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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-24
ARKANSAS,
Fatal A fray between Two Old gItIzens
of Lawrence COuaty-POstoffice Rob
IBERIA Negro Hack-DrIver's
Scheme to Get Rid OF
his Wife,

LITTLE Rock, April 23.-Yesterday w.
a. Bennett shot and killed A. I. Lindsay. at
Minturn, in lawrence county, on the Iron
Mountain railroad. The difficulty ended an
old quarrel. Both were old citizens, the de-
ceased son OF J. A. Lindsay, of Lawrence.
= Special Agent Small brought in for exam
matt VIM. V. Brown, m, i'-rider between
Toledo and Warren, and ]. H. Tirdall, post
master at Edwards, charged with rohhing the
mails, The depredatiQns foot up ave hun.
dred dollars, according to the confession of
Brown, who accuses Tndall of completely
Tlndall will be examined to- morrow.
A runaway team down Fourche mountain
seriously endangered the lives OF Judge L. A
Fendail, colonel Houdlette, and others, yes
terday. The former was painfully but not
seriously hurt.
railroad officials were publicly entertained at
Hope this morning.
The elections of officers of the Fort Smith
and Chicot railroads will be held here to-
morrow,
A negro hack driver named Bill Reed was
arrested for attempting to blow up his cast
off wife and another woman with gunpowder,
about FIVE o'clock this morning. The pack
age was placed near the bed on which the
two were sleeping, ia house in The rear of
E'ssenmeyer' s Touring mill. The explosion
threw them In the air, severely injuring the
wife, and completely wrecking the building.
Probable Suicide.
MILWAUKEE, April 23.-Alex Cohen, q
prominent insurance agent of this city, dis
appeared this evening under circumstances
indicating that he has committed suicide.
He has left a letter to his brother-in-law,
Benjamin Sellner, giving directions as to the
disposal CT has pralerty, etc, The affair
causes considerable excitement ia business
circles, especially among the Jews. He was
supposed to be in prosperous circumstances,
and no cause has been discovered for the step
he has taken.
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]FF-FELLOWS' ANNIVERSARY
6Oth ANNIVERSARY

OF Odd Fellowship viii be celebrated at otd-Fel-
y lows Hall, SATURDAY NIGHT. April 26th.
Tickets for brethren are mailed; call for them at
poStofhce. Transient brothers can procure tickets
OF Marcus Jones, 296Ia Second street; or OF Dan
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Yesterday Of cotton: liverpool cotton, lid;
Memphis cotton, II 5 Sc; Ncw Orleans cot
ton, II 14e: Neso York cotton. II > Sc.
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Boyton at Matches.

here, being twenty-six hours out from Vicks-
burg.
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Notice.

MO bills against the steamer JOSIE HARRY will
1N be paid unless ordered by me and bill rendered
with goods NJ. R. HARRY master
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-03
HOMES PRosrEC.s.

There Is an encouraging prospect that We
are now about entering upon an era Of
better times. All signs point in that difec-
tian. Says the Chicago Tribune, OF the % h,
in an article on this subject:
There is a general agreement in all parts
of the country that the improvement in
trade, which has been somewhat fitful ard
subject to suspension, has of late assumed :
degree of permanency which Is full OF
promise. The increase of trade, outside Of
the article of food, tells the story Of the
increase Of consumption, and an increased
consumption Is conclusive Of an increased
means OF purchase, which means are ueces-
sarily in the form Of wages and Compensa-
ton Of labor.
Such indications Of returning prosperity
are chronicled in sll parts of the country
Many manufacturing establishments that
have been idle for years have resumed op-
erst;ons, and many more are preparing to
go TO work; the number of unemployed
men in the country is said 20 be not much
more than half as grea: as st this
time last year, and all branches Of
business are reported as experiencing
much more healthy tone. The banks al
ways feel an improvement in business very
promptly, and in referring to this fact the
article from which We have quoted above,
saws:
In all the large cities the current tran
sactions OF the banks indicate steady ssin
OF the ordinary payments of checks; that
is, thst the amount IF money paid daily in
the way Of exchange for commodities is
steadily Increasing, ard this is one Of the
best. though not infallible, marks OF the
condition of trade.
All portions of the country, and all lines
OF business, report healthier tone. There
is more work for lsborers and mechanics.
and that makes more business for every
body. The Tribune adds:
In all the great iobhipg centres there is
at least Whist appears to he a permanent
and increasing activity. The jobbers order
more goods from the importers and manu-
tacturers and sell more goods TO the mer-
chants; the merchants distribute more
goods among the retailers; the retailers
more goods to the consumers; the consumers
purchase more of everything; and to en-
large their purchases, the consumers must |
have an increase of means, which, as we
have said, indicates not that each man has |
IN every case an increase Of wages, but that
the number OF persons receiving wages
has been largely increased. With incress-
ed consumption there must be increased
production; the greater demand for nav ma.
terial and for labor; and herein is the great
bene6t.to the country.
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KANSAS NEW S.


