The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-09

YOl<. ALL
THE sub Potterites have decided Il
return to Washington to-day.
ACCOUNTS of Indian depredations ar
becoming too monotonous In northwest
ern Nebraska.
AT SOPHIA there is much rejoicing
! over the treaty of peace between Rus.
sia and Turkey.
THE Cheyenne prisoners are treated
to the luxury of special car while be-
ing conveyed to Fort Leavenworth.
SrATrsTIcs published in New York
show that there are less idle men in
that city now than there were at this
time four or five years ago. AyB~A
TIE New York press is unanimous
almost In the belief that Tilden has not
successfully cleared his reputation of
the stain of cipher dispatches.
THE German reichstag will open on
Wednesday next. It's expected that a
stormy debate win ensue over the pro-
position to muzzle the members.
BIsMARcK's physog is so highly
priced by Germany,s emperor that his
portrait Is to be printed for the nation
al gallery, by order Of the emperor.
z THE militia are required to preserve
order at the docks in Liverpool. If the
mob continues to be demonstratiye, the
scenes i'll Pittsburg in Vt may be re-
enacted. !.
IT Is untrue that the German minis
ter to Denmark has been withdrawn.
He was merely promoted. So that
prospective war shrinks into the dis
tant future.
MAJ. RENO was on the witness stand
nfhe inquiry On Friday he detailed
the movements of the troops on the
fatal day, and claimed that he used his
best Judgment.
Ex-Gov. HARTRANFT has been ap-
pointed to postmastership. He has
been presidential candidate. and Of
late was aspiring to succeed Bayard
Taylor at Berlin.
PAssANANTE, the man who tried to
kill King Humbert, has been examined
by a commission and pronounced sane.
He will therefore be executed. His
doom is settled even before trial. L
THERE is strange fatality about
-four mills and grain elevators during
the present winter. Not week passes
but one is burned. And it is not at all
singular that they are always insured.
TEE billiard tournament just decided
in New York in favor Of Jacob Schaef-
er, as the champion, has been remarka-
bic for long rulns-441, 44S and 484, the
highest runs ever made at public con-
test. Aoief.l
ENGLAND has just concluded con-
yention with Turkey, purchasing the
state domains in Cyprus, with the ex-
ception of the sultan's private estate.
Johnny Bull must be getting acclim-,
ated. ~ 4 6
MACHINERY HALL, that fine massive
building on the centennial exhibition
grounds, which originally cost $780,
900, was sold at auction yesterday for
S24, 600; three per cent. of the first
price. aHg2
AFTER all, the house adopted the
principal features of the army reorgan-
ization bill. The senate, however,
may summarily sit down upon this lat
ter day plan Of incorporating import
ant legislation in appropriation bills.
A PETITION containing the sigma
lures Of twenty-five hundred Catholics
ladies Of the Rhine provinces, has been
presented to Emperor William. against
the suppression of the Ursuline con-
verts Of Nonnenworth and Uhrw eiler.
1T WILL be observed that in one por-
tion of his testimony Mr.. Tllden said
Of Mr.. Pelton: "He went to Philadel-
phia, believe.' Four sentences after
ward he said: 81 obtained Col. Pelton's
address in Baltimore and telegraphed
him to come home." Nuf ced.
E. L. PARRs, an attorney, testified
yesterday before the Potter committee
that he went to Florida as lawyer to
see that things were conducted proper
ly. He said that the kilograms to Til
den, New York, were intended for the
democratic committee. That commit
tee certainly had a very peculiar ad-
dress.
CHURCH and state in France are
bound to be separated, according to the
programme published by Gambetta in
the last campaign. There is nothing
paternal in republic. Every tub
must stand on its own bottom. The
day has gone by when nations are
bound to support the church in order
that their own existence may be assured.
THERE were three political events
yesterday of international Importance:
Russia and Turkey signed definitive
treaty of peace, and the former is to
evacuate Turkish territory in 50 days,