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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11


resentative women chosen by tn
petitioners and now in the city may b.
heard at the bar of the House in sup
port of the same. Crittenden objected
Hewitt presented petition praying
for the epassage of bill to correct al
errors in the assessment and collection
of duties on imports.
Stephens introduced billsiirectinl
/ the Secretary of State to affix the great
seal of the United States to document
entitled 1.-The Administrators of the
United States Government at the be-
ginning of its second century," Passed.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
BY Luttrell-To prohibit the employ,
ment of Chinese or Mongolians on any
public works of the United States.
Also-To prevent the naturalization
of Chinese or Mongolians.
Also-To punish and prevent the
practice of polygamy in the Territories
and other places, subject to the exclu-
sive jurisdiction of the United States.
BY Cox-For the coinage of five cent
silver coins and the discontinuance of
five cent nickel and copper coins:
The motion to refer Woods resolu-
tion, to committee of the whole was
adopted and thereupon the House went
into committee of the whole for its
consideration.
Burchard offered an amendment to
the resolution so as to authorize the
committee to apply to the House at any
time for such powers.
Wood opened the debate by explain
ing the object of the resolution.
Hale offered substitute to the reso-
luton providing that whenever any
committee of the House shall ask for
special and extraordinary powers, pow
er to send for persons and papers, or
any other extension of its power and
duties for the purpose Of investigating
any officer, the charges on which such
demands are based shall be presented in
writing to the House, with the name of
such officer and particular statement
of the charges against him, and the
same shall be accompanied by state
ment in writing, signed by one or more
members OF the House, that he has or
they have reason to believe the facts set
forth in said charges.
The amendment by Burchard, author
izing the committees to apply to the
House for power to send for persons
and papers, was agreed to.
Foster offered an amendment, in
structing the Committee on Public Ex-
penditures to investigate the expenses
incurred by the investigating commit
tee of the Forty-fourth Congress, and
report particulars thereof.
Fosters amendment was finally
adopted.
Hale's substitute WAS then adopted.
The Republicans made triumphant
demonstration when the vote was an
nounced. The committee then rose
and reported. Hale endeavored to get
action, but Wood moved TO adjourn.
Carried.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
GoyERNon AxrELL. OF New Mexic,

GOVERNOR AxTELL, OF New Mexico
at the burial, at Santa Fe, of two young
strangers, Moore and Milan. who had
been murdered, made brief but vigor-
GUS speech, saying that the deed was
not perpetrated in an Indian country,
but among a people claiming to be
Christians and near the county seat OF
an old anL populous county. No pur-
suit of the murders, he said, had been
organized; no investigation was order
ed; the corpses were not even decently
inferred. Against such brutal and un-
christian treatment he entered solemn
nrntest
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
OHIO.
" Gentleman George" " Gaining.

Gentleman IeOfSe SalnllR
Columbus, Jan. 20.-The Democratic
joint caucus met tonight, all outsiders
and newspaper men being excluded.
The first ballot for Senator resulted:
Pendleton 40; Morgan %; Ewing II;
Ward s.; Hurd 3; Converse l. Second
ballot-Pendleton 46; Morgan 10; Ew-
ing 20; Ward 4; Payne 2; Converse l.
The third ballot resulted: Pendleton
81; Ewing 10; Morgan 16; Ward 8;
Converse 2; Payne l. Pendleton was
declared the nominee.
After Pendleton's nomination had
been declared the doors were thrown
open and speeches were made by Pen
dleton, Morgan, Ward, Converse and
others. All expressed themselves sat
isfied with the result.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

THE following paragraph is going
the rounds of the press: can old-time.
regular army recruiting poster reads:
Wanted so able-bodied, unmarried
men, for the United States army. An
excellent opportunity for travel, recre-
alton or study The opportunity for
travel given to the soldiers of the Sew
enth Cavalry has been very great Of
late years, but recreation and study
have been limited"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

IT IS stated that the railroad COM
panies in Missouri through their SUI
perintendents will soon issue orders
to their employees to kill at once all
parties injured whenever an accident
occurs. By the law of the State only
$1,000 can be recovered for killing a
man by railroad accident, while SIC, 900
and often S15, 200 is recovered for the
loss of an arm or leg. Railroads must
practice economy these hard times.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
NEW YORK.
An Important Decision.

