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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
a Good Farmer.

T. X. Hair has seventeen acres of apple
trees, twelve acres In peach trees, one acre
of strawberries, one-fourth acre of raspber.
rIes and blackberries. He has raised the
present year 900 bushels of apples. He has
sold 500 bushels at an average of 81 per
bushel. He has $50 bushels of late varieties
for which he will receive more than that
He derives.no benefit from his orchard this
yesr outside OF his apples, yet his income
from that alone Will he near SI,lO1. This
shows the advantage TO farmers of setting
out trees. Mr.. Hair saps Rtwrs oenett Is
the = This year
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Found Dead.

Day bsfoTe Yesterday a distressing acct
dent occurred on the farm OF II. Burhdale,
near Baker school house, in Pottlwaiomie
township, Mr.. Bake and his son, a boy
ten year old, with some others, were picking
corn for Bursdsle. One team having been
loaded, the boy started with 1t for the house.
When the next wagon was loaded, and was
being driven to the bin, the driver found
young Blake lying IN the road. some dist ance
from the field, dead, and the team gone. A
further search discovered the fact that the
boys team had run away with him, and
doubtless threw him out under the weeels.
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Sti1l Here.

some of MIR. ]. WolIman's establishment
Ia t week told a customer that John seeker,
the great clothing prince, had gone to
LesdviIle, and had failed IN business here.
This, of course, is utterly false, and such
stories only help to swell Honest Johns I'm
manse trade. Yesterday The store was
crowded all day. he is not going to Lead
vile, and can be found every day and even
ing at 81 Delaware street ready and ANXIOUS
TO sell all his friends the best suits ever
brought to Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

i->eW Era, ~
Halloween was observed IN Valley Falls,
as was obierved by Il. H. Crosby, l.. d.
White, and many other citizens. The hood
luns were very energetic. Gates, signs
lager beer kegs and almost everything NOV
able was on the go. A very material change
in the location of business firms was no
tced the next morning. The Valley + Ills
Bank of Deposit Was transmogrified into a
broadway saloon, and l.. ID. Whites Z. U.
u. grocery store was also made a beer slop.
But Halloween, like all other annual events
only comes once a year, and All Saints are
willing to stand the celebration.
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The X. T.. Mt lIeIOtt.

The Kansas Pacific is now running regular
trains, leaving at 3 IS in the morning and ar
irving at lI:3O at night. This schedule will
be changed, however, in a day or two to ar
comm odste the change recently made on the
main line.
Everything looks exceedingly business like
around the Kansas Pacific yards, workmen
being busy in the erection OF the freight and
passenger depots, laying side tracks building
q water tank, etc. The new depot, which
Is a very large building and II shows that the
X. z. folks mean business, and come here to
STAY.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
Il ansas Cotton

LAST week, Mr.. NIthtn > SRI let at the
..LOcalist" Office two boI' o; cotton raised
on his farm near sown. Two better specl-
mems II would be hard to find even In the
sunny South" The stspei is long, and very
fine, and each bolt full. Mr., Starr, procured
thu seed offs early variety and this season
has proved that by early planting and judi
iciOus management, cotton Of excellent
quantity can be- raised in this county. Wnetn.
cotton of this variety would pay as crop,
one season after another, remains TO be de
termined by Ar. Starr some other enter
pIising man.
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True PeODIe ANYWAY

Just when the social club thought they
were getting along handsomely, some one
comes along, and says there is not a good
looking or well dressed man, or lady either
In the whole lot; and that IL is rather a
"dowdy" looking outfit OF course our gen
tlemen are not handsome but they know how
10 run live town, and the ladies' never Sc,
themselves up for beautie, or "moielS of fash.
IONS, but their most excellent qualities com.
inehu thein at nome or abroad. Nothing
"stunnin'" about our folks only thew know
now 10 treat their friends in handsome sty lie
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Drowned.