THE NEW TOWN IN TREeo COUNTY.
TCor. ws.Kee,ey World, 22I
Thirty one houses are now in sight at
Ogallsh.
The water in the wells st O,allah is
clear as crystal.
"A railroad depot is to be built at
Ogallah Immediately.
An average of eighteen letters day
arrive at the one week-old postotice at
Ogallah, Of which eight-ninths are to d. F..
keeney, and seven-eights Of those are filled
with questions about land
GROWS BETTER EVERY DAY.
independence Courier.l
The Leavenworth TINES, "a State pa
per, grows better and better every day.
THE NAME OF A NORRIS COUNTY TOWN
CHANGED.
Council Grove Republican, 81
Skiddy, in this county, will hereafter be
known a. Camden. Geographers will make
a note Of this.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Winfield Semi Weekly, al
The following are the officers OF the
Cowley county Sabbath school convention
President, Il. c. Story; Vice President. W.
NJ. Sleeth; Secretary, +. 5. Jennirgs; AS
sistant Secretary, ii. Z. Asp; Treasurer,
James Harden.
THE GIRLS COME OUT AHEAD.
GWinfeld Telegram. 81
Sumner county girls are heavy on school
aching, and can scoop the boys two to
one, for numbers, and Of course in smart.
NESS. AT recent examination for teach
ers, twenty-five young lsdies weTe success
| full, and only ten young gentlemen.
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various Things

They have sacred Pedes;T.auisn in Boston
on Sundays
The coming man is Grant, and he Will
arrive in August.
Simon Cameron moGrniully soliloquizes
4 little widow is a dangerous thing.
Alfonso is going sb ut seeking whom be
may marry, and perhaps here is Il chance
for the Widow Oliver.
The attention Of Mr.. Clara Morris Is
called TO the surprising and wholly unsc
cOuutable fact that the editor IF the Dr.
matte NeUs still lives.
We infer from Chief Joseph's recent sr-
ticle in the North imtTioqn RcrieU that the
pen is even mightier than the tomshawk.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was not crazy, but, as the
decision 10 this effect ends the litigation, we
expect several lawyers will be.
Prince Bismarck was invited TO the bali
Of the Chicago Socialists, but he sent his
regrsis-thst he cou dn't cut the ;hrosts OF
the whole lot
Il ia suggested that Mira. Oliver lecture
on the immortality of Senators; but that,
surely, is too vast subject for one lecture,
or dozen even.
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IkDl.TCN,

An interesting letter by cur travelling
correspondent, Will be found elsewhere in
TIE TINES this morning. 1t viii tell you
all about Holton, the county seat of Jack
son county, which is tifIy-six miles west Of
Leavenworth, and one Of the most flourish
ing "a well as one Of the most beautiful
county towns in the State.
We remember distinctly Of having "put
up" one night in Holton, in the fall Of lS557.
II contained at that time jus: one board
shanty-"a house." by courte5y-sixteen
feet square, ard one story high, vi bout
floor or chimney AMI with cracks between
the boards through which you could look
out upon the prairie on al sides. This
building WAS re=idence, storehouse, AID
hotel, combined, and msy be fairly taken
as the beginning Of what is now one of the
finest towns in Kansas. That's what Hol-
ton was little more ibsn twenty yesr7
ago; what i; is now the letter Of our cor
RESPONDENT will tell Won.
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INDIAS RELICS.

