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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
THE WEATHER.
Meteorological Summary for the
Month Of Nay, 1870.

Meteorological Summary for the
Month Of Nay, 1870.
SIGNAL OFFICE, LEAvENwoRrH,
Kansas, June /, 1879.
The most remarkable points in the me-
teoric conditions during May were: the
high temperature: low humidity: light
rainfall and severe storms Of the 18Th and
29th.
The atmospheric conditions during May,
1879, were almost coincident with those of
, May, 1874 By an examination of the ia.
bic, herewith annexed, it will be seen III at
there is only slight ditie ences in the mean
barometer, temperature and humidity and
| total rainfall Of the two months. In May,
1874, the highest and lowest temperature
| were 9i' and Az respectively. In 1879
they were $50 and 4l0 respectively. 1874
was the hottest year in the record. of the
| station. The maximum temperature Of
| July being 1912 aud August 107o.
The mean pressure OF the past month was
29.S6i, which was normal. The greatest
daily oscillations were on the 2nd, 3,d, 4th
| and 29lh. The highest barometer was so =
256 on the h; the lowest 20 800 on the 3rd.
The mean temperature Of the month was
6S 9G'. This is the highest May mean in
the records of the station, which are COM
plete from 1872 to date. 1t ia over 4o above
the May average. The highest May mean
in the previous years was $780,, in 1874
The highest temperature during the month
| was 92', on the 18th; the lowest 4lo, on the
Oh. Greatest daily range Sc, on the l7ih;
least daily range 65o, on the 14th. The
highest daily mean was S2.5', on the 25tt;
the lowest daily mean was 80 0, on the 5ih
The monthly mean per centage of humid
ity was 80 Ga. This was per cent. below
the Nav average. The highest daily mean
was 81 4, on tie li.h; the lowest sc !, on
the 4 h.
The total rainfall during the month was
three inches and four one -hundrethts. (3 04I
OF this Is inches fell on the 18th, and 43
inches on the 29lh. LAST month was the
dryest May since 1874. The May avera. .e
is 5 SO inches.
As there have been many persons inquir-
Ing how the temperature and rainfall OF
the past spring compares with the same
period OF previous years the following table
showing the mean temperature and total
rainfall, at this station, for the spring
months March, April and Nav Of the
past seven years, has been compiled for the
information of those interested.
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THE RULE svSPENDED.

1t is contrary TO our rules TO do any free
advertising, but are persuaded to suspend
the rules in the present care and DO little
gratuitous ''pufiipg" for The writer Of the
following letter, which was received By the
Postmaster yesterday:
NEW York, May 81, 1879.
The Postmaster:
My DEAR SIR:-IOu may perhaps think
very strange Of me writing to you for the
following information BOT knowing any
person livirg in your city, | take the llbeIty
of asking you If you know Of anv persou In
your county that has for sale budaloes? Ii
you know of any such person YOU will
oblige me by requesting the party TO write
me, and they will have ready sale for
twelve or fifteen. | do not want
you TO put yourself TO any bother to hunt
mp such person; / only ask you for in
iormstion, ard slsO ask that Won will ex-
cuse me, for | know you have suiii cient 10
10 without seeking fer men who have buff
islos for sale An answer, # only three
lires, will confer great favor on
Yours very respectfully,
FRANCS WHITTkEER,
Late of L. T. Barnum's Circus AID Me-
nsgerie.
L. S-Please direct in care Of LN,ir liorI
Cipper, Center street, New York.
The foregoing letter furnishes pIet'y
good illustration of the kind Of notions q
great many eastern people entertain regard
ing this country. The writer evidently be-
lieves that We live in the midst Of the buff
falo country, and that herds of bison grazs
all around Us. He apologies for writing
to the postmaster, because he is not &C
quainted with any one here in the buffalo
business, but thinks it will be but little
trouble ID hand the letter to some one who
will be gisd to capture the animals equircd
for a reasonable compensation.
We are very sorry TO inform our circus
friend that We don't think his order can be
filled in LeaEenworth; in fzc;, We are pret
ty sure it can't; tie truth Of TIE matter is,
we are entirely out Of bGff4loes. OEinc 10
excessive rains last years crop vas 4 total
failure, and we have.'t any left f,r sled.
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The Great GycIoue

