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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-22

KEROSENE OIL,
MONDAY. DEVICES AND DOWNER'S
~ ial '79 For Sale by B0LLES x co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-22
TOILET WATERS, vINEGARs, &C.,

Bauy's Marfina FIoriline, SozOdont, Tinct. Myrrh and
Borax, Rowland's OdOnto. Onis and Chalk, Cherry Tooth
Paste, Crown Tooth Paste, Oriental Tooth Paste, Lyons Tooth
Tablets. japanese Tooth Powder, Violet Mouth Wash, Aro-
matte and Ladies' CachOus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-22

Cutting Falls. Manila Bolt Rope, sisal Rope, Bale Rope,
Hly Rope, Manila Lath Yarn, Galvanized Wire Rope
Wire SEEING, Deep Sea Lead Lines, GO Fathom Log Line
Lines for Patent Log, Signal Halyards, FISH Lines
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-22
D

Would inform our friends and patrons, that we have Low on
hand he most eomplete and wired assoTtment Of
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
Msrr,aseabie Women,


One of the great social problems Of the
day is 10 explain why there are go many
msrrisfeab!e women who never get mar
ried. s me say that it is owing TO an eX-
cess in nu..bsrs Of women over men, in con.
sequence Of which there are not husbands
enough to go round. This. however, il
disproved by statistics. Take the world
through, sad the figures show that there
are as many men in 1t as there are women.
Others attribute it to the expensiveness of
modern life. Men do not marry because,
it il said, they cannot afford to. But the
fact ia, that no man who truly loved q wo-
man ever hesitated to become engaged to
her and eventually marry her because OF
poverty. There are cold.blooded men,
with no idea of any feeling for q woman
stronger than . lsnguid admiration, who
may be deferred from assuming what they
regard as a burden in the shape of q
wife, unless assured Of liberal
income, but most are not 80 calculating,
Others, again, attribute the evil to women's
fastidlousness. They expect too much in .
husband, and, while waiting for an impos-
sible shadow, let the possible substance
slip through their fingers. This is a libel
on the sex. As q rule they are no more fas-
tidious than men are, and are Just a. sus-
ceptible as men to that enchanfment of
love which invests its object with every
perfection and covers up every fault. So
far a. men and women themselves are con-
cerned, they are "a prone to marriage now
a in any period of the worlds history.
Nevertheless, there the women are waiting
for husbands and not getting them. They
Il IL Al
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
THE COUNTY ELECTION.

The principal interest in the present
County campaign centres upon the candi.
dstes for Treasurer and Sheriff.-concern-
ing the race for Treasurer-chsrses have
been made against Mr.. Hook of violating
the law BY RENTING penalties in certain
sses after the same had become du e
Charges OF violating the law in the same
way are also msde against Mr.. Shepherd.
After careful examination Of N these
charges We are satisfied that there is some
truth in them in both cases, and that in
both cases they are considerably exsg-
geratsd Both gentlemen have admitted tn at
in certain cases they have done what is
charged, but both solemnly promise that if
elected they will not do so any more. This
ewes the public comparatively safer, 30 lar
es the treasury is concerned, and unless
these gentlemen prove untrue TO their
pledges we shall have 10 more remissions
Of penalties, or violations of law of any
other kind. And this is right. II the Law
imposing penalty works hardship to the
people, let the people through their repre-
sentatives repel ii, but so long SIS it contin-
mes to be the law let no public officer as
sumo to disregard it. 1t is well for public
officers to sympathize with the people, but
not to the extent Of violating their oaths Of
ef6ce.
Ia regard to the contest for Sheriff, it il
admitted that mir. Kreybill is . good man,
il we'll liked BY those who know him, and
b gentleman against whom no charges
hare Teen made, and uuder different cir.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
HENRY KING.

Capt. King, CT Topeka, has an admirable
srticle IN the current number Of ScTiJrer's
1fcathiy on The Picturesque Features of
Kansas Farming" which every citizen of
Kansas ought 10 read, and which, scattered
as 1t is BY SoribHa all oyer the world, can
not fail TO do Kansas much good. There
is one peculiar beauty shout nearly all Of
Henry Kings literary productions, and
that Is they do not olly rank among the
best efforts of our best American writers,
but they have an ingenious thread of ''bus.
ines" running all through them, which
counts on the proper side of the Kansas
ledger. The one under consideration is a
fcir sample. II is a charming sketch Of
frontier life, valuable 10 any literary publ
cation, and yet as an advertisement fer
Kansas is worth tens Of thousands OF dol
lrrC TO the people Of the State.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
HI NANlTN.