New York, Jan. l0.-Judge Van
Brunt, in a suit against the U. $. Di-
rect Cable Company, decided that the
company was not responsible for losses
caused by errors in a dispatch, the
wording of which was blind ana unin-
telligible to the operator.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

IT IS said that the chairman of the
Military Committee of the Senate has
expressed his determination to investi-
gate the case of the restoration of Ma
jor B. P. Runkle to the army, with back
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pay

COFFEE is cultivated in Southern
California, yielding good crops of ex-
cellent quality. The Commissioner of
Agriculture says tea can be cultivated
here to advantage. Happy Americans!
You pay your money and take your
choice
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

Mr.. HARLAN authorizes the an
nouncement that he will not be can
didate for senator in Iowa, and the
Harlan papers are falling into line as
supporters of Senator Allison.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

A RESOLUTION in opposition to the
passage of the Bland silver bill was
called up in the New York Assembly,
at Albany, yesterday, and passed by a
vote of 105 to II.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
Snow Sheds OF the Central Pacific Railroad.

1
All have heard of the snow sheds of
the Sierras which house the track of
the Central Pacific railroad. These
mountains are now nearly all snow
covered. On some of their peaks per-
petual winter reigns. On one of the
loftiest, at an altitude of over 1000
feet, the Central Pacific crosses.
There must be some protection to the
road from the immense bodies of snow
that are encountered, and so snow
sheds are built. There are more than
forty miles of the road in these noun
tain tops protected by these snow
sheds.
They are built at points where the
most trouble from snow is experienced.
There are long gaps between some of
them. They are constructed of logs,
and are very strong and substantial.
Their roofs are well supported.
There are two things TO he guarded
against-snow slides and fire. These
require every precaution to be used for
the prevention Of such disasters. 1t
was only week ago that one of these
snow sheds was nearly destroyed by
fire.
Watchmen are employed day and
night who go over the road ahead of all
passenger trains, and by means of the
electric signals report any accident that
takes place at the sheds, road bed, track
or trains. Each watchman has dis
trict Of the road to look out for, and is
on duty twelve hours before he is re-
lieved. Fire signals and detonating
signals are also used. At all bridges
watchmen are stationed to keep sharp
lookout Fire trains and wrecking
trains are in constant readiness at diff
erent points to start for the scene of
danger. From one of the highest of
these mountain peaks is u lookout sta
tion in the summer, from which an un-
obstructed view of eighteen miles of
road, where some of the snow sheds are
located. can be seen, and the vigilant
telegraph operators posted there are
supplied with powerful telescope, so
that they can detect one of these snow
sheds on fire the moment it breaks out,
and report it at once. The moment
fire is reported II train from Truckee,
Summit, or some other point, with fire
pumps and twenty tons of water on
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
HOUSE.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The House
met to-day at noon: $50 members re-
'sponded to their names, being more
than quorum, and the journal of Dec.
18th was read.
The resolution reported by Wood,
prior to the recess, directing investiga-
tions to be made into the management
of the several departments of the Gov
ernment came up as the first business
in order.
Kelly asked unanimous consent tc
offer resolution reciting that petitions
are to be presented to the House from
many thousand citizens, from 35 states
in the Union, asking the adoption oi
an amendment to the Constitution
which shall prohibit the several state:
from disfranchising citizens of thu
United States on account Of sex, ant
! therefore ordering q session of thu
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
County Warrants Wanted

The First National Bank will pay
ninety-eight cents on the dollur for all
county warrants presented Mt its coun-
ter. ilO-4t
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
FOREIGN.
lie Roi Est Mort; Vive lie Roi."

