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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-11
SATURDAY, DEcEMBERn 1915.
A Novel Experiment.

Some interesting experiments on
the growth of seeds have been con-
Quoted by NJ. Uloth. These were I'M
dertaken with a view TO determine
whether seeds could be made to ger
inmate In ice, and the process may be
described as follows : Seeds OF various
species were placed in grooves made
in ice cakes, and over the grooved
surface other plates OF ice wers laid,
aud the whole removed TO a cool cell
Ter in January, and there they re-
manned till the following May. An
examiuation then made disclosed the
fact that many OF the seeds had aetu-
ally terminated, the roots pene;ra-
ting into the ice. 1t is but natural,
says Appleton's Journal, that facts of
this startling character should give
rise to controversy, and so we are not
surprised TO learn That opposite views
are encertained as to whence the
cheat needed for the process of growth
was obtained. In the opinions of the
experimenters, it was obtained, or
rather liberated, in the growth of the
roots @hrs forcing lhemseNes into
az iNfs
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OK : con per day at home. Terms free
DO DHU Address GEO rTINsns = Co,
..t .H. PoruanG. Me.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-11

Roman Catholic, kev. Jas. McGolrich, Pastor
Rev. Eugene Cussan ASST. Church onOEeiI
-1rnnt nhnrn TurnrtAnah
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-11
Discovery q a New Natural Force.

a most important discovery in nat
ural science has recently been made
by a Mr.. Edison. This gentleman
observed that the spark which arises
from the contact of two pieces OF
metal when one is IN contact with the
core of a battery was apparently the
product ofsome orceotherst than cleo
tEiSty, md upon the duplication of
tests was able to prove that the prin-
ciple whose existence aud operation
were thus demonstrated by the cleo
trical apparatus was not electricity,
but was some hitherto unknown and
undeseribed force. From what he has
thus far learned Of the nature aud
manifestations or the new principle
he is led to compare its operation to
that operation of nature which pro-
duces the aurora and ventures the
theory that he has detected the prIn-
ciple upon which that grand pageant
oflnature-depeads. The practical re-
suits of the discovery, as now con-
tempIated, have regard to Geographic
manipulation and the discovery
seems to promise greatly increased
facility orthe trausmissio ofsignals.
All that the world has learned in the
short life o. modern science indicates
that we are only at the threshold of
the great secrets ofnature that are yet
to be opened to US, and every step we
takeIhi this dirertiun counts toward
the gratfl result ofthe victory OF man
over the obstacles of matter and space
and time.
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~ Marks church, Episcopal. Rev. F. W
billiard rector. Sund~IsErNicuP. II a, N. Hnd
S p. IN. sunday -chutl after utorniHg pefvftt.
Seats free. AIIpersous are Coz chilly invited to
attend, - 1-al aG@sa
Roman Catholic, kcv. Jas. McGolrich, Pastor
Rev. Eugene Cussang Asst. Church ouOEeiI
street, above Twentieth.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. ]. Y. Cowick
Pastor. Services at IL a. m. and ~ p. IN.
Sunday School directly after morning SER
vice. Prayer meeting avery Wednesday eve
ming at IA O'Clock. N..s,5prINt
Methodist Episcopal, Rev. w. r. Warren. pas
sor. Preaching every sabbath at lila. m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. The
public are cordially invited to all the services Of
the church.
african Methodist Episcopal hurch-Se
vices at IL O'Clock a m and p m, every
Sabbath. Rev. Thos. Whitlock, Pastor. a
Masonic. T
Wyoming Commandery No. l. Regular cor
clave irst Friday ueach month. t.a.-,
Wyoming chapter, No. /. r. A. M. meets
Hall, on the first and third Tuesday evenings in
each month, at y o CLOCK p. M allS ga7sf
Cheyenne Lodge, No. Is. meets hrst and Iairo
saturday nights in each month. at Masonic Hall
Odd Feiioyvs.
Hope Fncaualmeht, No. All. o. OFF. meet
every sd and lth Wednesday of each month
Odd Fellows Hall.1iftE % H'.H smUg.I
Monday evening at odd Fellows Hall.
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OATMEAL, CRACKED WHEAT,

BUCKwHEAT. Garden Seeds. Butter Ladies'
and Prints. Ghurns, Pals. Buckets. Goods de-
lvered free Of charge within the city limits, aud
every thing Warranted. r ErE.I
fCneycnn Wyoming.
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GENERAL
TERRITORIAL Oneer.

