate the great American eagle, and
wanted the car to give him q platform u
start from. The car was sent.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
From Wednesday Morning Daily. !
Will be Favorable.

Everything is in fne condition In shaw
mes, Atchison, Jefferson and jackson couu-
ties.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
HOUSE AND FARM.
Early Pigs.

Early Pigs.
tAmerican Agriculturist.l
The Jersey Red pigs grow rapidly to an
enormous size, but the flesh In nearly all fat.
where this Ii not an objection, this Is per
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
The Old Man Needs q Guardian.

Read the account Of the spiritual We'd
ding" which took place l. Lesvenworth
Citv. June Goth, at the house of Col. Eaton.
OF course no objection can be had to any
form of spiritual or msterializing tom
foolery known to the ingenuity of man; but
such evidences of creduiity or superstition
seem to come with something almost OF un-
naturalness from . person 90 eminently
practical, sensible, and matter-of.fact as
Col. Eston. When . man, used to the ways
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

Cor. Ellsworth Times, Isl
Corn is doing well, Wheat Is about one.
hslfs crop. but the berry looks fine and
plump.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

fieasanton Observer, -.
Thanks to stephen Decker for q lot of the
drst apples Of the season.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Subject OF General Conversation.
IAtchisou Champion, 8

The Pierce-Eaton ghostly wedding. at
Leavenworth, was the general subject OF
conversation on our streets 1t is long
time since anything of equal Importance
his happened in Leaveuworth.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
Only Half are True.
Rush County.

II half the reports We hear are true, Kansa
will raise An immense crop this year.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

The people feel easier In regard to corn and
other spring crops. Farmers have gone 10
work in dead earnest, sowing miIlet.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03

Farmers from all sections of Marion county
tell us that the corn crop never looked
better here at this time OF the year.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

what can girl do when her father
threatens 10 curse her. and she ihe only
child h. has; Nothing could make her
marry any one else-noihing. That
she could do at least"
but the poor ghost did not know
that, said the old man. at wandered
away broken-hesrted. II found IFS way
10 sea fir~f. and then into the battle
For years il was q wretched ghost.
greatly 20 be pitied. and only wishing
20 die; bat atlast itgrew content. though
neser happy, and worked in great
csiy at trade until 1t had made ioT-
tune.
"All the same, Il was miserable ola
barheIor ghost. and never found mate;
and used n say often and often. pvnf
and over agaih. 20 itself, that women
we're all false, and that the woman be
loved had been utterly false to him.
He supposed her married TO some one
else, and all this time he grew older
and older. aud long years lay between
him and the happy time when he was
boy"
Long. long. years." sighed Miss
Carney. "Long. long, years"
"But one day." proceeded the old
gentleman, Zone day there came TO him
out Of the past an old familiar face, and
amidst The whirl OF the great city this
ghost talked to it Of the green lanes and
ripping streams OF the spot where he
was born, and asked Of the house under
the oaks, and the girl who dwelt there
once--the girl who had been, as he
thought, false TO him. And this old
friend told him something that made
him feel suddenly that be might come
to life again.
"'She never married. she said-it
was a woman. She lives in the old
house now. Other men loved her, but
she never loved any other man but you.
We all know that
"And then the ghost, said to himself
Forty years Of lie lost.' and went
down TO the green country place to
haunt his old love, and hear her say she
was sorry to see him.
"Oh, dear oh, dearl" sighed the lit
lie old lady in brown. "How could
sue ncip u hu tcT UCduty SOuCs oii
her youth, what could she feel but sor-
row, and just ghost herself"
She arose and turned away. He
arose and followed her, putting his arm
around her waist.
"Priscy," he said, "you are the only
woman | ever loved. Is not that some
thing for man to say, when it is true
as gospel"
Yes said; "and almost believe
you, for-for / never cared for any one
else either
Then why not do our best TO be
happy now, Priscyl why not marry
each other. aud be living again, not two
poor old ehostss"
"Well, because folks would call Us
two old FOOLS" said she.
"Well, let them." said he.
very well," said she, 81 don't
care"
Then the old gentleman in grey
kissed the old lady in brown, and said,
"What day shall we set. my dears"
What her answer was may be guessed
when TIE village bells, one month la
ter. rang the wedding peal of the old
lovers.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

