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NE Ordered Oyster StewS.

One Of those toil-har dened, true hearted
chaps, often read of in romance, made his
appearance on the cempus mlrtius yester-
day, and his synpath;cs were at once
aroused by the sight OF three OF four old
men standing around with their buck saws
and waiting for work.
am be hanged if it isn't tough" he re
piled when they told him that they hadn't
had any work for month. "IIow would
you like some oysters2"
They smacked their hps by way of reply
and he gathered up q crowd of eight march
Ell them to restaurant and ordered oyster
stexs for each one.
alt just does my soul good to see them
eat |" be said to the owner of the place as
the eight got to work.
eyes; It's a beautiful. sight" was the
reply.
slt makes me feel good in here" con.
timed the stranrer- lavino his hand IN h'e
"a good deed brings its own reward"
was the soft answer of the restaurateur, as
he calculated bis profits.
81 can't rest here--I must do further
good" said the big-hearted stranger, ard
ne rushed cut and brought in three negroes,
a chimney-sweep, two boys and an Gid
woman, and ordered more oysters.
The fifteen people went for oyster soup
in manner to amaze, and their guardian
nudgcd the restaurateu, in the RIBS and
said:
"See tts gentle lambs Oh, that | could
feed the poor of ell America =.
"You are good man, and Heaven vii
reward you," replied the proprietor, as be
flied the dishes up again.
The stranger said he wanted to bring II
just five more, so as to say that he had fed
au even score, and he rushed Gu. after tnen
while the restaurareur sent after more oys
/ ters and crackers. The stranger didn'
return. lie was last seen climbing into 9
farmers sleigh on State street and guiding
/ his team to the west. The fifteen in tke
restaurant licked their plates clean End dc
parted in joyful procession. and the las
! one had passed. cut before the man who
had furnished the soup had got through
waiting for the return of the big.hearteG
stranger. There were oaths and slang
/ phrases and watch-.ords ani express ions
delivered in the purest of English, bu
what mattered it to the fifteen soup-deyour
ers, who drew up in line opposite. and
''Resolced, That them oyster. JUS
! touched the spot. - Detroit Free Press.
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ten minutes pas. twelve.
"a Happy New Year ~ said to Psyche,
and she echoed back "A Happy New
fear f-Eniiie Tolmaa, IN Christian
Union
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Wal lag.

S0r--e I iclS ny hands aus. all,
= r tF =. FOR winds, OF tide, T sea;
rT..e % more -xinst time OF ;a.e,
~ 10. MY own shal. come 10 me.
! st-7- ~ haste. make delays,
cGt ava's this eager paces
' san E. aid tn eternal ways.
l1s- '.na: is mine shall knew my fsea.
-zzz -. rake by night or day.
lie friends | seek are seeking me;
ITa vino can drive my bark astray.
suf change the tide OF destiny.
. a,arIrr if | - md alone.
- il '-irh joy the coming years;
- heart stall reap where il has se~1,
trd Garner up its iruis of tears.
ze 7ylieT- know their own, and draw
To troob that springs in yon6er height;
- G"Ns hc good with eqaai law
- tire scal OF pare deiigh,.
: - .ars come nightly 10 the sky:
Iic II iGi wave uato the sea;
= = .inie, No" space. nor deep. nor high
G., q tcop M own away irOm me.
-J0ba Rurroughs.
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TIE METRIC SYsrEA.-Eaarly every
other nation OF Europe having led the wav.
Russia is about adopting the metric weights
and measures. The special committee
which is sitting at st. Petersburg, at the
headquarters Of the Russian Impeyi,l
Technc. Il Society, have not only come to
the conclusion that such an innovation
would be useful, but have also enphst,cal-
iy declared that the present is the fitting
moment Cor the introduction OF the metric
system. They think that the change
onght to be accomplished within two years.
Il is remarkable fact that Americans.
with all their boasied readiness to adopt
labor-saving Inventions, and having led the
world IN use OF decimal currency, should
be one OF tue very last nations of the globe
to adopt what John Quincy Adams in biz
"ihc'al report, pronounccs the greatest in
vention of human ingenuity since that Of
printing, and greater labor saver than
steam.
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Chicago.

