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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
An OUTAGE,

By an item copied elsewhere from the
Kansas City Journal Of yesterday morning,
it Will be seen that hundreds Of colored
people sre arriving in that place, on their
wsy TO Kansas, in utterly destitute circum-
stsnc,s, and many of them so old and in
firm that they are unable to perform, anv
kind Of manual labor. They c0me under
the impression that upon their arrival here
they viii! be provided for and taken care OF
By the Government. The most of tnem
have invested every cent they could raise
in the railroad tickets to bring them to
Kansas City, under the delusion that if
they can only "get to X Insas" their wants
will all be proTined i,r. The old story
about "forty acres and mule" and others
of like character, are told to these people
by uuprincipled rascals who make COM
mission on the railroad tickets sold them.
Something should be done to protect
these ignorant and credulous people from
such a cruel imposition, as well as to pro-
tect the State from such an avalanche of
pauperism-siucs a large majority Of the
people referred TO must necessarily be-
come at once a charge upon the charity of
the public.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
THE NEW SENATE.

The transfer of the control Of the Senate
from ore party TO the other of course
causes a general change of organization,
including committees, and the Washington
correspondent OF the Lfer-Cce11 states that
it is already pretty well decided how they
will be composed. BIyard will be the
Chairman Of the Committee on Finance.
Salisbury OF Privileges and Elections.
Eaton of Foreign Affairs, and Thurman of
Judiciary. There will be fight over the
chairmauship OF the Committee on Appro-
pristicns, Davis, of West Virginia, is en-
titled to it by length Of service. He is IN
popular with his colleagues, is narrow
minded, demagogicll, and his views on mat
tiers of appropriations sre not approved
by the majority of his party. Beck
is the fttest man for the place,
and majority want him TO
have it. Beck Is understood to have an
nounced that he will not serve on a commit
tee if Davis Is made Chairman. Gordon
will be Chairman Of the Committee on
Commerce, johnson of Agriculture, Nc
Pherson of Manufactures, Randolph of Mil
itsry Affairs, Whyte of Naval Affairs,
Msxey of Pos; Offices ard Post Roads, Nc
Donald of Pub!Ic Lands, Coke Of Indian
Affairs, Withers of Pensions, Cockerill of
Claims, Harris of the District of Columbia,
Herman Of Patents, Garland of Territories,
Lamar cf Railroads, Wallace Of Revision
of the Laws, Beck Of Transportation, If he
is not given Appropriations Ransom of
Library, and Hill OF Public Buildings ard
Grounds
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
EARLY HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY

tJOT. Topeka Commonwealth, .
The first white settler 10 the county was
MIR. VIM. Basham, who settled on the Wal
nut, near the east line Of the county, in the
fall Of 1870. Others soon followed, and
among them Mr. Adolph Ashoft, Young
and enthusiastic German, whose natural
and educational qualifications frtsd him 10
fill with honor TO himself any Office in the
country ; yet he contents himself and prefers
to be an humble tiller o. the soil.
The first family in the county was that
Of Mr.. i. :. Templeton, Esq, who settled
on the Walnut the first day Of August.
ISL Mr.. DIXON and family, and Mr.
zimmerman and family, came in soon af-
ter. These first families OF the county had
not only the ordinary incOnveniences Of
frontier life 10 contend with, but the prOx-
unity OF the savage red man cf the plaif4
rendered their situation quite precarIou-
and unenviable. Matters have 20 changei
that now the most timid lady can safely
start to any OF the adjoining countIes, with
out the least fear Of m0lesta ion
The first white child born in the county
was son to Mr.. and Mr. /. T Templeton
on the 9th day Of Dece mber, ls7I. Among
others Of our early settlers were Mr.. +. l.
Garner, our present and very efficient
county clerk; Mr.. A. A. Stil-on, one Of our
pioneer cattle men, and by the way genia!
gentleman; A. Harvey and Others.
The first sermon preached in this county
was In May, 1873, by Rev. A. Hartman, Of
the VI. +. Church. The first Sabbath
school OF the county was organized in May,
1873, since which time Church and S.bbaih
School have bsen fixed verify in the his
tory Of the county.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
CLEAN Up,

The warm weather of the last few Days
reminds Us that it is time for our city au
thorities to take the necessary steps for i'm
proving the sanitary condition Of The city.
The National Yellow Fever Commission, in
lis report TO Congress, states tina. there Is a
strong probability that tie epidemic which
ravaged the South last Summer, may ap-
pear again thisyesr. While there nay be
but little danger OF visit from the yellow
fever, in this latitude and altitude, We are
exposed to many other diseases, which, az
gravatsd by our disregard Of proper sani-
tary regulations, are liable to become epi-
idemic. The work Of cleaning up cur
streets ard ALLEYS cannot ba commenced too
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
Tre NIaslS phrOWu or.