Hrs VISITING CARD.-A very good
story is told OF the late Admiral Colds
borough with regard to the etiquette ol
visiting cards. He was bluff old sea-
dog, and hated sham and pretence. An
airy young diplomat. great man of So
ciety and fashion, called on the Admi-
raj, and finding him out, LETT his card
with the letters E. P. penciIed on it.
The brave salt was puzzled thereby, and
when the young man accosted him on
the street and asked, "Did you get my
card, Admiral - he shouted out.
"Yes! and what's the meaning of E.
P. that you wrote on it :"
"Oh, why that means en- personne,
that called in person."
at does, eh :" said the Admiral. and
went of in a mood of disgusted medita-
tatIon.
To few days he returned the call BY
sending his card around bya messenger.
first writing S. B. N. in one corner.
Again the two met. "You received my
card. did you ?" inquired the Admiral.
"Yes. and what does s. b. n. means"
asked the polite young man.
"Sent by a niggerl" thundered the
Admiral.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

&"How intoxicating the moon is to-
night" remarked alady the other even
ing.
Yes" replied her companion, "thai
is because the moon is full"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

ee"How on earth do you manage to
get alongsO well' ] thought only three
or four years ago you were head-oyer-
heels in debt"
"Oh, those were old debts; never
pay my old debts"
"But your new ones!"
81 let them get DID,"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

want to be q walker,
Yes, that is now the thing,
want to get my muscle up
And sail around the ring.
want 20 win q champion belt
Aud make the people talk,
want TO hear the fellow shout
'ioh, golly, can't she walk a.
want 70 beat 0'Leary
And wear a sictor's smile,
For walking is, Yunderstand,
The latest female style.
--Aadrew's Besaar.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

Don't always turn back because there
is danger ahead; there msy be danger
in the rear.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-03-27

What do they weigh down oa the.
Swsnec Rivcr'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
The Russian Peasantry.

In an article on the Russian peasantry
the MOlra observes that the chief peas
ant in a village sometimes has more
power than any man in the Empire eX-
cept the Gar He has the power, for
instance, of ordering a culprit to be
flogged, right which is denied by law
to any other public functionary or citi-
zen in the Empire. Further, a majority
of the peasants in commune can SEN
tence one of their number to be beaten
with sticks, and there is no appeal
against the sentence, and the commune
can still sentence man to Punishment
to Siberia for life. This sentence has
been passed for such petty offenses as
stealing handkerchief or a little honey,
or opening brandy shop without the
permission of the commune In the
Government of Samara man was SEN
fenced TO be banished, together with his
family. Shortly after, however, the
Senate, to whom the case was referred,
decided that the man should be per-
mitted to remain in his village, on the
ground that his health would not permit
of his going 10 Siberia. The case of the
mans wife, however, was not consid-
cred; and the sentence was carried out,
so far as she was concerned, though she
was innocent of any crime, and had been
directed to 60 to Siberia merely in or
der that she should not be separated
from her husband.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
The Dignity Of ONCE.

A Detroiter, who was rusticating il
one of the wilderness counties of Mich,
gan, was one day out hunting when he
came upon a hamlet consisting of saw.
mill, two houses and a log-barn. The
sign of "Post-office greeted his vision
over door in one of the houses, and he
Investigated. The office was an eight
by ten room, and the boxes for mail
matter numbered just four. A written
sign on the wall announced that the
mail arrived and departed once week,
and the Postmaster sat behind pine
table reading the Postal Guide and chew
ing a sasSafraS root.
" ANY letter for John -?" asked
the DetrOiter as he looked around.
The p. NJ. didn't shake his head and
crush the inquirer's hopes all at once,
as some officials do, but slowly arose,
looked carefully into each one of the
six empty boxes, peered into an old
cigar-boX on the window-sill, and then
answered:
81 don't see any thing just now, but
it is only four days till the next mail. -
ais this money-order Officer con-
tinued the stranger.
"Well, no, not exactly, though we
handle considerable money here"
"Can l get dollars worth of
threes?" asked the Detroiter after a
pause.
"Well, no, not exactly" replied the
official looking into his wallet. al guess
l can spare you five or six now and the
rest next week.
There was another pause as the Post
master vainly tried to make change for
quarter, and the DetrOiter finally re-
marked:
"This isn't rated as a first-class Post
office, is it?"
"Well, no, not exactly" was the con-
fidential reply. "Fact is, we don't do a
very rushing business here, and some
times l think it would pay me better to
90 back to the farm"
81 don't suppose you make $50 year
here, do you?"
"Well, no, not exactly, but l don't
look at that altogether. The position
that it gives us in society here must be
taken into consideration, you knowr
The population of the hamlet, includ-
ing a tame bear and dog, was only Is
souls.-DetrOH Free Press.