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, 1878-01-05

George Edgar Montgomery, re-
Gently delivered a lecture before the
Manhatten Literary Society of New
York. on the Poetry of the Future. !"
He assumed that poetry is always
religious, although the term reli-
eions is used merely in the sense of
spiritual; on the other hand, the
revelations of science are an imper-
ishable source of poetry. The poets
of the future will be inspired by
science as the poets of the past were
inspired by fable and mythology.
One OF the most eloquent passages
in the lecture is the following
Our reverence for the dead is not
an ephemeral sentiment, for it
springs from profound observation
and sympathy. We, who have suf
fered, know how they who preceded
us suffered. But the divine .evolu-
ton OF truth continues from age to
age. The goal is almost reached:
the living age is before us and above
us. and we can taste the fruits for
which the dead stroye so bravely,
but in vain. All if Dante could
have dreamed of a world like ours;
OF aunlverse without limits, yet con-
trolled by supreme law; of a nature
breathing forth its manifold males.
ties; of thought that fears not to
climb the Summit of the unseen; of
life lllimitable in its aspirations, and
finally. of man. the royal conquerer,
standing amid the srlendors of q
new dawn-if he could have dreamed
a dream like this how puerile would
have seemed to him his visions of
death and hell p
, 1878-01-05
TELEGiRAPHIc NEWS.
EIsrERM STATES.

WAsnESskS. Dec 81 Lieut.. Wall
ter Wa.sos. assistant inspector Of the
life saving sersice on the North Caro-
lima coast, makes report in relation to
the loss Of the Huron, showing that
Evan O'Neii, a fisherman of Nags Head.
discovered the Huron coming on shore
at l:l3 Of the morning on which the
disaster occurred. She drifted and
pounded dbng the outer edge of the
bar arA finally struck broadside on.
He heard the shouts and screams on
board the stranded vessel. saw rockets
go up, followed by burning signals from
end to end. so that even the light rig
ging and men could be p!aily seen. A
boat on the starboard side full Of men
disappeared. When the fcfemast fell
the shouting and screaming continued
and in about an hour and q quarter af-
ter he first discovered the ship the sig
mailing ceased and all was darkness.
O'Neil then went home, ate his break
fast and did not return to the wreck
until after sunrise. He knew where
the keeper of the life saving station
lived. only 21I miles distant, had good
boat, free wind to go and return in
side of Roanoke Island. and yet he re-
mained Indifferent for three hours. The
report copcludes: 1t is SHOCKING to re-
cord that out of 81 bodies found. s12 Of
whom were officers, not o single trinket
such as would be deemed relic by rel.
atives of the dead was found on the
bodies. Watches and chains. money,
and even finger rings had been stripped
off by those who first found the bodies
as they washed up. Good evidence ii
found in the case of Lieut.. Simonds,
whose third and fourth fingers on the
left hand had been scratched and gouged
by the body robbers in their haste to
secure their i'll gotten booty.
FARMvILLE, Va, Dec. a. A shock>
ing tragedy occurred here to>day. Col,
VIM. Randolph Berkeley, an eminent
lawyer Of this place. was seated in bis
Office conversing with Alfred Moth
cashier of the English and American
Bank. when . knock was heard at the
door and Col. Berksley got up to an
swer It. On opening the door some
one fired from without, and the colonel
fell back with ball in his temple. I'M
mediately afterward Capt. William Fl.
Kennedy entered the Office, and STEP
ping behind Col. Berkeley's desk,
placed pistol to his own head and
fred. Mr.. Moth says all he heard was
a remark by Capt. Kennedy as he first
fred which in.imated that he had some
grievance as Inst the colonel. It is
stated that Kennedy made three pre-
vious attempts on his own life, and for
a long time has been in a moody and
respondent condition. Berkeley died
instantly. He leaves lerge family.
Kennedy still lives. but there is no
hope of his recovery.
, 1878-01-05

