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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-22
The Master Mule.

| Virginia City ChrOnicle.l
This morning couple of miners were
seated on bowlder alongside the road to
Sutro, discussing the kicking powers of the
mule. One had just returned from Sutro,
and the other was on his way there, and,
having met Eear the rock, they sat down
for a talk
Have you quit over there" said the
one who Was eastward bound.
Yes"
"Why?"
MULES"
"'Fraid Of emp"
"Gou bet. | saw one yesterday along
side an old boiler, kickin' of the rivet- heads
one by one. Never missed one. / was Just
going on shift, and, when ! saw the mule
and heard there was more of 'cm inside, i
weakened and threw up my job. I've got
a wife and three children depsndin' on me,
and don't take any chances
The worst mule / ever saw" said the
other, was in Poche some years ago. Ii
was one / ownFd. One day it rubt ed
against some nails sticking out of a posi-,
and it turned square around and drove
those nails 10 one BY one, using 4 single
blow of the hoof with the iron shoe on for
each noil. Ii never missed its lick, and al
ways drove EN- in just TO the head. Then
he saw few tacks on the post, little |
lower down, which were only half driven |
il, and he drove them in, too, with light |
taps OF the hoof. Just a. gentle and easy as |
could be. One day a man came along and |
set out a can t nitro glyCerine and giant |
powder. IL wanted the mule TO kick it |
and get killed. | saw him about the cor
raj with the can, and knew what was up
At first ] was going 10 stop him. but then |
thought il my mule was any kind of a
mule at all he could take care of himself
So | just watched. Well. the mule saw
the can, and walking up smelt OF it, and
then squared himself for the kick. The
man was sne king of, and just as the mule
was going to kick the can, he caught sight
Of the f.ller, and changed his position so
that his tail was toward the man. He lifted
lIis ta.l iust like he was takin' aim and let
fy his right hoi. The can went flying
through the air and hit the man square IN
he rear just "a he was gettin' over a fence
about hundred feet away. The thing ex-
plOded, and ] nsver saw the man again.
But next nGrrIng Pat Holland came out |.
in the Rs,crd and said that the town had
been visited by shower of blood
Mules are immense when they get
rou ell"
s.Npu het -
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and may as we'll be the secret of the read
ers of the Courier Journal. Mr.. Scott Lord
received for his services clean Sl00, 600
the largest fee paid in the case. 1t may be
added that the total wealth Of the Wander
bilt estate has been grestly exaggerated,
and it is said that 1t will fall short of the
original estimate by about S4 100000.
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ONLY ADANCsNG GIRL.
IGilbert's Bah Ballads |

lGilbert's Bah Ballads
Only a dancing girl,
With an unr0 man ic style,
With borrowed color and curl,
With a fixed mechanical smile,
with many "A hackneyed vile,
With uDgrammatlcal lips
And corns that mar her tips
Hung from the flies in air,
She acts a paIps Bile lie;
She's as little d fairy there
As unpoelic-I
hear you asking why,
Why in the world i sing
This tawdry, tinse4ed thing?
No airy fairy she,
As she hangs in arsenic green
From n aignly Impossible tree
In mighty impossible scene,
(Her,elf not over clean,l
For fairies do Z suffer, I'm told,
From bunions, cous sns, or cold.
And stately danes that bring
Their ddugh ers there To see,
Pronounced the I'd snclng thing"
No better tn N she ehould be,
With her skirt at her shameful knee,
And her painted, tainted pnlz;
All. matron which of US is :
(And in sooth II Oft occurs
That while these matrOns sign,
Their dresses are lower than hers,
And sonnet mes haif AS hlgn:
And their hair is hair they buy,
And tuey use their giasses, too,
In a way that she'd blush TO do.)
But change her gold and green
For a coai Sc meTlnO sown,
A nd see her upon the scene
Or her home, when coaxing down
Her drunken fathers frown,
La his squaiid cherries den;
She's a Ialry truly, them
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In the kansas News" of THE TIMES few
day ago, appeared an item in reference to
the arrest at Junction city OF a shoemaker
and tailor for stealing barrel of whisky.
The tailOr'S name was Fred ii. Shaper. IL
transplreS that he il "A former resident oi thlS
city and that mis- wife lives here, ON theTO-
Okee street. He IS said to he good work.
man, but TOO dissipsted to keep situation.
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So-Calied spirit Photographs.
Rochester Union.l

