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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

TIE following extract is a good illus
tration of Talmage's style Of preach
ing:
"The clerical reformers of the pres
ent day mount their chargers, dig in
their spurs and with g~littering lance,
dash down upon the iniquities of cities
that have been dead for three or four
thousand years. These men will corn
err an old sinner Of twenty or thirty
centuries ago and scalp him, hang him
up, and cut him to pieces. With
amazing prowess they throw sulphur at
SODIUM, fire at Gomorrah, and pitch
Jazabel over the wall, but wipe off their
gold s~pectacles, put on their best kid
gloves, turn over the morocco-covered
sermon, and look bashful when they be-
gin to speak about the sins of our day"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
THE BLESSINGS OF POVERTY.

In the light Of recent events, poverty
looms up a greater blessing than ever.
For ages writers have drawn compare
sons between poverty and wealth in
life, but it remains for the present gen.
Grafton to carry the contrast TO the
tomb. Two names furnish the text
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Alexander
4. Stewart.
Never did the bard of Avon indict a
greater truism than "The evil that
men do, lives after them; the good is
oft inferred with their bones" The
world has of late beheld the frequent
spectacle of Vanderbilt's disappointed
heirs orderinff out in open court a pa
rade of evidence as to their own fathers
character that stamps them as greedy
ghouls. Had earthly acts an influence
on the dead, Vanderbilt remains must
have writhed in their casket. Nodepth
to which these heirs would not descend
did it but prove to the court that their
own father wa in life q lecherous adul-
terer, n monomaniac, a moon influence
ed creature, and a batch Of clay in the
hands of spiritualists. His physical in
frmities, too, were enumerated with
all the full details Of an autopsy. And
whyp-why this damning Of the charac-
ter of the dead? and by the very bone
and flesh of the maligned. Because Of
greed for gain. Money is everything;
reverence for a dead father, nothing.
The good that Vanderbilt did lies in
tered with his bones. The evil is dragg-
ed forth by his hyenal children and
spread before a scandal loving world.
Could Cornelius Vanderbilt make
known his mind to day there is not the
slightest doubt that he would express
his preference for a life Of hard, honest
toll, to the career Of railroad king and
naval commodore.
Fortunately for the memory of A. 7.
Stewart, there are no heirs to quarrel
over the spoils of his fortune. But his
widow has just been rendered more
disconsolate, if possible, than at any
time since his death. His taking off
was of itself a sad stroke, but there was
a consolation in the act of loving and
tender hands placing carefully away
the remains; while the knowledge of
their location was also a comfort. Sud-
denly the startling information is re-
ceived that ghouls have invaded the
sanctity of the tomb and despoiled the
casket of its cherished contents.
There was-there could be, but one
motive in such an unparalleled act of
vandalism. 1t was to extort from
the grief-stricken widow a sum of money
for the return of the revered bones. 1t
was blackmail in its most horrible and
CHASTITY shape. Could A. T. Stewart
whisper from the spirit world, what
would he sayp Is speculation neces-
sary?N
SPoverty escapes all this affection.
The memory Of the dead is cherished
the bad, obliterated, whatever there is
of it. At least it is never exposed to
the world. The good is retained.
Poverty leaves no progeny to heap
villifcation, norto glory in It's short
comings. Poverty requires no walls to
secure its remains, or guard to keep
vigil over them. Poverty is inconven-
lent and often uncomfortable, yet its
inferiority in life is seen to rise super
ior in death. 1t would seem, therefore,
that the blessings of poverty follow
death.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

They have no possible chance to carry
the north, and the only hope of success
is by their old policy of s~ubserviency to
the solid south. 1.-THE next president
will be a republican. The country
will not sustain the democratic repudi-
alton scheme nor submit to the control
of a solid south.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, is to be
lighted with ~Joblachkoff's electric light.
There will be a number of Central jets
which will light up every street and
alley in the city almost as plain as day.
Burglars will find their occupation
pone
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

A Liam RUTHERFORD, date Sd Auditor
S1u.S Treasury ATTORNEY ANDCoUN-
ton. d. G. Having been ID Auditor OF the
united States Treasury for six years, l am
ness before the Government Departments.
special attention given. to the settlement of
accounts of Army and Navy Officers, Post
masters, Marshals, Mail Contractors. sc. Re-
ferst TO Hon. Sam'1 +. Phillips, Solicitor Gene
raj; Hon. James Gilfllan, Treasurer OF the
itor U. s. Treasury. oct2I-wly
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

"UNsER FRITz'' wants the old gen.
tleman to take a longer rest and let him
continue running the machine. But
old William cannot brook idleness and
signs for the executive pen. That is
about all the power left the emperor of
Germany.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

AND now congressman Springer steps
to the fore to suggest that what the
democracy wants is-a candidate who
can carry Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Wonder IL Mr.. Springer would I'LL the
billp
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

