The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06

Dodge City. We have several times re
ierred TO this matter, and the merits of the
proposed mail line are familiar to those
who regard our bnEiress Interests. The mail
route will be estab l-hod aEd put in oTera-
alton by The lst Of July at the iarihest
RICH PORTION OF KANSAS
Harvey County News, g7.I
In some conversation between some Kan
ssEs at Topeka the other night, mention
was made Of the fact at the richest Ior-
ton oil Kansas was strip thirty or forty
miles wide taking in a whole or portions Of
Jewell, Cloud, O,taw,, saline, McPher-ep,
Harvey, Marion, Butler, edg~ick, Sumner
and Cowiey counties. CJl. Manning. Of
Cowley county, advanced the theory rnat
when, in past ages, this land was the bot
tom OF the ocean, a shell reef was formed
extending from the Platte river in Nebraska
TO the Red river in The South, covering the
strip referred TO above, on which were made
rich deposits.
PRAIRIE FIRES IN DICKINSON COUNTY.
| lAbiline Gazette. Is
| We learn through Mr.. c. c. Watson, of
Aroma, that destructive fires visited both
sides Of the west branch Of Lyon Creek, on
Monday evening. One man lost his house,
stable, team, and everything but the cloth
Ing on the backs OF himself his wife and
four children. In getting his children out
of the burning house be himself was 20
badly burned as TO require services of a
physician. Another man lost his stables
and hay. Others suffered losses, also. Mr..
Watson lost ten to fifteen tons of hay, and
narrow y escaped losing his stable, four
horses and lot of cattle and sheep One
Of his neighbors helped him to save his
property.
LEFT ALONE.
lBeloit Democrat, IL
In a stone house, about one and half
miles north of this place. there lives two
families named Garland and Stafford. Last
Sunday, while Garland was at work in the
field, Mrs. Garland gathered up her clothes
and trinkets and left the premises. Lste in
the evening, when Mr.. G. returned from
his labors, he found only the two little
children awaiting him. Early Monday
morning Garland came to town in search OF
his wife, but not learning anything Of her
whereabouts he and Mr.. Stafford started in
search OF her. one taking westerly and the
other northwesterly course.
DIR AYERS ESTATE IN KANSAS
(Atchison Patriot, ~
Probate Judge Locker received Yesterday
from Topeka, a certified transcript OF the
last will aud testament of the late j. T.
Aver, the once great parent medicine man
uiacrursr, who died at Lowell, Macs; on
July 81, 1873. Mr.. Aver owned property
in this county and the will il sent here th =,
the estate may be entered to probate The
will Is very lengthy, and, incl udiDg admin
istrators notices, etc, makes about p 900
words, which must all be spread at length
upon the docket Of the probate court
this county. Fl
lkinsIey Republican, IL
One OF the best evidences of the growth
of Edwards comfy is the number of school
houses erected. At present there are
twenty-five school districts, including two
joint districts. District No. |. was organ
lied August 10, 1876, and the fret school
house in the county built soon after. This
Is the fine brick structure north of Kinsley
City limits. Districts Nos 8, 9, Is, II, IS
and 20 have no houses, the four last having
been recently organized, while the others |
support schools in private houses. Alto
sether there are fifteen school hon ,es with
a good aversge attendance of pupils. Dis
tricts Nos. 4 10 20 inclusive, have been or
ganizad inside of eighteen months. Several
more districts will probably be organized |
during the spring.
MILL BURNED AT Fr. SCOTT.
TFt. Scott Evening Herald,I.l
This afternoon, at a little before three |
o'clock, the Highly Mill, situated on the |
Branch was discovered to be on fire.
The fire originated IN the garret from a !
hot journal, and consequently required a |
longer time to burn than If it had taken |
below. There was considerable quantity Of |
flour in the mill which was chiefly got out
About $500 bushels of wheat were burned,
besides quantities of feed bran, etc, 20 that
the loss OF material, stock, etc, will be
probably $1,000. The mill property was
valued at s., 900, and the actual loes will |
probably reach S6, 500.
1t was operated by Ferguson 4 Lennon,
who have had it rented at 81, 200 year.
The mill originally cost $4,000 The
amount OF insurance is probably s. 600 on
mill and stock.
PROBABLY FATALLY BURNED.
Lawsence Journal,2)
Johnnie Mcclure, the idiot boy mention
ed insthe Journal few days ago in connec-
tion with the Suter swindlipg case, was
horribly burned yesterday about three
O'Clock. While Mrs McGuire was at a
neighbor'1, a gentleman who was passing
called to her that there was boy on fire
at the mex; house. Mrs. Mcclure hurried
back just in time to extinguish the flames
that had enveloped the poor boy. His back
and arms are very severely burned, and
The hair singed of his head. Drs. Ander-
son and Fuller were called in, and did all
in their power to relieve his suffering,
which was very great. The boy had hab-
1t of sitting on the front OF a wood stove
with his back to the stove, and it was in
this way that he was burned. 1t is thought
that he will not live.
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
Council Grove Republican,
Rufus W. Fleming left this place on or
about the first Of December, 1873, in COM
pany with a young man who went by the
name of james Gam, OF Ozark, Mo, since
which time he has not been heard of by his
friends, and diligsnt inquiry fails to throw
any light on his sudden and accountable
Fleming is a young man
abont twenty-three years old, dark COM
plexion, about five feet six or seven inches
tall, compactly built, weighed about one
hundred and fifty pounds. His nose was
slightly crooked TO the right, occasioned by
an accident when child. Gam is a taller
nan than Fleming, spare build, rather dark
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Any information that would lead to the ,
discovery of the whereabouts Of Fleming I
will be thankfully received by his friends l
IN Council Grove and should this notice