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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
DEATH OF MRS. BLOSS.
a Brief Notice Of Her Life and Char
acteP by e ]. d. H.''

A Brief So'ice Of Her Life and Char.
acier By e J. d. H.''
Rochester On " Express.I
Our city papers contain an obituary no.
tice, appropriately expressed:
Entered into lest Thursday morning,
Goth instant, Mary Blossom, wife of the
late William c. Bloss, aged so year,"
She commences her slst year in Heaven.
Her Christian faith was constant. Hon.
William c. Bloes was a remarkable man
positive. useful, aggressive, eccentric, and
often morally heroic. There was but one
William c. Bloss. HIS nature and hers
were as different as a thunder storm and q
eubdued and delightful summer sunset of
blended beauties; but they were made for
each other. There was but one Msry
Blossom. The force Of her character, like
many of the forces of nature, wa eeen only
in its effects. Her nature was gentle, loving
and lovable; patient, painstaking, and won-
derfulIy adapted to the domestic relations
in their tendereet and noblest uses. A bet
knew. She was An ornament to the high
est civilization. The best ornaments are not
showy or gaudy. Their value is in quality
and modest, intrinsic worth. She was .
complete bundle of domestic virtues.
A war incident occurred, which, during
her life, have carried as hidden treasure
in my heart. Now that both have gone away
from Us to their Heavenly Home, can re-
late il to some extent.
The 18th of September, A. D. 1862, was .
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
ANG ELL.

Angel, tie confidential clerk of Palace.
Car Pullman, who absconded last July
with $4,000 of his employers money
having been discovered and captured in a
foreign land, has been brought back to the
scene of his former operations, to stand
trial, and serve out term in the States
prison. In an editorial upon his return to
Chicago, the Later Ocean, after reviewing his
operations, says:
Men of Angell's tastes and habits will
fud in the brief story of mis- wanderings,
prompt arrest. and speedy return, food for
that sort Of reflection that ought to lead to
reform. The logic of events is plainly
sgsinst the msn who, as trusted friend
and emplove, betrays trust and abuses con-
fideDoe Mr.. Angell says Mr.. Pullman was
the best friend he ever had. When he
found that be was involved, through faults
of his own, 20 the extent of SO. coo, he did
not think of his friend or an effort to re-
trieve himself. Taking advantage of his
position and privileges he stole $4,000
more ard ab-conded. Now he lakes q
philosophical view of the situstion, and
accepting punishment as just, talks hope
fully Of the future, on his release from
prison. His philosophy comes too late.
The time for cool reasoning snd talk about
the future was in July last. Then friends
might have helped him, and be might have
regained his lost fortune. and have broken
away from vicious habits. Now friends
cannot help HIM. and TO man guilty of
such crime the future has certainly no.
much promise
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
,.nnK,NG EaRfHE.yEGa, !,

\ Berlin disPsth states that United States
vs,-el- visiting the Aleutian Islands and
tl- vicinity of East Cape are officially re.
qu57.ed 20 keep a sharp lockout for the
Lena and tie Vega, Professor Ncrdensk-
joid's vessels. If The Lena is in winter
quarters, thousand miles up the Siberian
riger, as reported from Yakutsk, looking for
her about East Cape won't do much good.
1t Is the Vega the Yankee sailors want TO
find, and they will probably do It.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27

Morris County Enterprisa. % [

lMorris County Enterprise. 20
1t IL difficult IN after to pick up q local
newspaper published in an eastern State,
without seeing a notice Of one or more per-
s. ms or families who have started f,r Kan
sas. The hardest struggle 10 make this
State great one is over with. 1t is getting
to be 20 that eastern and northern people
need little il any cosIing to bring them to
Kansas. Those who think Of emigrsiing
are anxious to make their homes here.
They have learned to believe in the present
and future Of this State. 1t Is a grand
commonwes'th-thriity, groSIug and pros
porous. 1t has time and sgair demonstrate
ed to the world is entire ability TO provice
for each citizen ali the necrssaries
and an abundance Of the luxuries
of life. Herce II il no wonder that people
ilock to kausss-the best and flires; land
the SUI shines on-for homes where they
can enjoy an upright life In the fullest ex-
tent The immigration TO Kansas this
year has been astonishing, bat an equal or
greater increase in population msy be
looked for in 1879. Let all come " ho wish
the nore the better. Morris county
ought to have two thousI md more people in
another year. No doubt she could secure
them il her people would properly go 10
work for the accomplishment Of such a
worthy object.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
EfEGH.HANDED PROCEEDING