THE dory Nautilus, in which the
Andrews brothers crossed the Atlantic
last summer, is a valuable capital to
them. They made $4,000 by exhib-
iting 1t in Paris and have refused S20,-
600 purchase money.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

ITALY comes in for a big storm, and
it was IS disastrous as any that visited
the other countries of Europe. Travel
on the railway between Rome and the
north is interrupted.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

CORRECT. The Chicago Journal
observes: There are people, and sensi-
BILE persons, too, who would like to see
a vigilance committee appointed to
baptize in a sewer any man who sug-
gests further legislation on finance for
the next twenty years.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

JUDGING from the tone of speech of
the Denver press, the rickety sidewalks
of that city must have a disagreeable
habit of flying up and striking belated
pedestrians o. nights.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

HoRATIo SEYMOUR has had sufficient
influence to get cheese placed on
the list of army rations. The allow
ance per capita is four ounces per
diem.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

MOST Of the governors recommend to
the people that they give aims instead
Of spending their money on gorgeous
food. But they will have their turkeys
all the same.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

SEVERAL years ago the American
manufacturers were forced to reduce
the wages of their employees in order to
compete with the English market.
Now English manufacturers are forced
to the same strait to hold their own
with the American market.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

COUNTERFEIT railroad tickets are
being turned out by the thousand
Eastern railroads that are usually pat
ronized by scalpers are being favored
with the counterfeiters' attention.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
SATURDAY. NOV. 1e, 1878.

@Adrertisers ,ciu make note Of he6act
that TIE LEADER has a larger eirculd-
tion than any other paper published in
Wyoming.I9
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

APLAN to buy and preserve WASH
ington's headquarters, at Valley Forge,
has been conceived in Philadelphia. A
society to raise the necessary funds is
being organized.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

THE New York Tribune kept in as
long asst could, and after b. F., was
defeated took to abusing him as II he
were a candidate.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

IT Is written in the political Talmud
that no more presidents shall come
from the Atlantic seaboard.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

Mrs. STEWART is very i'll, the result
of the ghoulist Dissertation of her hus-
bands remains. G-NHA1
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

A MAN with a flint lock rifle visited
the fair at Macon, Ga, to shoot against
DIR. Carver.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

ALL Of the banks connected with
the New York cleaning house, are pre-
pairing vigorously for resumption.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
DR.. Pierce's FaVorite Prescription

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
NOTICE OF LAND CONTEST.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
CHEYENNE, Wyoming Territory, !
Nn,,o~Iar 1,H 1CrO 4

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
CHEYENNE, Wyoming Territory,
November LIST, 1878.
To Malcolm McKechnie, and all others
interested:
Application having been made for the
cancellation of your Homestead Appli-
cation No. 115, dated August 4th, 1876,
for the N. w. quarter of the S. W.
quarter; the S. w. quarter of the S. E.
quarter, and the S. half of the S. w.
quarter, of section 30, township %
north, range GO west of the 9th p. NJ,
you are hereby notified to appear at this
Office on the 26th day of November, at
10 O'Clock, n. M, to show cause, if my,
why such cancellation should not be
made.
Failing to comply with this notice,
you will have no further standing in
the matter.
GEORGE r. THOMAS,
Register.
l. e. WHIPPLE,
nov2dtd Receiver.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

Self mixing Columbian job press,
prints a form 6x9 inches. In perfect
order. Used but a short time. just
the thing for amateur printers or for
use at a military post. A small cabinet
and lot Of job type will be sold with it
If desired. Cheap for cash. For fur
Their particulars inquire at LEADER
Office. oc2Otf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
PERSONAL AND PARTICULAR.

Resurrected relics: Hoop-skirts.
The Berlin treaty grows weaker with
age. aH
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

ALLAN's ANrI-FAr is the great remedy for Corpu-
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II acts on the food In the stomach, preventing Its con-
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In placing this remedy before the public as n posi-
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cure, as attested by hundreds of testimonials, OF
which the following rom a lady IN Columbus, Ohio,
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"Four bottles have reduced her weight from l93
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ment In henlth.n A gentleman writing from Bos-
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
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E7ch package contains Dr. Snnford's Improved
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16
At EN-

