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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
RAILROAD MATTERS.

The Kansas City Journal of yesterday in
its railroad reports, confirms the rumor
that Jay Gould has let 20 his hold upon
the Union Pacific, permitted that road to
pass into the hands of Vanderbilt, and has
determined to make the Kansas Pacific his
through line to California. To this end he
has purchased the Denver Pacific, and is
now arranging to build an extension of
about FIVE hundred miles, from Cheyenne
or Greeley, TO connect with the Central
Pacific at Ogden. Mr.. Gould is expected
to be In Kansas City in the course OF a few
days, and the Journal says his visit is for
the purpose of arranging things according
10 the programme above indicated.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
spare the Ola Hu,,ing Ground.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes protests forci.
bly, against any movement tending to break
up the ancient Kings Chapel Burying-
Ground in Boston. He writes to the special
committee of the city council: "My mater
nal ancestors Of two generations and many
of my family connections have rested,
hitherto undisturbed, in the tomb marked
No. in Kings Chapel Cemetery. say
ances.ors-I mean their bodies, which is all
we can cover with our tombstoues. And
yet not all; for affections and remem-
brances universally held sacred follow them
to what We fondIy suppose is to be their
last resting-plaoe, and make its dust holy for
those who loved them. These are senti-
ments, bu, they are sentiments which the
poor savages whom our ancestors displaced
were human enough to cherish. When did
North American Indian ever fail to re-
spect the bones Of his ancestors? l ask the
same for those of mine, and that no step
NAV be taken which is likely to lead to
their election"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
MUsrTakE REpU8LrCaN.

TIE New York Worid-nsrionsl organ of
the democratic psrty-in describing the
man whom the Democrats csu elect Presi-
dent in 1880, says: "He must be a man
who will show that neither State lines nor
State laws can stand in the way of COM
mand of the constitution that the laws of
the United States made in pursuance there
of shall be the supreme law of the
land and who will not tolerate the stsrv-
ing Of an executive to secure his assent to
the repesl of even obnoxious laws" To
nominate such q man the Democrats must
repudiste their record in Congress; must
pass by every prominent man in the Demo
cratic party, and put up Republican.
The World might as we'll tell its followers
to support the Republican nominee at once.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
SHERMAN. ArrOINT MENrs.

Regarding an article which had stated
that he had appointed confederate soldiers
and his own relatives to office, Secretary
Sherman in an interview at Cincinnati,
said it was an amszipg bundle of lies. The
secretary stated emphatically that since he
entered public life, he had never appointed
q relative to office. As to confederates, he
believed in appointing good Republicans,
even if they had served in the confederate
army. He should certainly appoint them
in preference to confederate Democrats.
He believed he had uniformly acted up to
Law, giving preference in appointments,
other things being equal, to Union soldiers.
Except for good cause shown upon the
record or for lack of appropriation, the
secretary said he had never discharged q
Uniou soldier.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
Concealed weapons.