It may not be generally known that for
The pest two yesrs spirit photographs have
been taken in this city, some OF them Ger
tainly being extraordinary productions.
TIE power granted BY the inhabitants of
the unseen world to reproduce their features
o. Q camera IL not given to every one, and
in this section, 90 far, Miss Hedley, who
run Q photograph gallery on State street,
has . monopoly of what is likely to turn
ct . most lucrative business. Hearing OF
Nh Hsdleys gift IN this line, . citizen, be,
- ef . carioos turn OF mind, determined
Gellssy, he to0 ~ proFsisessD that be un-
1sE1pod - isok qlifA 1heAagzapAe, apd
- vihsA 70 - ~ 6kin Fl n ~ go
=, ,Gncelep - H. Uo1nlvb1e
- =. - -: 3 lAl ndSm
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After bearing the arguments OF the attor-
neys yesterday in the case of the state vs..
Joseph blanchard, charged with the murder
of Charles Caldwell, Judge Vaughan held the
def ndaut tOauSwer Tor the crime in the Dis
trIct court, and he was committed TO the
county ialI To await his trial.
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(9ggy:rc Erward..

The following correspondence was sent
yest rday 10 Governor st. John by the parties
whose signatures are appended:
May IG, 1879.
HIS ErcsHsgcy, Goo. 50 John:
DEAR SIR:-Nolr attention is respectfully
called TO the aCcOnpa ytug account of an
inquest held on the deed body OF Mrs Cos
tellU. .sEOwIug that a most heintus crime
hiss been committed in our county. with q
View pf the executive Offering a reward, uu-
der section {, chapter lv2, general statutes OF
Is6S
Ia nv judgment the vigilance of the pub
lie sHOuLtI be inspired by au Cfisr Of the nigh
est reward provided for.
Respectfully,
Nh. NOlp,
Deputy County Attorney.
MAY 10. 1879.
GOrsTE0T: L frTTiug 10 the inclCSed lette-
OF the { unity Attorney, l hereby renOunCe
Tor myself and all persons connected with
my ofic- all CAIN To any reward you may
offer Tor the murder Of Mrs. Costello
No crime ever committed in our cOmmun-
tty has wrought upon the people as this most
terrible of all crimes. l nave offered "a re-
ward of fifty dollars on my private account
and sincerely nope that such efforts will be
put forth a. TO make it impossible tor this
OGtrdge 10 go unpuniShed.
l have tEe honor TO remain
Very Respectfully,
L. q. Lows, Sheriff.
To His EXceIlcncy, John 4. -. John,
Governor OF Kansas.
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man who YVES described in the message re-
ce,ved by the postmaster, saying as ne got on
the train ~ Will give fifty dollars out of my
own pocket for the arrest or Information that
Will lead to the arrest of the guilty party"
PRELIMINARY.
White he was absent the MiIlerg were taken
TO scaoOl house, where before Justice Pies
ton such evidence IS cguli be eIiciied was
pr'dCctd, the prls 0uers wsIylEz the right to
srasu luUs counsel. The witnesses examined
were Ms Matte Eeard, VIM saw one OF the
n1t,i 20 her house begging on Tuesday; hat
Si'cb with him, hut was dressed differently
N.I>S l. = Jones saw two men on the road
LltA W. HoliSs Of the deceased, Tuesday be-
t"''t II aud = O'clNcE. Lille Jones fac,l.s-
n aro TIE oldest pS one OF TWO men seen on
the road ou tue lSth: thought he had a sack:
lItTe "3> another who waited for him
lnJy went south; SECS l. the same kind az
that found where the murder was commit
ted.
W~r. Jones saw the two men tVo mi leS west
tney were going SOUTH saw one uftheru~ li,ve
n sack Ike thai in court; thought II vas tbe
o'd man.
Nancy Miller, F. ia Miller, Katie D'nsler.
Archie Miller aud others Tor the de:ruse.
@ r.ohor8ted the testimony OF the prisoners
that they We're az rome at The TINE the uuI-
der Wss committed
YET ASCTUTE CLUE
sheriff Lowe received postal card from
tt-I'u Yesterday, requesting hIm 20 cone
tH!u- He will llHse early thiS morning, with
q Us message that there l. a new clue to lHe
Rf-II
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u, residence of deceased; I, point on h ,nSas
Central where the first assault i supposed 70
have been made; =, clump Of bushes where
marks of head of deceased were found, al the
foot of "a sumach bush; ;, bank, 10 fvet dlstah !
where the body was dragged 10 the creek anu
DulIed down an embaukment ten feet; !,
point where the body was found. face down
ward and hands ciasped under the OVernan2-
ing roots ofa large tree; }, where the shoe
and stocking were found by the coroner; .,
footprinfs where the murderer crawled up a
high bank and escaped after the drowning,
= Dawson Creek: :. road from EastOn TO
rouse of deceased; 9, main road; ia, Kansas
Central; IL, Easton.
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n.
MIS- SdTah oOiward, being sworn, depOSeS
as follows: The deceased and / are neigh
borsI and on my way To EastOn yesterday
on some bu- mess, / called in 10 see the de-
ceased ana she accompanied me part of the
way. This was about eleven o'clock A. Il
We walked down the railroad Tr4cIl. and
about "A mile from here she turn a back |
did my trading, and on return home in pass
ing htr house l called aloud 10 her 70 come
out, and seeing Msry, | asked her where her
mother was, and she asked me, s'did sine not
come back with yOu@' / said that she left me
on her return hOm. IN the morning at one OF
the railroad bridges. / went home and in a
short time her youngest daughter, Maggie,
came to- me, saying her mOtuer was in the
creek dead. After some time looking after
my baby, came TO the deceased's hOuseIsnd
saw her there dead. observed no one man
or "-Htm On the track as we We're travelling.
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THE SO-CALLED REBElLION-'
In. y. Tribune