ITtaDOdy UaZttte, a.
Willie Hart, little boy years old, was
drowned in the Cottonwood near Marion
Centre, Tuesday OF last week. The boy and
his father had gone fishing. The father
caught a fi.h and started Willie home with
1t. After fishing some time the father also
went home and found the boy had not ar
rived. A search was made, but he wa not
found until Monday morning Of this week,
when some one discovered the bucket and
fish under the railroad bridge, just below
town, and the boys body was found Just be-
low IN the creek.
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Soldiers Shot At.

y few nights Ego two drunken folders tiled
to effect an entrance into house on North
Broadway, near the reservation. The family
Were all away except q young lady and her
brother, lad nine or ten years old. They
were ordered 70 i-sve, but persisted in their
endesVoTs Ia break insO The house. Finally
the young lady o tanned a revolver which
was in the house and fired two shots at II IA,
which eli -cIualiy put stop 10 their villa -
Gus designs.
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BOried Alive.

T"VV"wu
The details of an appalling, If happily not a
serious accident, occurring q few miles west
of the city this morning, reached this city
today. II seems that Young married man
by the name of Lowth, who has recently ar.
rived here from Kansas City and purchased
a small farm nesr the Mariss Des Cgynes, was
excsvatlnga small cellar beneath his house
when the banks caved in upon him. He was
partly thrown down by the failing earth. and
his body nearly covered. There was no other
person in the vicinity but his wife and she
happily heard his feeble cries tor assistance.
Win the energy of despair she labored to
remove the bank that was crushing her huS.
bands life out, and though the bank several
times sheved of additional masses, she
Il finally succeeded in freeing him. He was
about smothersd, and considers is esca De as
bordering on the miraculous,
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The Crawford County horticultural Society
voted the following twelve sorts Of apples as
best for family or orchard: i. CoopeI's
Early White; 2. Yellow Bough; 3. Lowell;
4. Maiden's Blush; 5. Rambo; 6. Jonathan;
Grimes Golden; 5. Ben Davis; 9. Missouri
Pippin: ~. Rawles' Genet; IL. willow
Twig; IL. Talman Sweet.
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will Soon he Able TO Sell Them For
Two Cents . Piece.

Last week Mr.. 1. Slater presented Us with
ten potatoes, filling peek measure. They
are California Reds, and are very fine. They
were raised under eight inches Of straw and
hay, without any soil, and where not cul.
ivated. He gathered 80 bushels FROM one
iourth acre, and less than three fourths o
the seed terminated.
Martin n. ODER also brought us some raised
in the same msner, and Just rs nne as q per-
son could desire. These gentlemen are con.
WINGED by experience that the way to raise
potatoes successfully, is to cover them with
from eight 10 ten inches of old hay ST aw or
litter.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
A Mothers Grief.

The pride of a mother. the life ard Joy offs
home. AIT he children. hence hes LEI when
sickness enters and takes them away, Take
warning then that You are running Q terri
Whoooing Cough, which lead to COnsump-
ton, n you do not attend to It II once, 6Hi-
DOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE r. guaranteed
10 cure them. Price 10 cents, 50 cents, and
II For lame Back, Side or Chest, NE Shi.
loh's Porous Plaster. Price IS cent?. Sold BY
Arnold 4 Hunt 49,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

Tor the past six years as it has since the
a IL. W. crossed ths Anderson county line.
Inc construction and supply trains on the
Arizona road keep up constant clatter and
Jungle; piles of steel rails and other materia $
Tor the extension Of the new road are strung
along the sidinss and main track from the
crossing OF the h c., l.. q 5. r. r. clear be.
yohd the new depot; new and strange faces
are seen on the streets every day; every train
,rs new additions to the city; real estate
men, men are pussy showing property, and are al
nuu houses and rooms for those who are seek
ing ~, ZONES In our midst. If fifty new houses
oU' l oe pun up and completed right away
10 occupy them inside of week. A little
capital used In This direction lust now wouId
pay sy good interest on the Investment Who
VIII lead OF in this matter.
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LOCAL Skl M.
SuaIis and Saunders.