AZ long ago "a 1871 the city adopted an
ordinance providing penalty against per
sons carrying or wearing under their clothes
or concealed about their person, any pistol
colt, or siung shot, or cross.knuckles, or
knucklss OF brass, lead, or other metal, OF
bosie-khife, or dirk-knife, or dirk, or dag
ger, OF any other dangerous or deadly
weapon" The penalty provided was .
Zine not exceeding 500 or be i'm .1risoned
in the house Of correction for a term not
exceeding six, months, or both, IN the dis
erection Of the Magistrate or court" At the
meeting OF the city council On September
an ordinance was passed changing this pen
atty so as to provide a fine not exceeding
800 and not less than 500. The mayor
vetoed this ordinance because it left no
discretion with the Justice; the degree of
the crime depended on the circumstances,
and the new ordinance compelled fine of
not less than 500 in every case. He
thought the excessive penalty would defeat
the execution OF the Law. The objection of
the mayor hes some force, and the council
might properly amend the ordinance to
meet that objection. One difficulty in the
execution of the LAWS in the contempt with
which it is ignored by the police courts.
There is a very large population Of hood
lums congregating in this city, whose prin-
cipal labors are directed TO offenses against
the persons OF peaceable citizens. Not one
of the hordes Of thieves, burglars, and all
other grades Of hoodlums, is unarmed.
They all carry revolv-rs and an armory of
other weapons. Every one of these
may be arrested any day under
this ordinance, and, if the police justices
would do their duty, each of this most dan
gerous class might be sent to the House
of Correction and fined to the ex-
IRENE penalty. A search of the juveniles
who are on the street, youths from
Twelve to eighteen years of age,
would reveal the fact that two-thirds of
them carry pistols. At any base ball gath
eriny on the prairies, a majority of the
men and boys in attendance have pistols,
dirks, or other weapons. The entire class
Of persons, young and old, who live by
crime is armed, and prompt to use deadly
An enforcement of this ordi-
nance by the police would result in the
Of thousands OF revolvers in
the hands OF persons who carry them for no
lawful or honest purpose. Let the ordi-
nance be enforced let each police justice,
from the criminals brought before him, &C.
lect number and issue special warrants
Tor this crime, and impose the severest PEN
atty; let this be done for thirty days, ard
much will be accomplished to break up the
evil. Let every employer Of boys demand
that they surrender their pistols; let the
principal OF every school rigidly search his
pupils, and he will perhaps be astonished
at the lumber of revoivers and other weap.
Dns he will discover. There should be
some united and vigorous action taken on
This subject, that this most vicious and
dangerous practice be restrained or broken
Up.
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Importance OF the Result IN Cali
fOrnia.
[Chicago Times, :

1 LNhlCdSO
A solid California This Is the outcome
of the first IA Ionsl election az ''ihe north, u
following the attempt OF southern "csptors
OF the capital to carry out their programme
OF sponging out the legislation OF the war.
BY this result the administration party
gain and the opposition lose two members
upon which the latter reckoned to increase
their almost invisible majority in the
house. In the forty fifth congress, the Cal
ifornia delegation was equally divided
The opposition chiefs at Washington never
doubted that they were to have at lesst two
recruits from that commonwealth in the
present congress, and many OF them based
their party speculations upon expectation
of three. if not all four, of the California
members. The result greatly disappoints
them by giving three, and probably all
four, Of the California members to the ad-
ministration side.
This outcome ia significant and impor-
tant. 1t is significant of the response
which the nation Will certainly give to the
southern plan of renewing the mi cradle
contest of the "lost cause" in the national
legislature. The solid" southerners have
been amply warned that a renewal in any
way or place OF their sectional fight against
nationality would be met az 1t was met in
1850 at the ballot box, aud in 1861 on the
field of war, by a solid north. The result
IN California gives new emphasis to the
warning. The southerners have been told
in words and by facts and events, which
no rational people could misconstrue or
misunderstand, that America is and shall
be nation; thst the north il America,
the south being only minor and subordi-
nate part; aud that any attempt to estab-
lish the contrary Of these truths will only
serve TO bring forth such additional proofs
Of their verify as even the most pig-headed
southern Bourbonism will be compelled to
admit. The return of a solid northern
delegation from California ia only the first
installment of new evidence on the point
since the renewal of he "lost cause" CON-
bat by the southerners last winter.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
CONCEALED WEAPONS,

An excellent article under the above
heading is copied elsewhere from the
Chicago Tribune, and We ask for it care.
full reading, especially BY our city authori.
ties. The Law against carrying deadly
weapons is Is strong, in Leavenworth, as
any Law need to be, and it only requires IN
earnest effort on the part of our public off.
Gers, to break up the nefarious and barbar.
Gus practice.
Mayor Fortescue has already instituted
good many reforms since he came into
Office, and he hss found that notwithstand.
ing the opposition he has met with in Ger.
tain official quarters, the people have stood
BY him and sustained him in every step he
hastakeu, and We can assure him that moth.
ing he has done or can do could be more IN
accordancs with the wishes of his ooustitu.
ents than . vigorous warfare upon TIN
practice of carrying deadly veapoo-s
practice which ought to Be, and can b
thoroughly broken up. Policensa excus.
tAsasslvo By saying they don't know Il,
parties vhe . aznsd /; hat this = nslsl,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
The Maine Victory.


