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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1S78
JiTUJIPI JJiJ THE MOUTU.
Tliere is renewed talk, at Washington, of
Republicans stumping pome of the Con
gressional districts in the South; but it
never amounU to anything but talk. The
exjierience in South Carolina under Wade
Hampton, dhows that Republicans down
there are expected to keep silent at the per
il of their lire.
OHMIXIOUS I'KKKO.N'S.
Gov. Nicholls, of Louisiana, lately told
a delegation from the Republican State
Committee that while every citizen was
entitled to protection, be thought that "ob
noxious person-Tad better leave a com
munity." That is to cay, it a man is a
Republican, Ik is "obnoxious," and should
leave. And yet, Louisiana, with its Demo
cratic Governor, is a part of the free re
public of the I'nited State.
;tti:i;.MticK ciimc.vtim.
It seems that we are to have four full
ticket- in the field, in Ieaven worth county
this Kali; and if we don't succeed in get
ting a gxd ret oi officers it will not be for
the want of enough to choo-e from. There
will be Republican and Democratic tickets,
the working men have already made a full
ticket, and now the Greenbackers have is
sued a call for a JU-j Convention, to meet
at the Council Chamber in this city next
Thursday afternoon, to put in nomination
candidates for cuunly officers and memlsers
of the I.a-gWature. Let them come. The
more the merrier.
vtik youic cotnir.
We would again call the attention of our
K-in'as cr.'h-iiges to the importance
of putting the name of the county In
the date Iiues, at the hed of their papers,
la a State growirg as rapidly as ours,where
new p-iiers are being started every week, in
towns that were not "staked 00" the week
before, it is imioible, even fur those who
have the best mean of information, to keep
"posted up" in the progress of the State.
Every country piper in the State ought to
put the name of the county, as well as of its
town, in the date line, as well for its own
interest as for the public accommodation.
IKsTll.t:i;K AMI l.KITY.
According to the New O.leans Timet, the
tradition that after every great epidemic
there has been a year of unprecedented
prosjierily is about to le confirmed. The
cotton crop is not only the largest ever
produced in the country, but lias escaped
the ravage of the worms. The rice crop of
Ixiuisiana exceeds that of any season since
the war, and the prospect is heighten
ed by the fact that the planters have raided
an abundance of provisions. All the peo
ple now ask for is a g od frost. When
Providence shall Mipply this boon it will
not only prove a sanitary blessing, but a
benefit to the commerce of the counlrv.
WAIt IX THE KAsr.
It is now generally thought in Europe
that a conflict between the Ameer of Cabul
and the British forces in Afghanistan is in
evitable, and in view of this fact the fol
lowing statement of the location of the
conteudirg forces, which we clip from the
New. York llcn.il of the Slh, will be read
with interest:
J.niiriMxl, Ml one end of the Khyber I'ass, is
tweuty-lx 111IU14 Irem Dliaku, at the other
end; at the littler place some force ot the
Ameer of t'ubu' urn coueentrated, while
somtof Kugltuid's Hindoo soldiers itret the
former. In fuct, therefore, in view of this
proximity f lio-sille lorres, collision miy be
regarded s imminent, uul thut tt.e repot I
ulresdy sent troin Inilli, and Hlsoulieniiy
contrMiictetl 111 ruHrd to iiieMoriulngol Alt
MuJidseiiisio impiy that tile Indian troo.
are on tile inirt-li to force the fuss. All Mtis
Jld is 11 foit iu tiie -'S9, tire miles from tlic
niHlii entrance. It ImiI Ihvii iilsijiiiilid in
former tinier and recoiistructeil, anil it ra
jmclty lor reisLance Is ti.erefore soniwlntt
doubiful. Stlioilld the place lie stonud the
adv.ini'e will sn'urea Nlntit lmorlanceiu
II11 inisecullon tif their niMrrh. but it does
not loliou that they wilt Ik- s f-iy through
the 1 ass. tin ihe other li ind an imtrectual
att inpt to bhiiiii It wiiuhl Xia an unpleasant
incl leutlu a ei preclpllHt-pdrauce.ltrltli
Oil! rs tu c palntul caus to know tlie dim
cu' lsot he way Iiom I'fsiiaAiir to Cabul
hik1 It would not.seein likeiythaliheyshould
tali Into r.is blunders at this time li it were
not well tiiowu that 'heexeri' nee of foini
T wars e-Hti for lillle tn csisusof this nature'.
Aonii-.u .iiitiii'i:. Kl;nl..
Prince Karl I- of Hohenzollern Sigmar
ingen, the fortunate cavalry lieutenant in
the Prussian army, who, arriving at Buch
arest during the Austro-l'rus-iian war of
1SC(, with all his wordly goods in a carpet
bag, was installed as sovereign ruler of
lUminaniu (chiefly consisting of Wallachia
and Moldavia), has an idea of converting
his principality into a kingdom. The area
of his dominions is 45,0 1J squire miles
(about half as great as that of Kansas
and more than twice as large as that of
Holland). Roumania, with a population
of about -1,000,000, has a parliament, taxes,
a public debt, an army, several lines of rail
way owned by the State, and an increasing
trade with odier countries. As a first step
towards converting his baton into a sceptre,
Prince Karl is about to assume the title of
"Royal Highness," and is understood to
have already nominated Ministers-Plenipotentiaries
to Vienna, Paris and Berlin.
This is said ta have been with the concur
rence, if not by the advice, of the Emperor
of Austria, who is stated to have deter
mined that Count Ladisla Iloyos, for some
time his Ambassador at Washington, shall
be appointed in the same capacity at Bu
charest
KKKEKAI. VOVIU
We copied, with comments, yesterday
morning, an editorial paragraph from the
Glebe-Democrat of Wednesday, censuring
Gen- Pope, unjustly as we believed, for not
acting more promptly in sending troops to
the frontier to protect the settlers from the
renegade ravaccs. The Globe-Democrat of
Thursday morning, had the following :
Lieutenant Morrison, of the 16th Infantry
TJ. S. A who Is at present on a leave of ab
sence rrom his post at Fort Reno, called at
the GUAte-Denoermt editorial rooms yesterday
to place himself on recond as not agree
Ins personally with the editorial In yes"
tenlay' paper blaming uen. Pope for the re
cent Indian outrage In Kansas. He said
that while he did not wish to definitely place
the fault where it belonged, he would like to
state that under the prevalllngclrcumstances
it was not in General Pope's power to avert
the calamity which had happened. The
commandant at Fort lleno. Major Mazner,
when be was Informed that the Cheyennes to
the number of about 190 men were strongly
Intrenched in the Band Hills, about fourteen
miles distant, sent a detachment of about
eighty-two men to watch them, but took no
muun to make a personal reconnolsance
of the ground. It was the universal opinion
ofthe officers at Fort Reno that if the de
,.hmnt ..f 125to 150 men na4 bren sent to
the Hand Hills with artillery, they would
have captured the heyennea. Mr. Morrison
stated that an Investigation ought to bad Into
thT.T;r.Tt..i th.r iritverehad. theblame
would not be found to rest co General Fope
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KMUI WHEAT,
The Philadelphia Titu , in referring to
the magniucent wheat crop of Kansas this
year, says
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isfaction noon Ui. ...Jr..T. i ....I.. u.e
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Fit A LTD!
When the Congressional Committee ap
pointed to investigite the "great fraud,"
made a demand uron the telegraph compa
ny for all the dispatches (most of.them in
cipher) bearing upon the question, the doc
uments were laid before the committee.
The most important of there or such as
Mr. Potter thought he could use to the best
advantage were retained by the commit
tee, and the others were turned over to Gen
eral Butler, to be again "sifted" by him,
with the understanding that he should re
tain those that in his judgment might be
"useful," and return the others to the tele
graph company. But it seems that the
word "useful" had a broader significance to
Gen. Butler than to Mr. 1 'otter, and he dis
covered, after mousing around awhile, and
casting his cock eye up and down among
the telegraphic hieroglyphics that there
were more things in heaven and earth than
Mr. Potter had dreamed of in his committee-room,
and that several of the aforesaid
things were lo be lounu in me tove men
tioned cipher dispatches; hence, inteqire
ting his authority under thetcrm "useful"
to give him a usufruct to the whole batch,
he quietly put them in his pocket. It is
now alleged, that when he concluded
to capture the Democratic par
ty of Massachusetts he made a
trade with the New York Tribune to the ef
fect that he would give that journal the ex
clusive use of the valuable information he
had obtained through the possession of the
cypher dispatches, if the Tribune, on its
part, would not interfere with his little
game in Massachusetts. That's the story
as tlity tell it down r.ast; whether it is
all true or not, we are of course not able to
say, but this much is unquestionable the
disp-tcbes were let in General Butler's
custody, and they are now being published,
together with the translations, iu the Tri
bune, much to the displeasure of Gramercy
Park and Manton Marble.
