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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-25

Presidert Hayes says his message at
the openips oil Congress will be brief,
and that he dives not intend to recon-
mend sny legislation OF Importance.
Some of the btstdrsssed peoi Is are
the fiegsk kiess ii 'm sogd' ss,s a
psper. S0ne hadlY drsssed women
ind sreat Consolation ID remAIks OF thaf
kind.
Flesh 10 q -shsand painigis paint, and
not oil the s:tldf nian, or woman egafs
rsn by any possibility nake the one be
mistaken for the other. = se.l e
The .prisons OF New Mex CO are ratf
Or primhiyefyen for ssfpeg country.
4 county jsii here consists OF i've.
eak tree, with chain and staple attach
ed. The ventilation 10 perfect.
Rismarck, . l@a.th is sefieu.Iy threat
cred, and the mstpaf iron issthown Sto
T. be OF hesh and blood. He must retire
from publiS duties. either permanently
sr ienp.astiis. 30 tbe doctors say, ~,
hia life will NIT he worth, a six. months
purchase He q, $ be will ,pos doae.1
ther.s ,ssse ssaeasws uaH usesUs sss sisse
ltsetins That our aneighboriug iittse
town os Benwood is suffering from tie
heasy hap5 or sf!i etis.n lsia upon il. "a
city rbs sicipn q tleyotipe his time ana
astention 70 il and sals he has row tbir-
~ i've sscsses of diphtheris. For SO
small Q plsce this is terrible. Just ht W
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16

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District No. AZ, Lincoln county . 3JD
District No. ID Edwards county SIS
District No A. Ptwnee county ...-. so,
District No. - Pawnee county.. 200
On the 4th of January tins. conmi sic n.rS
purchased bonds Nos 9 and 20 Of District No
20, Cawker City district, Mitchell county, az
an investment of the tate University fund.
This purchase required all the uninvested
money Of that fcDd.
superintendent Lennon Is sending out
PAN pniet r. ports OF the state teachers con-
vention to county sup-riniendents.
SECRETARY OF sTATE
Charters filed In the Office Of the Secretary
or state for the week ending January s.
is1s:
The Bavaria Elevator Joint Stock Compa-
n.y. incorporation: Carl j. ShOrgreE,
BACK, l. Hoimeek, Charles Frank, A, y.
case
Cerro Gordo Town Company Incorporat
ors: C. l.. Emery f. Lehman l. Tur-
No, ,-,as M,r,hy l. u,..,,t,h
'' -
La'Tosse Town company, lncorporMors
=. W Taylor w. IL Me onala l. IL Furue-
~, Inc = uono,-, v u uc,o,,t
yonto,, To,n co,,n.nr -, ,,o..,,a
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16
HON. NORTON ncMBCBiIl..

The telegraph, Tuesday morning, an
nouuced the death, by heart disease, Of
Hon. Morton McMichael, editor and pro.
prie,or of the Philadelphia North American.
A Philsdelphis special gives the following
brief sketch Of his history:
He was born in Burlington county, New
Jersey, in 1866, educated at the University OF
Pennsylvania, admitted TO the bar of TINS
city fifty years ago, soon after elected Alder
man, and at the age OF thiriy-six, Sheriff.
which Office he filled three years. He then
become one of the owners Of the North
American, of which Robert L. Conrad was
editor. Six months later they bought the
United States Gazene. which was OF the
same politics. DIR. Robert NJ Bird became
partner, and in the following year Alexander
Graham retired, leaving Mr.. McMichael
senior proprietor. Eight years later Mr.
McMichael became sole proprietor. In 1865
he was elected Mayor. He has been from Its
beginning President of the Paramount Park
Commission. For ave years after 1870 he was
President of the Union League in 1872, TEN
pcrary Chairman of the National Republican
Convention in 1878, delegate TO the Consti-
tutional Convention IN 1876 delegate TO the
Cincinnati Convention, and last year was
dignIded Doctor Of Laws by his alma mater.
For a generation he has been familiar with
all the famous men OF the time, and since
there was Republican party he has been
foremost in its councils. In all that time he
has always been ready with tongue and pen.
His two last public appearances were in IL.
PRODUCING Senator Conkling at the Acad envy
of Music Just before election. and at a ban
Duet given To Quay after the election. As
editor orator friend and general companion
has had no equal in the State In the las:
twenty years.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16

