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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-18
Rife Shots

Sir Henry Halford will visit Chicago
before his departure for England.
Several of the British team have gone
on short cruise in the yacht Veta.
. The Amateur rife club won the prize
in the match at Creedmoor on Mon
day.
1t is now probable that Great Britain
will send three teams next year to take
that prize from Brother Jonathan
England, Ireland and Scotland having
one each.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-18
A Turkish Tale of Christian Cruel


New York, Sept. 1.-THE following
is furnished by the Turkish minister to
the United States: 'sA telegram from
the governor general of Adrianople,
under date of August 81, reports that
fourteen Israelites of the Kezanlik were
massacred by Russians and Bulgarians
and then burned in the synagogue, with
the exception of one who was devoured
by dogs. a woman and a girl were
among the victims. The latter, aged
10 years, named Thodi Braha, of great
beauty, was slaughtered after having
been violated by from eight to ten Rus
slams and Bulgarians. Forty-three Is
raelites of Kezanlink--men and wo-
men, the greater part wounded and
sick-have been saved with the Mussul-
mans by the Imperial troops. Three
hundred others have been carried out
by the enemy into Schipka Pass. ~-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-18
The Daily Leader.
S%omcial paper Of the City, County. Ter
ritory and United states.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 1921. 30. u1r.s-

THE New York Tribune thinks that
Senator Conkling's friends are likely to
succeed in their efforts to control the
New York Republican State Conven-
ffnr
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-18

Yellow fever is spreading in Fernan-
dina, Florida. Physicians now pro-
nounce it epidemic. Money, medicine
and nurses are flowing in generously.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-18

Netc Fork Money aud Stock Market.
New York, Sept. 17.-Gold closed
at 1929. ..r -..-.
Silver-bars, 1929 greenbacks; 1881
gold.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
lsl.aJE LIGHT.
Application OF gen. Pieasanton's Theory.
TEew York Tribune.1

New YORK Tribune.
About four years ago the Tribune re-
ferred editorially to General A. J.
Pleasanton's theories concerning the
influence of blue and sun light upon
life and disease. The exchanges took
up the subject with one consent and in
dulged in comments more facetious,
perhaps, than wise. A correspondent
OF the Chicago Tribune has recently
striveh to renew public interest in the
matter by relating some Of the remark
able cures which have been wrought by
means of blue glass. For instance, two
old friends of General Pleasanton were
afflicted with rheumatism in the fore
arms, from their elbow joints to their
flnger-ends, so severe at times that
they were unable to hold pens. They
obtained q piece Of blue glass and set
it up loosely in one of their windows
For three days they barred their arms
and held them in the associated blue
and sun light for thirty minutes. Each
day brought them relief, and at the end
Of three days the rheumatism disap-
peared. A little child that had, from its
birth, scarcely any use Of it's legs, was
taken TO play daily in q room where
blue glass formed d portion OF one Of
the windows. In very short time it
obtained the use of its legs, and learned
to walk and run without difficulty. The
correspondent gives page from his
own experience. "a lady of my family.
about six weeks ago. had o violent
hemorrhage of the lungs, and for ten
days raised more or less blood daily.
She was very much weakened by the
loss of blood, and considerably fright
ened withal. l obtained some blue
glass and placed it in the window where
she was in the habit Of sitting, the blue
glass constituting one half Of the lower
sash of the window. The lady sat daily
in the associated lights. allowing the
blue rays especially to fall upon the
nerves OF the back OF the neck for about
an hour a day. The second day, the
suns rays being unusually strong, she
got too much blue glass, and at night
felt peculiar sensations in the back of
the neck, among the nerves, and an uu-
pleasant fullnes5 in the head. These
sensations wore off next day, and since
then she has not remained SO long at a
time under the blue glass. But from
the first she began to grow stronger, her
face soon gained it's natural fullness,
and In week she was to all appear
ances as well as ever. OF course she
was not cured of the trouble in her
lungs in SO short O time, but the sore
ness in her chest has passed away and
she begins to feel well again" Another
lady who had lost her hair sat under
glass and regained it. Another-but @
paragraph, like all other good things,
must come to an end sometime.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
SMALL MIsERlEs .
Terrible Experience In Trying to- Fat ON
Shirt Collar.
tBoston Commercial Bulletin. !