This explanation will lend interest to the
chapter on Florida which we copy this
morning from an editorial in the Tribune
of the 8th inst., and which shows conclu
sively that Mr. Tilden and his managers,
while they were making the whole country
resound with their cries of "Itepublican
fraud," were themselves trying to drive
a bargain with the Florida Returning
Board for the purchase, outright, of the
electoral vole of that State for fifty thou
sand dollars. Mr. Tilden agreed to pay
the price asked, and it is fair to presume
that the bargain would have been made,
and the vote transferred but for the fact
that the di-patch from Gramercy Park of
fering to accept the proposition, was so mu-
tillated in transmission that it was unin
tellegible, and be-fore it could be repeated
"time" was called, and Sammy's "barT'
failed to make him President.
This was a direct proposition to buy a
State, and the only point that the Dem
ocracy can urge in mitigation of the
attempted crime is that which the girl
plead in rrgard to her baby that, "the
State was onlv a little one."
. d.m: noBE i:r ' ur.
The people of Leavenworth have done
nobly in the work of raising contributioni
for the benefit of the afflicted South, but it
is our duty to call their attention to the
fact that it is necessary to make yet one
more effort. Any one who reads the tale of
woe the continued story of destitution and
suffering that the telegraph brings us day
after day need not be told that the de
mand for assistance still continues, and not
withstanding the fact that hundreds of
towns and cities, in other parts of the coun
try, are sending daily contributions of mon"
ey and supplies, there is still a loud call
for more than is received. We know the
people of Leavenworth, and we know that
their hearts and purses are neve-rcloed to
the cry of the needy and the illlicted, and
hence we know that all that is necessary at
this time is to call their attention to the
fact that although they have already done
much, it is required of them to do more.
We already have all the necessary machin
ery the preliminaries to the work were
all arrangtd weeks ago and all that we
need to do now is to call the society together
set the committees to work, aud make an
other canvass of the town. We know it is
unpleasant work to go from house to house,
soliciting contributions, but who could re
fuse to undergo a little iuconvenierce when
he might thereby mitigate, to some small
extent, at least, the unspeakable horrors of
the jiestilence which is laying waste one of
the fairest sections of the country. It is un
necessary for us to enlarge upon the hor
rors of the situation; the history of the
continent furnishes no parallel to it and
it is impossible for us, in our comfortable
houses, with good health, with business un
disturbed, and with plenty on every hand, to
conceive of turh a condition of affairs as
must exist in a city where the pestilence
rests like a pall over everything, where
every business is suspended but the business
of the physician and the undertaker, and
where the angel of death stands waiting at
every door. Blessed as we are with good
health, good business and general prosper
ity, we should not regard it as an irksome
task to 'gather up a little of our abundance
and send to the relief of those whose dear
ones are gone, whose hope is gone, whoe
occupations are gone, and who stand idly
and helplessly waiting, in the valley of the
shadow.
AIDIXn THE MIFFCRERS.
This is the way they conJuct the work of
collecting contributions in new York for
the yellow fever sufferers. The Tribune ol
the i'th has the following:
Have all your spsre clothing and beddlnz
ready for the Uenpr! Collection Committee's
waKons to-day. All authorized to collect will
present their certificates signed by the chair
man and countersigned ami sealed by the
Mayor and Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. It every bouse and store from
Fourth to Fifty-Ninth stret contribute.
A TIMELY WARXISIIi,
The In er-Oeam of Friday raoming re
views the result of Tuesday's elections,
and concludes with the following timely
warning to the Republicans of the Novem
ber states:
So far as learned, we lose three OoDeress-
men in unto, three in Indiana, two In Iowa,
while the retention In the tseniite of that ar
rant demagogue Voorbees,of Indiana, Is as
sured. TftrJtffrublteanjicrtmmtut make a bet
ter record than tAu in November. To that end
they need to cast all vain boastlntr, all idle
bickerings, and, rolling np their sleeves for
the fight, work harder than ever to win.
The men who Imagine that the Democratic
5 arty Is dead, or the National porty lifeless,
ecleve themselves and open the gates to a
surprise which they cannot arlonl. Both of
these organizations are ngbting desperately
In thlsad the other November Slates, and
will continue to tight without cessation nntll
the polls shall be closed. Repuullcana must
be equally active and equally vlgi'ant, or
they will have cause to melt Whoever at
tempts to make th-ra believe that the race Is
easT and the victory sure. 1 a dansrerons
counselor and not to be irusud. Let the Re
publicans mars in a, ana take warning.
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Jan m Ltllle Joke.
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Monday nieht, the Associated-Press
Atchison Patriot, 10.
'agent, at this city, sent off a long dispatch,
in which he gave Atchison and her business
a glowing ruff. It duly appeared in all
the papers, the next morning, but the tele
cranh editor of the Leavenworth Times
turned it into a rich burlesque, by sand
wiching the lollowing among the items
toacbed upon: "The new tailorshop, on
Commercial street, opened, to-day, under
very nattering auspices, with two jours, and
beach-room for two more. The price of s
patch on the seat has bees reduced to forty
cents." A. enromoaaa a parse oi niteea
ceatsinbeer checks hare been forwarded
to tU Tdob mam.
ir.-coi.. w. n. i.Etri.
The Post Chaplin at Fort Leavenworth
has sent U3 a copy of the Sandy Hill (Wash-
ington county, New York) Herald, of Octo.
ber 3, 1878, which contains a notice of the
late L-Col. Lewis, of the 19th Infantry, U.
S.Army. We gladly insert the notice in
The Times, with a renewed expression of
deep regret at the loes of that highly cs -
teemed and efficient officer
Our citizens were shocked by the an
nouncement on Sunday last that Col. Lewis
had died on the previous day near Ft. Wal
lace. Xkansas, iroui noun s roxitcu iu ia
gagement with the Cheyenne Indians. The
stricken family was paralyzed by the unex
pected and sudden bereavement, and the
news spread from house to house until eve
ry house in our quiet village was a "hou'e
of mourning."
W. IL Lewis, the eldest son of Henry and
Sarah Lewi, was born on Christmas day,
18:3, in the city of Mobile, Alabania,where
his family resided and remained until 1836,
when they removed to Sandy Hill, New
York. Here he became a student of our
common schools, where he' laid the founda
tion of the rijie scholarship to which he af
terwards attained. Under the private tui
tion of the Hon. Henry C Martindale, he
commenced and continued the study of Lat
in while he remained at Sandy Hill.
In 1S43 the Hon. Chai Its Rogers, then
representing the counties of Washington
ana l-ex. in mifl mate, in uonsres-a, M-cur-
-. . . r.. .
I his appointment to a catletshij. at A-t
thorough and searching examination, but
i oiui. a ""' I..H-H-1..U4..J .. -.
was rejected when It was ascertained that
he was but fifteen years and sir ruwitbs
old, the rule requiring the complete age of
sixteen years. LTton the recommendation
of Gen. Scott be wa, however, accepted
and admitted to the institution under a sus
(sension of the rule. He graduated honora
bly in 1849 and continued in the service
uninterruptedly for twenty-nine years, and
down to the d'oy of his death as ever at
his jHxt of duty.
His was a Jarge and varied experience.
He served in Texi.s, Florida, New Mexico,
Montana, Utah, and el-ewhere; whenever
and wherever he was commanded. He was
transferred to I'tah during the Mormon
troubles, and remained in command at
Camp Douglas for nearly four years.
Col. Lewis held an important command
in New Mexico at the commencement of
the late civil war. He felt treat anxiety
to be tran-ferred to another field of labor,
and to take a more active part in the war
for the Union. But the transfer could cot
at the time be eflected except by resigna
tion and re-nlisimcnt. His great exjie
rience in Indian matters and his protracted
service in frontier warfare rendered him
invaluable in the place he occupied, and
induced the government to retain him in
Xew Mexico. Such was his anxiety to en
gage in the work of crushing the rebellion,
that he tendered his services to Governor
Morgan, offering to resign and take com
mand of a militia regiment, if he would
secure him such a position. But his offer
was not accepted and he continued at his
post ; not, however, in idleness and dissi-
Jiation, ut in active and perilous service,
t was for gallantry and courage displayed
in a conflict with the Texan Confederates,
whom he routed, capturing their trains
and driving them from the terriiory, that
Capt. Lewis was promoted to Maji r. He
was the warm personal friend of Gen. Can
by, with whom he served long and well.
