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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
A Sad Case

Mr.. Cooper, City Marshal of Florence, ar
rived here this morning with An insane
woman, WHO Was taken IN charge at the de-
pot In Florence, yesterday morning. She
said her name was Mrs. sarah E. Pattterson,
that she came from Leavenworth, where she
had been staying at the Home for Fr.endless
Women, and was on her way to Neosho
Rapids 80 She Is encis afs, and claims 10 have
a husband in Leavenworth county, and two
brothers and two sisters AT Hartford. in Lyon
county. She is . fair looking woman, with 9
fine head. denoting culture and intelligence.
Her insanity is Of q mild type, and her mania
il self-destruction. Mr. Cooper put her in Q
room At Florence. last night, in the second
story, and fastened the door. soon
after she WAS out upon the
street, and how she got there II q
mystery, unless she jumped out of the win.
dow, and In her condition II does not seem
possible but that would have killed her. In
coming here on the train she several times
attempted TO jump from the window. Mr..
Patterson on the way 10 Leavenvorth. They
were not provided with tickets any further,
and he wished To turn the woman over to the
authorities mere. They advised him. Low.
ever, TO take her to the Asylum at Topeka,
and We presume ne will do SO. II Is supf o. ed
that domestic difficulty Caused her aeran9e-
ment. she certainly should be well cared
for, ard, II possible. restored, and should NOT
be allowed 70 travel about the country either
alone or with Others any more than II n0ces-
sary to md place where she can b properly
taken care Of.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
a scamp Arrested.


A young man from Andrew county, Mo-,
has been soJourning In this vicinity for
about year and a half, by the name OF Car
ter Elliott, who is the hero of this item. He
put in his time working at Dalton's mill, for
farmers and others. being engaged at Marion
GIbson's for the last two weeks, and was gen.
orally having good time.
On last sunday morning he was called 10
account for deeds committed IN Mi souri,
nearly two years ago, by a call IRON Sheritl
Potts
The Sheriff said: ''Is your name Elliott -
He was answered IN the afii rmdI.ve. els IL
Jarter Elliott ?" "Ies A" Then YOU are my
prisoner" said the Sheriff.
The pri soner was brought TO town and
turned over TO the Sheriff of andrew county,
Missouri, at whose Instance The arrest was
made.
1t seems that Carter Elliott is charged with
having stolen "A pair oil mu.es,or appropriated
the proceeds of a sale oil them.
Alter dispUslnx OF the mules he at ct. Joe.
Mo-, purchased ticket Tor Mexico, and he
was looked Tor in that direction, but in vain.
We understand that he has a wife and two
the poor house. What "A shame! When
asked about IL, he said he had a wife living,
and that II they had not been in such a hurry
with this arrest he would soon had another.
As he had woed the affections of one of the
fair sex, and would soon claim one his
own. what aa unduiiful scamp.
He was taken To the winchester Hotel Tor
dinner, and while there exhibited no signs
of grief; but, on the contrary, was in gay
and festive mood, taking boldly and
pleasantly 10 acquaintances as II nothing had
happened.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
This Seasons Barley Crop.


From the carefully prepared Western bar
ley crop report, by StStes, We CLEAN 50 ne in
teresting information OF this important
cereal. which we summarize as follows: Dur.
ing the spring months the weather was SC
dry that 1t Was feared the growing crop In the
northwest would be q total failure. The DAM
age In nat section from 'hoppers and chinz
bugs was also heavy, 30 that the aggregate
yield in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska. MINI, sol
and Illinois, besides being badly damaged in
quality, is materially reduced III quantity
There will hardly be any No. 2 from any oil
the Western States except Wisconsin and
Minnesota From August IS to August 70
the total receipts at Chicago were 5. 62s, $50
bushels, while the total shipments were e.
260 $50 bushels, leaving 1850 bushels ss
having gone into consumption hece. In
Milwaukee, for the me period, the to,al
receipts were /, 647,Ol bushels inspected and
l, llS,tC0 not inspected. At st. Louis, for
the same perion, the receipts were /, $50,
So bushels and the shipments 2s7,-
SIS bushels, leaving l,so9. 0sl bushels as hav
ing gone into consumption, less 1910 bushels
now In elevator. The stock Of Old barley in
store AZ Chicago, August I, was "a, $50 bushels
against 25c,242 bushes one year ago. The
visible supply of barley August l. ls.s, at ali
e,o6l bushels, against 100. PA bushels q
year ago. The acreage In barley 1873 over
the States OF Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana. Ohio Kentucky
Illinois, was So, sSS acres, with y yield of IA I.
1874 so bushels. as against an acreage In Is 3
of 6o5,9ss acres and yield of IL -, ~, or a
gain last wear over the one preceding of aC2 :
oe7 bushels. The stocks OF malt are updou bt.
eddy very amall all over the country.
At Chicago the demand for barley has been
unprecedented and the stock nearly eS.
hausted. A brisk demand for barley can con.
ddently be expected n soon as theoGeather
gets cooler. There will surely be good En-
pean demand for barley on account of the
nature over there, but whether oun or the
canadian VIII MI the bill Ia - yet undecided
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WEATHER REPORT.
For September. Iss9-From Observa-
tions by r. n. snow, OF the Kansas
RIRle CniYersliY. Law renee. KS.