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-04-25
PROGRAMME FOR A SPELLING CONTEST At
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The Stark County Agricultural Society propose
to have spelling contest at the next Fair, first
week in October under the following regulation
There will be two classes of contestants, com.
posed of both sexes. senior class of pupils, be.
tween the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, and a
junior class between the ages of twelve and six.
teen.
Two prizes will be awarded In each class. First
prize in senior class a gold medal, expressly or.
dered with suitable design appropriately In.
scribed with the name of the successful contest
ant, not to cost less than $780, Second prize, Web.
ster's Unabridged Dictionary worth Sl5, or gold
medal of the same value, at the option of the
winner.
First prize In junior class, gold medal ex.
pressly ordered and inscribed with name of the
successful contestant, to cost not less than sl5-
Second prize, Websters dictionary to cost SO, or
silver medal Of the same value at the option OF
the winner.
The contest will be under the management of q
committee Of we'll qualified gentlemen selected
by the Agricultural Board. 1t Is expected that
every township in the county will be represented
two for each class Township school officers
will cooperate with the teachers in giving en-
couragement and affordIng every facility in Sc
curing a representation, Each Union school
District will have the same representation as
township.
The spelling will be confined to words found
in Webster's pocket dictionary.
No entry fee charged-only the regular admis.
sion fee to the grounds.
Contestants will report to the Secretary Of the
Society by the 25th Of September, their address
age and sex,
Each Director Of the Board OF Agriculture will
see that this matter is properly brought before the
public through the school officers, teachers, or as
they may deem It to urge spelling contests in
each school a. The best two male and fe-
male for each y!s y, 'Ha candidates for town.
ship contest. The two, and female, success.
full contestants for eacr "a n the township
contest will be the candida = fair contest.
The township contest will be , at such time
and place as the members Of t. Board Of Agri.
culture may determine. A. d. MILLER,
seC'y Stark Co. Agricultural Society
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-04-25
THE FIRST CoLoRED JuRYMAN IN STARK.

Massillon, O., April %, 1878,
Editor Democrat AS there has been several re.
marks made in public lately, in regard to my
having been drawn as the first colored iuryman
In Stark county" deem It necessary for my own
benefit and for the benefit of my brother colored
citizens to have few lines published on the mat
ter. In the first place, / am citizen and tax
payer of the county and cannot imagine why my
Republican friendsC) should find fault just be.
cause my name should be drawn out and not
theirs As far as 1t being done as Democratic
trick to reward me for exposing few Republi
can fraudulent tricks upon Colored people during
the campaign last fall know nothing about; but
do not think that had anything to do with the
matter. There are great many colored citizens
of the county, and many Of them pay more tax
annually than some Of the white Republicans,
who were SO thunderstruck at learning that my
name was drawn as juryman, :. When they
(Republicans) were In power, they were profuse
In their promises Of what they were going to do
for their "Colored brethren" But what have
they done? Nothing On the other hand they
appear to be ashamed even to converse with us
publicly, except upon Ne eve Of an election, when
they are all milk and honey. l think that I can
say that the majority Of the colored men are
averse to pushing themselves forward into COM
pany where they are not wanted, but as citizens
OF the United States they merely claim, as they
have right to, the privileges and benefits award
ed to other law. abiding citizens In regard to my
being challenged, every person is liable 10 that,
and 1t is very common circumstance and need
excite no special comment Besides Il is the law
yer's privilege, no matter what the motive. But
We Gods what hollabaloo would have been
raised had Democratic attorney challenged a
colored man? But for that care nothing,
merely wish to state that II was the Democrats that
got the first colOred man as Juror In this Co, and
that that party had used us even better than the
Republicans. as they have not deceived us.
Colored people are steadily learning something;
Republicans cannot keep us in ignorance as did
the majority Of the southern shareholders. We
are learning to keep our eyes open and to take
care that we are not again bulldozed by iawning,
corrupt politicians Of any party. II any OF us
choose to vote with the Democrats we are merely
exercising our rights as citizens and will not ask
them, jurymen or no jurymen. l trust that my
colored brethren throughout the county will
hereafter give the matter Of politics more care.
full study and learn who are really their friends
am not, nor never was, anxions to be on a jury
and would great deal rather not be drawn. But
II I, or any Of my colored brethren, happen to be
/ trust that there will be less abusive comments
made In reference 10 It, on the public Streets than
there was in my case
Yours, GILBERT N PORTER.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-04-25
BURGLARY.

Where, Oh Wherel We're The Might Police
VIM. B. Perkins & Co.'S store was very success
fully gone through" last Saturday night. The
burglars went up the front steps Of the building
and down into the back hall where they
were perfectly secluded, and with chisel cut
a hole out of the pine panel, reached through,
turned the key and showed back the bolt. The
door strip was taken Off just over the lock evident
ly In order to iud the location of the bolt. The
fellows worked under bright gas light with the
door curtains up. All the papers in the desk were
taken out and ransacked and apile a foot deep
left all over the Office floor. The safe door was
tampered with but not damaged A few pocket
books we're taken, no fine ones however, only the
coarse ones and about eighty dollars worth of fine
gold pens and penholders, also five or six dollars
found in the drawer. While cutting ina job
that could have been done with an ordinary pock-
ct knife one Of several rolls Of wall paper left
standing in the hall was used to sit on W. B.
Perkins & Co, are among the merchants who have
been paying special night watchman for almost
year, and they are naturally trying to find out
just what night watchmen are for. 1t strikes us
the fellow who allowed this burglary to be perpe-
trated, ought to go off some where and give him.
self good, sound kicking