Foil returns from Msine prove that the
Republicans have won a splendid victory
over the allied hosts of Democracy and
Greenbackism. 1t makes no difference now
whether Davis has received popular ma
jority over Garcelon or Smith, for, even If
ne has not, he will be elected Governor BY
the Republican Legislature. Ia nearly all
the States a plurality of the votes cast is
sufficient to elect, but in Maine the Consti-
tuition requires that, in Gubernatorisl
election, one candidate must receive a clear
majority Of the whole popular vote, or
there is no election. In thai case the mat
ter passes TO the Legislature. The lower
House selects the name of two candidates
who were voted for by the people and sends
them to the Senate, which body elects one
OF them Governor, Last year the popular
vote failed TO elect. The Democrats and
Greenbsckers were in a majority in the
lower house Of the Legislature, and they
sent the names of Garcelon tDemocrat) and
Smith 'Greenbscker) to the Senate. The
Republicans were in a majority in that
body, and they elected GarceIon Governor,
although in the popular election Smith had
nearly twice az many votes. The Rspubli-
cans have carried both branches of the new
Legislature, and hence, if the election pass
es into that body because of failure to
elect at the pools on Monday, Davis will
be chosen Governor.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
A Node Onto a Tube Rose.

REsESrED THE WRITER By A LADY.
Original
All day under my nose,
~ In its white waxen bloom,
The fragrant Tube Rose,
Has shed its perfume.
Perched on my coat lapel,
Each petal glitters thar, %
Pleasant to sigtf and s,nell
Like q policemsn's star.
The unlicensed dog with eye askant,
Watched the emblem and passed BY,
90 The NANCY cur thought he knew what il
meant,
And skipped away with frightened
"kiyi."
And all day long this jolly sweet rose,
Hath oylei and smiled in its place,
Comparing the hue Of my red, red nose
With the wsxen white OF its face.
"oFFCIAL.s
NoTE-Q) Does lot refer to my nose,
~ Poetic license 70. sake of rhyme,
~ Mistaken for the "dog-slayer and
his policeman's star.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
The Canadian View.
INA- Sork uarAlA

A gentleman who accompanied Collector
Babson. OF Gloucester, on his tour of In
spector in Canadian waters tells Heroid
correspondent that "the Canadians have nc
knowledge Of what q treaty is they think
the waters are their own property, and that
they can exclude whomsoever they please
The gentleman who makes this report ap-
pears to think the Canadian view prepos
ferrous and unreasonable; but in this We
differ from him altogether.
The Canadian view is entirely right and
reasonable. The waters are their own
property, and they ought to have the RICH;
to exclude from them whcmsoever they
please. The mistake which has been made
has been in treating these waters as no,
Canadian at all, but as British. To Grea,
Britain the question sho fishes in Canadian
waters is and has been . matter of minor
moment. When We negotiate treaty with
Great Britain the English try to obtain
what they want of Us and throw the Cana.
dian fisheries in as . sort of makeveight
They use little or no care to guard the
rights or TO consul. the wishes of the
Provincial people.
Hence it follows thst every new treaty is
only the beginning of . new fuss; and the
fishery troubles are chronic. If the Cans.
dian government and ours could negotiate
directly, and without the interference Of
Great Britain, in this and other matters
We should come to some amicable and FINAL
conclusion very easily and certainly. The
fshery clsuses of the Washington Treaty
it il now plain, have settled nothing. We
hope Secretary Evarts will b able to per
suade the British eoveFnment 70 abandoC
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
Lincoln and Hamllu.

