The Holton Argus from Holton, Kansas • 1

The Ilolton Argus. I'LMJIJSIIKD l.VKKVf AT IIOU'OV, JACKS tfAsI C. cml To whom communication! ilinuld Ai-iAi Ortwe is rtiBitor's Hmi.Dixn, Vf est (5lH 1'UUMO fc'iJlARB. Tho Holtou Argus. Argus TIIE AKOU8 puMUn.4 Wukly, and lwiu Awa lli oa Friday Subserlutloa Prlof, $2 00 per Annum, PATABLI IN ADVANCf.

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Column. 830 fao Column, ao 60 Oaa-quarur Column, is Inclic, (. 15 1 Inch, 'HEW TO TIIE LINE, LET THE CIIIP8 FALL WHERE THEY MAY." i. Volume I. rrJIOLT0N, KANSAS, MAY 30, 1877.

Number 9. TUG GREAT FLOOD. wed a girl who las no fortune of ber Basinets Cards. JhTeu For Any Emergency. When tbe ox-general of the Uni STATE NEWS.

Hoavy rains all over tbe State. Tom Osborn is in Washington. Two mon In Nemaha county, re- We Never Know. Wo novar-know now k'rfow VV tilth of our lovod may shortly go, bother the blue eyes or ihe gray, Shall eoopnit the light of day, Whether brawn eyes or tho biack TI10 luMre of life bull soonest lack. fingers of tho oak graspod and stretched forth, like a gift or bless-ing, above the heads of the two young poople bemoaning its fatof Walt, scrambling up tbe rough mass of interlaced fibres and roots, reached the object in question, and loosenod from about it a mass of I con tly captured sixteen young grey wolves.

4 1 Eitoworth wrtorTAlittia drore 0f fiftoen thousand sheop are com- iDg to Ellsworth to be Tbe w00i wm be taken from them atthe iV stock yards. i Dodge City last-weekr and stole Lu it looks ominous to thus steal the brimstone from tbe Lord's sry. V.l.'.lVk.A The Supreme Court of Kansas has decided that a hotloTc protest, de posited in tbe post-office by a Notary a Fublio is not a legal notice mt i j.no snaues oegin to come out or tbe snake dons near Concordia, and people to devise means to get rid of them. -i. Tl TL.

I uuui juuu ijiuana mill i in 1 1 1. Henry King are to deliver addresses at tho annual meelinz of tho EJito- rial Association, to bo held onworth on the 13th of June. Secretary Gray is reported down with pneumonia. His Centennial- report is nearly ready for the print- er. Governor Anthony recently made a quick journey to Detroit on ao-count of tho dangerous illness of his brother." Work has commenced on the Great Damage Doue Kansas Itallroad Farm Proper lyEstimated L.OBS, 000.

Tho Atchison Patriot, of tbe 22d gives the following account of the destruction of property along the T. S. F. R. It.

by the un- precodented high water of tho past uioor damages irom tbe same cauao hare been sustained in differenfportions of the stato, but tbe heavlost rainfall, perhaps, has been in the west. Bead tho follow- ing account: ('for several days the Atchison, Topoka Santa Fe railroad company have beoq unablo to make con nection with trains from tbe went beyond Newton, and part of the time beyond Emporia. Tho cause of this was assigned to a break at Ellen wood wbero eovoral passengers were killed by an accident. Last night tbe first train for a week got through to tho city and from tho passengers we learn the full partic they tell us that tbe whole coun- try from Cottonwood Falls to Ellon wood is flooded, Sections of coun try, which have herotofore been con sidered high and dry and out of the reach of 11 oods, are now under water feet and a current is rushing over the fields at a fearful rate Towns are afloat, railroads under water, farm houses deserted, and tho entire country presents a broad, watery waste. Our informant came through from Colorado and we give bis description of the damage done.

The first damaged piece of road te be met with coming from the west is tbe break two mues tuissiae or Rllim wnnil. nharn tha rnirnlar Vri vav.u.v last week. The brook was causod by an accumulation of water on the upper side of tbe railroad track, which saturated the embankment and loosenod the earth, forming a channel beneath tho fill. The ex cursion train, consisting of three coaches, a baggage car and tbe en gine, came thundering over this fatal spot, at tho rate of 80 miles an hour, ast Yriday cveninsr. and when the engine struck the weak place in the road bed it was burled from the track, tho baggage and passenger cars following, ibe naggage car and two coaches were telescoped, and the entire train was completely wrecked.

