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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-20
A Fiery, FIyirg Serpent.


Yesterday noon the residents Of the
eastern portion OF the city were
surprised, and not a little terrified at
first, by the appearance in the heaven
and apparently towering ove them, of a
fiery, flying serpent of immense dimen-
sions. Its head appeared n lurid flame,
while its eyes rolled as il in search of vic
Tins. Its motions through the air, as
1t beloved here and there, were like
contortions of a huge snake. This
monster was subsequently ascertained
to be Il Chinese kite. Its head was red
paper, with eyes halfred and half white,
which rolled rs the wind found its way
through the apertures representing the
sockets. This head kite was followed
by eighteen others, about eighteen
inches apart, made of tinted paper. ob-
long in shape, through the centre of
which passed slender rattans, the tips
extending some distance on each side
and trimmed with fire-red paper tassels.
Similar tassels along the tail and PEN
dant from the head gave the whole n
flying and fiery appearance truly start
ling. Virginia City Enterprise.
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~posToFFlcE.
ONCE Aours-ArrIyal and DepaI!ars 81 va

ONCE Hours-AFFiyal and Departure OF kaails.
Until further notice tho Postoglce will be
open for delivery and reception Of mall mat
ter nom s a. m. TO p. m. daily, except sun
days, and on Sundays from 9 TO 10 a. M, and
from 2 TO 4 p. m. OmAhn time u the Time Of
the office.
Money order and register departments open
from s a. m. to d y. IA. daily, except sundays.
Western malls close daily at l:l0 p. m. Ar
rive AT $50 p. IN.
arrive at l:39 p. m.
at p. m. and arrive At q. m.
Northern mails close daily FOR Pole Greek,
Upper Horse Greer, C~hugwater. bordeaux
Ranch. Chimney Rock, Fort Laramie, Fort
Fetterman, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tuil
Agency. Camp Robinscn n, ann Sheridan,
Camp Reno, Hat Creek, Custer City, Dead
wood Cit, and nll other settlements In the
Black Hills, at / p. m; arrive from those
points daily at 3 q. m.
Mail closes for Davis Ranch on Mondays
at s n. m; arrive Tuesdays At s p. m.
Mails close for Old Red Cloud Agency. Lit
tie Moon, and Lower Horse Creek on Tues
days at s a. m. arrive Fridays at 6p IN.
Nails close for Bristol. Fort Collins, Long
mont, and other settlements in Northwestern
colorado, Tuesdays, Thursdays and sntur-
days ats n m arrive on Mondays, Wednes.
days and Fridays Mt 8 p. m.
IL. CLAICHE, Postmaster.
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Tie Freedom of London,

Many persons, 10 doubt, wonder
whether freedom of the city of Lon
don." SO conspicuously presented to
Gen. Grant by the authorities, is my
thing more than an empty compliment.
1t is q great deal more. When an in
dividual is so fortunate, as is rarely the
case, to receive from the Chamberlain
Of London a gold box containing = slip
OF parchment ~warrantiDg to him and
all his children dwelling within seven
miles of the city the franchise of ii free
man of London, he will then be at lib
erty 70 carry on any retail trade
within the city Of London without being
taxed at the gates on the goods he
brings In; he will be exempted also
from compulsory service in the British
army or navy. If lie elects to live
within the city limits he will be free
from tolls and customs Throughout En-
gland and parts of the sea, and his chill
dren being left orphans, will have the
right to become wards of the CITY and
to put their pr ,perty for safe keeping
into the city chamber. He will also
have the right to hunt in the county
of Middlesex. 1t is seldom that any
visitor receives the freedom of the an
Gent corporation of London, whose cit
liens are very proud aud jealous of
their privileges. 1t was conferred on
Butcher, of Waterloo fame, who saved
the British army from defeat, and a few
other distinguished persons. Louisville
Commercial.
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During the trial of B. c. Davis, at

During the trial of B. C. Davis, at
Burlington, Iowa, recently, on the
charge of arson, ajuror was taken sick,
and both sides agreed to 60 on with
eleven. A verdict of guilty was rem
dered, and prisoners counsel moved an
arrest of Judgment on the ground that
the constitutional right to trial by
twelve men could not be waived. The
motion prevailed, and the State has APP
pealed, bringing the question before
the higher court for the FIRST time IN
the history of Iowa.
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 90, 1877

Rates OF Advertising
No z6ue,si-sreeat inserted for Tess btap yusD
cents.
DAILY LEADEE, all transient advertise
ments 10 cents per line, Eonpariei, each In
seition c inse-tlons eight cents per line 50
Insertions, S cents per linc-
Local Notices, per line, bourgeois, each In
~sertion, 10 cents per He; 80 Insertions 3 cents
per line.
ments2 5 cents per line, lrst Insertion I; one
month % cents per line; six months, 10 cents
per line one year 8 cents per line.
Cheyenne. Ian. LIST, 1876
II. CLAICHE. Proprietor.
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A female member of a suburban
church, who is known to be prominent
In all works Of charityand benevolence,
was seen in town Saturday. She pur-
chased a barrel Of flour, two pounds Of
s~aleratus, and Il box of condemned
strawberries. and left an order at a
printing office Of the sixth magnitude
for 500 tickets; hence it is inferred that
a church sociable and strawberry festi-
val is impending over that devoted
town like the sword of D--ocles
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ent biographer who in his turn, has also been ior-
tunate in hi, felictous choice of subject aud III his
admirable method of treatment.
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4 BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG MEN