Mrs. Senator Bruce is still an object Of
interest in Washington. She is said to be
a very handsome woman, well educated,
highly accomplished, and all that, with
only slight dash of African blood in her
veins. Her husband IL DO longer a vassal
but peer, and one of the Senators from a
sovereign State. Many Of the fashionable
gentlemen called upon her on New Years
Day, while others ignored her. The cor
respondent of the Boston Journal says that
she wore "a magnificent black velvet dress
u ade for her by Worth during her recent
visit to Paris, and handsome diamonds"
The Hartford lines correspondent says:
1T has been tried and decided BY society
and the thing called society in Washington
always toadies to wealth or official position,
whether right or wroug-that Mrs. Bruce
is Just az good TO call on or to receive calls
from as If she was painted up SIS white or
az handsome a. any other Senators wife
Shoddy society, and mot Of it here is
shoddy, accepts the verdict and governs IL
self accordingly. As result, Mrs. Bruce
has already received calls from the wives
OF some of the Judges Of Supreme Court,
of many Senators, Representatives, and
and Others holding official positions"
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Ayo-aER VANDERBILT suIr.

Mrs. Mary LaBau Berger, The daughter
of Commodore Vanderbilt, who in sympa-
thy with her brother Cornelius J. Wander
bilt, has contested her fathers IL, has be-
gun suit against William II. Vanderbilt
ard her other brothers and sisters, in which
al claiming under Commodore Vanderbilt
as heirs are the parties. The New York
Tribune explains the case as follows:
The objects stated in the notice of suit are
10 determine the validity OF the following
The cevise by Cornelius Vanderbilt OF his
feal estate 20 William II. Vanderbilt and +.
A Vanderbilt; the eonveyances Of property
bought or paid for by Commodore Vanderbilt
but conveyed ia his lifetime 10 Vim. II. Va u.
derbilt; the releases OF some OF the Commo
dores children TO Hiiiism Ii. Vanderbilt
which, it Is alleged, were without consid1ra
ton and obtained by fraudulent CONCEAL
nents and practices and therefore void th'
trazsfer by Commodore Vanderbilt O. prore r
| ~ alleged TO amount in value TO S2O,ooOrOoJ Il
William ii. Vanderbilt. The object OF ih'
action is stated to be, among other things, thu
! appointment of a receiver. A number of OF
/ are described by reference TO the records a
affected by the action, and notice is giver
that no personal claim is made against ed!
one except William III. Vanderbilt.
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Lost on the peserf.

k-stN-i AAcSOAo-l
On the 18th of last November Morris
Kane and Mat Mokler started from Ell
Dorado Canyon for Ivsnpah, and became
lost. Mokier desired to take an old trail
which he was acquainted with, but Kane
insisted upon taking q trail they had been
told about, which was said to be shorter.
During the second day out, while in search
of water, they became separated, and were
unable to find each other. Mokler wan
dered about for three days and nights with
out water: at night time going on top of the
mountains and building large fire as q
signal, 80 that if Kane was in The neigh
borhood he could see it After wandering
around for several days he finally reached
Ivanpsh, but was unable TO learn anything
of his partner, As he had not been seen in
that section. Mokler then secured the ser
vice. Of an Indian and went In search of
Kane and after ten days hunt was una
bic 10 find any tracks of him. He desired
the Indian TO make search in several direc
tions. but the Iodisu refused, saying there
was no water. Mr.. Mokler thi ks Kane
must have certainly persisted, as he was on
foot and had not q morsel of provisions
with him and had then been without water
for two days. When these two men separa-
ted Kane had in his pocket check for two
hundred dollars and silver watch belong
ing to Mokler, which Mokler had given
him to carry, a. his own pockets we're
all worn out. Mokler had on his pack ami
NAL silver brick vslued at sixty dollars.
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A man was once walking along one road
and woman along another. The roads
fin ally. united, and man and woman, reach
ing the junction al the same time, walked
on from there together. The man was car.
rying large iron kettle on his back, in one
hand he held by the legs a live chicken, in
the other cane, and he was leading a
goat Just AZ they were coming to dark
deep ravine, the woman said to the man
"Tm afraid to go through that rsvine with
you it is a lonely place, and you might
overpower me and kiss me by force"
"If you were afraid Of that" said the
man, you shouldn't have walked with me
at all. How can possibly overpower you
and kiss you by force when / have this
great iron kettle on my back, cane in one
hand and live chicken in the other, and
am leading this goat? l might as we'll be
tied hand and foot"
"Yes," replied the woman, "but If you
should stick your cane into the ground and
tie the goat to it, and turn the kettle bot
tom side up and put the chicken into it,
then you might wickedly kiss me in spite
of my resistance"
Success to thy ingenuity, o, woman
said the rejoicing man to himself. Il
should never have thought Of such an ex-
pedient."
And when they came to the ravine he
stuck his cane into the ground and tied the
goat to it, gave the chicken to the woman,
saying, "Hold it while cut some grass for
the goat" and then, lowering the kettle
from his shoulders, imprisoned the chicken
under it, and wickedly kissed the woman,
az she was afraid he would.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16
A TOUGH ONE.