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A Missouri woman left the COW that she
was milking, and went right into the
house, just because bear rubbed against
her.
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4 Barn. Yard humoris. sets of the fol.
lowing lay; The son af ! hen never
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

sured by the commission in the most
solemn manner that no proposition
whatever has been made to either party,
and furthermore, that the commission
have not agreed on plan. Gen. Nc
MILAN and his associates urge upon the
commission the necessity Of an early
decision by the President. If it is to
be Nichols, they desire to know the
fact at once; If Packard, let it be done
without further delay. Gen. Mcmillan
said tonight that confidence in the
ultimate success of the Nichols govern
ment seemed to be hardening, citing
the improvement in state bonds, ETC., :,
and the desertions from Packard's
legislature.
The commission are in executive ses-
sion.
There are now fifty-seven returning
board members in the Nichols house.
Two Packard legislators went over to
Nichols to-day, and four more will
make a quorum in both houses of re-
turning board members, and it is be-
lieved that these four will secede Mon
day,
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NOTICE TO HEIRS.

To all whom it may concern:
Letters of administration having
been granted by the Probate Court of
Laramie County, Wyoming Territory,
to the undersigned upon the estate of
John Leggett, deceased, who was killed
by Indians between Fort Laramie and
Custer City on or about the ninth day
of May, A. D. 1876, which letters bear
date the 23d day of November, A. D.
1876, and which estate has been ap-
praised to be worth the sum of three
thousand four hundred and ninety-sev-
en- dollars, and said decedent having
been supposed to be native Of the
State of Tennessee. Said deceased was
supposed to be about fifty years of age
at the time of his death. No heirs of
said estate are known to exist, there
fore, all persons having any interest in
said estate either as heirs or devisees
will make the same known to the un-
dersigned within the time prescribed by
law. j. ID. MAY,
Administrator of the estate of John
Leggett, deceased. feb13-dtf.
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The curiosilies Of Mining.

That there are more things In heaven
and on earth than our philosophy
dreams of is proved every day to an e1-
tent that must make the wisest among
US unpleasantly conscious of helpless
ignorance. Prospecting for gold was
hitherto conducted on strictly scien-
tific principles, guided by the lay Of the
ground, the indications Of former
water courses, and the general geologi-
cal features of the neighborhood. The
curiosities Of mining would form very
readable book, especially that portion
of it describing the manner in which
most of our richest leads have been dis
covered. The New Almaden quicksil-
yer mine was found by an Englishman,
who, observing that Indians went to a
certain spot for red earth with which
they painted their faces, was induced
to examine the locality, thus revealing
the largest deposit Of cinnabar in the
New World. The Reddington quick
silver mine was discovered by some la
borers making road, who, noticing
that some of the stones they lifted were
unusually heavy for their size, broke a
piece off and sent it to San Francisco
for examination. The celebrated Eber-
hardt silver mine in White Pine, a
one-haIf interest in which was sold to
English capitalists for 81 ,0O0, 900, was
pointed out to q camp of loggers by
Indians, who brought in Jumps Of ma
tive silver, and offered to show where
they got them for moderate recon-
pense of flour and tobacco. The IA
nous blue-gravel lead, one mile of
which yielded from 1854 to 1850 the
sum of S5,095, 900, was accidentally
struck by man digging a well, and
the Butte mine, in Sicora county, from
which 81, ,335, 900 was taken in six
years, was discovered by a hunter, who,
sitting down to rest, saw disintegrated
quartz richly streaked with gold scat
tered about. and was thus led to make
further researches. Nor have all the
great prizes yet been drawn. Capital,
luck and labor, separately and COM
bined, are constantly finding new
wealth in our mountains, and probably
will continue to do so for all time to
come.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

A telegraphic dispatch to the Iron
Age says that DR.. Siemens, in an ad-
dress before the Iron and Steel Insti-
tuition, at Sheffield, suggested the utili-
ration Of Niagara Falls by dynamo-elec-
trical machines for supplying unlimited
power long distances. The utilization
of motive power is not the most econom-
ical method Of using them, generally
speaking, but where power is to be con-
veyed long distances from its source it
may be transmitted $50 it is supposedly
with less loss after conversion into cleo
tricity. The motive power at Niagara
Falls would not be costly, SO that the
certain loss of a large percentage of it
IN converting it and transmitting it to
distant places where it would ''do the
most good, {" would not be conclusive
argument against this novel idea.
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NIGHT REPORT.
COLORADO.