SUoKTIIDGES ACADEMY. Media Penn
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MILITARY BOARDING SCHOOL

o. WINTHROP STAIR, A. NJ. Principal.
has ali modern emeuts
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81. john SCitODI. 80.
; BOARDING AHD DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
LADIES AND children.
Nos 81 and y West 32dst.
TTIElpOIlE IRVING. IL. D.. Rector

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aud SAMMY for KIN DEtt'Atl - sScbIe .
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l.
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ROYS BOARDING SCHOOL-Croton, on
Il Hudson rear sing sing. Select RETIRED new sl .5us
&. T.. WtHKfNt. Ph. D.. Principal
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IN GERMAN.
u For MEN WOMEN and CHILDREN,

" FOR MEN. WON ~ and CHILDREN,
No. q Lest 2ntl-st.
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OWL and Mechanical Engineering at the
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n I TtN HIN NIIVEF UWIIIF - vi IIIt TTTVlO0.
~ and who has hal long experience IN preparing boz,
for college business will receive mo BIS family fRr
pupils iteterruces influential Trims moderate Aicrrss
u.
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Fer Young Ladies-Country.

DIsHOpTHORPE SCHOOL for G "a ~,
ID Rculiehcm Pa-School year bogins =, pteHpst X T.
Numirr ~ srloisrs limited. Address Miss fAN"'
ASH. PRINCIPAL
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October ].
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES-Under the di-
y rection Of L. SAUVEUR PHI D., LID. author Of eau
senes ayas nes Heyes,' "Enuetcns sur Ia Grammaire'
fsgNcH, GERMAN. LATIN AND GREEK-oPeps Oct 3.
pamphlet announcing ana Is1ihL ,gg .io ,n c
tanig the programme 81 in New York, Brooklyn
SaS I9 oSss6 S TO- a Sec 'r the NaoS ''
scoi Of Noaera Ian nages which lie mas just brought
here hs been AN entire success ana hai AIDED m9en 70
Latin Glass be ALEC made good beginning IN the aplll
mem To- SAY ne least deserve be faithfully and fully tined
rejoice iSst u Is c HIgos 70 ,na ic AMI next s rr
agsn amherst And from what have seen d, h,s me,hos
syP Ps Of r b papS o a9d p Ike r ss az
q. az ssT La sncF css S2phse ancient a' ans
euas, - " a@ ALREADY y Pals.or ~, ~ cree
HTHEgsr COLLEGE. Aug. 25. 1871"
,I'HE MISSES MARSHALLiS SCHOOL for
young ladies and children. No $50 West 5oth st. viii De
reopoued on Monesy. september II.
EHE MISSES PERINE, No. 81 East Seventy,
French seioo Tor Ladies aud ca lirsn sept Z.
rVHE MISSES GRAHAM, Successors TO the
a.. si IT % y pn 5 2s ho S ro %T S9 ash s4G
square. on "Wednesday, the 2ath OF september
'dNHE MODEL KINDERGARTEN and
PRO- ana MIRA Kraus Boe, removed to No
". 2Shst bet wcecn 1th1ve and Bo"G"4y Kinder aIicn
de,ganer', Vow l. mot itfaus j. dScip. ~ TIE Icsla
0s KndeTrAtn this cutiy. Nrs krsus oclie il
pupil and Of FrOe1c's N.nOw with experience
Of nineteen years n Germany England ana Amerci.
9Q EAST 50TH-ST-Mrs. FROEHLlCFS
30 English. French and German Boarding ant Day school
tor girls. aud GEhAA% and ENGLISH kfaDEEGARrEN
children rcopens september 10 All pupils taught to
SPEAK Fr,nch and German
For Bows and Young Men-Country.
A HOMELIKE Boarding School for Young
~ Bows. f.. HIM \. 81. Hampstead J. l. 500 10 500
4 LEXANDER INSTITUTE-MiItary board
~ nsschooLwhte Plains. \ y Principal! o. r. W'isPh d.
NDALUSIA HALL, Pa, near Philadelphia.
n Home schoolor boys thorough instruction terms moii
A SUPERIOR Family School for Young Boys,
a in southern BERKSHIRE, o. Burlington, Mass. Terms
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-19
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER TO-