Charles ii. Cobb, who was murdered BY
his wife and her paramour-Bishop-muss
have been one of the toughest Of men. In
the trial of Mrs Cobb, now in progress, a
number of eminent PHYSICIANS testified that
a grain of arsenic was sufficient to pro-
duce death, but Bishop, whose confession
We print elsewhere, states that Cobb was
literally fed on arsenic, by his wife, for six
weeks, he, Bishop, having supplied her dur
ing that time with about two ounces, and
he is positive that Cobb got the most OF
it," Since an ounce is enough, according
to the doctors, to kill nearly five hundred
men, the doctors must be mistaken, or Cobb
must have been an extraordinary man.
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patching = Mans Limb with u Dogs
f,ore.

LAID Gnd Water gives an account Of the
saving OF an arm which had been condemn
ed to smputation, by the following strange
meIhod:
The patient was on the 18th September,
placed under the influence Of chloroform,
while al the same time a retriever deg was
being ara.thetized Cutting down upon
the ends OF the fractured bone, and remov-
ing the ti5rous band which alone formed
the bond Of union, the rounded points we're
removed by The cav and a hole drilled OBJ
liqualy through each squared end. This
process was repeated on both sides of the
arm, when it va. found that an interspace
of about three-quarters Of an inch existed
bst seen the two fragments In the mean
time, one Of the senior students, and a very
cleTsr manipulation, had eIposed the hu-
merus Of the uIdruped completely denu-
ded OF every tissue except the periosteum.
TIE length OF the bene was accurately mea-
snred (thrss quarters Of an iRch), while
from half an irch beyond the end Of the
necessary length the periosteal covering
was rapidly but carefully dissected. the
bone sawn through, hole drilled in either
end Obliqueiy, as in the bone in the arm,
where it was at once placed and fitted ac-
accurately. Wires having at been passed
through the holes, the bones were firmly
tied together. The wound was stitched
with silver wire, the bone suiures coming
out al each end OF the incision. The entire
operation was conducted under the carbolic
acid sway. The arm was put up in gauze,
and held in tEo rectangular sp.ints.
After the operation there was a slight
tendency 10 sickness, which was relieved BY
ice On the 18th the wound was dressed,
and ore or two Of the stitches removed, as
there were sigma Of tension and a slight
blush around tie sutures. Tincture of
opium twenty -fve minima) was given to
induce sleep
Be- the 81 Of November a union had
taken place, aud the wires were removed on
the 2SJh of the same month. TIE fracture
had then all the appearance Of being firmly
united, aud the prtient was dismissed with
orders to return weekly for dressing and
examination. On leaving the hospital Dor
acic lint WIS used IS dressing. One small
wound remained open frr twelve months,
when the dogs bore, reduced to about half
its size, came away, after which the wound
healed completely. Shortly after this the
patient resumed his former occupation, at
which he is still engaged. He remains
in perfect health and retains a
very useful arm. Thinking of OILERS ex-
periments with the periosteun, of tie trans
plantation of akin from an amputated
limb to ulcers, and of the transference Of
the mucuous membrane Of the rabbit to the
human eye, DR. Patterson says be had
some hope that the strange bone might
have found new home for itself in the hu-
man arm failing which I knev IL vonld
secure perfect alignment Of, and steadiness
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nE GOES 1T ALONE.

