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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
THE-wOaK OF TEE SESSION.

The Sterling, Rice county, Bullctia, Of the
ID inst, reviews the work to come before
the Legislature OF the State, at its ap-
preaching session, and offers the following
sensible and timely suggestions. AS re-
CARDS CAUCUS, there is much difference Of
opinion, many OF the best Republicans in
the State holding TO the view thst it is the
only way TO get a fair expression OF tie
party sentiment upon the important SUBJ
jec;s Of the election Of Senator and State
Printer. The Bulletin says:
The Kansas legislature meets on Tuesday,
the 18th of this month. A large portion Of
both houses are old hands, having been IN
the last or previous legislatures, therefore,
they ought TO be able TO get to work on the
business Of the session without unnecessary
delay. The first business after the orgsniza-
tioE, will probably be TO elect United States
Senator This ought not to take much time,
as Senator ingalls, should be elected on the
first ballot. There Is nsidersbls talk In the
papers Of the State about the probability and
propriety of the Republicans holding n eau
Gus, something the party has never done be
fore in this State As the caucus could only
relate To The selection OF a Senator and Off
GERS of the two houses, it matters very lit
tie 10 the people whether there is . caucus or
not The board appointed to revise the laws
will report and a careful consideration OF
this report will occupy much time. The reg
ula,ion OF railroad tariff, should receive care
fai consideration, and some feasible and just
measure should be enacted. II nothing is
done at this session 1t will be two years be-
fore any action can be taken and the people
VIII not brook any such delay. There is
only FIFTY days that the session can last, and
much work Will have 10 be don. In a short
time. Every member ought TO go to Topeka
prepared and determined TO attend strictly
10 the business of the legislature.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
THE TAxPAYERs' CONGESTION.

The convention of tax payers Of the coun.
ty at the court house on Monday was CON-
posed Of representative men. With the eI.
ception of two or three individuals from
the city, they we're fair men. The dele
gates from the county particularly came to
the convention with purpose, knowing e1.
actly what they wanted ard what their
constituents were willing to do. They had
evidently considered the questions involved
and were prepared to act.
The action Of the convention was per
haps all that was required at this time.
The resolutions adopted offering thirty,
forty five, fifty and ninety per cent. of the
market value of the bonds payable in four
or five per cent. thirty year bonds, and the
recommendation to the County Board not
to pay any further interest on bonds bear
ing an interest greater than six per cent,
and not to hereafter levy tax to pay such
exhorbitsnt interest. shout covers the whole
question.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
e. lDIOCY.r

The Chicago Tines thinks ,ha; commune
ties which give themselves up to the mercy
OF the tax eaters are not entitled to much
sympathy. In commenting upon passage
OF the message of the Governor of New
York, the Times says:
Finding that the number OF lunatics has
been largely increased in New York lately,
the governor OF that Stale, in his annual mes
sage, advances the curious theory that the
enormous taxation is The cause of the in
crease OF mental arrangement On examin-
Ing tine statistics, the governor finds that the
most havily taxed communities furnish the
largest proportion OF lunatics and, by way
of assisting In the resto' alton Of the people
to sound mental health, he advises reduction
Of pablo expenditures. The advice is good
enough on general principles; but the idea
Of direct connection between taxation and
insanity is fanciful and fsr-f.tched. There
is Obvious lack OF common sense In commun.
tiles which give Themselves mp to the mercy
OF the taxeaters, but Their com Iaint is nearer
akin to idiocy than insanity.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09