lie Roi Est Mort; Vive lie Roi.'
Rome, Jan. 10.-Prince Amadeus,
late King Victor Emanuel's second son,
and Prince of Carignani, this morning,
went with King Humber to the cham
ber where the body of King Victor
Emanuel lay, and remained there
twenty minutes. Queen Marguerite
then entered the room to pay last sa-
Lutte to the remains of the deceased
monarch.
The proclamation of the new king is
very favorably received. His majesty
has telegraphed to General Cialdni and
Count Sclopis, begging them TO come
to Rome. as he wishes to have them
with him. All the sovereigns of Eu-
rope have sent kilograms to King Hum
bert, expressing terms of affectionate
sympathy.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

COOPER has the incest assortment
of homemade candies at 80 cents per
pound, and he does not mix in lot of
FRENCH CHALK and other adulter-
ations, so as to sell it at 20 cents per
pound. as our friend on Eddy street
does. l1t#l COOPER & WOOD.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

That's what's the matterij
1t gives satisfaction to all.
Does just what we say.
"Zombezi" can't be excelled.
Read sad" headed "Zambezt.
ne-dawti
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

Ne,c York Money and Stock Horket.
New York, Jan. 10.-Gold closed
at 1921.
Silver-bars, 1l9, greenbacks; l16,
gold.
Silver Coin-4Gdf discount.
Money-5C6G.
Governments strong; Stocks ilrmer;
Western Union, III; Quicksilver, 153i
Pacific, 22l; Mariposa, IL; Wells-Fargo,
SO; New York Central, 107; Erie, s.
Panama, 100; Union Pacific, 6s3; U. p
bonds, 1044; Central Pacific bonds, 1O4s
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

If the increase of eggs be desired in
the poultry-yard, before large sums are
expended in the purchase of everlast-
ing layers, we would recommend the
system of keeping no hens after their
first, or, at the most, their second year.
Early pullets give the increase, and the
only wonder is that people persist, as
they do, in keeping up Il stock of old
hens, when lay only one day and stop
three, instead Of laying three and stop
ping one. In some parts of England
it is the invariable rule to keep the
pullets only one year. Feeding will do
a great deal ia surprising word, indeed)
in the production Of eggs; but not when
the old hens are concerned.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

A large two-story house, containing
II rooms, suitable for boarding house,
corner Of 10th and Thomes streets.
Inquire of
i5-Gt J.. Il. BREsNAHEN.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

THE Porte has authorized Mehemet
Ali to arrange with Grand Duke Nicho-
las for an armistice.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

REPORTED business failures and sus-
pensions throughout the East are now
of daily occurrence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

Our "Snow Flake and pride of
Colorado Flour is the best in the mar
ket. Try il.
nl3-dtf MASON Il HorrEi.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

Thanking the public for their very
liberal patronage in the past, we hope
for continuation of the same. We
shall aim in the future as in the past to
keep the largest and best selected stock
of fine clothing, gents furnishing goods,
hats, caps, boots and shoes, wagon COW
ers, tents, etc, ETC., to be found in
Cheyenne, always offering and selling
the same at the lowest prices consistent
with fair dealing.
ill-tf SMITH Il HAERINGToS.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

FLAGS were displayed all over St.
Petersburg, yesterday, in honor of Gen.
Raditsky's victory.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11
Dissolntion of Co.parLnershiu.

The firm heretofore existing under
the name of Smith, Guiterman & Har-
rington, and doing business in Chey-
enne, was dissolved by limitation of the
o-partncrship, on the first day of jan
uary, y. d. 1878. Peter Smith and
John Harrington having purchased the
interest of VIM. Guiterman in the said
business, will continue the same under
the firm name of Smith & Harrington.
All liabilities of the late firm are
assumed by Smith Il Harrington, and
all debts owing it are payable to the
said firm-Smith & Harrington-whom
alone are authorized to sign the firm
name in liquidation.
PETER SMITH,
WM. GUITERMAN,
JOIN HARRINGTON.
Cheyenne, w. T., Jan. lst, 1878.
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PENDLEToN is the U. S. Senator
elect from Ohio.
HUMBERT, the new King of Italy,
will take the oath on Wednesday next.