Referring to the action of our Legisla-
ture in arresting the Superintendent of the
Telegraph Office at Topeka for refusing to
deliver TO a committee copies of dispatches
ia his hands, the Chicago Tribune of the
2ilh says:
The Karsas Legislature has taken a
high-hsuded step in committing the mana-
ger of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany at Topeka TO the Sergeant at-arms for
Imprisonment for refusing to disclose the
contents Of the dispatches that passed
relative 10 the recent Senatorial contest
As the msnsger acted under the instruc-
iions of the Company, it is now the duty Of
the Company 20 defend It's sgeDt, and to
make a test case at once before the Supreme
Court upon the merits, that il may be judi
cislly determined whether a legislative
committee has any more right to seize pri-
vate dispatches than it has TO seize private
letters. Ii ia time that some decision was
reached in the matter, that the public may
know whether private communications by
telegraph are to be protected against the
periodical raids of mousipg politicians.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
rov,I CouP,,y Cou,NG.

The Canadian correspondent OF the Lon
don I imes declares that the Princess Louise
il very much pleased with her new home.
The Dlke and Duchess of Edinburgh and
Russisn feet, commanded by Russian
Prince, will arrive at Halifax about June,
and there the Marquis of Lorne and Prin-
cess Louise viii pass the summer. The
Prince OF Wales and the Duke of Argyll
are under promise to visit Canada within
the next year or two.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
NOTARIEs PUBLIC.
THE TRIAL OF THE CHEYENNEs.


Wednesday afternoon the Cheyenne pris,
oners were taken before yusice Cook foI
examination, hut they waived further pro.
ceedipgs until the meeting Of The district
court.
County Attorney Sutton is endeavorine
to have special term OF the court called,
and has written Judge Peters regarding the
matter.
The Cheyennes want subpenasd some oi
the officers and soldiers with whom they
served in the war against The SiaUK. \
long list OF witnesses has been made out,
which will require some tiuie to bring
here. 1t is not likely that special ses,
sion of the court can be had for several
weeks
Amos Chapman, the scout aud interpret
er, during his short stay in the city, mad
several conferences with the prisoners.
Amos speaks the Cheyenne Language fluent
ly, and we'll understands their sign talk
The prisoners say they are treated well,
have plenty to eat, but have no sugar for
their coffee. This delicacy has since been
furnished them. They want to sse their
wives and paPpoosss.
The conversation was made with Cd
Crow, who is rather an intelligent Indian.
There was much Of the talk not particular
ly interesting. The pritoners ssy they are
tolerably we'll contented. They know what
they are incarcersted for, but say other In
diaus did the killing.
Nearly all of the Cheyenne band that
passed through this county last iall, ex-
ceptipg these seven prisoners and few
others, were killed since that lamentable
raid. Dull Knife and few braves es-
capped at Fort Robinson. Thus once noble
race has nearly become extinct.
Part of the prisoners are cordial when
approached BY visitors, buttw or three are
suIlen, ard refuse to shake hands. They
were we'll pleased to meet Chapman, and
Old Grow, especially, who converseI with
him freely and good naturedly. None Of
these Indians understand the English Ian
guage sufficiently to csrry On conversa-
tion. Many Of Our citizens recognize the
features Of the prisoners who were in the
band that csmped at this point nearly two
years ago, on their way TO the Indian Ter
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

The Ngrth 4ms- ioan RcUielr, for March,
has a symposium upon Negro Suffrage
that il, series of interviews with dis
tinguished gentlemen, upon this subject
The questions, as negro sufrsge 4 failure"
and ''Should the negro have been enfran-
chised," are propounded by Senator Blaine,
who claims thst the negro was wisely and
Justly eufrsnchised, and should not lie de-
prived Of his right TO the ballot, but that
he ia practically disfrsnchised by intimida-
iion; end lie demands Tor him all Of The
privileges that have been granted him by
the constitutional amendments. Messrs
Lamar, Stephens and Hampton insist that
the political liberty Of the negro is not
seriously iuteTfeTred with, and argue that ii
the South be let alone all Of the difficulties
growing out Of emancipation Will adjust
themselves. Hampton says that qualified
suffrage would have been better for the ne
gro, and Stephens declares that II an at
tempt should be made to deprive the South
ern States Of their present represen-
tation in Congress on the plea
that tie negro is not allowed 10
vote in accordance with his convictions, it
would be the most wanton outr ge that
ever was undertaken in sny country. Mr.
Blair takes the ground that Negro Suffrage
is and always must be a failure, snd instan-
ces the trial made with the blacks in tie
West Iliss by the English. Wendell
Phillips asserts that the colored voters have
exhibited as much wisdom in politics as
haze their white neighbors, and that the
South was better governed under the nog7o
rule than il hiss since been under the white
legislation. Gen. Garfield thinks that col
ored suffrage has been more than fairly
successful, and says that the era of peace
and good feeling viii come only when the
negro shall be allowed to cast his ballot
without interference of any kind.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27

