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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

st. Paul, Mimi, May IA special
to the Pioneer-Press says 1880 men are
now engaged in the Canada Pacific
strike, and violence is threatened. The
strikers are marching under a red flag,
and are threatening to prevent all work
until their demands are complied with.
The military forces have been ordered
from Winnipeg to the scene.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

Nashville, Tenn, May 7.-The ma
tional colored conference did nothing
more to-day than appoint committees,
introduce resolutions which were refer
red to them, discuss points of order, and
listen to the reading of papers on vari-
GUS subjects. The crop reports were
very favorable for a larger yield than
the average in grain and cotton.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Ebb of the Tide.

st. Louis, May About 14O south
ern refugees, men, women and children,
arrived here to-day from Kansas and
left on the steamer Howard this even
ing for their former homes in Warren
county, Mississippi. They gave an
unfavorable report of their reception
and treatment in Kansas, and ex-
pressed much pleasure in being able to
return to the south. They were abun-
dainty supplied with all the necessaries
OF their trip down the river by parties
haro
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

London, Eng, May TN the house
OF commons, declaratory resolution,
introduced by Farrar Herschell Qiber-
al in favor of abolishing actions for
breach of promise of marriage, except
in cases where actual pecuniary loss
had been incurred by reason of the
promise, was carried by vote of 1Oe
yeas to IS nays.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Some Big Earnings

Chicago, May THE report of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road for 1873, shows the gross earnings
to be s13, ,979, ,7G6, an increase of earn
ings over the preceding year of S474,-
COZ; expenses Ss,020, ,265, and taxes
1856, ,345; being decrease of expenses
Of SAT, 1854, making the net earnings
S.. .4Q3- 165.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

New York, May 7.-''Red Leary,"
who was awaiting a requisition here
from the governor of Massachusetts, for
completely in the Northampton bank
robbery, escaped from the Ludlow street
jail tonight by the help of confederates,
making the second of the gang who has
escaped from thence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

The Sun had to take water on the
LEADERS, charge that it is the organ
and defender of thieves-white thieves,
mind you. 1t has no reply to make,
becauseit can make none. Instead, it
throws mud. The big boy editor is
just like the little boy who was soundly
thrashed by playmate. Said the de-
feated boy, sobbing: ''If l can't whip
you, can make faces at your sister,
and cross-eyes at your grandmother,
boo-hoo-o-o!''
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Fl. G. Balch, the well known stock
man, returned yesterday from Council
Bluffs, whittier he went to purchase
lot of thoroughbred bulls.
Capt. Collier came down from Fort
Laramie yesterday and stopped at
the Inter Ocean. The object of his
visit here, in part, is for the purpose Of
furnishing more proof of Conti's ras-
cality.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
A Prize Fight on Hand

Erie, Pa, May THE city is filed
with sporting men from all over the
country, caused by the presence here of
Elliott and Dwyer, pugillsts, who will
leave the city at midnight for some
point convenient for the battle.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Parole Badly Left.

London, May 7.-The race for the
Chester Trades cup, to-day, was won
by Refer, Fouchet second, Ridetto
third. Betting was to on Parole, 4
to against Fouchet.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

City of Mexico, April IA commit
tee of congress reported favorably on
the bill appropriating $500, 900 for ex-
penses of the exposition. Its passage
is regarded certain.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
EDUCATIONAL.
Proceedings of the Upper Horse Creek
School Meeting.

Especial Correspondence OF The Leader.l
UPPER HORSE CREEK,
May 5, 1879.
To the Editor of the Leader:
In accordance with the laws Of the
territory the electors of school district
No. 2 met to-day in the school house at
the head of Upper Horse creek, the
object therefor being to elect director
to serve for three years, and to provide
funds to defray the expenses Of the
school for the ensuing year. There
was a large attendance. D. s. Shaw
one of the directors, called the meeting
to order. There were present among
others, H. B. Kelley and o. P. Good
win, directors.
II. B. Kelley, clerk of the board, read
the minutes of the last meeting, which,
on motion, were approved. Next in
order, were the reports of the treasurer
and clerk of the school board, which
herewith transmit, as follows:
TREAsURER's REPORT.
To the Board Of Directors and Voters Of
School District No. 2, Laramie Colm-
ty, Wyoming;
have the honor to make the follow
ing report:
Cash on hand, May l, 1879. s IL 33
Moneys received during the year
from taxes. S.......... 773 "a
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Now Open for Business.

l take pleasure in informing all my
old patrons and the public generally,
that my photograph gallery is now
open and ready for business. Remem-
ber that 1 am now located in the COM
modious rooms formerly known as the
Oyster Bay, on Ferguson street. Drop
In and see me.
1t d. d. DARE.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Republican Gains in Indiana.

