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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

AIis1tiDa v, r. X. 81 y.
There viii b amssing Of Y. Il. X.
Of r. tonight Important business will
Be t~ranaaetsd, and fan attendance re-
qaestsd.
By order Sir IA. Commands,
w. r. scaHfTGkH, Recorder.
What an Accident DID.
II wasidiscoversd an absoluie eurs for
all diseases Of the kidneys, which On
now be found in Dsyis. Kidneys Pad.
Use Addoms a GlOysrss Syrup for
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat and hoarse-
ness. a27-tf
.wanisd. 500 Aen.
To buy their
CIGARS,
TOBACCO,
PIPES
and Smoking Articles
jel2tf q. O'Brienis Bazaar.
Fresh fruits OF all kinds at Webb's.
jel3-tf
Choice Butter. ~ pounds for 81 at
e. ii. Webb's. $50, Seventeenth street.
my3otf
Alpaca coats cheap at
my29d PoLAcK's.
"A full stock Of Imported Cognac
Brandy, Holland Gin, Sherry, real Port
Wine. Clarets, &C. at
may12tf IDkLMAN BRos.
Engraving In all its branches Is done
at ZkHSFR, JACKSON & BUEcHNKR's.
ocl9tf
A choice lot OF cream candies and
pure maple sugar just received ut
jel3tf Underwood q Mc6regor's.
Straw hats cheaper than any Other
house In the city ut
ny2eu PoLAcK's-
II you are going into the mines, OF
on a ranch, call Mt Smith a HarTing.
toms for your mining suits matt
FINE GUNS made and repaired In
superior style, at Wyoming Armory.
n2tf
Boots and Shoes ut
ap4-tf Smith q ~Harrington's-
One car load OF Natural Mineral
Water ut
may12tf IDELMAN Bros.
A large assortment OF clocks Mt
ZKHNER, JACKSON q BUEcmNER's,
oc19tf
Five three-pound cans OF tomatoes
for 81 ut Charles II. Webb's. je12-tf
For light underwear at any price &c
to Polack's. my29tf
Egyptian Rice CTn for fifteen cent.
per pound, at
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

A full stock OF Imported Cognac
Brandy, Holland Gin, Sherry, real Port
Wine. Clarets, sc. at
may12tf IDKLMAN Bros.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

Fresh fruits OF all kinds at webb's
iel3-f
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

Alpaca coats cheap at
my291 PoLAcK's.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

A choice lot Of cream candies an
pure maple sugar just received at
je13tf Underwood a. McGregor's.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

Straw hats cheaper than any othe
house In the city ut
my20tf P0LAcK's.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

II you are going into the mines, OF
toms for your mining suits m2-tf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

FINE GUNS made and repaired In
superior style, ut Wyoming Armory.
n2tf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-17

Boots and Shoes at
ap4-tf Smith a Harrington's-
One car load OF Natural Mineral
Water ut
may12tf IDELMAN Bros.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
How Tom Corwin Extinguished
Mr.. Crary.

Congress has had its comedies as well
as its tragedies, and its leading comedian
of forty years ago was Tom Corwiu of
Ohio. He was a type OF early Western
culture and born humcrist. He was
a middle-sized, somewhat stout man,
with pleasing manners, a fine head,
sparkling hazel eyes, and complexion
so dark that on several oocasions-as he
used to narrate with great glee-he was
supposed to be of African descent.
"There is no need Of my working" said
he "for whenever ! cannot support my
self in Ohio, all I should have to do
would be to cross the river, give myself
up to Kentucky negro trader, be taken
South, and sold for field hand He
always had story ready to illustrate a
subject of conversation. and the dry
manner in which he enlivened his
speeches by punCent witticisms, without
a smile on his own stolid countenance,
was irresistible. His greatest effort
was reply which he made 10 Mr.. era
ry of Kentucky, who had undertaken to
criticise the military ability of Gen. Har.
rison John Quincy Adams went over
to Mr.. Corwins desk, and advised him
to reply; without success at first. Cor
win saying that he was something like
Balaam's ass,-he could never speak I'M
less kicked into it." The next after
noon, however. he did reply, and his
speech, as model of humorous retort,
has never since been equaled at the Cap
itol. His description OF Mr.. Crary as
he appeared on parade as a militia gen.
eral, and after the fatigues of muster,
when treating his brigade to water
melons and whisky at country grocery
store, as the ancient heroes assuaged
their thirst from the skulls of their
slaughtered enemies, was a delicious
piece of satire. Then, turning
to the history of Gen. Harrison, Mr..
Corwin gave an eloquent picture of his
patriotic services with convincing force.
No me nber Of Congress ever received
such personal discontinue from a
speech, and Mr.. Crazy never recovered
from Corwin onslaught. Even at his
home the farmers always offered him
ater-melons, in their season, accom-
panied by quotations from Corwin's
speech. He retired from public life an
extinguished orator.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
Home of Horatio Seymour.

