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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
IinN 20 ETsNE r,ENrE.

The Cleveland Herald tells rhc people ol
the South in q few very plain word, h1w
they can have vcPermaucutFi FiaC7, and how they
can save ti.sis Legislatures the trouble CT
protecting and vheTeas;n@ and resolving,
about the law- oi C5ngre-s- The Hsroi3
says:
Ths Southern safe L--:sJa-G-ss may re-
solve, pass laws. and protest loroveI, uct it
VIII avail nothing Under the rights of all
men are as secure n Louisiana as In OHIO. ~
Virginia or South Carolina aS in Nassachu-
sets, the people ofthe North wiz sustain the
President - II, t1nrt 10 enforce the laws
and will visit Win Indignation and over
whelmiag political defeat any party that at
temrts 10 hinder him in the lawful dischBrEs
of 50 Imperative a duty - North las 10
desire 10 NEEDLE with the private affairs Of
any Southern state, hut 81 says thar the laws
made by Congress 10 obedience q the plain
est provision Of the CONSTITUTE shall he
obeyed in every portion oI THE Union, ard
they VIII insist uPon their enforcement M
til the rights Of the Eum5.est Ci-Zsa are
made secure iu every corner oTthe public
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06

/. \ case is brought TO the Supreme Court
on petition III error and "case made" for
the Supreme court such ease made" shows
upon It's face that the case was settled aud
signed by the Judge of the court below, f1ve
days before the time had arrived for the sci.
Ting and signing such case; and the case
made does not show whether the case was
ever served upon the opposite party or his at.
tOrHey, or whether the opposite party or his
attorney had any notice thereof or whether
the opposite party or MS attorney was pre-
semi at the lime when such Case was settled
and signed; but evidence Was INTRODUCED In
the supreme Court satisfactorily showing
tnat the case was properly served upon the
attorney OF record OF the opposite party " no
then SAID II was '.aII right, ,"and VINO was af-
teTward> present when the case was settled
and signed aud made no objection thereto.
Held, that such case Will be treated as "A valid
case made for the Supreme Court
:. The defendant, Daniel r. Anthony, pub.
il>ncu IN IA newspaper called The "Leaven-
worth DAILY TINES" an article concerning
the plslntIi, Edward Russell, which article
contains among OiheT Things the following I:
Nv no IL Eli kUSSel, in whose eyes swindling
Is no crime? He Is secretary OF the bankrupt
Kansas Insurance Company. Less Ihan two
years ago lie was State commissioner of in
surance, and certified under his oath of office
that this bankrupt concern was a sound and
solvent insurance company, while he knew
~ was AT JEat very Time heIpiessly bankrups.
He was forced To leave the office of commits
slOnvr of insurance because the "Leaven-
" Ortu lines exposed his official crook ed =
thousand dollars of the states money" The
words, "Statc commissioner OF Insurance"
as used IN SAID article, were in
tended and understood 10 mean the
office of superintendent of Insurance"
for the insurance department of the
state OF Kansas. Held that said article, If
false, and II published without any sufficient
excuss, is nbelOus, and tnat 1t viii be pTesum-
eI to be IA Se ana published without any suf-
ticicnt excuse until the contrary Is shown,
and mat the burden OF proving The contrary
W. a.
III fe ence that the plaintiff had left the office
Of superintendent OF insurance and was not
in office when the article was publisheC; nor
does Il make any difference that the plaintiff
alleged III his petition, IN addition To what
was necessary to be alleged, that said article
charged him with committing the crimes of
perjury ami embeZZ.ement, when in Iact 1t
did not 80 charge.
All the Justices cOncurring.
A true copy. Attest: \. HANMATT,
l.. -. CLERK supreme Court.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
= SCIENTIFIC CURVosyry.

