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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

An ISsa Girl Of sixIesB Dies la rhs
Arms Of Her Lover,

From the Ksokuk Goga] Gate city.
About 9 O'Clock last night the family
of John J. Rail, living too miles east Of
this city, vas thrown into intense ex-
element and dispair by the sudden
death of an only daughter, Miss Minnie
Rail, sixteen years of age. The young
lady was in the parlor at the time in
company with Charles Gray, her affian-
Gee. 1t seems from the statement of
Mr.. Gray, which was given with broken
sobs and tears, that the two were seated
on a lounge and he was urging her to
name an early day for their wedding.
The girl was coy and bashful and hesi-
tated about it. But the lover was I'M
Fortunate and sought in every way TO
induce a compliance with his wishes.
At last she consented, saying: II will
marry you in April" In the excite
ment and joy Of the moment Mr.. Gray
threw his arms around her waist and
drew her to him with a quick, passion
ate embrace. He was not conscious
of exerting unusual strength and does
not believe that he did. But the Cir
gave a short, sharp screen, and exl
claiming "0hl Charley, I'm goneln
fell dead in his arms, her head resting
on his shoulder. His frantic cries
alarmed the family, who came rushing
into the to find the pitiful
sight Of the dead girl lying pale and in
animate in her lovers arms. A mes
senger was dispatched posthaste for DIR.
Hale, who arrived within an hour. But
nothing could be done. The young
lady was beyond human aid. 1t is the
opinion Of the physician that heart de-
sease was the immediate cause of the
girls death. She was frail and deli
cate and had long complained of trouble
with her heart. The excitement incl
dent to her conversation with her lover
had probably superinduced the attack
which led to her Premature death.
Naturally the family are overwhelmed
with grief and young Gray is almost
beside himself with horror and despair.
Miss Minnie was a very handsome
young lady, and was well known in the
society circles of this city. She was ex-
tremely delicate and possessed a slen-
der frame which succumbed to the
slightest attacks of i'll health.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

Every wound or injury, even by acci-
dent. or any disease entities a soldier of
the late war to a pension. Allpensions
by the law of January 1879 begin back
at date of discharge or death of the
soldier. All entitled should apply at
onc Thousands who are now draw
ing pension are entitled to an increase.
Soldiers and widows OF the war of 1872,
and Mexican war are entitled to PEN
sions. Thousands are yet entitled to
bounty but do not know it. Fees in all
cases $40. Pay for every description of
wal claims collected. Employ an at
torney residing in Washington, who
can give personal attention to your
business. American aud foreign pat
ents obtained on short notice. Send
two stamps for pension and bounty
laws. Address W. 7. Fitzgerald, us.
claim agent, Lock Box 422, Washing
ton ID. q. f22dtf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02


AT the point in Montana where the
Poplar river joins the Upper Missouri
are thousands of acres of rich bottom
lands, and until two weeks ago these
lands were cut up into farms, mostly
occupied by the Yanktonais Indians.
On the night of the 18th instant the
Indian farmers and a few white wood
choppers who lived near the mouth Of
the. Poplar, were aroused by the roaring
of a flood and scores of families sought
safety on the Yanktonais Agency hill.
At daylight the whole vast expanse of
meadow land was flooded and houses
and trees were swept away like so much
drift wood. By sunrise a storm had
risen, and for miles and miles could be
seen a sea of angry waters and crash
ing ice. A gorge had formed n few
miles he,ow and Tho doun. ,ou;nn 80.
~. y
,eh', oe"iins icepelgs hae weigned a
hundred tons, was backed up so that
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

While a man named Perkins was
walking through a thicket on the bank
Of the Neuces, near Corpus Christi, one
day last week, he anne suddenly upon
the body of a colt freshly killed. AT
the colts head crouched a jaguar.
Perkins brought his gun to his Shout
der, but the animal leaped behind a tree
leaving only a part of his back visible.
Hardly knowing whether or not to fire,
Perkins pulled the trigger. just as he
did so the animal turned to fight and
the load tore its way into the animals
skull between the eyes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
PILEsl PILEs! PILES,
A Sure Cure Found at Last. No One
Need Suffer.

