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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-02-04


watch and chain from her husband ;
several silver pieees, from her parents;
cameo sci, onyx cross and costly tray
cling bag, from her husbands partner,
Thos. Lawrence I; silver sugar and
cream spoons, from Mr.. and Mrs.
Converse; silver butter dish, from l..
r. Graves; silver castor. from NJ.
Glover; silver cake basket. from
Misses Draper and Huribnt silver
card receiver, from Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. G. Masten 7; silver cake basket,
from Mr.. and Mrs. Hellman.
The happy, pair left for the East on
a wedding tour by the afternoon train.
hearing with them the good wishes Of
their many friends.
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southern shores of the great lakes on the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and on the At
lantic harbors. The main road from New
York to Philadelphia, though passing
through the principal cities OF New Jersey,
does not deviate six miles from an air line,
and this detection is due to the interposi.ion
of navigabIe waters. These routes not only
excel in directness as we'll as in the number
OF important cities and towns they connect,
hnt they are confessed]y superior in con-
sruetion and equipment. Between Pitts
burgh and New York, 444 miles, the entire
line is double track, laid with heavy steel
rails with joints connected between ties by
process that gives the effect Of continuous
rail, on which there can be no unpleasant
Earring. All bridges on the line are of iron
or stone. A large portion OF this distance is
provided with third track, which enables
freight trains to keep entirely out of the
way of passenger travel, and permits the
express trains to run their allotted distance
without interruption, and near Philadel-
phia, and other important terminal points,
four tracks have, for considerable dis
tances, been completed.
The Block signal system, exclusively
used on the Pennsylvania railroad through
out its entire length, compels the engineer
of a train to know whether the track is
clear or not to the next station. be it one
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or ten miles, and every modern appliance
for combining the highest speed with the
most perfect safety has been adopted. The
company has built 200 elegant cars, with
engines of the first class ample to move I'll
trains that may possibly be required.
Centennial visitors will find the Pennsyl-
vania road the only direct route from the
West, North and East to the Centennial
Exhibition, the rates as low as by any other
route, the time made by it the quickest, and
the accommodations Tor comfort, luxury
and safety unequaled. Careful agents, ON
all trains, will arrange for the prompt and
cheap delivery of all baggage, and, for fifty
cents, sell seats in {: comfortable carriage to
any point in Philadelphia.
Above all, these visitors will he landed at
the very doors OF the Exposition, in the
beautiful Centennial depot of the company
represented in the above cut. 1t stands OPP
posite the open space separating the Main
exhibition building from Machinery hall,
facing the principal entrance gate and the
Judges pavilion, and in close proximity to
several immense hotels and restaurants. 1t
is $40 feet in length by 100 in width, two
stories high, and surmounted by six towers.
In design it is tasteful and ornamental,
comparing favorably with the many beauti-
full structures erected for the purpose of the
Exhibition. The first floor contains gen.
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eral waiting room, 100 by 100 feet, a ladies'
waiting room cighty-one by 100 feet, bag
gage room for,y-n'ne by 100 feet, ticket
Office thirty ty forty feet, package room
ten by thirty feet, and number of retiring
rooms, all handsomely finished, and pro-
| videtl with every convenience. The rooms
on the second floor are for the use of the
railroad officials and employees.
This depot is reached by circle of three
tracks sweeping from the main roadway
l four-fiflhs of a mile long, and the diameter
of the circle they describe is 600 feet. All
trains will enter this circle heading west,
and depart from the depot heading east.
Three trains can be landing or receiving
passengers in front of the depot at the
same time, the entire tracks being floored
over, and no matter in what direction the
trains may come or go, they can be moved
without confusion, delay or danger.
Seventeen additional sidings have Deen
constructed, connected with this circle, of
length of 1000 feet each, upon which wait
ing trains can be run and remain with en-
gincs :ttache !, until the time arrives for
them to enter upon the circle, receive their
passengers, and depart for destination.
This arrangement OF tracks and sidings is
novel, and affords facilities for the transac-
ton, without detention Or confusion, of an
| almost unin:it ii passenger business.
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The Pennsylvania railroad company,
whose lines penetrate every section of the
Union, and directly connect all important
points with Philadelphia, has made magnifi-
cent preparations for conveying, with safety
and comfort, the millions OF people who ill.,
tend visiting the Centennial Exhibition di-
rectly to the Centennial grounds. The loca-
ton of the Exhibition made it impossible
for any other railway to directly reach the
Exhibition buildings and grounds, and the
management, ever since the site was des-
ignated, has employed it's gigantic equip
ments and unrivaled facilities to make the
Exhibition a success, by providing the
amplcst accommodations ut the minimum
price, for both exhibitors and visitors. 1t
was fitting that a railway company national
in its character and operations, should thus
second the commissioners in illustrating our
centennial history by demonstrating the
high degree OF excellence attained l,y the
railway transportation system of America,
in making the great thoroughfares uniting
the Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi
valley, the West, Northwest and Southwest
with tho Centennial City, as | ERECT as posi-
bic in all it's essentials and details.
Its routes follow the geographical chan
nes OF continental inter-communication
uniting most of the larger cities on the
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''Both of them" responded the Judge.
.'Then plead guilty." and the poor
devil took his seat and sighed heavily.
"A swindler in Cleveland raised a
stake by representing himself to be
the inventor of MISUNDERSTANDING
gunpowder, the right to make which
he had sold to the emperor of Germa-
ny for a large sum.
Mr.. Writ Henry, of Virginia, a grand
son of Patrick Henry, has aided in con-
tributing number Of ancestral por-
traits, books, and medallions to the
historical department of the Centen-
NAL exhibition.
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A Practical Objection to Telegraph Pole

