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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-17

lake all rugged out and ready for the
start, and at SIG, after clearing the
course, word was given, and Hanlan
started amid cheers, rowing at the rate
of thirty-two strokes to the minute,
and the stroke was only slightly varied
throughout the row. The course of
five miles was rowed in thirty-three
minutes and fifty-six and one-fourth
seconds. Blake requested that Charles
NJ. Calvin, of the New York Clipper,
to act as judge for Courtney, which he
assented to, and at the close of the race
declared Hanlan the winner of the race
and the purse. The time made by
Hanlan is the best five mile scull by one
minute fourteen and one-fourth Sec
onds.
Tonight Courtney makes the state
ment that when he went to Rochester
in September to arrange the prelimi-
naries for the race, David Ward, Of
Toronto, and Hanlan called at his room
in the hotel, and after some talk Ward
said that Hanlan would not go to Chau-
tauqua; that it seemed pity for it was
nice sum to row for, and they could
divide the purse. Courtney made no
reply, and the visitors soon left. He
did not see them again until he met
them here, when Ward said that Han
Ian could not be drawn out to row
with log chain, unless he was sure of
winning, and proposed to Courtney
that il he would let Hanlan win he
would half of the purse, or $1,000.
Courtney rejected the proposition, say
ing that hebelieved he could beat Han
Ian, and certainly should if 1t lay in his
power. He was willing to stake his
life that none of his men cut the boats.
1t has always been the custom to leave
the boat houses unguarded. Ward
afterwards offered Courtney the whole
prize and division of the pools to let
Hanlan win, and he had been offered
$40, 900 and an interest in the pools by
other parties il he would allow Hanlan
to be the winner. All these offers he
steadily refused, being determined to
win the race if possible, saying there
was not money enough in America to
make him lose if it were possible for
him to win.
1.-The race" said Courtney, twas the
most villainous scheme ever concocted,
and 1 expect to be able to prove that
Ward wrote to New York that if he
could fix the race he would telegraph 4
have bought horse,' if not, 4 have
bought COLT The Hanlan club never
did row square race.''
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-17

New York, Oct. Equipments tc
the treasury in gold have largely in.
creased since the disbursements Of gold
coin commenced. In October, from the
first to the fourteenth, inclusive, 54s,.
900 dollars was paid in gold coin for
duties, while only LIZA, 900 had been
so paid dnring the nine months preced.
ing.
Gold certificates are stin retained by
the banks which hold them as safer and
more convenient mode of holding specie
The payment In silver certificates has
been comparatively small, only 1879
during the days mentioned against
4,277 in September.
Legal tender payments for the month
thus far haye been much smaller than
those of corresponding days in Septem-
ber. 2
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-17
SCHURZ' PETS
MAKE 1T VERY INTERESTING.
Those Of, the New Mexico Nursery
Grow Very Naughty-Forty
Whites Killed-Arms for
Defense Refused.

San Francisco, Oct. 1G.-A dispatch
from Tucson, Arizona, says: "a spe
cial to the Daily Star from Silver City
N. NJ, says that the Indians have beer
committing terrible depredations in
the Rio Grande valley and southwest OF
Fort Cummings for several days past.
The people Of Colorado have been be-
sleged and fighting since Saturday, and
appeal for aid. On Sunday volunteer
company Of thirty men under Capt
John Crouch, went from Messilla and
Cueces to their aid. They met 100
Indians near Colorado, 1S miles from
Slocum's ranch on the side of the road.
After severe fight the volunteers were
compelled to fall back. They had a
running fight into Slocum's ranch.
They had killed in this fight w. C..
Jones, county clerk of Donohue county,
and four Mexicans. On receipt of the
news at Mesilla two more companies of
80 men were raised. The companies
are composed of the best men in Mes
lila valley. The companies are to join
Crouch to-day at Slocum's ranch and
go to Colorado. Two trains were cap
tured yesterday west of Slocum's. In
one Of them eleven men, one woman
and one child were killed, and in the
other all hands escaped. Both trains
were scattered, and some of the oxen
were killed and others left standing
in their yokes. Corpses lie all along
the road. The stage from the east ar
rived this forenoon, two hours late.
A number Of people are known to
have been killed within the past four
or five days, which all together aggre-
gate about 40. An Indian trail was
discovered yesterday which leaves the
stage road and leads in the direction Of
the Black range and vicinity of the
Hillsboro mining company. Major
Morrow, Of the Ninth cavalry, with a
strong scouting party, is thought to be
in the vicinity of Colorado. This is
the most persistent fighting the Indians
have ever been known to do in this sec
tion. They are in large bands and
seem determined to stay III the coun-
try, fight and make general warfare" +"
Washington, Oct. 16.-Gen. Sherman
declines to authorize the issue of ra-
tions to volunteers, as requested by the
committee Of safety appointed by the
people Of Santa Fe.
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The Iuke's Opinion

