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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
LAWRENCE vICTDuZED BY A DEAD EEAT.
Lawrence Standard, -


About five months ago young fellow
calling himself John Suter. appeared in
Lawrence and began Immediately to cast
about him for better half. tie succeeded
ia finding 4 young lady who, unfortunately
for her. iJ!ued her fortunes with him. Suter
soon began to display all the characteristics
OF a confirmed dead beat. tie looked upon
labor with feeling akin to horror, prefer
ring 10 resort to dark ways and vain tricks
10 make living. Among his achievments
in that line was forging the name OF a poor
widow lady, Mrs. Mcclure. by which lie
procured about fifteen dollars worth oi gro
ceri5s. Mrs. MCtiuire has an idioiic boy,
ard draws ten dollars a month from the
county for his support She took this out IN
groceries from GoOG d Patterson, giving
orders or the county. Suter did some work
for Mrs McGuire, and b coming aware Of
the manner she procured her provisions
took advantage o! Il 10 swlndle her. Mrs.
Nctiuire IS a poor woman and could Ill al
ford TO lose III At amount He either stole
CT procured ; under false pre'ences OF au-
other poor woman. Last Tuesdsy night
Safer carried his furniture 10 secOnd hand
store and disposed OF 1t. With his wIfe
and young lady who lived wiki them, he
then went 10 nsighbOr5 and stayed that
night and "Wednesday morning the Iiolef,,
going east, probably TO Kansas City. Tae
young lady's friends fear that sne will be
lead a-tray by the william, if she hasn't been
already, and are anxious TO learn OF her
whereabouts Sutsr had contracted large
bill for rent which he did not st p to pIy in
the haste Of his departure
Soon after Su;er left, his brother in-law
heard Of his viIlsiuies and began search
for him, with the avOwsd intention Of
whipping him, but the bird had flown and
the NEST was vacant.
Su,er has rtd hair, eyes of pinkish color,
and a general appearance of being = gay
LJIhario In reduced circumstance. He Is
supposed to be III Kansas City. and tire au-
thOrigies will do well 10 keep look out Tor
him down that way.
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TOpEEA PERs 1SALs.

IIVfT0aA'I NlT'I.. -II'7-I :" 'tIItIIf u
Among the visitors in the Senate yCs.er
day, whom We recognized, were Mrs SeGs
tor Gilipa'rics, Mrs. Senator Morrill,, Mrs
NJ. ii. Case and Miss Lavilla Case.
Ralph VI Essley, Of the Hutchinson In
tsrir, is in the city.
W. 3. Mas'erson, Sheriff Of Ford coun,
ty, il at the TeGt House.
f. L. Smith, "Blstile." and ". ". Wal.
ton, Guard, is on the Filth Avenue regis.
ter.
Miss ". P. Brace, Of Leavenworth, the
lady who is TO read in the Presbyterian
church, to-morrow evening, is in the city,
the guest OF Mrs Judge Il. Gray
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MANAGER SMITHS CONFINEMENT.

Z L. Smith bears his confinement well
we are pleased 10 say. The change of liv
ing, from his former modes; fare OF rye
-four, etc, to the sumpiuous repasts fur
nished by the Serg-ani-at-arms,h has caused
him to assume an Aldermanic form, which
greatly improves his appearance. The
prison psilor has not yet attacked him, and
MS ruddy cOunteaznce betokens Periec!
health
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WHEAT PROSPECTS.

;
We are informed by Mr J. J. Magee, one
OF our most extensive and Succe sful farm
ers, that he has been carefully ex tniui0y
the growing whga: daring the last few days.
That sOwa csrly Of course went into winter
quarters in good shape, and Is now coming
out in spiendid style. The late sown crop,
TOO, notwithstanding much of il had not
sprogted when the snow came, in conse-
qIenCe II the excellent snow mu'chiug it
has had, has since spruulei ard j. growing
finely. The prospect il a. gUol IA il ever
has been at this lime Of the year, for an
abundant harvest.
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TAX-PAYERs' MASS MEETING.
TEanSas Shirt 01


There will be q convention on Saturday,
March Sth, at the C ,urt house, to take ac-
tion in regard to the bonded debt OF this
county. 1t is requested that every school
di-trict in the county be represented in this
convention. Important business will come
before the convention.
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GATflS LETTER.
Random Comments on New York
Newspapers. Great Results from
Small BEG OF We
Kopolita n Jour mails. FInstering and
D,heYxxi


The New York press has national re.
la;ion to the rest of the country. Many
writers aspire to be connected wi a the
metropolitan newspapers. When a nan
has reached his great prominence in soue
interior city, and finds the limit to hi.
circu alton, he is very apt to look toward
New York. At least two Of the newspaper
proprietors o, Cincinnati have INDUCED
visions Of metropolitan proprietor-hip Pro.
badly no object can..inierest interior editors
more than the cost, circulation and income
Of the big New York papers. One il edited
CincInnatian, third by Massachusetts,
man.
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DEATH oF An OLD CITIZFN.