The Champion Of the 4,h publishes til,
fol owirg:
The mingling Of rerarta from Irving
| Beattie and Frsnkfor, haz led 10 sn over
estimate Of the number killed. Our best
and latest Information is, that in addition
to the thirteen killed at Irving aad il.
immediate vicinity. five persons were killed
! in shat NAV be called TIE Frank fort neigh.
borhOod. They were james Downs and
| wife; Mr.. Eiiss Groves and Mrs. Henry
joins son, and John Howe, boy of thii.
teen. This makes up 10 this writing a
total OF eighteen persons killed in the
county Of Marshal.
On Monday morning last Rev. Charles
Hoimss, Of Irving, started on a tour of OBJ
servslioD through the sck Of the Storm
after it left Irving. Mr.. Holmes obserya.
tions may be summed up as follows:
Starting from the residence of Mr.. Milo
Weeks, some four and alf or five miles
northeast Of Irving, and following the track
of the storm, the residences cf the follow
ing persons were found destroyed: Milo
Weeks, Jno. Osborn, james Earl, Josh
Howe, Ira Sabins, Chss. Parish, Mr.. Good.
night, Mr.. Dotson, David Webb, Mr.. David
son, John TrosPer, Mr.. MoCannon, ". v.
Hall, Stephen Osborn, W. Csywood, A. S.
Fox. Tom Trosper, Mr.. James, Mr.. Roper.
F. Turley, Mr.. Gorbut, Mr.. Yager, Mr..
Ewart, Chas. Vaughn, Harvey Vaughn,
Henry Cesser, Mr. Waxler, Elias Grove
Mr.. Caldwell Jno. Lsne, Nr. Conror, Mr..
Wi!son, Mr.. Perry, Mr.. Kelly, Mr.. Walker
and Mr.. Langless.
The above list covers the track of the |
storm f1r ten miles. There were five per-
aons killed and over thirty more or Iess |
wounded. In general, however, the hurts |
ave not serious. The killed were Mr.. and
Mrs Downs, Johnny Howe, Mrs. Henry
Johnson and Eliss Grove. The badly
wounded were Mrs. HIVE, A. s. Fox and |
wife, Chas. Vaughn.
Fitch's boy was carried one-fourth a
mite ovsr tree tops and creek, AID was
anded unhurt.
Nsughns chickens lie scattered over his
isld without any feathers lett on them.
In nearly every case the sufferers have
ost houses, barns. tools, furniture, clothing
md bedding. They are left very destitute.
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he neighborhood and town.
CATTLE AND HoRsrs

CATTLE AND HORSES
were stampeded in every direction, and pss.
ture fences for miles are thrown down,
while hogs and fowls are to be gathered up
by the dozens on eveay farm in the line Of
the storm.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Among the houses completely demolished
and scattered for miles are those of Messrs.
Copger. Trasper, McGee, Pist.h IA French
man, II. Boatman, T. l.ley, NJ. Boat
man, W. Millett, Leroy Sample, Mr.. Nor
gan (owned BY DR.. Patterson John War
ner property of F. White,) j Adams, Mr..
Fengers, l. Frost, Mr.. Fox, Chas. Keiper,
Nes. KEEPER, and old man KEEPER; while
those unroofed and greatly damaged are
Joseph Spillers, Geo. Cravens, the fine barn
OF Mr.. Schultz, also his cribs and sheds;
Mr.. Ashwiler, Mr.. Schsughlan, near Fort
Bridget, and many others, whoee nsmes we
could not learn, from the owners and occu-
pants being scattered so for temporary shell
ter: the school house on Snipe creek. south
OF Beaitie, Is complete wreck, and not a
vestige OF it remains on the ground. having
been carried over the bluff and d .shed into
thousand atoms.
vi AhL IiNLSNLs
The storm seems TO have followed the
general course of Snipe creek (which runs
from the northeast and empties into the
larger Nermillion between Frankfort and
Irving and spared nothing in its track OF
about mile wide, should Judge, while
houses on Its very edge are left untouched.
The
DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER
which lines Snipe creek, ia something very
grand and fearful to see Immense elm
| oak, cottonwood, sycamore and other trees
are broken of, twisted, torn up by the
roots, carried for miles away from where
they originally belonged, and orchards and
hedges, ornamental trees aud shrubbery are
twisted and utterly demolished.
At least one-third of the houses destroyed
were new, having been erected this spring
some OF them scarcely finished when the
families moved in.
| The general feeling of the main sufferers
IN loss OF property seems to be one O
thankfulness for spared lives; and have
not heard a single murmur of complaint
But most OF the people have t, be assisted
IN some way to replace their buildings, fol
they are just starting, and have crops to
tend at once, while they have no available
resources for lumber to build with.
| At this writing the reports continue tC
come of great destruction of life at Irving
come estimating twenty killed and sixty
wounded and under medical treatment
The rain still pours down. p.
4
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Ea;TsIy.E .ayyrx--cv