Topeka common Eealth, 81
Mr.. S hmid. Of the Santa Fe Land De-
partment, shipped to a gentleman In New
Gcfk yesterday, box Cf curiozities which
wire at one time all too plentiful in the
West, but which Is each year becoming
more scarce. IL consists Of a iul! war ou{f Z
oil Cheyenne chief The head dress il
trimmed IN mos; fantastic style, having q
email buffalo horn fastened 10 the front
while the usil, which il very long, is COW
ertd With eagle feathers 20 graded in size
"a to place all the longest ones at the
top and The smaller ores along the trail
until they reach the ground, and eyery
ather has a tip Of human hair attached
to il.
The shield ia ci buffalo hide, stretched
on hoop, and il painted in the gaudy
manner usual With the Indisns. The hoop
u fringsd all around w'ih the scalps of
Utts, Comanches, and fge white women.
The qulv Il very long, and il made Of
otter skin, and it, contents are finished up
in better style than even Indian arrows are
usually; they ars Usually long, as ia a.sc
the bow.
e There IL al-o spear in the outfit wsic.s,
was Ia the Custer hght, and which il rastsC,,
With blood. II and the shield were the.
Of the Brave, Wolf belly, who.
sent them 10 Mr. Schmidt with the message.
IN he had killed many a white nlan tr1,I
be hind the shield, ard that the s.eaz was
dipped in the blood Of the white Braves
who gof killed IN the Custer hyht. The
will be taken to EuroIe, where
they will doubtless be preserved az a relic
Il bsrb2rou. An.rirs
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ANOTHER CIRcULA.c.

LAW OFFICE OF CLoUGH & WHEAT,
lEAvENwoRTH, Kan, March 6.
Ca the 81 inst ant the matter Of the pro
ceedIngs against the defaulting County
Commissioners of Douglas and Lesven-
worth counties, Kansas, and city officers OF
Leaveuworih City, for not levying tax to
pay Judgments as required by peremptory
Eriis II mRndsmgs, came up in the United
States Circuit Court at Topeka, Kansas,
Judge Foster being the only Judge present.
slthough We understood Judge Dillon 10
ssy when lie and Judge Foster postponed
heSe matters last December to the 81 inst,
that he would be present, yet he failed to
put in his appearance. As at the Novem-
Ger term, 1877, he sitting with Judge FOs-
ter, refused TO order a peremptory mands-
mus TO require levy to be made f,rthHih
Tor the year 1877, although demand had
been made for such levy at the proper
lime thst yesr, but would only require
levy at the usual lime of levying taxes in
ISIS; and, as notwithstanding the failureo
The county sud city officers 10 obey the per
mtory writs allowed, the Court, Judge
Dillon ard Foster presIdirg.l postpoued the
matter last November term to March, As
We be'o-e informed you, ue did mt eypsct
Judge Dillon to travel SO fsr a. would have
bsen inquired 10 be present in March. and
WE WE'RE NOT DISAPPOINTED.
In bshalf of our clients We made such
mot on as is shown by the following argu-
ment-tne dsfaulting officers, BY their
counsel, and one gentleman representing
creditors OF said counties urged that the
matter ne delsyed till June, and Judge
Foster pcsponsd the matter till June next
In opposition TO the postpouement and on
our motion, among other things We made
the following argument:
'Ou the question a. to whether these at
tschment proceedings shall be further post
poned on the application of the defendants
and respondents, to enable thsm TO COM
promise, or attempt TO conpromie the |
debts Tor which judgments hsrs been rem
dered against the counties Of Douglas and |
Leavenworth, and the city of Leavenworth,
we submit that these proceedings in at.
fachment, and the power of the court TO
inc and imprison deliuquents for their fail
Ire, are BY the Law given as The remedy
provided for that purpose, they should Of
,ourse be 20 enforced that the respondents
he officers who should have levied the tax
s required BY these msndamus writs, will
do a they were thereby required.
Having failed to show any reason vhy
be required tax for the payment Of The /,
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A coy ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.


The home Of ID Z Kelley was si.argeCl
very suddenly yesterday from j1y 10 sad
ness and mourning by the careles; handling
OF a loa ed gun in the hards Of his son,
Charley Kelsey, boy fourteen years OF
sge. lie, III company with 200 other boys,
took his gun yesterday aad started Il,
saying they were going down to the river
Tor What they CT Uld zee. after they had
been out 4 little whila they ran rab-
bit into brush pile, aid stopped to
purch 1t cut. Charley cooked the gun
intending to shoot the rabbit when
II ran out. Tie other boys punched
around the heap trying to get the animal
out but II came not. Charley set the gun
down by tree and forgot to let the ham
mer down. In few minutes the other
boys started of, and when they had got
few steps away, they ball0oed to Charley
TO come on ard let the thing 20. lie went
To the gun, picked it up quickly, seeming
to have forgotten that it was vet cooked.
and started alter the boys AZ be dragged
the weapon after him before tskipg IL IN
en- tireIy. 1t went ci. The bullet entered
his right side, rather low down, passing
clear through the body ranging upwards ,
and through the heart. The Little fellow
threw up his arms, ssid "O1, my" and ieII
over dead
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STE RLING.