What the Striking Miners are Doing.
Especial Telegram to The Leader.l
Erie, April 14.-The striking coal
miners have resorted to desperate meas
ures. Flames burst from the mouth of
the shaft of the Boulder Valley Coal
Co.'S shaft about o'clock this morning,
quickly enveloping the engine house
and weighing Office. The fire was set by
the strikers, and within half hour
after it was first observed fearful ex-
plosion occurred, throwing out the tim
bers, etc., from the mouth of the shaft.
Some fifteen or twenty kegs of powder
had been taken from one Of the COM
pany's magazines near the shaft and
placed inside Of the mine, after which
the fire was set and the whole exploded.
The blast blew down the whole stope,
and the shaft was completely filled with
debris.
TROOPS TO THE RESCUE.
Between 10 and II O'Clock this fore
noon an extra train brought in large
force of workmen, protected by militia,
who at once took up position on a
high hill near the mine, and have erect
ed a barricade for purposes of defense.
Sentinels have been placed around the
mine, and everything is quiet now, but
trouble is expected tonight, when the
men from adjacent mines, who have
been working all the week, come out.
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UTAH.
A Resolution Relating to Voters,

Salt Lake, April 14.-At a meeting
of non-Mormons, held at the Liberal
Institute, in this city to-day, resolu-
tion offered by Gen. Nathan Kimball,
to amend the organic act of the terri
tory, read as follows: "All male in
habitants 81 years of age, citizens of
the United States, shall be entitled to
vote and be eligible to Office; provided,
however, that no person living in the
practiceof bigamy or polygamy shall be
permitted to hold any office or to vote
at any election, or to act as a juror, and
that all votes shall be by secret ballot; /;
that all laws in conflict shall be re-
pealed, !" which was unanimously adopt
ed by the meeting and referred to the
committee on resolutions and memorial
to Congress. Resolutions were adopted
asking Congress to legislate relative
to marriage rights and the right Of
dover in the husbands estate; also con-
demning the Mormon priesthood for
controlling the ballot.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
LOUISIANA.
Democratic Proposition.

New Orleans, April 14.-The Demo
Gratis tonight agreed upon a proposition
that they will make to the commission
for admission to their organization Of all
members elected by the parish COM
missioners' returns, but this action
shall in no way interfere with legista-
ton already perfected. Seven or eight
members who were seated subject to
contest will submit their cases for final
decision to the full legislature when
assembled. There seems to be very little
compromise in the proposition, as the
members of the Packard legislature
who were elected could at any time
during the past three months have
taken seats in the Nichols Legislature
if they desired.
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Graphic pen.picturc Of Deadwood