At meeting of citizens of Topeka held
last Monday evening TO make srrsrge-
ments for the coming editorial meeting, it
was decided that the citizsns would enter
tain all of he sditorE sDd their ladies, and
slso iron 9 A NJ 10 j. N on the 18Th car
risges would be furnished TO rice over and
around tn city. Tie convention will be
held in the cspitol bulldog, AID the e1er-
cises will close with bail b. the Capital
Guards.
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An Important Decision.

Judicial decision recently rendered in
Phii"delphis will give stockholders in cor
p,rations good reasons Tor strict super.
sisipn Of th=ir officers ard great care in
electiug them in future By report Of a
master in chancery the liability Of the rail-
way company of which John 5. Morton
was president, for the over-issue of stock
male by him, is fully established. Morton
Is serving out ten years' term in prison as
the penalty Of his crime, but the company
must paw to the holders of the Irregular
stock the price which the court declares 10
be the value Of the regular and irreguisr
shsres alike. A 3 MATER of public NOR ,ls
and publ C safe.y, there can be no doubt
that stockholders shou i besr every conse-
qnence Of their choice Of unfit representa-
uSe', and doubtless the Philadelphia de.
cisiou is good law.
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He Can't Leave Hi. Rusiuc.s.

Mr.. Hale, daughter of Zach Chandler,
has become the mother OF another child,
and Mr.. Chandler has sgain given her his
check fer $50 00O, as he promised TO do for
every child born to her. Mr.. Chandler
talks Of api lying to Congress for relief. A.
the time he made the offer he was not &C
qusin;ed with his son -in-law, and he had
more confidence in his daughter than he
has now. They hive seemed to capspire
against tie old man, ard it is believed that
his bad temper towards Democrats AID
rebels is caused By this constant drsin on
his bank account. \ committee of Democrats
have waited upon Hale, to induce him TO
go to Europe for his health, but he ssys he
cant leave hi, bu-iness
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SUM MAEY.

-Wm. II. Vanderbilt has left London
for New York.
Rev. Admiral MacK;llop Pasbs. of
the E<yptian Navy, is dead.
The Prince Of Orange, heir apparsn, to
ihe throne OF Holland, is out Of anger and
improving.
Inc Prns=lan government has offered
=, 70 grant size for the new Imperial Par
Lament House ia Berlin.
-lhe German Catholic Convention, in
session at NesaTk, y. j., selected 81; Louis
Tor the next plsce Of meeting.
Two hundred and eighty eight adji-
tIonsl Communists have received amnesty.
The amnesty laS expired yesterday.
A report il current that marrisce n
pro ojer;ed between the Crown PTince Of
Ss.den AID the Princess Victoria, Of
Baden.
The losses to Euss;ys fre insnrauce
comPanies have been gFst. Tho s
orenburg lac. mcnI- Aggregate 2
ro1bio.
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THE S.ENGERFEsT.

