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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
ILLINOIS.
Vanderbilt is the Boss.


Chicago, March 17.-When the new
passenger rates to New York from the
west were announced by the passenger
agents who met in st. Louis, the Lake
Shore s. Michigan Southern railroad re-
fused to accept the advance, and con-
tinued to sell tickets at the old rates,
S18. This action was understood to be
in furtherance of the Vanderbilt policy
in New York Central competition. 1t
was expected that the Lake Shore
would soon agree to the advance, but
that not having been done, the other
roads will undoubtedly return to the
old figures in few days.
Chicago, March 17.-Late this even
ing all the roads interested in the late
advance made in st. Louis came down
again to the figures of the Lake Shore
and New York Central, namely, SIS
from Chicago to New York, and cor
responding figures from other western
to other eastern points. This is an ofii-
cial reservation Of the figures which pre-.
vailed during the fall and winter. A
dispatch received here says the Illinois
| Central railroad company to-day bought
the jackson & Great Western railway
at New Orleans, paying for it 81 ,050,.
oOo, and assuming all the mortgages
and indebtedness. The northern sec
tlon OF the road will be bought next
month by the same company and thus
! give the Illinois Central an outlet tc
/ New Orleans.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
Salt Lake Laconics.

Ogden is confident the iron works
will start up in the course of two
months.-The survey for the extern
sion of the Utah Southern is not COM
pleted. number of substantial
residences and business houses will be
erected in Zion this spring.
po'ygamists are gnashing their teeth
over the election of Hayes. They say
if he carries out his letter of acceptance,
he will give the twin relic hard wipe.
About 100 miserable serfs are en-
ployed on the Temple. That number
of freemen could complete it in twelve
months and then have time enough to
construct tomb for Brig.-Justice
Clifford could not attend the Inaugural
tion of Hayes, yet last summer he could
ride around the streets of Salt Lake
with Brigham Young, the owner of
twenty concubines and the real mur-
derer Of 100 Arkansas emigrants.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
Bad Blood In Colorado.

A war between the stockmen in
southwestern Colorado, in Pueblo and
Bent counties, is now in progress, and
according to the latest accounts, 1t is
not improbable that blood will follow,
and that it will degenerate into war
of the factions. The cattle raisers and
sheep men are at loggerheads, which
has resulted in the killing by the for
mer of $1,000 head of sheep, $50 head
being the property of one man. These
dealers are described as being lawless
set of men. who make the laws which
govern them, and care nothing for the
States. The trouble between the cat
tie and sheep men promises to grow
worse.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

day was celebrated here in the patriotic
manner usual with our Irish citizens.
At the banquet tonight O'Conner
Power, member Of the English Par
lament, was present and replied to the
toast: 1.-THE day we celebrate"
Washington, March 17.-Gen. Sher-
man made his appearance at the dinner
of the Friendly Sons of Ireland, and
made an eloquent response to the toast
of 1.-THE Army" Hon. Thomas Kin
sella, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, pre-
sided at the banquet in that city, and
Rev. VIM. Keegan, well known in this
country, responded to the toast: "The
day we celebrate"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
A Relatives Rebuff.

Washington, March 17.-Among the
unsuccessful candidates for the u. S.
marshalship for the Northern district
Of Illinois was Mr.. Stillwell. He was
admitted to private audience with
the President, and presented his papers.
The President looked all of them care
fully through, and then, looking Still
well in the face, said:
"Your papers are unexceptionabie;
there is nothing in your record which
does not seem to show that you are
fully qualified for the position, but
there is one insuperable objection to
your appointment to any federal office,
and thatIis that your wife is a favorite
cousin Of Mrs. Hayes" Stillwell
left the presidential office, con-
vinced that the fact which many
thought would insure his appointment
had rendered his defeat inevitable.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
CALIFORNIA.
The Chinese Chawers.

ne SnineSe Sn2Wcrs'
San Francisco, March 16.--A Chico
dispatch says great excitement is pre-
vailing there from the fact that num-
Der of citizens this morning received
threatening letters through the postof-
fee, reading:
sect rid of your Chinese help within
fifteen days, or suffer the conse-
quences.
An officer received notice warning
him that if he attempted to discover
who killed the Cinnamon he would be
himself killed. Talk is common on the
street of forming vigilance committee.
The rewards offered thus far aggregate
thirty-fve hundred dollars, including
fifteen hundred from the state. Two
young men were arrested on suspicion
last night. Circumstances point strong
ly to one of them. The matter is Gre
ating a general sensation and the press
of the city is pronounced in demanding
the discovery and punishment of the
criminals.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
"ERIN GO BRAeHi"

