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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
THE FAIR.
Catholic Eair-Emmense Success
Attcndin. the FERMENTATION

The ladies connected with the Cathedral
are hard at work preparing for the Fair. We
have met with several of Ihem-Mrs. O'Cor-
nor, Miss Heating, Mrs. Myers, Madden,
Racket. Valiant, and host OF others, ali at
work with the greatest zeal.
The young ladies are not idle. We have
heard of their hard work, and immense sue
cess with our merchants; while an army of
little ones are getting chances on various OBJ
lects' and are most successful IN their plead
ings.
As far as we have heard, the Fair will take
place In the new building OF Mr.. NJ. Phelsn
near the new Opera House, on shawnee
street, winch VIII be opened 10y the Fair, on
the eth of october next. Mr.. Mcl;onIrIe is
having II ready for the occasion
We have heard of several most attractive
features. magnificent morning porn ~
presented by Mother Josephine, TO i. voted
10 The most popular man OF the city.
Father srius, OF junction CITY has p-e
sented nne gold cross, TO be voted 10 Ibs
most popular lady. Tine genial Father CariTrs
VIII De present 10 run the affair himself
father Defouri has presented a Z cd build
ing iot 10 De drawn, If enough chances are
placed The winner will get the deed as
soon rs ne Will have proved 10 be winner
Many other features We have heard of
which all promise to make the affair a greai
success; and We hope Father Defouti viii re-
slize enough 10 put up at once that tower he
has 50 much At heart, and hang Their. Inc
nnest belis in Kansas
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tanned leave TO plaintiff 10 file amended bill
of particulars in ten days; defendant TO an
swer IN twenty days thereafter; case con-
timed.
ByTns vs. FarnSEorth aud others-JCry
!ppane LED - on above case on trial
Parker vs. Ms GuFi Valley Bridge company
Application Of FaTnsWOrth and Others fof
a continuance held under adylsernent and
excepted 10 Tor { lie Tt asOn that the court dot
not BOW act ON the same leave 70 wilson 10
reply by the I'D of september, lh1s-
In the care of Gibson vs.. the city OF Wyan-
dO,te, the jury JAILED to agree and were dis
charged.
Treat w COffin-Jury waived and trial Il
court Judgment .Or s2IO, interest at ten pei
cent. and costs.
Richardson VS.. WilsOn-Continued.
Mckenzie VS.. McCcTmscE-Leavet 10 plant
III 10 fiH amended petition and make new
paTties in thirty days; continued
Philadelphia Trust safe Deposit compar V
etc. ~ HOpkins-JuTy waived and cour
trial; Judgment for Peek for sl.us5lO, inter
I. 81 at ten per cent.
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FATE OF A MyKDERtR.
He Pays the Penalty for His Crime
Upon the GalloWs and Meets Death
without Fear

He Pays the Penalty for His Crime
Upon the Galioxs and Meets Death
without Fear.
LITTLE RccK, Sept 12.-Robert Lancas.
ter was hung to-day at BatesviIle for the
murder of Thomas Johnson, in Stone
county, December 2i,h, 1877, at country
trolic at Johnson's house while intoxicated
johnson maize his escape TO the woods and
eluded justice Tor long time, Until in one
OF hls hiding places in the mountains he
accidentally shot himself in the leg. tan
creme setting in, gave himself up and the
leg was amputated.
A change OF murder was taken TO Indie
Pendence, and he was convicted of murder
at the late July term.
lie was escorted TO the gslloxs BY the
, sheriff and fifty men, and at twentv-nin.
/, T, minutes 20 O'Clock paid the penalty o.
death. Ia eleven minutes he was dead.
He met his fate bravely, without the
leas; sisn or emotion OF dread. He looked
| calm and pleasant. His last words wer,
| hopeful. He asked Sheriff Case, after III.
rope was adjusted, how be felt? Tn.
| sheriff response was: 81 isel worse, ex
pect, than YOU Lancaster replied FL
you feel as good a. | do. you are all right
HIS laIt words before the drop fell wa,
that false testimony brought him here
This was to the sheriff.
| Alter the cap was placed over his face
he forgave all, as he was forgiven, express.
| ing willingness to meet his God.
Rev. Mr.. Brown delivered an eloquent
and iervent prayer upon the scsffold
His counsel Ieneral Thompson and j. s
lonesy and Rev. J. G. Brown, were on the
scatiold with Sheriff Gaze.
Lancaster was hurled into eternity in the
presence OF no less than 1000 people
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y
On she lower road TO Tecumseh, about
three miles east of the city, two white men
and a colored man, dug hole in the ground
10y the roadside, and filled il with guupowder,
and as EoOn as they saw a couple of colored
boys approaching the spot, one OF the men
threw plug OF tobacco alongside the minis-
ture magazine, while another lighted piece
OF paper and threw it over the powder. The
boys were then told 10 picK up the tobacco
and they could have 1t, suspecting nothing
wrong, both boys made q rush for the tobac-
co, and stopped down TO get it, when the
paper ignited the gunpowder and both boys
were badly burned about Inc face. The cider
boy, James Cartel, had his forehead, cheeks
and lips badly SCARED by the explosion. Be-
sides suffering greatly from the injury, the
chances are that when recovery taxes place
II will leave scars and Gisfigurements that
the unfortunate boy Will carry To his grave.
The other boy, Boo smith, was not SO badly
injured. but IL was no fault of the miscreants
that he escaped so lightly. The men who
p-Tpeiraied TINS dastarily act we're strangers
10 the boys, and who they were is al present
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THE NEW YORK WKANGLE.
A spicy Special Dispatch to ST. Louis
Upon the Situation.