He was with Gen. Hancock iu the Xurth
West, acting as Inspector.
So faithfully had he discharged every
duty; sodiscretly and wisely had he ex
ecuted the various and delicate tasks allot
ted to him that the government believed in
and trusted Col. Lewis. When serious
trouble broke out at Little Rock, Arkansas,
demanding the exercise of discretion and
wisdom. Col. Lewis was trusted with the
power of the government. When St. Louis
and Chicago were convulsed by riot and
bloodshed, Col. Lewis was dispatched there;
and more recently, when it seemed certain
that the Mexican'bordcr was to be the scene
of strife threatening the peace of the na
tion. Col. Lewis vas promptly entrusted
with the duty of investigating and rerwrt
ing ujion the scources of the disorder. In
1SGS he was commissioned Lieutenant Col
onel, which rank he held at his death.
During his long and useful service, it
was his rule not to ask or seek any change
of post or duty, but to accept cheerfully
whatever was assigned him. Hence, his
transfers from point to point, to delicate
and perilous duties, to commands de
manding the exercise of wisdom, courage
and ability, were always made by those
who knew him to be fitted for such ser
vice. At the time of his death, Col.Lewis
was in command at Fort Dodge, Kansas.
He received his mortal wound on the bat
tie field, in September last, and died while
being carried to Fort Wallace, Kansas.
He was never married. ILs devotion to
his mother, who is prostrated by this
crushing lreavement, was untiriiased;
and his affection for his brother and sisters
seemed to retain all its youthful freshness.
In his manners he was inodest and retiring,
never alluding voluntarily to any of his
achievements. At home he always appear
ed in citizen's dress, seeming rather to be a.
boy again while revisiting the scenes of his
childhood, than a military chieftiau, proud
ly conscious well-earned laurels.
TIic:ond of a Sermon.
iniambers Journal
'That was a good sermon, was it not,
that we had lat Sunday?"
"True for you, ycr honor, an illigant
one! It done me a power of good entire
ly." 'I'm glad of that. Cm you ell me
what particularly struck you ? What a.
it aeout?"
"Oh, well," scratching his head, "I don't
rigntly not ju-t exactly know. I a I.
A' where's the use of telling lies? Sure I
don't remember one single 'dividual word
of it, good or bail. Sorra a bit of me
knows what it was about at all."
"And yet vou say it did you a power of
good?"
"So it did, sir. I'll stick to mat same
thing."
"I don't see how."
"Well, now, yer honor, look here. There
is my shirt that the wife is after wasking;
and clean and white it if, by reason of all
the water and the soap and the starch that's
gone through it. But not a drop of 'cm
all water, or soap and the gtarch, or uiue
has stayed in, d'ye see. And that's just
the same with me and that sermon. It's
run through me, yer honor, an' it's dried
out of me ; but all the same, just like my
Sunda) shirt-vl'm better and cleaner after
it"
Tfae Sontb. Doesn't Waul ttic tcr-
l'resiilrncy.
Inter-Ocean, 11.
Wade itamplon, in a recent speech, dis
poses of the proposition to make him Dem
ocratic candidate fcr Vice-President in
18S0. He advises the Southern States to
stand together, and in the next .National
Convention yield both places to the North
Commenting on this speech, the Charleston
Aire and Cora in says :
"The South can afford to concentrate
her effort! on the election of Congressmen.
With a majority in Congress favorable to
the strict adherence to the Constitution,
the South will be safe. Xo thought of
what the North may feel or say can lessen
Southern energy on this line. The nom
ination for Vice-President is not essential
to our happiness or peace. It can be had
by the South, but it will cost more than it
is worth, and the wiser way is to let it
alone."
In all this talk one point is significant.
The South will aim to send a solid Demo
cratic delegation to Congress, and, under
the circumstances, the importance of a
strong Republican majority cannot be over
stated. Tfa Time hsva Bees), Wtw stuck
Thiaga Would Have Been Danger-
Philadelphia Record, 9.
The time has been when two or three
hundred savages would have found it dan
gerous to carry war into a populous State,
with a railroad leading directly to the seat
of difficulty, and a well-ordered Govern
ment supposed to be in its right mind.
Iaslaeace la Fell all Over tae
Butte.
Sickle and Shear, 12.
The Leavenworth Times is doing a
Tast amount of good for the
Greenback doctrine, and its in
fluence in "that direction is being felt all
over the State. The good it is accomplish
ing is in a quiet way only as a newspaper
can but the results, it is to be hoped, will
speak like a 40-pobadcrja the future.
TIIKJUD 3IISOI'ltI.
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II Trracbrroun Current aud
Cbanglnir Channels.
Eiutoe Times: In continuation of the
subjtctof the characteristics of the Missouri
river discussed in The Times of Sunday
j last, I will endeavor to present in detail
1 some of the most important changes, with
theircausts that have taken place ia the chan
nel of the river iu our immediate vicinity
luring the last thirty years.
Caue", though apparently insigniCcant
have been known to divert the current of
the river from Its course. In fact the in
credible assertion that a tree lodged at
high water had affected this, was Touched
for by an old boatman, whose veracity so one
ever questioned. Certain it is, however,
iu uue ruici cnaoge oiien produces a
series of consecutive changes, extending
over a river line of several miles, all gov
erned by a simple well-known principle of
physics namely; a moving body turned
from its course by a resisting surface will
rebound or glide off on an angle equal to
the angle in which it meets the obstruction.
It Ha knowledge of this law and correct
application of it that determines the suc
cess of a billiard player. In the action of
water. remembcriL'2 that modifications will
I " !.--'. J au-v
I be produced by lr.jiion of the banks anil
. i ..;,.. f .i. v; ' i . . .:
esp3nt;on o i,s wce, it is easilr under-
i ki,mvi ti.at it n nvpr lnnk- af n rl n nrvinf
presents a mini,
permanent resistance to
ihe current it win iw (Kiitcteil with a per
sistant impulse that will finally establish a
channel iu yielding substances according to
this law.
I will rtler lo a change that set in mo
tion other changes extending througliyear,
modifying the currents in our immtdiite
vicinity until the destruction of our bridge
is now threatened.
In IS 1!S the current of the river pressed
against a point opposite Kickapoo bluffs
and rebounding slightly, it was anight and
broken by a nest oi snags immediately in
its Oiurte tnrowmg tin main force to the
left iutead of the nht and striking the
old l.i niling in front of Weston and the
Mulls Mow in such a manner as to scatter
its force over the broad surface of the
stream below with an impul-e to ihe right
so that before it could concentrate its force
and gain sufficient momentum to make im
pression upon the alluvial banks on the
(end below, it had turned the point and
again concentrated was rushing down upon
the landing of the Fort from whence it was
throm n towards the opposite bank passing
around Leavenworth Island.
In the autumn of the same year, 1843, a
government snagboat removed a number of
snags froui the channel and the uest, to
which reference has been made. Soon after
tha current irceptably shifted to the right
and gradually cut away a wide sand bank
extending nearly the whole length of the
island opposite, until 1S32, when a steam
boat in attempting to Ian I at the Weston
levee grounded. By 1S34, not only had
this immense sandbar been shifted from the
right to the left bank, leaving the Weston
landing high and dry, but a large portion
of the island itself had disappeared.
As these changes took place, the distance
of the river line decreased, finally leaving
the current a straight unobstructed sweep of
live or more miles ; so that the point of
its contact with the bluffs moved from Wes
ton down several miles. Thus, by concen
tration and momeutum and the change of
the point of contact, a much greater force
of water was thrown more directly upon
the yielding banks in the bend of the river
above the Fort, and which, after a pro
tracted struggle establi-hed itself on the left
in-tead of the right bank. It is this crumb
ling away of thU ban' that is now threat
ening our bridge.
Sometime before these alarming condi
tions developed, the current, ever suscepti
ble to slight imptils s acting under favora
ble condition-!, through the shifting? that
have justbeen traced in the channel above,
below th'e Fort reverted from the Mis
souri side, where it coursed in ISIS, to the
Leavenworth side, where it now is.
So that while the safety of our bridga
demands that the perishing bank hi pro
tected, it must not be done at the loss of
our levee. Experiments are dangerous. A
thorough knonledge of the lairs ar.d local
conditions regulating and controlling the
erratic .Missouri will, in the method adopt
ed for this purpt-fe, foresee the danger and
provide lor the security of our landing.
Let these precautions be neglected tnd k
will be a matter of only a fear months, or
at most years, when our city will be lift on
the ue-t margin of a sand bauk, aud boats
will again have the privilege of passing on
the east side of Leavenworth Island. This
is not alone a question of saving a few
hundred acies of fertile "oil, nr of protect
ing the bridge ilself, but one that mry en
volve incalculable interest to our cily.