Topeka Commonwealth, 2'.l
Charles C!elaud, who has lived in Shaw.
nee county for the past iourtge en- years, died
yesterday at his residence three and one.
half mile east Of Topeks, Of typhoid pneu.
uomia Mr. Clelard was shout &C years oi
age He leaves a wife and one son. He
was the foreman Of the jury at the late trial
oF q 1, Scr. ffsrd
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An EDITOR COwHTDFD IN REPCBLIC
COUNTY

IVI.tFII1t AVsV-lOIVI u
For some weeks past communications
have been written and forwarded to the
Scandia JO raal and published therein IN,
der the heading Dots from BeliaviIle," ;" IN
which no pains have been spared TO slur
and abuse u, a. well as Others residing il
Belleyille, aud more particularly the town
Not knowing who the correspondent was
we made stab IN the dark, which was at
once taken up by Mrs W ; Latham, who
sought revenge with Il rawhide on the pub
lie highway. Oar assailsnt being a woman,
We Of course accepted The situation for the
time being. and m Ike rsfrrerce TO it this
week simply as an Item Of news.
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PHONETIC.
tAb-H LIN.
IW.n.l-n menl.h o.

At the meeting Of the Phonetic Society
last evening, the Cincinnati Phonetic Al
Vhabet was selected FOR the use OF tie So
cirty. \ member made the announcement
that he had discovered that about six thou
sand simple sounds could easily be pro.
dgcld 10y the human vocal organs.
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A MAN SUDDENLY KILLED IN wADAUxsEg
COUNTY.

v I--V-V -t.I1.I.I. -0.l
On Thursday, AZ O'Clock, Seth Z. c.
GLADDEN., a weiI-known and highly es-
teemed citizen Of Wabaunsee, wss thrown
from his wagon and received such injuries
thar his death resulted next d-y. He was
on his way 10 Jhe stone qGaTries when mis-
team became frightened and ran awav, with
above results Mr. GLADDEN. was O. years
old, and leaves 4 wife and two Sons His
death is indeed a sad sffair. and casts a
gloom over the entire community where he
resided.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

Committee in tina; Of Ju '-e Div. the
County Line Committee al the Tefil House,
and so on, in diiereu. parts Of the city.
The basement OF the Baptist Church is
crowded with enrolling and ensrossing
clerks. We hope that by the time the next
Lesi-lsture meets tasce vii be room in The
(sri-nl
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TIE FsUEDGE APPROPRIATION
In another column, this morning, viii be
found an interesting correspondence be-
tween Hon. Thomas F. Fenlon, Of this city,
and Senator Ingalls,, in regard 70 the gov
eument appropriation for protecting the
L.aYeawyr.h bridge.
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KANSAS PENSIONERS.
COUNTY BONDS.
NWN y L w a1-s
rTnnnka Commonwealth. u

Topeka Commonwealth, 81
The County Commissioners yesterday paid
out Tor county bonds all the funds received
for sale of A, T. & $ Fe l. f. stock. The
county has purchased S5l 900 of county
bonds with this fund.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

LONDON LelltE IN NeW iOIA Sun-I
According 10 the Registrar Generals
weather report, see that during seven con-
secutive days the sun has shone for one
hour and twelve minutes in London.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

4 neighb)r,s house one evening, a few
weeks -itce, sni after assisting her friends
in washin. the dishes after supper. she
stepped oUE st the kitchen door TO throw
OUT the di-h water, when, she says, Tesly
eaugrt hold OF her by the throat and
g-asped her so ti-I; that she Vas unable 10
call ior sSsiziaucs. Fortunately, hOweyer,
noise Ci some Kind attracted the trEte's
attention and Ec ielt her without accom-
piisi.ing h;- yurnOse. The girl SAYS Tryis
threatened 10 klIl her ii -he toid any oae
OF his couduct.
When the child's father learned OF the
affair, he at first thought OF dealing In 4
summary manner with the offender, but
failing to find him at the time, Mr.. C's
better Judgment prevailed, AID he, in COM
pany with other citizens, gave Tevis tSo
hours time to leave the town. II ia hardly
necessary to say that he left, aud was last
heard II in Denisop, Texas.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