Logansport, May THE democrats
elected three councilmen and the treas
urer. The republicans elected the
mayor and marshal.
Indianapolis, May THE official
returns from IL wards indicate a repub-
lican majority of 500 to 1900. Re-
publican gains 500 to 800.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

Topeka, Kans., May IA state
central freedmen's committee, the pur-
pose of which is to aid refugees, became
Incorporated to-day under the state
laws.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
A Political Straw.

Columbus, Ind, May THE demo-
Gratis elect all except the city marshal
and one councilman by greatly reduced
majorities.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

Remember the Baptist strawberry
festival tonight, at the new dramatic
theatre. 1t
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

II. b. KELLEY, Clerk of Board.
o. P. Goodwin estimated that the
sum required to defray the expenses of
conducting the school during the COM
ing year will amount to about $500,
and ON motion that sum was ordered
devoted to such purpose.
The meeting next proceeded to the
election of school director to succeed
o. z. Goodwin, resulting in the choice
of S. L. Meyer, who was also elected
treasurer of the board.
? The directors were authorized to ex-
pend whatever amount found necessary
for the support of the school.
On motion the meeting adjourned,
subject to q call by the directors.
DOLORES.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
ELkHORN HOUSE.
On ELKHORN CREEK, NEAR LIVER
MORE, COL.

H. r. WEST, LESSER
TlHIS HOUSE HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY
finished and refltted. and will be open for
Tourists and Summer Boarders about May
18th. Tri-weekly hack from Fort Collins.
Postoffice and laundry at house. Splendid
Trout Fishing In four mountain streams
Fine scenery. Saddle ponies, guides and
camp supplies furnished. Special attention
paid 10 Ladies and Children. my3-6m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

The Weekly LEADER has the largest
circulation and is the best paper west.
Subscribe for it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE,

ohNAIE.
On motion of Ingalls, resolution was
adopted calling on the president to
communicate to the senate what mea-
sures have been taken to prevent the
occupation Of the Indian territory by
white settlers.
The house bill to prevent military
interference in elections, was read
twice, and by vote of "a against 81,
the senate disagreed to the motion of
Edmunds to refer it to the committee
on judiciary, and then it was laid on
the table to be called up hereafter.
Consideration was then resumed of
the resolution asking for authority to
take testimony in the contested case of
Spofford against Kellogg. and Carpen-
ter continued his remarks in support
of Kellogg's right to the seat.
HOUSE.
Washington, May Chalmers
called up as question of privilege, the
resolution offered by him for investiga-
tion of his conduct at Fort Pillow, and
made personal explanation. The sub
iect occupied the attention of the house
for long time, and at one period there
were indications of trouble between
Chalmers and Burrows in consequence
of an allusion made by Chalmers to
some criticisms against Burrows for his
own conduct in the war. Chalmers,
however, @disclaimed any personal
knowledge on the subject, saying he
had his information from Washing
ton newspaper.
Burrows branded the allegation as
utterly untrue. Finally the whole sub
ject was laid on the table.
The eight hour law bill went over
on expiration of the morning hour, and
the bill relating to coinage and coin
and bullion certificates was taken I'D.
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/ will state that the district borrowed
Of Addoms & Glover, of Cheyenne,
81, 300. We will be compelled to issue
district warrants until the taxes are
collected. Total amount of warrants,
50, ,362.S1.
o. p. GOODWIN, Treasurer.
The report of the treasurer was read,
and a vote of thanks rendered o. P.
Goodwin for the valuable services he
has rendered the district in that capac-
ity during the past six years.
CLERKS REPORT.
To The Board of Directors and Citizens
OF School District No. 2.
l have the honor to report that have
issued warrants to and in favor of
teachers as follows:
Miss Emma Headland 8 500 90
E. A. Harley ................ 500 90
Total .....,..... 81 900 90
Warrants outstanding May l, 1879,
S1.5o.
All of which is respectfully submit
- - -, =. 49,,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08

Especial Correspondence OF The Leader.l
UPPER HORSE CREEK,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