A Practical Objection to Telegraph Poles.
From the California Spirit Of the Times.
A merchant, going home elevated,
staggered against a telegraph pole.
''Beg your pardon" said he, 81 hope
no offense. us rather dark, and the
street is very narrow, you see.''
In few moments he came in con.
tact with another pole.
''Couldn't help it, sir,' said he, lift
ing his hat. 81 never saw such GRO ok
ed lanes as we have here in this city,.
Agin. he ran afou III of pole, this
time with force that sent him back
ward to the ground.
''Look here, neighbor, you needn't
push fellow down because he happens
to touch you; the road is as much mine
as yours, and | have as much right
here as you have, old stick-in.the-
mud
Picked himself up and made another
effort to reach home, but he soon came
plump against another pole.
''Shan't make any more apologies,
said he: '::if you get into the middle
of the street and stand in my way
that your lookout. not mine.''
Proceeding on his journey again,
and becoming angry and dizzy, he
seemed to beientangled in an inextraca-
bic labyrinth of telegraph poles, which
led him to make d general speech.
''Gentlemen, you are not doing the
fair thing. You:do not give a man a
fair chance. You run from one side
of the street to- the other, right in my
way" |as
avg Just then he met a friend, and taxi
ing him by the hand he said:
''There is a procession going
along this street, and every man is
drunk, they have been running
against me all the way from the club.
I knocked one of the fellows down and,
one of the fellows knocked me down,
and then a lot Of them got around me,
and believe they would have licked
me within an inch of my life if you
had not come to the rescue. Let us
go out of this street before the process
sion comes back, for they are all
drunk" 81
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Selected Items.