IN. Y. Tribune.I
Ia sentimental ballad sung tUith guitar accom-
paniDsent. ty the Hon. s s. CE.I
q, that was Just the absurdest sight
never could understand il quite
When men got mad at nothing at all,
And nursed their fury ana went 10 fight
And flew at each other with powder and
A foolish, witIess, senseless brawl,
A silly and mex cusabie strife
To save the called Nation s life,
Was the so-called Rebellion
There wasn't thing to fight about,
Unless 1t was the fanstical shout
The Abolitionists raised afar;
That was what made tue South go out,
That was what tney seeded for,
And that was the beginning OF war
The sacred duty they owed the state,
Transformed their brotherly love to hate
coercion every patriot ioatnes,
And sO-calisn traitors broke So called oatns
In the so-called Rebellion.
The Northern soldiers went on the spree
For the sake of the pay, il appears TO me;
And some brou ght home an arm in bag
A very ridiculous sight To See!
And some with heads wound up in a rag,
And some 50 weak they could hardly drag,
And some on crutches and t..r from gay
But they certainly went for the sake OF the
pay
In the ~ called understandable thev stood,
And the so-calied 'sons" shed their so-called
blood
In the so called Rebellion.
Twas mostly suffers and suffers clerks
That marched from the North-you know
by their works
They burnt the cIties and ravaged the land,
Aud stripped the fields Ike terrible Turks
And maued the south with a crimson hand,
And wnaled her sons till they couldn't stand,
These troops were mostly suffer and sich,
And they all came home exceedingly rich :;
But their dreadful doings they didn't sus-
pend
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Old UrCEAO3I's THANKS.
The Sarcastic letter lie Wrote
VIII. Firm.

~ AAt-@ AZ --''
Boston Transcript
Not long after Gen. Jackson's retirement
from tie Presidency Iumor got abroad
that he was bankrupt. This was too good
a chance Of banter for the Wings, whose
detestation OF Old Hickory followed him to
his retreat at the Hermitage, to neglect
4 Wing firm in Cincinnati, taking ironicsl
pity on the old hero, pasted two csrds to-
gether, inserted two of the large, old-fash-
ioned copper cents between them, and in
closed them in an unprepaid letter to the
ex President, full of mock coincidence. The
postage on the letter was IS cents, which
Gen. Jackson, not knowing what was with
in, promptly paid. He at once sat down
and penDed a characteristic reply, inclosing
the two cents back TO his would-be perse-
cutors. This reply they did not see tit TO
take out Of the post-otiice, and II found Its
way to the dead letter ottice at Washing
ton. The original is now in the possession
of Mr.. George NJ. Towle. 1t is full of Old
Hickory'5 grufi sarcastic humor, as we'll
az his bad spelling and grammar, as will
be seen:
HEB MITAGv, May II, 1887.
GENT EMEN Your kind letter, convey
ing your charity of two copper cent?, which
you forwarded on hearing that was broke,
and a bill drew by me for $4,000 had been
returned protested, ha, been received; and,
as you have been imposed upon by the vie
falsehoods that are daily circulated by the
Whiges, your kind charity is herewith re-
turned to you, that you may dispose OF 1t,
in charity, to such OF the Whiggs that may
have been employed in trading in stocks
and land and in swindling the poor. Have
the goodness to inform all your friends that
/ have not drawn draft for any sum, on
any one, for twenty years, nor have i any
use for your kind charity, having long
since learned to live within my own means.
Your charity is. therefore, returned to you
in the same envelope you sent it, supposing,
from the material and great care taken, it
is your only charity repository, and the OBJ
ects Of charity in your city would be much
injured If not returned TO you.
Your mo. obt servt., til deoti,
ANDREW JACKSON.
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THE nsxSER OF TIE uUKDzg