True, the levee has not now a preponder
ant value, but there is a transition in prog
ress in carrying trade to the ocean that,
when fully developed, will render it im
portant to improve the navigation of the
Missouri river. So turely can this be
done, and that too to an extent to meet all
practical piirjHjses, that liefore a decade
tran-pirts our produce will Ik; carried in
barges and hots to St. louis and Xew Or
Ie?n, aud the heavier commoditsc that,
enter into our consumption, will reach us
through the same channel. Thin will the
landing be restored to its original import
ance with an enhanced value that cannot
be estimated.
Ir-ib!y I may at some future time con
tioue the sulijoc:. F. Haws.
lru.lli of tlie Oldest .TlinUler in llov
lol. lloston Travellers.
Died, in this city? Oct, Cth, of paralysis,
after a lingering illnos, the Rev. Xehe
mtah Adams, D. D-, aged 72 years and 7
months. At the time of his death. Dr.
Adams was the semior pastor of the Union
Church and Columbus avenue Congrega
tional Society, of this city ; and was the
oldct pastor in the city, having been pas
tor of the L'nion Church for forty-four con
secutive years; during all of which time he
has been universally regarded as one of the
ablest and most accomplished ministers of
the city.
Will Have to be Paid In Hard CasU.
Philadelphia Times, 6.
So steadily had the tide of exchanges
been setting against London, the balance of
specie for the last six months being actually
iu favor of the United States, that it only
needed the shock of the Glai-cow disastir to
turn her uneasiness into anxiety. Such a
feeling has existed in the British metropo
lis for the past week, and the dispatch of
yesterday announcing that money can be
plentifully obtained from France and Ger
many, so that apprehensions of a stringent
money market are allayed, means all that
its conclusion indicates. London becins to
fear that not only is there to be no flow of
tbe precious metals Ircni the American
mines into her coffers, but that the tide is
setting Westward and that, United States
bonds being no longer available, the bal
ances in our favor will have to be paid
actually and truly paid in hard cash.
DUIEDEGUS.
The dried egg business, though in i's in
fancy, so to speak, has already proved at
unbounded success, and the number of egg
used is said to be immense and continually
increasing. The eggs are carefully exam
ined by light to ascertain whether good or
not. and are then thrown into an immense
receptabie where they are broken, anl by
centrifugal operation the yolk and white
are separated from the shell very much as
liquid honey is separaud from the comb.
The liquid is then dried by heat, and the re
sult is a substance mucn resemuung sugar,
which is put into barrels and is ready for
transportation to any point, preserving
completely all its good qualities. It is an
equal for ordinary purposes to freshly laid
gs. "
Cenrresslooal Delegation, rrom la
dlansu Chicago Tribane, Id
A majority of one vote in Boone county
elects God love S. Orth, Republican, in tbe
Ninth Indiana District, br a maioritvof 26.
Last year Boone gave 100 democratic ma-
jw;,iU ICr.lUU VI I1KK UgUICB
would have defeated Orth- With his elec
tion the Indiana delegation stands six Re
publicans and seven Democrats, a Demo
cratic gain ot three, counting uela-uatyr,
the Matronal and Democratic candidate in
the Seventh District, as a Democrat upon
any and all occasions. The Legislature ap
pears to be conceded to the Democrats on
joint ballot, thus insuring the return of
Voorhees to the Senate.
.t'Cripplcd Soldier in Ibe Police
fun it.
New York Graphic.
"Drunk
said.
Yes; that's what the
P'Jieeman
Itelorin? I will when I am .le.-d.
A min that's short a leg nad arm
Don't need to give the cop alarm;
And drink drowns weary pain. I've found.
And helps a fellow crve-nnl bound.
I Steal' toqucnen liilc rea thirst?
If I was whole.you'j lis. -illy durst
To ask melhat. Judge llinush yon nre,
I fought with Sherman In the war!
this empty sleeve bore chevren then :
I wor 'em In the Devil's ;u-n;
And old Tecumeh thanked me, too,
And said I'd Klorilied the b'ue:
Aud only for ray wound", I sny,
l'.l been an officer that dav.
Tbe color-sergeant, Keteles.-Joe7
That's me. ot course, but how'.! yun know?
What! you led th- 'lio miner's 0n?'
You rode that maie. theklrlclu'n-in?
What! Yes by Iit'sreally liim!
Judge Colonel! naw, how dim
My iieepers get ! Uisrharxed ? Nolln?
Come to your house at one? To dine?
A mun once more, mon other men;
I tliluk I'll try to 1 1 e rhI ii I"
f
The Aitemps to si.nl riorida.
Xew yo.-k Tribune, S.J
The story toldjio-day by the translation
of ca;-tmed ciphfrdispatcl.es is not a pleas
ant one for any American to read. It is a
story of such disgrace atel shame that we
might well wish that ew .ii- ii-oi not ren
dered its telling uece-sir). Kv, rt citizen
must 4feel that it would Is? U-i.i fr the
good name of the Re,.ul;ie had i-.e contest
of 1S7G, with all its iii.ti.-t- pn-sions and its
crimes, been permitted lo p-tss from memo
ry. But the perais.c: t cry .f 'fraud," rais
ed from the very hour te vol of the peo
ple were lound to ie .i tor Mr. lilden,
and kept up to this l y ui C-.ngren to the
peril of the public ic-u, and e-lsewhtre to
the dishouorof the i-iiiiulry, has foiced an
investigation, not conducted, like the one
instituted by partisan in Congress, for the
purpose of hiding truth. The uinor of
"fraud" has cotn-el'ei! the discovery of the
fact1, and here they are. TLey show, in
brief, that the very men who have bun the
loudest and most srsistet in crying
'fraud" are those at whose door lies a "foul
crime against the country.
In brief, the translated dispatches show
that, in answer to Several aptieals for
money, sent to Jew lork irom rloruii on
the second day after the Presidential elec
tion, and to a request that "a good man
with an understood cipher" should lie sent
thither, Mr. John F. Cnyle, a notorious lob
byist of Washington, startid with the pre
cise ciphers afterwards um1 by all the con
spirators, and in them recorded his progress
southward to Jacksonville, Florida; that
his first work there was to arrange for tel
egraphic transfer of money, "vhenever de
sired, from Xew York to a bank in Florida ;
and that he then joined at Tallahassee Mr.
Manton Marble and C. W. Woolley, who
thereafter used in daily communication
with Gramercy Park, Xew York, the ciph
ers Coyle had brought. For a time this
trio labored only in perfecting Democratic
returns and proof', believirs. as the Dem
ocratic Committee of Florida had falsely
asserted, that the state had given l.uuu ma
jority for Mr. Tilden. They insisted, too,
at this stage, tnat the e-mvassing lioard
had full power to "purge" the county re
turns a power which ihey afterwards most
impudently denied when Republicans pro
posed to correct uemocratic iramls. fctead
ilv the visible majority dwindled to noth
ing, but the local managers held hacK to
the last large Democratic returns, and it
was believed that this was done in onler to
so alter tliOFe returns as to fecure a major
ity after the legal proceedings instituted by
the Democrats had compelled the-opening
and canvassing ot othir returns sent for
ward in time. This plot having faileJ, the
great crime began for which preparation
had been elaborately made.
The first cipher dispntch sent to Gramer
cy Paik by Mr. Coyle in which bribery is
distinctly named says; "My hope small.
"..Yu.'..Jj ita crtsA viUrra)l." O.i the same
day Mr. Mnntcn Marble tent the follow
ing: TAi.i.n.ss.Kr, Dec. 2.
Col. JVMn, .Vo. 1 Cr-rniy.v-rA .
HmejiiM receie-i iuoioltion to hand
over at any hour required illilen decision of
Hoard anil cerllHi-ate of Governor tor two
hundred thousaud dollars.
Three days a'ter, Mr. Manten Maible,
signing himself "M. M.," says, in an oinrn
di'patch : "Finished yesterday afternoon
resjKinsibility (as) Moses." Tito dispatch
es so signed are indisputably his. The
first proiiosition was deemed too high at
Gramercy Park, because on the previous
day Mr. Wooley had ttlegraphed :
Tai-aiiasfe, I'll,, Dec. 1.
IIkxkv II AVEMEYEiE, No 15, West mil street
N. V.:
IJoaid fetch mar mute nec-s-ary expense
of halt of a hurdred tlioussiid dollars Can
jousuy wilt diixisll in hank immediately if
ugretd. ro.
The identity of "Fox" is al-o proved
mu't conclusively, and the reply to this
bald and naked proposal was forwarded
with the signature "H." It informed "Fox"
that no money could be drawn before the
vote had lieen given. On the 3d of De
cember Mr. Marble telegraphed another
proposition.