FotE7Airf CoAgTs-Hcn W. n. sresl
Territorial OEeer..
HoucrHor-Ino- N. Thayer.
SecTotGTy-G. H. FIyucu.
LhAJ ysstus q oa8e8s Court W. Fiuh,r
AEs0cauis yH7tcss-Us. n. gErzi. IA ThDna.
Cr' SUes toasetOr-E T.. SNOW.
stTtsb0r Gc1sraG- Siias Reed.
Escstss 81 Pzbsc HOHsys-G. W. Corey.
hg~ttF o. ). LaHa ogGs-S. II. Hinsu..| ErF
IsT51t0rtIl Iys1SHrsr-S. W. B-Tuey. H
Commissioner ef Pa4t-naGryg CharIes Hilton.
Territorial LFbrariaa John SiznCh. ef.
L0hsDitssiOner Of iDtHiiglQts0A-J K. jeffrey
SgpsrHtsg49Ug HSrnsasH-John Slaughter,
OHhea states GOntHISsigHer-J w. Brun.r.
CLERK Of " Jsdieiai NfSfpct-J. W. BTuher.
AdrsAdi-Gilher Adams. .-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

Gen. Sheridan to the Black Hills Ad-
venturers.
Gen. Sheridan has sent the following
dispatch to Hon. A. W. Hubbard and
others of Sioux City, Ia:
'sThe Secretary Of War has sent me
your dispatch of the 2lst inst, from
Sioux City. Gen. Terry, commanding
the Department of Dakota, has directed
that the Gordon mining party be releas-
ed if the capture was made outside of the
Sioux reservation, but, in case it
was made inside, to require a promise
from each individual composing it not to
violate the conditions Of the treaty of
1869 with the Sioux Indians, which for
bids any trespassing on the part of the
whites. Until the government gives per-
mission, the Gordon party or any other
party have no more right, under the
treaty of 1869, to 60 to the Big Horn
than they have to 60 to the Black Hills,
and it might just as well be understood at
once that it or any other party will not
be permitted to 60 to those places until
the instructions which are now given to
the military are revoked.
(Signed,) P. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
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OsLeary,s Great Walk at Chicago.

At 1:3O O'Clock on the morning Of
May %, O'Lcary's great feat of
walking 500 miles in 1856 hours was sue
cessfully accomplished. He would have
closed the trial earlier but a test of the
track yesterday morning showed it to be
eleven short which added considerably to
the task to be accomplished during
the day. At 1880 P. NJ. O'Leary had thir-
ty miles to walk. When he had finished
seventeen miles of the distance he was
detained to accept beautiful gold medal
and chair presented by his friepds. At
about IL O clock, when he had finished
400 miles, he was again detained an in
slant to accept purse containing s 900,
which was made up by his admirers, the
Hon. A. L. Morrison making an
enthusiastic presentation speech. AS
the final miles were announced
widest cheers broke forth, and when the
five hundredth was called great shout
rent the air and it was almost impossible
to keep the crowd from lifting the won
derful walker from his feet. This was
prevented. however, by the police, and
O'Leary was conducted to his carriage
and accom- panied by his wife, was driven
to his home. Mr.. w. B. Curtis and Mr..
Allcock accompanied him during the last
FIVE miles. They were made in the fol-
lowing time: IL minutes; IL minutes ;
IL minutes, 10 seconds; ii minutes; and
10 minutes, so seconds.
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the few hoppers that would escape
being crushed into jelly. The pan or
tank, which is the receptacle for the hot
water, could, at the price mentioned
above, be made of galvanized iron, thus
insuring freedom from rise and leakage,
and ultimate durability. Mr.. McAfee
does not claim that his machine is per-
feet, but thinks that if any mechanical
means are available for the determination
of the myriad pests, his machine will
come as near answering the purpose as
any that can be devised. that is to say, q
machine constructed somewhat after the
ideas upon which his was made. In case
it was desired to use the roller upon a
field of growing wheat, young enough to
allow of its being rolled with advantage,
the fire might be dispensed with, and
the reel attachment would still
insure the destruction of much larger
percentage of the pests than could be
done with the common roller. At any
rate, he thinks that few hundred dol.
lars invested IN one or two of these ma
chimes would do more good than the ex.
penditure of so much money in seed
wheat under the present unfavorable out
look of things in almost every part of the
State, and that the Governor, or those in
charge of the State grasshopper fund
could not better spend the small sum
necessary than by having constructed
few of these engines of destruction and
sending them into the country, and thus
test their ability to answer the purpose
A couple or more of these machines coule
be gotten up at Mr.. McAfee's establish
fnent in six or eight days, and be SEN
into the country in time to test them THU
season.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
WINONA & ST. PETER &. r. LANDS.
Opinion Of Attorney General as to
Settlers Claims Upon the Same.