On tie evening Of the 9Th instant, a young
man named Adams started from Columbia
to this city on horseback. He thought that i,
would he more pleasant to ride or the rail.
road track and striking the track
just cut Of Columbia epurred bis
horse into gsllop. Adams ssys that he
thought his familiarity with the track
would keep him out of danger, bu, all .,
once the horse came 10 a bridge which was
without flooring. Adams vas thrown over
the horses head, as the poor animals legs
went Il rough Wien be recovered con-
sciousnese he found himself head down IN
DEF the bridge, one foot being fast in the
stirrup. He was 70 bruised that hefcould not
lit himself and there he remained in the
greatest agony. There was q whistle and
. rosr, ard he knew that there was . train
coming. AZ the wheels crashed over the
bridge he ielt shock. The cow-caicber
had thrown the borse Of, but the saddle
was wedgsd in between ellis. He hung un-
til sunris. and was then rescued, almost
dead.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09

We" 1ork lililes- =
The commercial hurricane which, sud-
denly though not altogether unexpectedly
has swept down over Stockholm is playing
fearful havoc in the business Of the city.
Many of the largest banking houses have
susp. nded, such as Asp, Berger q Co, Hog
lund, Guiiiemot n Weylsndt, &c. In one
case, in that of Asp, Berger q Co, great
Encouragement and scsndslous irregulari-
ties have taken place, but else the common
cause of all these failures in the general
depression Of business all over the world
and the scarcity of foreign credit. The
worst feature, however, Of this crisis is the
baneful influence it will exercise on the
Swedish industry, between which and the
the foreign markets these houses acted as
middle-men. Sweden has CREST natural re-
sources in its foresrs, mines powerful streams
etc, but it lacks capital, and its industry
cannot be carried On without steady ad-
vances from other countries Petre Broth
FRS, probably the greatest iron manufactu-
rers in the country, have already been COM
PEELED to stop working But an industrial
cri.is means quite another thing in Sweden
than in England or America, on account Of
the peculiar relation which exists there be-
tween the employer and the employees. A
Swedish bTuys patron, the owner of waists
tracts of forest and extensive mines, of nu
mercus blast furnaces, rolling mills, etc,
lives among the men who work his forests,
mine, mills, etc, pretty nearly as, la the
Middle Ages, the lord Of the cattle lived
among the villsgers settled before the gate
tie does no; simply pay them the wages on
which they sub~ist, but he builds their cot
tagss, plants trees in their gardens, erects
schools for their children, appoints and pays
the minister, the physician, the apoth-cary,
preacher, &c, snd nearly in every kind of
distress the working man looks to the bugs
paboa for relief. The relation, continued
through centuries without any apprecisble
modification, has, of course, completely
nodded the character of the SSedish
workingman. He ia Industrious and cum
ming st his work, kind and joyous in his
home, log al and respectful to his employer,
but beyond thsse three fields or spheres he
is not only inexperienced, but ignorant.
In an emergency he is entirely unable TO
shift for himself, and when his master fails,
it seems to him that the whole and sole
foundation for his own lie has given wsv
and he can do nothing but aban Ion himself
to vsgaboudsge and rascality ,.,,or sit down
with the Prayer-book in his hand and
starve TO death.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
TEE INniss DISCUSSION.