London, Oct. 16.-The Duke of
Beaufort, who returned here last sum-
mer publishes his observations on the
American wheat prospects. He infers
that the surplus for expectation will
increase yearly and wheat will be land
ed in Liverpool from the interior of
America at an average of one dollar a
bushel with which price English farm
ers cannot compete, and must turn
their attention to cheaper and better
modes of growing beef and mutton, SO
as not to be driven out of that market
also by America.
The duke is a large land owner and
his opinion is considered of great
weight in England.
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The Irish Agitation.

London, Oct. 16.-The meeting yes
terday at Belfast, at which Parnell and
bigger spoke, was home-rule meeting
under the auspices of the Ulster home
government association. There were
no farmers or rent-payers present. The
correspondent of the Times says: ''st.
Mary's hall, where the meeting was
held, is reported able to accommodate
5000 persons, but unless they were
packed like herrings in barrel, it
would try Its capacity to the utmost to
afford space for more than half that
number, and at no time during the
evening was the place crowded. y
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BRIEF TELEGRAMs.

Pesth: Agricultural distress is pre-
vailing in several districts of Hun
gary.
Annapolis, Nd: Medford Waters,
colored, will be hanged on December
5th, for the murder of Jenkins Whal-
ley.
| London: A Paris correspondent re-
ports that Gambetta will shorten his
vacation and return to Paris imme-
diately.
New York: The workingmen's CEN
| tral union tonight nominated John
Kelly for governor, with new state
and full local ticket.
Paris: Ten million francs in gold
left here this week for New York and
similar sum was withdrawn from
the Bank of France for the Swedish
government.
Paris: A review Of the sugar trade
says the beets are worse than was ex-
pected from the appearance of the
growing crops, but it is impossible as
yet to estimate the amount of the def
cit.
Cape Town: Sir Garnet Wolseley is
at Pretoria, where he has publicly de-
clared that the annexation of Transvaal
is irrevocable. A committee of Beers
adopted resolution that nothing will
satisfy them but the restoration OF
independence.
Naples: A meeting will be held on
the 26th inst. to advocate simulta-
neous partial disarmament throughout
the world. All peace associations have
been invited to send delegates. Spec
ial deputations will represent the
American, English and German peace
associations.
Paris: La France publishes state
ment from person in a position to
know the truth if Gambetta is an en-
tire stranger to the csmpaign Of the
Replblique Francaise in favor of plen-
ary amnesty which was initiated by NJ.
Ranc. Gambetta don't desire to be
involved in this discussion.
London: Lord Derby has invited the
Marquis Harrington to stop at Knows.
ley on the occasion of the latter's visit
to Doncashire to attend the great lib
eral meeting at Manchester. This will
be understood to imply that Lord Der
by's influence will henceforth be trans
ferred to the liberals.
London: A well informed correspon-
dent estimates that 5000 thousand
persons were present at the Belfast
meeting. Parnell's speech was of the
usual violent character. He said the
English government had remained in
different, though it knew that the dis
tress approaching would be as bad as
that of the famine was in the year of
1S47.
Vienna: There seems a fair chance
that no more tirno will be wasted in ur.
profitable discussions as to matters of
forms by the Turco-Greek frontier COM
mission. The several governments, no.
tably France, have advised Greece to
accept the Turkish offer to take the
thirteenth protocol of the treaty of Ber-
lin as the basis for negotiation.
Paris: NJ. Czaki, newly appointed
papal nuncio at Paris, has presented
his credentials to President Grevy.
Czaki said he counted upon President
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Spinners Suffering.