General Celebration of St. Patriek's Day.
San Francisco, March list. Pat
rick's Day has been celebrated with
sion, literary and musical exercises,
followed by a number Of balls and par
ties in the evening. The weather is
warm and pleasant.
New York, March 1.-THE police
commissioners gave orders that the
streets be thoroughly cleaned for the
processionists of to-day, but snow
storm coming up last evening and con-
tinuing throughout the night made the
cleaning impossible. However, the
Irishmen in line, which was not as ex-
tended as that of previous years, were
as enthusiastic as ever. Neither bands
nor banners were as numerous as here
tofore. The U. s. and Irish flags
hoated in unison from many fagstaffs.
The day was closed by balls and ban
quets.
Brooklyn and other adjacent cities
had parades, with the atmosphere and
temperature as uncomfortable as that
Of New York.
Washington, March 17.-President
Hayes reviewed the procession, the
bands as they passed playing Hail to
the Chief"
Chicago, March 17.-St. Patrick's
DAY dawned bright and cheerful. and
Enough the ground was covered with a
neavy snow, professions formed in vari.
ous parts OF the city at an early hour
anu atter church services had beer
held, paraded the streets to the numbe,
OF ABOUT eight thousand. Among The
notable features Of the procession were
me second regiment and various Cath.
olic and temperance societies and
organizations.
Memphis, March 17.-St. Patrick,
day was celebrated by the various Irisi
societies, by procession, and the usu
al religious exercises.
Charleston, s. c., March 17.-St
Patrick's parade included all the whit,
military companies, whose appearanc,
IN public under arms was forbidden OF
Washington,s birthday.
st. Louis, March 17.-st. Patrick.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
INDIANA,
Frightful Boiler Explosion.

indianapolis, March ia boiler
explosion in Hunters saw-mill, five
miles east of Worthington, Ind, yes
terday afternoon, killed twelve persons
and wounded seven, all that were in
the building. The names of the killed
are A. Vanderventer, Jas. Hunter,
John Wilkie, John Spelts, a son Of G.
W. Bender, a son Of George Ray, son
of VIM. Hunter, two sons of David
Hunter, A. NJ. Hamilton, son of Hen
ry Sarver, and son of Jacob Brubaker.
The wounded are John Brubaker, AL
fred Hunter, A. Hash, a son of Geo.
W. Bender, VIM. Bland, son of Geo.
Hunter and man whose name is un-
known.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

Ne,c York Money and Stock Market.
New York, March 17.-Silver bars,
1244; greenbacks, 11Sa; gold and silver
coin, discount. Gold opened at 104a,
declined to 104s, at which it closed.
Government steady. Stocks active but
lower. Western Union, ,62s; Quicksilver,
15a; Pacific Mail, 22a; Mariposa, 81;
WellS-Fargo, "a; New York Central, ,93a !;
Erie, Z; Panama, 122; Union Pacific
stock, 70t; U. P. bonds, 1035; Central
Pacific bonds, JOG.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
Warnoth on Louisiana.

Washington, March 17.-Governor
Warmoth has, at the request of the
President, submitted his views concern
ing the proper mode of adjustment of
the Louisiana difficulties. 1t is in eff
feet that the Louisiana constitution
makes the legislature the sole Judge of
the qualification of the governor
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

Louisville, March 17.-At Lancaster,
KY, to-day, G. G. Kennedy broke from
the guard who were taking him to jail
by order of the court, to answer the
charge of numbering his brother. The
prisoner fled to an old house, where
twenty-five men joined him and defed
the authorities. The guard fired on the
house and wounded one man. One hun
dred men now surround the house and
serious trouble is anticipated.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

Washington. March 17.-Gen. Sher-
man denies as scandalous and false the
stories about Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Conant. The author of
them is W. B. Moore, who was made
chief special agent in return for his
services in ferreting out the alleged
Bristow conspiracy against President
Grant
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
District Commissioners.

Washington, March ia delega-
tion of prominent business men called
upon the President to-day, asking the
appointment Of two out of the three
commissioners of this district from
among citizens whose interests are
identified with the property of the dis
trict
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KENTUCKY.
Joe Goss, the PugilIs

Joe Goss, the Pugilist.
Covington, March 17.-Joe Goss was
fined $3.50 for violating the law of the
state of Kentucky, by engaging in a
prize fight. Being unable to pay the
same he was committed to jail
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
WASHINGTON.
Boss Hes,ng,s Trouble.