The appointment of Miss Watkin-
son, OF Mason county. to scholar
ship in the Territorial University,
by Hon. John McReavy. was receiv-
ed by Daniel Bagley, regent this
morning.
In the case Of A. Matwitch VS.. E.
D. Yederholm, in Justice Scott's
court this morning, the jury return
ed verdict of 81 for plaintiff.
AS will be seen by the notice OF
the city treasurer to tax payers, ten
per cent. will be added to the amount
OF city taxes not paid by the 81 of
January.
, 1878-01-05

A protest is entered by the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw chiefs and dele.
gates against the bill allowing Indi-
ans to become citizens and ar the
same time maintaining their tribal
relations. There ought to be some
more Light on this Indian citizenship
business.
, 1878-01-05

An old woman who had peddled
newspapers at Fulton Ferry. in New
York City, for thirty days. died the
other day leaving an estate OF $780,
QUO. AS she was of !. miserly
habits, her executor thinks more
may be found.
, 1878-01-05
Alvnchjng Case.

isville CourierJoNrnal gives the
following particulars OF hanging,
on the 4th inst, at Columbia,
Georgia, of George Roper, alias
Frank McGee, by the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity, for an at
tempted outrage upon the daugh-
ter of Rev. A. Templeton, Satur
day morning, 1st inst. There
was q crowd near the Jail all
night, but nothing was done
About 8 O'Clock in the morning
:. large crowd assembled in the
court house, when Mayor John
T. Williamson, appointed to con-
duct the prisoner to the pres
ence of Miss Templeton for iden-
tification,- the following gentle
men: "Dr. Robert Pillow, Col.
D. B. Cooper, John P. Brown,
w. J. Whitthorne, J. F. Barnes,
Jack Porter, and the police force
of the city.
When the guard reached Mr..
Templeton's residence, with the
prisoner, Miss Templeton, &C
compamed by another lady, was
standing at the froat door. She
recognized the prisoner at once,
and said to him, seemingly not
much excited: " Yes, you are the
wretch who tried to kill me. l
had some doubt about youriden-
tity last evening, but l have none
now, and you must dle." She
was then asked by Mayer Will
liamson, who accompanied the
guard: care yeu perfectly sat
lsfed of the negro's IDENTIFY.
She answered: 81 am; 1 have
no doubt" She was perfectly
composed and spoke deliberate,
ly. The guard then returned
with the prisoner to .fhe public
square, where.arrangements had
been made to hang him. A beam
was run out from the third sto-
ry window Of the coErt house,
frenting south, and from this
was suspended q block and tack
lie. When the guard reached
the place Of execution with tine
crowd, which exhibited no signs
of excitement, was addressed by
Mayor Williamson and Mr.. w.
J. Whitthore, who detailed the
particulars ef all interview with
Miss Templeton, who had re-
auested that if the negro was
hanged he should not be mutiIa-
ted by pistol shots.
They then introduced Joseph
Lawrence, one of the most re-
spectacle colored citizens OF the
country, who desired to say that
he had heard all that Miss TEN
pleton had said; that he was
thoroughly satisfied that Roper
was guilty, and he thought that
he ought to be hanged at once.
Lemuel Baker, another respect
able colored citizen, also spoke,
expressing the conviction that
Roper was guilty, ane that he
deserved the fate that awaited
him. Mr.. C4inch Truett then
placed the rope around his neck
and asked him if he had any
thing to say. He said he had
nothing to say, which was the
first time he had spoken since
leaving the jail.
Truett then seized the rope
and drew him into the air. He
struggled not more than three
minutes, and WIS dead. His
knees trembled somewhat as he
stoed upon the box from which
he was drawn up, but he showed
no other sign of fear. In about
forty minutes he was cut down.
There was no excitement though
nowant of determpation- There
was not drunken man in the
: crowd, in the outskirts Of which
stood the judge of the criminal
court, the attorney-general of
this judicial district, and the
sheriff, all Of whom knew it
were idle to interfere.
The country is waiting for some
, 1878-01-05

