The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-16
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cocks back. The old gentlemen him.
self would gladly take the ride. The
Cincinnati convention passed resolu-
tion which he eonstrues into an invita-
tion to mount; the democratic national
COMMITTEES at their visit 20 Grammercy
park yesterday morning exhibited
an indiscreet willingness To help
him up.
The Paeine slope.
Senator Booth is reported as saying
that all adyices he resolves from Cali
fornia and other Pacific states are very
favorable, indeed, and that he has no
doubt that the republicans will carry
them all.
Garrissa's Great Revenge.
In regard to the action OF VIM. X.
Garrison at the meeting Of the directors
Of theeompany managing our elevated
road. held yesterday, the Herald says:
After the regular ticket was supposed
to- have been. elected and Pullman
started for Chicago just before the clos
ing Of the polls, Garrison entered the
company's ofice with scratched
ticket and voted that ticket on upwards
Of IL 000-shsres, and the count showed
that the 1900 shares had defeated
Messrs. Pullman, Porter and William
Adams, jr., and elected in their stead
A. V. Stout, Fausta Mora. of Paris, and
Arthur I.eary. The result was a sur
prise to the party represented by Pull
msn, Porter and Field. Garrison had
merely retaliated upon Pullman a Co..
for their course year ago In electing
~ president Of the Manhattan l. road
George Harris. lie had turned the
tables upon the Pullman party by put
ting them out Of the directory OF the
New York Loan aud Improvement
company.
rive Cent fares.
The Herald says: It is reported that
five cent fares may be soon ordered on
the L roads by way of experiment.
Under the new law which prohibits
boys who have not paid fare from
riding on the steps or platform of cars,
about 100 urchins were arrested yester-
day.
shernan's Help 90 Hancock.
NewYork July 10. = The World
says: Gen. Sherman having been
pursued through the wilderness from
Pembina for several days by telegraphic
inquiry, his plain and emphatic
answer appears In another column.
The following is the. Worlds special
from Jamestown, Dak.: Sherman de
clined to be interviewed in regard to his
correspondence ut any time with Han
cock, but states empathically that he
has no recollection Of ever hearing any
thing from. Hancock about taking
orders from Tilden, or, indeed, anything
ut all like the stories which have been
printed and published about his cor
respondence with Hancock.
who's Feeding HImr
Entering on the eighteenth day, DIR.
Tanner exhibits marked improvements.
From last night until noon to-day he
swallowed thirty or forty ounces OF
water. He weighed this morning 1874
pounds, allowing one for weight of coat
he has gained four pounds since
Wednesday. He took drive TO Gen.
tral park this morning and forced the
dynometer up to Isl against so yester-
day. Hispulse, when last taken, was
80, temperature 9S 20, respiration l6.
Violent Deaths.
Pasco Cursso, an Italian, injured in
the accident on the Long Island rail-
road yesterday, died this morning.
Other deaths are expected. A special
from London says Of the explosion in
Risca Colliery: About 8 O'Clock the
bodies OF three miners were found near
the bottom Of the shaft, but they have
not yet been brought up. The explo-
sion was terrific, blowing to atoms the
ventilating fan in the upcast air blast.
There are no hopes that the men may
escape.
While men were at work yesterday
evening atmosphere was noticed to be
charged and heavy and overcharged, at
midnight 1t was rs dull as November
day. Colliery is the property Of the
London and South Wales Colliery COM
pany. The scenes about the mine are
reported heartrending. There is a
large throng Of people present composed
In great part Of relatives and friends
OF the imprisoned miners. Among
them are many women who are bewail-
ing the fate Of their husbands and sons,
while little children are asking anxi-
ously concering their fathers. Every
thing possible Is being done to expedite
the rescue Of the men, but scarcely any
one hopes to find one of the miners
alive.
| Peter Cooper Frustrated.
Tho Venerable PeterC Cooper hassuffer-
ed from the effects OF the recent severe
heat and is temporarily confined to his
room, but his physicians say there is nc
cause for uneasiness, and that the phi.
lanthrophist will be out again In day
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