Whether or not the Amer has left his
country for his country's good can hardly
be known at this distance from the scene OF
operations, bat it is certain, if foreign dis
patches are to be believed, that the Afghan
potentate's followers are not OF the sell sac
ri6cipg kind. 1t is reported that most OF
his body-guard, having an Unborn love for
their native heath, declined to accompany
the Amer across the border, and thus his
E1cellency's pilgrimage to the Russian
shrine will not be attended with that pomp
and circumstance which should accompany
the ruler Of a nation whose government and
laws are proclaimed as God given.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16
Will FORGE the Pleasure OF Slaught.
erinx the EvarSs Faction.

1t seems to be understood in New York
that Mr.. Lonkling will not persist in his
hostility TO the confirmation Of the persons
now holding federal offices in that city He
is satisfied with the Republican victory in
the November election, and desires, the re-
ports say, to consolidate the advantages
thus gained, in order to hold the State in
the Presidential election Ii is not doubted
that warning factions Of the Democi acy
will be reunited in 1856, and the Republic
cans cannot afford to cultivate schism in
their own ranks. New York, it il gener-
allv admitted, will decide the next Presi.
Dental election. Without her votes il will
be impossible for the Bourbons and the
solid South to elect their man; and their
only chance of carrying New York appears
now to he The existence of discord amov
the Republicans. Mr.. Conkling, therefore,
according TO this theory, will iorego the
pleasure of slsughtering the Evsrts faction
until after a Republican ,President-possi-
bly, himself-is elected.
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10, the E!nar irlgne Is. Should simila
Case occur asa.D, should adopt the same
process, still hoping that the two bones
might become ore"
This case Is certainly triumph of surgi-
Gel kill, 81, although We believe similar
experiments have been tried in Chine, they
nave net OlCu tended with the success
that attended that msde by Doctor Pat
ieTsOu
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BT iHE CCCGr.
' ALESTISE, j.

l. A Jury, in assessing the damages sus
tanned by a landowner by reason of the e.
tabIishmert OF "A public road across hi, land
cannot take into consideration for tine pur-
pos. Of reducing his damages, all convent
ences and benefits accruing TO him
by reason OF the location of the
rod, but Cgly such cOnSeulenceS and
Eeneiits as are direct and special as
To hun ana his land, and sucn rs the di
rect, certain and proXimate result of the es-
tabllshment OF the road. They cannot In e
into ccuslderati III sucn couyeniences and
benefits rs are received in common by the
mole community
>. Increased value of the land may bften
be taken into consideration in fixing the
amount of the damages sustained by the
owner thereof in layIi = out ana e>tab! I>hiDg
roads. But this can b. done only where sucn
iucrt ased value arises from some di-
rect. special and pTo&imaTe cause, such
as the draining Of the land, or building
bridges across streets running thIoun
the and, or or making some other val
liable improvement on OF near the laLd.
by means Of which the owner Will be enabled
10 enjoy his land ~ith greater advantage
Increased valne, founded merely upon IN
creased facilities for travel and Transports
ton Dy the pub ic IN general, - not the X ind
of increased value which may be taken into
Consideration for the purpose Of reducing the
damages to be awarded to the land owner.
s. As general rule, the opinion OF wit.
Dess, zs to the amount Of damages which the
landowner sustS'ns by reason of the estab
lishment OF q public road across his land, Is
not admissible as evidence.
4. A landowner Is not necessarily dam
aged to the full value Of his land covered by
a public I'D even n he Ia not received nor
will receive any benefit Of any KIND what
ever from the establishment of the road; Tor
the public, by laying out and establishing the
road. does not bee me the owner of the iauu
covered bv the ROAD, but only acquires
easement therein, and the Landowner, him
.elf still remains the owner of the lee and
of ev ~ thing connected with the llDd not
for the public use. IL Il proper,
= and DfT - us
penslbly Necessary in SOM, To intro u e evi
dence showing the value Of the land, and ~
TO such value competent witnesses may e1.
press their opinions.
All the jn>tice- concerning.
A true copy. Attest A HANMATT.
LIS Clerk Supreme CouIt.
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CUR BONDED INDxB rEDNEss.

