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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
THE GREAT FAvoR1TE THE popul

THE GREAT FAvoRITE THE popular
Chill Cure of the age Composed of pure and
simple drugs, WiIhoft's Tonic has long held
the highest place in the long line of remedies
for Chills and Fever. 1t is not only Anti
Periodic, but is Anti-Panic, for it curtails the
heavy expense of doctors visits where friend
ly calls are all itemized in the account current
penny saved is penny gained, and saving
it in this way adds to health and comfort. Try
Wilhoft's Tonic as a certainty and you will
never regret it. G. r. FINIAY & Co., Proprie-
tors, New Orleans.
For SALE nv All, DRTTGGISTS
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

HE increased expectation of grain
from Southeastern Europe is believed in
London to be only temporary. Great
losses have been experienced, particu-
larly in Turkey, by failure properly to
harvest the crop, and reports have al
ready been received from the scene of
the recent campaign IN Asia that famine
stares the populace in the face. In view
of these facts there is reason to believe
that the de1land for American grain,
now temporarily reIuced by the active
competition of grain from the Black See
region. will in the end be increased on
account of the Eastern war.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
Il LITTLE DELAY FATAL.

It is well known that julius Cesar
might have escaped assassination In the
Senate chamber if he had read deEiner-
ately letter put in his hands by one in
formed OF the conspiracy. The same fact
is true of one or two of the French mon
arehs who persisted by the assassin's
knife. But the delay of few hours to
open these important letters rendered
escape impossible.
We have never seen the following in
cident before, but it is vouched for by
DIR. McChesney, of Trenton, reliable
authority:
The success of Washington at Trenton
has been generally considered as the
turning point in the war of independ-
ence.
Yet few persons are aware upon how
slight an event this critical action was
made to hinge. On the Christmas eve
when Washington crossed the Delaware,
Col. Rail-, the commander of the He's
slams, sat in private room near Tren-
ton, engaged in drinking and playing
cards.
A tory, who had discovered the move
ments of the American troops, sent q
note by a special messenger to the
Colonel, with orders to deliver it into his
own hands.
The messenger found the way to the
house, and negro opened the door but
refused him admittance, took the Letter
and delivered it to the Colonel, who wa.
just shutting for new game.
Supposing the. letter to be unimpor
tant, or not stopping to think at all, ht
went on with his play. The reading O
the letter would have thwarted the de
sign Of Washington; but the love of play
conquered the Colonel's prudence an6
gave success to worthier cause, involv.
| ing the loss of his life and army, and
ultimately the freedom of the colonies
| Little did the Colonel think, when he
was shutting those cards, that he was
losing the greatest game that was evel
played among the nations of the world.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
LEPROSY.

Reports on leprosy have been pub
hshed by surgeons in British India. DR..
Planck, Sanitary Commissioner of the
northwest provinces of Bengal, consid-
ers that probably no fewer than 10000
persons in that vast area are leprous,
and it results in reducing to beggary at
least one-third of that number. Its at
tacks arise seldom from contagion. 1t
is hereditary disease. As a rule lep-
rosy assumes outward and hurtfu1 ap-
pearance between the ages of 80 and so.
In China the great seats OF 1eproey are
in the provinces of Canton and Fokien.
In Canton there are believed to be
10, 900 lepers. Leprosy is unknown
among the Australian aborigines. OF
late years it has been more frequently
observed in Europeans who have visited
the East aud West Indies.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
HISTORY OF TABLE-CLOTHs

| HISTORY OF TABLE- CLOTHS.
At a very early period it was custom
airy to spread cloth, or cover, upon
tables appropriated for holding refresh
ments and in the ennobled ranks of So
ciety we find this practice prevalent al
most among all nations, where civiliza-
ton has polished the manners of the
people; any omission of this requisite
mark of politeness would have been con-
sidered an insult. The use of the table
cloth among the Romans began in the
time of the early Emperors their
fabrics were fine linen, generally much
ornamented, with stripes of gold and
purple, and sometimes painted or
wrought with gold, decorated at the cor
ners with golden tags" The use of
table linen was very rare in England
about the thirteenth century but we
find the Anglo-Saxons before the Nor
man conquest dined with a clean cloth,
denominated reOd sce0t, which was by
their successors termed drapet; this
latter term we find in several instances
in Spencer's Faery Queen" evidently
abiding to linen cloths now modernized
into drapery hence, it is pretty certain
that table-cloths were by no means I'M
usual in this country at very early pc
riod. In the life of Saint Ives, we find
it mentioned, "that even a cloth was
laid before poor man."
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