Che OF the strongest arguments in favor
o. Sheriff Lowe, among all right minded
people, is his humane treatment of the
prisoners in his charge. As an
Instance Of this, take the following
frc;: The TINES donates about
five hundred exchanges FOR the benefit of
tie unfOrtunates in the county Jail every
week, and NJ. Lowe comes over to this
Office, after business hours every Satur-
day night and carries these papers
over to the Jail, for Sunday reading for the
prisoners. On many an ugly, stormy
night, when men would not think of going
out on errands for themselves, Mr.. Lowe
has come over here through the mud and
storm, and carried TO the Jafl back load
OF papers for the unfortunates in his
charge to read during Sunday.
Those who are aware Of the cruelties tina,
have been practiced upon prisoners, by
roane of loves predecessors, will know
how TO appreciate such humane and kind
Ii sr;ed corduct on the part Of the Sheriff
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
Remains OF the Lost lsallo0nists.
sGlobe Democrat

The discovery of George Burr's body on
the eouthern shore of Lake Michigan dis.
pels any doubt that may have existed re-
garding the unhappy fate of two men who
made an ASCENSION from the city in the
Pathfinder balloon September % So long
Is no trace of the eronauts could be found
there wss some room for the hope that they
might vet appear among the living, but
now it is quite certain that they both per-
ished in the waters of Lake Michigan on
the night of their departure from St. Louis.
The balloon started about .. m, and was
seen at Miller's Station, Indiana, shortly
after IL O'Clock. This would make the
time Ut the journey from ST. Louis to the
foot OF the lake less than six hours; the dis.
tsnce il about $50 miles, When seen BY
the engineer and fireman of the freight
train at Miller's Station the balloon vac
apparently about ], 200 feet high and drift.
ing rapidly over the lake. The
feet that Burris body was
coaiiess and shoelees when
found would seem to indicate that the two
men threw away esery article Of. clothing
they co1id spare 10 tighten the load AID
keep above the water. The weight Of their
clothes could not have made much differ.
enee TO the balloon, and it ID most likely
that the final catastIophe was not long de-
layed. No trace has yet been found of
Prof.. Wise or the balloo1, and it i possible
th.t alter Burr fell into tia vstef the
iishtened air-ehiP shot upcauyiDg he elder
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30

was comparatively worthless st the time
we bartered it to the Kansas Central Com
pany, could now be sold for over seventy
cents On the dellsr, would bring the county
nearly two hundred thousand doIlars in
cash, or could be used to compromise
nearly half a million of the courty's In
debtedress. And they claim that since the
Kansas Central Company hiss failed to live
up to the letter Of the contract
the county owes it to itseli and its creditors
10 test the case in the courts, and to recover
the stock, if possible, to help the people out
Of their financial difficulties.
The Kansas Central people claim that
they have complied with their contract,
and having received their certificate from
the county, are the legitimate owners Of
the stock that there is no just ground
upon which their claim can be contested in
the courts that all the lawyers in the case
know this, and that the only object in
keeping the matter unsettled IL to keep the
stock tied up, ard thus prevent the real
owners Of il from voting it 10 the elections
OF the Kansas Pacific Company. This, We
have no doubt, was at the bottom OF the
position assumed by the Kansas Pacific
road in the refusal to make the transfer on
its books in The first place, ard this, the
Kansas Central people claim, is the secret
Of the whole opposition on the part Of the
Kansas Pacific. That Company fears that
this stock, in the hand, Of parties who know
low to use it, might be made an important
factor in contest for the control Of the
road; but while the question Of owner
ship is pending in the courts, the stock is
tied up so that /. cannot be used for any
purpose, either by the county or by the
K ansas Central Company.
The foregoing, we believe, ia very fair
statement Of the claims and arguments
upon both sides Of the question, and We
lesye ii to the reader to decide for himself
whether it would be right to let the stock
60 to the Kansas Central or whether the
county should join the Kansas
Pacific in contestirg and re-
Sitting the transfer. As we said in the
beginning, it is one of the most difficult
problems that the people of this county
have had 10 deal with in many years. Il
we could honorably recover the stock, ant
realiz, from il any such sum as it is sale
to be now worth, it would certainly be :
great mistake, in the present financial con
dition Of the county, to let it go; whereas
on the other hand, if the Kansas Contra
company is the Legitimate owner Of thu
stock it would be a mistake for us to joiI
the Z ansas Pacific in q contest that is KEEP
up for the purpose Of harrassing the Kan
sas Central.
There seems to be no way Of determin
ing the rights OF all the respective partie
except 10 the courts.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
Disasters OH the Lakes.