The Boston Post thinks the two rival
cables ought to be on ami-cable rela-
tiOns.
The only newspaper in Washington
worth cent is United States Treasur-
er News paper.
An honest man is the noblest work
of God, and its a pity He doesn't make
more of 'em.
Hon. Marvin II. Booze is canvassing
Connecticut for the abolition of capital
punishment.
Let us get through this centennial
year before we begin to dread the APP
proach of another.
A journeyman tailor ut Minneapolis
claims to be the father of Lawrence
Barrett, the Tragedian.
What uncertain weather! Hadn t
Old Probabilities, or rather, Old Inabil-
ties, better be investigated!
The sweet girl of this season will
wear calico, and her admirers will say
that she looks like print-sis.
Grant is of the opinion that where
ever the seat of the president is. there
shall the seat of the government be
also.
The duchess of Edinburgh and other
members Of the royal family who want
divorces are expected to arrive in In.
diana soon.
A convention of cremationists is to
be held in Italy. Persons wishing to
be cremated may avail themselves OF
this opportunity.
''Voltaire electricity is what Tyn.
dali calls the sensation produced on the
nerve centres by being kicked out OF
bed in the morning.
''The blessed man that preached fol-
us last Sunday, said Mrs. Partington
''served the Lord for thirty years
first as a circus rider, then as a locust
preacher. and last as an exhauster.''
"a Roman lictor,'' said Bates,
whose historical information comes
by detail on the fly; ga Roman lictor
Well, s'pose she deserved it. No
one but the Roman knows.''-N. Y,
Mail.
More joyfully look at the setting
than at the rising sun. Burdens are
laid down by the poor whom the sun
consoles more than the rich. No star
and no moon announce the rising sun;
and does not the setting sun, like ALLOW.
er, leave behind his image on the
moon! Iyearn toward him when he
sets not when he rises.-Ritcher.
"Donald,'' said Scoth dame, look.
ing up from the Catechism to her son.
s.v hats a slander?'' "A SANDER, guide
mither!'' quoth young Donald, twist
ing the corner of his plaid sawed, ]
hardly ken, unless it be mayhap an ow.
er true tale which one guide woman
ellis of an ither.
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He isn't 6 years old and he said !:
"Please, sister Sarah, can't l have an
other piece of that nice custard pie
you made - ''Why, deary, you, are
too full for utterance now; look at
that luscious dumping on your plate
not half eaten.'' ooh, well, sister,
know the dumping side of my stomach
is full, but the custard pie side is rath-
er empty yet"
a good mother WAS trying to explain
to a young hopeful the other day about
fighting against the devil. After tell
ing the little fellow who the devil was,
and how hard he was to resist SUCCESS
fully, he, turned around and said: MA
ma, I'd be scared of the old devil, but
if was to come across one of his lit
tie devils d knock the stut1ing out of
him.
Charles Fox had an unfortunate
creditor who insisted that he would
not leave until a day of payment was
named. 'Will you so them" asked
the minister. eyes and not "trouble
you until the day arrives replied the
dun. ''Well then,' said Fox, slowly.
Il will pay you on the day of judge
ment. But stop; as that will be a very
busy time; let us make it the day
after.''
John Bannister, the commedian, was
presented to an old lady proud of an
cient and noble blood. The old lady
asked a wit of the day, who was pres
ent. ''Who are the Bannisters Are
they of a good family?' eyes, said
the wit; very good indeed they are
closely connected with the Stairs. .
sob, said the lady, "a very ancient
family of Ayrshire-dates back to
1850; / am delighted to meet your
friend.'
A teacher in a Sunday school, says
the New York Evening Post, was ex.
|plaining to his class of boys the mean.
ling of "Jacob Ladder when, one of
the number, more inquisitive than at.
tentive. inquired;-s'lf the angels had
wings what was the need of a ladder
for them - This was poser, and
while he was meditating a reply and
unable to answer, another boy exclaim.
ed, .'I'll bet can tell what they used
the ladder for.'' ''Out with it then, -
said the teacher. II, guess they. were
molting."
The custom of appointing young
lawyers to defend pauper criminals,
says the San Antonio S(Texas) Herald,
received a backset the other day in
our District Court. His Honor, Judge
Noonan, had appointed two young
lawyers to defend an old and expert.
enced horse-thief. After inspecting
his counsel for some time in silence.
the prisoner rose in his place and adj
dressed the Bench. s:Air them to d :
fend me ~. eyes SIR" said his Honor.
"Both of 'em,'' inquired the prisoner.
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1000 SOLD LAST SEASON

THE ENORMOUS wAsTAGE Of grain 20 inevitable
:ssh other styles Of Thrcshers, can b. SAVED by this
improved Machine sufficient eve,y jsb to more then
pay all erpenses Of threshing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
hke seeds are threshold separated, cleaned and saved
as easily and perfectly as Wheat Oats, Rye or Barley.
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid fl: grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine for extra tranliness
IN THE WET GRAIN Of 1875, these wefe substan-
tally the ON. II MACHINES that oou' with profit
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect work,
suhea Others utterly failed
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting complica-
ttons. such a. ENDLESS Aprons 'liidles "Beaters"
"Pckers etc., are entirely Dispersed ,oah; less than
one-haf the usual Gears. Belts, Boxes and Journals:
easier managed: more durable: light running cost.
~ repairs dust: no tterings" to clean up; not
troubled BY adverse winds, rain or storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by it will not employ info.
nor and Wasteful machines, but will insist this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, 8, 10 and IL Horse
Powers. Also speciality Of SEpARAroRs designed
anu made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM PowER
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, Viz: our I'm.
proved Triple Gear" and our "Spur Speed" Wood
bury Styie), both Mounted on fosr wheels.
II INTERESTED In Threading or Grain Raisn8.
apply to our nearest Dealer write 70 for ulustr1-
sed sent free) giving full particulars Of ssea
Styles. Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH
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"A Man Overheard"

BY CAPT. SAM WHITING.