To this We have come at last. In the
United States Senate on Sunday night the
Democratic side of thst body upheld Jef-
ferson Davis as patriot, and made haste to
couple him with Washington and Hsmp-
ton, who acquired fame in the war for irde.
pendence. Lamar said he was as great a
rebel as Davis; he believed as Davis
believed he believed now that the rebel
lion was right, and the only difference be
tween himself and the great Southern leader
was that Davis wss the bigger man and the
greater patriot This was big talk in the
face Of the American people who suppressed
the rebellion, and OF the survivors and
friends Of those whose bodies,
pierced with rebel bullet, lie
IN silent graves. Ii Jefferson Davis was a
patriot, and If the cause of which he vas
the leader was right, what was the position
Of those who fought for the Union? And
whar il the position of the rebel leader
now? If the rebel cause was right, then
all that ia required 10 make il success is
power. The loyal people can thus see upon
what narrow neck of land they stand
The rebel party in Congress hurling def
snce at the loyal North, and no Northern
Democrat there to dispute their claim. The
debate which We publish is interesting, and
valuable "a record. The rebel party is
bold. 1t IL on the point OF assuming con-
troll OF the Senate, which it lost in 1861,
when its members crossed the line into reb-
elGom, and now that it has power it does
not hesitate to class Jefferson Davis, the
chief rebel, with Washington, the father of
his county.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
Mrs. Hayes SiCt1riOus.
Washington I'd, c. S,ar.l


Mrs. HAYES is being strongly reinforced
on the wine question by all who attended
the entertainment of Tuesday evening.
since, the universal comment is, that the or.
der preserved in the supper-rooms was in
such agreeable contrast to the .indecorous
b shaylor at many parties, even small ones
at private houses, given during this and
other seasons, where wine wss served. A,
some small parties it has even become
necessary to remove the decanters after
they had been on the table. Surely, 1t Is
better not TO oifsr wine to ones guests than
TO rebnke them, even tacitly, by withdraw
ing 1t before the evening is over. \ widely
circulated account of intoxication 1t a re-
cent handsome entertainment, and gross
violation of decorum in the supper-.oom, il
mentioned whenever the events OF the sea-
son are discussed, and the conclusion OF all
such conversation is "Nlrs. Hayes is right,
after ell, about the wine"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
The DEuociRruC pRuGR


Washington reports say that during the
| closing hours of the late Congress, Mr..
Beck announced, ir the Senate, the Demo
cratic programme for the extra session. He
said that Congress would meet st the time
designated by the proclamation, organize.
| and pass bills repeating the election and
jury lawa, The test oath, and the law au-
thoring the appointment Of supervisors of
election. They would send them to the
President and await his action upon them.
II he refused to spproye, they would attach
the repeating clauses 10 appropriation bills,
and the whee's of the government would
stop until he gave them his signature
This announcement is said to have made a
sensation. Conkling, on behalf of the Re-
publicars, accepted the challenge, and gave
notice that they were willing to fight It Gu;
on that line.
Members OF the Cabinet are said TO be
unanimously Of the opinion that il this
programme, which Senator Beck described
is carried out the President VIII rot dfsap-
point the Republicans in his action. but
will firmly sustain the minority of the Con-
gress with the veto power. Senator Chan
dler, who is the recognized oracle of whst
are known as "stalwart" Republicans, says
he anticipates long and bitter fight over
the repeal of these laws, and he should no
be surprised if the special session lasted
until December. For one, he said he
would come prepared to stay until the Ith
Of March, 1881, if necessary. Republi-
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
shoot the .isgraph Pei, =.