STERLING, Kan, March a, 1879.
EDITOR TINEs:-Sterliug is beginning 10
put on metropolitan airs. and we must
try and keep your metropolitan daily posted
"a to the events hereabouts. Sterling thinks
she has enough inhabitants to be numbered
among the cities of the second class and her
CRY Council has ordered a census to be
taken o see if the requisite 1900 people are
within her bounds.
The preliminary work upon the narrow
gauge railroad from this 10 your city il
progressing very IA orably with every pros
pect of success. An election will be called
in the townships Of this county through
which the rsilrosd passes within the next
thirty days, and work will Immediately
commence a. soon as the bords are voted IN
aid.
A very cad accident hsppend few miles
east of here Friday. Two little bows were
out on the prairie hunting and becoming
tired laid down on the ground TO rest, when
the pony which one had been riding stepped
around them sud stepped upon the hammer
Of the gun, dischsrgIng it, and the whole
Contents OF heavy goose snOt TOOK elect IN
the loins of the boy. He lived only about
fifteen minutes.
This morning the city was startled with
the intelligen that a man who had been
working at one Of the livery stables had
committed suicide by taking q dose Of
laudanum. He had been respondent for
several days, and had been talking of TAX
ing poison, but he talked OF it 20 much
that no one thought anything of it more
than to suppose he was trying to get some
body to coax him not to take it. From
papers found upon his body it is supposed
that his name wss ". f. Coyle.
and The son of DR.. T. z. Ccyle,
of Baltimore, Maryland, and that he was
married about six months ago to Miss
Maggie Rours, of Msherville, Barton
county, Kansas. 4 letter was found up,u !
BIS body, addressed TO Dear Father" sp-
pealing TO hiu, for helr, and claiming inst
ne bad reformed siucc MS marrisge, prsis
ng his wife very highly for her good ipfiu-
nee over him. He was about tventy-f four
tears of age, little more than medium
,eighth, dark hsir and complexion, and
10; . disagreesble person when 6: her.
Y y.
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PSLNI II.
rsycIy ana EIouri,hinG New Town,

= ytyCiF nEI FIouri>hinE New Town.
PALMER, WASHINGTON Co, KAN
March q, 1879. !
EDITyR TINES il a railroad
station On the Central Branch of the Union
Pacifc, between Clifton and Wstervile.
The growth OF the tOSn has ben rapid.
One year ago, there could be seen from the
depot no dwelling houses or buildings of
any kind except a wslghouse, an office, one
or two corn cribs, AMI the rest wss q blank.
Now there are five stores, three warehouses
three Fairbanks scales, harness, shoe, snd
blacksmith shops and number OF dEell
ing houses, all within a year. This has
made great change in the new town OF
Palmer.
This town has made good start and is
destined to be one Of the important places
along the Central Branch road. The taxes
are low in comparison with some other
places This township refused 10 vote
bonds. while nearly all the rest did, yet We
have the bcncfi: Of the road and lower taxes,
and within 4 circuit of several miles there
is 4 good farming country, specially
sdapied TO the raising oil grain,
which, at this market, finds ready sale
The price OF land varies from three 10
twenty dollars per acre for improved, and
from two and half 10 ten dollars for I'M
improved. This county having herd law
- better adopted to grain than exclusively
stock raising. Nearly every section can be
,uIiivsted If desired. II il believed there
coal underneath, only awaiting for cspi-
tal 10 develop it. On the account Of low
taxes this would be a good place
Cor capitalists to invest these times.
Why don't the eastern capitalists come 10
Ksnsis and erect mills, mschine shops,
starch factories, etc, instead Of having their
money laying idle, or being squandered by
some Of the bank officers of that part OF the
country We think that many very worthy
nd sensible people will take up with
Greeley's advice and AGO west young man"
and grow up with this growing State-this
State toward which every eve in the United
S;stes was once turned, during its first set
element. Then discord -eiszed-now hsr-
mony. Respectfully yours,
GEO. !. SMITH.
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County Clerk.
Fort Scott, Kss, March -, 1879.
THE coLoRED COLONY AGENCY


Beniamin Singleton, better known 20 '-old
pap" President of the Real Estate and
Homestead Association, and father Of col
ored emigration from Tennessee to Kan
sas, arrived Monday evening. and is look
ing after the interests Of the people who
have arrived just ahead Of him. He il
anxious to see them colonized on their
lands in Morris and Lyons counties. Under
the auspices Of this association, organized
IN 1869, up to the present time, under hi.
direction, 49, colored emigrants have left
the State OF Tennessee and come to Kapsa..
In about two weeks he expects TO return to
Tennessee after about 200 more emigran,s.
and then he will give up the struggle. He
IA getting too old, and having given his
people homes and shown them light in a
new country, where they can enjoy their
Republican sentiments free and upmo-
lss.ed, viii retire from active work in this
field. They hate to give him up, as they
have found no one reliable to show the
way.
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she Didn'. Scare worth a Cent.