Judge Potter, of the Supreme Court, yes
terday granted writ of error in the case
of Chastine Cox and ordered a stay of the
execution of the sentence pending the de-
cision of the appeal to the General Term
on the points raised by the prisoners coun.
sci at the trial. This delay in the punish
ment of the murderer was inevitable, as the
case cannot be argued before October, and
may after that be carried to the Court of
Appeals 1t is satisfactory to know that the
worst result to be apprehended is new trial,
and that no legal ingenuity can prevent the
final satisfaction of justice. 1t would have
been better if the punishment Of the MUIR
derer could have followed swiftly on the
heels of his crime, but the fact that the
shadow of the gallows is on his path and
cannot be removed will have good effect
on the criminal classes in New York. Cox
will assuredly be executed in the end no
matter how long the forms of law may
postpone the day OF his punishment, and
his certain fate will serve as warning to
those who rush recklessly into crimes that
often lead to more terrible results than
their perpetrators contemplate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

AT last it ffic.aliy repore that yellow
fever is ep demic in the city ot Memphis,
and the hopeful theory hitherto entertain d
that tie people We're to escape with the few
scattered cases which commonly occur in
every year following disastrous visitation
must be given up. Naturally the stampede
not only continues but gathers force, and
all who can get away will leave, and the
city will be abandoned to the few old stagers
who believe themselves proof against the
fevers, to those stolid enough to
be Indifferent, to the worst class
of the negro population, and to the little
army of brave men and women who devote
themselves to the battle with this invisible
enemy. 1t is repeated with every possible
force of asseveration that Memphis is not
now in the unclean condition in which it
met the lever last year; that it is not I'M
clean at ALL and that all it's streets, alleys,
byways and drains have been so thoroughly
overhauled within a few months that it is
in a better condition in these respects than
ever before in its history If this is true it
will perhaps force the conclusion that the
fever has a tendency to naturaize itself in
that district and to take spontaneous
origin from the soil under the influence
of the ordinary summer heat. IT the fever
was imported last year, as we have no doubt
it was, a thorough distinction aiding the
frost should have eradlcated it, and it
could only have spread from fresh i'm
portation. But there is no pretence
that it was imported this year; it
is pretended that disinfection was as thor
ough as possible, and yet here is the fever
epidemic once more. Either, therefore,
there is some mistake as to the disinfection
or the fever has become naturalized in that
region of country. we incline to the opin-
ion that the disinfection has been far from
complete; yet it is not without precedent
Tor this fever, carried to countries where it
was formerly stranger. to SO permanently
establish itself as to reappear naturally
and regularly every year, with varying Sc
verify. If Memphis is likely to become
starting point for such fever centre in the
Mississippi Valley it will be an advantage
if in the course of the summer any of the
wild creatures to whom plague-stricken
cities are abandoned should disnfect it
with fire. as General Melikoff did the AS
trakhan villages.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

1t has happened once, and it may happen
again, therefore it is well to give fair warn
ing to rogues who may be tempted to re-
peat the trick.
Last Wednesday evening the steamer Syl-
van Dell left Norton's Point at the eastern
end of Coney Island with about seven hun
dred people on board, mostly women and
children, returning home to New York after
days harmless pleasure in the open air.
When off Bedloe's Island a mana brute
rather rushed up from below, shouting
Fire Fire y and creating, of course, the
utmost CONSERVATION among the women
and children. Fortunately the officers OF
the boat promptly treasured the passengers
and took the brute into custody. His name
proved to be Frederick Stuhr, of No. "a
West Thirteenth street, and his object is
supposed to have been to give opportunity
to a gang Of his friends on board to rob the
passengers while they were in panic. He
was eventually fined ten dollars, and
as this is severe q punishment as the
and villanous outrages that can be imagined
we think it proper to warn any wretches
who may be tempted to try Stuhr's little
game hereafter that they will probably
never get as far as the Office of the police
justice.
Lynch law is always bad thing, and we
are far from advocating it; but we have not
the least doubt that the next man who cries
out "Fire y on Coney Island steamer will
go overheard. We are stating now merely
fact. We do not propose justifying the
drowning even of such wretch as this
Stuhr ; but We are quite certain that the
man who ventures to repeat his trick will
not live to pay fine of ten dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20
point that it will pay the owners of the
barges, boats and picn grounds.
The Expiosion on the Drew