BY CAPT. SAN WHITING.
The cry Of g a van overboard!' runs
through 4 crowded ship, on a stormy
night, with Notwithstanding effect;
and | have never heard it, during near
" forty years Of sailor-cxperience,
without a peculiar feeling at my heart,
which l cannot describe. During one
of my Liverpool VOYAGES, we were run
ming OF II knots per hour before Il
strong but favoring March gale from
the northwest. left the deck at mid
night, but had barely reached my state.
room when heard the thrilling cry,
IA man overheard - and rushing to
the deck, heard one wild shrek above
the tempest's roar, and learned that an
old and favOrite seaman had been
thrown from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
into the yawning deep, hundred
feet below him. hove the ship toat
once, and boat, with six good volun-
teers, dispatched to the rescue: But
it returned in a half an hour, without
success. find in my journal OF that
date the following notice of the sad
event:
Terrific squalls have closed the day,
And our bright prospects flown away.
10y UOuDle.r0el we shorten Sail,
To meet the fury of the gale;
And, weary, wet, with aching head,
At twelve sought my lonely bed;
And soon how changed to me the scenei
Far Ger the waves that intervene,
In dreams my fancy wandered back
Across the oceans dismal track, - >
And sweet communion held with those
Whose smiles could solace all my woes.
Sudden, my blissful vision fled
Hank to that sad cry overhead, :
Breaking upon my slumbers soft:
"a man has fallen from aloft!
The yards were laid aback boat,
With six good men, was soon af1Oat
But mortal strength and human skill
Are valueless, without His will
Whose mandate rules the stormy sea-
At whose command griefs, sorrows, flee;
He saw not fit our tolls to bless;
The boat returned without SUGGEST
All! who the agony can know
Of that sad heart, so full of woe,
When the poor sailor saw his bark
S weep from him DER the pillows dark!
Alas no hope of help for him;
Soon must his eyes in death grow dim;
No more he'll press Homes downy pillow
The seaman sleeps beneath the billOw.
No more shall wife or children greet
The old man with their welcome sweet.
They'll watch with hearts all fondly yearn-
ing,
The Old mani -home- bound bark return
ing;
But all their joy will turn to woe.
When allsthis is known which they must
know.
0 God of Heven forever save
Me from the dreary ocean-wave!
care not how fare through life;
Content am to meet with strife;
Pll murmur not, though forced to roam
From country, kindred, friends, and home,
So that wild flowers their fragrance shed
Above my grave when am dead,
And friends that love may gather near
To drop upon that grave tear,
And, burying in Oblivion's tide
How oft from right Eve stepped aside,
How madly erring have been,
While acting in lite's varied scene,
Think only Of my better parts,
And hold Inc kindly IN their hearts. !
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MARRIAGE
SECRETS.

kind of Diseases with hundreds of valuable receipts who
should marry, tho ipsment' to marriage ttr nature
scs, symptoms and to It tho only really
scientific work OF the Kind published, ard is complies
Address, c. A.. E"MASNAN, 6ls North Fifth street,
S.. Louis, Mo. Established in ISL.
, 1876-01-22

certificate to rotten old steamer;
and, until they arc reached by law
the public viii look upon the farce
they call an examination As simply
an attempt, and lapoor one, TO white
wash themselves.
Capt. Sawyer has been placed be-
fore his accusers and acquitted. We
hope 20 sec Capt. Waterman and W
friend Hil!man made to undergo 9
similar trial before the Cnited @tates
Courts. Uatii-tLey are, AID shall
have been as honorably acquitted as
Capt, Sawyer has been, the public
will be loud in their demands that
such unworthy officers be removed
and their places supplied by compe-
tent and honest men.
, 1876-01-22
TrC3. Ecah Bay.

