The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-24
PRESS PARAGRAPHS.

California has Kearney, to be sure,
but the thermometer in San Francisco
was as low as "a degrees yesterday.
The superintendent of the approach
ing census of the United States, Gen.
Walker, estimates that the returns will
show a population of over 46, 900, 900,
which would be about 5000, 900 more
than in 1870.
The soldiers of the northwest will
hold a grand reunion at Aurora, ILL.,,
on the Goth, 21st and 22d of August.
Gov. Cullom has been invited to at
tend, and requested to extend an invi-
tation to his brother governors of the
United States, which he has done.
1t is gratifying to be assured officially,
that "the democratic party, as a
whole" is in favor of constitutional
currency. The trouble is that the
democratic party moves in 30 many
various sections that we very seldom
have an opportunity to see it as a
whole.
Ex-senator Ramsey, proposed for
secretary Of war, is a large, fresh,
breezy old hero that one takes to on
sight. His family consists of his wife
and daughter, and he owns large es-
tates in the city of st. Paul and vicin-
ity. Ramsey county, in which st. Paul
is situated, is named after him.
DIR. Luke p. Blackburn, who is at
present the democratic candidate for
governor of Kentucky, and who will
undoubtedly be elected, is the barba-
rian who endeavored to introduce cloth
ing infected with yellow fever into
northern cities and the federal army
during the southern rebellion. He is
not to be COMPOUNDED with the present
member of congress from that state,
Joseph c. S. Blackburn.
Notice is given that the federal court
in western Arkansas will take no action
in criminal cases at the August term,
postponing them until November Sd.
1t is alleged that this determination is
due to the failure of the recent session
OF congress to appropriate money for
the payment of United States marshals.
Nearly all the criminal business in that
district comes from the Indian terri
tory, and the cases of some forty or
fifty prisoners at Fort Smith are thus
postponed.
The national board of health having
requested the government to detail
medical officers of the navy to foreign
countries where yellow fever is known
to exist, for the purpose of examining
all vessels bound for the United States,
and to such as are not infected issuing
clean bills of health, the cabinet at
washington yesterday discussed the
propriety of the request. In the opin-
ion OF the members present it seemed
very unjust to the officers in question,
whose lives would be jeopardized at
such places; and, unless voluntary Of
fers to enter this service are made, the
request is not likely to be granted.
Among the applicants for appoint
ments as second lieutenants in the
army are Mr.. B. Walker Atkisson, son
of the late Major Atkisson, U. 8. A.
Charles A. Churchill, Of Kentucky; A.
L. Durvelius, of Ohio; Francis L
Drake, Of Philadelphia, son of Col.
Alex. E. Drake, U. s. army; William
English, son Of the late Col. Thos. S
English, Second infantry; A. c. Fran
cisco, Of Columbus, Ohio; F. P. Ere
mont, Of Prescott, Arizona, son OF
Gen. John G. Fremont; j. G. Howell,
of Florida; James A. Hearn, jr., son
of Major Hearn, q. s. army; Robert
Irvine, of Augusta. Ga; j. s. Mason,