Boston Commercial Bulietin.l
There was "a collar and elbow wrestling
match" at The residence of our esteemed fell
lowaeitizsn, Seth Spicer, last week, that gen.
tlemsn hating undertaken TO fasten fourteen
end n half collar on fifteen shirt band. The
Fl rst bout was shtrG and sharp. Spicer came
up 10 the dressing glass, smiling fastened two
buttons, olutobed himself by The back OF the
neck. and tried to bring the third bustonhole
over his neck stud, when the top OF his right
thumb n all gave way he rammed his fist into
his clean shirt bosom, trod on the beby's
Christmas dog and smashed The bark out of
him, barked b 8 shin against the bureau, and
j" BLASTED" the offending furnishing goods
earnestly.
Mrs 3. htrs remarked that be "need not
use such dreadful language with the children
n the next room. / never saw maa that
had o bit Of PATIENCE" continued Mrs. Spieer,
rs she stepped forward TO take hsnd iu the
contest. Spirer took one step to the rtaF, and
landed the h. oil of number ten boot ON the
tie of his paitlet's slipper.
couch Ow + thiisked the counsellor OF
patience and good language. "You great,
clumsy iuumux; you have trodded IN my
lame Zoe. No, you amt sorry; | cav you
grin in the glass; and Mrs. s. iimped out oil
the arena.
Spicer took u fresh hold, and, refreshing
himself with the remembrance of ii tin hs
lifted eleven hundred mi ii ty ptunds st
Winship's gave n mighty tug, and tore Two
buttanholes elem cut.
There was mur1er in SFioel's eys ard par.
spira'ion on his Fl rehesd, rs he went calmly
10 work on the second piece of neekgear, bat
happy though occurring TO him, he seized
boot. butoner and wrenched the refractory
linen into place.
Tusf Mis- BALLAD from Tho hail thai The
carriage had been there for half an hour, and
Laah 81 Dfiyens tlways charged for waiting,
the rear button gave way and tbs triumph AMI
linsn rode up into 5pioer's back hair The
unhappy man sbbed big pin into the place
of The missing button, and rushed eff 10 en-
Joy social party, with realizing sense OF
bow those devotses used TO feel who wore a
hair shirt or spiked collar with the points
inward.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

he would vote for the amendment fixing
the time OF the election In November,
unless all the other parish elections
were held together.
Mr.. Carloss, OF Webster, strongly
favored the November election on the
score of economy and convenience.
Mr.. Lea, OF st. Helena, said in sup
port Of an election separate from the
November election, that it would give
the control of the police juries to the
intelligence and responsibility OF the
parishes.
Mr.. Bowden, OF Franklin, said itwould
cost only $4,000 to hold these elections
throughout the State. IT it were TO
cost, as claimed by some members,
thirty or forty thousand dollars, he
would not vote for q separate election.
Mr.. Washburn, OF Mo1ehouse, APP
proved the separate election on the
ground of economy.
Mr.. Young's amendment, fixing the
time OF the election in November, was
put to the vote-yeas IS, nays 81. The
amendment was lost and the original
section adopted.
Pending further consideration OF the
bill the House adjourned.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
Suffrage by Machinery.
IN. =. Herald

An ingenious Belgian has contrived
an apparatus for the application to gen.
eral elections of the system OF the bell
punch and the telegraphic tape con-
bined. There is to be in his scheme at
each polling place one machine for
every candidate. The voter ia to touch
the machine inscribed with the name of
the man for whom he wishes to vote,
and the machine records one vote on
the tape or "blue trip ticket" and rings
a bell. Each tape punched with the
votes is rolled up on graduated scale
in such q way as to indicate without
counting how many votes have been
cast for each candidate. In the opera
ton of this machinery all that the re-
turning boards would have to do would
be to bulldoze the reel on which that
tape has to be wound, and thus they
would swell the majority Of favorite
candidate
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
THE nnaTIsm STEEL FLoTlLLA.
The wooaen walls of England snp-
planted by n More solid Defense.
Z 1