Fall River, Mass, Oct. l6.-The
majority of the old spinners have now
returned to work, but several hundred
have not been able to do so. at a
meeting of the spinners last night it
was voted by those who had secured
work to tax. themselves one dollar per
week for the support of their nom
working brethren, in addition to a
weekly tax of 25 cents for the support
of the union. The callfo the meeting
stated that many members of the union
were suffering for food.
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English Champion seullers.

London, Oct. 16.-Boyd is willing to
accept the terms proposed by Elliott,
with the exception that lie refuses TO
be bound to row Hanlan in event of his
being victorious. He thinks that he
should be left at liberty in regard to all
subsequent engagements. He has
drawn up articles to this effect, and
proposing to row Elliott on the Goth of
December, which he has forwarded to
Elliott for his approval.
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Starving Hungary.

Pesth, Oct. 16.-It is feared the help
which the Hungarian government pro-
poses to afford the distressed agricul-
turists viii come too late to permit of
autumn and winter sowing. Through
out the country thousands of people
lack money with which to purchase
food, as the tax-gatherers have seized
all their possessions.
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The Apaches Growing Bad.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Gen. Ord,
commanding the district received the
following dispatch to-day:
Fort Concho, Oct. 15.-Col. Hatch
informs me that large bodies of well
armed Apaches are going south toward
Texas. They are probable renegades
from Indian Territory and New MeM-
co. Have arranged to intercept them
and to reinforce and concentrate our
forces when necessary.
lSignedl GEN. GRIERsoN.
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Baltimore, Oct. 16.-The jury in the
case of John NJ. Nelson, who was shot
in the Front street theater on Tuesday
night, rendered a verdict that there
was gross carelessness in the prepara-
tion of fire arms by F. G. Post, who had
charge of them, and, further, that the y
utterly condemed the use of fire arms
under such circumstances, and think it
should be prohibited by law. Upon
the rendition of the verdict Post was
committed for the action of the grand
jury.
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MEXICAN MATTERS.
Changing Boundary Lines of the North
crn States

ern States.
City Of Mexico, Oct. 5.-Congress, in
secret session, decided that parts of the
states of Chihuahua, Durango and Co.
ahuila, including the entire mining
district of Sierra Mojada, shall be
erected into a federal territory, remain
ing under the Jurisdiction of the fed
eral government until the question OF
boundaries shall have been definitely
settled by said states. Some Of the
newspapers allege that this act is ur-
constitutional, but it appers to be the
only remedy to preserve order.
Destructive inundations have oc-
Cured in Tabasco, where the loss
caused by the destruction of corn,
cocoa, and the tobacco crops is estimat-
ed at one million dollars.
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L. Moyne's Remains crema,ed

Washington, Pa, Oct. 18.-The fu-
neral services of DR.. LIE Moyne took
place at the family residence at 9 O'Clock
this morning. The body was followed
by his family and friends in carriages
to the crematory, where his friends
were dismissed after the benediction,
and quietly dispersed. The remains
were placed in the furnace at 1920.
The ashes will be taken out Friday
evening
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-17
Bold Robbery of Bonds.

New York, Oct. 16.-Bonds to the
value Of $4,000 were stolen to-day
from the safe in the office of Merritt
Trimble, well known iron merchant,
in the coal and iron exchange, by three
strangers who came in apparently on
business.
The robbery was not discovered
until several hours afterwards, when it
was too late to ascertain whether they
had been negotiated on the street OF
not. ~ 81
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Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Wheat, market
higher; No. 2 red 1.2691.27; spring
LA cash; 1911 November; 1.23A De-
cember; Corn, 434. Whisky, LOS.
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historical Dept; Cheyenne, Eyo,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-20
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