THE third exhibition of the National
Poultry association opened in Chicago
on Thursday.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-11

Now is the time to subscribe tor the
mammoth weekly LEADER.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

JERSEY HEIFERs.-In answering the
question, At what age ought jersey
heifers to be bred ?" I. J. Hand says in
the Monthly Bulletin of the American Jer-
sey Cattle Club: Following the COM
monty received opinion that the best age
for heifer to come into profit with her
first calf is two years, l had my young
heifers served at IA to is months old,
without regard to the season of the year
at which they would calve. It has grad
ually dawned upon me, through the slow
teachings of experience, that it is much
more important to have them on good sue.
culent grass for month or longer while
making their first bag, that the milk secre-
tion may be stimulated to the utmost and
the udder developed as much as possible
and now / time the service SO as to have
them come in June or early in July; or
skipping the heat and drought of August
to calve in September, the age being, il
unavoidable, as young as 10 months, or as
old as 80 months IF we want fall or win.
ter COWS, let us take older ones whose
qualities have been already established
If / am right in this it deserves the atten.
tion Of beginners"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
LAUNDERING in California.

The lumber interest and the lumbermen
sustain Glenbrook and all the neighboring
settlements. They are seen nearly every
where in this beautiful region, which, once
clothed from head to foot in pines, is being
denuded to supply the COmstock mines
with fuel for their hoisting apparatus and
supports for their excavations. Penetrat-
ing a pine forest in its heart, We find an
industrious gang of vandals blasting trees
out of beds upon which tangle of roots
seems to have fastened for eternity; and,
standing upon the foothills, we hear the
sibilant grind of the saw mills, the crash
of axes and the dull reverberations of the
blast Following one of the many devious
wagon roads-one out of use, for instance
we come to great gap, where desert
ed cabin and a curious litter Of chips and
shavings represent forest sacrificed; fol-
lowing another road still in use, we dis
cover the lumbermen at work carrying the
havoc farther.
On one side of Lake Tahoe steam rail-
way several miles long is used exclusively
in the transportation of logs to the shore;
the logs are towed in immense RATS across
the water to Glenbrook, where they pass
through the saw mills; and thence another
steam railway, also used exclusively in the
lumber service, extends to the summit of
the divide. Down the eastern slope of the
mountains, leading to the Carson river.
fumes twenty and thirty miles long are
carried over valleys and ravines on high
trestlework bridges, and the wood is float
ed through them over another stage of its
journey toward the mines.
One morning as / was riding through
the Truckee canon, great wave and a
cloud of spray leaped from the river into
the air some distance in front of me. /
went few PAGES farther, when, by the
merest chance, my eye caught what was
intended to be a sign-the lid of baking
powder box tackled to pine stump, and
inscribed with dubious letters, "Look out
for the logs T In which direction the
logs were to be locked out for was not in
timated, and l paused moment in un-
certainty as to whether security depended
on my standing still or advancing. Sud-
denly my mule SHE'D round, and tremen-
dous pine log, eighty or one hundred feet
long and about five feet in diameter, shot
down the almost perpendicular wall of the
canon into the river, raising another wave
and an ayalanch of spray.
This was to me new phase Of the lum-
Der industry. A wide, strong, V-shaped
trough, bound with ribbons of iron which
had been worn to silvery brightness by
the friction, was laid down the precipise;
and out ofsight on the plateau above some
men were telling the trees, which they
conveyed to the river in the expeditions
manner aforesaid.-AppletOn's Journal
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The Hunted Fox.