London News.
The steel flotilla which Is now being
built for the British navy, and which Is
to consist of two ships OF extraordinary
swiftness and six powerful corvettes,, Is
being rapidly pushed forward by the
admiralty. Although of steel, none of
the vessels will be ciassed as armored
men of-war, for the metal with which
they are composed is not so much as
an inch in thickness, and would be un-
able therefore to resist shot from very
heavy guns. Steel, however, Is found to
be much greater protection from injury
than iron OF the same thickness, wheth-
Ell the shot comes from cannon ball
or torpedo. Hence the admiralty have
done wisely in employing the former
metal for the most recent additions to
our navy. The two steel ships, the
Mercury and Iris. are being built In q
government yard at Pemb broke, and will
be completed in few months time !:
while the corvettes, to be named re-
specLively Champion, Cleopatra, Cura-
Goa, Carysfort, Comus, and Conquest,
are under construction by @ private
firm, Messrs. John Elder % Co., of
Glasgow. All of them will be cased in
wood except OF the Prov, which will
consist OF @ single gun-metal casting :
they will be OF the same tonnage and
1917 tons, and their engines of $500 in
Dictated horse power. Though princi-
pally designed for foreign service, these
steel corvettes will be quite capable Of
| taking an active part in any naval com
| bait each of them being armed with q
couple of heavy seven-inCh guns and q
dozen six.pounders. Their powerful
engines will, moreover, permit them to
use discretion in, any engagement, SO
| that they may either fight or run away,
whichever they choose while the COM
plement Of men carried will render
them also of unusual value in coast
warfare. where an action has sometimes
to be followed up by q landing party.
| Their swiftness will be Of great service,
| too, upon some of our foreign stations,
where q naval command covers several
thousands OF miles, and where rapidity
of movement from one port to another
| is of Importance. In this respect th ,
will surpass even the finely built cor
vettes. They are to be fleet dispatch
vessels, with speed Of not less than
twenty miles an hour; their size Is am
| pie enough for the transport of troops
on an emergency; and although but
lightly armed, their swiftness would
always secure them immunity. Though
measuring nearly 1000 tons, they will
carry nothing heavier than 64.pounders,
OF which there will be ten on board.
Their engines, on the other hand, will be
Of extraordinary power, no less indeed
than 1000 horsepower in 5.ieated, which
| is much greater than any vessel Of the
same size has yet been fitted with. AL
together, the new steel fleet will pre-
sent many striking points of novelty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
sPECULATiGNS.
Prominent opinions ON the Action of the
Electoral Commission.
Correspondence N. Y. Herald

Correspondence N. Y. Herald.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.---The principles
on which the Electoral Commission
will proceed are closely discussed here
by eminent lawyers. The main ques-
ton, of course, is whether the commits
sion will go back of the regular certifl-
Gates given by the Governors OF States.
It is known that Mr.. Morton has held
that the Governors certificate is final.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen Is understood to
have held, in his speech on the Electoral
bill, that the commission could not go
behind the certificates, and there may
be majority of this view in the COM
mission. It is believed, however, that
the memorial of the Florida Legislature
would hardly be refused consideration
IL it were brought before the commits
sion, because it is a prayer of the consti-
tuted authority and voice of the State,
complaining Of fraud in the very matter
to be considered, and asking for justice.
Hence, probably. the vehement opposi-
ton of the Republicans tonight to the
presentation of the memorial in the
House.
It is the belief of some prominent
law rers here, too, that the commission
will not, in any case, change the re-
corded or certified vote Of the State !;
but, II manifest fraud should be shown,
will prefer to cancel the State. Thus
these gentlemen believe that, on the
whole, it is probable that If the Florida
memorial were before the commission,
and IL the matters Of fraud charged
were considered q nd should be proved,
the commission would still hold that it
could only decide that the vote of the
State was forfeited, and not that it
should be given to the Democratic side.
| This on the ground that though fraud
be established it would require COM
plete investigation Of the returns and
| the vote to establish the extent and the
exact bearings Of the fraud, and that
| the State, having mismanaged its
affairs, must suffer the consequences by
losing its vote.
Concerning the Oregon case the gen.
eral opinion of lawyers Is that If the
commission hold that it cannot go be-
hind the face Of the certificates it must
accept Gov. Growers with the rest, but
it may and probably will hold, even
then, that the Governor had no right to
appoint new electOr, but that the con-
stitution having forbidden the people
to choose Federal officer to be an
e]ector, the votes cast for Postmaster
Watts were null and void and that the
State is, by it's own fault, entitled to but
two electoral votes.
Or course these are but speculations
and there are people who hold that the
commission will act in the capacity of
an equity court and will strive to look
into the rights of the questions brought
before them, but it Is seen that il it
should attempt to do this its labors
would be greatly prolonged.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
SOUTHERN NEWS.
I,OMlsianR.