A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding,
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DR.. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured the
worst chronic cases OF twenty-five and
thirty years. standing. no one need
suffer five minutes after applying this
wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions,
instruments and e~lectuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after get
ting warm in bed). acts as a poultice,
gives instant and painless relief, and is
prepared only for Piles, itching Of the
private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. ]. M. Cofinber-
ry, of Cleveland, says about DIR. Will
iams' Indian Pile Ointment: l have
used score of pile cures, and it affords
me pleasure to say that L have never
found anything which gave such i'm
mediate and permanent relief as DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all Druggists, or mailed
on receipt of price.
FRANK S. HENRY & Co., Props,
Cleveland, o.
Be sure and ask for Williams Pile
Ointment, and take no other.
For sale by Addoms &c Glover.
may7-daw1y
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

been sent. 4 few months ago, the
same landlord, having been long absent
grom the city, returned, and happening
to relate the incident, was advised to
inquire at the D~ead-Letter Office for
the missing money. He did 50, and
Col. Dallas on questioning him, diseoy-
cred that he was undoubtedly the
rightful owner of a letter on record
there as having contained $50, but
which had been instructed by the
middle letter of the name being wrongly
given. The money was covered into
the treasury so that an act of congress
vas necessary to get it out but it was
recovered during the last hours of the
session,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
This is the way they do things in

This is the way they do things in
Arizona: 1.-THE two men who were
looking for work, took a meal in Camp
bell's railroad eating house," says the
Tuscon Citizen, ''and were accused Of
stealing silverware from the table.
Soon afterward they were standing on
the track ear the depot, when Collins
passed them.
There is the fellow who said we
stole spoons, I" said n of them.
Oh, what does his say amount to; he
is only a tin horn gambler, replied the
other.
At this Collins fired at the speaker,
shooting him through the back. and his
companion returned the fire, hitting
Collins in the neck. There was great
indignation among the people, who at
tempted to hang Collins, but he escaped
disguised as a woman.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

John Woods, a one-legged man. who
lives near Indianola, Texas, killed a
full grown panther on Sunday, the 18th
ult. He was on horseback when his
dogs brought the beast to bay. In at
tempting to dismount he lost his crutch-
es and while he was in that predica-
ment the panther attacked him.
A local paper says:
Fortunately there was a hone neal
by, which Mr.. Woods grasped, us did
Sampson Of old, and with the bone he
dealt the panther such a blow that
the dogs had no trouble in finishing
him
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02


The female thumb is said to be an
important index of the female charac-
ter. Women with large thumbs are
held by phrenologists, physiogomists,
ttc., TO be more than ordinarily intelli-
gent-what are called sensible women;
while women with small thumbs are re-
garded as romantic. According to
certain authors, who profess to have
been observers, a woman's hand is more
indicative of a woman's character than
her face, as the latter is, to a certain
extent, under the control of temporary
emotions, or of the will, whereas the
former is a fact which exists for any
one who understands it to profit by.
Women with square hands and small
thumbs are said to make good house,
wives and gentle wives. This sort Of
women will make any man happy who
is fortunate enough to win them. They
are not at all romantic, but they are
what is better thoroughly domestic.
Women with long thumbs have tempers
of their own, and generally q long
tongue. There is a hint in this to a
lover. Let him, the first time he seizes
hold of his mistress hand, examine,
under some pretext or another, her
thumb, and if it be large, let him make
up bis mind that as soon as he becomes
a married man he will have to be very,
very careful. Again if a young man
find that his lady-love has a large palm.
with cone-shaped fingers and a small
thumb, let him thank his stars-for, in
that case, she is susceptible to tender
ness, easily battered, very easily talked
into or out of anything, and readily man
aged. But il she is a woman with a square
hand, well proportioned, and only a
tolerably developed thumb, then she is
either one of two distinct classes of
women-a practical female who will
stand no nonsense, or she is a design
Ing female-a woman who cannot be
duped, or oma who will dupe him.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