West Virginia will try the Mofett
register.
The state tax of Florida has been
fixed at six mills on the dollar.
In Kinds county, Mississippi, fifteen
steam gins and mills have been burned since
September.
Under the new law, a Georgia "pistol-
toter" was given twelve months in prison
the other day.
The belLpunch bill has passed the
lower house of the Texas legislature, and it
is thought it will go through the senate.
By a free use of cotton seed manure
and deep plowing, Governor Drew, of Flor
ida, last year raised 1SG bushels Of corn on
an acre of ground.
In the Texas senate, Friday, favor
able report was made on the amendment to
the constitution prescribing the poll tax as
a qualification tor suffrage.
The Lake City Reporter thinks that
the long-talk ed>of Florida ship canal will
some day be built, but it does not believe
this generation will ever see it.
A fellow who went crazy because q
Missouri belle Tilted him, is wandering over
Texas with a coW-bell around his neck,
hunting for another sweetheart.
There are only eight survivors of the
famous Palmetto regiment that went to
Mexico. 1t had 100 men when it left South
Carolina. When it returned it had but 223.
The gallant Pierce NJ. Butler was its colonel.
Railroad agents are spreading all sorts
of ridiculous reports about the sttractiveness
of Kansas, in order to induce the negroes to
immigrate there. They are creating perfect
furOre among the deluded darkies of many
parts of the south,
One of the Commercials arguments in
favor of Memphisizing Dallas is thus stated :
II there we're no city government, every
body would be compelled to work the roads
the same as they are in the country, and the
streets would be improved twice as much as
they are now.
Galveston News: John T. Holdman,
a Chicago drummer, met his divorced wife
and little daughter in Parker county, where
she was teaching school, Affection of the
husband for his child broke down the bar.
rier, which eventuated in mutual coincidence
of the past. They passed through, reunited,
on the east-bound train to Springfield, Ill,
their former home.
Isaac Stowe and Thomas Goforth, who
live on Beaver creek, ten miles from Henri>
eta, Texas, were pursued by the sheriff and
posse of Montague county. During the fight
in the afternoon their horses were killed.
They then went into a ravine and kept up a
steady fire until sundOwn, when they were
both wounded and captured. Stowe is shot
destroying it's sight. The sheriff and posse
lost two horses.
Picayune: Now the simple fact is that
New Orleans, although not so clean as it
might or ought to be, is as clean as New York
or Cincinnati, and good deal cleaner than
either st. Louis or Chicago. 1t is quite as
clean as it was during the years between
1858 and 1867, or 1857 and 1878, when there
was no epidemic yellow fever. They may rest
assured that if the yellow fever can be
excluded by any efforts of ours it will not
appear in New Orleans next summer. AS
for its existence st this season, we have only
to repeat that nobody but an idiot believes
in If
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al will not" said the orator, closing
his speech, knock under TO any two
legged beast, but 1 yield to the ele-
phant."
One of the orators friends, however,
resented the interference Of the elephant
in strong language. - I wouldn't notice
him, Andy" sand Prentiss. He's no
gentleman. Don't you see he carries his
own trunk %
As the mensgeTie wss likely to draw
away other audiences, Prentiss came to
an understanding with the proprietor to
divide the time and the big tent. There
fore, at Holly Springs, he spoke under
the tent, and standing on the closed cage
of the byena.
There were large auger-holes in the
top of the cage for the admission of air
Dir. PrenEiss, being lame, carried q cane.
In the course of his gesticulations, he
pushed his cane violently through one of
the holes. a horrible yell from the
hyena seluted him. The audience
shouted. But the orator mastered the
hyena.
Why, fellow citizens" !" he exclaimed,
the very Wild beasts are shocked at the
political baseness of the times See how
this worthy fellow just below me is
scandalizedl Hear his yell of patriotic
indignation!
A tempest of applause greeted him,
and that hyena proved good for a hun
dred votes.
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both frauds. The principles by which it
. is claimed the motor will work are shown
to have been tested and abandoned forty
years ago. The Scientific American
shows how fallacious the notion is that
because a small magnet motor will run
and give certain results, large one will
give a corresponding increase of power.
The present generation seems resolved
10 have a motor that will work for moths
ing, and there seems to be ne lack OF
pretendeTs who are ready to show a
plausible machine in order to extract
cash from capitalists. 1t is sOrt of q
scientific three card monte business, and
the surprising part of it is that after it
has been shown up repeatedly by the daily
press and trustworthy scientific jourN
malls there are still wealthy dupes to be
found who will fling away money on such
things.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-20
" Seeing the Elephant"