Four persons wore killed. The break at this place is about 100 feet long. At Hutchison the railroad and town and country surrounding are flooded several feet deep. This flood is oaused by rains north of there. Our informant says that while eating his breakfast in the ho- tel tbe dining room floor was per- fectly dry, but in thirty minutes the room was flooded, and for several days they could not get ont of their rooms.

All the sidewalks, houses, furniture, are afloat. For a distance of three miles at this place the transfer is made with flat cars hauled through the water. Between Emmet and Newton there are soveral bridges gone, among them the high bridges a3r08s the Big Emmet river. The transfer at this placei made by tub skiffs and rafts. There are other bridges gone between Newton and Cotton- wood Falls, and all along the road is badly washed, and in places where has been stone ballasted.

The fertile Cottonwood valley presents one vast sheet of water. Farmers have fled from their houses, leaving household goods, grain and farming utensils, stock, to the mercy of tbe waters. The vast fields of wheat and other grain, which bat a few days ago looked so well and gave promise of such large yields, are now several feet under water, and completely ruined. Between Topeka and Kansas City both the Kansrs Pacific and Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe roads are washed out and impassible. The road between Atchison and Topeka in good condition and until the damage on the Kaw is repaired tbe only way to get to Colorado and interior Kansas is via Atchison, and therefore all "passengers, both the P.

and Santa Fe, are brought this way. The officers of the A tchison, Topeka Santa Fe road estimate their loss in Southern Kansas at not less than $250,000, and it wlil probably beyond that figure. The loss to the prospective crops and to tho farmers' property, will swell the loss upwards of 1,500,000. I it ln on tbe to own, the other is equally eeterra-inod that her daughter shail not marry into a family 'rich enough to look down upon VVoro not those her words, Nelly? Ob, this money he added, bitterly. 'What a curse it oan become what unhap- piness it pan proauco in this wor)d I longer; WaU 'urging, and Ellen steadily resisting his arguments and persuasions.

'I love you, she dd, pas eionotoly, God knot's I lovo jou But I cannot I dare not be tbe moans of ruining your whole life If I roarry'yoii' on will bo a Neither you nor I will bave a home, my motner w'll be grieved and angored, and your father he bas said what be will It wan a dreary, hopeless prospect in sooth, for these young and-loving hearts. Tbey sat silent, until iiiion, watehins tho shadow upon bar lov er race, woman UKe ofsayea, ae- Bpite ber own heavy hoart, to light en it. Ve will wait we will be truo to caoh things may turn out tetter for At this moment, a Blight shiver and rustle agitated the foliage of tho oak beneath which they were seated. Both instinctively looked n. 'What, is it 7' asked Do you khOw, Watt, that I "have" alWays bad a Mranee fan that tins ota tree is a friend of ours, and fuels Sympathy in our happiness and sor- rows WO USea to UJ lu naeuuuu and swing togothsr in its 'branches when we were children, and it was here She paused, and the blush and hesitation told ber lover of what she was thinking.

'Yes, it was hero, darling, that I first told you bow 1 loved you; and the old oak witnessed our happiness. I remember how softly it wbispored and murmured all that summer moonlight 'And now surely it seems to be sighing 'ot groaning, as if in By rh- pati.y with us. Again they looked up, and then Watt's observing eyes turned earnestly actt8s Ibe and tdward tho western 'We shall have a storm ho said, briefly: 'It is thatf of which the old treo whispering. And do you observo that distant ripple on the bar. and thoso light threads ot clouds on the horizou It will bo no ordinary 'God help the poor ships at sea said Ellen, fervently.

'Oh, Watt, I am so glad, at any rate, that you are not a sailor I i With the coming darkness tbe storm swept down upon land and eon, and the broad bay, an hour be fore quiet, mw ragod and foamed like a giant in agony. 3 4 All night ferry and ber mother sat up, listening to the roaring of the wind and waves, and trembling as again and again tbe frail house seemed to be lifted and tbe very earth shaken, by. the, fury of the tempest. 'Hark, Ellen What was that cried the widow, as, with a fresh burst of the wind, there came a shocA- as of the ground beneath tbom moved, and a crash was hoard even amid the roar of the stoim. 'It is the ob Ellen an swered, pale and with clasped bands.