A spicy Special Dispatch to 81. Louis
Upon the Situation.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia New York spec
ial says: There is the most intense excite
ment here over the outcome Of the Syracuse
convention, although the very result has
been foregone conclusion for some time.
"lhe nomination of John Kelly as a
Tammsny candidate for governor is known
to mean that Tsmmany will work Tor and
support him. The question is in every
| body's mouth: Can Tsmmany defeat
Robinson" Outside of Tammany, whom
Gov. Robinson has fesrlessly attacked, the
governor Is very strong, and especially so
in the rural districts. A conspicuous Re-
publican in attendance upon the State Con-
venuon that met there TO day warned the
city Republicans that they underestimate
Robinson's strength in the rural districts,
and he intimat.d that it is hard road
that Mr.. Cornell has to travel to beat him.
"Tammany has Polled about 60O00
votes in past elections, and If that is di-
verted from Robinson, the chances are still
for electing hip. How much of Tam
many's strength Kelly can command is the
problem OF the fight from this stand point.
"Mr. Tilden has said to friend within
a week that Gov. Robinson will be re
elected by the same msjority as in 1876"
A Washington special says: There IL
evidently a growing dissatisfaction among
the Democratic leaders, especially those
from the south, with the course pursued By
Mr.. Tilden. A prominent Mississippi Con
gresham stated that the Ex-Governor now
had ar hpaf nnly from
q solid South and that it bebooved him to
remember well in the closing hours Of the
count of the last electoral vote that the
southern members had awaited themselves
of the then existing complication to effect
all for their section that could be obtained
at his expense; that the isting state OF
affairs in New York was due entirely to his
obstincy in insisting that every other con
siderarion should be waived to foster and
promote his chances for nomination in 1880;
thst his constantly growing reputation for
trickery and shrewdness, il would be found,
would not add to his waning popularity in
the South; that while his nomination
might be forced upon the party by the same
questionable means which before made
him a candidate, there might possibly be
presented to the country q combination
of events which would again make his
presidential aspirations turn to aches on
his lips.
The gentleman adduces that while psrty
expediency might not be served by his
frankness in the cause Of the Ex-Governor,
yet he knew that many Of the Southern
leaders felt as he did, and would be for
a committee to give an expression to
similar views"
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They Met In Convention Yesterday
Declaration 81 Prisciplss-Arraien
Aents Of the DeDoeraey.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12-The Republican
State convention Wa held to day in Con-
cordia Hall. There was an unusually full
attendance.
Milton G. Urdner vas made president.
The platform asserts that the Republi.
cans of the United States is nation, not
league. The allegiance of the citizen ia
due primarily to the nation, which, within
its constitutional sphere, 10 supreme Is
clothed with full power to guard It's own
Life, protect its own citizens, regulate its
own elections and execute it, own lsv,,
The opposite doctrine of State sovereignty
Us baleful, the master of nulli6catio1, Of
accession, of anarchy. Republicanism
stands for national supremacy in national
a6airs and State rights in State coocesns-
Democracy stands for 6taas sovereignty.
with III old tine hsrssy, that The Uaioa i
. mere coafedeEaey Of 6taiea
To rsfuss the nseaRy npplio Of the
government viii u 1aiSa 4 epoPslliae
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A Bridge OF signs.
lAtchison Champion, l,