The very peculiar State cases in which
these two parties have been figuring In Po-
lice Court for several days are familiar 10 our
readers. About two weeks ago Qualls shot
Saunders In the abdomen and then Inflicted
fifteen wounds upon his head with piece OF
iron, whereby Saunders wavered on the
threshold of the unknown for several days.
Each had warrants issued against the other,
tue charges being similar-aSsault with in
tent to Kill. The case was on trISI as a Stale
case for TWO days in Pc ice Court, and upon
its conclusion IL was held under sdylsement
by the Judge. Yesterday, however, at the
request o; the County Attorney 1T was chang
I'd Ia a city case, the charge of assault and
battery preferred against each, ana Qualls
was fined So, and Saunders $50. II would
seem rom this that saunders was The party
most TO Dl anne.
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AUTHORIZED BY THE oo,xoSwzArrH OF KY.
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GSsE0Yia
CEN I AUR
!E.sNTS
--aE and UESST

ELALJ and BEAST
the World has over known.
Ovsr 600. 600 Bottle sold last year.
Tie reasons for this unprecedented popu-
lar.ir. are ..iicats tae CeEtanr Lini-
mcnts aE8eiIde 20 deserve confidence :
thog are abs0r bed into the structure. they
always cure and never disaPP
NJ rgE.pa need longer suffer with
PAIN - tho BACK.
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and shape he de-ires his vessel He lines the
hole with fne grass. Then with mortar he
makes the pot 10 fit the hole. Tue su;l dries
the clay. Then fuel is placed In the rot and
fire Is kept there Till the clay Is suffi ciently
hardened.
This simple primitive pottery when buried
in the earth is more duraSls than human
bones. It's smolg the oldest WORK mans alp
by hr man hands, in America We have q
quantity OF this pottery in the TTi use Office
exhum' from the ancient Indian mounds
on the Republican. Mr.. j. n. Dorsey In en-.
titled to much credit for his care and patience
IN collecting the rarest and tenderest speci.
mems OF Indian art and remains.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
THE CANVASS.
The County BOard Canvass Tues
DAYS Vote Officially,

The Board OF County Commissioners met
Yesterday for the purpose OF canvassing the
vote cast in this county at the recent cleo
lion The count did not attract much in
terest, AS only about twenty persons were
pre-ent In 6bOut one hour the work Was
completed and the vote taDulated as &c APP
pears elsewhere.
There were scattering votes for County
Commissioner OF the Second District
in other pIec lncts than the proper III ,trict,
which comprises the First, Second ana
Fourth Wards. Of these votes no notice vas
taken so that the same do not sDpear.
Ii appears that a trifie over 400 votes were
cast altogether. In the city the vote cast.
according to that placed for Sheriff, was ?, IA
this b,ing 900 less than were registered.
The table. published elsewhere, shows the
vote for each candidate and the respective
IN Iorities. which careful politicians viii
stow away In their note books for use n fu-
tuFe CaInpaigus.
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Did Not Please the Old Folks Much

Last week Q young CHILD of James Vents
at Bunker Hill, started fire behind its
fathers barn for its own amusement. The
old gentleman was not SO WEI, pleased, Tor
the Darn was burned.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
BtIslf.D ALIVE.
Considerable Excitement But Little
Damage.

During the storm yesterday Andy Robin
son, who drives a scsvenger's cart for the city,
drove into the stable AT the police station Tor
shelter. lie WAS imm ediateiy under the hay
loft, which suddenly, without warning,
,urnblei down and buried beneath 1t man,
hprsesnd cart. The man, however. was
only a trifis hsInPered and managed 10 e1-
tricate himself al once, and hsstened 10 lne
tirr drparlnent, where the services OF the
poys were brought into requlslton TO rescue
me inprisonea horse. Alter lew minutes
hard labor This WAS done and the animal was
found 10 be entirely uniniured. IL was a
IucFy circumstance that there was only a
little hay IN the loft at the time. otherwise
both man and morse would have beeen serl-
ously injured. As IL was, the exciteinen,
Was cons d. rsbie, and the widest Tuinors
prevailed for awhile.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

not hesitate to prescribe Dr. +. Wiihoft,s An.
u-Periotic or Fever and Ague Tonic u ~ fol.
lows: Meesrs. Wheelock, Finlay q Co., OF
New Orleans, its proprietors. have published
It's composition, and physicians have ap.
proved u because II contains no dangerous
drug, and becsuse IL invariably proves sue
cessill. IL Is for ssIe nv all druggists.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
LAST or JURORS
For ,ne December Term OF the Dis
trici Court OF LeAyenwOrih County.