DETROIT, Mich Oct. 2S.-The schoon-
er Porter, grain laden, from Chicago, col
lidsd with the tow OF the tug Merca at the
hssd OF the Detroit River last night, and
sunk in deep water OF Belle Ise.
The large tow barge J. II. Rutter is
ashore on lake ST. Clair shoals.
Detroit sdvices from Saughetuck, Michi-
gan, states that the schooner q anne Cock il
ashore south Of the pier a. that place and
full of water.
Later aivices say that the schooner
Porter, which collided With the schooner
Msgon;a and sunk in the Detroit river to-
day, was one Of the finest vessels of the
Lake, she had $1,000 bushels of barley on
board, shipped by Borhest & Baus and C.
]. Henshaw * Co, Of thi. city. The cargo
was insured for 90. COO; insurance on the
vessel, $4,000.
The steamship AmszDp, which foundered
of Grand Haven this morning. Vas one OF
the largest and staunchest passenger
vessels on the lakes She is valued az
about 100000, rs.ed A l, 1,406, tons, car
ried four masts, had double decks and is q
double screw propeller. Her cargo con-
sisted of ,4sG barrels Of flour, 263 barrels
OF peas, 200 bags OF barley. 90 barrels Of
pork, 80 boxes Of meat, 1850 pounds OF TO.
bacco, Sc rolls Of leather, $50 boxes oil
cheese, 90 kegs OF beer and 800 packages oil
sundries. This properly is covered with q
general insurance policy, Issued by the De.
troit and Milwaukee railroad COMPANY.
The Amazon WAS insured for thirty
thousand dollars
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
THE n.UNr MUNCiE CENETERY
STEis

The Mount Murcie Cemetery Associa-
ton borrowed from the city $4,000, in
ten per cent. bonds, for which they mort
gagged the cemetery 10 the city Of Leayen-
worth. The Issuing and transfer of the
bonds are secured by writ Of N ardamus
obtained from the Supreme Court against
the mayor. The city has paid up to this
day over 5000 interest On these bonds.
and several years iuterest-nearly 81 600
now owing by the city remains unpaid.
The total liability Of tie city on socount
Of these BINDS to this date with compound
interest, would amount to very nearly
so 900.
Notwithstanding this fact, a committee
of The City Council have had under consid-
Grafton a proposition from the Gem
etery Association and have actu-
, ally agreed to report in favor Of
accepting from the Mount Muucie Associa-
tion, 3 900 in city Indebtedness, worth %
| cents on the dollar, in full settlement for
the so, 200 debt incurred. In palmer
words they propose giving to Mount Munc;e
$1,000.
The directors Of Mount Muncie have
always been arbitrary and unjust IN the
management of that association. 1t has
been run in the interests Of and for the
purpose OF gain to individuals, whereas, in
such an association, every dollar received
should be conscientiously and carefully
taken care of, and used only for the pur-
pose Of improving and identifying the
grounds. Such grounds ought to be
public property, and in every civilized
community cemeteries belong to church,
town or city corporations.
| There is bu. one honest course for the
City Council - take, to-wit: demand the
payment at orce Of the debt, principal and
interest, or else prosecute the claim in the
courts to the end that the city may not again
be cheated, and to the end that the Mount
Muncie cemetery may be owned by the city
and saved from the further disgrace OF
being controlled and managed in tie in
terests and for the benef: of private par
ties.
In no event should the public cemetery
of a community be owned and mansged as
a money making concern. Such q corpora
ton should be like the board of trustees Of
church, and should be managed e1clu-
sively in the interests OF the community.
The idea of making a matter OF trade and
| speculation out Of the bodies Of our
dead, is repugnsnt and repulsive 10 every
instinct OF civilized humanity.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
SALT RHEUM ON BODY
And Ismes. obliged TO 60 About On