CHRIS HALTMAN,a trapper, who lived
alone in his cabin a few miles from
Moscow Mills, in Wasco county,
Oregon, recently Sustained a rupture
while chasing a buck. He crawled
through the forest for several hours and
succeeded in reaching the cabin. Three
weeks later, his nearest neighbor hay
ing called. found Mailman in a dying
condition. He family told the acct
dent, said ''I'm nearly gone," and not
long afterwards gave up the ghost. All
the available surface of floor and wall
within his reach was written over in
charcoal. The writing proved to be
his will. He had considerable gold,
which he wished to be sent to relatives
in the east. He never got up from the
floor, and during the three weeks was
unable to reach anything but a box Of
sugar and q bag of coffee, though he
had plenty of provisions in the cup.
boards OF the cabin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
A few days ago, a Mr.. Kane. of Wi

A few days ago, a Mr.. Kane, of VIII
son, Texas, found some wild honey in
the woods and began to eat a piece of
the toothsome comb. A bee concealed
in the comb stung him in the roof Of
the mouth. In a few moments he felt
a rush of blood to his head and stopped
TO battle his face in cold water. While
thus engaged he fell over, and when
found shortly after afterward he was
blind, speechiess and black in the face.
He was restored finally by DIR. Stroud,
who says that a sting in the mouth is
nearly as bad in effect MS a rattlesnake
bite
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
THE second largest electric light sys

THE second largest electric light sys-
tenn in the world in actual operation
for lighting business places from a
central station. was started by C. G.
Ruthrauff and others, in Salt Lake city
last Thursday night. The system COM
prises over one hundred Brush lights,
and over fifty business houses, hotels
and saloons are supplied with it at a
rate twenty-five per cent. less than gas.
1t was an entire success, and
q thousand people in the street hailed
its appearance with prolonged shouts.
The light was steady and brilliant,
making the stores and the streets of
Zion take Oh a fairy like appearance.
The plant is to be Immediately en-
larged.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

In the Arroyo La Cruz, a beautiful
canyon of the San Lucia range, is one
of the largest sheep ranches in Califor-
mia. One of the shepherds at the
ranch, Antoine by name, recently re-
fused to pass the night at a pen in the
upper and wild end OF the canyon be-
cause it was the midnight haunt Of a
dreaded grizzly. "Me no lika staya
lone" he said, in his Anglo-Spanish to
the proprietor; "a bear he coma las
night an smell all bout tent; he no
linda me up tree, 81 he kill nice eve.
Me holla like hi to leta go thata sheep
an shoota with pistola, but he JUS
walka off an me no sleepa ALA night"
Accordingly another herder, Pancha,
was sent With Antoine to watch at the
upper pen. That night Pancha occu-
pied the tent and Antoine swung his
bed in a treetop. Pancha was aroused
about 2 O'Clock by a volley Of curses
from overhead, and seizing his gun, he
ran out. At the foot of Antoine's
tree stood the grizley, which upon see
ing Pancha, turned upon him and
struck him in the back. Pancha fell
and the bear again turned his attention
to Antoine. The latter says that the
grizzly remained at the foot of the tree
until daylight. The grizzly growled
and the man cursed. at dawn the
bear ran over to the pen, snatched up a
sheep and disappeared. Antoine came
down the tree to find that his fellow
ranchero was almost dead from loss of
blood. Pancha, however, is likely to
recover.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
SATURDAY. APRIL ?, 1881.