On spur of the Deerfieid hills, three
miles from Utica and overlooking that
city, is the unpretending home of Gov
ernor Seymour. It's roof is Swallowed
by hemlocks that have stood there for
centuries, and which, rs their owner
says, "would talk Indian if they could
speak any language" In front stretch
the broad acres that Mrs Seymour IN
herited from her ancestors in the days of
Colonial Governor Crosby For twenty
miles the valley of the Mohawk, green
and lovely, and fringed by the purple
Dunderbergs, lies before the visitor as he
stands on the lawn, and he finds himself
carried away by the enthusiasts with
which tle Governor speaks of it as "the
grandest highway Of the nations which
the world has ever seen-the pathway
of millions toward the setting sum-"
Within the house breathes an atmos-
phere of old historic times. There is the
clock that licked away the hours in Gen.
Schuyler's house when Burgoyne was
there as prisoner of war; the chair that
Bishop White used in the Continental
Congress; Gov. Clintons dress sword;
the commission Of Gov. Seymour's
grandfather. Jonathan Foreman, as ma
.jor in the continental army, bearing the
bold signature of John Hancock; parch-
ments that bear the sign-manual and
seal of Peter Stuyvesant and other old
Dutch worthless, and scores of historical
articles of revolutionary and later days
And quietly courteous the Governor does
the honors of his pleasant home, perfect
ly unconscious that he is himself the
most remarkable sight among all these
reminders of the great and good of other
days. In this delightful retreat Hora-
ito Seymour enjoys the retrospect of a
well-spent and honored life Every day
sees him at work in his Office at Utica
or ii his library at home. He is never
Idle. Brain and pen are busy at all
times. Within few years past he has
written and published treatlses or the
tramp question, dairy farms emigration,
State prisons, the use of short words,
agriculture, State topography and the
Oriskany and Cherry Valley centennial
celebrations. With every faculty alert,
with excellent bodily health, fee from
care and ambition, and surrounded by all
that is calculated to make home pleasant
aid life enjoyable, he has the pros"ect
of many years Of usefulness still before
him. Philadelphia Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
Blsmarck's Big Dog.

One of the most important and gen.
orally respected members of Prince Bis
marck's household is a huge hound,
popularity designated "the Realm Dog"
This animal, his masters inseparable
companion, is stern of aspect and wrath
full IN disposition. He inspires fear
rather than love in all men save one,
and has acquired a somewhat formidable
renown for having collared several
eminent personages -among them Prince
Observation-Disclosures appearance inspired
HIM with dlstrust, or in whom his in
stincts revealed to him the entertain
ment of hostile purpose toward his lord.
For his extraordinary intelligence in
this respect he is highly priced by the
Chancellor, who is known to entertain
considerable faith in the accuracy of the
Realm Dogs judgment of human char
acter The other day two delegates
from Altoona, charged with the presenta-
ton of q petition from the town to his
Highness, were received by Prince Bis
maj OK in special audience. The Chan
cellor sat in his comfortable rocking
chair, the "Realm Dog" stretched on
the carpet by his side, while the dele
gates, Messrs. Nothnagel and Semper,
took their seats on leathern couch
facing his Highness. Mr.. Nothnagel
held a roll Of paper in his right hand,
and, being an energetic speaker, accus-
toned to emphasize his arguments by
gesticulatlon, he waved his scroll about
while addressing the Chancellor, disre-
gardful of the fact that his movements
elected several successive dlsapproving
utterances from the watchful hound.
Presently the dog rose with fierce
growl, whereupon Prince Bismarck,
hastily interrupting his interlocutor's re-
marks, exclaimed "Do put down that
scroll, l beg of you. My dog, like my
self, entertains Il profound aversion to
every kind of paper. He believes it to
be a weapon ~ 1t is needless to add
that Mr.. Nothnagel promptly complied
with this request, obviously to the salts
faction of the Realm Dog, who forth
with subsidized into his former peaceful
attitude London Teie graph.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
A Vampire from Asia.

