The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-14

deaths from sunstroke. Sixty-six
burial permits; possibly not all to-day's
cases.
New York: The Post says that al.
though the news from the president is
encouraging, this afternoon stocks are
decidedly weak. The exchange in fact
is boarish, and is aided on by one OF
two capitalists.
Havana: A band of thirty-five white
and colored outlaws were captured to-
day while holding a meeting. An at
tempt was made to burn the santa
Catalina convent with petroleum.
The incendiary escaped.
Desarc, Ark: Henry Smith, color
ed, was hung Saturday night by mob
for ravishing little girl, cutting her
throat, and mangling her body. The
lynchers were very quiet The body
was thrown into the river.
Geneva: Not for many years have
crops of all sorts in Switzerland and
adjacent districts of France, Germany
and Italy been in SO splendid condition
as the present one. There is every
promise of most bountiful harvest.
Quebec: A fire creating great de-
struction is raging in this vicinity.
Margaret island, some miles below. is
reported a fire. st. Jean, Chrysostom
and Breakes fine mill are also burning.
The city has been covered with dense
smo ke.
Washington: 1t is said upon good
authority that one of Guiteau's letters,
now in possession of the district attor-
ney, reflects bitterly on Blaine, and
leads to the inference that Guiteau en-
tertained designs on the life of the Sec
retary Of state as well as upon the
president.
Albany: Forster, of the senate eau
Gus committee. has written the stall
warts letter. saying with personal
reservation, which he has expressed in
two recent letters to Senator McCarthy,
he is ready to unite with members of
the caucus committee who are willing
to sign call for republican caucus.
Des Moines, Iowa: The Raccoon river
continues to rise. South Des Moines is
under water. Sixty families are washed
out of their houses. The track of the
G. B. & Q. railway has succumbed, and
Des Moines is now out of connection
with the east. 1t was the heaviest rain
storm in the history of this section.
Chicago: Four men rode quietly in
to Riverton, Iowa, on Tuesday, and
made their way to the bank of Davis &
Sons. While one of the party engaged
the attention of the cashier, the others
leaped over the counter and took $4,-
600, and invited the crowd to follow as
they rode away. A large company is
in pursuit.
New York: Gen. VIM. Smith has
been appointed engineer of the Hudson
river tunnel. The new work is now
progressing at the rate Of about FIVE
feet daily. The arch is 80 feet under
the bed of the river. The length of
the tunnel from shore to shore will be
o, 400 feet. The work now extends about
800 feet under the river from the Jersey
shore. The tunnel company expect TO
have it completed in about three years.
Washington: Henry Gross, COM
manding the United States ship James,
town, at Sitka, has forwarded a long
and interesting report to the navy de-
partment. He says the Indians are
everywhere quiet. An industrial school
for boys has been established at Sitka,
under the auspices of the Presbyterian
mission board of New York. Twenty
intelligent Indian boys are in attend
ance, and their progress is very flatter-
ing.