Fellow is given the names OF the jurors
who have been drawn for the December term
OF she District Court OF this county, and
which, for convenience, is arranged by
townships and in alphabetical order. Those
interested csn begin TO arrange their plans
accordingly:
Ciiy-ChaTles Lane. Levi wilson, Charles
PembeTton, James Gilman, Peter schott,
william Title, Levi Smith, }. b. Young,
Charles Duriec, Jacob Lsu, Robert Leslie,
James Killer, Martin Heller, l.. Michael,
g. NJ. Barnes, J Mennig, y. A johnson,
Patrick G'raUghty, Fred Msrchefste.
AleNsEdrla iOwnshiP-HoratIo chart,
William spray
Delaware UpwnShip-E. l.. Cutler, John
Es~son. t;enry BTown-
r.sSton toEnship-John Hand, Martin
h lire, Asa ClAyiuger.
Faifmounr township-F. ". St.geTs.
kickapoO foSn>hiP-Ered HobeTg-
Sherman township. = LEWIS
Stranger township-George NeeGham, +.
NJ. Smith. Robert Mcfarland.
TnngsnONie iownship-Wm. neEhOlD, j.
u. Mcdowell, Alexander Carr.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

TVIttUUdCh sIdI,
Now We have no uss for our rooster this
week, so we loaned him to the freeman. He
is 50 hail and hearty that we let him walk out
and crow for the opposition party, rather
than Keen llm penned up any longer.
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a Card.

To sill who are suffering from the errors
and indiscrsiions Of youth nervous weakness
early decay. less OF manhood, &c, will send
recipe that will cure you, FREE or
CHARGE This great remedy was discover.
ed by missionary in South America. Send
se'f-adressed envelope TO Rev. JOSEPH T.
1SNAN, Station D., New York City.
oharA~6pnn
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Jefferson County POTATOES.

I ' nifty II HIIb NC " En-, ~
Dave Smith one day this week brought us
In lot of peach.bIow potatoes that are fully
equal to any we have heard OF this year.
One Of them weighed little over Il ounces,
and Is OF them made over a peck. Mr.. ).
raised aoout IA hundred bushels on half AN
acre a ground.
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l.ubled.
tHiwsthG Dispatch, ..

HiwathG Dlspatcn,b ..
A gentleman living near town sent SO TO
New York for a watch, In answer IN an adj
vertisement published in many of The city
papers He received the package by express
on Tuesday, carefully done up in two or
three boxes TO preserve IL from damage. he
opened IL and found that the watch makers
had put In the crystal, but forgot TO send the
watch.
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THE BEST OF IT'S KIND.

This is the CGse with the Mexican
Tu<tHs2 i.inim snt. livery mail
. brings intelligence Of e valuable horse
. saved. IA" agony OF IN Nj uI ScsId or
burn subdaed. the horrors OF rhcu-
mati-nn overcome, and OF n thousand
Infl-Ou other blessings aud m.rci.s
performed by the OLD reliable Mex
lean Mustang I.iniment-
All forms Of outward disease are
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miscellaneous picl.-up.

Fred -. Clair was dragged TO the city
dungeons Yesterday, Wiley intoxicated.
There areseventeen unfortulEteS who
will dine al The calaboose to-day.
One OF tpe prisoners in the cslaboose
promised = TINES reporter yesterday to
fuuiSn him with some poetry on that rest
lag place tor the wicked, in h few days.
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4 Probable Result OF IN. E,e.,,o,