The New York "World7 began Win
professions. Certain smbitions "reioTmers'
IN Pennsylvania concluded that New YOrS
ought TO have more reputable journals,
ard assessing their friends, they began the
World. Ii soon ran out, and fell into the
bands Of certain hacks, who sold it to the
money power. and it became Democratic
paper with Republican supsrstitious. Il,
played = yery prominent part in declaring
the Democratic party after the Presidsn-
tial nominations. Its last proprietor, Man
ton Marble, disposed OF il 10 spme sdvaR-
tage, and has since been what = called =
wishing sgstssman"-ihat IL. ststesmS8
without a locality, and Of for more imPor-
tance when he goes abroad In a. when he
STAYS al home.
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DEEP SNOW.

Forty-ioot drifts Of snow in Vermont and
drifts Of nearly equal depth in Nova Scotia,
are among the episodes OF the winter Just
ending, which viii render it prominent for
many years among those noted for their
severity.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
Precoc,.a. California BOys.


The practice of smoking has made fear
ful headway of late years. II is nov the eI-
ception, rather than the rule, TO find boy
of ten Year, who is not addicted to this in
furious and filthy habit.
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II. be.tTime !. wnen i, Break. .
Runs.
Ilnter Ocean.

flnter Oce2n.-
Oae good thing sbout Congress is, that it
comes TO an eud. Ii ia like boil: its best
time il when il breaks and runs.
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THINGS LIVELY AT THE cAPrrAL.

IIOpeka LOniNOuWVaIlHI %
Committees are meeting nightly all over
the city. There Is not room in the Capitol
for hall OF them. The judiciary meets in
the Office of Guthrie & Brown, the Railroad
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TIE COsL FIELDS OK EIsTEGIN
ELkN@AS

An excellent and able communication
from one of our correspondents in relation
to the development Of valuable coal mines
in this county, will be found in another col
umn, and should be read By every ore IN
terested in cheap fuel.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

Ju.t What ffe Dia che Oth~r Tins.
Georgia carried by Grant in 1850! We
will cult the State and crawl into a gopher
hole if he Goes-Geogid PIper. Thsts
lust what you did when Grant " carried 1t
before OrrEr Rspubiiocn.
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virginia Hangs on to the Bell Funcb.

The Mofstt register having increased the
revenue of Virginia over twenty-five per
cent the State refuses to sboli-h il. They
only seek TO perfect the register.
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HOW WAS FOUND oUT.

Ever since the New York Tribune COM
menoed publishing its translations Of the
Democratic cipher dispatches there has
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
ALLEGED FRAUD IN BROWN COUNTY.
81. JOseph Herald, = I

~ doSt pm htIdLu5 =
There has been serious mIsgiving7 in the
minds Cf some Of the good citizens Of Brown
county, Kansas, for long time that there
was something wrong in the affairs OF the
County Treasury, and ai!er mos. thorough
and searching iUvesIigatiJn into the iinan-
cial affairs Of the county, which has been
recently made by experts, deticiercy oi
about $4,000 has been disclo4ed, and yes
t.rdsy the Treasurer, J. +. RJebm, was ar
rested at Troy Junction By PInkerton's
detectives, while attempting 20 escape from
The scene Of confusion which he had crea-
ted Roehm : elected County Treasurer
in November, 1877, and suCcteded Dr. s.
born in July Of last year, having served as
deputy under the latter during his term.
Seburn wss elected in the reform movement
in the tidal wave which swept over the
country in 'I5. He vas considered a very
honorable and worthy man, and so far SIS Is
now known, nothing has been develop ei
that r,tl=c.s on him directly excepting his
unfortunate sc'sc-ign Of a deputy, and per
maps Z degree of negligence on his part,
which made it possible for 70 lsrge def
cheney 10 occur aud to be successfully COW
eTtd up fox 50 long Q tine.
Ia the LIST C0u,ss; Tor the election or
County Treasurer, il was charged that
Eythm had converted large amount Of
the coUutg's money 10 his own use lie
was running ss the Democratic candidate
il three c.-uerci race Wirh a Republican
sad GrcelbacEer ia the field, and with A
cGmpsign DsmaC-1'ic paper a. his back
and was elected ~ -msI maj jg-ity The
investigation which followed VS. conducted
za.r--T- ard r.raIusl.y Irs 80 = n bis gvs
ts:Ua;ic dupICIty was EnravCi,i. The fol
iJvI0g let'er vas received iroll ou- re.ula.
corsl. .2oUdeut yesterday:
HIAwSTHA, Kan, Fyb. 81.
Great excitement here. D,rect.ve Pink
ertDG'7 msG arrested our County Treasurer
yesterday egening, on the charge
OF beins pOszess1r Of $4,000, which
amount hss been a deficiency in
the County Treasury for 4 year or
two, occurring y lille DIR. SsbUTn was Treas
ureT. and tie accused u. +. ROehm) was
he dypuiy. M Roehm was elected Tr5a-
urer last fall, on the democratic ticket, ard
had Just got fairly down 20 the duties Of
Eis Office.
The d. fciency in the treasury, although
SUSPECTED, and even mentioned in the Dis
pzfct year or two ago, was not detected
until the political can paign last fall, since
which time a committee of experts has
been at work on the books ard find de-
fciency Of abou: the amount above men
toned.
Mr.. Roehm ia member of the NJ F.
church, apparently very good citizen and
gentleman. lie has q wife and two or
three small children.
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Grant is said TO have become very talke-
tive, and fond Of chatting TO his friends,
but he never speaks harshly of any one.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
PRISONER MAKES SECOND ATTEMPT AT
SUICIDE
Wilson County Clt.zsn. 81