IT will be found upon inquiry of rep
resentative storekeepers that ladies no longer
depend on foreign makers for their Perfumery
and Toilet Articles. To Messrs. Colgate & Co.
the credit is largely due for this new departure.
Their Cashmere Bouquet Soap and Violet Toilet
Water are universally esteemed by the tasteful
and refined as the most delicate and recherche
of perfumes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

THIRTY years experience proves the
Graefenberg Vegetable Pills to be the mildcst
and most effective medicine ever known for the
complete cure Of headache, biliousness, liver
complaints, nervousness, feyers and diseases
of digestion. Sold everywhere; price Is cents
per box Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co.,
New York.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

PoND's EXTRACT, the Peoples Rem
edy. 1t not only affords Immediate relief from
pain, but is permanent cure for many disor-
ders. Book at druggists.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
HOW THE BEAVER WORKS.


When a beaver finds tree which
seems suited to his purpose, he stands
erect, steadying himself by means of
his tail, and cuts groove around the
trunk. This groove he gradually makes
deeper and wider, until, when the tree
is nearly cut off, it has very much the
shape of an hour-glass. Then he goes
round the tree, turns his head on one
side, just as you have seen an old wood
chopper do, and makes up his mind
which way he wants the tree to fall. In
short time he has it down and cut up
in pieces yard or SO in length. These
pieces are carried to the place where the
dam is to be built. The beaver fastens
them firmly in the ground and fills
around them with small sticks, mud,
and stones. Perhaps you have heard
that the beaver plasters the mud down
with his tail; but this is said to be I'M
true by those who have watched him at
the wood he cuts and hides it away at
the bottom of the dam, weaving it in
and out between the logs to strengthen
the foundations. The beavers dam is
sometimes 200 or 800 yards long and ten
or twelve feet thick His house or
lodge looks very much like savage's
hut, and is built with underground pas
sages connecting with the water. These
are SO far below the surface that they
cannot be closed with ice, and the
beaver can always go out to get his food
without being seen from the land
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

- EEz4KE8 is NJ in these times
EIE n n but IL toe made IN three months
"a ~ III by any one, of either sex, In any
"a 81 e n part of the country. who is willing
AlE H 81 a to work steadily at the employment
~ = q = that we furnish. Stj(j per week in
your town You need not be
away from home over night. You give your whole
time to the work, only your spare moments. We have
agents who making $50 per day at the busi-
ness All who engage at once make money fast At
the present time money cannot be made so easily and
rapidly other business Ii nothing the
business Terms and So Outfit free. Address st once
W .FTNr h co Main
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30

Hofmann's Hop Pills cure the Aqsse at onct
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
ADvER Users

Are invited to investigate The American Newspaper
Union List of Newspa pers-the largest combination Of
the United Sates-and compare the prices with
other lists is 1e cheapest aud bet ddUeTsing medium
in The counfrY.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-30
What Tommy Said.

I've been sick.
Mamma said 'moking was a nasty,
dirty, disgraceful habit, and bad for the
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-06

Outfits for Miners

Outfits Tor Miners.
As miners and prospectors generally
travel In parties not less than four, we
give below q list Of the necessary arti-
cles needed by four men with teams,
comprising provisions and grain for
ninety days:
Five hundred pounds best quality of
-four in so lb. sacks; 1900 pounds grain;
200 pounds sifted corn meal; 20 pounds
Drowned coffee; 4 pounds Of tea; gal
Ions syrup;5 gallons vinegar; 10 pounds
dried apples; 80 pounds white beans;
100 pounds bacon; salt, black and red
pepper, mustard, etc. And in camp
chest the following articles:
COOKING UTENSILS.
Two camp kettles, coffee pot, / min
er's oven, fry pan, dish pan, ladle,
! meat fork, 4 tin cups, tin plates, l
butcher knife, set knives and forks,
q tablespoons, crane hooks, l coffee
mill and lantern.
PROVISIONS.
Five pounds of coffee, pound of
Tea, 20 pounds of sugar, boxes yeast
powder, sack of salt, quart Of syrup
and jug, 2 quarts of vinegar, quart of
sperm oil, dozen boxes of matches,
80 pounds of -four.
Mining Tools.
-Four mining shovels, strap gold picks,
gold pans, sluice forks; l two-inch
augur, l half-inch augur, hatchet,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-06