Several curious cases of mis-
taken identity have occurred in
this city recently. A son, for
instance, identified a body at the
Morgue as that Of his father,
who, however, made his appear
ance after the Coroner's inquest
had been held and as prisoner
was being tried for his
taking off. In another case
the father of a family was met
on the street by one of his chill
dren while his supposed remains
were awaiting burial at his resi-
dence. In the courts another
curious case came up lately,
The accused was, fortunately,
able to prove he was not the
criminal but some other fellow,
and so saved himself from the
penitentiary.-N. Y Herald.
, 1878-01-05

previously indentured by the Di-
rectors of City Trusts to suita-
BILE trades and occupations. They
lare fed, clothed and educated at
the expense of the Girard estate,
and all that can be done by lay
people for their moral and re-
ligious training is done. No
clergymen, as is we'll known, are
admitted to the college, even as
visitors.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13
Lord Byron,s Daughter.

Byron's only child married the Earl
of Loyelace, descendent of Lord Chan
cellor King, John Locke's favorite
nephew, and had two sons and one
daughter. Lady Lovelace had every
right to be peculiar, and was SO. Her
eldest son, too, was perfectly and most
inconveniently eccentric. While at
Elton College he stopped a carriage,
presented a pistol, and robbed some
ladies', and committed divers other
strange deeds; and, at length, having
utterly exhausted the patience of his
family, became q workman In Scott
Russell's ship-building yard on the
Thames. where, at the time of his
death, he was on the eve of marriage to
a carpenters daughter. He had some
good points about him, notwithstand-
ing his strangeness, and might perhaps
ultimately have developed into a useful
man; but this was not to be. He was
ucceeded by his brother, who inherit
ed, at his maternal grandmother's
death, her Barony Of wentworth, with
a seat in the House of Lords. A few
years ago Lord Wentworth, who, in
current phrase, doesn't amount to
much, = married the daughter of Rev.
George Heriot. His wife was for n
season or two the reigning beauty Of
the day. But the marriage did not
prove happy, and about two years age
Lord Wentworth died, aged twenty
four, leaving an only daughter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

is punctuated with whatever comes
handiest.
ADutchman was about to make a
Tourney to his fatherland, and wishing
to say "good-byen to afriend, extended
his hand and said: "vefl, off I don'd
come back, hullo."
An Illinois firm has put up a ton of
| currant jelly this season. If this thing
goes on we will have to build boys with
fingers a mile long and mouths forty
yards wide, to keep the demand apace
| with the production.
In Germany all fish are brought to
market in tanks and sold alive. A man
don't have to lie till his tongue blisters
every time he goes fishing over there,
but can walk into the market on his
way home and get the wiggling docu-
ments to prove that he had a tip-top
good day and a whole basketful of luck.
Tampering with the beard is always
a dangerous experiment. An eminent
ly respectable citizen, who shaved off
his mustache last week, vas mistaken
for a noted base ball player within less
than two hours afterward, and urgent
ly entreated to pray for a sick man the
following day. His wife bankrupted a
broom handle and demoralized a brand
new silk hat in chasing him out of the
I-.. ~ltl1 = l--At-A - Il r---lt-l
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13
sEcRErARY GonuAM- of the ,

SECRETARY GoRnAM, of the con-
gressional republican executive COM
mittee, is somewhat of an authority in
politics. In accounting for the repub-
lican defeat in Maine he says it is MAIN
ly due to the burden of national banks.
Also that il the republicans wish to
gain they will have to come out boldly
and oppose banks. This is remarkable,
coming from so eminent authority. 1t
shows that Mr.. Gorham is quick to dis.
cover the dead weight of the republi.
can canvass, and not by any mean.
slow to speak his mind.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
many republicans in the West as well
as in the East are opposed to national
banks and they may resort to a disas-
trous mode Of making themselves
heard. Still it is too late forthe repub.
licans to change policy. The die is
cast, and on the platforms already laid
down the party must stand or fall.
On another point Mr.. Gorham shows
his keen knowledge of political affairs.
He says that the election of any num-
Der Of greenbackers to the next house
Of representatives means the election of
a republican speaker. For the green
hackers are first for government paper
currency and second for a protective
tariff As the democracy are irreyoca
bly, pledged to free trade, the green
hackers would vote for a republican
speaker to insure protective commute,
on ways and means, and thus protect
protection.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13
. BREAKFAST TABLE" CRUMBS.