Oh, motner, the oak bas been torn jip She buried her f.ce in her hands. Remembering what she and Watt bad been saying, a few hours previous, this destruotion of tbe old oak struck her as ominous. She was not superstitious, but she loved the old tree and vgrievett fof Its' fatoC flow' she ridyWatt would tnies it WTtV tbe'-earliest dawn-of tho morning light, Watt Horndon, whose thoughts had been nil night anxiously wandering to the little gray houso, the point, started thitherward with hasty steps. The storm bad died out as suddenly as it bad arisen. The waves still beat upon tho shore1, but it seemed more in joy than in aager, as they sparkled in the sun, which now arose in glory upon the scene.

White, fleecy clouds lay like pearls on. the' deep Mpbire of sky, and in the summer air was an indescribable exhilarating freshness and buoyancy. The gray oottage stood, as of yore, upoS this point; bu(tbe rpses were torn irom the little porch, and the stately lilies lay crushed and bruised on the garden -walks. Not at these looked Watt. He missed something familiar from the scene and, as he stood gazing at the empty space before bim, Ellen came oat of the bouse to meet bim.

'Oh, she said, sadly, 'the oak the dear old oak tree is Together tbey walked to tbe spot. It was true the storm had at last torn np the bardy oak. Its green crown lay, broken and bruised, on the white sands below, while it tangled and knotted roots uplifted themselves. on high, and seemed beconing tbe young lovers onward. 'Poor old oak said Ellen, as tbey re ached tbe "spot and looked open tbe spiers tree.

'Bat what' is that, Watt that dark object, amid the roots, op there 2" Tea, what was jt bat the gnarled a Er ted States, U. S. Grant, set aail for Europo, the other day, he delivered a little farowell speech to his friends who steamed down the Delaware with him to whore tho ship was wbiob was to bear him across the waters, to wbiob. these words wore the conclusion "There will be men born for any eaiorgoncy." Wo are apt to think when some noted charaoter has passed away that his death will leave a plaoe which oannot be filled. Men who I fill high and responsible positions, who cut their names high on tbe pillar of fame, die and we are led toexolaim, 'When shall wo look up on his like again Wo allow our solves to believe in the fanciful i.lu sion that 'we ne'r shall seo his like The fact is that there neyer was a time in tho history ot this or any other country, when was not possible to fill the vacanoios lett by noted mon of tho day by others equally as great.

No man, no mat ter how great, how honored, how royal, can pass away from tho 6tir ring scens of the day in which ho lives acd leave, behind him a vaoan- cy in roligious, civil, or military po sition which it is impossible to fill Other men corao to the front, assume tho leadership of thoir fellow men and the world moves on, notwith standing buried greatness. Washington died, but tbero was an Adams to fill his place Web- stor passed away, but a Charles Sumner fillod tbe measure of his fame and his usefulness: Lincoln passed away in the high noon of his fame and greatness, but there was a Grant to complete his unfinished work. And so it will always be. No man is a necessity to tho world. Each has bis part to play in the great drama of life each his duty to perfcrm; but if perchance one fails there are others who can and will succeed.

'Had I said General Grant, 'Sherman or Sheridan or some other lieutenant would have Among the millions of people who people the earth it is not tho design of God that there should be but one fur each great emergency that arises. One may step more prominently to the front, but if he fails, even if that failure be caused by the extinction of the -vital energios, there are others to fill his place. His star may but another star illumines the spot where his shed its brightest beams "There will be men born for any emergency." Mchxton Accepted. We neglected to notice last week, that Milt. Reynolds had resumed the publication of the Parsons Sun.

By the way, Milt, sent a communication to tho Times, about six weeks ago, which has been hanging on the "book" over since no oompositor being courageous enough to tackle it. We bave no idea what it is about. Our own opinion is that it is a discussion of the Bender murders, or the neutrality of England we are not sure which George Peck says it is an argument against too fre quent changes in Federal offices, and Tom Fenlon, who writes more like Milt, than anypody else, says its about the Hull-Wiley baby case. It has been accepted, and will be pub lished as soon as we can find a compositor who can set it np. Leavtu- worth Times.

1 T.he Newest Fashion or the Bonnet. Wo stepped into a milliner shop the othor day on business and acci- dently sat down on- a bonnet that some one had laid down on the chair. We remained their until no one was looking in our direction and then quietly got up and stepped to one side. There was a lady in at the time looking for a bonnet shaped to suit her. Sho finely found the one we bad put in shape, and it just took her fancy it was what she wanted, so'she said.