In store on Summit street may be
seen an animal, the ike of which few
people in Toledo have ever seen. 1t is
Il monster South Asia vampire, the much
dreaded blood sucker of that country.
This rare creature, perhaps the only liv-
ing specimen of the kind in the country,
Is about one and half feet long, has a
pair of piercing black eyes which shine
like diamonds, double row of sharp
teeth, similar to those of the weasel, and
its powerful wings, when stretched full
length, measure two and one-half feet
from point to point. The vampire hangs
suspended from "A bar in the center of
its cage by pair of formidable claws,
and when in repose resembles closed
umbrella; its body is covered with a
comfortable coat Of fur, while its beau
tifully proportional head, which has a
rcmar kabe similarity to that Of dimin
utive black land tan terrier dog, is sur
mounted by pair of large, shell-shaped
ears This strange creature is almost
totally blind during the day, but at night
its little eyes twinkle with astonishing
bri.liancy. The vampire is kept in IA
temperature of about seventy degrees,
in order to conform as nearly as possible
with the climate of its native home
Toledo Commercial
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
Witchcraft.

1t was believed that myriads of de-
mons-who net only multiplied among
themselves, but were daily increased by
the sous of wicked men, still.bor chill
dren, and all who died violent death
filed the whole earth, exciting whirl-
winds and tempests when they met in
great numbers, destroying the beauties
of nature and the work of mems hands
They were often drawn in at the mouth
and nostrils, and tormented those they
thus entered with pains and diseases
All these demons were for stated
period at the command of any mortal
who would sign away his soul to the
Prince of Darkness and all that the
witch or wizard desired them to do was,
with the exception of any good action,
swiftly performed. General meetings or
Sabbaths," as they were called, took
place at the will OF Satan, and were al
ways named for Friday night, or rather
Saturday morning, Immediately after
midnight, the place generally chosen for
assembling, being one where four reads
met, or in the neig hborhood OF lake.
Upon the spotselected nothing, it was said,
could ever grow again, the earth being
burned and rendered sterile by the hot
feet Of the demons. All witches and
wizards who failed to attend these meet
ings were dashed, by order of Satan, with
a whip made of serpents and scorpions.
Broomsticks were supposed to be the
steeds of French and British witches.
but in Italy and Spain the devil him
self, in the shape of a goat, was thought
to carry them on his back from
one place to another. No witch, when
going to a Sabbath, could leave her
home by door or window; her only
practicable exit was thought to be by
key-hole or chimney, ard during her alb
sence an inferior demon was said to take
her form and lie III her bed, feigning i'll
ness. The votaries of the Black Art
once assembled, the ceremony first per
formed was to kiss the devil, who took
the form of o goat for the OCCASION
This was followed by an examination of
those present, to see if they were stamped
with the devils mark, and those who were
not received it from the master of the
ceremonies, as also a nickname, their
own cognomens, because bestowed in
holy baptism, never being pronounced
by his satanic majesty. Then they
would sing and dance furiously. till
some one anxious to join them arrived,
when they would be silent till the new.
conner denied his salvation, kissed the
devil, spat upon the Bible, and swore
obedience to Satan in all things. These
forms of initiation were followed by
more dancing and singing. Those who
had not been nischevious enough were
logged with thorns and scorpions by
their master. A multitude Of toads
danced for their amusement, and for re-
ward were promised feast of unbap.
tiled babes, and the meeting ended with
a banquet of viards too disgusting to
enumerate. When the cock crew they
all disappeared, and their Sabbath was
at an end. -Constance NJ. Neville in
Californian for July.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
Fortunes of an African Chief.

