The Western Observer from Washington, Kansas • 2

YKKKT KBI'OUTX. AT LAST. I June 18th the War Department had a I Jilt mill llltlt a.uijl i I lii I in our ows office and feeling at uraxioi i tion of which was for military pUfpfMM bom. We don't want to feel proud, but M. J.

KFMLY, Uultor. THURSDAY. JUNK 24, JS69. ou ibe plains. On the morning of the ISth the Ben Franklin Printing Office, Indianapolis, whs destroyed by lire.

Loss on building and material, $2 1,000 iusurance, Terre Haute, Indiana, has a preacher after working as hard as wo have iu order to get an oflico of our own, wo arc inclined to feel good all over. Hereafter we shall be Hide to do better work, do it tauter and with more Mtf it ud comfort than wo could in the Sx concern we have just left. We now invito all to call and see us, and we believe THE "I8TS" AGAIN. Tho Lawrence Homo Journal goes for an ami tho Common wealth on the its." It wants us to lru the "ist" win. in ii lijiuor L'auirer in the revenue Af.hUou Ilcfull Mnrkcit Price oi ii At Provjgloiu.

9 Coffee Kio, fair, per prund, JLt choice, 2 1 parched, 8i idd Government, Sugir lark brown, per pound. 4tf ot Porto Hico, 17 Xew Orleans, 171; clarified brown, li; crushed and pul-vomcd, 20 New Vork A and Belcuor o. 18, Flour XXX. fall wheat, per sack, 70 XXX sjirlng, (0 choice fami-I; i superior, 2 5U com meal, or bushel, M. Provisions IJulfer.

per pound, 20-25 cts cheese, 2.r lard, 20 eggs, per dozen, I52fl otf.j potatoes, per 50 hams, sugar cured, per pound, 17; guouldurs, new, 11; aides, ourcd, 17. Tons Gunpowder, best, per pound, $2 Imperial, I SO Young Hy sou, 175; Japan, 1 50. Syrups X. 0. sugar houic, per gallon, (56 Belcher's syrup, SO golden syrup, HO; sugar loaf molasses, $1 25; sorghum molasses, cts.

on Methodist and other words ending i wbow thcm ncut liuIo with "int." Now we do not propose to I Qfflofl cjm foun(l jn th(J To use "ist" in a vulgar way as in "walk- m0wlMkti MilJefJ men generally int, talkist," as the Journal is in I wuud thftt ar(J J)r0pttrci tu a habit ot uomg. iiiv bill heads, letter 4 I service. Tho Express, in answer to some objection as to the incongruity of tho arrangement, thinks he must be a poor preacher who could not be trusted to gauge whisky. The Unitarian lion and the Methodist lamb are lying dowu together in the sweetest harmony at Mendvillc. Pcnn.

Methodist and Unitarian ministers exchange pulpits there and the Meth- heads, Ac, as neat and cheap as any If" mAmm esir UKIDGEg AND ROADS. We have long refrained from saying anything in regard to bridges and roads odist professors of Alleghany county in this county in hopes that something aid in the ordination of Unitarian have seen a point in his take off, but no one else- He could not even close his article without pitehiug into John Spccr of the Tribune. WASHINGTON. Last week we promised to devote a Met of our space each week to Washington and its interests. Wo do not wish our cotcniporarics or others to think that wo are boasting for wo are not when wo say that Washington is located in one of the best agricultural ami mineral districts in the State.

The Dried rruits Apples, per pound, 1.1 (Jit 16 peaches, prunes, 20; would be done. But us there appears to ministers. be no disposition on tho part of any THE PROSPECT. With all its drawbacks with an Indian var upon our one to tako hold of tho matter, we believe it our duty to speak. At the next meeting of the Board of currants, 1618; cherries, pitted, 60; cherries, not pitted, 25; layer raisins, 20 figs, 30 cove oysters, per half can, I deem tho above the best way to on-eourago the printer and advertise my business, and shall correct it weekly.

John Cami'kkll, Deaicr in groceries and provisions, County Commissioners the road from WMtflrn frontier, and All Utl- tw If pMly. Tta. ta. I WJtoWll. b.

condition of affairs in been one building finihcrl during tne permanently locate and an nppropria- rtv he southeastern portion of tiou made for bridging Mill creek, so that Washington county can boast of one bridge at least. As it is, there is not, a bridge in the county. T1un. no-iiin. thnro should and must tho State this bids fair to be the most prosperous year Kansas has over known.

We present week, and three more put under wiiv. Men of capital have located in uud near our thriving city within tho last few days, and everything is looking up. We predict a brighter future for Washington than wo dare here put on paper. be a bridge built across the Little Blue are uy rawiviug aim jfuu at or near Hanover, and a road located lishing Communications from to that thriving town. Hanover is various portions of the State.

THE REASON WHY Our readers will have to excuse tho late appearance of tho OnsmiVKR this week is, our paper did not coino in on time. It should have been in on Tuesday evening but tho team came in and no paper. Through the kindness of Mr. twelve nines oi iins wwu, ou nnvu the citizens in that vicinity want to visit the county seat, they are compelled to travel at least seventeen miles, which is outrageous. If the Board does nothing at its com ing session the road east will be closed, and then a man living one mile east of town will have to go from two ard a half to five miles in order to gat in-to town.