The following anecdote is vouched for
by Scottish clergyman, nephew of the
old lady who befricnded poor Reynard
Many stories have been told to Illus
trate the extraordinary sagaciiy, or what
is commonly, but l think unfairly, called
the cunning, Of the fox. The singular
shifts and devices resorted to by that
clever animal to fling the hounds in pur-
suit of him off the scent or to escape
their fury, have often excited my admira-
ton, and / confess that in reading the
details Of fox chase my sympathy always
goes with the pursued, not with the
pursuer. There is one anecdote of fox
saving his life by bold and happy stroke,
which | know to be perfectly authentic,
aud have much pleasure in now putting on
record. One day, during the hunting
season, lady was sitting in the dining
room of an old mansion-house in the
southwest of Scotland, when she suddenly
heard the sound Of hounds and horn, and
perceived that the chase was passing
not far from her door. In a few min
utes she was startled by the crash of
broken pane in the section of the bow
window near which she was sitting.
Looking round she saw that the damage
had not been done by any stone or ball
that had struck the glass but by the hunt
ed fox, which had thus made desperate
dash for safety. Reynard was in the
room, perfectly worn out with fatigue, and
seemed piteously to implore protection.
The lady of the mansion would not have
been a woman had she not sheltered the
poor animal who had flung himself upon
her mercy. She instantly opened wall
press in the room, and, as she pointed to
the bottom Of it, the fcx entered and al
lowed himself to be securely shut in.
The shutter was closed upon the broken
pane, and a few hounds that appeared in
front of the house, after cunning suspici-
ously about for little, were called off to
join the pack. The lady from her window
had the satisfaction Of seeing the hunts
men at some distance digging away for
half-an-hour at a covered drain in which
they suspected the fox had taken refuge,
and through which he had probably pass
ed. After their fruitless search ''the field"
went of disappointed, having had a capi-
tai run, but lost their fox. Meanwhile
"the villain. as some of the sportsmen
called him, lay safe in his snug quarters.
He was allowed to remain in the house
all night, aud in the morning he was Of
fered by his kind protector good break
fast of porridge and milk, of which he
heartily partook. The worthy Scotch
lady, in telling the story, used to conclude
by saying that when the fox had finished
his breakfast, "he waggit his tail and gaed
his ways. Leisure Hour
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Cultivation Of Potatoes.

B. K. Bliss, large cultivas0r, says:
"Many farmers still continue to plant
from three to Eve eyes to the hill. In
our opinion this is a mistake, and the last
few years confirms our opinion. Potatoes
cut carefully to single eye, the hills,
perhaps, trife closer, viii yield larger
crop than the careless way Of throwing in
seed by the wholesale. Two good eyes to
the hill, with proper proportion Of flesh
to each eye, viii produce a far larger crop
Of merchantable tubers than two whole
ones; win yield from one-third 70 one-haIf
more in weight-an item of no small con-
sequence, to say nothing Of the saving Of
one-hslf the seed. If very early potatoes
are desired the eyes should be cut careful
" and placed in box with the eyes up
close together on three or four inches Of
soil with two or three inches on them and
placed near the stove, so that as soon as
the garden can be worked they may be
planted out when the eyes viii be large
and greer and two to four inches long.
If there is danger of frost after they are
up they should be covered with earth.
In this way ( have new potatoes before the
middle of june to eat with green peas.
Or, which win be found almost equally as
well, the potatoes may be taken from the
cellar and exposed to the light in warm
place, when the eyes win start vigorous
and strong and ready to put out nearly as
early. Il is claimed that all potatoes for
planting out should be thus treated, there
by securing not only an earlier but a
larger crop"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

FIRM BUTTER WITHOUT IcE.-From
w. Z. Hazards treatise on butter and
butter making, we take the following: In
families, or where the dairy is small, q
good plan to have butter cool and firm
without ice, is by the process of evapora-
ton, as practiced in India and other warm
countries. A cheap plan is to get very
large size porous earthen flower pot with
an extra large saucer. Half fill the sau-
Ger with water, set it in trivet or light
stand-such as is used for holding hot
irons viii do-upon this set your butter /;
over the whole invert your flower pot, let
ting the top rim of it rest in and be COW
cred by the water; then close the hole
in the bottom of the flower put with a
cork; then dash water over the flower pot,
and repeat the process several times day
OF whenever it iooks dry. If set in cool
place, or where the wind can blow on it,
it viii rapidly evaporate the water from
the pot, and the butter will be as firm aud
cool as if from an ice house.