Tie telegraph yesterday morning announc-
ed another disaster to the Lawrence bridge
The history of that bridge, If written, would
be the most melancholy work submitted 10
the public since jeremiah pub ished his
Lamentations. 1t was built, after some years
of discussion, in ISIS. Web wilder Us in
his ANNALS" that In April, 1868, &c W.
Bah sock made arrangements for bridging the
kaw at Lawrence" and under date of Deem
Der, lssS, the same work announces that
THE Lawrence bridge is nearly completed.
1t is 600 feet in length. 1t has been built by
c. W. Bsbcock, E. D. Thompson, Josiah Mil
Ter and NJ. j. Parrott." 1t is presumed that it
was entirely completed soon after.
The bridge came into existence as a toll
bridge, and was therefore born to trouble as
the sparks fly upward. People naturally de.
spise toll bridges. and the hostility extends
to tolI-gate keepers. theory is widely
prevalent that toll-takers are persons who
have been disappointed in love, or have in
some way become soured on the world, and
take a gorgeous revenge ron humanity by
stopping men, women and children when
they are in hurry, and making them pay
five cents each. They are also invested with
q power believed TO be hostile TO the liberties
drive across this bridge faster than q walk. ~
These sentiments are innate In the human
breast and produced their natural effects in
regard TO the Lawrence bridge
We suppose the Lawrence papers, when the
bridge was first opened for traffic and travel
hailed it as great public Improvement, but
ii could not have been long after that the
storm commenced which; has furnished all
the variations of bad weather ever since,
sullen and lowering, sometimes
thunderous and violent. The "coparcenen'
In the construction and ownership of the
bridge long ago disappeared from the public |
and for a long time all the troubles |
Of the unhappy bridge have been concentrat- |
Sd on the head Of Col. Carmi W. Bao,ock
better known by his neighbors and the Old. |
timers as Dab" Unfortunately. Col Bah
Soc1 Is naturally one of ,he most non.com. /
oeuve, sensitive and emisb,e Of men, aud is 4
y = mystery that he has preserved hts
seniSity and rotundity under ali the attacks |
~ ,s. xIicn rnimssn and bridge have been sab.
.ecteo: Inc variety Of schemsa Which have
'oea AnvenSso 10 arrest that bridge non ~ !
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lawful proprietors arestounding. When there
was nothing else to ii Sht about in Lawrence
an onslaught was s.re TO be organized on
Bab. and his bridge
TO force the monopoly to surrender, hut we
believe nature and an Injunction brought
about a victory for the bridge. In 1872 or 1873
the opposition grew quite wild, and declared
that the bridge wss rotten. quantity OF
decsyed wood was scraped from a timber
and ostentat ously exhibited in a bottle on
Massachusetts street. The opponents of Bah.
declared that they were afraid To trust their
ment ran mountain high II seemed as II
Bsb. would be murdered for his bridge.
Alb ut the uproar over the grinding mon
opOly which eXtorted q toll of five cents from
each and every foot passenger, the high ca m
voice of one phi osopher was hesrt. "Ef. "
said this actute reasoner, "Ef q man haint
got i've cents, don't sees It makes a On
bit OF difference which side of the river hes
or"
To add TO the difficulties of this trying time
the III lucky Lawrence dam was built and
the bridge developed q mysterious sympathy
with that constr uction. Whenever the dam
| was in danger the bridge WAS in peril, and
when the cam went out, as much of the
bridge as possible followed suit. In time by
immense labor, the dam WAS made lit rallv
"A liked fact" and an "era of good feeling
seemed 10 setin Last winter q 'egal rush
WAS made for the possession OF the bridge on
the expiration OF It's charter, but the bridge
| company quietly sought shelter In the boInu
proof of the general incorporation act, and
ann ounced its.intention of holding, If not
| the fort, at leasi the bridge, until the end ol
| time.
| And now, after all this "strange eventful
| history" Comes the intelligence that just al
| the time II was needed most, the bridge
| which has defied the risings OF the kaw, and
| all the strat4gems of the law, has gone
down beneath the awkward noois Of a lot Of
1 steers.
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Eaint.llearted Hob