Tallahassee, Dec. 3.
CWonrf II". T. J'clton, li Uniiurey ).
Proposition received eithr KivlnR vote of
Republican of Board, or his concurrence in
court action prevent li'i; electoral otetroni
belni; casi, for hall hundred best United
Slates documents. MosEs.
On the next day, Mr. roolley sent the
brief and direct inquiry :
Tai.lahas.ske, Dec. 1
Henry Jtaremryer, .Vo. 15 Went Kti M. -V. 1".:
May Wo"lley give hundred thousand dol
lars less halt lor Tilden additional lloixnl
Member. Lteu'enaut KuX.
Precisely the same proKsal, in different
words and in a different cipher, went to
Gramercy Park. The reply, sent at once
but so mutilated in transmission that it
conld not be read, caused a demand from
Mr. Marble, over his own signature, for a
repetition. After fatal delay, the reply of
Gramercy Park, which did not want to pay
twice for the tame vote, through Marble
and again through Woolley, was:
Siw Yorts:, Dec. 1.
Manton Mabule, Tallnliauce, J-ta.z
Proposition accepted If done only once.
Better consult with Woollevaud act iu con
cert. You can trust him. Time very Impor
tant and there should be no divided councils.
Here this case may be left to the deliber
ate judgment of a jieoide who do not love
hyiiocrite?, and deem bribery a crime. The
order to buy the Presidency was sent, but
the mutilation of a dispatch, apparently,
alone prevented the consummation of tbe
crime. There yet remains the still plainer
and grosser story of South Carolina. When
that is also told, the people of this country
will not be slow to form a final judgment.
The Jury C'onldu't Agree.
St. Louis Times, 10.
After the recent consolidation of tickett
in Iowa, which it was thought would "pus
a head" on the third party nonsense, it was
confidently believed that the Republican
delegation in Congress from that 'State
might be curtailed of its unanimity, and
one Democrat at least be elected. There
never was a-better opportunity than in tbe
Dubuque District, but Mr. Spangler, the
Greenback candidate, stubbornly refused to
withdraw, and ss a natural consequence,
Mr. Updegraff, Republican, goes to Wash
ington instead of Mr. O'Donnell, Democrat,
and the Sherman triumph is complete.
A Woman Willi JiwtkNs,
Albany Argus.
When a woman has a new pair of shoes
sent home she performs altogether different
from a man. She never shoves her toes in
to them and yanks and hauls until she is
red in the face and all out of breath and
then goes stamping aroutd, but pulls them
on part way carefully, twitches them off
again to take a last look and see if she has
got the right one, pulls them on again,
looks at ibem dreamily, rays tbey are just
right, then takes another look, stops sud
denly to smooth tut a wrinkle, twists
around and surveys them sideways, ex
claims "Mercy, bow loo-e they are," looks
at them again square in front, works her
foot around so they won't hurt her quite so
much, takes them off, looks at the heel, the
toe the bottom and the inside, puts them
on again, walks up and down the room
once or twice, remarks to her better half
that she won't have tbem at any price,
tilts down the mirror so that she can see
how they look, turns in every possible di
rection and nearly dislocates her neck
ttyiog to see how tbey look from that way,
backs o", Steps up again, takes thirty or
forty farewell looks, says they make her
feel look awful big and never will do in
the world, puts them off and on three or
foir times more, asks Her husband what
he thinks about it and then pays no atten
tion to what he says, goes through it all
again, and finally sayi she will take tbem.
V v w m 1 t
AS m w J wsw
mc FISH.
Clljnli fiat, Slate Treasurer ol ,UI.'
onrl. and J. W. fiercer. Cx-sfMiej
Treasurer, Indicted for Irregular!- '
tie In oince, ami Arrested. '
Kansas City Journal, 11.
Yesterday, Kansas City witne-sed the hu
miliating siK-ctacle of th arrest of the State
Treasurer of Missouri, Elijah Gates, aud
his predecessor, Joseph W.Mercer, loth Ink
ing charged with malfeasance in office by
deriving benefit from the depo-it of State
money, ihe tacts oi the arret will to-day
have been heralded thronph.ut the State
and the whole country ad will be commen
ted upon as showing the misrule attendai t
upon ihe Democratic ptrty which so long
has held control of the State ami has done
more to injure its good name abroad and
retard immigration than all other things
combined. It is but the following out of
tbe Democratic teaching that to the victor
belongs the spoils, and well the lyoty has
ueeu gsmercu. oi oniy nave me
STATE FUNDS
been used as aj-reat political lever, but in
terest has been regularly drawn and dis
tributed among the ring. Not only this,
hut as in the case of the failure of the Slate
National bank of St. Louis and tbe Mastin
bank ol Kansis City, many thousand dol
lars of the State "funds have ben ht
through the insufficiency of the treasurer's
bond.
Bit to the facts leading to
THE ARfi.3TS,
which, although familiar to residents of
this iortion of the State, are perlia!", but
little understood by thousands elsewhere,
who will lie anxious to learn of the minute
details leading to the- apprehension
in of two QVeihe lAXiJer.
the pres-J'-tilly Injur.d
., .. .si,!
smb. ilistinUL-lied personages as
ent and former state treasurers ot tjft
State of iissouri. Jackson county, a pirt
ot the Kighth Congressional District, is en
gaged in a shap liolitical controversy over
John T. Crisp, the nominee of the Demo
cratic party, and his opponent, a Dtmocrat,
who has been called out as an independent
candidate, and is to a great extent endors
ed hj the Republicans, who have no can
didate in the field. During the heat of
THE COXCROVKKSY
newspaper articles have been published and
charges made closely showing that interest
on State moneys deposited in the Commer
cial National and Mastin banks, of Kansas
City, now both things of the past, had been
paid to Mercer and Gates, in violation of
the law. These lacts becoming notorious,
a special grand jury was impaneled, anil
from their investigations resulted four in
dictments against Klijah Gates, State Treas
urer, charging him with receiving benefit
from the deposit of public money in the
.Mastin bank; also live indictments agamt
Jos. W. Mercer, former State Treasurer,
three charging him with receiving benefit
from State money deposited in the Mastin
bank, one for money received from the
Commercial National, and the fifth alleging
that he embezzled, stole, took away and ap
propriated S 1,173.10 belonging to the State.
The whole amount charged against Mercer
is Slo,029ou (in Jackton county alone) and
against Gates $-3,002 93. Wednesday the
SrECIAL GRAND JURY
adjourned, and warrants for their arrest
were placed in the hands of Marshal Lig
gett. Yesterday was to have witnessed the
sale of a lot of Kansas City water-works
bonds, forming a part of the assets of the
defunct Mastin Bank, and in which both
Gates and Mercer were interested, hence
their presence in the city. About 9 o'clock
in the morning Marshal" Liggett came
across Mercer on Main street, nearly op
Hjsite jiolice headquarters. He wxs e
gagtd in an animated discus-iion with a
few friend, and when quietly informed
that he must consider him-elf under arrest,
his face turned an ashen color and he trem
bled with trepidation. About the same
hour Deputy Marshal Hayes went into the
law cilice ol Gage t Ladd, where he met
STATE TREASURER GATE?,
who, when placed under arrest, maintained
a stolid exterior. Both pirties were taken
to the new court houe, Treasurer Gates
being accompanied by his attorney, Judge
Gage, and Calvin C. Burnes and Mr. O.
deu, both residents of St. Joe and friends
of the piisor.er. The meeting between
Gales and Mercer was not marked by any
degree of cordiality. Judge White stated
to the party that bis court had adjourned
until Saturday, and it would be necessary
to take their recognizance to appe .r before
him on that day and formally answer to
the charges contained in the several indict
ments. In each of the indictments charg
ing them with receiving benefit from the
deposit of public money, bail was fixed at
c3,0C0 each, making the total for Gates, on
the four charge", $12,000, and Mercer the
same, with exception that in the case of
embezzlement the amount of bail was fixed
at So.000, making the total for him $17,
000. Judge Gage examined the warrants
against his client, while Hon. J. V. C.
Karnes and Major Warner, who have been
retained by Mercer, looked after bis little
matter.
THE GATES IJOSI)
was at once arranged, being signed by him
self anil Messrs. Burns and Ogden. Mercer,
accompanied by Mr. Karnes and 1'eputy
Marsh tl Hayes, left for Independence,
where bondsmen were procured in the per
sons of M. W. Anderson and C. C Chiles.
On Saturday the principal action before the
court will be demurrers and answers to the
indictment, and probably the setting of the
day's trial.