The great musical festival, for which
active preparations have been going ON for
several weeks past, commences to-day, and
for the next four or five days Lesyenwor,h
will be filed with strapg'rs from all paris
of the adj lining country, including not on v
those who come TO the Sragsrfest for lis
own sake-for the sake of enjoying 4 rare
and sumptuous feast of musc-but hun
dreds CT others who come TO ''see the
rights," or who take advantage OF reduced
railway fares TO visit the metropolis Ct The
State Tor business or pleasure.
Those who are drawn hither from our
neishboring towns and the surrounding
country by the attractions offered in the
grand musical menu presented by the man
ayers Of the Singer feat, will be in the main
people OF intelligence and cultiyatiop-
people whose good opinion it is worth our
while to secure, and whose Acquaintance IL
will pay Us to cultivate, and if We rnine!e
little business with our festivities, in an io,i-
dental way, there will be no harm in it
nor any breach of propriety. We
would not have the peop'e of Lsaveuwor,b
do rs did the people of town net ;hous-
and miles from here, on the occasion CT an
annual editorial convention is, put
the strangers into a hall, where they
couldn't get away, without breach Of good
manners, and then read them fulsome
eulogium of ourselves and our town, with
. minutely detailed report of all tie busi-
ness transactions of every shop in the place,
duly exaggerated for the occssion-:e telling
them how many dozens of eggs We handled |
il year, and how much larger and better |
they are than other peoples egg; how
many bunches Of onions and radishes We
md to market and how much lar,er
punches We give than 81. Joe or Kansas
City; how many quarts of molasses we sell.
Aow much soap We boil, how much lard
nd tallov our butchers fry out and how
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THE STORM IN MARSHALL.
COUNTY.
RavaGSs Of the CycIone North OF
Frank fort

| AdNa-S- OF thc tyciCne North or
Frankfort.
| tCorresI Ondence Atchison Champion =
BEATTIE, NAs, May 81, 1879.
| About fise o'clock last evening a grea
rain storm from the northwest struck ,hil
place, aud rained in torrents for more thar
two hours, accompanied by immerse hal
stones. which broke some windows and tore
down shade snd ornamental trees. No one
however, was aware Of the terrible expert,
ences taking place outside OF toSn south Of
here, until parties On horseback arrived
from all directions, hatle-s and half clad
and bringing rumors OF terrific storm.
| which was tearing down houses. fences.
barns and other building, and killing men,
| women and children. Scarcely had they
finished their tales, when parties came in in
! wagons ard on foot, bringing remnants of
| beds, bSddlng and other household effects.
and corrob1raiiug the statements m ade by
recitations Of their several experiences and
hsir-bTesdth escapes; but night set in so
dark, and the storm continued 80 fierce, but
little could be done to aid the sufieripg ex-
cept TO throw open the houses Of the ciii-
zens to the homeless.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
At an early hour this morning your cor
respondent mounted his horse and rode
south to the scene of the disaster. II
seems the storm struck Marshall county
southeast OF Irving, and taking . general
northessterly courre came out near the
northeast corner Of the county, north of ST. |
Bridget. Alter swimming one or two
swollen streams We found the bodies Of four |
who had been killed, but learned that the |
town of Irving was a complete wreck, with |
great less OF life.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
A Mira. Henry johnson, on the McGee
farm, was killed. Mr.. Grove wa found
dead IN field near, and Mr.. Downs and
vile also were killed not far from this
point, and were understood to be in the
house OF Mr. Trasper. Old Mrs Trasper
and some of the children were more or LEES
bruised and otherwise injured, and Mr..
Ch as. Bohn il reported a. having his back
broken. At the house of Mr. Shuts is the
Iamlly OF Mr.. Boatman, nearly all more or
ess bruised, while one OF Mr. Boa,man's
'ons is lying with fractured leg and con
usion of the other thigh at the house of
Ar. Black. A lady, whose name We could
lot ascertain, also has the radical artery
evered, but received medical treatment
nd Is doing we'll. The family of Thomas
31lkly. sll bruised, are at the house of
;ol. shields, of Beattie. and Leroy Sample
I'D sister are at Mr.. Whites; also here
re the wife and children # Mr.. MiIIet.
Ihiie the family of Mr.. Morgan are Al ,
smes Ftzseralds; and John Warner At .
DR. Farah's. Old gentleman Keiper,
has KEEPER and 6. V. KEEPER, With their /,
espeotive families, are at the houee of P. !
Douglass. And many other familie. and
arts Ct families ne scattered throughout i
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CROP PROSPECT~.
'eclal y spatchfs 10 The On
June 4.
NEBRASKA.