Our country II getting 70 be feariully alarm
ing, the average Jf life being les-ened every
year, without any reasonable cause, death
resulting generally from the mot insig-
nificsut origin. At his season Of the year
especially, cold IL such a common thing
that IN the hurry Of every day life we are
apt 10 overlook tn dangers attending il and
often find too late, that fever or lung
trouble has already Sc, in Thousands io-e
their lives every winter, while had Bos-
ohee's German Syrup ben taken, a cure
wou:d have resulted, and large bill from
a doctor been avoided. For ali diseases Of
the throat and luEg-, BO-caee's Gerr.- n
Syrup has proven itseii to be the greatest
discovery Of it, kind in medicine Every
druggist in this country will tell you Of ils
wonderful effect Over $50 900 bottles sold
last year without single failure.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
EXpeIfence 0f the EX.Wife OF
BHiGnssli.
New York Letter to Baltimore Sun.

New York Letter to Baltimore SUM-
The ex-wife of Brignoli, who got a d.
vorce just before he sailed for Europe, was
Mics Mccullough, a beautiful South Caro-
inisn, who came to New York some ten
years sgo with q fine voice and craze for
the operaiic stage. After some training she
obtained public hearing and reaped sue
cess enough to become q member of a trav-
cling troupe managed by Brigroli. She
and the bufly tenor we're privately married
in Montreal, lived happily while the trip
lasted, and then began the usual wretched
aftermath Of such uo.ons. In her petition
for divorce the lady tells moving tale of
neglect, contumely, and her husbands final
criminal violation of the marriage contract
She has psid dearly for her folly, and now
seeks. in further study Of her art in the
family of the recently welded Mrs. Max
strako.h, to forget her unhappy martial
experience with the ex-butcher boy Of
Naples.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
AOME MARKETS.
Wholesale.

WHEAT-Nc. .. ssc: No. :, s5I<<.; No. 4, sIl$,
FLOUR-Sl 4oG2 % Per sack. Rye flou-
per sack 81 6O Graham per sack
81 40; sDips;uff, per ton, bulk si,.Op ship
stuff per ton in $ cks. s. 70G; Bran, Per ton, IN
sacks. 50; Corn Meal, per 100 lbs.
bulk; sc.
90 Mo. c71aG9 2; rejected. sc.
SAYS 30 per tOn.
OATS-No. 3 &c;
kYE-No. =, S2lS
CRANBERR ESQ soar So
buITER-Strictly choice. l2c; medium,
EGSS-SiSc per doz Steary -
fCLAloE.S-Psrb bashei, Etriy Rose, 40G5N,
81 10 Siecdy.
choice, per bushel 81 2,
BEANS1nand ;, 1I, picked, ego sc per Ib.
BROOM C'RN-P-r ton, ss0at0
MsA .s-Sidts, S'4Gds+ci Hams, SIG asss4c;
l. L&RD-per pound, 6s<cG7l4.
Ct EE~E-kHi sssS, SO C; Eastern sILs7IZc
PJULrRY-Chickens, live, 81 I0d. 40 per
dOz-
APPLES-Per bbl g 20, 2 65oss 90; steady.
sUG Ak-N. ., &c; refined yellow, 71syss5S;
Refined " llte. argt.C
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
oCHE. noGuEs THAN OURS.

The rascality is not all in this country.
The loyal subjects of Her Brittanic Maj
esty, Empress Of India, &c, seem to know
a trick OF two in the line Of crookedness,
and 'ior ways that are dark and tricks tina,
are vain" the military department Of JC-
dia il peculiar. Since the Afghan war
called the attention Of the government TO
the condition of the army in that province,
il has turned out that several thousand
men have been carried slorg On the pay
rolls for several years past, who had DO ex-
istence except upon the rolls; but the
money to pay them has been regularly
drawn from the treasury, and none of it
has even been sent back. Somebody in In
dia has evidently had "good thing
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
NEW gKPsOUUcE MARKET