THE lower house of the Pennsylvania
legislature adopted a joint resolution
submitting to the people an amendment
to the constitution forever prohibiting,
except for mechanical and scientific pur:
pose, the manufacture and sale of intox-
icating liquors; it passedthe second read
ing SO to 80. A number of amend
ments were rejected; among them. one
to submit the word '.sacramental''
after mechanical.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

PREMATURE loss of the hair no,ea-
days may be entirely prerented by the
use of BURNETT's COCAINE. 1t has
been used in thousands of cases where
the hair was coming out in handfuls,
and has never failed to arrest its decay;
it promotes a healthy and vigorous
growth, and it is at the same time I'M
rivalled as a soft and glossy dressing
for the hair.
BURNETT's FLAyoRING EXTRACTS
are the best, strongest and most health
full. Sold everywhere.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
A Cough. cod Or sore rbIos,

should be stopped Neglect frequently re-
suits In an IacurabEe Lung Dtsuedse Or Ohm
SUMPTION w BRONCHIAL TRIO
ChES do not disorder the toma like
cough syrups and balsams, but act directly Oh
the fnddnled pdrt9, aIlaying Irritation. give
relief to Asthma Bronchitis, Coughs. Ca
tarrh and the Throat Troubles which Singers
anu fubnc speakers are subject to. For
thirty years. Browns Bronchial Troehes have
been recommended by physicians. and
Always give perfect satisfaction. Having
been tested by wide and constant use for
nearly an entire generation, they have at
tanned well nerited rank among the few
Staple remedies Of the age. Sold at p cents
a box everywhere. ian3Odawlyeod
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

NN
Scene: The Ninth street station Of the
station of the New York elevated rail
way at about 8 in the evening and the
platform crowded with waiting pas
sengers whose patience is sorely tried
by the failure to board train after
train.
Act l.: A train arrives on which
there is room for many additional pas
sengers, in fact many passengers are
admitted to the two last cars. The
brakeman of the first cara big burly
fellow-however, refuses to admit any
one and slams the gate after some pas
sengers have left the car, and he leans
his elbows on the top of the gate and
twirling his mnstache in a nonchalent
name smiles at the crowd.
Act H.: A fiery little German
glares at the burly brakeman and re-
marks:
"Open dot gadel"
(Contemptuous silence on the part of
the brakeman)
Act Ill: The train moves; the
brakeman laughs a hooking laugh; but
the dauntless little man runs along the
platform, and striking out with all the
force Of which he is capable, strikes the
brakeman such q blow square in the
nose that the blood flows freely, and
elevated insolence is turned to inef-
fectual rage.
Tableau: The little German dancing
with delight-while his tormentor is
being swiftly borne away from him and
revenge.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

Not the least important feature in
Fellows Compound Syrup of Hypophos-
phites, is the Comfort, Buoyancy and
yigor which Is inspired by it's use, as
the patient RECEIVERS from sickness. No
other preparation known contains the
same potent and direct effect on the
nervous system.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

In 1860 boarder left his lodging in
Washington owing $50 for board. He
wrote to his landlord that he had re-
mitted the amount, but it had never
been received and the landlord re-
manned in doubt whether it had ever
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
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Responsible corresponding agents wanted
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Will be paid.
For further Information, write clearly, CIV
ing null address. send orders by express or
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TIC WIN A
FORTUNE. FOURTH GRAND DISTRIBU-
TIoN. CLASS D.. AT NEW ORLEANS,
TUESDAY, APRIL IL, lssl-I3Ist Monthly
Drawing.
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Courtesy of Nyo. Archives
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20
Reign of Terror I'm France Under the
First Republic