Messrs. WEEKS & PoTTER-GentIemen-
ustlce to those who may suffer as have suf-
cred, and as a grateful acknowledgements of
he cure have received from the use of the
CUTICURA REMEDIES, voluntarily make the
following statement
! haS e had salt i.heum on my body and on
one leg in a very aggravated form for years.
No kind OF treatment, or medicine, or doc
tors, during this Tune, did me any peIma-
nent good. My friends In Maiden and else
where know that have been q great suffer-
ct, and that my condition At times has been
such as To make me despair of ever being
ME 10 find "A cure, or even a relief. In TACT,
when bean the Use of CUTICUKA, my limb
was 81 raw anu tender that could not bear
ably weight on IL without the skin cracking
ami bleeding, and was Obliged to go about on
clutches. / commenced TO use the CCTICURA
in April, and at once realized its bene tciai
effects. II gradually drew the Inflammation
and numOr To the surface and, AS last as IL ap.
peared, healed II. At times large quantities
would come to the surface, causing bu, ming
heat Inflammation, swelling, and itching,
which, under the canstant use of CUrICURA,
wosid rapidly subsioe and heal. Each time
these outbreaks grew less and less severe and
finally disappeared, leaving me perfectly
cured. used the CUTICURA nve months and
took the REsoLyENT most of the time. which
were the ONLY remedies l used. 1 think the
RESoLvENr very Strengthening and purl.
Tying medicine 10 take in such extreme cases
as mine, because the disease Is 50 weake ming
10 the system.
Very gratefully yours,
MRS. Asa X pROWN.
Maiden, Mass, Oct. Is, 1873.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
WENT TO THE WRONG STATE.


One Of the Eag;isA fsrmers who came
cTer here q month OF Two ago and went to
Texas TO take up laad has returned to New
York, disgusted with the State and the
prospects which it offered him. This man
made grea; mistake in going to South
en- State, and TO 2 country which offers a
t'r better chaLce TO man who wishes TO
follow pastoral pursuits than it does to a
fsrm'r. II he had b5en directed to Kansas
instead Of Tex Re would probably have
fouud the conditions and prospects far
more 70 Lis liking. The pity of it is tina.
first disappointment OF this kind not only
oisheartens az immigrant, but his report
10 his friends at home has tendency to
chack immigration.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
LoRISG. October %. 1875


Mr.. Taylor furnished. draft of a bill to
regulate taxation in Leavenworth county,
which was pct into my hands TO intro
duce.
There wss clause in this draft. inserted,
/ think, at the instance of Mr.. Shepherd,
which was simply a repetition of the law
already in force, with.regard to the imposi-
ton and collection of penalties.
1 saw nothing Objectionable in this
clause. Mr.. Shepherd thought its incorpor-
ation in this new county tax law would
help him to make it more clear TO taxpay-
e.s, that this law imposed upon him the
duty of collecting the penalty In all cases
OF delinquency.
The clause was stricken out, / believe,
in committee, as being only surplusage.
Mr.. Shepherd had no clause inserted in
any tax law that | had anything to do
with, which provided fee 10 the Treasu-
rer for collecting penalties.
J. A. BLACKMAN.
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cumstances we should have taken pleasure
in giving hin cordial support. But the
whole matter reSoIyss Itself 10 inst this:
A rule, having almost the torce OF common
Law, makes it customary, when county
officer does his duty iaithiully, 20 reward
him with reelection. /. is TACT that
admits Of 10 qaestieD, that Mr.. Lowe has
been the beat sheriF the county ever had
he is competent, faithful, gentlemanly and
accommodating be has discharged his
whole duty efficiently and conscienliously,
aud II would not be right or business-like TO
SCI aside such an off -er for any new man. 1t
would not be exercising the same degree of
prudence ard sagscity in the manage
men, of the affairs of the public
that we bring to bear in the discharge OF
our private business. We know that the
county business, entrusted to his hands,
will be well and faithfully attended 70, and
i. would not be acting the part Of wisdom,
OF even common prudence, TO exchange him
for any man who has not been tried.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
He Nn:htio be Refircn.

r.iyste Gee se Phister, Of the army,
Wa Is to retire, is plea being that, having
seTv, for sixty four years in the ranks, he
fes!s few touches of the rheumatism.
When six cen years of age he enlisted in
the Frenci. army, fought at Waterloo, and
followed tie fortunes Of France for eight
cen years Then he served here and there
until NUT ,erings of the conflict on this
side of the Atlantic brought him over.
ErlistiDg IN The Union army in 1861,
he has ever since carried his nusket con-
tinuously,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
Il. II. STOCK MEETING.