Bucvrut Forum A southern negro, writing to the Boston Traveler, says "Hayes bas turned back the dial of human free dom of this continent for half a cen tury. With one rude cruel blow be bas shattered the work which for more than ten years skillful and lov ing bands bave been building np. He bas taken np, strengthened and riveted tbe broien fetters of caste. What the retribution with which this act of madness and folly will be followed may be, God only, knows." it is K. go to CIIAS, 1IAYOEN.

BIUNIY UAYDEN. AWYERS, 1 JN, KANSAS. VIII practice In al IConrli of Record. J.IME8 II. LOWELL, A nd couiNSELpr AT LAW, Kinntt'e block.

at KANSAS. -m ItOl'Kip TAKEK, A TTORNEYS at LAW, Will practice In ill I ouru of the State. I. G. PORTKRFIF.I.D, t.

'County Jrkf SIDNEY HAYDKS. rOBTEUFIELD H.VYDEN, REALrESTATE TAXrPA? 0iAiilAii IIOLTON, Jackson Countv Kansas. Drs- ScoU fc AdaiiMoii, "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. IIOLTON, KANS, kHYSIUIAN AND? TIPPKNVILI.E, KAN mcK' cj, PICK RALRHS in LUMBER, LATH KHING1.ES. BOOR ASHl4BpiNUi, ICKETS, Ktc, OLi) Coi'itT IlonsK, East Sidk S(iUAiiB, IIOLTON, KANSAS.

well 'kelccted Itock orLuie' tc. Call or waid and Bet l'lice List. rnmiture, Ct Sins, U. 15. DAVIS, AND DKAL'iK IX COFFINS, PICTURE FRAMES, tc, Aorfijciist Cor.

Public Sinrc, IIOLTON, KANSAS. UndeilakiEg a Specialty. -jjrilOLSTERING DONE to KEW DESIGNS in Furniture nrc received iy me as fust ns they are turned out of the uiaiiufactorico. The Victor Folding -AND us -louk desk. I rpFpcctfully request the School Board of each Township to examine this combined School Seat and Disk, before furuUh-in their ichool rooms.

It is a superior p'ece of schl furniture and 111 my judgment is the only perfect Folding Scat and Desk Combined, that there is now being manulactared in the tales. It is not put together with screw. No amount of bard usage wiil affect it firmness and solidity. The Book Boxcar closed when the desk is not in use. A pen and per.cil esse in every desk.

Cio ing the tletk creates no noise. 1 There are numerous athor ndvantsges that this dtik is warranted to possess. SAMPLE VEstf at my Furnitiira Store tn Holtoii. 5 fill B. DAVIS.

Sdt A'jtrt fur uchot $rjrj A We never icpof never know, Which of our corarnuosliere below Which of the (onus dourly prize, rilmll Roonrat fade 'nealh lU nnilve iklce. And itralirhtoa out for the mowv robe. That entolds tho dosd for their, last nbotlp never know, we never know, When the wiiits of the ongels grow. Which morlal's aoul pluming for Jtlplit To the Land of Leal where there no night, To exchange Its Riirmentnof mourninff here, For tha onj; of a Seraph In ulilghorajiliere. We never know, we never know, Then carefully oftly let ui go, With a tender word, a kind cureu, itii hand Xo tti-ve.

aud a. tu blaw, BHelfaiM mortality lmie' For one is an "angel unaware." tfrooTlne "SaTurday NiwHC TIIE OAK TREE'S GIFT. BY SUSAN ARCHER W8I4S. i-j tin It-was toward the close of a -elill an cf sultry September day that two pci'srns BtooJ togelhef'on the verge rif a hii'li hnatih. hordorini? the )rond "waters 'ortio unosirpoaito Buy.

For so mo miles, on oitbor hand, tho coast-line presentod a iow, eandy etroloh but a at here an eio voted point, formed portly of rocks, rose above the level, and had formed itself into a ha rpiproj eating poinf, as the sandy bank on either hand, yielding to thq constant aution ot the ti cb, bad been gradually wash ed avvay, (so 4. -tto-i 'his Fpot yet rnoro conspicuous from the water, on old "live oak" tree, of unuHual size, grove 11 1 most upon tho extiome verge of tho point, its roots having seem ingly a secure boll ol toe rocky foundution A few rod distant atood a -small house or rathor. cottao gray with age, its roofcoverod with lioh- enf, and presentint! a rattier dilapi dated appearance. Yet. with its porch embowered in roses, white beds of purple violet, and whiw' liiics, it, epoko of woman habitation and woman's euro.