Boss Hesing's Trouble.
Washington, March ia. c. Hes
ing, the whisky ringster, is in Wash
ington, trying to get his fine reduced
from $500, 900 to 100000 This was
be made a test case.
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5torica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Nyo,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

Jacobs, Patterson Sc Co. have made q
big strike on their mine near Virginia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-06

SCHNEIDER is very fond of tomatoes.
Schneider has a friend in the country
who raises garden sass and SIGH"
Schneider had an invitation to visit his
friend last week and regale himself on
his favorite vegetable.
His friend Pfelffer being busy negotiat-
ing with city produce dealer, on his
arrival, Schneider thought he would take
a stroll in the garden and see some of his
favorites IN their pristine beauty. We
will let him tell the rest of his story in
his own language:
"Vell, | walks shust fiddle While
roundt, ven / sees some off does der
matters vat vas so red und nice as meier
dit see any more, und l drinks l will put
himself outside about a gouple-a-tozen,
shust to geef me fiddle abbedite vor
dinner.
$50 bulls off Won ov der reddest und
pest lookin' of dose dermaters, und takes
booty good bite out ov dot, and vas
chewing it Cup poorly quick, ven dot l
had a peese dv red-hot Goals in mine
mout, or vas chewing CUP dwo or dree
bapers of needles; ind welt so pad, al
ready, dot mine eyes vas WOOL of tears,
und mate vor an olt oaken bucket vot
l seen hanging in der veil as l vas goom
in along.
"Shust den mine vriend Pfeitfer geam
CUP und ask me vot mate me veel so
padt, und if any of mine vanity vas
dead l dold him dot vas der only Won
ov der vanity dot vas pooty sick, und
den ask him vot kind of dermaters dose
vas vot hat shust been picking; und,
mine cracous!how dot landsman laughft
und said dot does vas red peppers dot he
vas raising vor bepper- sauce.
81 RAIDER you give me feefty tollars
as to eat some more ov dose bepper-
sauce dermarters "-Charles r. adams.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-06
California's Petriiied Forest.

We started out, a merry party of TWEEN
ty-fve or twenty six, one day last week
to visit that wonderful relic of bygone
age, the petrified forest near Calistoga.
The site of the petrifed forest is about
l 900 feet above sea level, and lies in the
same trend with the Geysers, Mount St.
Helena and the thermal springs of Calls
toga. Geologically, it is one vast tufa
bed, in which the trees lie as they were
thrown, probably thousands of years ago,
by some vast CONFUSION of nature. This
tufa, | will say, for the benefit of the
uninitiated in scientific lore, is volcanic
ash or cinder; it is lava thrown upward
in fiery mass and descending with rain
1t is gray in color and granular in struct-
ure. Sometimes it is found imbedded
in the form of little globes or bombs.
Ammonites, found in the strata, fix the
event in the cretaceous period; the pro-
fessor inclines to the opinion that it was
pre- glacial. The trees lie at five or six
different levels-on the lower almost
north and south; at the highest north
east and southwest. At the latter level
the trees must have been buried under
80 or 100 feet of lava; at the lowest 500
feet Their dip conforms to the dip of
the tufa, and is at an angle of from
thirty to forty-fve degrees. They are
fragments, many of which have been
converted into charcoal, others into lig-
mite, and others into beautiful specimens
of jet. Where the heart of tree has
decayed the cavity is filled with opal
form of lustrous, uncrystallized silica,
containing water. Chalcedony, another
form of silica, but clear and limpid, is
found in other cavities. No top has
been petritied, and only here and there a
root. Many have been charred by fire.
Some were broken after petrifaction had
taken place, as there is no mark of splin-
tering or bruising. What must have
been the giant force that followed their
| first destruction to have dealt this fur
ther blow? The majority of the trees
are redwood, some few the madrona, and
the limb of an oak has also been found.
One of the first named is eleven feet in
diameter, and the part of the trunk still
preserved is sixty-eight feet in length,
Another shows marks of having been
hacked with an ak, probably made of
obsidian, as al the prehistoric nipple
ments from this locality were made of
this same substance, volcanic rock,
which appears in abundance all about.
There is no mistaking the fact that the
cutting was done before petrifaction be-
gan, as the cuts occur at different angles
to the grain of the wood. The deduc-
ton is inevitable that man was in Cali.
fornia before the birth of Mount St. Hell
ena even, and also that he was of type
superior to the people who inhabited it
at the advent of the European, for he
knew how to fashion cutting TOOLS
Cor. Sun Francisco Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-06