N-vada has, or thinks she has. scientific
mystery, which has caused considerable COM
motion in ami about Mil City. 1t consists
in perfectly formed retrifed hand, which
belonged apparently to boy OF fourteen
or thereabout. The hari is open, and the
fingers are slightly toward the palm,
on which the thumt .ests. Wlile the palm,
thumb, and fingers are complete, the back
OF the hand seems TO have been crushed or
decomposed before petrifying Ii was
discovered at the sulpher beds near the
city by a man shoveling crude sulphur
into the refining retort, and il presumed to
have been buried in the sulphur bank for
ages. The question l., Wha, species Of IL an
had this particular hand? Scientists who
have examined it ssy it is not the hand of
an Indian, an African, a Caucasian, q
Malay, Mongolian, or of any other recog-
nIzed race. They think it may lead 10 i'm
portant results; perhaps to the revelation
OF a new order of human beings For the
present, the petriiaction is in private cabi-
net, where it has been seen and examined
by II great many persons. 1t is soon TO be
sent East, We believe, for further aud ADLER
investigation
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YELIOW-FEVER GERMS.
After the Great Epidcmic-Tbc Fever
spores or Germs Alive in Dec cmher.


Yesterday, and for several DAYS past, il
was rumored on the streets that case OF
yellow fever existed and death had oc,
CURED within day or two At Leath Orphan
Asy lum, which Institution Is located out on
the Raleigh road half mile from the city
limits. An Appeal investigator was dele
gated to hunt up the facts. From his in-
vestigations the following may be relied up
on as correct In November last a Young
woman, aged about IS years, a cripple and
invalid, and former inmate OF the Asylum,
took the fever, and, after lingering for some
weeks with very bad type OF yellow lever,
recovered in December. Within week or
so little orphan boy of weak constitution
and in bad health contracted the yellow
fever, he having been, no doubt, exposed to
it in the case first mentioned.
He got along very well Tor
a couple Of weeks, it being very light at
tack, and at last was able to be up and run
about. About Christmas he had relapse,
and this time bad and malignant case OF
yellow fever Of pure type. DR.. Ess, the at
tending physician, believed that the boy
would die, his constitution being weak, but
he recovered from the attack, only, how
ever, to be again prostrated with meningitis,
which was consequence OF the yellow
fever relapse. The boy is now sitting up, Is
out of danger, and is in fair way OF re-
covery. Our commissioner asked DR.. Ess
for an opinion as to the probability of the
appearance of the yellow fever next sum
mer. The Doctor said that he believed the
late freezing snap OF weather had destroyed
all the germs of the yellow fever. But, he
added, it might be that such germs may
yet exist, not actually, but passiveIy, in
buildings wherein yellow fever patients had
died, and which buildings had not been
properly fumigated and ventilated. Should
this be 30, it might break ont sgain next
summer in such buildings. He believed
that the only true preventive was a rigid
system OF quarantine, he not believing that
yellow fever was indigenous to any portion
of the United States, and most certainly it
could not originate in this latitude
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
HoRTICCLrURAI..

On Wednesday, the I'D inst, the County
horticultural Society held its second meet
Ing for the year in Fowler's Hall, which. on
account of u meeting of the directors OF the
Grange store called TO meet at the same
hour, was not as largely attended as it was
exp eted. A good many others found them
seivespressed with other engagements at this
hour, and so could not come. The principal
subject for consideration being one OF
vital importance to the people, 1t Is TO be re-
gretted that more could not sfford a few min.
utes tothe meeting.
1t Is estimated that In this State there Is In
vested in horticultural work of all kinds
s., ,iSS, one-third of which is unremunera-
! tive on account of the ravages OF Insect enc
| mics, varieties unsuited TO the soil and cli-
| mate, and other causes, yet our people can
scarcely spare a half hour or so once q month
| from friendly gossip on the street to attend
| the meetings of their local society TO learn
| how 10 remedy the above evils, II possible.
| The subject of varieties was presented in a
paper by Mr.. Robert Millikin and generally
| concurred in by the society
| Peach buds reported as baily injured by the
| cold, but the crop not wholly destroyed,
The president:nominsted, and the society
confirmed, the following standing commit
| tees for the ensuing year:
| NineyarCis-A. G.. Wilhite, J. V. Randolph
| and John Marco.
Orchards-D. l. Ward, A. q. Pickett and
VIM. Hollingsworth.
Small fruits-C. T. Cavaness, n. F. Ames
| ami Mrs. j. II. Slocum
Vegetables. H. Dole, Mr.. Higpee and T.
Mccullough.
Entomology-S. c. peIap, Frank Kizer and
| o. B. Wharton.
| Bees-Perry Edwards, - Humphrey and ".
NJ. Carter.
The subject of shade rees and shrubs, and
vegetable gardening were selected as the one'
tor the next meeting, February II, 1879, at $
i O'Clock.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06