The language of the sole-creaking
boots. F
How sweet to r%ecline in the lapse OF
ages-say about eighteen.
The reason that so many Chicago
men are bandy-legged is that the Lord
has turned their legs into feet.
A mule will behave himself eleven
years and six months just to get one
oh-hand shot at a middle shirt stud.
English servant girls only receive an
average Of one dollar and dfty cents per
week, but they can have more cousins
than Is allowable in America.
In English marriage notices the
brides pet name Is put in brackets.
After marriage the husband'spe pet name
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

g.
A man with the toothache doesn't
care about anything else. The glories
Of the world pail on his taste, the won
ders of creation seem as naught. The
tooth becomes a volcano of belching
fury, and the rest of life hidden in
a cloud of its billowing smoke. You
can't borrow anything from a man
with the toothache. You can't in
struct and improve him. You tell him
that the world travels at the rate of a
thousand miles a minute, andi 1t doesn't
startle him in the least. He simply
groans. You say to him, "My friend,
there are stars so far off that their
light has not yet reached this world y
but he don't mind it. He only bowls.
You tell him that some of the sun
spots are one hundred thousand miles
in diameter, and that one of them would
take in Jupiter at a mouthful, but 1t is
nothing to him. He goes on swearing
and weeping. Sometimes a mans
tooth aches so hard, the pain is so ago
MIXING, that several strong men have to
hold him down by main force while
some important scientific fact is being
communicated to him.-Danbury Ne,rs.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

GOLD mines in northern China are
being discovered with amazing rapidity.
One Californian has gone to eheft'' the
discovery. Should other Californians
follow, the Chinese will have opportu-
nifty to retaliate for the treatment i'm
posed upon Cinnamon in California.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

TnE leading officers of the German
reichstag have been reelected. This
shows up badly for the socirlists, as the
same vote could, Of course, pass the
bill which makes criminals of them.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

SINCE the English have garrisoned
Cyprus, the m erchants in the other is
lands Of the Mediterranean want to be
gobbled by England. Prices of COM
modities in Cyprus are quadrupled since
Wolseley and his army of occupation
took possession.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

A MEASURE Of popularity in Eng
land is the mention of ones nam in
the theaters. When a player speaks of
either Gladstone or Disraeli, the act is
both a%pplauded and Kissed, according
to the strength Of each ones admirers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

Mrs. SMITH, wife of the Jersey City
policeman who was murdered while in
be-, last month, has been indicted for
the crime by the grand jury. She shows
signs of weakening, and may confess to
the horrible deed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

A London correspondent says Bar
mum has telegraphed to his agent in
London at ace to take the necessary
steps for the purchase of ''the castle in
which Othello strangled Desdemona.''
This is true, and perhaps 1t is not gen.
orally known that Barnum has also in
structed his agent to purchase the dag
ger which Macbeth thought he saw be-
fore him, and wanted to clutch.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

EVENTS In the volcanic portion Of
Europe point plainly to a big upheaval
one Of these days. The Berlin con
gress doesn't seem to have had the quiz
citing effect Anticipated.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

THE legislature of Oregon is in ses-
sion. 1t will elect a United States SEN
ator. As the democrats have a major
ityJof eleven in joint ballot, there is no
doubt of q democratic senator being
the successor of Nipple Mitchell.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

A Scotch minister, in one of his pa
rochial visits, met a cowboy, and
asked him what O'Clock 1T vas about
twelve, sir" was the reply. Well"
remarked the minister, II thought it
was more" cts never any more
here" said the boy; 81 just begins at
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

SECRETARY SHERMAN thinks the
greenbackers VIII absorb the democrat
ic party. A short time ago he thought
the democrats would quietly lie down
some day outside Of the new party.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

SERvIA is advised not to disarm, and
Russia will continue the subsidies to
meet the expenses. Greece is arming.
Turkish troops and Albanians are REIN
forcing the insurgents. What says
Beaconsield now about permanent
peace?
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

Queen Isabella's jewels have been
sold for s720,o0O,OoO and she kept a
few of the neatest bits SO show OFT with
now and then.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

ToRPEDo exercises are going on
quite briskly at Newport. In time of
peace prepare for the war that is loom
ing up in the next generation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

THERE will be-a curious mixture in
the next congress. Many ministers are
candidates for election.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13
New Advertisements.
Price TEN Cents.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.