The New York Times is Of the opinion
thst General Sheridan has not won a very
oppressive weight of lsurels in his discus
zion of Iujian affairs with Secretary
ScAuiz; on the contrary, il seems TO think
that he has been decidedly worsted, and
has taken contract that ne has not pre-
pared 10 fill. The Tunes says:
Gen. Sheridan, Il most be admitted, docs
n d shine in niroversy. His supp ement-
AIRY report" made in answer TO secretary
SchuIzs demand that he should subs,antiate
his charges against the Indian bureau man.
az, ment, il ram bling and Inc inclusive doc
ument. In his original report, Gen. Sheri-
dan said that the Indian border troubles were
due 10 ant OF sUfii ''eat appropriations, or
10 1.-The wreichei mismanugemeEt- OF the
Indian Department. As he subsequently
added that 'ihe amounts appropriated by
Congress Ought to be sufficient" II nee
essarI'y foilowCd that the General
meant 10 charge taGt "greiched
acknowledgement" was she real cause OF the
difficulties. And the General cannot escape
the impGtation OF having been indiscreet
and reckless IN his charges b. now claiming
that these. sweeping remaI Is were INTENDED
only for tire eye Of his superior oficer, Gen
Sherman IL Is very doubtful IL an officer in
any department o. the Government has any
right 10 go out Of his own sphere of duty 10
cri:icIse iGe doIhgs OF another department
of the Government. Even civilians have
some rights which an emiBent military man
is bound To respect And Gen. sheridan, 10
his supplementary report" does not seem to
realize that lie has made charges which
he cannot, IL the mature Of
things, maze good. The Genera is bet'ay-
ed int using some phrases which
remind one more OF the manners of
the camp than OF the usages OF polite debate.
In one place hereicrs 10 the Secretary's say
inE, "jIsIhgenuoas'y," that the General had
made random charges and in another place
be refers 20 the Sec eiary's letters demanding
proof as being iaconsid rate. And finally, IN
n 1t II pstuisnce. he comp aims thst he will
rot be -'lectrred by the honorable Secretary
81 .hs Interior" AL Of this is amusing read
tag, bul the dispate Ia not only unseemiy, bet
unnecessary. 1. is evident that General
Sheridan blundsr~d in going out of his way
10 ''pi.eh inron Ire Indian Bureau, and he
row fee,s obliged 10 maintain his ground al
rag-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, January ].

FLoUR-Nominslly unchanged.
NHEAT-Qui.t and unchanged; ungrad~d
sp'ing, ss'agLc ungrad-i red, 81 Odi o.,
NJ 3, do. US, No :, do. 81 iJ14 lei4; No l,
Il J,7&GSl t.; una ra,iei amber, 81 U5etl II: un-
graded xhit., 81 IoIzai II; No. 8, do. 81 o51s
al VS14, No. do 1 o. Al o. !. NO do 81 20
tSl H.
RYE-Hesvy; W, stern, 56s57nc.
bARLkY-Iuil and unchann, If.
CoKN-Fnm er; ubgrsdsi, i6d+sc, No.
3, 44l4Gl4itsc; Steamer. +5(a SIC; No ?. 46l4;
IN s.Ure, 371sc@i75.c; srluat, No. white, .oc;
neS round yeiio~, 5sc-
OATs-Str,nger: xed western, o1.s3Ic;
" lit western, 314.. S5c.
COFFEE-Qui.t aud sts ady-
-UGAR-lu good demand
MoLAssEs-Quiet and unchanged.
Realistically and unchanged.
EGGs-H.svy; western, 27c
Pork bull, mess, 81 2,,I1 81.
b EF-Quiet and unchanged.
CUT Me Ts-Quiet
MIDDLES-ions Ger m.ddles, 81: shor.
clear, Isr.
AKD-Vuiet; prime steam, s. 90s5 ga.
BUTTER L NJ hanged
CHEHsE Quiet and unchanged.
WhtsKY-sl IlL
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
Va. Vanderbilt scheme ImProy ed
Upon.
TGraphIc 4rhl

Shall the farmers of the West raise q
fund of So, 0O0, 900 to build fleet Of twenty
first clsss steamships of $500 tons burden
each for the purpose of carrying their
wheat to Europe At first cost? This ia the
important question which il asked very
earnestly by Judge Dricgs, who is already
recognized as tine benef ctor of this region
for his services in draining the Jersey Aats
lie argues that such a feet could carry
grain and all produce abroad quickly and
cheaply and that they would pay their own
cost over and over 1t would bring the
producer and consumer Close together, and
would release large army of middiemen
who nov thrive by exhorbitant charges.
The scheme does not contemplate any cub
sidy from the Government Ii is worth
Of 1t is a tremendous suggestion,
but this ia vast country and just on the
threshold Of its greatness. The next Gen.
tury will zee plans of national development
and service unfo,ded and matured at which
capital would nov stand appalled,.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
Facss Gor GBiMasolOgisss.