FLoCR-Nery moderate demand: super fine
western ~ STATE, IS 5tdj C IA m 'n Ia good.
s3 sOesi %: good IL choice, 81 20 Al 30; white
wEs.lt, eXtr,, 81 5Sf5 p: 81. Lpui> s3 500 10
HEAT-lu fair Grmsuu No spTin",
9Sd9 c; No >, 81 U6 80 rcd, ii t9ts; NJ. .,
81 id. ubgTad-, ambe al il6,I lS 4; white,
un ridsd. 81 lpdi "; NJ =, II 10 lOA.
RYE-Q IItt: western, 6igLt2la:-
bSRI.EI -luii and uuCUtISvd,
CoRN-H-avy; grfueJ, 49, s47Izc; No. 8,
.S'a: steamer, iH.,yiFsy; No. :, 4614ais &C; Old
do, i7s.
OATs-D mrud active mixed western, SO
Soc. wnItr, ., t.c-
CoFFEE-9uIet and Steady.
SUGAR-Quirt aud un Eau ged.
RICE-~ty.tdy.
EGDs- Du h.; western, lJ8i6G
t-"yN Dun; mess, - sUs9 20 for Old; sll lOS
Sll 81 fer new.
BEEt-Quirt Snd unchanged.
tUT Ma 1S-S e.tiS.
NIDDLEs-Lcns c.e.r, $ s.; short clesr mid
dl ~ Sc
Akt'-Duil; prime steam, a. O5n7 10.
BUTrEF- Nominaily urcuar ged.
CHEEsE-Dufi nj unchanged.
~AIskY-sIUsta.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
TOO MANY YEECIIONS.

gle Sou'hem man, Whose letter is pub
lizb-d in Boston paTer, has found oGt
that Dies hove 600 much poll ics in the
Snu-n. sri p-.kis z OF the nation A. 4
who'll. sew: Poliiics ard Politicisus,
with too III any elections, are the bane Of the
country, and sooner or later public seuti-
ment will change il" Many good citizens
on both sides of Mason and Dixon's line
are Of one accord on that point.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
ST. LOUIS sTCCa MS AWFr.


7 :
CArTLE-Shtrping grades I'm good demand;
export -jerr~, - -: good To choice heavy,
al IS "A %, bat IS stock active nd easy.
-stive steers, S3 O0dI c'ps uBG eitrr,,
s. al %, cor lied I-xan,, g ~ 1 -, FEEDING
steers low at - > ~ - Avc,Ipts, I,IV0 ship
mrHJ~, so
HoGS-Ac;iv- for good grades, and supply
mainly OF poor qu ilIty; light Shii ping Ia
York II, S3 :. 3 81. B4.umoTrS, g yJ-sI 10,
packing, sS tOIs -. DutcT eIs To- ncS sI UItE
4Sl. X -ceip :, 2,9,1, shipments, 9D. u - =
SHEt P-ActlNe an e;t>it r. com mon tO ftIr,
s. Ugf,3 o.; good TO choice, 81 9dI7-; exr oTJ
muttOns, 60 0~db .. Receipts, zoo; shipments,
ljO.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
. .ENarnEIaI P.Rannx

Senator's Ferry, Of Michigan, and Pad
dock, of Netra-ka, enacted a peculiar par
aioX in the Senate a few dsys ago, in se-
curing the passage Of a bill by voting
against it. The bill TO subsidize John
Roach's Brazil steamship line, was up, and
there were only thirty-eight impaired
Senators present - not a quorum
whereupOn Senators Ferry and Paddock,
who were in favor OF the measure, but
paired of, voted in the negative in order to
make quorum-their yoies raising the
number to forty, the ayes being twenty
three and the noes seventeen.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
POISON FOR GOPHERs.

A gentlemsu in san Bernardino, Cal.
has been very successful, it Is said, in pois-
oning gopher5, which rodents are, as q n
eral ,hiog, very hard to kill by poison. lie
takes raisins, opens the skin sufficiently to
admit OF grain OF strychnins, and then
drops one or two IN each hole The gophers
are said 10 be very fond Of them. Ii cen
apples are used, il will also be found that
the gOphers will not refu-e them.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27