In Mercer's caue it is understood that he
will be ready for a trial at the earliest os
sible date. What course will be pursued in
the Gates matter is not known, neither was
it possible to obtair a copy of the indict
ments against him. Suffice it to say that
the four indictments against Gate", charge
him with receiving from the Mastin Bank,
through C. C. Burnes one of the bond"men
noted above) and James N. Burne, consti
tuting r. firm known as Burnes &Co., sums
as follows: On May 10th, 187s, $17,003;
June 1st. $2,173 1C; Jnne 17th, $2,13220;
July 29th, $l,GC9.o7.
Tlic Kaniaa City Itevlew of Science
and Indimtry
We clip the following from the New
York Graphic of Oct. 2d:
Captain Howgate is preparing for publi
cation in the WcicmRexiexctf Science and In
dutlry, published at Kansas City, Mo., a
series of papers "On Arctic Legislation in
tbe United States," the first of which will
appear in the October number, which will
be issued about the loth instant. Captain
Howgate has made the subject of Arctic ex
ploration a profound study for years.
These forthcoming papers will, therefore,
be of great interest and importance to the
cause of Arctic exploration and physical
geography.
In addition to the above named article,
which will prove of decided interest to read
ers of all classes, the forthcoming number
of the Hexietc will contain the proceedings
of the Kansas Academy of Science, to be
held at Topeka on the 8th and 9th inst.;
two papers by Prof. C. V. Riley, one upon
"ilk Culture in the United States," and
one ujion '"The Philosophy of the Move
ments of tbe Rocky Mountain Locusts ;"
also the conclusion of the splendid essay of
Prof. Simon Newcomb upon "The Course
of Nature," which shews the absurdity of
any actual conflict between scientists and
theologians ; correspondence upon scientific
subjects from Paris, France, and various
portions of the United States; obituary no
tices of Prof. Eardwell, Thomas Belt, F. G.
S, and Prof. August Peterman, of
Germany; miscellaneous selections from
the prominent is riodicals of Europe and
America; notices of the best and newest
scientific books, etc, etc- making, all to
gether, an unually interesting and valua
ble number, equal, if not superior, to any
of its predecessors.
K-nmpiion will not EUfcct tbe leal
Tenders.
Philadelphia Press, 8.
It has been announced from the Treasury
that Resumption will not effect the "legal
tender" charatxSr of the greenback curren
cy, and that National hank notes will be
redeemed then, as heretofore, in United
States notes.
Jetin CtalDSman Between Two Fire.
Philadelphia Kecord.
Dr. Kallock, of San Francisco, is coming
East to lecture against the Chinese, and
Dr. Talmage has already taken up the
cndgels in their defence. We do not know
whether most to condole with the Chinese
on the assault of Kallock or tbe defence of
Talmage, Their situation is, indeed, miserable.
KANSAS NEWS.
i
Wheat looks well.
Political pot boiling.
A
, foil 121 cnts per bushel at OogcMis
i sion.
No fra-t of eonseqtience yet in the
State,
Candidates are unusually friendly this
season.
-he Wafan orc calls adventist
preachers crazy men.
Girard, in Craw ford county, has shipped
$49,000 worth of llax seed this season to the
East.
The Missouri River Baptist Church
Association met yesterday at Bethel, five
miles south of Leavenworth.
The Unhem'ty Ciurler published by the
Lawrence University students, is the latest
res- exchange on our table. It is neat and
attractive. We wish the boys success.
Tbe Apple Market. -Oskaloosa
Independent, 1-.
The crop of winter apple lis not very
large, and good ones sen readily at $1 tr
buhel.
Mcamboat HrtsliieM In the Wr-t.
Arkansas City Traveller, 9.1
Steamboat meetings will be held at sever
al places in the southern part of the county
his fall.
ITomoled.
iCtluinbus Star, II
Miss Annie Wilson, formerly a typo in
this office, is local literary editor ot the
br tbe tavlng-in ot a
Hank.
Columbus Star, II.
An unknown man, near Lowell, had his
thigh Lroken and was seriously injured
oiherwife.on Monday, by the caving in of a
clay bink.
Another Maniple of the Inllux.
Atchison Champion, 11.
Another train of emigrant wagons for
Western Kansas, passed through Atchison
yesterday. They drove fine stock, and bore
all the evidence of a well-to-do colony.
A Ills Yam.
Columbus btar, 11.
Mr. J. Youn, of Sherman City, present
ed us with a sweet potato, last week, which
weighed five pounds and two ounces. Mr.
Young says it was taken from a wagon
load, and is only an average one.
aTuuey Older Business at Osago ITIts-
-lon.
Neosho County Journal, .
The last 1,000 jiost-office money orders,
Irom io. 13,000 to 1 1,000, were tssued here
in five months and twenty-four days. What
town, anywhere about here, of our size, can
equal this '!
The Utli District.
Atchison Champ'.od, 11.1
The Republican committee for the Fifth
Representative District has finally deter
mined that deligates, to the District Con
vention shall beelected on Saturday even
ing, at the same time that delegates to the
County Convention are elected.
Tbe tirniii lluine at Farkville.
Il'arkvillo Kntcrprlse, 10.
On last Monday, at noon, forty wagon
loads of grain were standing in our little
city, waiting to be weighed and loaded in
to ihe cars lor shipment, Parkerville does
a larger grain business and pays better
prices for it than any other town in this
county.
4 licrob.ee County District Conrl.
Columbus btar, 11.
District Court commences a week from
next Monday. Ootolier 21st. There are
about 200 ca-es on the docket, twenty-five
or thirtv being criminal. The Judge can
only hold ci-urt three weeks, and it Iwhooves
attorneys, witnesses, &c to be prompt.
Sent a n .tlattrr f Corroboration.
Emporia News, 10.1
Jack Roberts has favored us with two
big sweet potatoes, the largest weighing
nine jiounds, and measuring two feet four
inches round one way, and one loot two in
ches the other way. We have shipped
them to Rochester, New York, to corrobor
ate tbe story that a Kansas sweet potato is
plenty big enough for a family dinner.
Tbe tall Season.
I J on County Clarion, II.
The prospect for fill wheat was never
better in this country at this season of the
year than it is now. The only drawback
is that many did not plow their ground un
til it become so hard that they had to wait
for rain which makes some of the crop
late. When farmers learn to take advan
tage of their opportunities success awaits
them in Kansas.
Auotber .Cough One on Kansan City.
Coluralms Star, 1I.J
Mrs. Willey, of Chicago, arrived in this
city last week, on a visit to her son. While
at "the depot in Kansas City she was robbed
of her purse and railroad ticket by some of
the cut-throats and thieves that infest that
place, leaving her penniless and alone in a
strange city, without even money enough
to telegraph to friends, and having to pawn
her trunk for railroad fare to Columbus.
Mitmucr County Want a Hallrond,
Ik-lie Plalue Monitor, 10.
We hear considerable railroad talk in
this vicinity of late, and from what we can
gather Sumner county is county is bound to
have a railroad ere lorg. The immense
wheat crop of this county is fast opening
the eyes of the teopIe in regard to our need
of railroad facilities, as well as to the prac
tical necessity of'making an effort to open
the navigation of the Arkansas river.
A Colt .'llstaUcn for a Ilecr and
Killed.
Cedarvale Times.
Sunday morning about daylight Mr. Wm.
Kygcr, of Hart's Mills, heard a gun shot
near his place. During the morning he
found a hne colt belonging to his father,
badly wounded, which had evidently been
shot that morning. The animal died the
same day. It is supposed that some one
hunting deer, mistook the colt for a deer,
and found out his mistake too late.
Good 11 utter Should Command a
Good Price.
Walnut Valley Times, 11.
Grade the bntter. Our merchants should
make a difference in tbe prices of butter. If
good butter is worth 20 cents, poor butter
is worth but I- or lo cents. It tbe same
prices are paid for all kinds of buer there
is no inducement to farmers' wives to make
a good article. There is some good butter
makers hereabouts, and they ought to get
good prices for what they make. Consu
mers will pay good prices lor good butter,
and we think our merchants ought to grade
all the butter that comes to this market.
Linn County Improving.
Linn County Clarion, 11.
Almost every day we see trains of build
ing material going into the west and south
west part of the county. Many of those
parties making those improvements are
new comers who have selected Linn county
as their future homes and are making per
manent improvements. Others are men of
industry and thrift who have by good man
agement saved enough to enable them to
abandon their primitive dwellings and tem
porary shelters for stock and erect good
substantial farm-houses and barns for the
comfort of themselves and families as well
as for their stock and grain.
Old Documents.
fWalnut Valley Times, II.