This is wonderful city in every par
ticular, says Deadwood correspondent,
and needs to be seen to be fairly appre-
ciated. No result of Photographic art,
much less Of the photographic, can do it
justice. Two mountains, thickly shad
ed with pines, and towering high unto
heaven, stand just far enough apart to
permit the rapid flow of Whitewood
creek. Along the banks of this stream,
and for considerable distance in the
aggregate directly over it, upon bridges,
runs the one business street, lined upon
either side with buildings of the Oldest
appearance and frailest quality that
human ingenuity could devise. Irreg-
ularity characterizes everything. No
two buildings are alike, or on pre-
scribed line, or are upon corresponding
elevations of ground. Some take on
an air of respectability in thin coat of
paint and have an uneven modern side
walk across their frontage. The sides
of the two precipitous hills are almost
concealed by cabins, some of logs,
I'll. = -,, - 49,. r.z.-.
others Oh plank, ACCESS 10 them iroh
the ''down town" being gained only
after most exhaustive climb. At the
junction of Whitewood and Deadwood
gulches the settlement expands into
and follows two thoroughfares, one
leading to South Deadwood, the other
tn Gavville The citv ia literalIv and
sa:, 80. ,.., .
ooinpie'eiy unoei eiihineu, 'nai'' uesoeiiu-
ing from back yards, streets, and even
buildings into claims, and from them
drifts branch in every direction. The
.,roots oro ,,;Iod f,,I, of eIth sro,yood
',S 90 peo . Avoo
ana p9llding materlals, ana are aiso
encumperea WIN numerous wen curps,
Dut the wafer pelow Is SO poliuteo that
II Is used only 1er scruDDlng purposes.
Inc popuiation OF the Guy Is ABOUT Two
thousand OF the most hospltaole ana
agreeable Oh men. Ihey are business
men, however, Keen, pushing, ehergetlc
people, VINO make no cohceaiment OF
ene Iact that they came INTO tne hllls
70 make money, ana that sucn purpose
Is Is, SUN the rullng one OF tneiI nVes.
nhey are successIul. Competitlon Is
liVely; anu as result prices are Iea-
sonaDie ior INNING camp, ah9 mus
remote, very reasonapie. Hotel rates
are apouI uniiorm az 90 per Gay, room
anu DOitTu, Slz 10 Slo per week, anu 10
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

As nearly as can be ascertained from
sush intimations, hints and revelations
as Clerk Adams has condescended to
make, the roll of uncontested seats in
the next House will stand: Republi-
cans, 1877; Democrats, 149. OF the sew
en- contested seats, two are in Louisiana,
two in Florida, one in Missouri, one in
Colorado, and one in New York. If
all the contested seats are awarded to
Democrats, that party will have ma
iority of II in the next Congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Wool in Boston is in demand at fair
prices, and steady.
Ex-Congressman Lorenzo Sabine died
on Saturday, aged "a.
The Turks have commenced throw
ing bridge over the Danube at Kala-
fat.
In Columbus, O., Edward Booker,
child stealer, has been sent to jail in
default of bail.
The New York stock market Satur-
day was unsettled, but not so widely
fluctuating as of late.
The Turkish army has entered the
country of Miridites and a forward
movement is expected.
The American basket factory, at
Milford, DEL, burned Saturday MORN
ing. Loss $50, 900; insurance 800, 900.
A man named Potter, in Geneva,
Ohio. shot and killed his wife on Satur-
day, and then committed suicide. Cause
unknown.
The firms of Foster & Co., cotton
dealers in Providence, II. l., have made
assignments for the benefit of their
creditors.
Russian and Turkish securities in the
London market are now lower than at
any time since the outbreak of the
insurrection.
The wholesale dry goods house of
Cole & Dow, Little Rock, Ark, was
damaged by fire and water Saturday
morning; loss, $4,000.
Germany does not wish to see the
neutrality of Roumania violated, con-
sequently the principal Russian attack
will be on the Asiatic side.
The English government is Of opin-
ion that, under the present circum-
stances, any further step for the main
tenance Of peace is useless.
John Mccullough is achieving histri-
onic fame at the handsof New Workers,
who pronounce his rendition of Othello
the best on the American stage.
The Baltimore grain market shows
unusual activity, owing to war rumors
from London and the orders from Chi
cago to charter vessels for the shipment
of grain. The sale of corn Saturday
amounted to 9O0, 900 bushels, the largest
ever sold in one day in this market.
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whites preserved perfect line, while
the Indians were detached and broken
into what seemed utter confusion, but
rallied at threatened point as sud-
denly as it could be possible under mil
itary tactics in our army. 1t was al
together, according to the Omaha Bee
correspondent, very spirited and in
teresting affair, and was hugely en-
joyed by the participants and specta-
tors. .ltrI1 1t.I..t
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
GEORGIA.
Kukluxers Korralled.

