The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-02
Snow fell in London and various parts

Snow fell in London and various parts
of England yesterday.
Confederate bonds brought ten dol
lars per Thousand in New York on
Monday.
The Pennsylvania railroad has de,
.clared semi-annual dividend of foul
per cent.
The police of St. Petersburg have ar.
rested three Frenchmen and seized com.
promising documents.
The river has fallen an inch at Keo-
kuk with "a hours. A speedy abate-
ment IS now anticipated.
Lake Winnebago Is rising constantly,
and the damage is estimated at 50, 900
per day In Oshkosh, Wis.
It is stated that other lines viii fol.
low the example of the pennsylyania
railroad. and advance rates.
tits reported that Postmaster Gen.
eral James will be succeeded by G. L.
Filley, Of st. Louis, January LIST.
No failures are expected in New York
on account of the failure OF the Me-
chanics national bank of Newark.
An unknown thief stole sc, 900 three
cent stamps from an open safe as the
postoflice at Kalamazoo, Mich, was
being moved Monday. m
Heavy storms and gales are reported
throughout England and in several
parts of midland counties two feet of
snow is on the ground.
The Jews of Berlin have instituted
proceedings against DIR. Sloecker for
the part he is taking in stirring up the
people against the Jews.
j The question of running the elevated
trains in New York by electricity is
under consideration. 1t is believed
that great saving can be effected by
this method.
A fire yesterday destroyed the hinge
works and carpenter shops of Oliver
Bros. s. Philips, at Pittsburg, Pa. and
some valuable machinery was destroyed.
Loss forty to fifty thousand; insurance
s25, 900.
A Victoria dispatch ststes that the
United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush has arrived from Alaskan waters,
where she has been engaged during the
season in breaking up Illicit stills. un-
lawful hunting, etc.
Comptroller Of the Currency Knox
says he will appoint receiver for the
Mechanics national bank Of Newark
to-day. In the meantime the bank will
remain in charge of Examiner Shelley
Of New York and NJ. L. Price, of New
Jersey.
The Political Correspondence of
Vienna publishes semi-ofiicial letter
from Berlin, stating that the members
Of the centre party in the reichstag will
now become devoted supporters of
Bismarck, at this moment fraught with
deep anxiety for the vatican.
Hamblin, the new minister to
Spain, was entertained at dinner at
Boston last night. He made a brief
speech, and announced his intention to
bend every energy Of his mind to re-
move the obstructive regulations which
hinder our commerce in the colonies of
Spain, particularly in Cuba, and do it
in way which shall be for the benefit
of both governments.
The examination Of the participants
in the fight at the late election Of the
Nevada and Oregon railroad at Reno,
in which Scoville, secretary of the road
was killed and others wounded has
been concluded. The court discharged
Messrs. Moore, Coffin and Wheeler and
held James McMeechan to answer
charge of granddaughter. Messrs. Co
gan and Fowler were ordered to appear
to-day.
The World comments on the Newark
bank failure and says: The law which
in Scotland was found sufficient to i'm
prison the directors of the Glasgow
bank amid general applause, and does
not seem sufficient in this country to
infiict any penalties on any body except
upon Baldwin himself, who is liable for
embezzlement, the extreme penalty for
which is imprisonment ten years.
Nothing can be done to the directors
unless they were actively and not
merely passively concerned in the rob-
berry.
The New York Post understands
that the lost to the Newark bank is
$4,000, 900. There is reason to doubt
whether true explanation has been
made Of the cashiers use OF the funds,
but nothing yet appears to show how
he gambled in Wall street. mo runs
made on New Jersey savings banks yet.
Warren Alderman, diEector or the
bank began suit against President Hal
sey for debt caused by negligence. Nu-
gents counsel deny he has had large
amounts as stated by Baldwin. The
latter had accounts SO mixed at the
bank that Nugent could not ascertain
his status and was in Baldwin's power.
The president Of the Mutual benefit
life telegraphs that the failure does not
embarrass them, their deposits having
been steadily reduced since May.
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An Ounce OF Preventative,
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-Gov. Gull
lom, BY proclamation, prohibits the i'm
portation into Illinois Of any cattla