In response to an inquiry Of Gov Davis, re-
questing an opinion as to three points, viz;
LIST. What interest vested in the Winona & st.
Peter railroad company under the act Of the
Legislature of March 2, 1876, dispos-
ing Of the lands granted by the United
States subsequent to March 8, 1867, to
and in the construction of the said railroad !;
cd: What proceedings are necessary to enable
actual settlers to obtain title to the lands COM
prised within the limits Of said grant and, Sd.
What action should be taken BY the Governor
when an application for REIMBURSEMENT is
made; the Attorney General, Hon. Geo. P.
Wilson, has submitted q reply in
which he calls attention to the fact that
the provisions OF the act OF last winter
March Sd, 1867, and pass to the Winona & St.
Peter company the title in fee, to such lands as
had Heretofore been, or which may hereafter
be, patented or certified to the State under the
said act of Congress tor the use of that road,
subject to the conditions of said act Of Congress
and acts supplementary thereto and to the
rights of actual settlers, as defined by our eg-
islature.
As to the particular lands granted, the deeds
would furnish the evidence Of title in the. com.
pany to the lands.
1t will be incumbent upon each settler te
make application to the Governor and to the
company prior to September Cd, 1875
and in making application much
of the proof as to homestead
had in the district land Office where
the lands are situated. The usual proof as t.
settlement and cultivation under the acts O
Congress will also be necessary, which is sim
ply the party's affidavit corroborated by thu
testimony OF two credible witnesses. When
application is made to the Governor it is hi
duty to receive and consider the counter
proof by the company in contested cases, ant
as the Governors decision binds neither party
he should decline to convey lands claimed b.
settlers until passed upon by the courts. Set
| tie, s. rights after REIMBURSEMENT must be per
fected under laws of the United States.
The company desires to dispose Of, as rap
idly as possible, all cases Of contest, and t
that end all applications for reiinquishmen
and notice of all contests may be served upol
Hon. H. w. Lamberton, at his Office in Wi
mona.
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Sioux Must Leave the Black Hills o.
Starve.