:
. Especial Dispatches to the Chicago Tribune
June H.
NEBRASKA.
OMAHA. Neb.-The foIlowfng telegram
f,o,, ,;o,, !, Tho .,,,b.r, nv, Il ,L.
STATE on 'he burlington ~ -liS7ouri h''''
Railroad, regarding crop prospects since
the late storm, which was 50 disastrous II
many lOcalit!el, will appear iu the HsrJA
tomorrow:
| JUNIATA-Crops looking we'll damage
to small grain by recent storms ! per cent
of the entire crop; corn sustsined no dam
age
| kEARNEY-CroPs looking we'll; never
better; no damage by recent Storm.
| SUToN-No damage done crops IN this
vioiuiy by rain cToys locking finely
light frost last night, but lot enough to
hurt.
| PLaTTsNoUTH-Recent rains did no dam
age whstever IN this section; everything
looks encouraging
BLOoMINGTON-No damage done to crops
| by the recent rains in this vicinity; corn
| doing nicely.
| FAIrMOST-Crops are looking fine. The
recent rains and cool weather jls' what the
wheat needed. Corn not DANA ed any.
BEATRICE Crops looking 30 per cent
better since the rain Friday and : turdiy :;
pro poets for wheat much bvtler than last
! year, and corn never looked better; no
I dsmlge done by the storm in this county,
but a great amount Of good
WAvERLY.-Small grain looking moder
erably; the rain was much needed;corn crop
looking veil; no damage done to crops.
BsowsvILLE. Gop' looking much bet
recent storm.
NEBRASKA nY-Crops of all kinds
looking very hnelyi recent storm did no
damage, bat was OF great benefit To crops, a.
the ground hid not been thoroughly moist
SYRACUSE -Crop prospects fully 100 PER
cent better sInce the rain Of Friday AID
Saturday; small grain had been sufferir
severely from the drought, ard il probably
injured to me extent. though wiih occa-
sional rairs We MAJ still have iair aver
o'0P' 0"in io'Aa n.s iio uanaSe mere Dy
SEr,v Th ,,
dsmsoa ,a ,ons - -, r;ain;.r hn. Ae ~
uiv.n ,be oo,n ,,o,J 80 /, -, -
M, Iook;n, v.,v Iii -, .,,,,,T,,, - II L.
wealber. the rec.n, r,in beInsJ ,bs,n " ,or:
.;ds,shlv 'AeNi ''I
REn Crorn-Yod d.m,es in ,b;, iu
dia,e yicini,,. M rain 10 .mnrn, 10 ~
thing. prosnsets yerv a,,ts,ing fo- ali kind.
Of crons
YoEK-AU c,ons in ANo co,d;,;o,
and farmer. expeciant and satisfied. i mag
lone bv late stnrm bnt sIigb, and coof;neJ
o f,w esrIv gardens
BELL.yAc-Crops looking we'll in this
,ounry: no damage of CONSEQUENCE by the I
ate storm
CKErE-All crops look wsIl;recent storm
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March. April. NAV.

sApproXim3tei.
The prevailing wind Of the month was
south. Hignes' velocity, 50 miles per hour
from the Mr. tn at : q %. m, 10Th. The total
hurnher OF miles recorded during tie month
was 6,SjS
The direction of the wind was recorded
2l7 times during the month, as folIows:
North, 50 times; northwest, times: west
4 times; southwest, s times; south. Sc
times; southeast, As times; east, Is times :
northeast, 10 times, and calm times.
Number of clear days during the month.
z; fair days, IA; cloudy days, and DAYS
on which rain fell, l5.
A lunar halo and polar Bandsn were
observed on the evening of the 81.
The following table shows the mean bar
ometer, thermometer and humidity, total
rainfall, highest and lowest temperature
ard highest and lowest barometer during
May OF the past seven years:
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Secretary McCrary's Successor.