The fruit trees ont ON tho Ahakapas have
already begun to bloom
II. M. Lsbas has been elected Assessor Of
Taxes for the town OF Alexandria
The Beauvais crevasse, below Lafourt he Cross
ing, has been closed by the Levee Board.
Mr.. A. Il. Allen, of Starts Landing, Catalonia
Parish, was shot TO death on the Gath OF January.
by John Matthews, lad Of Is years, withous
csuse or provocation.
The wife CT Joseph Baker, negro woman.
living neal Lake Peigneur, in lbs rio parish, gsve
birth to perfectly white albno child, the othtI
day, with white skin, white hair and pink eyes.
A careful investigation shows that the ceidy
and then warm and rainy weather has had bad
effect on the cane rattoons in Lafgurche. The
result will be q falling off in next yeats sugar
crop.
The State common schaol fund amounts to-
ffty-two cents child
The Legislature has passed bill creating the
new county of Quitman, made up from the north
ern river coun les.
Tho track Of the Mississippi Central Railroad
will have new iron in few months from Water
Valley to Grens6a.
The bill authorizing new repre- sensitive APP
portionment in MissssPpl, so thai each county
will have at least representative, has gone to-
no Governor for his signature.
man named Campbell, from one Of the
Northera States, who had been employed % =
county, had just had q settlement with his
employer and receive d st10. He was followed mp
by notorious fellow named Jack Malone and
murdered for his money. Campbell was just IN.
receipt OF letter from his father asking him to-
| come homo and take charge Of lucrative brtai@
ness.
On the Gath OF JaDnarg, 1876. there was d row
ct this place which terminated in tho stabbing Of
Prime Ball and Jake Jones. Since that time
Prime Ball has been hardly able to sleep or rest
in any manner. He constantly complained of
having the neuralgia and consequently yisiteGj
DR.. hpsrkman. OF Magnolis, and had four OF his
jaw teeth extracted. Last Saturday he met Dr.
e. L Applewhite at this place and had him TO
examine his mouth and jaw. DR.. A. probed his
mouth, and, at or several attempts drew from IT
. knife blade three inches in length and q half
inch in width. The blade, so Gays the physician
must have been stuck in at his mouth.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
A Thrifty Wife.
Letter from Portland, Oregon.

LLettef HOtu ItkbhuuJ SLoBon'J
"Not many weeks ago lady came
down from Salem on her way to the
States. Her husband was not in very
opulent circumstances, and as his wife
was very anxious to 60 East and visit
her relatives, he borrowed the money,
gave her his blessing and the borrowed
coin, and GENT her on her way toward
the rising sun. Arriving 10 Portland
and spending few days with friend,
she became acquainted with Lucky
Queen prospects, and impressed with
the idea that her money could be invest
ed to good profit in mining stock, she
deferred her visit and invested the bor-
rowed money in the shares, held them
q few days, and when one time good
news and rich ore came down from the
mine, she sold out, sent back. the bor-
rowed moneyto her worthy spouse and
continued her journey east On the
profits Of her venture.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
No choice, and the Senate withdrew
FIRST READINGS,