Containing n complete list of all the towns
In the United States. the Territories and the
Dominion of Canada. having a population
greater than 5.0n0 according to the last CEN
sus, together with the names of the newspa-
pers having the largest circulation In each Of
the places named, Also n c~talogue Of news
papers which ore recommended to advertisers
prices charsed. Also, the Religious and Ag-
ricultural Journals. very complete lists, and
mary. tables of rates, showing the cost o. adj
vertising In various newspapers, and much
other Information which n beginner In ad-
vertising would do well to possess. Address
tising Bureau, 10 Spruce Street. NJ
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

He HAS been heard from-rcsurrect-
ed by the Philadelphia Times. That is,
Gen. Mcclellan Is in Vermont.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

Hon. FRANK WEIGH had a warm
place in the affections Of the Nebrask-
ans.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

Corrected weekly by whippIe 4 Hay. Whole
Merchants, Cheyenne wyoming.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13
CHEYENNE MARKETS..

a~ressr'e-. Grain. Provl.,on,, Es.-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

THE Colorado campaign summed up
-ughi
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-13

-piorO Beautiful Concert Grand n,nooc
] tQtlU Pianos, cost 81, ON, only UTgdIlS
- 1925. superb Grand 20
square Pianos, cost sl.lt0, only $50
sl55. New style Upright Pianos sii2.6. OF.
gans s35. Organs, IL stops, $3.50. Church
organs, 10 stops, cost $500, only Sis. Elegant
1916 Mirror Top Organs only SOS. 7renien-
dous sacrifice 10 close out present stock. New
steam factory soon 10 be erected. Newspapei
and Organs, SENT FREE. Please address
DANIEL F.. BEATTY. Washington, n. ].
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-08

CITIZENS of Cairo should bear in mind
that on the 18th day of the present month
the Delta City fire company will give ball
in the hall of their engine house, with q
view of replenishing their somewhat de-
pleted treasury. The company has won
the praise of our people for eillcicntwork in
saving the property Of our citizens; and
now asks for something little more sub
stantial. The ball will be under the direc-
ton of experienced managers, the best
music to be obtained will be on hand, and
participants will be insured n season Of
rare enjoyment. That all may contribute Il
little TO help company that deserves so
much, the tickets have been fixed ut at a
very low figure. 1t is the duty or every
householder, ut least, to buy one.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-08
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS MUTUAL
AID SOCIETY.

CAIRO, ILL.,, December y, 1873.
The following preamble and resolution
was adopted by the Board Of Managers on
the Sd inst:
That Whereas The Managers, conscious
of their responsibility, deem it duty to
adopt all precautionary measures for the
protection and interests OF its members,
therefore.
Resolved, That this Board deem it mex
pedient to solicit memberships from per-
sons residing IN cities or towns bordering
on the Mississippi river or within 100
miles Of the Gulf Of Mexico.
WV. STRATTON, President
THOuAs LEWIS, Secretary.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-08
FANCY COSTUME BAZAAR.

The ladies of the Episcopal church viii
give a grand Fancy Entertainment at the
Temperance Hall on Thursday evening,
December l9th. A fine supper will be
served at 6 o'clock in the American Depart
mnnt, including oysters and other dcIica
cips. At the New England table baked
beans and pumpkin pics viii be found. Ice
cre0m, candies, toys, fruits also fancy ar
TILES for Christmas gifts can be procured in
abundance at low prices. Costumes of
France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland,
Sweden and Norway, Russia, Iceland, etc,
will be represented by the ladies in attend
ance on the different booths. A cordial in
vitation is extended to the public.