In itself alone is sufficient to class IL as ore
of the most relish crimes On record FROM
the location of the ground ana MARKS lOuhd
on the person of the deceased, II II cieaT th"i
when tine first assault was made the mGr-
derer ciasped MS victim about the waist Win
one hand and clutched her throat with the
other aS the finger marks show. IL Is eNi-
dent that then lie draggs her into the bushes
from the railroad track and accomplished
his q bOlical purpose Ofrape ana suD>eIutht
murder. The latter being 80 cTuet mat thc
most hardened wouId shudder at "A recital Cf
the details. IL requires no stretch OF lmTglH-
alton 10 picture To The mind the horrible or
deal experienced Dy the woman. who short
while before had left her home for walk
was met by a demon, chOked and outraged,
and perhaps exhausted IN the struggle loF
life and virtue, became weak, was bTutaIy
n afen over the head with "A club, and after
wards dragged into creek with three leet Ni
water and held under its surface until
drowned.
AT THE HoCsE
In the largest room in the little log house
ay the tody OF the deceased at o'clock,
neatly dressed, and with all the sernblance
OF being as eep, her face, except the cruel
looking mark on her throat, little ind heating
the fearful struggle she had undergone. she
was cared for by Kind hands, and her funeral
Yesterday was one of the most impressive
that ever occurred in Easton.
THE aILLERs.
Afr leaving the house SheriI Lowe and
the reporter returned to Easton mile aud a
half distant, and there found the Two men
who had been arrested on suspicion, closely
guarded and awaiting examination.
WHAT THE OLD MAN SAID
While they were sitting outside, the old
man, samuel Miller, stated 10 Mr. Lowe, that
when he and his son were stopped in the
lane and arrested that they were on thelr
wy to Mr.. Murray 5 seven miles below LeaV-
enworth, where he wanted to get MS boy
was particular friend Of his;
/ live, he said, near MiIwOOd, close to Pot
ter's Ford, was at home Monday and Tuesday
and on Wednesday went to widow COoley's
10 cot some hedge and that's how got
MY FACE SCRATCHED.
"Aint that so, Lige?" "Eh, heh," was the
answer II own thirty acres of land where
I live" he continued, Lived once in PENN
sylvan!a, moved to Ohio. was one year in
MIssouri, and been in Kansas going on two
years built my house last May, and been
There ever since.
NEVER WAS IN EAsToS
before in my life, never Was south of Mil
wood except last Saturday, when 4 went 10
widow Quartney's where got some coffee to
take home; was home all day yesterday
"Wednesday. am So years Old and Lise Is
IS.
FxANNED.
The prisoners were then, by direction of the
sheriff, taken one at a time into room and
Invested of as filthy a lot OF wearing apparel
as ever mortal handled. The object was 20
discover mud. IL possible, from the ereek:
Plenty Of mud vos found. bat IL va mot
idGmfi6ed. The Old man had on EN-
hiekory und1mhM6 which ves h1dde! under
Winqnqleng(6 - 49, - en-14 = els'
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MARY y COSTELLOE.

Maggie COstellOe, being sworn, says as fol-
lows: am the daughter of the deceased [
am aged 10; my SISTER M-Ty is aged L. / saw
my mother last alive yesterday about 10 or II
o'ciOt X =. m. next saw her dead in the
cree about or 4 O'Clock that afternoon
There was water in the creek knee deep. and
saw mother In the water living on her face
with her head up stIeam. NV sisfe1
Mary was with me, and | waded
IN and caught her by the arms, ana
npated her out. After We brought
her 10 the house we found cuts in her hesd
and blood on her hair. We were the first to
find her.
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HE Is A DEsERTER,

HE Is DEsERTER.
A visit was paid during the sojourn here
to Fort HAYS, which is under command of
Lieut.. Charles Hay. of the Twenty-thid
Infantry. There are but . few troops there
now, the only idea in keeping them there
being to guard the valuable Government
property, amounting to many thousand
dellasss and to prevent it going 70 wassA
Al Laaysovorth people will ren1nber
HaeN 9Po3e 1urmkly - a - 1alks
- 1T lozne1pU effhe KmMoISre11
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MAGGIE NCOSTELLoE.
mark