FIRST READINGS.
by Mr.. Randolph-A bill to change
the name of Thos. Jefferson Mount to
Sylvester Edgerton Richards. The bill
passed finally.
BY Mr.. voorhies-A bill regatding the
oath to be taken In garnishment pro.
ceedings, etc. Read twice and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr., Kennedy, to question Of priv.
| lege, arose to refute the statement In
that he was engaged in bearing down
the State oonsol market with Mr.. Kel-
| Ter. Mr.. Kennedy said that he held no
ness with Mr.. Keller. Mr.. Kennedy
then went on to explain his motives for
introducing the bill to fund the debt OF
the Louisiana Levee Company and to
abolish its charter and also introduced
resolution requiring the committee on
Lands and Levees to devise means to
meet the emergency occasioned by the
approaching rise in the river by report
ing a bill covering the subject.
BY Mr.. Wilde-A bill to incorporate
the Madison Transportation Company.
Referred to the Committee on Copper
ations.
SPECIAL. ORDER OF THE DAY.
The general revenue bill-House bill
No. 5a-was taken up.
On a proposition to recommit the bill
for revision, Mr.. Hill, of Orleans, took
the occasion to say that the bill was not
properly called the General Revenue
bill, inasm uch 1t did not provide fof any
revenues, but simply provided for the
manner in which assessments and col
lections were to .be made. After some
discussion as to the proper disposition
of the bill it was finally agreed to make
1t the special order for Thursday next.
Mr.. VOORHEES, in the chair.
House bill No. 3S To reorganize the
Police Juries Ia the country parishes
came up.
Mr., Gillespie took the floor and OPP
posed the mixing up Of the election Of
Police Jurors with the general election.
Mr. Jonas in the Chair. ~
Mr.. Hammond, OF Morehouse, offered
as q substitute, leaving the matter OF
fixing the time for holding the cleo
ton to the police juries themselves.
The substitute was tabled on motion OF
Mr., Barrett, of Rapides.
Renewed debate occurred on thls SUBJ
ject OF the date OF the election: Messrs.
Young, OF Claiborne, and Judge Briager
the November election: Mr.
Lyons, OF East Feliciana, favoring o
separate election; Mr.. VOORHEES,, OF
Orleans, also. Mr.. Ridgley, Ut Con-
cordia, spoke also to the bill, and said
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
The Horse OF the Failure.
ALBANY Argus. /

A Frenchman has made new and
wonderful discovery. He says that the
horse Of the future need not be driven
by ordinary reins. The coaehman is to
have under his seat an electro magnetic
apparatus, which he works by a handle.
One wire is carried through the rein to.
that O current once set up goes the
entire length OF the animal along the.
spine. A sudden shock will, we are
gravely assured, stop the most violent
runaway or the most obstinate jibber.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

the tree tops, and the trees are rustling
and grooming as they are swayed back.
ward and forward, let the hunter tread
on o rotten stick, and the moose will at
once detect it, distinguish 1t from the
other sounds. and be off.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

The Southern people do not wish dis
turbance, but they think the Northern
people ought to inaugurate Mr.. Tilden
and sustain him In the chair OF the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
More than Benjamin Franklin Dreamed
ILLUSTRATED Weekly

The facilities for the printing and
circulation of newspapers have i'm
proved largely within the. past few
years, and it is now possible to begin
printing at Q a. M, and to distribute be-
two hours. This is done every day by
the New York Sun, which has the
largest circulation Of any newspaper in
the Union, and which uses six steam
presses to get off its immense editions.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

!" Mexican jurisprudence is the new
ma me for the law under which the or
gang claim that Hayes Is elected and
will be seated"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

Wants. for rent, for sale advertisements insert
cd ID this pager III TEN CEN per line,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-08-25
A Lady Killed by Lightning while
Drawing a Baby Carriage.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
During the recent severe thunder
storm which passed over this section
young lady named Carpenter. a
daughter of David Carpenter, of 1lol.
ley, was struck by lightning and in
stant}y killed Miss Carpenter I'D com
sany with another young lady, her
sister-in- law, was walking along the
road some distance west of the village
when the storm came up. The ladies
were drawing baby. carriage, each
of them having hand upon the han
lie of the carriage. They were hnr.
rying forward as fast as possible t"
reach the nearest farm house to rS,
cape the rain, when a bolt of light,
ming fell upon the group and instant,
killed Miss Carpenter. The t1n1d
struck her npon the side of the face,
and, passing downward, cut heI
clothes entirely from her body and
tore the shoes and stockings upon
her feet to shlcdS. Her companion
was stunned, but received no serious
injury. The baby was thrown from
the carriage and flung several feet
into the center of the road without
receiving even scratch. The body
of the unfortunate lady was taken tc
a farm house near by. She was
about nineteen years of age.