dark day for R1c5es.er On returning
from war ueetIng, started for the cars
on business duty. A relative of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bio-s informed me that Col. Palmer
and other K ,chesjrr n4.n, ~ere wounded ;
aud William w. Bios, [ooce editor Of the
TINES, ard GOV OF the Kansas City .ou-zGi
had been killed, at the battle of Aptietam,
and that l must break the news to his
mother. She was shopping, when one clerk
asked another in her prsst nee, if the VIII
liam Bless who was killed, was sny rela-
tive OF our William Bioss. She shrieked.
'Of course he is; he is nv William " and
tottered toward the door. met her at her
gate. and led her in the house, and now
recollect, as If it were yesterday, that
mothers vail over her dear dead boy, her
William; her soldier boy who had given
his life and her hearts treasure to hi. coun-
try. l cannot repeat all this woe. 1t is
too sad. But l never honored her husband
more Tor any one act, than / honored him
then.
He strobe the parlors, volcano of pent-
up suffering. Not sound or sigh escaped
tim, that he might not add psng TO the
grieving, bleeding heart OF his sife, whose
grief he respected more than his own. That
scene told CT his dec. devotion TO her more
than language car describ-. II il singu-
lar fact that Willism's wife rersistenlly re-
fused 20 sdmit thst her husbsnd wa. dead
NO." she said, "Willizm ia not dead He
and | will live together many years yet"
The fact vindicated her faith. He had
been shot and left for dead, but IL yet alive.
Iutercourse with the family brought with
it sweet sense of hsppy home. Mrs.
Bloss's home Influence was blessed and gen.
tie, distilling loviog kindness on all about
her, which can only be understood by those
within its reach. / cannot put it in words.
No language is appropriate but that which,
sin silence speaks" The aroma of her
home life is grateful to survivors; and her
gentle, wise ways and teachings are illus
tra,ed in the children whom she reared.
To them it is precious thought, that they
and their children were blessings to her.
Some Of these she lesves on earth; others
she meets in the heaveuly home. Always
making her home happy, her home life
now is blessed in celestial glory. such as
mortal pen cannot describe. J.D. II.
Rochester, Feb. 1879.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
". EVICO.

Fe'nrn Of the Chicago Commercial
C.nlmission-Wha phey Think Of
the oun,ry, aud the Prospects Of
O"r Trade in that Direction.
A gentleman who accompanied the com
mercial party which has Just returned
from trip 20 Mexico, says they found
everybody open and free, from the chief
executive down. He believed President
Disz was a good, honest. straightforward
gentleman. All OF the head. of the depart
ments manifested the greatest possible de-
sire to cultivate friendly and intimate rela-
tions with this coun ry. Among the peo-
pie there was an earnest wish TO cultivate
commercial rela ions. They were desirous
of stopping the inroads into this country.
The Mexicans said they were domineered
over by the French and Germ IN merchants,
and they wanted TO encourage trade with
Americans. He thought the tariff so high
that on some articles it almost interdicied
trade. The Cabinet now had this matter
under consideration. The Mexicans paid
too much tor the support of their amy.
Their constitution was modelled after that
OF the United States, and was thought by
some to be superior to it in great many
Respects. Eleven men composed a jury,
and the opinion of the majority constituted
verdicl. There vas no chance for
criminal with long purse and
high influence to get away and
ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE.
The Judges of the courts consisted OF sn
odd number, and the majority ruled. ! he
tod IN afa
cation between Vera Cruz and Galveston.
The United States would not give dollar
to this enterprise. but Mexico would sub
sidize the lines of steamers. She now paid
bonus of 81 500 to one line for every trip.
A LINE OF STEAMERS
between Galveston and Vera Cruz would
get the whole Mexican trade. Nearly all
Of the hardware used in Mexico came from
Germany, and it had to be shipped almost
around the world before it reached Vera
Cruz. Mexico needed vast numbers of
agricultural implements. There was great
prejudice against the introduction of these
because it was believed they would throw
numbers of men out of employment.
SEWING MACHINES
had come into general use. None but the
wealthy classes could afford to eat ham, for
the duty on that article was 81 cents per
pound. The breeds of cattle and hogs
were very inferior. He found many of the
Me1icans speaking French and German,
and English was more daily coming into
use. The people of the country were be-
ginning to pay particular attention to cof-
fee, and il was now raised IN abundant
quantities. The country
ABoUNDED In MINERAL WEALTH,
the earth seemed filed with gold and sill
yer and precious stones. Old mines were
deserted, and new ones were lying un-
worked. What the country needed vas q
new impulse. They we're very agreeably
surprised to find that they could 20 any
where that pleased their fancy with perfect
safety. He told the Me1icans the United
States did not want their territory. She
wanted a strong ally instead of a weak
neighbor. He desired to see the two repub-
lies standing eide by side, and telling the
European potentates TO keep away. The
Diaz government was imbued with the
most friendly sentiment
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
4 THIN FRAUD.

The Prairie Farmer gives an account of
the sale Of plants in Kansas under the
name OF ''Grspevine Raspberry by peram
buatiI g veHGers. They falsely claim 10 be
agents OF certain reliable nurseries at the
+ fast Ole Of them tells the purchasers that
the plants will grow with joints like grape
vines with leaves ten inChe. across and with
raspberries an inch in diameter. the whole
growing in the form Of vines so as to cover
a trellis or arbJr. Another veDder states
that They grow az bushes.