Senator Hamlin ssys that while Vice
President his relations with Mr.. Lincoln
were always amicsble; Mr.. Lincoln often
consulted him. l was always more iadi-
cal than he was" says Mr.. Hsmlin 81
was urging him; he was holding back on
his problems, and he was the wiser, proba-
bly,, as events prove. desired 10 arm the
blacks, and to issue the proclamation
sooner than he did, and was always for
urging. | was the first person he ever
showed the proclamation 10. l saw it
before he submitted it to the Cabinet. He
met me one day and said: Where will
you be this evening" Il am going out of
town. l replied. NO, you are not, sir.
'ludeed am, sir, unless you command me-
well, l do command you. l want you to
spend the evening with me a, the Soldiers
Home met him at the Executive Man
sion and We started TO drive to the Home.
As econ as we hal started he drew from
his pocket the rough draft of the p oclama-
ton, and read it over to me. Naturally, /
was delighted, and told him SO. He was
much moved at the step he was taking"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
list OF An AGE.

Kansas and the Republican party are
'iust Of an age" and will both celebrate
their twenty-Hith anniversary day after to.
morrow-the Kansas celebration being at
Lawrence, and the other at Worcester.
Massachusetts. The State central commit.
tee of Massachusetts, in their invitation or
announcement, say:
You are invited to assemble In mass meet
ing Mechanics Hall, in Worcester, on the
evening of Monday, Sept. IS, 10 celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary Of the birth OF the
Republican party the party which in twen-
ty-five years has abolished slavery; has sub.
dued a gigantic rebellion; has added to our
national family six young States has enfo,-
ced apology and PREPARATION from Great Brit
ain; has compelled foreign governments TO
ut indon the doctrine OF perpetual allegiance;
has pres rived the public faith inviolaIe; has
paid 500 OOO, go OF debt has made the nation
al currency equal in value TO god the world
over; has re-established and assured the
prosperity of labor, commerce, agriculture,
and manufactures, aud has exhibited for
generation in our own State model govern
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
COUNTY CLERK

Aspirants fer the various county Offices
are becoming numerous, and the contest IN
some cases is becoming quite amin ated, but
there is only one opinion, in all classes and
all parties, as to the proper man for
County Clerk, and tina: opinion is, that
julie Niehsus must stay. He has filled the
place ably, and to the entire satisfaction Of
everybody. There is no man in the county
better qualified to discharge the important
duties of the place, and the county has
never had public servant more faithful
and efficient He is the right man in the
right place, and the people propose to keep
tharo
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
GxEEN,s DIRECTORY,

Edwin Green's Directory Of the City of
Lsaverworth and Fort Leavenworth is Just
out, and is one of the most creditable works
Of the kind eyer issued. In addition 10 the
directory proper, the book contains several
valuable features not usually found in .
work Of this kind, such as an abstract Of
State collection LAVE, court calendar, etc,
of Kansas and Colorado, United States
postofice directory for Kansas. list Of
banks and bankers throughout Kansas. and
other informal Of value to bushes men.
As to the mechanical appearance of the
work, it is only neeessary to say that it
was printed at The TINES Steam Book and
Job Printing House,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
n Little White Lamb That Gets Away
Ahead OF the One Mary Had.