Tae most luE.rr1g. ra-... r..nu. llr..-
in western journal srr was raa .n...s. edition
oriac T.a.a. sent 60 Toy. aa hy s.rr.-. ;ls.u,
designed o. crush I1rarfs 10 r4n boy i
diGH'l T.--t Ia. -ial.ns-aEe. o.. 81 ton la.a-
ujcs' sensation, and even Ft~=- NE INA 2 u8-
tive Paag whose lI-al.t- IS .a-.- 90 t.Ia "-l-
stTuCtIon ola DIM novel. could $40: oa-r, I
lsGeep cEaEIiu 60. i.s ~ impotence Il
the alleged eNEos..r AMI the @.aara. and
contsm 7tU0us Ird.EnrcnCe with which i-
was r. czIyct. The i-.Ia-ea ul The T5al.s .D
Kansas politics NJ, alni..lir So lu ba..zsG
by it- special .tiDl scattered a.aI.s the -EN.-
mout5 ui Topeka uusr.3, UlEgad aud utterly
incouseqgca .1f "Eg J..usgl, 80.
The only mysterious thing aha1s the a.
tics Of the hauss Cry Tin l., hat such
c5nzum1te bash snI d..vl sa.-.J he
though OF suaGs,--. consequence 70 receive
even a moment noiise ....a men in their
right minds
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06

creditor who has a lien BY law on the re.
earnings shall get nothing.
With their usual and ordinary expenses
and repairs and improvements, also, which
the court allows, and with the interest 10
pay on these trst-morigage bonds, the
Statesman who can discover auy net earn.
iDgs of these roads, now or hereafter,
should be decorated with gold medal the
sizs Of r saucepan. There never will be any
net earnings as these are defined
by the Supreme Court in
the decision OF yesterday. The
first-mortsage bonds cover the value of the
roads in any judicial proceeding. The net
earnings decision exempts the entire re-
ceiPts. And there iE nothing left for the
United States 10 get IN part payment for
millions loaned to the companies sitter the
roads built out OF government subsidies
had been given TO the Credit MobiIier stock
holders. What will enable the public 10
more keenly appreciate the length, breadth
and depth Of the steal, which il thus Judi
cislly ratified and confirmed, il the fact
thBt these first mortgage bonds, which are
thus made operative to rob the government
of its entire claim, were second mortgage
bonds until by corrupt legislation, bought
and paid for, the first lien OF the govern
men, was surrendered
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
: DEsuoLECIL WxWFAeE.

The A'chison Champion of yesterday
morning dsn0unces in the following EN-
PhatiC manner the diabolicsI assaults that
have been made On Senator Ingalls,:
since the beginning OF the Senatorial can
va-S, a bowling hoard of scandal mongers
bud pca,il.r1Us knavoS have been barking as
tGehseis ofMr ingalls,. The degraded eff
forts OF the anony nous lanpooner are ordin-
afi s. unworthy OF comment or recognition.
The dictates OF common decency stamp every
a-slsS n OF character a common enemy, as
unworthy o.sO"ial recognition and legal pro-
Gee, on - the pirate on the high seas. In or
diu0ry political warfare legitimate criticism
upon 20. pubic acts and record ofa candI-
date "Te sufficient. But il seems that the
rules o! civillz- d and honorable political
strife have been wholly dsregarded by the
tT.-Guc-Is OF Ir. ingalls,, who seek by the
most s0rCit, vicious and INSCRIPTIONS
means TO SIirch and blacKen his cha racter,
IN ls73 Nr. iuss!!s was elected to the position
which lie now holds. 1T that time batch
ol l-t and stale accu ations against him were
thrown ont by his enemies for the public TO
swallow. They felI dead upon the public ear,
and his triumphant election was not retarded
10y the unworthy efforts of his defamers. Six
yBaTS later th1 Old scandals are brought for
ward TO do service again. We were glad to
see tHst On Tuesday night Mr.. Ingail., In a
spec Ia at Topeka, completely refuted the
charges which have been made against him
The election Of Mr. ing aIls viii put to rout
and confusion as ChagacteGless mob OF des-
p.cah.g llpgieTS as ever run at large.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
DEMOCRATIC .REFORu,y