Nearly a century back, Richard 1'erry ha I built this bouso, while on the count, about a mile above, a similar one had been'erieetred by' his fiiond, John Ilcrndon. The two had devoted themselves to and the cultivation of their few rather stcriile ocros; jet, while fortune seemed to fuvor one, she turned an iuexcrablo frown uK the other. ireriT, though honest and mdus- I riouf, prospered in nothing; while lleriidon, ho was shrewd and' cal culating, and not over-scrupu'ouB, niado monoy, purchased moro land. and engage in the oyster fhhorics, which wcro even then a source ot great profit. bo Buccesstul, indeed, was no, 1 hat ho was by some accused of hav ing dealings with the pirates, whom it will be rcmemtered had for many years up to this timo in! 1820--' frequently paid brief and myster ious visits to the com ot Ibis re gion.

Ihe accusation was, however, doubtless unjust, as not the slightest proof could ever bo brought against him. In time, these two men died, and their es'ates and occupations de scended to their sons, who followed pretty 1 rauon in lbe.ii falhep a loot steps. The son of old Herntlon built a fine, brick furm-house, and lived with his family in ease, if not in while, hit poor neigbbor, Perry, was content with the situation of the which twice a week made brief trips to tho Norfolk fish-market. But now Perry was dead, and the bouse was icctipfed tftry ty his5 widow and daughter tbe latter a pretty, sensible girl of nineteen "oVtwenty. Tho two persons whom I bave ntroduced as being upon the point, on ibis still September evening, we Eller iPerry and VFatt Hern-don the latter the eon of the owner of the brick farra-hoUHe, visible a mile the bei.ch.

Tbey wcro seated beneath' the great live-oak, on tho 'verge of the prompnttry, and were talking earnes'ly at least the young man was, while the girl, with face tdigblly, averted, was gaz- ns sadly across tne waterB, a'reaay glowing redly in the rays of tho de clining sun. 'It vouwiH consent, alien, dear said the roong' man, Making ber band and drawing ber nearer to him, 'we will take our fortune into our own lianas, my iatner may do as; bev threatens dieinberit and disown? J. am ying: and strong, and why may I not succeed by my own exertions, as oiners bave donef Will you trust me dar- iruV: 't tt I OB' nave never anowD poveny and hard work, replied tbe girl, sadiy. 'Wbeo these come, too may perbape regre naving married me; and I ob, Watt! I cannot consent to bo the means of bringing trbabls oponfyoB- Be sides, my mother Yes. I kcow.

one is as prooa id her war as mv father in his. Wbils dectarpi tlV-k; ioaXeliall not earth and rook. 'It is a ohost or box of somo he sajd. 'Stand back, Ellen, dear, and I will unloose A few blows of a rock, and the heavy iran-plated box fell to the ground. The rusty hinges burst as-suoder, and there rolled out and lay in tbe bright sunlight a quantity of glittering gold coin 'money I satd wan, in astonish ment.

'Gold coins Spanish doub loons 'Ob, Watt, don't touch them cried Ellen in vague alarm. 'Whose are they How came tbey here 'flow came tbey here 1 Tbe pi ratos, doubtless, bid them hero yours ago before your father purchased this land. hoso are they 7 Wny; tboy are yours, Ellen I' Even with the shrinking and the horror of the piratical booty, what a tide of joy rushed through her tender, joioin woman heart I GjIJ, and her own! Gold, which might purchaao happiness for her- solt and Walt, and tor ber mother! Could it be possible Carefully these tbroo collected tho contents ot tho box, inure wore gold and silvor coins, and somo jew els, and some pieces 0i heavy, rich plate enough, and more than enough, properly used, to enable thorn to live in comfort, and to put Watt on a road to further fortune. The steamers which at this day ply between'Norfulk and Baltimoro, up and down the Chosapeako Bay, pass within a mile of Perry's Point. Tboro is a littlo fishing village now oo the spot; and, if you chance to go there to witness the oyster dredging, some one of tne eld inhabitants will rotate to you this legend of tbe oak tree and the pirates' treasure found beneath it.

A White Whal. Tbp Aquarium, second white whale arrived yesterday at the street depot. Tbe tank took up half of the car. In the midst of a mass of sea weed, and half covered with water the whale lay until eighteen men began to shove the tank to the door of tbe car and it upon a truck, when bo wbistlod in a frightonod way. Ibe tank: was snoved from tbe truck to tho Aquarium floor, and then to the side of the circular tank filled with sea water.

