The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-19
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

London: The imperial bank of Rus
sia has raised its rate of discount from
to per cent.
Memphis: Five death since last. The
weather is clear and cool, the themom-
eter at daylight had fallen to fifty-one.
San Francisco: Gen. Grant and
party left Portland for San Francisco
this morning on the steamer st. Paul.
London: Sir Garnet Wolseley will
shortly receive the decoration of the
grand cross of the order of the knight
of the bath.
London: In Market lane yesterday
wheat was strong and the price is from
one to two shillings above those of
Wednesday.
London: The fire at Samarcand, in
dependent of Zorkistan, destroyed the
great bazaar, seven caravansaries and
seventy shops.
Rome: The brigand, Gasparoni, for
merly the terror of Italy, is dead. He
died in the poor house at Abbiate Gras-
80, Lombardy, aged 90.
Simla: In consequence of the threat
ening attitude of tribes in Kurrum
valley, reinforcements have been sent
to the Shutargarden garrison. Gen.
Cough has reach Futtehabad.
Vienna: A severe snow storm ex-
tended throughout Gallicia, Russia, and
the Alpine regions. There was also
snow storm at Marseilles yesterday and
sharp frost in the department of the
Gironde.
London: A Paris. correspondent tel
egraphs, an article in the Berlin Tag
blatt stating that the accession of the
French radicals to power would GER
tainly not mean peace, and has had a
serious effect on the Bourse.
London: A correspondent at st.
Petersburg says that he learns from
the most absolutely trustworty source,
that England has informed Russia
that British influence must dominate
in Afghanistan's foreign relations
London: Fifty pounds were posted
in New Castle yesterday on behalf of
Courtney for a match against any
sculler in England, Boyd perferred, for
two hundred pounds a side on the
Tyne at the beginning Of next year.
Chicago: Geo. Baumgarten, a farm
hand who brutally murdered and
butchered little Sandy White, near
GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, has been tried, con-
victed and sentenced to the penitentia-
ry for life, the extreme sentence of the
law in Wisconsin.
Madrid: The commission on slavery
in Cuba have drawn up their report.
Several members advocate the con-
hrmation Of the Moret law which en-
bodies the planters view involving a
ten years delay. The other demand the
immediate abolition of slavery. The
ministerialists assert that the premier
Campos favors the latter. course.
Columbus, O.: The new bridge over
Big Walnut creek for the Sunday creek
valley railroad about ten miles from
here fell in last evening with a terri,
BILE crash distance of forty feet into
the water. Eight workmen were on
the bridge at the time and their escape
from death is miraculous. Five ol
them were slightly injured. A defec,
tive trestle caused the accident.
Washington: The commissioner Of
internal revenue has telegraphed the
revenue agent Of the blockade of NORTH
Carolina to cause the seizuer of all fraud
ulent distilleries and the arrest. and
vigorous prosecution of all frauduien,
distillers and dishonest officials. Hi
says: 81 desire that the most energetic
measures be pursued to bring these dis
honest officers and distillers to condigr
punishment. expect collectors Mott
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