Now in regard to bridges, we only have to say that they must sooner or (I. T. Thompson we got a horsq, and rodo down to Waterville, twenty miles, in the night; early Wednesday morning got our paper, tied a bundle on our saddle and then walked back, leading our horse and for our loss of sleep and hard talking, tho many readers of the Ob-f Kit vkk have the pleasure of reading their paper as usual. Wc now have a large stock on hand, and hope to never and all ot these unito in saying that the crops were never more promising. This is the universal testimony.

It is a particularly fortunate circumstance at this period of our existence, for there are three thousands of new settlers coming in who will share in the general prosperity, and feel constrained thereby to give a good report of us to their Eastern friends. There is also constantly traversing through the length and breadth of the State a large number of "prospectors," who have como with a view to future locations for themselves and others, and these cannot later be built, and that tbo sooner they arc built the better it will bo for the whole community. A large amount of trade that at present goes to Marysville and Waterville would then be drawn to this place. Let us have a bridge across the Little Bluo and one across Mill creek, and roads opened leading north; and south of town. Commercial street, Atchison, Kansas.

Washington Retail Market Corrected weekly by Kockefelcr A Collins. The following ore the presont currents prices of staple articles in this markets Sugar Brown, 10a20 crushed; 22 cts. Cotfee Choice Rio, 30 cents. Rice, 16 cents. Syrup New York, per gallon $1 30 Golden, 1 75.

Tea Imperial, per pouwd, $1 60a2B Young Hyson, 1 75a2 20 Dried Fruit Apples, per pound, 20 peaches, 22. Potatoes, per bushel, $1 25. Grain Corn, shelled, per $1 25 oats, 85 cents. Flour Spring wheat, por sack, $1 50 a5 00. Provisions Butter, per lb, 1518 cents lard, prime, 25 hams, 25 bacon, 21 beef quarters, 6aS eggs, per dozoili, 15 cents white beans, per bushol, $6.

Domestics Prints, per yard, 12Jal5 brown muslins, 12ia20; bloaohed muslins, 15a20. Hard wood, por cord, $3. Lumber Cottonwood, per $25 oak shingles, shaved, cottonwooii shingles, 3a5. For prices pine lumber sec loca! pago Road Notice. Notice is hereby given that there wil be presented to the Board of County Commissioners of Washington county, Kansas, at their meeting to be held in July, 1SG9, a petition requesting that they cause to be viewed and located a certain road commencing at or near tha southwest corner of section 8, town 5 rango 4 east, intersecting tho county road at or near Cedar Creek.

C. T. Hot, LOWELL. Eagle House, (South and opposite R. R.

Depot,) Kansas This house is provided with first class beds kept always in a neat and clean condition for the accommodation of the travelling public. Its table is constantly supplied with the best the market affords. A comfortable stable oa the premises which is at all times furnished with feed and an attentive hostler. Terms reasonable and lowor than at most frontier hotels. HENRY AGLE, Propr.

We are reliably informod that tha Central Brahch U. P. Railroad is to bo completed to a point at or near Washington during the present year, and in view of the fact Gard Newcomb of Atchison have purchased tho largest stock of goods ever brought to Kansas, and intend eupplyinr; tbo country cVapet ttaw ever. lV.m. but be charmed with the bril be short again.

Who wouldn't publish a paper on the frontier TIIE DEED COXPOINDS." "According to the wiso provisions of an ancient custom, tho cadets at the United States military and naval schools are designated by tho members of Congress from the boys of their respective districts. The place which some ambitious boy from Kansas has a right to bold at tho Annapolis naval school has been filled by a young man by the name of Babcock, from the State of Ohio, nominated by the Hon. Sidney Clarke, -who is supposed, by a few credulous individuals, to represent Kansas in the United States Congress. We can imagine we hear this Kansas Congressman soliloquising, as ho sends in the name of this Ohio boy I have done the State some service, And they know Leavenworth Bulletin. You arc not the only one confounded.

It is a disgrace that Kansas cannot have a representative in Congress that ill do something for the State. There re, no doubt, plenty of young men in Kansas who have as good a. right to an education in the naval school at An- liant prospects afforded them on every hand. If Kansas ha not grown as rapidly as her friends could have wished, it has been because the attention of the country has not been attracted to our rich prairies. Now the case is otherwise The State is being thoroughly explored, our numberless advantages are beginning to be appreciated far and near, and thus the foundation is laid for a growth SEWS IN BRIEF.

Troubles in Georgia still continue. Ex-Secretary Seward and family have gone to California. Gen. Jeff C. Davis is to be relieved of the command of Alaska.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, is claiming to bo a seaport town. Parson Brownlow has declared himself in favor of universal suffrage. St Louis has floating steam fire engines to protect shipping and tho levees in case of lire. Gen. Harney has been relieved from activo service and returned to tho retired list.

The Navy department has ordered more iron clads to join the Gulf squadron around Cuba at once. Gen. G. II. Thomas has refused the lift of a house and also a public dinner.

which will be both rapid and enduring. Commonwealth. Fruit trees should be planted on the highest ground to protect tho crop! (rem frost apolb as a boy from Ohio. Vl hope that Kaiis.t:- wlH hereafter choose its li from attiong ltd own neo-inj iui ax. (wok torn other The "Rock of Cbicamaugua" not the ttnt! to be hoOfffU..