On the day in March, 1878, says the Au.
gusts GA Neus, the fearful cyclone which
rayaged middle Georgia was doing its most
destructive work, a white lamb, no larger
than an ordinary house cat, was safely de-
posted, among other debris, in the yard oil
Mr.. Don Prather, an old gentleman who
lives near Berzslia, on the Georgia road
As soon as the lamb was discovered some
one of Mr.. Prather's family ran out, picked
il up aud carried it into the house. Where
it came from no one knew, but it was fed
and warmed and INJURED and became a
great pet in the household In fact, like
Mary's lamb, it followed Mr.. Prether about
all the time. After inquiries, Mr.. Prath.
er could find no one who owned flock OF
sheep in the direction from which the cy-
clone came for q distance of twenty miles
where his pet came from was more of a
mystery than ever. At any rate it grew
to be fine healthy sheep, and as the years
passed it was regularly sheared and the
wool applied to domestic uses. There wss
no other sheep on the place, and it is doubt.
full if ever this lamb saw another OF its spe.
cies since the memorable March wind took
her upon its wings and deposlted it safely
in Mr.. Prathei's ynd. This has been ovel
six years ago, and the yield of wool from
this lost sheep has averaged annually
about FIVE pounds. Nh. Prather brought to
town this years clip, which Melted six
pounds, for which he received % cents per
pound.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
An HONEST CONFESSION

The Kansas City Tames-stalwart Demo
crat-frankly admits that the election in
Cslifornia and Maine, sis q Substantial vic.
tory for the Republicans" So 1t is; . very
substantial, gained in States which the
Democracy counted confidently upon car.
rying. Ii is common for political papers
to cay, after the election, '.just as We e1-
pected," no matter how great surprise the
result may be, but our K snsas City name.
sake is honest enough to admit its disap.
pointment in the result of the contest in
the States named, and saye:
We had looked for and hoped for better
things We had for some time considered
the Republican party in both States on the
decline. II appears TO be recuperating ONO
and New York soon follow with their cleo
tions. and the wish of Democratic people
everywhere is, that they may stand to their
colors and elect Eging and the De nocratic
nominee in New York. But We must con-
fess we look At the prospect with some mis-
givings as 10 the re<ult.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
SOME GOOD sUGG EsTIONs.

Referring to the Neoeho Falls Fair, anc
the contemplated visit of the President, tn,
Topeka Commonwealth says:
VIII not the proprietors OF the Paola Re
publican. who are getting up display Tor ths
Kansas City Fair, take II TO Seosho instead
Under the circumstances Kansas - under nc
obiigations to the Kansas City Far. The
date was changed there after IL Was known
that the President would be at NeOsho. and
IL looks VERY IN UGH though IL WAS done u
keep snssns away from Cur own fair.
Let Kansas CITY run its iair this year with
out the help OF kansans and See wat kind
Of time they will have. We notice that
parties at Eldorado are talking OF getting up
excursions 10 Kansas City that week. Lei
them change and go to Neosho. state pride
If nothing else, demands this II has been
intimated that the railroads were backward
sbout promising transportation to Neosho
because their rolling stock would be all In
demand to carry people to Kansas City. We
do not think this is So Kansas railroads will
give Kansas fairs the preference, over Mis-.
souri, Fairs 4 they cannot accommodate but
one OF them.
The suggestions Of the Commonwealth, in
the above paragraph, are excellent, and all
friends of Kansas will most earnestly hope
that the parties referred to may heed them
and act accordingly. The Kansas City
Fair ia to be simply horse race, and,
according to Kansas City's own newspapers,
"snide" race at that. II it amounts TO
anything more il will be solely through the
efforts of Kansas people, and it seems to US
that if the people OF Kansas are to make an
agricultural fair they should mske it for
the benefit of Kansas. As the Common.
Uealh says, Let Kansas City run its own
fair this year, without the help Of Kansas, I"
and let the people of Kansas attend their
own fairs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
OK Al y

The grain harvest in Eagland and Scot
land is much latter than it is in this coun-
try, and is just now going on. O~ing L
the unusually short crops in nearly al
parts Of the old world, English grain spec
ulators have counted largely on = high
market, and the latest reports from Londor
say they are 'paraly.ed BY the enormou,
shipments from the American Atlantic
ports" There appears to be, to the Eng
lish mind, lack Of confidence in the mar
ket there, owing to the fact that "the exact
deficiency in the English crops is still
mainly a matter of conjecture, pending tn,
salution Of which buyers confne their pur
ch.sas TO the smallest possible limits"