The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-01-23
TWICE WON.
Beloit Democrat, III

| in Glen Elder Snme time since A Mr. Ly.
man concluded he would be "happy as a |
Miller" and to effect the consumation of his |
desires he wooed, won and ran away with /
the buxom wife OF Mr.. Miller. To make the |
| dodge complete they lit out for Dodge CITY,
where they reveled in the enjoyment Of their |
stolen sweets But the worthy Miller who |
got the z. b. could not just then agree with |
| the poet that "happy is the Miller who lives |
by himself, etc.," and accordingly reached |
out to Dodge with the strong arm of
; the law and had the risky katrina" |
and her amorous would be protector brought |
back to this 'neck o. the woods, ), where they |
were bound over, not in the holy bonds |
of wedlock but in a sum designated by the |
court for their appearance before Justice |
| Turney on the l4th inst. But the cousid. rate |
"hubry," after spending long seepless nights |
| contemplating the conspicuous part his dear |
'Katrina" would be compelled To act II the |
| case was brought up, and the many ungener. |
Gus young men who would crowd the tenn pie |
OF fjustice, concluded TO shake his wallet un. |
der the nose OF his lawyer and |
moved for a dismissal of the case in the cir |
cult court last week. The motion was grant. |
| ed and Mr.. Miller ''sheled outD to the tune |
| of over 200, costs in the case, and gathered |
| his true love in his arms and plodded home,
| without even stopping to kick the despoIIer |
| OF his household, but wondering IL he would |
| not do for hero in some dime novel series !
he having twice plucked the brand from the |
| fre-twice got away from the other boys
ATERRIBLE NIGHT.
| caldwell Summer Col Post, III
| Dan Jones, who is well known to the pee.
| pie in these parts, met with a very painful |
accident, last Tuesday, the particulars of
I which are as follows: |
In the morning of the day named, he
started on horseback from the Red Fork |
ranch, 1. T., intending to look ut a herd Of |
cattle some distance below. After part Of the |
distance had been accomplished, and when |
Dan was little thinking of danger, his horse
fell and threw him, breaking his leg. Unable
TO mount, and too far away from any human |
being to make himself heard by shouting,
he began to think of some means |
whereby assistance might be OBJ |
| tained. Although sufferining terri.
bly, with the broken limb, the brave man |
| strapped 1t to the other and commenced |
| crawling toward high ridge overlooking |
| Red Fork ranch. All Tuesday night the |
| plucky fellow was out, without any covering
| save the clothing he wore. How many of our |
| readers, under similar circumstances, suffer- |
ing to the intensest degree the agony of q
| broken leg, and almost freezing with the in |
| tensity of the cold, would have displayed the |
| grit that he did. Nor has all been told |
Day Light came at last, and with it
| the hopes of the brave man rose, for |
the worst, he thought, had been passed. |
| Slowly creeping on his ainful journey. Dan |
| at length saw the much wished for ridge
At last 1t was reached, and taking his hat he |
| waved 1t feebly, for his strength was fast
| leaving him. Geo. Hanes, the keeper of the |
ranch, saw it, and thinking 1t was a hunter |
| who had killed deer, and that he was sig |
mailing for help, went to his assistance. Im
agine his surprise when, instead OF finding |
| the hunter and the slam deer, he saw the |
man, who had the day before, started |
| from his house, lying there in such q pitable
condition. Mr.. Jones was taken to the ranch, |
| and word sent to DIR. Hodge, at Reno, who
ame up and attended to the needs Of the suf
ferer. 1t was Tuesday. .morning when the &C.
cident happened, and so'clock p. NJ. We'd |
| nesday when the man was found. 1t shows
the stuff of which the man is made when he
crawled three miles with a broken leg, while
almost freezing and being without food for ,
| almost thirty-sIx hours.
ALA TALMAGE.
lConcorula ExpOsltOr, 10
| The subject OF this article is a preacher
from Jewell county, who dropped into Con-
| cordia some three weeks ago and ran across
| a man who had kind of a gift enterprise-a
box of envelopes, each OF which contains a
card with a number fn it, and each mum
| ber drawing a certain prize, either in money
| or valuables. This sharper" slwa, obeys
the command, "If you m ct a stranger, take
1
the good disciple could be induced to buy
| the pair of sleeve buttons which entitled
him TO a draw out of the box OF envelopes,
| with which SO many of our readers
| are so familiar, he had to take look
at the pile of greenbacks which Ger.
| tain number made him winner of
| should be lucky enough to draw the night
| envelope. Our sharper first showed him the
| envelope that contained that "lucky" num-
| Der, and then stuck il back in the box, and
| asked the "good man. il he wanted a draw,
1 to which he replied that he "thought he
/ would try ii once" He tried, and what was
the result: He lost, Of course. He tried again,
and lost again, and again, until he lost all the
| money he had, and IL Was until then that the
| thought struck him that the money he had
just gambIed away belonged to his congrega-
ton. He felt very bad about it, and
| could not be at leaving the
stand without making one more
effort TO win his money back, and a little
| more, II possible. He had no more money,
| but he had good watch in his pocket, and
| he concluded to risk that too. And what do
you suppose was his luck this time? Well
| he got "taken in" again, and our ''dear
| brother, had to return to his flock without
| money, but with q pitiful story, which he
must tel in such an earnest manner as to
J arouse their sympathy, and TO obtain their
pardon. No doubt but that his story was q
good one, and that he shed great many
| tears, and that he was forgiven, but what
kind OF a man is he, anyhow
AKANsAs CONSTABLE MAKEsA MISTAKE.
kansas City journal, 1871
Henry Montgomery, a hard working, hon
/ est and Intelligent colored man, who has 70.
sided in the city for some time, was made
| the victim Of a rather unpleasant AFFAIR on
Thursday. He is q trusted employe of W. II.
| Bean, who, having q collection to make on
party in Rosedale, Kansas, furnished Henry
/ with horse and gave him the note. Arriv-
ing at the residence Of the man, Henry tied
| his horse to the fence, walked into the house
| and stated the object of his visit in busi-
ness like manner. 1t is presumed that
i Henry's color was the prime cause
/ of . suspicion which forced itself on tine mind
| of the Rosedale resident that he had no au-
thority to have the note or demand Its pay
| ment. The town constable was apprised of
| the fact, and he questioned Henry as to the
ownership Of the horse, as well as the note.
He would not credit his statement, but lput
him under arrest as Q horse thief Che note
| was taken away and payment made on it,
| however, by the maker, to the constable,
i who, 1t would seem, exercised his official
position too far, although the result proved
| satisfactory to all parties concerned. The
Kansas constable then brought Henry in
| charge over the line to Kansas City.
On reaching police headquarters
Henry was about to be turned over to Chief
sresrs as a bad character. The chief, on
hearing that a statement Of the affair, could
but laugh, for he well knew the colored mans
| story was true In every particular. the
RosedaIe constable left with q crestfallen air.
kwhile his zeal is TO be commended, he
| should exercise little more care In the dis
charge Of his Office. Be has laid himself lia-
Bile in several ways by the arrest Of Montgo-
merry who, however, will not take any ac-
ton in the natter, being only too glad that
he was not put in Jail in Kansas.
| DEAD BEAT "DoKs" ATCHIsoN.
IAtchison Champion, ISL
A man named Ed. Hawley came to this
city some weeks aso, and at once began can
wasting for q city directory. He brought
with him copies of several directories he had
| publtshed I'm other places. He Vas n smooth