The Eoudoo superstition, as it exists
-uri a'e the oiher day in the Police Court
Il has c.'y. Frank Clay and Sis" Henry
he'd been living together "a man and wife,
with all that the term Triples, when Frank
got sick Of Isl ;" and showed her lit lie
ccf1in with her name Gelicately inscribed
on the inside. This was TO hand her over
10 the Devil, according to the Voudoo faith.
But "Sis" defed both her paramour and
the Devil, and went for Mr.. Clsy's scalp.
During the fight the DeyIi appeared in the
shape OF an officer, and carried them both
. The lock M
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INDIAN FIGHTERS BEING INVESTIGATED.


An interesting court martial trial is goirg
on at Fort Supply, | T., it being nc less
han The nv,stigatiOn OF Capt Rendlsbrook,
CaPt Gunther ard Capt Hemphill. the
principal officers who pursued the northern
Cheyeanes during their raid through Kan
iss last fall. The trial has been progress
ing Tor some time, and will probably Last
4 werk or two vet The court consists Of
Gene al JEFF C. Davis. Majr Dallas, Capt.
Rose and Capt E-kridge, with Capt Smith
- Judge Advocate, Lieut. Barber of the
l6ih infantry defending.
Can't Irwin, Of the 4.h cavalry. cam> dr.,
fron supply ltst Saturday, and during an
interview with him we only COZ frrssd re-
ports that We previously heard. IL seems
to be the general i'm! ressiOn that Hemphill
and Gunther will pas through the ordeal
and come out exCT Grated, but that Capt.
Rendl' brook. who Was in command Of the
pursuing SELLERS, and had several fights
or skirmishes with the Indians, will be Sc
verify dealt with and Perhaps exIellsd
fr' m the army. Il, ndlt brook is an old
officer and has had considerable experience
in Indian fighting, but it seems that on
this occasion he rather lost his preseIc. Of
mind and tecame demOralized.
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SILVER.

The nlonometalists viii not find much
comfort in the resolution of the Liverpool
Chamber OF Commerce, reported in our
cable dispatches yesterday, in fayo. Of an
International agreement for the remonetiza
ton OF silver: England has tried demone-
tizing silver. and the unparalleled business
depression that she is now experiencing
shows what success has attended the exper-
irnent. This action OF the Liverpool Cham
Der OF Commerce is an acknowledgment Of
the failure of the policy.
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ACCIDENTALLY KILLED,


We learned to day of tie des:a Of J. W
Hillman. which occurred a few dav. ago
near Medicine Lodge Mr. HilIman wa.
married only few months ago to Mis-
Sadie Quinn, of this city. He remained
here sometime after his marriage, but a
short time since went south to attend TO
certain stock business in which he was en-
gagged with a partner. Mr.. Hillman
went to Medicine Lodge, where he met his
partner, and together they started away. A
loaded gun wss in the wagon, and seeing
some game, Mr.. Hillman jumped out, took
hold OF the mUzzle of the gun and attempt
ed to pull it out of the wagon, when one
OF the locks caught, and the piece was di.-
charged, killing Mr.. Hiliman almost in
stantly.
Before leaving Lawrence, Hillman had
his life heavily insured.
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GoRED BY A VICIOUS COW.


Yesterday morning Mrs. Cnlvertson OF
Finney's Addition was out looking for
her COW, and when in from; of Jas Doyle's
residence in this city, she was attacked by
a furious Texas COW, which had 3 cslf
with her. Mrs. Culvertson was knocked
down, and worried for some minutes until
her cries attracted the neighbors who
came to the rescue. She received fright
ful gore in the hand, and was tramplsd
and severely injured over the body
and breast She was taken in
to Mr.. Doylee house and Dr.
Woodward sent for, who dressed the
wounds, when she was tai en- TO her home
by Saylsr Bros, whose team was hitched
up at the time. Mrs W. III Dewesse, who
occupies Mr.. Doyle's premises, was first to
go TO the unfortunate woman's rescue, and
had TO use the utmost haste to get into
the yard, - the mad 'ensd beast turned
her fury toward her. This animal il in
deed dangerous, having before chased
school children and Others. The Marshal
has tske1 steps to restrain her from run
ming at large.