transferred to Its docket. An appeal was
asked for and granted, and 80 the matter has
gone up to the Supreme Court Of the United
States for decision on the subject Of juris-
diction. number of similar cases followed,
which seemed to engender still more animosi-
ty between the rival judges The United
States Court insisted on the transferance of
q large number Of cases to It's docket, and In
Starkville, N. c., went SO far as to demand
Jurisdiction OF the case of o revenue official on
trial for rape.
The latest interference, however, is the
worst. Smalla, lately convicted Of receiving
bribes asked to have his case transferred to
the United States District Court of South
Carolina. The State Court decided that the
United States Court had no jurisdiction in the
matter. From this Smalls has appealed,
claiming that in cases Of conflict Of jurisdc-
ton between Federal and State courts, the
questioned jurisdiction must be tried in the
United States Court, and he now asks for @
writ Of habeas corpus from the United States
District Judge That Judge, as is well known,
Ia malignant Radical q bitter enemy Of the
Hampton government, and would be only too
glad to interfere In the present State trials In
South Carolina, II he could find any excuse
therefor 1t Is to be hoped that he will not
succeed, and that Smalls will not have an OPP
portunity to escape through these subter-
fuues
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new ORLEANS, NOVEMBER 10, 1877.
COM M ERCIAL,

With view of making the Commercial
Department of the DEMOCRAT MS full. aecu-
rate and complete rs that of any journal in
New Orleans, we have engaged Mr.. w. J.
6eymour as commercial editor.
Mr.. Seymour Ia well known to this comm,l-
nifty, having been connected for twenty-five
Y0ars with the press of New Orleans. Before
the war he was for eight years co-editor and
Co-proprietor with his father, Col. Isaac e..
Seymour, In the Commercial Bulletin, recog-
nized, In It's time, as the great commercial
organ OF the South.
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a good many banks have failed in Chicago
lAtely--in fact, 80 regular have been these
failures that when one glanced over the pa
p0rs In the morning and found no report of
~ another bank gone in Chicago" he gen.
.Grally attributed 1t to the wires being down.
The Chicago Times reviews the financial bat
Ee-field of Chicago for the past year, and finds
chat fifteen banks, four Of which were savings
hanks. and eighteen insurance companies
ended their mortal careers during this pc
xiod. And this is the way they did It,
The Marine bank had no assets at all ex-
Dapt the running account Of Its President.
The Franklin Bank could never ut any time
have paid 10 per cent of its liabilities. The
Hank OF Chicago had $780, 1876 liabilities and
not cent Of assets. The State Street
Savings Bank had about $50 Of assets in coal
acuttles, desks, etc. The paper held by the
Manufacturers National as assets sold at two
cents on the dollar, and that of the Second Ma
tional at one and half cents. But the insurance
companies were even worse; the Great Wes-
Tern, which was exclusively in the hands of
religious gentlemen, failed completely for
over $S50,0OO. The Merchants paid 81 per
cent on $6,ooO,OOO; the Equitable So per cent,
while the assets Of the Globe consisted of one
single copper cent which, 1t was suspected,
had been left there by mistake.
This might be considered as the acme Of
failures. It is difficult to see how any COM
pany could fail worse than this, but the fail
are of the State Insurance Company was 50
much worse, that the Times, which could
smile pleasantly at this penny insurance
company, at last loses its temper and de-
clares the failure "a clean steal and the
most damnable piece of scoundrelism ever
devised
Such Is Chicago's financial history for the
past year. The record is very Chicagoesque.
Everything in the city of the Lakes is done
On a grand and magnificent scale, and when
the banks and insurance companies fail, they
do not do so in the quiet and ordinary style
Of other cities, but display that enterprise
and grandness characteristic of the city, and
fail In earnest
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Our youngest parish, West Carroll, has moi
started out In life auspiciously. It was or.
gained By the last Legislature but almost
ever since It's birth It's government has been
IN state OF confusion and anarchy, and now
IL Ii split completely in twain and has two
opposing parish governments. Last week
the members Of the police jury from the up
per portion Of the parish went to Floyd, the
parish seat, and In the absence of all but one
uf the old members Of the police jury. reor-
Eanized It, electing s. Witowski president and
U III. Nash clerk. The police jury then went
en- to legislate, divided the parish into five
wards, passed budget, and fixed the parish
lax at w mills.
While In the midst Of these proceedings
they were Interrupted by a deputy sheriff,
who read communication from the parish
judge, declaring the meeting Of the police
Jury to be revolutionary, and calling on them
% dispense. The members, however, did not
tiisperse,. but went on with their legislation.
The deputy sheriff appeared again I'm the
course Of half an hour with another procla-
Ination from the parish Judge, again calling
On them to dispense. He also showed them
warrants for their arrest Ii they persisted In
1his contempt OF court.
After this second interruption the police
Jury proceeded to pass a license law, when the
sheriff himself appeared In person on the
scene, dispersed the body and arrested all the
members.
Thus the affair remains at present West
Carroll Id now In much the same condition Of
affairs as Louisiana ten months ago. It
has two parish legislatures, two police juries,
md the people are In some doubt which is the
u.lSvltt ana