Atlanta, April 14.-Seven white citi-
zens of Oglethorpe county, have been
arrested by United States marshals on
warrants sworn out by Luke johnson.
They were taken under the .ku klux
act, and brought to this city. They
waived examination before the COM
missioner and gave bail in 500 each,
to answer. Luke johnson and the
other colored men in the riot are in the
Athens jail for safe keeping.
Savannah, April 14.-The steam
ship Leo. from this port for Nassau,
burned on the morning of the 18th in
a heavy southeast gale, eighty miles
south Of Tybee and thirty miles of
shore. The two Miss Farrigtons, Of
Nassau, and Mr.. Poppenbiek, of New
York, are the only passengers missing.
The crew were saved.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
MISSOURI.
Another Body Found.


st. Louis, April 14.-Another body,
supposed to be that of man, was taken
from the ruins this afternoon, but so
badly burned that it cannot be recog-
uized. A considerable amount of jew
elry, silverware, etc., has been un-
earthed and restored to the owners. 1t
is badly damaged.
LATER.
1t is believed that the body found
this afternoon is that of colored nurse
girl named jackson.
About three quarters of an exceed
ingly valuable diamond necklace be-
longing to Mrs. Munster, was among
the jewelry taken from the ruins to-day.
Seven of the fifteen unaccounted-for
guests whose names were telegraphed
last night, reported by telegraph to-
day
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

The Nebraska legislature has au-
thorized grasshopper war. Road su-
pervisors throughout the state are au-
thorized to order out all the voters in
their respective precincts to do twelve
days work each in killing grasshop-
pers, for which each person is to be
paid 50 day in county warrants. Be-
sides this, grasshopper ''war clubs " are
generally forming throughout the state.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
Bully for Bayard.

Washington, April IA. = Senator
Bayard has had several interesting in
terviews with the President. He is the
first Democratic member of the elec-
toral commission to call on the Presi-
dent. He informed the President that
he would, by vote and influence, sup
port every measure which he would
have supported had Tilden been elect
ed, and would support the present pol
icy and use his influence with his party
to prevent iactious opposition.
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Concerning Louisiana.

Washington, April Definite
word from the Louisiana commission
is expected Monday or Tuesday. The
only fact known is that the President
will in no case support Packard by the
use of federal troops. His government
must depend entirely upon its own re-
sources. The troops are liable to be
withdrawn by next Saturday, and yet
kept near enough to prevent bloodshed.
With such policy it is hoped that the
complications will settle themselves.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

Russia feels under the painful neces-
sity of making war on Turkey. She
dislikes it, but can't help it. Consid-
erations of humanity constrain her to
occupy the CHRISTIAN provinces of the
Ottoman Empire. And purely philan-
thropic motives may impel her to oc-
cupy Constantinople-if she can.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

The whereabouts Of prominent Amer
leans at home, according to the latest
advices: Sitting Bull, across the line
in British America; Spotted Tail, on
the Sioux Agency ruling things; Crazy
Horse out on the plains minus his follow
ers; Red Cloud out on peace mission;
Observation-Disclosures Horses, in
the Sioux camp along with the old man
Of the same name,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

The first number of the Black Hills
Daily Times, published at Deadwood by
Warner & Newhard, reached us on
yesterday. 1t is simply perfect in
Typography and makeup, and is edited
with ability and care. We hope the
publishers will find their bonanza in
their own Office.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15
A Sham Fight Between Pawnees and Soldiers.

Last Tuesday sham fight between
the Pawnee scouts and white cavalry
took place at Sidney Barracks. There
were 98 mounted Pawnees, under Maj.
North, and about the same number of
cavalry. There were few prisoners
taken on each side, and an immense
waste of ammunition. There were no
scalps taken, but if the fight had been a
genuine one there would have been.
This practice is good for troops, as it
familiariaes them with the manner OF
Indian attacks and defense. The
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

Gen. Grant pronounces the stories of
Ill feeling between him and General
Sherman. pure fictions and base inven-
tions. He says they have always been
friends, and are still, and that in all
their personal and business intercourse,
there has never been even momentary
estrangement.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

Our special from Erie gives new
butnot unexpected phase of the strike Of
the coal miners. The strikers have
gone too far, as men always do in such
cases, and Gov. Routt will put them
down promptly and in manner they
will not soon forget.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-15

A colored statesman in North Caro-
lima offered a resolution asking the
legislature to suggest some plan upon
which Congress could be memorialized
to set apart a territory west Of the Mis-
souri, river for the colonization Of the
colored people of the south.