An explosion deliberately prepared on a
passenger steamer and so contrived and
tuned AS to do indefinite destruction at the
dead of night implies either the presence
OF a lunatic or desperate purposes of MUIR
der and robbery. 1t is clear at a glance
what are the horrible possibilities of such
purposes on one OF our river steamers,
crammed with sleeping passengers, who in
the panic of an unknown danger might be
easy victims for gang of desperadoes. For
tunately the case on the Drew seems suscep-
tible of the easier explanation. The owner of
that powder is probably a lunatic. He re-
ported himself as from Easton, Pa, and
the account of him which we give else
where supplements that statement with
the important detail that he left the prison
at that place on the 10Th inst He was i'm
prisoned as swindler, and his swindles
seemed to be contrived with the elaborate
detail of a disordered intellect, which
worked them out as it they were great and
momentous achievements. His self-chosen
cognomen, 'Tne Man from Peru" relates
to other of his past experiences, and his
whole history seems to declare that he is in
sane and that his insanity is of "a mischiev-
Gus or even dangerous character. 1t is to
be hoped he may be kept safe at the public
expense for a great while to come.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

in good order, the mon his money is regu-
larry used up and no Improvement in the
ne dec ed stricts ccou IS for he gu lay.
The Street Cleaning i5urean either receives
enough money o keep all the city clean
and fails TO expend il honestly, or does not
receive an amount sufficient for the
work 1t is expected to do and fails to
say SO. In either case the authorities
are to blame. If their appropria-
ton is sufficient they misappropriate
it, because they do not properly clean the
city. If it is insufficient they have no right
to pretend to do the work they are physi-
cally unable to do and to risk pestilence,
simply because they desire to hold on to
the patronage and emoluments of the street
cleaning business. At the present time
the neglect and incapacity of the Bureau
are the more reprehensble, because its
management was recently changed by an
extrome process with the pretended object
of making a great reform in the street
cleaning system. The system has not been
altered; the money is expended as freely
as before; the streets are at least in as bad
condition as ever, and the only change
that has taken place is the transfer of the
patronage of the Bureau from one political
faction to another
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

At least one positive step in advance has
been taken by the projectors of the Isthmus
Canal. Our special despatch from London
reports the deposit with an agent of the
Colombian government of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars-the sum which, by
the treaty between the government and M.
Lesseps, it was required should be put up
as forfeit and evidence or guarantee Of
sincerity on his part. 1t is natural enough
that South and Central American govern
ments should adopt this course with pro-
jectors. They have granted so many con-
cessions for railways and canals and mines
and other grand enterprises, and never
heard any more of them, never saw either
the railroads or the canals, that now they
require protector to put up some cash be-
fore he can regard his concession as valid.
At least this assures them that he is man
of substance, and it may improve their
finances but we are not sure that it will
make the completion of the great scheme a
certainty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

1t has taken great while to find out who
was to indemnify the property owners in
Pittsburg for the damage done them in the
famous railroad riot They sued the State
extensively, and it is now decided by the
Supreme Court that the State is not respon-
sible, but that the injured owners must
look to the county. They are looking to
the county accordingly, and on this decision
it will have to foot a bill OF about two mill
ion dollars. AS the property that must be
taxed to raise the money is mainly the
property in the city of Pittsburg the citi-
zehs of hat place will presently know just
and it is to be hoped they will enjoy the
knowledge.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

Our reporters continue their accounts
of the state of the streets in to-day's
HER.LD, and their descriptions are
worth attention. These reports have
led to some display of activity on the
part OF the street cleaning authorities in
ceriain localities. There are indications of
a movement among the ash and garbage
carts, and few neighborhoods have been
favored by the presence OF sweepers TOR the
frs. time in weeks But these spasmodic
movements of the Bureau always follow a
vigorous exposure OF its negle ct, and are
not to be accepted as promising perma-
nent reformation. 1t is now as it has al
ways been-a cessation OF complaint on the
part OF the people and OF exposure by the
press is followed by departmental torpor,
and within two weeks the streets are again
as foul as ever.
The improvement now apparent is limited
in area and entirely insufficient to avert
the danger that threatens the public health.
We continue TO hear of rotting garbage
streets in crowded neighborhoods during
this hot weather, any one of which might
originate contagious disease which it
would be difficult to check. We insist that
there is no good reason why the safety of
the city should be thus imperilled. There
has been but little work to do during the
recent fine weather in the well kept streets
and avenues of the city, nearly all of which
are swept by private contract, and the
liberal monthly appropriation might have
been almost wholly devoted to removing
these garbage heaps and thoroughly clean
ing the tenement house districts. But for
some unaccountable reason, there never
appears to be enough money at the COM
mand Of the Bureau to accomplish any
positive good. When the snow covers the
ground and there is not even pre-
tence at street sweeping or at collecting
the refuse for days and perhaps for weeks,
the regular monthly appropriation disap-
pears nevertheless. When the principal
streets of the city are thoroughly clean and
long continuance of fine weather makes
very triaing outlay sufficient to keep them