For the TUGrr soUSo WEEKLY ARGUs.l
Your correspondent paid your town
a flying visit to see old friends and
distribute few grcenbacks for the
noccszaries Of life, Port Townsend
being the natural centre for all who
reside on the coast line west of Pu-
ret Sound. And if the merchants
there would try and attract more at
tention and encouragenavigation be-
tween them and the many who are
fast settling around them it would
be second to no town on the Sound,
Seattle notwithstanding.
After making my necessary port
age to Port Discovery to get home,
over the worst road in the Territory,
except the old Monticello road to
Pumphreys', which has now become
Macadamized from disuse, and our
| old friend Mcdonald has to eat his
slipper and breakfast alone, with no
crack of the whip which denoted
hungry men and lots of chick amin,
for the railroad cooked his goose and
| left him to mediate on the past, pres
ent and future, which he will have
ample time to do.
Everything wSs rushing at the
mill under the q 4areful management
of our old frieR d c. E. P. Wood,
Esq, who was dong his level best to
get the ship War Hawk ready for sea,
working nj ght and day to show one
of the fastest voyages from Puget
Sound to San Francisco, and beat the
celebrated coaster, Forest Queen;
but, old-sailor like, the crew thought
there was millions in it and wanted
some, SO tried to retard the work.
When will sailors learn that rolling
their pants in their boots and hat on
one side begging for some one to
step on the tail of their coat will be
the sign for all good ship masters to
avoid them. Congress has thrown
around sailors every protection and
lit remains now for them not to abuse
it but do their duty as men who have
to work for a living, and not be con-
tinually hunting for lawsuits in which
they invariably get the worst.
In a recent issue of the ARGUS ]
noticed that an old citizen, Edward
Lii was lying dangerously i'll at
Victoria, B. c., under the kind nurs-
ing of our fellow-townsman H. L,
Tibbals, who has always been ready
to lend helping hand to those need
ing his assistance. Edward Lill is
the last of boats crew which de.
serted the whale ship Mary and
Martha, of New Bedford, Capt. Slo.
cum, 500 miles at sea on the north.
west coast, in 1852, and after several
days of privation arrived at Queen
Charlotte's Island, were captured by
the Indians, stripped of all they had,
and kept prisoners several months.
but they claiming to be King George
men and tyees, they were taken to
Fort Simpson and ransomed by the
Factor, Mr.. Mccoy, who treated
them kindly and sent them to Victo-
ria, three of whom settled on
the Sound, Edward Lii, Oscar Olney
4and Robert Burlington; and they
! figured in the early settlement o.
Port Townsend and the Indian war
HUSTLER.
, 1876-01-22
Port Discovery, Jan. Is, ls76.

An old newspaper gives the fol-
lowing as a scrap of history: In the
year 1884, the Legislature of PEN
sylvania, to abolish a practice then
prevailing, passed the following res
olution, after considerable opposi-
ton: Resolved, That hereafter no
member shall come into the chamber
barefooted, nor cat his bread and
cheese on the steps of the Capitol"
Vice President Wilson was en-
gagged to be married to Mrs. ]. A.
jackson, of Tennessee, and the mar
rage was to take place on the 23d
ult. 1t was mainly to see her that
he visited Nashville last spring.
They first met at Washington and
Mrs. jackson is one of the most dis
tinguished and highly-cultivated la.
dies in the South.
, 1876-01-22
+" How is this for COIdl"
For the WEEKLY ARaus.l

For the WEEKLY ARGUs.l
EDITOR Argus: In Caledonia
County, Vermont, the home of my
childhood, on December 10Th and
Goth, 1875, the thermometer indicat-
ed at St. Johnsbury,, 6 o'clock on
Sabbath evening, 20 degrees below
zero; at 8 o'clock 80 below; at 8
o'clock on Monday morning 40 be-
low; at West Concord 81 below;
Barnet 3S below; while at Lynden-
vile, Just north Of st. Johnsbury, 46
below = by spirit thermometers.
Mercurial THERMOMETERS can be
bought there at a discount. On the
Wednesday following the thermom-
eter was So above zero-makinp a
variation OF 104 degrees in forty9
eight hours time. Hero, in Port
Townsend, on those days, ,&ne ther-
mometers were 48 above, and the
coldest day this winter here, 35
above; and there were only FIVE
nights this winter that we have bad
frost, yet we are four degree further
north than Caledonia County.
Yours for the Pacific coast,
FRANK H. WINSTON.
Port Townsend, Jan. 18, 1876.