Hdlley rails New Era
a good one is told on one OF our grocery,
men, who, feeling somewhat indisposed one
evening last week. closed his place OF bust
ness and retired at O'Clock. It was not long
before morpheus had him tightly mbraced
Mhen he awoke and put on his attire, he be.
sau 70 MAKE the necessary arrangements for
the preparations for breakfast but his wife
surprised nm when she told him that Nas
ohLy p. NJ. and he quietly sneaked baeE 10
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lst, by being specially fitted 70 first-cIass tig
and loose topped collars. The new pad of
proper sizes will 1T either. Being OF smoo' h
metal they do not wear the name. and always
dispense, when needed, their medicinal yir-
tues There are over a million and half of
them in use. Pads made of other material
can only Temporarily have any curative
properties " hatever, and soon become worth
less by abrasion In cleaning them. The Zinc
Pads are sod by leading Sa6dlery Houses
throughout the country. and harness makers
generally. Ask your Harness Ma ker 70
them. ssanufsc.ured by ZINC COLLAK PAD
Co. BUCHANAN, MICH. augr- w2mo
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TRY IL keep trying It, and try II again.
We say this because We believe that the
health, happiness and prosperity Of the peo-
pie depend upon the proper use OF these med
icines which mas proved 30 successful, in Grad.
dicating disease snd defeating DEATH The
medicine so effective in its cures of diseases is
the great Southern remedy, Simmons' Liver
Rsgu ator. Try IL We believe that the firsy
trial will be satisfactory. eodkW
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
Freight Business Mt Valley Fails.

NEW Era, Il
This week has been a busy one at the depot
Up TO Thursday night sixteen cars of freight
were transferred, and the other business OF
the roads has also been heavy. Sixty i've
trunks were checked last THURSDAY. Station
Agent Butts is equal TO tue emergency, and
hustled the business through with neatness
and dispatch.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
Lost q Finger.

IburungtOn fAtrIOt,
Last week W. p. Denny, who runs a lathe
and circular saw in connection with the man
ufacture Of furniture met with sn accident
resulting in the loss Of the fore finger on the
right hand. He was feeding the saw when
by some means It caught the fore finger on
the right hand, and almost severed II from
the hand above the second joint DR.. Nensrd
amputated II near the third joint and the
patient is rapidly recovering.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

Whom n medicine he's inftlli'1v done
! it, work Iri millions ot eases for uI0r..
: than q tEITt at century. when IL HI-
! reached every part Of the w"Tli; when
uumu"rie~- families everywhere con
-ider D the only -af" r'liauc" IN caS" of
pain UT accident, II j. pretty safe 20 call
such - medicine
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13
An Organ Injured By the Explosion
OF . Lamp.
IEllis County Star, 6.


A lamp lett Dy the Choir after their prac-
tice hour on Saturday night last, exploded
and set hre to the organ. Fortunately for our
Lutheran friends the flames were discovered
BY Mr.. Robbins, who was on his way home,
and giving the alarm they were soon ex-
tipguishsd. The organ was badly injured,
but Ii Is Thought ii can be repaired.
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L.rE HenETssTIU0sY

well esis blished reputation. DO not risk your
health by using ny OF ihese-injuTiou= preps-
lions but try o. once II : ATS KEHEDI
n LL.m l.Lh sInmL IA. ts-L lnE 30 \ trrN.
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1t Just Tilted hin . Little.


The fire At the Western Mining Company s
coal shaft, Wednesday evening, destroyed
the platform and shed, and did other dam
age. but the company promptly repaired the
damages and had everything in complete
running order rhis morning. II is not known
how the nre originated. A can of powder
left In the shed, exploded and tilted one man
Q little, but fortunately he escaped with only
n alfRht shaking up.
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IIumbOIts Militia COMPANY,

u HlOn. ).
The militia company held their fl rst regular
monthly meeting last Tuesday night. About
twenty kigufd the enlistment papers. and
were sworn In. Next Tuesday night a meet
ing VIII be held for the completion OF the
orsahlzation, and drilling will he COM
menced.
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A Large Bfrd Killed.

]. A. Alvey KILLED a pelican, that was sail
ing near Lake Joy, last friday evening, that
measured feet II15 inches IN height, and 5
feet inch from TIP TO tip of It's wings.
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We have a speedy and positive cur for ca
tarrh, Diphtheria, Cankermouth and Head
ache IN SHILOHS CATARRH REMEDY. A
Nasal Injector free with each bottle. Use IL
IL you desire health and sweet breath. Price
80 cts. Sold By Arnold & Hunt. saf&w
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More Important Matters Now.
ID L..

Now that the excitement OF the election is
over, can we not turn our attention to the
fact that we At the mercy OF the fames-ab-
solutely without protection. should a fire
break out. Cannot some apparatus be devils
ed that will help us In fighting fre' Our
city has fortunstly escaped any sucn calsmity
as an extensive fire would bring but this is
no assurance that II Will always be thus.