The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-17


There is great misery in consequence of
th- lopgshoreman's strike = New York.
according to the latest dispatches.
1t is telegraphed from Madrid to the
State Department that the wife OF Minis
ter james Russell Lowell is dangerously
i'll.
A Chicago firm shipped from Bslti-
more day before yesterday for Liverpool,
LOO live sheep, averaging 14O pounds
each.
Edward James Knapp, elder BROTHER of
John and George Knapp, OF the st Louis
Rspu5liodn, died at II o'clock Tuesdsy
morning.
Barclay J. Smith, the Newtown, Pa, en-
bezzler, has been arrested in Dakota Terri
tory and will be taken back to the scene Of
his exploits.
A correspondent OF the Berlin Post says
Gen. Won Manteuffel has arrived there,
and will become governor Of Alsace Lor-
raine in August.
The remains of real Admiral Gordon,
who died at Blois, France, May 18th. were
inferred at Laurel Hill cemetery, Phils-
deiphia, last Tuesday.
-Buzzeli, the murderer of Miss Hanson.
was hanged few minutes past IL o'clock
yesterday morning at Concord, n. III. He
died In nineteen minutes without a strug-
gle.
The miners at Beaver Brook, Ebervale,
Hsrleihh and AudeLreid, Pa, struck yes
teriay morning for an advance OF 20 per
cent. The Jeansville men stopped last
night.
james Goldsmith, city treasurer OF
Peru. Ind, is defaulter in the amo1nt of
$4,000. He is supposed to have h-d to
Canada. He speculated too highly in New
York stocks.
Captain II. Wilkerson, well-known in
river circles, committed suicide AT Vicks-
burg dav before yesterday by shooting him
self through the right temple with pistol.
Cause, financial trouble.
The Colorado State Press Association
took jsunt on burros to Pixies Peak yes
| terdsy. from where they will return this
| morning. The meeting Of the Association
was held at Colorado Springs.
A London dispatch to the st. Peters
| burg DHiy Neus, reports the dis-enters froEi
the orthodox church hitherto unrecog.
rized by the State. to have entire liberty oi
worship. This affects twelve million Rus
| sian subjects.
An official announcement ia made that
hereafter, the Western Union Railway and
its brarch will be operated directly by
| The Chicago, Milwaukee x St. Paul, and
| will be known as the Racine Il South west.
| ern division Of that lire.
An ex 7th U. S. Iofantrvman named
Morton, living near Fo.t Benton, on a
ranch, killed his wife day before yesterday
ard threw her into stream. The motive
of the murder wss that the wife had prop.
erty which she would not put in his name.
| A New York dispatch saws thst Joseph
| A. Blair Of Montclair, who killed his
coschmsn, has resumed his duties as paw
| ing teller of the Mechanics National Bank
of this city. IL is said the officers of the
bank energetically befriended him in his
| troubles.
| -Ou the lat inst. Corporal Douglass, of
| the Texas frontier troops, engaged the
Indians from Fort Sill Reservation SEVENTH
miles west of the Sand Hills. Private w
BIughn was killed and two others
wounded. The Indians fought with United
States Long Tom guns.
-Four children Of Mr.. C.. &. Dickens. a
wei! to-do farmer living near High Point
and about eight miles southwest of Cali
! fOrnia, Mo, were poisoned on Saturday last
from eating mushrooms. Their ages range
from two to twelve years. The two young
est died yesterday from the effects of the
poison and the other two are not expected
10 live.
AT Lamonte, near Sedslia, German
book binder, believed to be named Henry.
whose home is in st. Louis, was cut to
pieces by freight train Tuesday afternoon
while attemptin, to steal ride under the
brakes. He was about twenty-five wears of
sga, low, heavy built, dark hair, light mus
rache, commonly attired, and en- route to
Kansas city.
The double scull race at Sarato-a YES
terdsy wss won by the Athletics Of New
York, in GlS4; Wshwsh-ums, second,
9:2ii: Minnesota, third, 9:25. The first
trial heat OF the Junior sculls was won by
Burt Brown, of Union Springs, time, 1926
The first trial heat of four oars was won by
The Wahwahsums, time, S.43l; Mutuals,
s:i14; Singertiee, S:50!.
A disreputsble fellow, f. H. Stewart,
eicpsd Tuesday night with The wife of Able
EnIow, from Farmer City, Illinois. Both
are married. Stewart leaves wife and
two small children, and Mrs. EuIow
young babe. Mrs E1low has been regarded
as good, virtuous wife, both in the ewes
of her husband aud the neighbors. Their
destination AID whereabouts are unknown
-it7:30 o'clock Wednesday morniog
Ia Tzn,.
an office at No. 9 COtlage Grove avenue,
Chicago, was fatally shot by his brother,
Prince Albsrt Jones. The tragic affair
took place in small barn at the rear Of
their mothers house, No. l5il Butterfield
steret, and is the latest event in family
feud OF long standing.
The report of Chief Inspector REYNOLDS.
OF Illinois, presented to the railroad and
commissioners, at their meeting,
shows that very large amount OF grain
was handled at Chicsgo in June. The
grain inspection department inspected
"A $50 cars Of winter, spring, and mixed
wheat, corn. oats, rye and barley; | ,234 $40
bushels of sprins wheat, corn, oals and rye,
were received by canal and lake. There |
We're S.i9J. .335 bushels OF grain inspected |
put.
In the United States Circuit Court at |
Denver, judge Miller, in his decision in the |
Ease II FOss x Hunter W. the Little Pitts |
Durg Minr g CJmpsny, ordered that one
ifth of the profits OF the company be /
monthly paid into the registry of the court,
% abide the final determination of the suit.
md tha. plaintiffs be allowed access to the |
mines and the books of the company, in or
Ter TO verify the returns of the company.
were represented By Gen. Noble
md Col. Dyer of St Louis.
Waiter Williams, a fireman on an
ohio and Mississippi freight train, wss
un over By the night express at Bridge
,ort, near Nincennes, lad, a, midnight
tuesday night, and fatally injured. His
rain had switched for the passenger train.
Williams laid down between the tracks.
Tent to sleep, when then train came along
nd reused him up. and in come way he
hre~ his leg over the rail. His leg va.
rushed nearly of, arm mashed and a hole
roken in the back Of his head. He was
aken to Olney where he died.
The arres. of Wade and his sister
'uefd1y, at Hickman, Ky, for infanticide .
nd incest, has brought 10 light another
.se equally revolving One Buck Webb
is alleged, has been living in incest with {
is eldest daughter, and it il thought With
'e youngest, about fourteen years old. |
20. Webb, his wife and two daughters q
ave been living in the lower part of town q
r some tims, but suddenly decamped with
g family for parts unknown. IL il ru-
ored that he Is the father Of his daugh- .
re unborn babe. III. will be arrested and 6
ought here for trisl. /
The health of Washington is 10 dam 4