Few orators would undertake to hold
81 country crowd against the attractions
of a travelling mensgeIie. Sergeant 5.
Prentiss, an eloquent lawyer of missis-
sippi, once cid, but be was no match for
the Bengal Tiger and the India elephant.
In an excited political canvass, ne had
sent printed bills all over the state, an
nounc;ng when and where he would
speak.
The manager of a travelling menagerie,
hoping to profit by the crowds that
would collect to hear PIentiss' eloquenee,
determined to " show" at the same places
and on the same days. The eloquent
politician, ignorant of this arrangement,
began a speech st certain town to an
audience of several hundred ladies and
gentlemen.
When he had spoken about an hour,
he observed some of the people on the
outskirts of the crowd looking over their
shoulders. Soon more of the audience
grew uneasy and looked away from the
speaker. Thinking he was gro ing dull
/ he became more animated. II was il
vain.
! The movement Of the crowd caused
him to turn and look. To his dismay ht
saw, lust coming over the hill, an ele
phant, dressed in scarlet trappiugs, with
a howdah on his back filed with musi
clans. Following in the rear was a Ions
line of wagons and cages. a few we'll
hammered persons, retained by polite
! ness, remained, but the majority of tn
] listeners scsmpered to greet the process
sion.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Alaska is about one-tenth the size of
the states and other territories, and has
greater extent of sea coast.
A bills pending in the Indiana legis-
lature prohibiting the marriage of drunkards
and persons afflicted with incurable or con-
tagiOus diseases.
Christopher Fl. Robert, who died in
Paris worth $S, 100000 to $5,O00,O00, gave
his property on Lookout mountain, Tenn,
to Robert college, ConstAntinOple.
A bill before the legislature of Ala
bama appropriates $4,000 fof the payment
of seventy-fve dollars each to soldiers who
lost an arm OF leg in the confederate service.
The Scientific American pays a tribute
to women in saying that larger proportion
of inventions patented by the gentler sex
prove useful and profitable than those of
men.
The Pullman car people are building
a special car for party of titled Englishmen
who propose a hunting excursion as far
west as they can go. The car contains beds
rooms, kitchen, diningroom and game COM
partments, and will cost $4,000. The sug-
gestion of the New York Mail that a great
deal of game might be bought for that sum
seems uncalled for.
The Chinese are superseding English
sailors to a great extent on Australian yes.
sells and steamers, being found to be
cheaper, cleaner, and more easily managed.
In a recent case at Liverpool the captain OF
the English vessel Queen explained the
presence of an exclusively Malay2n crew by
| saying that all the available English sailors
at Singapore were so drunk that he could
| not take them.
All Gin Sing, a Chinsmsn, was ar
rested in a Massachusetts, town last week fol
stealing a chrome of " Washington Crossing
the Delaware" He told the astonisheC
court that he "wantee muchee Mclean mar
makee icee," wheTeupon the arresting off
Ger said that some one had told the eelestia
that the picture was a rare painting By
Michael Angelo of the father of his country
getting in his winters ice, and that the poll
| in the hands of the man in the bow of tht
boat was the north pole. The ChinsmaI
Immediately stole it.
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CONGRESSIONAL.



In the senate, on the 1st, Mr.. Window,
from the committee on appropriations, re>
ported with amendments the legislative,
judicial and executive appropriation bill.
Placed on the calendar..... Consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill was re~
sumed. Mr.. Edmunds submitted an amend>
ment to pay such roads only as have not
received aid in government bonds. Agreed
to......The senate refused to agree to the
amendment on the civil service bill, approx
priating $4,000 to purchase Mrs. Fassett's
picture of the electoral commission. SIR.
Beck argued that the scene was one of which
be was not particularly proud, and it coms
memorated an event which he did not think
reflected credit upon the country. The
amendments proposed by the committee
were then agreed to. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the Sd, consideration
of the sundry civil appropriation bill was
resumed, and 100000 was added for eontiu,
uing the work on the ironelads Terror, Puri-
tan, MOnadonoek and Amphritite. Ths
vote was Feeonsidered by which was struck