The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17


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EVERYTHING BOOMING IN LABErTE
COUNTY.
ICor. Chetopa Advance, IOI
Everybody plsn;ing corn or getting resdy
o plant Certainly this L. the incest sprinr
o get our crops in that | ever saw. There
las not been day lost to Our horny
handed farmers for six weeks; they have
,ut in every minute OF time In getting the
oil ready to receive the grsiu. The sell is
mellow and in good condition. If there
IRE no crops raised this year, it will not be
he fault OF not planting eirly.
AN UNFORTUNATE MAN.
IClay Center Localist, 81
Charles Uddman, two weeks ago, lost bv
Gre his stable, coral, all his farm imple-
mentl, four hundred and fifty bushels of |
corn and fifteen hogs On Thursday last
be had the further misfortune of having |
his left hand shattered by the bursting of q |
gun, ard on Friday the hand was amputat- |
ed by Drs Blackwood and Randolph. HIS |
limb is doing we'll, but he il de- |
barred from labor and deserves the atIen-
ton Of charitable people.
EMPoRIA's ORGANIZATION.
lEmporia News, ST.
The new city council organized Monday
evening, Mayor Gilmore presiding. The
Mayor made the following appointments,
which were confirmed: City marshal,
Thos. Fleming; policeman, Mr.. Birdsall;
city clerk, E. VI. Forde; teams,er, L. II.
Hines street commissioner, u B. Cooper.
LET EVERYBODY SET TRIES.
Topeka Commonwealth, Il
The rain is worth millions of dollars to
Kansas, end will quiet the srumblers, who
have been predicting that there will be no
rain until October.
Now let everybody set out trees, and do
it properly. Be sure that they are alive
when set ont, and aid them TO live by care
ful attention. Ii will not take much atten-
ton, and you cannot fail to be rewarded.
A DECISION.
Dodge City Times
Tie question regarding the constitution
atty Of. unorganized counties attached to
organized counties for judicial purposes,
may be regarded az settled. County At
torney Sutton, this Friday morning, re-
ceiv.d the following letter from the At
torDey General:
"The Supreme Court on yesterday de-
cided "The State ". Martha Ruth" in
favor OF the State. Now we will try the
Indians, WILLARD DAVIS"
AN ISCENDIAEY FIRE.
Independence Courier.I
Before daylight Sunday morning email
dwelling house in the west part Of town,
the property of E. 4. Pavey, was totally
destroyed by FIRE. 1t was undoubtedly the
work Of an iucendisry, ss there wac no one
living in the house at the time. Mr.. Pavev
requests US 20 srsie that he will give fifty
dollars reward for information that will
lead to the conviction Of Il incendisry.
SUPREME COURT sYILABUB.
Topeka Commonwealth, ST.
STATE OF KANSAS
SHAWNEE COUNTY.
No. ..
Original proceedings in qyo poyrGnto
Ii is boy.
All the Justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: FATaER; A. HAMMIT,
Clerk.
RAILROAD MEETING.
winfield Semi Weekly, 81
As will be seen from call OF the county
commissioners, special railroad bond
election is called icr Tuesday. the 10Th day
Of this month Gen Blair and Major
Gum were in our Office yesterday, and they
report the movement thus far all along the
line as entirely favorable in the response of
the people toward granting the subsidies
asked.
THE QUESTION IN SEDGNICK COUNTY.
Wichita Beacon, 81
Corn planting will soon he in order
There will be between sevsn'y-tive and one
hundred Thousand acres of this crop planted
and with an ordinary season the yield will
be between three aud four millions Of bush
els. Can this amount be fed to cattle,
sheep and hogs? II no. what will become
of the surplu.? If the present. railroad
charges are kept up there will be no posi-
bility OF shipping it except at a loss to the
producers, and with but one railroad here,
there ia but little inducement to raise large
crops of corn, or either wheat or corn, and
our farmers must come back to cattle and
sheer, aud turn their tiliable land into
pastures.
A sRERIFF's POSSE HAS A GOOD TINE.
Ford County Globe, 81
Sheriff Masterson aud several Of the boys
returned from Canon City last Saturday
evening, where they had been guarding the
canon through which the a. I. Il 5. f.
road is building its branch from Canon
City to I.eadville. The boys report having
had an easy time, ro;hing to do, plenty of
chuck and So day from the railroad COM
plny. They spsnt Sunday in the city
and went back on Monday to resume their
duties So far there has been no trouble,
and about FIVE miles of the road ia COM
pleied. About one hundred men are en-
ployed Just to see that no attempts are
made by the Rio Grande men to drive the
\. I. 4 S. F. workmen from the disputed
canon.
THE RAINS.
Topeka Commonwealth, s..
Reports from Soldier, Silver Lake, Ross |
vile, Auburn, Mission, Williamsport, Mon
mouth and Topeka townships are to the |
effect that the rain there was equally as
heavy as here. In Auburn township the |
creeks rose. A gentleman said yesterday |
that in Dover township it did not rain yes
terday, but this report has been contra
iicted by several.
1t commenced raining Sunday morning
at Burlingame Just az the train passed. At |
Newton there were indications Of raining |
when Conductor Nichols passed, and it Is
MS opinion that it rained there and west OF |
here.
FUEL RELEASED.
Manhattan Cor Commonwealth,
Horace III. Buel, who was arrested at the
lime Bates was arrested for the shooting OF
Peak, after lying in Jail more than two
months, was released on Saturday. What
.yer may have been the occasion of his ar
est, Bue's incarceration has, in the main,
,een entirely uucslied for. At the trial of
Bates it was charged that nothing could be