tions by r. n. SNOW, OF the Kansas
state University, Lawrence. KS.
The entire absence OF frost at this ststi n
in this and the two preceding septembers
| is fact worthy OF note. This was character.
istic of no previous september of our twelve
years record, except in 1870. The high tenn
persture OF the last five days of this month
should also be noted in comparison with
| the low temperature of the rest of the month
In no previous year of our record, except in
ls.g mas the mercury reached - degrees IN
the second hall OF September.
Mean temperature. Go - degrees, which IS I.25
degrees below the average September tenn
peraiure OF the II preceding years. The
highest temperature was y degrees, on the
9th; the lowest WAS a. degrees, on the 10th;
monthly range, 80 degrees;mean temperature
at a. m, IS IS degrees; AT ? T. IN 76.C2 de-
grees; al p. m, 63.tl degrees.
Rainfall, 3 81 inches, which is 0i2 above the
september average rainfall on six days.
There were two thunder showers The entire
rainfall for the nine months OF 1873, now com
pleied, has been e2S3 inches, which is . %
inches below the average for the same period
the IL preceding years
Mean clou1inesS, 81 per cant Of the sky, the
month being 3-7y per cent more clou ty than
the average Number Of clear days wa. Is
irntirely Gear, o hall clear, ., cIouuy, q ;
(entIrely cloudy, H. Toe Ia se number OF en-
urely clear days Is worthy OF note. Mean
C Oudine-s AT a. m, 81 per cent; att p. H.,
il.67 per cent at p. IN. 1888 per cent.
Winds W, % times ; r, Is times E,
Is times; n, II times y W, 10 times E, s
times; 5. 4 times; w, , times. The
entire distance Travelled by the wind
was lO,2S7 miles, which giv,s q
mean dsi'v velocity OF 3ii % mites, and a
mean hourly velocity OF Ia y miles. The
highest velocity was ~ miles An hour. on the
18TH. Mean height OF barometer, 29.l62 in /;
at A. NJ, % ls7 IN; a. = p. NJ, 29.lSS in; al
4. n, 2sl+5 IN; maximum, 2y.i6i in on
the - b; minimum, 2S-9JI ill., Oh the Goth;
range, o III.
Relative humidity-mean for the month,
81 o.. AT A. M, 20 :; Al p. NJ, "a .; al 4. NJ
III; greatest, lou on the SIN; .east, 25s, on the
9TH.
There was no fog.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
An lnproye.e., in Business.

A reporter yesterday afternoon, while max.
ing his usual rounds, passni the Missouri
Valley building - one of the handsomest
structures in the city. He noticed some
thing unusual At the corner OF shawnee and
Fourth, and stepped into Z. Michaels cloth.
ing house 20 ask what the changes meant
The cd pioneer clothing dealer, although
busy, took time TO answer. questions.
Say, what is all this see -
:" hOWdy ?" satu Mr.. NIchael-puttipR his
pen behind his ear /: 80 Don't you know what
has been going on? I've been making i'm
provements- Don't you see the net arches
have had cut through the partition and my
big stock OF new goods ."
thing In she city now, haven't you:"
q" think have, and I can furnish any
thing.in the way Of overcosis from IS to S2s
"a Can sell you suits At from S. To S2o."
81 bong ht my goods for cash, and can af.
ford 70 sell cheap on the same terms. I want
70 have You understand sell for cash, SIR"
"Thousht You we're going into the whole
sale business"
Eyes, did think once Of II, but changed
my mind. Thought I'd make IL . nrst-cias'
retail establishment / have cut arches
through the wall there. rs you see, and now
have o double store, IS feet wide and IS feel
deep, and literally diied with choice goods
The ut Of the building will be In your pa
per"
lyon win keep everything in the way o
furnishing goods ?"
.'Yes, sir; everything! everything"
The store being too full OF purchasers 70 de-
ealn the pcoprietor further. the reporter with
drew.
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Killed I'm q shaft.