In the line of Democratic ''retrenchment
and reform" the Chicago Tribune thinks
Senator Lamar "takes the rag off the
bush" and goes a length ahead OF any of
his sspiriug colleagues. lie gave notice in
the Senate a short time since that he would
introduce bill a, an early day, providing
that each Senator should he furnished at
the public expense with private Secretary.
The Tribune, commenting upon this amend
ment says:
In vulgar phrase, Senator Lamar, of Niss,s-
sippi, has taken ..ihs rag of the bush, hav-
ing given notice that at an early day he will
Introduce bill providing that Senators shall
be furnished at the public expense each with
private Secretary. The gentleman from
Mississippi is evidently nothing IL not high
toned and sumptuous, and Is determined to
add still more style and importance TO his
Office. Having n private Secretary,
IL Will be necessary OF course to
have an office and "a Janiior for him.
Then, 10 preserve The unities aud not appear
mean, the secretary should have clerk, and
the clerk should have an assistant, and there
should be messenger To do the running.
Thus each Senator would have a little court
about hin of which he wonId be the head,
and would live in style and state like the
old knights With their sluires and retaineis
IL does not seem to have occurred TO Senator
Lamar, however, that there are so gentle
men in the other House who already look
upon the Senators a. too airy and I'm mpOrtant !;
that these 800 gentlemen OF the lower
crust Will have the voting Of the appro-
priatioa for the gentlemen Of the upper
crust and that these SD will Sc the
seventy-siN aristoc-stic gentlemen good
ways farther before they will vote them
penny for any ssch nonsense, unless they can
have the same privilege. As they have sense
enough TO know tnat such a raid upon the
Treasury would bring down popular huIri-
cane upon their heads, there need be no fear
that they will ever vote cent out of the
Treasury for the payment OF Mr.. Lamar's
retinue OF scribblers. The only way for Mr..
Lamar to get his private secretary is TO pay
him out Of his own pocket a small stipend,
which We believe even then the hirelIng
would find difficulty in earning. Mr.. Lamar
apart from his personal notions OF the dig.
nifty of the Office, evidently proceeds upon
the basis that resumption has made money a
drug, and that tire Government cannot Ind
ways of getting lid of IL "a fallacy which is
not shared by TIE people who have TO pay
the taxes.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
fEldirg on floFseback over the Ice
Taauiains OF Niagara Fails.

lAN4-t--slAtt A-tLAG4, 70
This afternoon Mr.. Andrew Wallace
rode his horse across the ice bridge-a diff.
cult feat in i.sslf-but not satisfied with
this ascendcd TO the summit of the ice
mountain 4, the base of the American Fall.
The sight from the cliffs on the Canada
side which wore covered with a large crowd
Of visitors, was thrilling one. Slowly the
horse tciied up the steep slippery side Of
the great ice cone, winding round the foot
path ill the summit was reached. Here,
enyeloPei in cloud Of mist. which con-
cealed the white cone itself,
horse and rider looked like some
weird aPparition suspended in midair. For
some time the horse went careering about
over the oreS; OF the cone, where one false
step might have hurled both him and bis
rider into the fathomless, foaming gull, full
seventy feet below. Presently the daring
horsensn rode slowly down the path, and,
crossing the ice bridge, regained the Cans
dian side. Both he and his horse were
drenched with spray. The in
telligeni, sure footed animal who played
such prominent part in this feat of un-
psrslleltd daring was a moderate sized
brown gelding, with four white feet and
snip on the nose. This is certainly strong
argument in support OF the theory that
horses marked with white are more inteii-
gent than whole colored ones.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
The New senator from Florida.

lJacksOhVlIIe L Ia sun and Press,
The dream OF his life and goal Of his am
bition has been a seat in the United States
Senate, but the gods have been against
him until now. One OF the striking iea-
lures OF the canvass was that nearly all the
leading men OF the party, if not opposed to
his election, were not his advocates. He is,
therefore, the child of the mssses-the
choice OF the country Misunderstanding
success by indomitable perseverance and the
strong hold he had gained on their regard
in the numberless political campaigns in
which he had been engaged. lie was ad-
mitted to the bar before he was u years
old, by act Of the Legislature. The new
Senator excels before jury and on the
hustiDgs by his exuberant rhetoric and
wide range of thought rather than by close
reasoning and exact logic. The short hand
reporters will find him hard man To re-
port in the Senate il he gets warmed up
and lets loose his fancy. He is about so
years old and has a young and beautiful
wife, never having been married until
within few wears.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
Diph,her,a from Impure MIX