hammer, screw-driver, draw-shave,
hand saw, file, gold scale, assorted nails
and screws and gold blower. frs-rf
A complete outfit should also include
rubber boots, heavy pegged boots, extra
double miners blanket, rubber blanket,
pack saddles, lariats and pins.
Those who desire to purchase their
own teams for the transportation of
miners and miners. supplies, can pro-
cure an outfit to much better advantage
in Cheyenne than elsewhere. Grocer
les, provisions, clothing, mining tools
and all other necessary articles can be
procured at this point. The following
may be considered average prices for
animals and wagons. tftQfat
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-06
Table Of Distances from Cheyenne to Dead
wood City.

This route follows the old stage road
travelled last year. When Wards cut
off from Hat creek, via Old Woman's
Fork to Pleasant Valley is completed,
land he is under contract to have the
road ready for travel by March 31st,
this route will be shortened over sixty
miles. The stage stations will be trans
ferred to the new road, and the dis
tance to be Travelled by the Cheyenne
and Black Hills coaches will thus be
reduced to 230 miles.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-06

Leavenwortn and DenVerluoo ~ W ~ w
We are credibly informed by the rep
resentatives Of these two railroad COM
panies, that special rates will be given
from Chicago to Cheyenne, to Black
Hills parties, which will be at least one
third less than the above rates.
Through tickets from Omaha to Gus
ter City via Cheyenne, are being sold at
the U. P. ticket offices at the following
raf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-06
"On to Big Horn"

The immense and constantly increas-
ing immigration to the new gold fields
of the north is destined to completely
overflow the Black Hills, and before the
close of III or early in '7S, at the far
thest, the cry of son to Big Horn" will
be heard in the land and the myriads Of
gold seekers will pass thither. Here
with we give with as great accuracy as
possible table of distances from
CHEYENNE TO BIG HORN MOUNTAINS
AND RIVER.
Miles
Cheyenne to Lodge Pole Creek k................. 10
Lodge Pole Creek to Bear Springs.............. 20
Bear Springs to II
Chugwater TO Hunton's Ranch.............-.. l5
Huntons Ranch TO Phillips Ranch: :......... z
Phillips Ranch to Cottonwood Ranch-...... 20
Elkhorn to Wagon Is
Wagon Hound to Fort Fetterman...............1 10
Fort Fetterman to Sage Creek s................ 15
Sage Creek to South Fork Cheyen River IL
South Fork Cheyenne to Buffalo Wallow q
Buffalo Wallow to Dry Fork of Powder :.
Dry Fork Of Powder to- Old Fort Reno..... Is
Fort Reno to Crazy Woman's Fork............ %
Crazy Woman's Fork to Clear Fork 20
Clear Fork to Old Fort Phil Kearney .--....... 20
Fort Phil Kearney to North Goose Creek. 20
North Goose Creek to Bear Creek. q
Bear Creek to Grass Lodge Creek........-:..: .
Grass Lodge Creek to Old Fort G. +. Smith 10
Total.... 400
*No wood and but little water
I Water poor and scarce.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Russian subjects will be expelled from
Turkey on the outbreak of the war.
John A. Kasson, of Iowa, has accept
ed the position of minister to Spain.
There are no new developments in
the case of the state officers of South
Carolina.
Sixty thousand people took part in
the Tichborne demonstration in London
on Tuesday.
The West Point graduating class this
year numbers 76, There are only 40
vacancies, consequently 81 will be ap-
pointed brevet second lieutenants. and
promoted to the grade as sooIl as va
cancies occur.
At the session of DR.. Cuyler's' church
Monday night ex-Mayor Lambert re-
signed as clerk, and to-day he made a
statement concerning his management
of his sister-in-law's money, saying he
intended to replace all of it.
The ten LowndesvilIe, s. c., mur-
derers (colored), sentencedto to be hanged
next Friday, have been reprieved by
Gov. Hampton for two weeks. 1t is
thought the sentence of some Of them
will be commuted to imprisonment fol
| life.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
AM Unaeeep.ed Proposition.

