Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-16
FROM THE LAND OF THE RED LEGS.
LEAvENwoRTH, Ks, July 10.

place in which to live than the city of
holes, hills aud hollows just across
the line. -ls .7. SEES die.
Leavenworth is city of about
eighteen Thousand inhabitants, and is
Ole of the best towns in the state.
There are some very pretty resi-
dences here, built principally of
brick. Though the larger business
houses are not of the most modeln
style of architecture, they are
I SUBSTANTIAL BRICK BUILDINGS,
and seem to have been built more for
durability than for style. Quite
number of them are vacant, however,
which should not be the case, and
will not be long, hope.
Beside a fair representation OF the
various mel camille pursuits, there
are several -sr'. ,.. 20 1850
MANUFACTURERS INDUSTRIES
here, all of which seem to be pros
perons. Among athem are furnace
and stove works, furniture factory,
soap factory bag factory. Browns
med dieInes. Kansas wagon shops and
others do not remember. -as 4
If ever a town needed anything,
there are two things which this place
is sadly and badly in need OF: First,
good boarding houses; second, side
walks. Some persons might make
the boarding houses their second con-
sideratiOn were they mentioning the
shortcomings / allude to, instead Of
their first, as l have done, but there
ere few, think, VINO would rather
walk on rough pavement than eat a
good square meal. The hotels are not
the best, and the boarding houses, ri
J.-'.f' ARE ACTUALLY BAD, .-% of
all of them. They remind me of
story l heard, which was reply to
the question as to which was the best
one Of two hotels. IN a certain town.
The gentleman said, "Well, hardly
know which one is the best. 1 have.
tried, them both. 1t will make no
difference at which one you stop. you
will always be sorry you didn't go to
the other one." And so it is here.
You can't improve by changing.
Except on the principal business
streets there are. no sidewalks here.
Remnants of them remain, however,
to show that they existed at some
time; and judging from the present
evidences, it must have been at a '
VERY REMOTE PERIOD.
Ihe neighboring towns invariably
call attention to the fact W henever a
new walk is put down here, but they
don't often have occasion to do so.
for new walk is rarely put dow
From lengthy article in a recent
issue of the Times, | CLEAN the rol.
lowing figures regarding
THE PENITENTIARY.
which is located about seven miles
from town. After describing that ill.,
stltution in detail, the number of
prisoners, aud the crimes for which
they are incarcerated, is given, which
L copy: Grand larceny, 379; rape,
IL; burglary, 61; murder, first de-
gree, %; second degree, so; attempt
to kill, 81; felony, l.; embezzlement,
4; mailing obscene letters. 1; incest,
1;poisoning, q; forgery, l3 defling
female child, Q; robbery, 9; theft, 81;
'nanslaughter.l7; perjury, 2; mutiny,
2; false pretenses, 9; attempt to rape,
q; military violations, s.; counter
feitlng, 4; larceny from posto flee, 2;
arson, L; breaking Jail, 3; stealing
from cars, L; total, 654. There are
eight women among the convicts, two
OF whom are sentenced for lite; three
for five years each, ard the others for
two years each. The prisoners are
not allowed to talk to each other. and
when they violate this rule, they are
punished by having their allowance
Of tobacco withheld, are denied the
privilege of reading matter, or writ
ing letters. etc. When they are we'll
behaved, however, they gain COM
mutation of time. as follows: Thirty
days for the first year forty days for
second and third years, and fifty days
foNall succeeding years.
Although the weather has been suf-
focatingly warm for the past two
weeks, Leavenworth has not been
dull, as regards amusements.s The
amusement season has not, as vet.
BEEN FAIRLY INAUGURArED,
but when it is we have the promise
OF agood one. We have already had
HaVerly's Strategists, the Big 3 min
strels, and series of rehearsal con-
ccrts by class of three hundred
members, who have been practicing
for the jubilee concert, at Bismarck.
next month. in which over a thousand
voices will take part. We are to
have circus Oh the 23d inst,
In spite of the liquor law, which
went into effect OH the first of Nav.
the saioons are III full blast, and one
can get drink just as easily now as
before the passage of the law. Il
don't understand how the saloon men
evade the law. but evade it they do.
else they don't violate it at all. Lam
told that any one who gives informa-
tlon that man has sold liquor, and
convicts him. is paid $50. 1t might
be lucrative 10 uct as spy; but YOU
take chances OH being thrashed by
the man you "give away" suppose,
as was one Sibley, of Lawrence, who
"caught 1T" from several saloon men
Slbley came here, and, with one or
two prominent citizens, took a drink
at different places. The citizens
suspected nothing, aud after they had
imbibed, Sibley swore out warrants
against the saloon men, and had the
gentlemen who drank with him sub
penaed as witnesses. The saloon men
'arepped Oh his game and whenever
he met one of them afterward. he
was attacked, being Knocked down
so e.