Mr. Andrews, of Prospect, hands us a
certificate of entry from the general land
office at Washington for a tract of land in
Wisconsin, which is dated May 1st, 1639,
and is signed by Martin VanBuren, Presi
dent of the United State: The certificate
is granted to Harry Cooley, a distant rela
tive of Mr. Ardrews. He also hands us a
Blank Bond of the Confederate States of
America, issued in 1S13, for $1,000. This
bond is printed on poor parer and might
be called ' fiat" scrip, as it says that it may
be reissued from time to time not exceed
ing thirty years. These are old documents
and look rather "queer," at this late day.
Exc-aafe ot Pasture.
IPaola Spirit, 10
Rev. W. O. Kreteinger, for the past year
has been in charge of the United Brethren
Church at Fontuna and vicinity, has
changed his relations and joined the Pres
byterian Church, at the recent meeting of
the Neosho Presbytery at Humboldt. He
will take charge of the Presbyterian con
gregation at Fontnna, and under his labors
we shall expect to see the society grow in
numbers and influence.
A aiaglar Accldeac.
Walnut Valley Times, IL1
Mr. Vincent, the gentleman spoken of in
the Timet of last week as vising Eldorado
from Connecticut, met with quite a dis-
tressiog accident last Monday. It seems
that he had beea up West Walnut, on
horseback looking at the country. On re-
turning home, and when about a mile and
half above town, he passed a wagon with a
hay rack on it, there being an axe near the
I outer edge.
I.y some means the horse shied
up against the
wagon, bringing Mr. in
cent leg against the axe, and almost before
ne Knew ii a teartul gash was cut crosswise
in his leg just below his knee. The blood
flowed freely, but Mr. Vincent kept the sad
dle and rode into town without assistance.
Dr. McKenzie was called and dressed the
wound, and Mr. Vincint was taken to the
residence of Mr. Leland, where he will
likely be laid tin for some days. Mr. Yin-
cent is a very estimable young man, and
the accident is certainly as unpleasant as
unfortunate to him.
Valuable Informntlon.
Arkansas City Traveler, .
By request we publish the receipt for the
celebrated Texas "P.ack Oil," so successful
in healing ugly sores on horses and cattle
especially about the feet :
Oil of turpenti ae, one pint ; raw linseed
oil, one-half pint; Barbadocs tar, six
ounces ; oil o: vl'nol, one-half ounce ; mix
together, and when cold add one onnce of
oil of origanum. It is then revdy for use.
ln Excursion Party Trom Clyde, In
Cloud County, Visit Kansas City.
Kansas City Journal, I0.J
The excursion party from Clyde divided
up yesterday to "do the city." Many spent
the day at the stock-yards and packing
houses. A number of the excursionists
were present on 'change yesterday morning
and manifested much interest in the call
board. Some took carriages and rode
around the city and all came in last even
ing well pleased with seeing the sights and
hearing the sounds of the ambitious young
metropolis of the New West. The "party
put up at the Pacific House. They start
for home at half past ten this morning.
The following are the names of the party as
taken from the hotel register :
L. W. ISorton, Mayor; Miss M. II. Ran
sopter. Miss Langworthy, A. W. Campbell,
W S Canon, K Kennedy and wife, L R
Farnham, S A Sale and wife, G W Bosel
trec, C E McDonald, T E Tester, W R
Leonard, T II Boynestone. S II Barron.
Jacob Frederick, R II Vining, I M Jones,
U 11 Ilaynes. .. Deheclc, J 11 Uutt, ' K.
Peter, j'H Martin, C L Hathaway, J. Sop
linger, Frank Gaynon, W Borland, S. Ros
bit, A Humelle. F. Gerard, J as. Hall, A R
Condell, G W Bartlette, Col. Morrow, Fred
Henn, M. B Harris.
An Iniane .Han on the It am pace
Emporia Ledger, I0.
On Friday last an inmate of the poor
house, named Joshua Bogue, escaped from
that institution and on tbe road near Moon
creek he met Benjamin C. Pritchard in his
wagon with two children and a load of
vegetables coming to town. Pritchard
kindly addressed Rogue, wl.cn the latter
rushed and struck Pritchard over the head
with a heavy club, accompanying the ac
tion with oaths and threatening to kill
him. Pritchard was much frightened and
begged Bogue not to kill him, but the lat
ter was about to strike again when the lit
tle boy in the wagon, seized the lines and
struck the horses, starting him quickly and
just in time to save the grandfather another
blow from the cruel club. Mr. Pritchard
had an ugly gash on his head, which was
sewed up by Dr. Lawrence, and the old
gentleman is doing well, but thinks he
would have been murdered but for the
timely action of his little grandchild.
Bogue went on to Patty's mill, and there
declared his desire to kill Cyrus Stout, oce
of the proprietors, and said he went there
for that purpose. John Carter was in the
mill at the time, and drove Bogue away be
fore he had an opportunity to see Mr. Stout.
Iiogue is insane and thinks that Stout,
Pritchard and others were instrumental in
sending him to the oor house, and he
threatens with death all who had a hand
in it.
Another Version ol the Indian
Trouble.
Kansas City Times, 12.
Last night's train brought to this city
from tla) west a well-known officer of the
United States army, who was with his com
mand of the 23d Infantry through the long
chase of the Cheyenne Indians, from about
the time they crossed the Kansas Pacific
track near Bufialo station until they sepa
rated on the Platte river. The officer sta
ted that the troops did all in their power to
intercept the Indians, but the savages were
mounted on ponies til to prairie country,
while the soldiers were mounted on green
horses; but notwithstand this the troops
made 300 miles in nine days. A good deal
has licen said about the engagement in
which Lieut. Col. Lewis was killed. At
the time of that fight the Indians prepared
an ambuscade for the soldiers, and, all told,
Colonel Lewis had three companies com
posed of yj men, The Indians had three
times that number, and, although entrench,
they were obliged to leave their rifle pit
and continue their march. As to how the
Indians became so well armed was explain
ed. It seems that when the Cheyennes
were taken to the Indian nation in lb77, by
the treaty under which they surrendered,
they were termitted to retain their arms,
although Gen. Pope advised against it.
They were placed on a reservation near Ft.
Reno, on the north fork of the Canada riv
er, and it was known of before hand that
they were going to leave, but there were
not troops enough to stop them. They left
one niht about 11 o'clock, and were miles
away before word was carried to Ft. Reno,
some 12 miles distant. A large detachment
of the 10th Infantry returned to Ft, Riley
from Wallace yesterday morning, while two
companies of the 23d Infantry were expec
ted at Ft. Leavenworth last night.
A Hearties .Tlnrder at Olatbe.
Western 1'rojress, 10.
One of the most brutal and unnatural
murders that has ever been heard of was
committed in the eastern part of town lart
Tuesday. The principal character 'in this
revolting tragedy is Martin Jabbers and the
victim was, Anthony Jabbers, a young
man eighteen years of age. For some time
considerable dissension has been existing in
the family, so much so that Jabbers, the
unnatural husband and parent, was induced
to accept a division, of their property on
condition that he lesve the remainder of
the family in possession of the farm and he
never to return. He returned, however, a
short time since and has been hanging
around until the day on which the crime
was committed. It appears that he and
Anthony went to the held together in a wa
gon lor the purpose of husking corn and on
their way he took from his pocket three figs
or as the son claimed berries,eatingone him
self and giving the others to the young man
who also ate them. He was soon seized
with spasmodic convulsions and was taken
by Jabbers and lain across a com row with
his head and feet in the furrows on either
side, in which position he was accidentally
found by a young man named Hendricks,
who happened to be passing through the
field. The father was at the same time on
his knees beside him and holding his hands
across his breast. When asked by Hen
dricks as to the difficulty, the young man
replied that he was poisoned, that his father
had killed him. He called for a doctor
and some water, but before any assistance
could arrive he died, accusing his father of
the murder, and'bis last words were "hang
him." Jabbers was immediately arrested
and placed in jail. A post mertem exami
nation was held Wednesday and the coro
ner's jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facts. The body was buried
Tuesday and the stomach sent off for chem
ical analysis. What could have been the
motives of the murder cannot be surmised.
unless it was that Anthony had assumed
control of the farm and the old man thought
by getting him out of the way that he
could come back. However, this is only a
conjecture. After the arrest, Jabbers at
tempted ihe insanity dodge, and his exami
nation has been postponed nntil next Wed
nesday, when further developments will
probably be revealed.
Conrreratlenal Associativa at Cen
tral la.
Cor. Atchison Champion, 12.