A fortnight ago the Paris police found
the body of man OF color In the Seine.
There was tin case in his pocket 1t
was opened by the police and found to
conta n documents setting forth that the
deceased was the son of chief who had
revolted against the King Of Abyssinia.
His father was killed during the revolu-
ton, and he himself, together with his
brother, were taken prisoners; but,
thanks to the help of woman, they sue
ceeded in escaping. HIS brother, how
ever, was attacked and killed 10y an enor-
nous snake i'll the forest. He himself,
after six weeks trnmping through field
and food, at length reached the Egyp-
tan outposts He was then conveyed
to Cairo, where the Khedive gave him
some money with which he came to Paris.
His autobiography ends thus: II
thought should be able to live in Paris;
but here, as elsewhere, one must be use
full, and | know nothing; so l preferred
death to starvation"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

A company of German and American
capitalists are negotiating with the N.
7. r. r. Co., for the purchase of some
thing over one hundred thousand acres
Of land, mostly l,ing east Of the Palouse
river. As soon as they secure title to
the lands they will sink artesian wells in
the center of each section that is not by
nature provided with q sufficient guam
sity of pure water.
The wife of wealthy and retired
grocer to her artistic dressmaker !:
Dress me in such manner that my
,ulgarities will pass for medieval oifec-
tations"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
MOTHERS WAY.

OF within our little cottage
As the shadows gently fall,
While the sunlight touches softly
One sweet lace upon the wall
Do We gather close together,
And in husned and tender tone
Ask each others full forgiveness
For the wrong that each has done.
Should You wonder why this custom
At the ending Of the diy,
E, and voice would quickly answer,
at VAS once our mothers way
II our home be bright and CHEEKY,
Ii il hold, welcome true.
Opening wide Its door of greeting
To the many--n the few,
1--we share our fathers bounty
With the needy dav by day,
IT'S because our hearts remember
This was ever mothers way.
Sometimes when our hands grow weary.
OF our task seems very long;
When orr burdens look too heavy
And We deem the right all wrong;
Then We gain anew fresh courage.
Aud we rise to proudly say:
''Let us do our duty bravely-
This W. S our dear mothers way
Thus we keep her memory precious,
While we never cease to pray
That AZ ast, when length nlng shadows
Mark the evening OF our day,
They may Ind US waiting calmly
To 60 home our mothers way.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

A woman's journal SAYS that Miss
Jones, for number of years compost
tor in Chicago Office, "has secured the
appointment of notary public, and now
does most of the swearing for the village
of Collyer, Kansas" If the lady is as
gifted in profane history as some male
oompositors, she might include the ad
joining county in her swearing territory
without feeling overworked.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

1t rained hard when they received
Grant out in Rockford, the other day,
and the procession had to go into hall
with rain dripping down their backs; but
the impatient orator at last struck his
manuscript, and in one of the lulls of
the storm shouted: "All hail this smil-
ng dayl All hail these gladstone, rad
iant, sunlit hoursf'-St. Adams Adyer-
tiser.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08
George Stephenson's Railway Pro
neerS.

A correspondent, writing to an Eng
llsh paper, says:
The cd band of railway pioneers
formed bv George Stephenson in the OBJ
scure village of West Moor, Northum-
berand, is now extinct, the last surviv
ing member, b. Weatherburn, having
died at Carnforth few days ago. Born
in house very near to that of Stephen
son, now rendered historical by the de-
s,riptive pen of Smiles, he received his
first lessons in locomotive management
from George Stephenson, then engineer
for the Killingswor.h Colliery. Mount
ing the footplate at an age when most
BOYS are at school, he afterward assisted
at the celebrated Rainhill trials on the
Li,e rpool aud Manchester Railway
shortly after its completion. At the
age Of IS be was intrusted with the put
ting on the road and driving Of the first
locomotive on the Leicester and Swan
nington Railway (the third line con-
st, uc,ed in the Kingdom), line party
projected by John Ellis, the father Of
the late chairman OF the Mainland Rail-
way Company. Some time after its In
corporation with the Midland system he
was removed to Leeds, where no held
the position of locomotive foreman for
twenty eight yeers, and won the esteem
and respect of all who knew him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

One day last Winter, bright little
boy, whose parents lived on Main street,
near Christ Church, asked his mother
what building that was, pointing to the
church. She answered "Christ Church"
A few days later, when the little fellow
tumbled out of bed in the morning there
had been fall of snow, and the sexton
of Christ Church was just coming out OF
the church door with a shovel. The boy
with yell Of delight cried out: son,
mamma, here's Christ" The mother as
tonished, said: Naughty boy What
do you mean 7" "Cbnst!" answered the
child, excite'lly, "Don't you see him
He has just come out Of his church to
shovel off the snow"
Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07
THE WEST.
Nebraska.