than one-half the labor that would offer.
In ordinarily prosperous times, with a
fair demand for iron and COAL mean a
healthy demand, neither contracted nor
inhated-there is not work for half the
men who are accustomed to work in iron
and coal for a living And this is the
difficulty of the future, and difficulty
that will not end when the strikes end.
Large corporations are human, with all
the greed and selfshness of humanity
and few of its virtues, and can we won
der that they, in some instances, seek to
take advantage of the overstocked labor
market? Yet at the present prices of
coal and iron there is little chance for
them to act the hog unless they insist
upon the work being done for nothing
But labor, being SO abundant, is COM
pletely at the mercy of capital, and the
only remedy is to thin out labor. 1fone-
half the laborers in the coal regions were
transported out of the country to-day, to-
morrow the troubles would be over, with
no prospect of renewal There would
be work for the remainder at full time,
and this is one of the chief causes of
complaint. The companies say that the
reason they have put the men at half and
two thirds time is that there has not been
work for more than half the force that
applied, and they cut down the time
rather than discharge the men.
All sorts of plans are talked about
here and suggestions made to meet the
difficulty. There is no disposition to
hold the men and prevent there going
South or West-not bit. Usually the
Substantial citizens of community re-
greet to lose population, as it is a medium
of wealth and growth" but if 10000
Scranton workingmen were to leave to-
morrow for Tennessee or Texas or Kan
sas to make living where there is more
room, the substantial citizens of this city
would bid them God-speed; in fact, they
would give good deal to have such a
move consummated. Ordinarily they
desire an increase of population as a
measure of growth, but they don't want
it upon the present terms. A decrease
is now hoped for that is, unless industry
should revive sufficiently to give all en-
ployment, which will not be the case for
many years. But how are the surplus
miners to get away? An anthracite
coal miner has as much dread of going
West to occupy farm as born and
bred farmer would have to take To-
cation on Wall street, and some of them
would come out about as well. And
they have no money to move with,
which, coupled with no desire to move,
makes them rather stationery. 1t is a
lamentable condition of things we find
here, q problem that will tax American
craftsmanship for solution. And before
the root of the evil is reached and relief
applied l fear that the "trouble" which
now exists will be magnified ten-fold,
and the sutferings with it.-Cor. PhiIa-
deIphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-06

We had the curiosity the other day to
ask Mr. Dalrymple what he expected the
pretit on his wheat crop would be this
year. He replied that at present prices
for wheat his net profit would be about
ten dollars per acre. AS he is half
owner of 1000 acres of wheat in the
Red River Valley, and has /, 800 acres on
his home farm at Cottage Grove, Mimi,
his profits this year may be safely put at
$4,000. Who was it that remarked that
wheat-raising didn't pay?
Dalrymple has five steam threshers
now at work on his four-thousand-a acre
farm at Casselton, each one threshing an
average of 1000 bushels per day. The
grain is hauled directly to the cars as
fast as threshed and shipped to New
York, Uia Duluth and the lakes. He
loads and forwards fifteen cars per day.
At $50 bushels to the car, the crop on
this place will make 257 carloads. The
yield, from what has been threshed so
far, is estimated at 10000 bushels-an
average of twenty-five and half bushels
per acre. Add to this $4,000 on the
Grandin farm, in which Mr.. Dalrymple
has half interest, and which will aver
age equally well, the two farms will pro-
duce 1853, $50 bushels of wheat this year.
Dalrymple farm" is tract of about
II 900 acres of land near Casselton,
twenty miles west of Fargo, on the line
of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 1t is
owned by Geo. W. Cass and P. B. Cheney,
of New York, and Oliver Dalrymple, the
wheat King of Minnesota" as he is
termed. Twelve hundred acres were
broken in 1875 and sowed to wheat last
year. This year there are 4 200 acres in
wheat-and a splendid crop it is, too
and 5000 acres additional were broken
this season for seeding next year.
Mr.. Dalrymple also owns a half in
terest in what is known as the Grandin
farm, tract of 1000 acres just north
of Elm River, in Trail County, Dakota,
thirty-five miles north of Fargo. The
other owners are the Grandin brothers,
bankers, of Tidioute, Pa. On this farm
there are $500 acres in wheat this year,
and some 5000 acres broken for next
year. To harvest this crop of $4,000
acres on the two places it required forty
two self binding reapers, 225 horses and
uulGS anu lOO HULL 4NIuC oJCull
threshers, each with capacity of 1000
bushels per day, are now at work thresh-
ing the grain.
In addition to his interest in these two
immense farms, Mr. Dalrymple owns
1000 acres of land in Cottage Grove,
Mimi, near St. Paul, 1900 acres of
which is in wheat--so that either as sole
or half owner Mr.. Dalrymple is in
terested in 5000 acres of wheat this year,
which will be increased to 10, 900 next
year.
We may add that it is the intention of
the owners of these huge farms to break
on an average about 5000 acres each
year, until the whole $1,000 acres are
brought under cultivation. They have
abundant means, and the experiment so
far has proven that it is not possible to
make better investment of money.
This is the second year of the enterprise,
and so far the net profits have been over
ten dollars per acre each year, for every
acre Fargo (HSnn.) Times.