Ciimsiologists have often attempted to
measure the relative degrees of cold be-
tween two different places by the thickness
of the ice without reference to the Their
mome,er, bnt they have generally filled to
complete their obs-rvations by an exact
statement OF the rapidly Of the rivers. their
breadth and the nature Of their banks, all
of which are of great irf fence in the for
nation and the thickness of ice. Thus.
running water will b-gin TO freeze ar twelve
degrees below freezing point, but if the cur
rent is at all rapid very much lower de
gree Of cold il Necessary to freeze the
stream. Is il, therefore, of no scientific
value vS0sever TO We told the bare fact
that in Russia ice three feet thick has
ben fornsd on the rivers, AID in France
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
A WORD TO EDITORS.

We see items floating around TO the effect
that an adjourned meeting of the Publishers
Association will be held at Topeka during
the coming session OF the legislature. In this
connection We have a word TO say.
1t is fair to presume that in adopting the
revised statutes a new aw will be put on our
books regulating the prices of printing; and
also as TO how public printing shall be let.
We would suggest that a meeting of the Pub.
lishers' Association be held, and that a COM
mittee of 1--WE OF orr best me mbers be appoint
ed 10 draft n law regulating public printing.
We need a law that means what il says
and also one that says what II means, and
that can be put into practical operation. We
hope some action Will be taken in this mat
ter, in order that We may have a concert of
action next winter.
Everybody knows that our present law is a
failure. We want fair prices for fair work,
and nothing more. The present law allows
too much pay Tor some kinds of work, and
not enough for other kinds.
We should like 10 see this matter settled
this winter, and IL responsible newspaper
men will take hold of it. we will have no fur
Their tr"doIe regarding pub &c printing.-Udl
n,t Valley Tones.
AhS suSSesIShS VA INC <EHts aiC SoOu
and the editors OF the State should see to il
that they are carried out. We do not
know what provisions will be incorporated
In the Few code, as 1t comes from the COM
missioners, respecting the matters above
referred 10, and which directly affect the
interests of every publisher in the State,
but We have heard it reported. upon what
We regard as good authority, that certain
Radical changes will be recommended
which, should they become Law, would work
SERIOUS injury to publishers and the public.
1t stands US in hand to look to our own
rights and our own interests, and to see to
ii, too, that the new code, when adopted, is
framed IN the interests of the people, and
not for the exclusive benefit OF the lawyers
We would suggest that the President of
the Association issue a call for a meeting
In Topeka, al some esrly day |
during the Sc sion, in order to appoint |
committees and to take such other action as
NAV be thought necessary.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
home MARKETS.
HAY-s7 90 per ton,

HAY-s7 90 per ton,
bGASS-s2 % per on.
RGE-S5c.
APPLEs-2 25s2 30 per barrel wholesale,
Re all, 81 per bu-hel
EGGS-wbolesaie ISc; retail 25c; choice,
scarce
L.RD-5c per pound. Wholesale.
CHEfSE-kansas, lVc.
HEAT-No. 2,s!Sc /; No. 3, 7Uc; rejected %
An advance looked for.
OATS-isiac, retail 25c.
tORN-From wagons =7c per bushel retail
POrATOES-Dealers prices " hoIesale, Ear
~ rose &c Peach Bows iOc., retail 50c@6oc
FLOTR-wholesale choice Family xxx
Premium, y 20: Golden Eagle. g IS; Dexter
. Is; Western Rose, 81 50; Waldron W.,
BUTTER-wholesale, IsI. ais; retail l5s2Oc.
BR MS per ton
SHIP STUFF-$lo per ton
ONIONSPer bu>hei, IS zoe Retail ST.
PpULrRI-Cb,cK-ns 81 JoSSl W; retail,
20ts25c dressed; Turkeys, dressed, retail, loo
per pound. Geese, sc per pound dressed, re-
tail ducks SDc each, dressed
BROOMCURN-SJOA75 per ton, I xtra hurl
SIS
BACON-Retaii &c, for sides hams, 1oc
country hams
HONEY-Sc per pound.
CRANBERRiES-$60 % per Dbl.
ORANGES Is per Dbl.
Stock Market.
BSEF COws-2L0Sc.
BEEF STEERs-ls+93xc.
NEAL-4as1zc.
MUrroS-25IaSr.
HoGs-kirmer and good demand al s, 2eper
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
Something that Every Community
NeRds.