New Orleans, April 1.-THE Mich
oils house to-day adopted resolution
which announces that fifteen Republi-
cans are solemnly declared to legally
occupy their seats, and cordially in,
do the same, and asserting that seven
other Republicans will be admitted
subject to contest. 1t provides further
that the organization of the house shall
remain unchanged, and no contest will
be made of the seven seats in which
Republicans are seated until the next
session.
If this proposition is accepted by the
republicans the house would be COM
posed Of 81 Republicans and 81 Demo-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
NEW YORK.
Concerning Tweed's Confession

SOLCcfIluiB 4WCCo SouIcSSiou.
New York, April 17.-In his confess
sion Tweed says he gave Mr.. Hastings
a check for $40, 900 after the passage of
the charter of 1870, with the under
standing that it was to go to Senator
Woodin. Hastings, who is editor of
the Commercial Advertiser, says the
transaction was purely business af-
fair, passing through the hands of his
banker in legitimate way. He en-
phatically denies that any money ever
passed Through his hands to Senator
Woodin for any purpose.
Great excitement prevails among
politicians over Tweed's confession.
The old ring members are hard to find.
Bixby denies that his brother, Senator
Bixby, ever proposed immunity to
Tweed if he would allow O'Brien's
claims to be paid. Recorder Hackett
declines to say anything about the
statement that his paintings and book
case were paid for by the city.
Albany, April 16.-Tweed's state
ment is pronounced sensational
canard.
New York, April 17.-Wheeler H.
Peckham, counsel for the people against
Tweed, says it is true that Tweed has
udue SO-cdlleu Iull CONFESSION. IL was
taken to Albany last night by Town
send. He says it contains things he
knows are correct.
The Express confirms the confession
and says it is but a partial revelation,
and that the full confession will even
more sicken the public conscience.
Albany, April 17.-Tweed's confess
sion was handed to the attorney gene
RAILS deputy by Townsend, Tweed's
counsel, to-day. The statement fills
some fifty pages of manuscript. Attor-
ney General Fairchild says he will i'm
mediately take up the consideration of
the document, giving it his earnest at
tention. Before making any of the
confession public he will demand of
Tweed the evidence to prove the
charges against the persons whom his
confession duplicates. Fairchild has
not examined the confession as yet,
but note received here this afternoon
says there is some truth in the Worlds
statement of the contents of the paper.
Townsend, it is said, denies having
given any information of the disclosures
made by Tweed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
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 a 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. ]. u. MAY,
Administrator Of the estate Of John
Leggett, deceased. fsb13-dtf.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
Proposals tor Indian Supplies, Goods
and TRANSFORMATION,