- .",;d;. IS ,ha -. .ou, e r.
Iuter Prov i aS ~. .he use =. iunu
oonus 70 iu. oy years atI per cen' none
OF tne prine'pai 10 oe Pala sooner than 40
years tnat from snd ai'er ID year,, me
county !" nave eplion 10 can annually az
H many " III ,Sn ha"J. LII :, umu,..;
iiIuiuale 'ne oonos 70 Se cailea IN nunie err
cai ordsr oeinhipg WIN nuhoer one me
Interest ior al -ueh SonuS 70 pe IepreSen'eu
IN souPons, anu tt.tea as y "e "f, e'oa
oynn's u,n eopP,'.' 20 os Ha V 'e'e''''Ose'"
U" ."@eS g'Ntg % "'e e'I o"I'
Assume ,nal suca PONDS couia De sold ioI
SiUo'Voo, ana me proceeds aPpiied success
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POLITICAL.
HOLD FAST TO A GOOD THING.

ny
One OF the duties OF The Legislature that
convenes at Topeka on the l4,h of January
will be TO elect L. 5. Senator to succeed
Hon. John J. ingalls,. In looking over the
State We think It will puzzle the brain of
our greatest intellectual lights to find a
gentleman In Kansas who can represent the
State in the United States Senate with equal
advantage TO Mr.. Ingalls,. Leaving Mr..
Ingalls, out of the question, Kanss. has
made pretty spotted record in the United
States Senate, and the darkest blot she an
place on her record will De TO trump up
some second or third rate man for Mr..
ingalls, plsce. There has seldom been a
period in the political history of Kansas
that made equal demands with the present
for craftsmanship in the Senate. True,
we have any number OF small politicians
who think themselves match or any Sens-
tor in the Chamber. but it will be wise TO
avoid that class and return Mr. Ingalls, TO
the Senate. One thing is certain, if Mr..
Ingalls, is returned, no citizen OF the State
will have Cause 10 feel ashamed 81 Cur Con-
erosion delegation. Hold fast TO good
thing
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lOttawa s ate Pres a.

Judging from the preparations being
made at Topeka, Anthony is going TO turn
loose in the arrangements for the insugura-
ton of Gov St John All the military
companies in the State have been invited to
be present, and this looks like grand mi
li,ia blowout No doubt such ,hings sre
in harmony ~iih Gov. Anthony. aristo-
cratic ideas, but they look decidedly out Of
place for a peaceful republic. The old
dignity, seems entirely lost sight of in these
days OF Republican supremacy and bum
sombe chow. and hollow pretense, is the Or
der Of the Gay. Gov. ST. John would show
more good sense if h. countermanded the
orders Of Gov. Anthony, and had quiet,
unpreten:ious inaugural. Men who 60 in
to office with sounding horns and waving
plunier. usually 60 out with their tail feath-
ers dragging.
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THE srH OF JANUARY.

Yesterday was the sth Of January-the
anniversary OF General Jackson's victory at
New Orleans-an event, which, before II
was overshadowed by the hundreds OF great
er battles of the late war, was annually cei-
ebrated with a great deal Of ceremony. But
it no longer holds place among our great
occasions, and comes and goes as quietly as
other dsvs. Even the militia fail TO turn
ont and fire n salute
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The Il0nke, i'm of The New World.

7. IDUIS II gulIIis.lI
Some of the English papers speak very
plainly about the real mission Of her
Britannia majesty's son-in-l.w To her Cana
dian Dominion, and are amusing themselves
no litrle over the funkeviz;ng Of the New
World" as they put it. Joking aside, there
is no doubt a good deal OF this very sort Of
thing intended in the selection OF the Mar
guis OF Lorne as the general governor of
Briti-h America. There is a dangerou. ad
miraiion for American institutions very
widespread in Canada, which has been max
ing steady Roadway for years, and it il easy
to see that Di-raeli hopes 10 sop its prog
ress by awakening the same spirit OF
"hunkeyism" that is the real support Of the
monarchy Of England
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A Very Lame FxcG.e.

:
The augusta (Ga.) Chronicle attempts to
excuse the conduct of the enthusiastic ex.
Confederstes who displsFed a rebel flag in
honor OF Wade Hampton's election to the
Senate by saying: when Confederate
soldiers decked with flowers the graves OF
the Union dead no great harm will come OF
hosting battle dag in honor OF former
commanders recovery" The attempt to
excuse is as significant as the act itself. A
flag representing hostility to the government
cannot be displayed in loyal community
without calling out rebuke. In this case,
instead OF rebuke or protest We have ex-