The latest style Of putting up Telegraph
line ia 10 plant the telegraph poles with
guUPU"dsr, as it were. The ScteEtf: Amcr-
icrl 5 v that a man takes 4 bundle OF car
Iiiges aud a crog bar drives the croS-bar
into the ground four or tiTe feet pulls it
ogt and drops in a cartridge; lights time
fuse end drops it on top ofthe cartridge and
starts on. by the time he has walked two
hundred feet, 10 where the next telegraph
pole II to ne planted, the cartridge left IN
the last hole ax plcdes, and makes hole in
the oUEd fur or five feet deep, and IA
/ trge around a. a Il )ur. barrel. Then three
mel ONE slOrg 18th a team and poles, and
-et up p lie in each of these holes, and
tramp The dirt around it firmly. In this
way four men can set up ore hundred and
fiity pnle- day, at a cost Of only one third
OF that required where the holes are dug in
the ordiI ary way.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
TILE RIxG oETaE TRIE MITAL

1t sounds like old times TO read such
clear-sounding Union sentiments a. those
expressed by Mr.. Chandler, of Michigan, in
the Senate, last Monday, In reply TO
Lsmar's eulcgy Of JEFF Davis. Evidently
"Old Zach" has lest none Of his original
fire, and the people of the country have
reason to be truly thspkful for this, in
view Of the fact that the Congress which Is
to assemble on the 18Th inst will be in the
hands Of the Democracy, in both branches
The fulsome eulogies which were pro-
nounced by the Democratic leaders in the
Senate, during the las hours Of the late
Congress, upon the arbitrator Of the
Southern Confederacy-in which he was
compared to Washington-give US an earn
est Of what We are 10 expect during the
next four years. Read Senator Chandler's
remarks, printed on another page.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
THE RELATIONSHIP SCHEME.

John Tracy j. happy. He hes just re-
ceivsd letter from a cousin from y HON h.
had not heard for years Ills cousin. whose
name is Henry z. Jones. writes him from
New York, th1t he has just seen his name
il the UniU 4 Ststss Iirectory-(thcre il
no such wort which is the frat clue he
has had Of hin since the war, at the close
OF which, he it hi4 regiment, and went
West. Jones then il forms his cousin John.
c1nfieniially, that they can bench each
other; that Jones il agent for 4
grand lottery, and If his cousin
John will stir about and sell tickets for
him, he will give him a ticket, ane have ii
20 arranged that it will b. sure to draw a
valuable prize. BY permitting valuable
prize to be drawn in this vicinity, he re-
marks, people will be encouraged 20 invest
and they can make good thing oft. Mr.
Tracy is so rejOicsd at his assured good
luck, and still more so at having found his
long lost cousin, Jones, that he has request
ed us to publish TO the world how happy
he is.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
The Tenement House Huisance IN
New YOph.
IHeraId. 81

Mr. Chos,e in his speech at the m seting
on Friday evening made q practical hit
whenlhe said there is only one way by which
the present wrecthed tenement houses can he
improved and better buildings secured 10
the future-@by some means, direct or indi-
rect, We must reach the pockets Of the own
ers, and there We ~ill find their ccnscien-
ces." This is literally true. The greed Of
the owners has built the present inconveni-
ent, badly constructed houses, and has
crowded them with as many human beings
as can be packed into such space. The
eiehy-two million dollars invested in
such dens in ten years has been made to
yield an enormous profit through the euf-
frings of the wretched tenants and at the
risk Of physical and neral pestilence in the
city. The easiest way to reach the pockets
of the present tenement house owners IA,
first, TO supply the tenants with better,
healthier homes at ascheap or cheaper rents
than they find in the miserable rooms they
occupy, and next, to enforce such stringent
sanitary laws as will compel the immedi ate
alteration or tearing down of all build; ;.nes
that Az perilous to life and health. To
these T .oints the committee should dire ct its
attent lon, and its work should be .hort,
shaJ, and decisive:
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
Evidence OF IA Marked fmproyeneI 4
in Eyus,ne>r