The origin of the outbreak OF diphtheria
which prevsiled az an epidemic in certain
districts in London in Day and June, 1877,
has been carefully Investigated by Mr.. W.
II. Power, who has established the fact that
the cause was not sewer gas, but milk sup.
piled by one dealer. Furthermore. there
was no probability that the milk was hu-
manly infected either by water used 10 di-
lutte it or to wash the vessels into which it
was poured, by any known contamination
of the air or by mixers with diseased
throats. Mr. Power ia therefore convinced
that the milk "a IL came from the cows was
so infected that it contained diphtheritic
contagion. In other words, diseased con-
dition Of the COW brought on diphiheria.
Just as cow-pox brings on vaccinia The
details Of the process of inquiry instituted
shows very clearly the justice of his conclu-
sions, though il does not appear how the
cows were affected, or that they appeared
to suffer at all. The general result il very
important, however, "a it proves that diph-
liberia may he spread by impure milk ust
as diseases are known to have been.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
He stood Up for n er Like aEwoman.

tIulCfcC 1riD1ne, =
During the past winter Mrs. Mack. g,
Janesville, Wis, and Mrs. Cobb, at Nor
wich, Conn, have been convicted Of murder
OF their husbands by the evidence OF their
guilty paramours. In both cases tie wo-
men swore point blank that the men were
liars, thus adding the sin Of perjury to the
crime of murder, on the superstition that
they were guilty as charged in the indict-
ment and found BY the jury, But the trials
seemed to show that women can keep a Sc
cret better than men, and that they
are more constant than men in times OF
trouble. The two unfortunate women
seemed to elicit considerable sympathy al.o
because OF tine sneakipg and cowardiy con-
duct of their male associates who turned
States evidence, and upon whoee testimony
the two women were convicted. But here
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06

comes case where the man was faithful to
the woman, and probably committed
hung in ST. Andrews, n. B., last week for
the murder OF Mr.. Ward. Dowd and Mrs.
Ward Killed him Ward, but Dowd MAIN
tanned to he last that he alone was guilty.
Although few believed MS story, the Court
gave her the benefit OF the doubt and her
death sentence was commutedto imprison-
ment Tor life. So Dowd passed in his
checks with at iess: one more manly trait. if
1t can ne called such, than will characterize
either Dickerson at Jsnesyille or Bishop at
Horwich. At least Dowd assumed his full
SHIRE OF the responsibility, and did not try
10 skUlk behind the woman he had wrong.d
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06

sident, and personally embarrassing to me
in the discharge of my duties, to have the
ofhce OF Collector Of Customs at New York
held by one who will not perform his duties
according TO the general policy of the De-
partment. General Arthur's term OF ser
vice expires Dec. l., 1879, and his restora-
ton would be but temporary even ii the
President should not avail himself OF his
legal power 10 send another nsIue 10 the
Senate, or TO suspend him after the al.
journment OF the Senate. The very marked
success OF the administration of Collector
Merritt and Naval Officer Burt would seem
TO entitle them TO the recognition Of the
Senate, and of their confirmation. have the
honor TO be very respectfully, JOHN SHER-
MAN, Secretary.
GENERAL ARTHUR MAKES VERY LENGTHY
REPLY
to General Sherman's letter. the chief
points OF which have been ALREADY publish
ed. He thinks he will have no dfiiculty in
satisfying the Senate that, il the Secretary :
communication contains all that can be
said against his administration. his suspen.
sion was directly contrary to all professions
VA eAS otI'u duu OF
every principle Of justice, Mr.. Arthur says
careful examination OF the testimony taken
will show it wholly fails to bear out the
sweeping and general allegations of the Jay
Commission. General Arthur adds that
the facts show that a complaint of Secretary
Sherman as to his failure to seek to prevent
the payment OF fees to entry clerks or other;
is not only unfounded, but insincere and al
variance with his own acts. General Arthur
argues to show that the charges Of Secre
tary Sherman are unfounded, and that ther,
was no ground for his removal.
MR.. CORNELL
writes short letter in reply to Secretary
Sherman, in which he says the letter of thu
Secretary contains no allegation OF impro
priety or neglect of duty during service al
Naval Officer, nor can any such allegation
he truthfuily maintained.