loachd 50
On Thursday afternoon between three and
four O'Clock an accident occurred at Holman
and Hastings diggings which resulted In the
death OF a man named Hyatt. Holman and
Hyatt were in the ground working, with Joe
Hastings at the windlass, II yatt had just flied
the barrel and IL mad almost reachel the sur
face when the rope broke, and the barrel
falling "A distance OF 20 feet, struck Hyatt on
the back OF the head, crushing II To "A jelly.
DIR. Hutchins was called immediately but
/ g wasifound 10 be extinct when the body
was brought 10 the surface. Hyatt - "A man
OF about IS years of age; where his home Is
and whether he 70 a man of family, our in
fOrmaut could not tell,
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WHAT Ais JUPITERy
a Great Purple spot on that k-lanet-
Remark able Appearance.

AGreat Purple spot on that Planet
Remarkable Appearance.
New York SUM-
One Of the most remarkable spots that
ever appeared on the streaked disk OF
Jupiter can now be seen with telescopes Of
moderate power. 1t is in shape a very
eccentric eclipse, being seven or eight times
broad er than long. 1t lies south of the
equatorial belt, making sharp contrast
with the white expanse around IL. This
spot made Its appearance several months
ago, and it has before been briefly noticed
in the Sun. A close inspection reveals
some very remarkable thipgs about it. In
the first place, its color. a light maroon,
differs strikingly from that of any other
part of the disk, though resembling the
purplish hue of the northern belt. This
color is so pronounced it Immediately
strikes the eye even of one who is unaccus-
toned to the use OF the telescope Ii il
not frey, but somewhat resembles the red
glow observed in clots of melted metal when
cooling.
The position of the spot is hardly less
remarkable than its color. There is a
striking difference in the tint of the two
equatorial belts. The northern being a
reddish purple, and the southern a
gray. Curiously enough the spot
adjoins the southern belt instead OF
the one it most resembles in color, and it
gives it striking appearance OF isolation
1t is a. If piece Of the northern belt had
been carried across its gray neighbor, and
thrown down upon the white surface tar be-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
Real ESTATE Transfers

The following transfers OF real estate were
filed for record with Register Crowder yester-
day:
VIM. II. Gable and wife to John c. Douglass.
the west CO acres OF the east 80 acres of the
south west quarter OF section lS township s,
range p; 500.
Eliza J. Beezley and husband to Jennie
Mead, the northwest quarter OF the mort beast
quarter of section - township II, range q
$40.
Edward T. Lstta and wife to Samuel n.
Latta. lot 80, block No, Leavenworth City
proper; alsp lot27, block 10, Latta's addition
70 the city of Lesvenworth 81.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
A Murderer Arrested After Two
Years Waiting
tC~Iono Nipor

The old citizens Of Short Creek will re.
member that . shoemaker wss killed some
two years ago on Columbus street in Empire
by man by the name OF Pat Sullivan. The
deed vas committed in the night and every.
thing then on Short Creek bsing in q chaotic
condition, not much attention Was paid TO
the matter by the public, Notwithstanding
the Officers kept him-Sullivan, spotted
after his exit from Snort Creek. Among his
first deeds after leaving Kansas and entering
Missouri, was the stealing Of Q large amount
OF leather and boots. FOR this the Missouri
authorities gobbled him aud he was sent TO
the Missouri peniteniary for eighteen
months. Meantime Kansas authorities kept
themselves informed rs to his whereabouts.
On Tuesday last his eighteen months expired
and instead OF being allowed his freedom he
WAS waited upon by q Kansas ofiicial with q
requisition, and arriving At Columbus he
found himself charged with murder in the
inst degree He vas committed TO the safe' y
OF the Baxter jail, to await the sitting of
court.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
Murder Mt Nebraska City.