TIE week ending last ThursIay THE 27th
ultimD) again rhOwI very large Increase
~ pay yment-, a. indicated by the returns q.
the Tearing House, compared with Re
turns Of the corresponding week lat year,
rot only In New YORK but in the ssgr egate
exchanges at other cities The Incrrs-e in
the exchange Outside Cf New York i 9 : pr
cant, which dDss rot represent the fol. i'm p
prOvement 10 magnitude Cf transactions,
for a considerable part Of the increase hele
il due to busine-- not Of a speculative char
scter The Influence Of stock sales can.
hDwever, be estimated when it il stated
that notwithstanding holiday Wishing
toI.'s birtEday) iDtervensd, the sa!ss
amounted to 81, ,l5S shares, against only
3l5 81 shares during the corresponding
week last year. This alone accounts for q
difference Of say SIOOOOO,GOO in the
amount OF exchanges. Bat after dsduc'iug
the par value Of ali stocks cold thz'r-ma ain
irg exchanges were S3II, ,Ig3 l0i again4t
500, ,9j3 3J2 IA rs, an increase lG per C. nt.
This is probably az T. reasonable an estimate
OF the comparative magnitude Cf transac-
tiOns not ari-ing from stock zsles as can he
made. InNew YorE the inCresze III eI-
changes il - per cent At Boston It Il
32 ) per ceat. This v-ry large !Ec'eose a.
Boston Is 10: Of Il speculative ORG Il, nor
are the gains a. PhiladeIph and Il. Louis
OF l3 and l. } pr cent respectively, or
at New Haven, where it ia squal to 23 D
per cent. an shori," ssys the PeLtc, ''the
evideEce gross clearer and stronger that 4
real. steady and importsnt revival oi bu-i-
ness il iu progress, which appears the lss4
bgcause it ia partly disguised by the decline
N prices. Il il safe 70 say that, in quanti-
ties sold, the transactions rFPreseD;ed By
payments last week must have been fully
twenty per cent. larger than those represen-
ted by payments during the third week OF
February, 1873.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
More Negroes for Knn.as.

hti-dH N4IE JtAfthlr y
Tuesday Mayor Shelley furnished trans
portatipn to Topeka for twenty three poor
deluded negroes from the lar South, who
had arrived here hungry and pennies,
and Yesterday fourteen more came. Two cr
three Cf them made their way up town and
asked Tor help. One 'old aUntie' stood at
the door Cf the mayors office and begged
FI.eOusly for something so de chil.eu- to
eat The mayor wa5 IN desperate strait.
His funds were exhausted and he didn't
know what 10 DO with them. IL j. abs0-
luieiy shameful tie way these ignorant
and cTedulous people are deceived by the
unsCrupulDu4 IA tTss, whD for the sake fl a
small commission on th-ir tickets, persuade
them TO FELL out their chickens and whatever
else they may have in the SOuth and with the
few dollar- thus sCraIed together, to start 10
Karsas. Utterly fa.se Representations are
N ate 10 them. They are made 70 believe
that The StI'e Of Kansas gives forty acres
OF land ard mule 10 every negro family
that will settle in Kansas, and So firmly
are they persuaded Of this that they will
scarcely give up TIE notion after they ar
rive here.
IL looks like il would be necessary for
the government Of kansas TO take some ac-
ton to stop thi- wholesale importation Of
pennies, starving blacks into b u State
They are no more than 20 many objects Of
charity IN many caSss. Old ColCrrd men
pas through here every day whose days for
b ei7g cora are past. They are tDtterIng
with sge, and ~ utterly unable TO do any
thing Tor their own support. J. Kansas
grand ssylam for decreplt and d'st tute
blacks
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
LEGISLATIVE DOISGs.
rTopeka Commonwealth. 81


And now the schemers don't want the
Investigating Committee TO report all the
testimony taken. They are afraid OF IT. Ii
amt what they hoped to get. Let it all be
reported and printed. 1t will be good sum
mer reading.
The Investigating Committee thought
they were through when they flashed up
ice Wilson Yesterday. Their hair literal.
ly stood on end at the terrible crimes un'
folded. They cried mo more; we have
enough" But the avengiug angel was al
hand. Shsdduch, of. Hutchinson, was es
pied by Sergeant Arms Higgins, and was
Immediately served with summons to aP-
pear before the committee. lie corrOb1rat'
ed the testimony Of ice Wilson, and piled ii
on thicker, and more of it.
Senator Hallowell was before the lnves
tigating Committee yesterday. When
asked If he knew OF or saw any money dur
ing the Senatorial contest, ne said yes
When asked TO tell all about it, he said he
had borrowed so Of Jim Merritt, and he
was id fool enough 10 ask him TO return
IL.
Senator Hallowell was yesterday excused
from attendance during the remainder Oi
the session. He will not be obliged to an
swer at roll call now.
Senator Sluss stated yesterday thst the
original survey OF the town Of Wichits
was made in the prairie grass, and the plat
drawn "on oEe Of these ere flour sacks"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
PrrpositiOn Ot n New York legisla 1r
10 Make Alaska q PensI colony.
New York Herald I