The water is to be made entirely salt The whale is ten feet and two inches in length, and is estimated to weigh 1,500 pounds. Hence be is some what smaller than tho one that died recently. Ho was capt ured on tbe 4th inst, in a littlo cove on the coast of Labrador, not far from Anticosti Island, Since bis capture tbe whale bas not eaten anything, nor will ho for a week to coino. Ho will live eighteen days without food. Ho sub sists upon bis blubber.

Sun. Tapped Tiie Infernal Regions. The readers of the Mercury will re member that a few months ago a gentleman by tho name of Pappo, living atChorokne Plat, in this county, applied for and obtained a Gov ernment patent to a large piece of valuble mining ground. Since that time he has been engaged in running a tunnel into it, so as to pierce north Table Mountain. He is in between thrco and four hundred feet.

The rock is a kind of a shale And ignite- Last Monday tho dump pile was discovered to be very hot and smoking, and in a short time tbe whole tunnel was found to be on fire. It is as hot a sa furnace, and volume of dark smote rushes out The air is strongly impregnated with sulphur, so much ao that it is hard to breathe. No one seems to know what the matter is and all are more or less frigbtoned. Whether Poppe has tapppod tbe infernal regions or not is a question bard to answer. It is certain that he cannot get near the tunnel.

The people in the immediate vicinity do not propose to be suffocated, and they bave stampeded. Charles Waldeyes and family, 13. P. Hutchinson and Dr. Dawson, bave come to Oroville.

Large numbers are constantly visiting tbe place to look at the curiosity, but there is little to see except a volume of smoke rushing oo.t of the tunnel. Orvillt Mercutry. Washing Children Death. la summer or in winter, writes an English physician, we detest it except it he to jump into a river, plunge about for two or three seconds, and then dress and walk home as hnstily as possible. All animate nature, except the bydric, instinctively shrinks from tbe application, of cold water if in health.

rybody a-qows that cold water crmnot wash the hands clean, and yet whole tomes are scribbled about purifying effect of cold water. Cold water kills more than it cures. Hundreds of children are tilled every year by fanatical mothers bath ing them, head and ears in old wa- tor, Kansas City, Emporia Southern' railroad, south of Emporia. 1 The little son of Mrs. Eliza'Rule, of townshin.

Wilann nnnfv- agca two years and nine months. Ui It "ulu wuu" wvo, ciotnes on nre, and was burned to death. ihe child lived excruci ating agony five hours. The farming prospects throughout the State are more encouraging than fcas been reported; heretofore, and especially so concerning grassbop PeV- ln many localities tbey bava entirely disappeared, While thoso lQat remain are aowg niue cr no damage. Tbe Missouri Pacific Railroad train ran over and instantly killed a man, wkote name is unknown, at Wyandotte one day last week.

The wheels passed over his head, sever ing it from his body and killing htm instantly. Much water bas fallen in the Kaw valley this spring. Grant- villc, it roso to the girth of a and on the opposite washed out five hundred feet of traci for the A S. F. branch.

A BOn of i-auik. aired four- teen living ncar yaey FaIlg wag accidentally shit last week while passing a shot gun from the top of a load of fodder to a companion standing on tho ground. The lad' died. A special dispatch to the Topeka Commonwealth, dated the 22d from Wichita, says: Both the Big and Little Arkansas rivers are fall- ing slowly also the smaller streams. Thebridg007er Little Arkan- Baa wa9 washod away this' morning.

The crops along tho lower valleys and ar'e Bom Pt of oar city ig Btm under wateP( It ig hard to estimate tbe damage yet, but is not very great. No mails since Thursday. The Biol Pvapids Woolon Mills were sold on the 9th inst: for 000. Mr, J. S.

Lemon, of this city, was tho purchaser, and it is supposed tbat other capitalists of St. Joseph are interested, among whom are Mr. A. Bealtie and Mr. J.

W. Baily. This is one of the finest and most extensive establishments in the West, and will very soon be put in successful operation. St. Joseph Herald.

Leavenworth Times': Tbe dead body of a well developed male child was found yesterday morning in a vault on the alley between Sbawnee and Delaware and between Second and Third streets, by a boy named Jno. Yeitb. Tho coroner's inquest the afternoon, failed to throw any light on the party who threw it there. Elk county hold an election the 12th day of Jane to vote on proposition to subscribe 1120,000 the capital stock of tbe Memphis 1 Ellsworth Narrow Gauge BaU-road..