Nebraska il never satisfied unless they
have a murder regular every day or two
The particulars OF the latest Is furnished by
the following special TO the omaha R.pu S.iodn
which Is dated at Nebraska City. 1t says
"Our city has been overrun with roughs FOL
several days past, and lighting and blood
shed have been very common. A feyerish
excitement prevails among all classes and nc
one fees safe. Marshal Thomas has shot one
man. One WIS nearly killed on Saturday
night. Seveuty-hve railroad men parade the
streets, armed, and extra police patrol In
their wake. News has just reached here o
a terrible shooting sfiray on Upper Sixteenth
street. A man named lice called John Nolk.
hart out of his door and shot him three times
In the face. D-. Larsh has Just left his offict
10 visit the wounGsd man. The streets ut.
lis
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The Miami County Fair.


IL aoia NitizeH, %.
The county fair which was held on We'd
nesdsy, Thursday and Friday of last week
was the best attended OF any given by the
Society, although the display was smaller
than usual and far short OF what Ii should
have been. The large number Of other fairs
held SO nearly at the same time. and the de-
sire Of many to contribute to the display At
Kansas City had bad effect on our home
exhibition. The deficiency In quantity was
to q degree made up In quality, snd in some
departments II WAS unexpectedly fne. In
the attempt to get upa double exhibition
one for home and one tor abroad-we fear
that the home fair suffered most
We had shared the general opinion that
there was an absolute failure o: the fruit crop,
but there was Q very credit.bie display o.
apples OF standard varieties, and quite a
number informed us that their crop of this
fruit, while not immense, Was reasonably
good.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
a Shocking Accident.

IOItdWd DdIIy -NtWsr 81
A very sad and shocking accident occurred
on Friday last on the road between this city
and Pomona and about one miie this side OF
the latter town, causing the death of a little
boy six years old. l. appears that family
from Miami county with a number of chill
dren We're returning from "A visit to Usage
county, in a two-norsa wagon. By some
the bed of the wagon the head being crushed
between the hind wheel and the box on the
side OF the wagon beI used n stop. The
death WAS insiautan Dus and the wheel had
to be removed before the child cOuld be ex-
tracted. Our informant Is Col. NJ ason W no
with his brother lTne up AID assisted IN re-
moving the body from the wagon. He did
not learn the names.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
A SETTER Field,

The Kansas City Journal makes the follow
ing editorial notice OF the terrible struggle a
brave woman of this city had with An infu.
rated mailman:
Two lunatics, over in a private asylum al
Leavenwortn (this has no reference 10 any
newspaper offce). were allowed to sleep In
the same apartments the other night, and
one OF the two suddenly got worse He
threw his companion on the floor of the cell
and pounded him horribly with a chair. Mr..
and Mrs. Bidwell, managers OF the establish
ment, came to the rescue with an axe. The
door was broken open, but the lunatic got n
the nrst blow, and Mr. Bidwell fell TO q e
u Dor senseIess. MIS-. BidweIi Was thus l
alone with a mailman, the latter with s
axe. Quick Il ash, the brave woman
caught the lunatic by the throat and tn. w
him 10 the door. where she held him until
help arrived. The spirits displayed by Mrs.
Bidwell are worth a thousand times as much
As those resurrected by the venerable and
erudite MIR. Eaton. The heroine-for such
She is-ought to come TO Kansas City, where
she can get out OF the lunatic business into a
larger and more inviting field
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
An Honest Man.

Yesterday Nj. A. v. Barns, thriving mer.
chant OF Winchester, was In the city, trading
with various merchants. His pock ct book
containing sos in cash and $50 in notes,
worked out OF the inside pocket of his vest
and fell on the side walk by the Kansas Cen.
tral Hotel, on Cherokee street. Mr.: Barns
did not notice his loss until, at Mr.. &. Loe-
wenthaI's, he went to pay for some things he
has bought. He at once commence Q search
for IL and was about TO come TO THE TINES
office 10 advertise for II, with rather q faint
hope that IL might have been picked mp by
an honest person, when he me, Mr.. James
Leak, who works At the Novelty Mills, and
who vas A. busy looking for Mr.. Barns as the
latter wes for him. He had found the pocket
book, which had Mr.. Barns name In II, and
at once started TO hunt him up. Although
the owner offered the Under . heavy reward
for his honesty, he refused to take It; the
satisfied feeling OF having done his duty
evidently being reward enough for the m An
OF honesty.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09

orse In the state. Prepared
; VI Is. White Lime, Plaster
q AS represented csu De re-
In delivered To Fort Lsaysn
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
Let the Cows go at Large.