Sioux Must Leave the Black Hills Or
Starve.
The Sioux Indian delegation called on the
President by previous appointment May q,
and were accompanied by den. COwan,
acting secretary Of the Interior, and Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs Smith. They were re-
o o By the President IL his private private
S Of .dv. As each ne n Pse,aent entered .sd
hands with him. The Indians then arranged
themselves in q semi circle around the
table, Spotted Tail and Red Cloud
having prominent positions. A large
number Of ladies and gentlemen were pres
ent, including Gov. Pennington Of Dakota,
Gov Thayer, OF Wyoming, and ex-l3ov. Nc
of Texas.
The President, through VIM. Fielder, an
interpreter. addressed the Indians as follows:
want to say to the Indians to-day some
thing about the object Of bringing them here,
and . few words for them to think about, but
nothing tor them to reply to at present.
have always been friend to the Indsans, and
am very anxious to do what think best fo1
their good. The country where they now live,
as they must be well aware, is entirely incapa-
bic Of supporting them should the government
cease to give them aid By the treaty Of 1865
clothing was granted them for thirty years,
and provisions for only five years.
The food and provisions, therefore,
which have been given them ior the last two
years have been . gratuiiy on the part OF Con-
gress. These may be taken from them any
time without any violation Of the treaty.
My interest now is to make some arrange.
ment by which they and their children be Sc.
cure for the future.
Several Indians expressed their approval o.
these sentiments by exclaiming ''Ugh," Ugh
The President, resuming: As said in TIT
beginning, it must be evident to them if tn,
supplies OF food should be stopped by the gov,
eminent it would be impossible for them Il
live where they are. An
other thing / would call the:
| white people outnumber the Indians, nov
two hundred to one, taking all the lndian
within the United States. This number Q
whites is increasing so rapidly, that befor
many years it will be impossible Il
| fix any point within our territory where 20,
can prevent them going, and it will becom
necessary that white people shall go from on
place to another whether occupied by Indian
or not the same as they 90 from one State +
another
| For this reason it is vety necessary this
while they have friends here to look after thei
interests they should be situated where the
would be able to get support beyond any con
tingency. lido not propose to ask them, with
| out their conSen, to leav
their homes where they were Dor
and raised, but want to point out to them th
advantages OF . change.
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THE PSRr.cr Hosr is q rare . thing q

TEE PERFEcr Hosf is g rare thing Is
. great poet. If he entertains many
guests, he should know enough about
them to be sure that he has invited those
Who will live amicahly tegsther, and will
enjoy each others society. He should
show no favoritism, If possible: and If he
u man Who must indulge in favoritism,
It should be to those Of his guests who
are more obscure than the others. BE
should b judiciously despetic - regards
al proposals for pleasure. for thre viii
be many that ara diverse and much time
will be wasted If he does not take upon
himself the labor and the responsibility
Of decision. He should aim at causing
that his guests should hereafter become
friends, il they ars not % at present, y
that they might, in future Days, tracl
back the beginning Of thsir Friendship r
their having net together q his house
He must have the art to lad ceoveTsa
ton without ahssghing it himself . tha'
he may develop the bes4 qualities q IN
guests. His expense IN entertainmen
should not Be devoted to What , lux
urious, but to Whist i comfortaole ant
ennohling. The first Of oil things = tina
he should Be IN adectionate, indeed alov
ing host, % that every one Of hs gu9t
shout. feel that he i really welco0e. j
should press them to stay: but shoul'
be careful that this pressing does not IN
terfefe With their convsnience. - tha
they stay merely to oblige him, and no
to please themselves. In considering VII
should Be his guests- he should aiuay
have thought 6 to those 70 whom b
would render most service b havin
them his guests; his poorer hrethren, b
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The Last Station.
Detroit Free Press

