The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-26
HErOKTEB EXPREssAT PoR THE NoRSTNG LEADER.
~ @ H IT II Il p o K II.
Accident on the st. Paul &
Sioux City Road.
South American Affairs.
Tilton VS.. b. W. Beecher and
Thomas Kinsella, of the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Brewers in Trouble.
Miscellaneous News.

New York, Aug. 25.-W. Butler
Duncan has written a letter stating
that he adopted the method of his
press purpose of retaining alive in
the hands Of Kennedy d Duer, the
obligations of Duncan, Sherman &
Co., until the 335 per cent. should be
paid in full, and to prevent any ques-
tion as to continuing the liability of
Duncan, Sherman Il Co., the compo-
sition notes I propose to give will, IL
required, be endorsed by Duncan,
Sherman & Co.. whose partnership has
not been dissolved.
O'Baldwin, the Irish giant, is dying
in this city Of lung disease.
A correspondent of the Star and
Herald of Panama, writing from Qua
yaquil on the 10th inst, gives the fol-
lowing story of the assassination of
the President of Ecuador: The whole
city was thrown into quite an excite
ment by the news of the assassination
of Garea Mareno, in his palace at
ShANbf DS an "a INuNOs WIN
he had displaced. aided 10y two young
men of Quito, called Corney's. Rayo
first struck the president over the head
with a machete and was instantly
run through by the sentry, who fired
his piece at the same time, killing the
assassin Immediately. The two young
men, after Rayo had struck the presi-
| dent fired on the latter with their re-
volvers. The president fell on his face
mOrtally wounded and has since died
The two young men escaped. The
people cannot realize the presidents
death and are afraid to attempt any
thing. Great alarm has seized on all
foreigners, and strong reasons exist
for believing there will be massacre
of foreigners.
Joseph Louder. the upholsterer who
libelled Rev. H. w. Beecher, was to-
day held in bail of 81, 500 Notices of
trial have been filed with the clerk
of the city court in BROOKLYN, In the
suits of Theodore Tilton VS.. Henry
Ward Beecher, Tilton VS.. Thomas
Kinsella, and Tilton vs.. Brooklyn
Eagle, by the attorneys for the plain
| tiff.
The commissioners of charities at
Flat Bush, L. L., to-day rendered a
| decision in the case of Nelson Magee
who accused the nurses in the lunutic
asylum of cruelty, discharging two
nurses and adopting rules looking to
the better government Of the institu-
ton.
Two burglars were discovered this
morning in John G. Gottsheiger's
house by the son of the proprietor.
The son stepped into the nall, and as
one of the burglars dLshed passed him,
he knocked him insensible by blow
of an Indian club. The other bur
glar retreated into a room and escaped
from a window into the arms of two
officers who had answered the alarm.
The Sub-Treasury begins tomorrow
the payment of the September inter
est, without rebate.
Advices from Peru of August 7th,
note the suspension of specie payment
by the banks, but no trouble there
from.
The preliminary boring of the great
Ga!era Tunnel, through Mount
Meiggs, 1l73 metres in length, has
been commenced.
The failures and forgeries of Asogoa
& Belo, of Valparaiso, result in liabil-
tiles of S5OO,OOO. Their assets are
small.
Judge Shipman. of the U. S. Circuit
Court. to-day confirmed the recent
sale of the property and franchises OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, and their purchase, by the COM
mite representing the bondholders.
The Company will now be re-organ-
ized by the issue of preferred stock to
the holders of the bonds.