Judge Dillon is to be succeeded So United
State. Circuit Judge BY the present Sscre-
tary Of War, Mr.. McCrary. He is emf
nenily adapted to fill Judicial position
oreditsbly, and there will te no attempt,
probably, 10 prevent the carrying on; Of
ttis programme. Ex Speaker Grow, CT
Penney lvaDIa, Is talked of as Secretary Nc
Crsry's successor in the Cabinet. Ex-Sena-
tor E4msey, Of Minneaots, is also men,
tiored as a probable successor TO The PORT.
folio Of war
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Another Batch OF Rotten savings
Banks.
1t. Louis Times Journal. 3 J

{. Louis Tim Durnal,
TIE United States Savings bank closed
It's doors yesterday. This is the second
bank that has failed in ST Louis within a
W. K, and fears are entertained that others
Will speedily follow. The suspension OF
the Broadway bank and the startling dis
covsries made in connection with its man.
agement served to greatly increase he too
prevalent dIsirust in savings banks and TO
cause the withdrawal of deposits TO large
amount. From the United States Savings
bank alone within the past few days some
$500 coo had been Withdrawn. the man
asement met The demands made upon Them
until last evening, when they were com
pell d to suspend
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Prospects OF Another Good crc..

u. l. Us fhcluDl can,
The hesvy rain that f. II in this CITY Sat
uriay night came from the Wet and was
preceded by a still heavier rainfall in the
tisr Of counIie' north Of the Missouri river
along the St. Louis, K ausss City and North
ern rsilrosd, and probably in the adjoining
counties also. We hear Of good rains In
Southwes; Mis- ouri and in the counties w.
lug Immediately south uf he river, and We
in er III At during The last week tie whole
State Of Missouri has been we'll watered.
This dissi stes the fear that have beea en-
te tanned Of short crop If grain and grass
because OF the protracttd 6routh that had
prevailed. This drouth had been more sc
verelv felt in Central Missouri than in the
neishbOTinR States, for there were good
rains in lows, Kansas, Nebraskq, \ rth
ern Illinois, Arkansas and Texas
ten days before the S.turi1y
night rain broke the backbone of the
drouth in this vicinity. 1t is pretty well
settled, therefore, that We shall have an
other good crop in the West-not a. large.
perhaps, 81 that Of last year or The wear
hefore-:or In some places the wheat Is
headed ont at only half the usual height
but still large enough TO prevent ali pre-
text for any considerable advance in III.
price Of wheat ard corn. Other parts Of
the world-India, Egypt, China and Brazil
have been a jet 10 calamitous faminez
on account of The faIlure of rain during the
st four year., and in some portions Of
Europe the crops have bzen cut short by
the same cause; bIi our fields continue 10
yield an abund nee thst enables "a 10 feed
our own people and send 200 OOO, 600 bushels |
Of grain abroad for tie consum mption Of |
others.
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The following table, showing the aver
age rainfall over the lower Missouri Val
ley during the spring months March,
April and May) OF the past five years and
the average of many years previous, will
prove OF int. res. TO those desiring to COM
pile some data as to the effect produced on
the growing grains, hy the weather Of the
past three months. Rainfall in inches and
hundretts.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
Discovery Of Coal At Larued.

CAPTAIN c. A Morris found in digging a
well on his premises, at depth oi 90 feet,
a fne vein OF coal. Tie Captain has sent
to Topeka fox necessary tools to make fdr-
ther investigation. The coal ia of fue
quality, but until a very hard rock is re,
moved The depth Of the vein cannol be as
certaiaed. This has been long hopec-io.
discgFe-y.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12

The following notes on the severe storm
OF the 29th, taken from the journal of this
station, are published as an item of inter.
est:
This evening one of the most severe
etorms tina; has visited this section for eev.
erai years psst, paced over this section.
During the afternoon the sky was partially.
and sometimes fully, covered with heavy
curnulus- stratus clouds rapidly
nom the southwest The wind was blow
ing rapidly from Tie south, with low and