He had been sick at one Of the hotels
for three or four weeks, and the boys on
the road had dropped in daily to see how
he got along, and to learn if they could
render him any kindness. The brake
man was good fellow, and one and all
encouraged him in the hope that he would
pull through. The doctor didn't regard
the case as dangerous. but the other day
the patient began sinking, and it was seen
that he could not live the night out. A
dozen of his friends sat in the room when
night came, but his mind wandered and
he did not recognize them.
It was near one Of the depots, and af'
ter the great trucks and noisy drays had
ceased rolling by, the bells and the short,
sharp whistles Of the yard engines sound
ed painfully loud. The patient had been
very patient for half an hour, when he
suddenly Enclosed his eyes and shouted
''Kal-a-ms-zoo!"
One Of the men brushed the hair back
from the cold forehead, and the brake.
man closed his eyes and Was quiet for .
time. Then the wind whirled around the
depot and banged the blinds on the win.
dow Of his room, and he lifted his hand
and cried out:
jackson! Passengers going north By
the Saginaw road change cars!"
The men under stood. The brakeman
thought he Was coming east on the Mich
igan Central. The effort seemed Il
have greatly exhausted him, for he LAY
like one dead for the next i've minutes
and watcher felt for his pulse to see
lie had gone out. A tug going down th
| river sounded her whistle loud and long
and the dying brakeman opened his eye
and called out.
''Ann Arbor -
he had been ever the road thousan'
times, but had made his last trip. Dealt
was drawing special train over the oil
track, and hs was brakeman, enginee
and conductor.
| One Of the yard engines utter shril
whistle Of warning, g II the glare Of th
headlight had shown to the enginee
some stranger in peril, ard the brakems
called ont:
i "Ypslanty-changs can here for ii
Eel River Roadl'
i "Hs's coming IN fhst," whispered Or
Of the men.
Il .And the end q hi run viii b Il
, end Of his life r. sid second.
II The danpnee Of death began = g
lect On the patients forehead, and thel
vas that ghastly look On the face vhie
death always brings TIE slamming
/ . door down the hall startled him agal1
] and be moved h:s hsad and faintl
{ called:
i "Grand Trunk Junction-pAssenge
going East BY the Graad Trunk, cham
{ cars!'
1 He was % quiet after that that aIl T
> men gathered around the bed, beliesn
81 that he ~ dead His eyes closed, q
the brakeman lifted his hand, moved b
+ head and whispered:
"a De-
81 Not .Detroit," but Death! He d.
o with the half.uttered whisper Of his IN
81 And the headlight On deaths enEi
Z shone full IN his lace and covered i vi
6 such pallor = na1ght but dsath 9
; bring.
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more sickly brethren. Those whom he
feels would gain most advantage - being
his guests should have the first place in
his invitations; and, for this considerable
ness, he will be amply rewarded by the
benefits he will have conferred.--l"Socia
Pressure" by Sir Arthur Helps.
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The Iowa Eiend.


awning power Of O'Conner, the outrager
of his own daughter, lips which were
closed from fear of his terrible presence
have opened and disclosed fiend Of most
horrible atrocity. For several years he
has been cruel to his family, and tortured
them in many ways. Over year ago he
began systematic plot to debauch his
eldest daughter, Annie, handsome, in
te,iigent and prepossessing young lady.
by rcciting to her most vulgar songs and
obscene tales. Soon after, he went to
Red Oak on business, taking her with
him. On the return he drove out of the
way to secluded place, where
he attempted to outrage her, but failed,
which so incensed him that he beat the
girls head on the wagon box with such
force that she became unconscious. What
occurred for time she does not know.
When consciousness returned, he held a
knife at her throat, and threatened 10 cut
her throat if she revealed what he had
done, and also to kill all to whom she told
it. She kept the secret until her father
was dead. Subsequently he renewed his
assaults upon her, and, failing by force,
he resorted to persuasion. He bought
her everything he thought would please
her fancy. including fine piano, fur
nished her music teachers and fine
dresses, sent her to this city to attend a
musical institute and ladies' seminary,
and, whenever he went away from home,
he took Annie with him. His attentions
toward her were so unnatural as to cause
the notice of others. Sometimes when
she was with him he would fly into q pas
sion and beat her. She did not dare to
tell of it for fear OF death. His wife also
was the subject Of his fiendishness, and
no one knows the depths Of her misery,
which has been concealed from the pub.
lie through the terror her husband held
over her.
The night the daughters went to their
uncle after he had attempted to outrage
the youngest daughter, was . night o.
terrible suspense. They knew the M.
ture CT the man. He was terror to all
his relatives, and they watched Their
premises al night, fearing he would seel
to murder his girls, or some of the fam
lily, or burn the house. Other neighbour
stood guard around O'Connor' house al
night to prevent his leaving the premises
His oldest son has been in the habit o
secretly guarding the doorway to his sis
ters' bedroom for some time, knowing
that his father had some terrible inten
toward them, but what he did not know
Il O'Conner's wife left him few days age
ostensibly to spend the summer in Con
necticut, but really not to return. Til
morning she left, he assaulted her an
drew . revolver on her. 1t is now sui
pected by some that she never reachc
|, the depot, and that he murdered her o
|. the way from the farm to Atlantic. Sh
has been sent for, and this fact will
known soon.
i It is stated on good authority tn,
; O'Conner is not the true name Of th
, man, but Ryan; and that some ten zeal
ago, he killed . fellow-workman IN q
copper-nines in Michigan, and fed to b
/ late location, which Was then . very h,
lated locality. and assumed the name I
: O'Conner.