Wilson County Citizen, 81
J. T. Record, vho was at this term Of
court found guilty Of an assault upon his
Inotner-in Ia~. last night made an attempt
to commit suicide by hanging. This, We
beli-ye, is his JhIId effort. When first ar
rested he shot himself in the breast, barely
missing his h-srj. Since then he has con
iinualy talked OF committing suicide. Two
weeks ago he attempted TO hang himself,
but was discovered in time and his designs
frustrated. Last night at about hall Is-t
eleven, one Il the other prisoners in the
jill was awakened by a queer s1und, a.
u some one being choked. He sprsng
NJ, awakening the other two, and
aiarmiog the guard in the next room.
Record VISA discovered hanging from the
grating. He had tied a towel around one
Of the ba >, and then staudiug on chair,
tied the other end tightly about his neck.
SuOJgrsss, one Of the prisoners, caught him
and held him up while the towel IVES cut
When taken down, he was black in the
lace. his tongue PfotTudiug, sud was un-
cunciou-. Ii WAS some tine before lie was
resuscitated. \ noe was pinned On his
coat, addressed 70 his moIhsr-iu-Iaw, the
WON tn whom 1t j. claimed be assaulted.
W give a copy Of it below:
II Ny Nta, ia LT-'N.' Si5rr: l
forgive yoU altogether fer what YOU have
done. You nave ruined ME tm innocent
man MOI guilty. God knows not guilty.
You have taken IRON me nv wife and
child, and that wa death almost. Now
you Try to take my honor. You have taken
1t, and with il you have taken my ii.e
Care for my child. teach her truth. God
forgive you all. ] do.
FRANK RECORD.
In conversation with CT -s1 reporter
this morning, Record still Insisted upon lis
iunocence, and said he would not maze an
other attempt to suicide, but would wait
and see how the matter would end.
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A MAN WHO I CHARGED WITH TERRELL



As incidentally mentioned in the C.ti5sn
last week, Deputy Sheriff johnson, Of Bui-
islo county, Nsbra-ks, arrived here in COM
pany with II. \. Mclean, City Marshal of
Independence, kanzss, with a rtquisitioD
for the delivery Of Cole and Hagau, two Of
the three parties arrested last fall oy Depu-
ty Sheriff Schlegel on suspicion Of borse
stealing. They had in their possession,
when arrested, three horses, one set OF
double harness, spring wagon and Z 10, OF
other traps and cooking utensils. After
much cone-ponde 'oe, on the part Of Depu-
ty Sheriff Schlegel, an owner 70 one Of the
horses, from Southwestern Missouri, put in
an appearance, proved his horse and took
il away. Ga the trial Of the case-each
party having a separate trial-the evidence
was such that the jury brought in verdict
Of guilty in manner and form, as charged
in the information"
They are wsnied in Nebraska on grave
accusation. II appears that In February
last two trapping parties, one consisting OF
three men and the other of four, camped
about seven miles apart on Dismal river, in
Custer county, about one hundred and
twenty-five miles from the county scat of
Buffalo county, TO which Custer county is
attached for judicial purposes. About the
20;h Of February, 1873, the different par
ties had di-pgte about trapping ground
ella med By each, and the leader of the
heire-men camp swore he would kill the
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