The meeting of tie taxpayers last even
hg at the old Opera House was largely at
tnded. From the expressions it is evI-
dent that there is very strong opposition
TO the transfer OF The bonds to the road,
and the meeting seemed to demand that
the County Com missioners should reconsider
the vote by which they consented to the
transfer on the books Of the Kansas Pacific.
III it is fact Ina: Judge Dillon and Jus
tice Miller hare Indirectly stated that the
stocK properly belonged to the county now
1t places tie whole matter in an entirely
different light.
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man with IT. only to sink further on! on
the lake. 1t is more likely, however, that
both men Were drowned about the same
time, AID that the remains of Prof. Wise
and the balloon will scon be found at no great
distance from the spot where Burr's body
was discovered half buried in the shifting
sands at the waters edge two days ago. We
trust that our authorities will hereafter re-
fuse all applications fer permission to
make balloon assertions from st. Louis.
Bsiiooning is both foolish ard dangerous,
and should be prohibited by Law.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
PRAIRIE PIRATES.
The Account Of Mrs. Meeker Of He,
Indian Captivity.
The Horrible Bu'chery Of Her Hus.
band as S.e Saw II.
The Complete Arrangements of the
Red Z evils to Massacre Merritt.
THE INDIAN WAR.

The Complete Arrangements OF the
Red Devils to Wipe Out ,Ierritt's
C0mmand-Othcr Notes.
Los PIsos, Col, Oct. "a, via Del Norte
Col, Oct. A courier has Just arrived
from the Indian camp on Plateau creek
and says women and children are safe at
Chief Oursy's house, miles below there.
Mrs. Meeker has improved in health every
day since We started. We left on the
morning of the 22nd. The Indians seemed
unwilling for us to leave until they learned
what success Gen. Adams had in stopping
further advance OF Merritt's command. The
pspe,s Of Meeker were burned and what
money Mrs. Meeker had taken from her by
Douglass. The intentions were to kill the
women and children, ss the windows OF the
room in which they fret took refuge were
riddled with bullets. INSTANTLY they had
left for a more secure place in the next
room. Mrs. Meeker thinks Suan, the squaw
of Chief johnson, and sister of Oursy, did
more than all Others to save their lives.
She was az kind to them as mother, and
their parting was very touching.
Jacks band fought the troops and Doug
lass killed the scent and employees,
Agent Meeker was killed by Antelope and
Waupattis. Mrs. Meeker was shot a,
while running from the house 10 hide in
the sage brush. A ball passed through her
dress and made slight hesh wound In her
thigh about four inches lorr
Arrangements for fight with MeIritts
command was most complete.
Two hundred Arapahoes had joined Jack
and many others from the neishSoring
| tribes, and had it not been for the ! d: ely
arrival of Chief Ouray's order tooe-., { ut.
ing, the name OF Merritt and his c IN and
would have passed in history by the side ol
Clusters with the same epitaph "Annihiiat.
ed by Indiana" The outbreak may be at
tributed to four things, viz: Repeated
change and lessening the amout Of rations
issued to the Indians, no head chief the
same as Ouray, is here, Ute Indian foI
an interpreter, unfriendly to Meeker, and
plenty of bad whisky furnished by the
ranchmen. Major Pollock is here doing
| all in his power to make the ladies comfor'
table and looking after the interest OF the
department ia general.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 2S.-Camp Faith
er Matthew was broken up this afternoon.
The people in the camp formed a process.
sion and marched to st. Bridget's Catholic
Church, where services were held and the
benedictiou was pronounced. Fathers
Kelley, Quinn and Walsh officiated.
The undertakers report one interuent.
The Howards have had 10 cases for
fo Iav