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. ia mar
nsmed Bales WAS sentenced to be hanged
at Athens to-day, but the Gaze was appealed
to the supreme court, next term, and the
sentence suspended. Bales killed his wife
and narrowly escaped lynching at the time.
Three Thousand people assembled to-day at
noon, broke into the Jail and took Bales
half mile Out of town for the purpose OF
lynching him, but no one would tie the
knot. The sheriff then jumped into a
wagon, pistol in hand, and drove Bales
bsck to town and lodged him in the Jail.
The crowd slowly dispersed.
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The Gold Production.

WASHINGTON, September l2.-Burchard
Director of the Mint, has Issued a circular
with view to comparing statistics relative
to the production and consumption of gold
and silver, asking those employed in the
arts and manufactures TO furnish state
ments showing their yearly or monthly av-
ersge consumption of United States coin,
native bullion and of metals obtained from
old manufactured articles. The fullest
specific inform alton on these points is re-
garded of vast importance in its bearing
upon the economic history of the metallic
currency of the country.
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The Old settlers.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Sept. l2.-General
Pope hiss accepted the Invitation of the
committee to attend the old settlers meet
ing next Monday and Tuseday, with bat.
terry of artillery and the Fort Lesvenvorth
band. About . dozen other bands from
different parts of the State are expected.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Hon. George
W. Julian, Rev. George w. Cook, of Ind.
ana, and many Of the early settlers of Kan
sas are already here from sbroad. Col.
Forney and party will arrive Sunday morn
ing.
The Lawrence bridge ia being rapidly
repaired and will be ready for use BY to-
morrow night
From present indications the crowd will
be numerous. The barbecue will be an ex-
tensive sffsir, 90 that however large the
crowd may be nobody will go hungry.
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CITY NEWS.

A CRAZY woman went into Arthur Sim
mons house, GA Seventh street, yesterday
and manifested determination to stay des-
Iuts Of opposition. officer Robinson was sent
Tor. hut before his aTnyal The woman con-
CluCed To leave.
THE Census Office, Department OF the Int
rior, has sent to the County Clerk for the
number and condition OF the criminal anu
charitable institutions of the county ior
publication along with reports iroln AL Othei
sections of The United States
NOTHING so quickly ard surely dispeis con
hdrnce rs disappointment. Dr. Bulls bai'i-
nor. pills never dissppoint any one uslhS
lb.m tor such diseases ~ Liver ana bIo''i
disorders, Dyspepsia COrsilpaiIohr fia'u
I.ncy rtc. Price only . cents
%oTHurE hoIs-nsn would Willingly see the
Iif. of a valuable animal imperiiied by a
fsstsrinp Gu. or sore. Where such exists,
whether upon man or beast, 1t is remediabie
by appIication Of Thomas EciectTic On-the
preat external and Internal specIfic-fuTther
drScrited in ad veTtisement beaded by trsde
rasrk OF a hand holding the article, In an
gfh4r column.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
a Big Farm

Usage County Chronicle, II
fatten Bros. have purchased what is known
as the Pagan farm of some so acres on Il
creek, just north of L. Severy's plaes.
The Messrs Patten are among our mos
successful stock raisers, and this purchase is
the direct fruits Of their operations in their
line. The price paid was sli, 200. About 800
acres are under fence, and 80 acres are heavy
timber. The fenced acres upon the bottom,
and the land is first-class is every particular.
The Patterns expect 10 remove 10 their new
purchase in the spring, aud Will break all the
botton-land on the place The southwes-
tern portion OF the county will soon be one
of the ceniers of stock cattle in Kansas. Lo-
Gated there are l. Severv. with " head
Douglass, 80. Tom Price, iJy; Nickel, from 90
TO 800; kelser, 20 head, and now We can add
the Patten Bros, come 600 TO 400 head. The
farms all join each other, and are all first
class
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HOME NEWS.
lmmen:e Success Ct the Valley
Falls Fsi-.
Everything Ausp'cious and the cay
Passes Away smoo'h'y.
Mex an Veterans of III noii in Ses.
son at Chicago.
Dots of Domestic Doings.
Valley Falls faIr.