Dear SIr :-Wm. L. SargPnf was mITTIed
in August or September, 1877, by Rev Mr.
Harvey, q Barge, Anderson county, Mich
70 Nj Emma Mcdowell. She now !iycs
at West Casco, Allegan county, Mich
send you this 81 the rgquest oi ~laufi
Coles, Of kaiamazJo. CE0SBY EkrJE,
Guardian # Mrs. S1fgeut.
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A rev bank has been OPENED al Con-
cordia with a cash capital OF $50 600.

CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS AT CAwEER CITY.
lCawker Ci'y Free Press, -
The bell for the VI. L. Church has been
sent for, and will cost about Sl00 when de-
lIvered. Carpenters are at work on the
bcifsy. putting it in share for the hell on
It's arrival. The sound OF church bell in
Cawker will be pleasant.
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TIE pRlpEGRocM,


parted with the bridegroom at the foot oi
the staircase of his pslace, when his brother
Hassan gave him the customary blow on
the back which signifies farewell to bache-
lor life. and be was then left alone TO rescue
his wife from her female attendants and see
her face for the first time in his life.
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KANSAS NEWS.


-Pian. trees.
Pack rats are very numerous in Nor
ton county;
Seven families from Cangda arrived g:
Cawker city Cr the 22ud
Many farmers have stored enought ice
TO supply thea during the summer.
KANSAS PENSIONERS.
Pratt County Press, :O.l
The arrears pension law will bring at
least $50 coo into Pratt county. There are
more pensioners 10 the squsre acre in Kan
sls than in any other State ia the Union.
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other party. The nearest postofics was
over one hundred miles, and there were no
settlers within fifty or sky mIlss Of the
camps \ brother Of oEe Cf tie parts Of
fOur, having written repeatedly, and
reCeivi1g DO reply, went out with 3
party 70 investigate; aud, ca arrIv-
ing 81 tie camp. found tsO Of The
men dressed in their stocking Let, dead, in
iron; Of The -el,, with ballet hCles trough
their zkulls. Tne other tSl were 10. found
Untii about Elk weeks ago. Their dead
bodies were abou, seven miles from camp,
and were identified by the arms ON their
persons and by some peculiar coins they
were known to have. The camp of the par
" OF three wss found 10 he broken up at
the time Of the discovery OF the first bodies,
bat the officers were not long in getting
trace uf them, and tracking them into Re
public county, in this State, whore they
would have been arrested but for the indus
/ Greet zeal Of a brother OF two OF the muir
derei men. After their escape from Repub-
| lie county, all track was lost and no clue TO
| their whereabouts was obtained until about
| the middle OF November last when Marshal
Mclean, of Indepe endenCe, obtained inior
| nation that satisfied him he had two OF
| the murderers cOrraisd and within
reach, when the proper authority 10
arrest them had been obtained. Mclean
corrsSponded with officers and detectives
| in Nebraska, obtained minute descriptions
| of the parties, and finally. found the men
he wanted in the jill OF Franklin Couny,
| Kansas, for safe keeping, TO answer The
! charg- OF horse stealing IN Wilson county
| lie ghen reported to the Sheriff Of Buffalo
county, NebrasSs, who obtained r,qUii
tion irom the Governor of Nebrdsks, on The
! Governor Of Kansas for the delivery uf the
| prisoners, snd Mr.. johnson Is here sTmed
| with that wit from Governor 1t. john,
| CON u 4nding AL sherifs. constabies, cor
oners, and o.hers wing the parties in Gus
| tDdy,' TO deliver Them 10 Nr. j., the agenI 10
! deliver them 10 the authorities 10 Nsbrss-
| ka. The right to take parties who have
/ reen tried and convicted Of crime, out of
! the hands Of officers in the State where
they were convicted, and to deliver them
to The authorities OF another State, before
their term in tie PsnIteutiary has expired,
Is m0o,ed question, ana many cUIh cling
| opinions are VOLUNTEERED in the premises; !;
| but we shall see what We ali See alter
| they are removed TO the PenitentisFy, sud
| the matter submitted to Gov. 81 John
| The evidence against them in Nebraska Il
said to be overwhelming and conclusive.