| lNtN lOth htr1!t.J
| Col Charles T. Trowbridge, member Of
the Assembly from Kings, has prepared a
| resolution, which will be offered in the
| House tomorrow, and will doubtless ex-
site wide attention, as it presents the possi-
bility of an entire new solution of the vex-
ed problem of convict labor. Trades unions
| and workingmen's guilds of ell kinds
, throughout the State are constantly send
| ing to the Legislature protests against
prison competition in their various trades,
and bills are introduced from time to time
having in view the protection OF one indus
try and another from such rivalry; bat "a
these never suggest any other way of en-
ploying the prisoners of the State, they lead
| 10 nothing. Several bills have also been in
troduced this session looking either to the
erection of new prison or the extension of
old ones, to accommodate the surplus of
seven hundred or more conEicts who are
now boarded out by the State. Col. Trow-
bridges resolution, in a series of whereases,
reviews the present aspect OF the problem.
1t declares that our prison system fails TO
reform the criminal, except in rare in
stances, and fails utterly in deterriDg old
and habitual offenders from continuance in
crime. The sale Of convict labor by the State,
although it may save some money 10 the
public treasury, does, nevertheless, it is de-
clared, involve this great wrong-that the
state, having control of certain amount
of slave labor, puts this slave labor in C com-
petition with that of Its free and law -abid-
ing citizens, who are struggling by honest
work to maintain themselves and their
families, and who at the same time are
contributing by their labor their full share
OF the taxes TO the public treasury. The
present system, the resolution asserts, H.
wolves also the inconsistenCy-;hat the
state, while il cannot afford employment to
the many honest men who are seeking il,
stands ready, nevertheless, to give work in
respectable trade and occupations to any
one who will first commit crime. The offer
ing Of convict labor in the market at low
prices, ii adds, necessarily tends to dimin-
ish the compensation for the work Of honest
men and so to discourage, demoralize and
degrade those who labor for bread. 10
view Of this tendency TO dimish the reward
Of labor, and therefore Its ability to con-
tribute TO the taxes, C1L Trowbridge's
preamble doubts whet er, notwithstanding
some apparent saving Of public money, the
bringing of convict labor into the market
il a measure Of real economy.
The resolution calls upon our senators
snd representatives, in the congress of the
United Ststes to urge that the territory Of
Alaska, or some other portion OF the COM
mon territory be set a apart BY the federal
government for the purposes of a penal
colony, to which the several states may
Danish convicts, under proper conditions,
each state providing for the maintenance Of
its own criminals."
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
General Sherman Made .Dake Of

General Sherman was formally received by
the King Of the Carnival 10 New Orleans
tine other day, and was dubbed and deco
rated Duke Of Louisiana" The General,
responding to the speech OF the Lord High
Chamb .r,aia, said he felt hon.red in beirg
50 Distinguished by the king, and pariicu-
Early fy being 80 cordially and warmly re-
csiyed by those who had worn the gray. He
accepted the title of duke with pride and
pleasure. II vas known, he said that as a
citizen OF Louisiana he was one Of the last
to respond 10 the call of arms, bat that as a
soldier and patriot he saw but one course,
and that WA TO enroll himself AZ defender
Of the common hIg of our country
From that time until the war
closed there WAS not day nor
an hour in which he did not think OF
Louisiana and her people. General J. B.
Hood was at the same time dubbed Duke
Of Texss. lie too, he said, had often met
General Sherman before and since the war,
and particularly since the war he had met
him with the most unalloyed pleasure He
hailed with delight the sentiments expressed
on both sides. lie assured General Sher-
man that The sentiments of the Carnival
Court and its spokesman were the bona fide
sentiments al the whole people of Louisi-
ana th It this Carnival association repro
senied the wealth, intelligence and intsgri-
" Of the State.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
WA abingdon S,reSvn with the Corps
eS of the Lobby.

ESPECIAL TO the Chicago Tribune,
Washington is tonight strewn with the
corpses of the lobby. Yesterday was a bad
day for jobs. Every suspicious clause that
the Committee on Appropriations IN the
slaughtered during the all-night session
Thus far not railroad bill, not subsidy
bill, not bill granting exclusive privileges,
not a patent bill nor bill of any kind
with a job in it that has yet been discoy-
are through, and none are likely to get
through. But there is time enough left for
great deal Of mischief, and members dis
TO be honest are keeping close watch.
There are some Senators and Representa-
tives who are adept in smuggling in jobs
and covering them with verbal brushwood.