and Transportation.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
Washington. March 80, 1877.
SEALED PROPOSALS, indorsed Proposals
for Beef" Flour, Clothing, Transportation,
(as the case may be,) and directed to the CON-
MISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, No. 40 Leon
ard ST.. New York, will be received until IL
NJ. of TUESDAY. MAY 8, 1877, for furnishing
the following Supplies. Goods and Transport
alton required for the Indian Service for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1878.
Beef on the 81, ,s5s,OS
Flour 6. 45OO
bacoh
Hard-breai.... N,Q0O
SorIi
Mess pork
Coffee, 453 900 pounds; Sugar, S9G,6OO pounds
Tobacco, SO $50 pounds; Soda, 1880 pounds
Baking Powder, $40 pounds; Rice, 5000
pounds; Tea, 6,5sO pounds; Beans. lsi,5Oo
pounds; Soap, Is,42o pounds: and Hominy,
l53, 900 pounds.
BLANKETS. CLOTHING. wooLEN AND COTTON
GOODS, HARDWARE, NOTIONS AND MEDICAL
SUPPLIES.
TRANSPORTATION for such OF the above sup
plies as may not be contracted to be deliver
ed at the several Indian Agencies.
Schedules showing in detail the quantities
and kinds Of goods and supp les required for
each Agency, transportation routes, time
and place of delivery, conditions to be OBJ
served by bidders, and terms OF contract and
payment, together with blank proposals and
forms of contract and bond. will be furnished
upon application to this Office. lin Washing
ton or ut No. 40 Leonard St., New York; to T..
NJ. Kingsley. 80 Clinton ace. New York to
VIM. Nicholson. Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs, Lawrence. Kansas; to the Commits
Chicago, Sioux City, st. Paul, Leavenworth,
Omaha and Cheyenne; or TO the several In
apr4-dim J.o. SMITH. Commissioner.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
LOUIS SIANA.
Gov. Paekard's Letter to the President.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
NEW ORLEANS, April II, 1877. J
To President Hayes, Washington, u. q.
SIR-It is evident that the commits
sion sent here by you are instructed,
among other points, to secure the re-
moval Of obstacles to the acknowledge
ment Of one government, and failing
in that, to accomplish the recognition
Of single legislature as the depository
Of the representatives of the will of the
people Of Louisiana. The commission
will fail to effect either of these results.
The first proposition can be obtained by
the abandonment of one or the other
of the claimants to the gubernatorial
chair. The second-the proposition
involving the uniication of the two
bodies, each now claiming to be the
legislature of the State of Louisiana
is the possible plan. AS suggested by
the commission, the 104 members of
the lower house and the 33 members of
the senate whose election is not dis
puted, should be brought together in
one body, and the general assembly
thus constituted should pass upon the
qualification of the contested members,
and thus reorganized should compose
the conflicts in the coordinate branches
Of the government. This was accept
able to the Republicans, but is said to
have been rejected by the Democrats.
This plan is understood to emanate
from the President and to embOdy his
ideas of what was just and equitable.
The Republicans have indicated u will
ingness to accede to reorganization of
the legislature on this basis in Difference
to the Presidents wishes, even if in so
doing they should waive undoubted le-
gal rights. 1t is presumed that, from
the Presidents standpoint, any other
settlement would work injustice to one
or the other contending parties, and it
Is not believed that the administration
would sanction injustice. The Repub-
licans were willing to submit the claims
Of their state government to the legis-
lature thus constituted. 1t is clearly
indicated that Gen. Nichols and his
adherents have rejected this proposition
mainly because of the result when
their claims were weighed against the
rights and liberty of a majority of the
people. II the lawful government of
Louisiana can be overthrown by domes-
tic violence with the consent Of the
Federal government, originally called
into existence for the express purpose
Of preventing such an occurrence, what
state in the Union may not hereafter
be subject to similar revolutions? Are
the American people willing to see this
precedent established
Earnestly requesting your immediate
action on the facts presented, have the
honor to be, very respectfully, youl
obedient servant,
s. B. PACKARD, Governor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
WASHINGTON.
Counterfeiters Captured.

Washington, April 1.-THE officers
Of the secret service made an important
arrest of counterfeiters at Green Point,
Pennsylvania, st. Louis, Mo-, and
Wheeling, West Virginia, to-day.
Among the arrested is Hon. Thos. W.
Marion, Of Green county, Pa, who
formerly represented that county in
the legislature. He sold counterfeit
money to an agent of the service, and
he represented that he had frequently
addressed the House of Representatives
with his pockets full of counterfeit
money. The other parties arrested
were Rufus Mitchell, w. T. Strosmider,
]. Edwards, Peter Rozer and Giovan-
nj Georgetta.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-18
There is no Danger"

st. Louis, April 17.-At the inquest
to-day Isaac Cook testified that at 1:20
he rushed out in the halls and found
Mr.. Darling on the second floor assur-
ing everybody that there was
no danger, and urging them
to return to their rooms,
which some would have done had he
not prevented it. Captain Warren,
another proprietor, took different
view, and urged escape.
George w. Ford, night clerk, testi-
fed that he sent to the engine room at
1:20 when he first smelled smoke, and
had set both gongs going in the office
and kept them ringing, and when the
messenger returned from the basement
announcing that it was all on fire, he
sent boy to give the general alarm
and three other boys to arouse guests;
sounded the district telegraph alarm
and took other measures to save lives.