lDstd~d fletuDllc1n, -
Everybody admires<cows; and every boo y
detests them, too. They are living para
dox-at once comfort.giving and comfort
destroying Whenever the family COW
doesn't come up at night, the man of tina
house is between two troubles. The ftmiI
meal will be lacking one OF its most delig CHIT
ful and heslthfui concom,tants, and the
chances are that the COW is either rayaging
some neighbours garden, or is shut up In a
seventy.hve cent pound. We don't suppose
there is a boy in the world-and especially
those of the long line of d.frsuded innocents
who were reared on a bottIe-but has a genu-
inc affection for the mild eyed, patient ami
mai, or Who failed to find her in the remotest
corner Of the pasture when he wanted to
get the milking done early, 50 that he could
20 SWIMMING; and We don't believe that
there is a woman but has fuss. d wnoie years
over pet CALVES, only 10 imag ne hem ra-ing
monsters, and faint al sigBI OF "A frolicsome
one, when they had matureu
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the dog and several hogs died in CONVERSIONS
ter eating what had been thrown away.
1t is reported by those who were acquainted
with the family in Illinois, that the rnsn
Funkhouser. holds some 5000 in property
LEFT by thef FIST wife to her daughters, OF
whom Mrs Lilies is one, and that she and her
husband had talked strongly of taking ieca!
steps TO recover their share. II HITS IS true
u may account for bis attempt TO get
them OEL of the way. II is not probable
that any steps will he tsEen to solve the
my steTy, and the exact truth OF ;he matter
Will most hk5Iy cever De revealed.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
Dry Weather Affects the Price of
Milk.

WINFIELD Telegram, IS.
The milk dealers are out in another mani
festo to-day, and the price of milk goes up.
This action on their part has been rendered
necessary by the long continued dry weather
and the consequent scarcity of feed. They
have TO mess and prepare food for their cows,
and have been dong 80 for some time, and
even at present prices are furnishing milk to
their customers at nearly cost. Mr. Oldham
tells us that II takes forty cows to supply him
with milk at present. feeding that twenty
would furnish with ordinary pasture feeding.
Nobody ought to complain OF the price now
in view of the summer when the milk men
were only getting 2s cents quart for their
milk, which was almost equal TO giving IL
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
The Beauties or the Prairies.

Lovers of wild flowers should remember
that now is the time to find the pretties,
flowers that the prairies yield. We sllude to
the blue gentisn (so called, we are not sure II
Is righi) a beautiful, cup-shaped flower, of Y
bright blue color, the stalk does not grow
more than eight or ten inches high and the
flowers are a cluster At the top OF IT, Our at
tsntion was first called TO them by our friend
fueiiA, f. d., or Reporter memory, and We
association as well as for their beauty. Be-
sides these. there are the golden rod, and the
many kinds OF asters, from the dainty whits
stars 10 the royal purple camphor plant, all
of which tighten the fading praires, just n,
the brilliant autuml leaves 40 the woods In
the Eastern States, and also make feeble at
tempts to do here IN our little belts of tim.
Der during the autumn months.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-09
a Cattle Thief Captured.

A week ago last Saturday evening, a man
calling him self r. p. Carroll, drove of from
the herd of Bishop Gragg, on Little Gross
Creek, twenty -four head of cattle. VIII ich he
shipped from st. Msrys the next night, 10
Barse Snyder, Kansas City. Captain A. &.
Sherman, OF Rlssville, one of our County
Commissioners, heard of the loss OF the cat
tie. ascertained that they had been shipped
and by telsgraphing, caused the arrest of the
thief, who WAS lodged In the Wyandotte all.
Messrs- Sherman and Gragg went to Kansas
City and recovered the cattle, which We're
shipped back 10 ct. Msrys. All out seven
dollars of the money for which the cattle
were sold was recovered, and the thief will
be brought 10 Jackson County for trial.
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FOREIGN.
The Irish TrOubles.

1UBLIS, Oct. 2.-The agrarian outrage
near Csstlebar, wherein the agents of the
Marquis Of Sligo we're FIR upon and one
OF their assistants killed, has Great erea,
excitement The EtprsSs, the Irish 1sme,
and Dublin Euening Mail declare it to be
the result of the recent political agitation,
snd says the responsibility for it and sim
liar violence that may be. expected will resl
on the heads Of the agitstors.
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RusHI, Oct 2.-The town people of
Cabul asked three Kohistee regiments if
they would fight the English. They re-
piled they would meet the English if they
went to Kohistaui.
SN1A, Oct 2.-The cavalry brigade of
Gen. Roberts' sdvance guaad reached D.
bad to-day. The whole expeditiouary