Very few historic periods that are
so near are so little understood as
the Reign Of Terror-probably be-
cause it has commonly been repre-
sented in so partisan a manner.
Horrible as it was, it was less horri-
bic than is commonly thought. 1t
did not last nearly SO long, nor were
SO many persons killed as most peo-
pie believe. The terror proper be.
gan with the execution of Marie An
toinette (Oct. 16. 1889, and ended
with the beheading of Robespierre
July %, 1794). who was really the
head and front of its barbarous OF
Tending. Itcontinued 8 months and
II days, though the popular opinion
is that it extended through several
years. The number of its victims
has been greatly exaggerated, having
been reported at as high as 10000,
1900 ane even 10000. The number
has never been, and never can be.
exactly ascertained; but it was be-
tween $500 and $500, SO far as can
be computed-being probably nearer
the former than the latter figures.
Frenchmen are still quarreling over
the cause, characteristics, and results
of their great revolution, each iudg-
ing Of it By his bias of temperament
and political opinions. Albeit, few
regard it now as a delibercte on
6laught ofthe populace on law, order,
property and life, judgements of
calm and philosophic men differ
widely as to its consequence. Some es-
TEEN it tohavebeena dreaful slaughter
without any compensation, Others
pronounce it one of the most inspir-
ing events in history. Robespierre
has been generally portrayed as
monster of cruelty but he was am
liable in private, absolutely incorupt-
ible, rather eallous than actively
cruel, and acquiesed reluctantly in
the atrocities for which he has been
held responsible, He frequently
said, probably with entire truth:
Death, alwys death and the
scoundreis throw the ndium Of this
continual butchery all upon me.
What memory | shall leave be-
hind, if this frightful carnage goes
onl it makes my life a burden and
a horror and yet, where is my way
out of this unending massacre? An
other century must be far advanced
before reasoning mankind can hold
any harmonious view of the
French Revolution.
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Patricide.

New YORK, April 5.-A Cinein.
natl special from Coneston, Ind.
says an old man Richard Welsh,
living ct Derby, Perry county, on
Friday saw his son, s'Mont" watch
ing him as he was entering the house
OF his paramour, and he shot five
times at his son, missing him. Or
Sunday "Mont" and his mother
who had been consulting lawyer
about proceeding against the old
man, met him on the road, when he
drew levclver and said "One o.
them must die.P sMopl'' at onoe
alsa drew his pistol and fred three
shots, one piercing his fathers brain
another his heart, and the tliifd his
abdomen. The son and mother
then cody walked off, leaving the
old man lying in the road.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20
Pardoneu,

WHEELING, April s. Governo,
Jackson issued an unconditional
pardon to-day to Elihu Gregg, SEN
fenced to be hanged. The crime
for which Gregg was tried and SEN
fenced was the burning of the Court
House of Preston county in 1863,
The day before he was to have been
hung he escaped, but was recap
tured about two years afterward in
Greene county, Pa, and brought
back to this State. Ga his second
trial the same sentence of death was
passed upon him. He appealed his
case to the Supreme Court, which
decided against him. The last of
fetal act of Governor Mathews was
to commute Gregg's sentence to life
imprisonment. But he refused to
accept this act of executive eIemen-
cy, saying he wanted either liberty
or death. Since Governor Jackson S
succession to the Goyernorship nu-
merous petitions have poured in
asking for Grcgg's pardon. Aftes
reviewing the case carefully Gov.
Jackson finally decided to issue an
unconditional pardon to Gregg. The
prisoner is now in his seventy-eighth
vpc~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-20
High Water.

YANIToy, ID. r., April 5.-Tht
water has risen to point a foot
higher than the rise Of March 30
Lower Xankton is submurged to
day, and The people have been NOV
ed to the upper portion Of the city
No lives are imperiled, but consid-
cradle damage must result to prop
erty. Intelligence has been receiv.
ed to-day from Bonhommc that out
of fourteen persons ten have been
rescued alive and well. a family
named Bates and one named Had
deman are undoubtedly drowned
Six other families are probably lost
six miles this side. The Green Is,
land people have been in part re-
moved to this place. No lives were
lost there, but the village is COM
pletely washed away. Water and
ice to the depth of II feet lie across
the village site. The ice probably
choked up the channel of the river
a short distance below Yankton
turning the great volume of water
across the lowlands on the Dakota
side, aud causing it to flow eastward
thirty miles before it re enters the
old channel at Vermillion, point
on the river bank which is reported
carried away, with the loss Of 30
lives. This report needs conGrma-
ton. The river at this point is
about six miles in width. Its sur
face is covered with broken ice.
Further east few miles the water
broadens to fifteen miles, retaining
this ~iGth without exception for 45
miles.