A mstier-of TACT cooking school, which
promises more good in practical way ihah
any yet tried in this country, is to be open.
ed 10 morrow in New York. Ii is well.
known that bad cooks are the worst Of evils
IN our long lis; of bad servants, and this
school proposes TO sim more directly at
masiug good cooks out of servants Than oct
Of mistr~sses. For seventeen cents a "6rst
artisan" course in cooking will be open to
servants, in which they will get training
in the cooking Of the least expensive kinds
OF foods and the methods Of preparing them
chesply and palatably, while second
artisans" course viii be arranged for those
who wish TO improve an economical table
without adding 10 its cost, aud are willing
toglve time and care 20 the pr.psr III
Hood In order to acc mpli>h .h-i result"
then there is 10 be q third Course in which
young housekeepsrs Just beginning life in
comfortable and moderate Circumstances
may learn the arts and mysteries of the
Kitchen and the cupboard Some wealthy
and prominent society ladies of New York
are interested in this institution, and 81
Louis who have the means and the tine en-.
gsging in 4 similar en'erprisine. There i
plenty OF need for all the good work that
can be done in that line.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
NEW youK-s .xpE>ss ACCOUNT.

II = million seven thousand and
Ninety eight dollars will be required to pay
the bi!lF OF New York City during 1879.
This SUN is 81 coo 600 less than was asked
for, bat only 100000 less than the amount
appropriated last year. The heaviest
account ia SS.790,I53. for interest on the
city debt, created BY successive Democratic
administrations. The next heaviest &C
commits are the police fund, S4,0iS, 100, and
the school fund, S3,4G0oOO The college
OF the City of New York costs Sli0,0 and
$4,000 are appropriated for the Metropol-
itsn Museum Of Art The combination
ticket elected last fall is pledged to reduc-
tion OF The Ci:y's expenses.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
INHUMAN CRUELTY,
A Drunken Wan Thrown From .
TraiH and Left TO Perish In the
snow.
kansas City Times, 81


Yesterday evening as the Elk o'clock mar
row guage train was putiiog and steaming,
prePatory 10 starting on its regular evening"
erraud, an lrishman in di-Iressful stale
Of intoxication, got aboard the train and
took his seat. "All aboard" was called out
by the conductor, and the train started
Proceeding some 800 yards east, it sudden
ly slackened its pace, and the roughly clad,
hard -handed son of toil-the Irish passen-
ger-was elected from the car and
hurled into the snow some two feet
deep. The train moved on, liule
thinking, and caring less, perhsps
for the human soul that it had committed
to the biting foot and stiffening winds
But there are some noblemen yet among
Gods creatures and children, and he
was this time found in the person of Mr.
John T. Wilson, the efficient criminal
clerk OF Jsckson county. Arriving at
Independence, and in obedience to the
instincts Of a noble heart, he sought the
telegraph, and sent word to Mr.. Lum
Wilson, his worthy assistant, relating
the above facts, and ius.ructing him to
succor the drunken man at once, saying
that he would pay expenses, etc. Mr..
Wilson, accompanied by Mr.. John
Moore, the attorney, secured a sleigh and
started in accordance with directions For
tunstely the IN an had been seen by persons
working near by who Immediately took
in the situation and went to his assistance
When they arrived they found him nearly
frozen and took him to one Of their homes,
where the restoratives were promptly ap-
piled. The mans extremities are badly
frozen, and presented pitiable sight to the
gentlemen who had started in search of
him.
This is an act of unpardonable cruelty
on the part of the railroad employees, and
one which will everlsstingly brand them as
specimens Of the grossest inhumanity and
unfit to be clasied among beings of society
1t is actually unsafe for perrons of this cal
ibre, men who are capable of committing
such heartless cruelty, to occupy the re-
q, onsible position Of guiding train of
passengers The name of the victim Of This
hesrtless cruelty could not be ascertained
Gree acks are More 20 Dc Eeslred
Than Gold.
lChicago Tribune, 81
We have resumed, and nobody wants
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
DO YOU w,NrTo Co-