Special to THE LEAvENwoRTH TINES
VALLEY FALLS, KAN September r.
The fair to-day, notwithstanding the heavy
rain of Thursday, has been decided sue
cess. Fully three thousand people were OF
the grounds and contrary TO the expecta
tions Of the horsemen, the track, after I
little work, was in splendid condition. .Th'
| grounds about the booths were covered
| with straw and made passable. The num-
Der in attendance yesterday is estimated a
five Thousand.
The display of stock WAS better than ha'
ever been shown in Jefferson county.
The races during the afternoon were very
intere sting, from the fact that they
were set for yesterday ard laid over on &C.
count of the rain.
The 2:35 race was won by Lady Med. in
three straight heats, with Musette second
and Shoe Fly third in all three hests
Time, 3:434, 1881, 2:i0i.
The 2:45 race was won by McLead, in
three straight heats; Col. Marks second
and Dan Scully third in the three heats
Time. 2471. 2:45l, 2:45.
Qnsrter mile dash of the running race
was won by Little Casino and dead hea,
as to Lucy Walker and Lottie. Time, "a
seconds
The fair will be continued one day Ion
ger, owing to the delay caused by the rain
and it is expected that fully five thousand
people will be in attendance.
The entries for the free-for-all, purse of
$500, are reported as follows: John Ben
der, McGregor, Brown Prince and Musette.
In the tive-year-old race. the entries are
Billy Edwards, Kate Harris and St. Elmo.
The rain has been general throughout
Jefferson county, and the farmers talk Of
it as much as of the fair.
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PLATTE COUNTY FAIR.
4 Sucressfu; Day Nestcraay-Prom :
Use OF an Extraordinary Day Tc-

\ Successful Day Nesterday-Prom
Day.
enworth, never behind in anything,
sent over another good delegation to Platte
City to attend the county fair yesteTds y
The weather was all that could be asked and
the attendance was good. The track, how
ever, was a trifie heavy alter The heavy rain
OF the preceding day; but ,his did not have
the effect, without attempting 10 be facetious
in the least, OF dampening the interest in Tho
fair
FREE FoE-ALL.
Dacotah Maid, tsrlIng and Tornado were
entered in This race. which WAS won by The
first named very handsomely. The race is on
again for 10 day.
FOOT RACE.
An exciting occurrence of the day was the
foot race, one hundred yards, between Hin
man, OF this city, and Waits, OF Plattsburg,
Human won in good shape. 1t is understood
that $3.50 changed hands on this race. A pool
of eIOO was made up here. which the psrtici-
psrors therein divided with great Z zee last
night.
TO-DAY.
To-day gives promise, as outlined above, {
being an extraordinary day. Competent per
sons 10 Judge of the ind cations said last
night that IL would be- the best day ever seen
10y sBy fair In the cOunty-seat towns of the
West Tor years. A large Geleg alton from this
city will 90 over.
SIX races are on the programme, one of the
most exciting being running race, two
miles and repeat, best three IN fiVe.
In The a class, George Il Vest, General
Custer and Biidy O'IoO = are entered and
the pool selling Tor This race was very exciting
yesterday, which Is a good forecast OF the
quality of the race.
Several welI-known horses are entered in
lA.= a. HgN... HV..V
in the poo sales, perhaps eXceliing the inter-
est taken in the former mentioned class
The other races will also he well worth wit
Messing, and all who attend may rest assured
that they will be enabled to witness some
verv exciting sport All these races are pos
itiveiy Set :or TO day and the horses are sure
to 20.
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lfStricrCourt

Hon. Robert Croker, Judge; p. G. Lowe,
Sheriff; McCown Hunt, Clerk.
Lee VS. Fossett-Continued 10y consent.
Mckeehen vs. Moore-Time extended Eve
days In which for defendant TO answer.
Mckinney VS. School District No. Soon
tinued as per stipulation.
Seyer VS. Ms1welI-Jury waived and court
trial; findings for plaintiff; new trial de.
manded and case continued.
Cranston vs. Leavenworth coun,y-The fol.
iowtnejury impanelied: James Henderson,
II. T. Roach, WV. Wise. VIC. Bigger. lanes
H. Foster, VIM. Merrill, A p. Eggleston John
q. TAR, W. 8. Davidson, John n. Abernathv-
0eorse Kohn a,d x r. Cook; defendant oh.
tscted to the reproduction Of any evidence
under the blu OF particulars OF plaintiff: sus-