The Benders-Further Details of their
 Sickening Exploits.
 FREMONT, Aug G.-The sheriff of Habbe- tite county, Kansas, is expected to-day to take charge of the Renders The latest from the fugitives, John and Kate Bender, is dis patch from Avoca, Iowa, that they were but few miles ahead of their pursuers, and had taken to the wcods but there was probabil- ity of their early capture The Benders in custody here admitted to Daniel Condon, the man who gave information leading to their arrest, that another man named Hol- brook had been murdered at the Bender place, and that he had about $2, ,OOO on his person when murdered In 1878 an aged couple answering their description, and who are supposed to have been old Bender and wife, with one small child, occupied a house in the outskirts of Kearney. They seldom went out, made no acquaintances and made few purchases, paying cash for what they did buy Some suspicion was aroused at that time, when suddenly they disappeared. The old woman Bender admits that young John and Kate, supposed to be man and wife, are full brother and sister and have been living together as man and wife. Kate has four children by John.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07
Bath Houses To Rent.

JS22sA HAVE recently erected on the Savin Rock kssa shore five Bath Houses each divided into two Es.I apartments which I will rent for the season. Apply at office of
 jyI3 If E. VALLEY.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07
New York Produce Market.
 NL.,r,r- An

 FLOUR-Dull and depressed; trade and family brands $5 8Ga7 CO., shipping extras $ 00a4 50 south four easier and slow at s 1O0$6 50 inferior to very choice shipping extras
 WHEAT-Opened shade higher for red but weak for white, closing dull and depressed throughout. Spot sales of No white at s1 10a1 10h No red at s1 0s2f and No do. at $1 O5; No. red, Aug quote s1 O874, and No. white Aug sold at s1 0S'&a 09 do. Sept, at S1 O8a1 O81[.
 CORN-Opened at 1lc lower but closed steady and quiet. Spot sales at AK for steamer mixed, and 7s4a4s for No. ? do No ?, Aug, sold 4s and do. Sept. quoted at 491Ia49s6.
 OATS-Opened firm and closed steady, with moder- ate demand spot sales of No. l white at 45; No. do., 4a44L Nos. and mixed, 40; No. Chicago at 40.
 RYE and BARLEY-DuII and nominal. PORK-Firm but quiet; Aug. Sept. and Oct. held at S14 50.
 LARD-Opened higher but the advance lost to- ward the cose western spot quoted at $7 60 city sold at $7 55.
 CUT MEATS-Fairly active and unchanged. pickled hams, 11a112{; do. shoulders, 6H. BEEF-Unchanged plain mess, $9 50; extra do, $10.
 wHIsKY-Dull and nominal nothing doing for spot
 -COTTON-Steady. Midland Il 9-16; futures easy. PETROLEUM higher for refined with Szs bid here crude in shipping order was quoted at 7a714 united sold at 91G
 BUTTER-Was steadily and in moderately active request and quoted at Creamery, finest, 26a27c do good prime, 24a25 fair good 23a24c. State, tubs, choice 23a24 good prime at 2la22 do. fair to good, 20a2I; State Welsh, tubs prime, 22a 23c. do fair to good. 1Sa20; Western dairy fresh, extra, 21a22c do good to prime 18a20c. do. fair to good 1Sa19c western factory, fine, 16a17c do good to prime, 16al7c: do. fair to good, 1419a16.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07

N THIS CITE, Store for retail boots and shoes \ Good location. Address ' BOOTS SHOES,' a6 2t+ this offce
 WANTED,
 A GIRL FOR general housework in private fam A fly. Apply at .-
Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07
Germany.

A Test of Rtnes-American Guns Inferior
 to Those of German Make.
 BERLIN, Aug. 6.-The German commission on firearms has been making somewhat exten- sive and elaborate experiments to test the com parative efficiency of German and American rifles many samples of the leading manufac- turers having been examined. The result of the test thus far seems to be in favor of the German rife, the repeating apparatus of the Warner rife being pronounced @ great suc- cess. The weapon is said to be capable of delivering a greater number of shots with precision than any similar gun, besides hay ing greater range and more simple machinery. The experiments of the commission are un- derstood to have reference to supplying the entire army with whatever rife may be de- cided to be best adapted to military use.
 The organization which has been for some time in progress for the defence of the Ger man coasts has been completed at the War department and will, it is believed, work well to relieve the fears of the Government as to the safety of the empire in case of an attack by sea,