Do you want to 60 to California, "where
they never have any cold weather." Read
this it..u from the San Francisco Bulletin,
and see ii You DO. 1t would puzzle you a
good deal TO distinguish any difference be-
tween their weather and ours, according to
this:
The Trinity Journal says: The month of
December, ISIS, has been the coolest ever
hnown In the county, 1t having frozen hard
every night during The month. the Their
Inometer on Friday morning, 27t., marked
!! degree below 70.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09

.i'i- Z 'HC-iOJS UAsTAGE or grain, % iserfaL,s
- s-.- s.t'eE e IhTr hcTs olr. Dc SAVED by ills
Hi-JTi Hac,ins, ,-rciszf Or eresy jo1 10 more I'm
= - s--5.Hses II tt-c-hins.
TX, TIroTHY, HILLEf, HUNGARIAN ard
20 --lT are t.rLz'si, sc52-=:ed cleaned sad saved
ST. = a1G perfectly Is Wheat, Oats RE OK rzfley
a. EXTRA PIECE: Is usually paid for grain and
a4s s-ll b III E2el.iEs, t5r extra cleanliness
II II VET GRAIN n Is.5 these we've suls,a,-
ally n ONLY GACHISE Is that could run with pross
erJ-loiiy, doing Est, thorough AID perfect worx.
ss' o-lt-rs aii.riy fsasL
ALL GRAIN. TIN and MONEY wasting eorupI,ea.
51s, FIch rs Endless Aprons sRadeie- Reafe-s~
firkert, etc. are sa.tey dspea.ed triL less than
is-lGf the usual Gear. Eel;s Boxes and Journals.
sssr managed: more durable light running no cost.
repairs; no dust: no htterngs" to clean u: NOT
rS1ble'i by adve-s. winds rain O. storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISEHS Who rr. ,o.s.t
a ne large swing made by II will rot employ infe-
45F -li ~ssteiul mtchine-, but VIII ..s.t on this
FISHER doing their work
FOUR SIZES made for 9, 9, 10 and u Hor,e
overs Aiso speciality Of SEPARKroRs, cssigned
20 maze fxPREssIf FOR srEAI POWER
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, viz: our I'M
'Toyed TRIPLE Gear" and our "Sprr Speed Mood.
'ury Style, both +" Mounted on Jor wheeis
IL INTERESTED In Thre-hing or Grain Raisine
ppiy TO our nearest Dealer or write to o. Tor Ust-
ed q cular r. ut free giving full pasticuas Of Siz,a
Isyles, Prices, Terms, etc
Gjchots, Shepard d Co.,
RATTLE CREEK. NICE.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-09
Bissssarck's Next Heal.

1t looks little as if Prussia has got an
other attack of manifest destiny, for the
German government is certainly rolling it.
hungry eyes st Denmark in the same
greedy way that preceded the swallowing
Of so many of the small principaliries that
are nov Lost in the German empire. A
short time ago the prospect was that Hol-
land would be the next object Of attention,
but it viii really be easier to absorb Den
mark, if the remainder OF the world is will.
ing, Than Holland, which might, even sin
gle handed, prove a hsrd-ezrred prize. 1t
is not clear. yet, however, that the other
nations OF Europe are willing to abandon
Denmark to German righteousness.