The Northern Association of the Congre
gational Ministry and Churches, met at
Centralia,Oct.8-9. The following members
were present :
Rev. L Pomeroy, of M-scotah ; Rey R B
Guild, 'Bier. Geo. Bent and Hon. Geo. Gra
ham, of Seneca ; Rer. DanX KIoss and Mr.
E Benfer, of Highland : Rer. G W Skinner,
of Hiawatha ; Rer. II L Howard, of Ham
lin ; Rer. M W Fnnt and Chas. Alrord, of
Centralia; Rer. F T Ingall and Saml.
Hollister, of Atchison.
The opening wamtm was preached by
Ber. F. T. IsgaUa'Md tha aanciaiional
sermon by Lev. 1'aniel Klc?s. ibe usual
niisceltanious business was transacted, and
I the f.illnvtin- tnniis. prs presented and dis.
! cussed : "The Training of Sabbath School
. Teachers," by Rev. R B. Guild ; "Some
' Bent fits of Denominationalism." by Rev.
.If. W. Shaw; "Improvements in Public
- Worship." br Ilev. G. Skinner : "Mutual
I Decadence and Resgionsibility of Members
I
of the Same Church," by Rev. II. L. How
ard. Rev. L. Pomeroy, read a paper on the
"History of the Church at Muscotah."
The association tmobdietl the results of
their discussions iu the following resolu
tions: Radial, In as much as the value and
efficiency of the Salbath School depend
largely on the labors of consecrated and
intelligent teachers ; we recommend adult
bible classes and teachers meetings as valu
able help in this work, and that we urge
upon teachers in the Sabbath School the
duty of securing a general culture and
such special preparation upn the lesson to
b. taught as shall tit them for the highest
success in the work.
Jiescleed, That we endorse no denomina
tionalism inconsistent with Christian unity
ad with he most generous rivalry. At
the same time we recognize the fact that
there is room for diversity of opinions, and
ot modes of worship in the different edu
cation, tastes and nicdes of thought among
dillerent men, and we believe that denomi
nations is to be desired rather than dead
ness or ecclesiastical tyranny or dissensions
among members of the same church.
JicallceJ, That while we feel the dictates
of piety is largely met by worshiping God
in spirit and truth, we believe that variety
and attractiveness may be added to the ex
ercises of Public Worship so as to quicken
our enjoyment and not hinder God's glory.
The Association passed the usual resolu
tions of thanks, and adjourned to meet at
Seneca in April next.
Kansas is now enioying. The town is grow
ing and the country around is improying
steadily.
Proceeding ot tbe Emporia flible
Institute.
Wichita lieacon, 9
The Bible School Institute opened its ses
sion Tuesday last, in the Presbyterian
church. Rev. A. II. Iickey,the conductor,
occupied the stair. The welcome was made
by the Rev. J. P. IIaron. IU:v. J. E. Plat
ter, of Winfield, then read a paper on the
subject, "How to Train Our Young Con
verts." Dr. Humble followed with a paper
o.i "Bible Normal Schools," which was gen
erally discussed. Rev. Iickey then read
an essay on "How to make the most of a
Prayer Meeting.
The Institute then took a recess, after
which the memlicrs engaged in a song and
and Bible s-crvice, led by the conductor,
with Miss Jennings as organist. Miss Mat
t'e Itckey presented a paper on the subject
of "Women s Missionary Society," a prac
tical, original and able effort. From it was
developed, that the Women's Missionary
Societies of the Evangelical churches
of this country had given $2,500,000
in the last nine years to foreighn mis
sions ; alof the Woman's Board of the
Presbyterian church has 759 auxiliaries,
supports 300 lady missionaries in foreign
lands, and gave last year, $12,000 to this
work. Pastoral Visitation was the next
paper, read by Rev. F. P. Berry, of Wel
lington, and a paiier by Rev. E. P. Foster,
of Florence, entitled "The Pastor a Stu
dent." The morning session consisted of a song
and Bible service and Rev.T-I). Walker.
of'Peabody, on "Doctrinal Preaching."
The Institute then closed and the session
of the Presbytery of Emporia lormally
opened. The reti. ing moderator. Rev. A.
I Mann, gave a d'scourse on "The Duties
of Ruling Elders in the Presbyterian
Church.''
The time, on Wulnesday, was occupied
with the routine work of the Presbytery.
In the evening, Rev. Lackey hcl I forth
upon "The Partakers of the New Testa
ment," consisting of running commentaries
upon passages of Scripture, bearing upon
the Eubject. The exercises of the evening
were concluded with a paper on "Compara
t:e Merits of Written and Extem(orane
ous Preaching," by Rey. M. M. Pecock, of
Eldo.ado, and a dl-cussion of the same,
participated in by Revs. Kirby, Clark,
Platter and Berry.
Tai' UbatS tbe flatter WiiU "li
Hogs.
fKxchauge.I
Dr. Alfred Dunlap, one of the Govern
ment Commission to investigate the diseas
es of swine, has been making a tour of
counties in Iowa, having been through
Adair, Dallas, Guthrie and Madison coun
ties. He says that a large proportion of
the reported hog cholera is not tint dis
ease at all ; in fact, there is but very little
cholera among hogs. The disease which is
decimating the hogs so rapidly is the re
sult of bi.1 treatment, care and keep, and is
simply malarial, or a fever of the tyrhoid
tye, and comes from filth. The doctor
says it is no wonder hogs die. Wherever
he found hogs in liens, the jiens wire nasty,
never cleaned, and if there were not pecs,
the hogs were kept in nasty fields, and in
all cates fed sourgrass or clover, sourslops,
and allowed to roll in stagnant, dead, filthy
pools, and many of them are fed in these
filthy ces3-iools.
Tu -lend Movci at lloiue.
Cor. Arthur's Home Magazine.
The fire brick of our cooking stove "gave
out" and none was to be had nearer than
Philadelphia. A friend gave us a recipe
which we find works well, though we had
litttle faith in it at first. We mixed a cup
of salt with two of coal ashes, wetting it up
with water. This was applied to the inside
of the stove in the place of the fire brick.
It hardened in a few hours ami answers as
well as brick. Cracks in stoves may be
mended the sime way. A large pail
used for taking up ashes had be
come tco full of holes for use, but
was so light and handy we did not like to
give it up. We pasted stout cloth over the
bottom, outside and in, ami covered the
cloth with a thin cement of salt and ashes.
It is a first-rate ash pail still, and hot ash
es do not burn out the cloth. Mending tin
with cloth may be a new fashion to some,
but it works very well. I know a coal
scuttle that has done good service for five
years since it was pronounced 'worn out,'
simply by having a piece of cloth patched
on with thick flour paste. It needs renew
ing about twice a year. A lady told me
that she mended a big dishpan by covering
the bottom with white paint and then put
ting on a piece of while cloth which she al
so covered over with paint. She had used
it five years then, and it is not more than
eleven years ago, so I presume she is using
it still, as she was not a woman much giv
en to change."
rioivera and Plants.
Cor. Chicago Tribune, ".J
I laving already described the treatment
of oxalis anil hyacinth, I cow proceed to
speak of other winu r-blooming bulbs.
Narcisssus This is next to theshyacinth in
jioint of beauty, fragrance anil value. They
are divided into three classes the polyan
thus, jonquill and dallodill varieties. Of
these the jIyanthus and jonquill are best
for house cnlture, while all are suitable for
gardens. House culture is the same as for
hyacinths, but for the garden, as the bulbs
for many of them are quite small, four
inches deep anil the same apart is about
right. The polyanthus variety is well
adapted to culture in glasfes as recommend
ed for hyacinth", or they may be grown in
sand, or in damp mo.
Crocu3 Few ot my readers but know
this beautiful flower. They are so cheap,
to eaily grown, that scarcely any one need
be without a dozen. Th colors are white, V.
bine, yellow, striped "and perple. IThey
may be grown in pots, boxes, plates of sand
or i'n the pretty devices such as bee-hires,
elephants, etc, to be found at seed-stares.
Any good garden earth will grow them.
Plant one inch deep, and put the-bulhs
close together; water and set away4n a
dark place till growth commenccthea pat
in warmer temperature for-blooming.
Here let rae tell how I hare bnilt a" pret
ty bulb garden. I got a hat: about three
inches deep and length Wsoitray1rlow'
width six to eight inches. -flM-ff filled
tiits with good sandy soil, I phu-T through,
the center hyacinths ad tulips alternately
then, for a border, crocuses and snowdrops,
with a few scillas and oxalis. Every win
ter this proves a this of beauty and source
of delight to allho see jk. ay preparing
another box in a similar way, a little later,
these flowers of this second one come la . f
when the formec-e donebI0-Tof.so that Jf
all winter I hare flowers, and -Mrfeadfo
little care in comnns-pkk otMrhouM
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