The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-17
BRIEF rELEGRAMs.

on Thursday turned over the sigma
service TO Gen. Hazen.
London, Dec. I6.-JOsiah Caldwell
railway contractor Of London, ha!
failed. Liabilities, 5OO,O francs.
New Orleans: Steamship Scinda, from
Palermo, brought 2l0 emigrants, most O
whom go 10 plantations in this state.
Chicago: A. II. Yung, Chimes
laundryman, opium eater and an un
successful poker player, suicided OF
Thursday ON account Of general IN
luck.
st. Petersburg, dec. l6.-The Chi
nese AMBASSADOR to-day had a five hour,
conference at the ministry Of foreign
Affairs, which is believed TO be mutually
satisfactory.
Rome, dee. 1G.-In the last consis-
tory Page formally announced the ap-
pointment Of Cardinal Jacobine 10 be
secretary Of state and administrator Of
the property OF the vatican.
Washington: The president nomi.
mated Theodore +. Singiser, OF Penn
sylyania, for secretary OF Idaho, and
Edward r. Champlin, of Michigan, ns
receiver OF public moneys at Deadwood,
DIT.
New York: Mrs. Bergman's relatives
will attempt to have her committed to
the insane asylum. She threatens to
kill herself in that case, and when in
formed OF intention she ran out OF the
hotel and appeared In an hour at the
central Office flushed and her clothes
torn and soiled.
st. Louis: Advices from Indian ter
ritory say that two full blood Indians
went to the house OF Elias McVeigh,
in Eufala, on Tuesday, and after ac-
cepting the hospitalities of McVeigh.
killed him and chopped hired man
named Barrett with an ax, inflicting
mortal wounds.
San Francisco: A committee of the
board Of trade appointed TO consider
the inter-oceanic canal affairs, tele-
graphed congratulations to Admiral
Ammen on the favorable outlook for
the Nicaragua canal; also 10 Senator
Booth, asking him and the California
delegation to assist in the furtherance
of the project.
Montreal: At st. Henri to-day by
the sudden collapse OF a.large wooden
and brick house, several workmen were
buried. One, Taylor, was taken out
dead, both Of his arms and one leg were
broken and his body was terribly bruis-
ed. Councillor Leblanc was injured
internally. A number of others were
slightly injured.
New York: The Tribune says: II the
lsthmus canal is opened 1t may become
the duty Of this government, looking to
the safety of its great interests and
possessions on the Pacific, to insist on
acquiring from Columbia the territory
through which it runs, in order to be
able to fortify its mouths and control
its operations in time of war.
New York; A prominent Nassau
street banking firm is said To have al
ready received subscriptions in advance
for the new three per cent. bonds to the
extent of two hundred million dollars.
A prSnincnt. foreign legation has alone
subso,; ;ibed for five hundred thousand
dollars. These securities and the whole
loan promises TO be readily taken
within short time after the bopds are
ready for delivery.
Baltimore: The Advertiser suggests,
in order to suppress polygamy, divide
the territory of Utah between Nevada
and Colorado. Let Utah disappear
from the map. The right TO pass such
measure can hardly DO doubted
though the consent of the two states
would be necessary. The question
would then be under the control Of the
state law, which polygamy would find
II hard to cvade. The removal of a
case from one part of the then enlarged
Colorado or Nevada to another part
might, by state law, be made by the
prosecution rs well rs by the accused
supposing that fair trial could not IL
had.