Hannah Cos;eilOe, being sworn. .desposes as
loiIow-: The deceased was my mother. 1 am
aged 2I, and the eldest daiIgbfrr / hay
heard Mary, NV sister, give her evidence and
l entirely coincide with 1t. 1 have nothing
more than she tod you, to say. 1 observed
water flow from her mouth and uOstriIs as
sns lay ON the bank OF the creek.
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tl+E
HANNAH y COsTELLoE.
- "a -
MARY Y COSTELLO

Mary CasteilOe, recalled, states: When we
got our mother up on tue bank out OF the
creek, observed water flow from her mouth
and nose II was dripping OF the hair.
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LATER

Sheriff Lowe and special deputy, accom-
panied by Constables Simth and Cole, brought
the two men who are mentioned above as
having bsen arrested, Samuel Miller and
Elijah Miller, TO the city last night at twelve
o'clock and lodged them In jail. Samuel
Miller is 81 years Of age, and his SON P1jahs
= abouf - jean Old. ThaU vese al H1nsd
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SMALL STREAMS;

springs abound, more particularly in the
northern portion, and the best of we'll water
can be Obtained at depths varying from
twenty to fifty feet. Coal has been discov.
cred in the southeastern part OF the county
but very little has as yet been done toward
the development of the beds. Magnesian
Limestone is found in inexhaustible quan;i-
ties in all parts of the county, which is a
very cheap, handsome and durable build
ing material, easily worked and from
which some of the most elegant structures
in this portion OF the State have been
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VIRTUE WAS AT A DISCOUNT

in Hays then and Justice was a, blind as
bat. Hays bore hard name then, truly,
and it is nothing more than the truth to
say that she deserved it, but az the tide of
civilized emigration swept westward the
wild ard wayward barbarism which had
formerly been rampant gave way before it
and what Hays was then isn't what Hsys is
now. Hays is more quiet and orderly to-
day than Is Leayeuworth, for
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THE OLD SEVENTH CAVALRY

used to have their fun and frolic, tor the
lads of the regiment didn't like towns with
too many churches, and at that time Hays
didn't have any here also, is the most densely
populated "boot-hil" graveyard In the
State, where lie the remains of some fifty
or more human beings who died quick be-
cause the other man happened to pull his
trigger first. Formerly Hays was the par
sdiss OF the gambler and the woman of
easy virtue the woman of the town was in
her element and the fierce ard untamed
cowboy at home; the great majority of the
houses in the town we're saloons, houses OF
i'll shane and gambling dens.
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HUMAN LIFE Is SAFE

here, and it isn't in the metropolis.
The Sunday law is rigidly enforced here
and it isn't in the ohiei city of the State !;
there is law and order here and-well,
there il more than one town in the State
many years older than this former wicked
little city where there isn't half as much
however wild Hays might have been she
is as demure as country maiden at sweet
seventeen now, and whatever faults she
may have had in the past are eradicated.
When Hays was young this part of the
was in a chaotic state aud hover
ing, as it were, between
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date during that period. The county is
NJ sking great progress in the improvement
OF Its public school system, and is organiz-
ing new districts and building new school
houses all the time, many of the districts
having paid some considerable attention to
the ornamenta;ion Of their grounds. The
value Of all the school property OF the
county is about S25 600, and church prop
erty $4,000 About GOO is invested in
manufactures in the county, and two large
mills are in process of erection, one at
Hsys and the other at
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OF GOOD QUALITY

and Of the variety usually found in this
regior. There are efforts towards the cult
Walton of artificial forests being made and
with quite agreeable success, more es-
pecially in Ellis and Big Creek townships
The Smoky bill river flows through the
southern part of the county from west to
east, and the Saline through the northern
part, in the same direction; Big Creek,
quite large stream, flows in southeaster-
iy direction, entering the county at about
the center of the western line. Victoria
creek, flowing in the same direction, is
stream Of some size and tributary to Big
Creek. The county is well watered by
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CIVILIZATION AND BARBARIsM +;

the conflict between the two was not shor.
one by any means, but barbarism had to
pick up and move further westward; then
came the intelligent immigrant and the
shrewd business man, with their schools
and churches and put 8 change of face
upon things in general. At the present
time Hays is growing rapidly and has ad-
ded three or four hundred 10 her popula-
tion during the present year, so that at the
present time she has
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to come here, that Is, if he had sny par
ticular desire to live and keep his own hair,
and consequently, in $50, three years
after, the population entire Of the county,
troops probably included, was but l 400 ;
five years after, owing to the Indian trouble,
the population dwindlnd down to 900, but
after the last named period, the savage in
the meantime having beeu prodded out of
this region by the bayonets of the troops,
the immigrants, who had found out the
nature of this glorious region. bsgan TO
O Il Jck in, and last year