The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-02
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his fate until to-day, the accident not
being observed by any one.
Pueblo. Colo: On Sunday night city
Marshal Bilby shot and mortally
wounded James Farrell, while the lat
ter was engaged in row, which Billy
was attempting toquell.
New York: The Post says the West
ern Union consolidation matter still
depends on Judge Barrett's decision Of
the Rufus Hatch motion.
New York: The steamer Donar
brought 1856, 900 in gold.
Chester, Pa: The Willamette. the
new iron steamer built here, for the
Oregon Steamship company, was
launched to-day. She is 312 feet long,
80 feet beam, and her tonnage is $780,
New Yolk: John A. Sweeney, senior
partner in the dry goods house of Swee-
zy s. Dart, ON Leonard street, disap-
peared on Friday and has not yet been
discovered. He had committed for
geries to the amount of $4,000. There
was an animated discussion this morn
ing in dry goods circles, and universal
surprise manifested. Mrs. Sweeney is
penniless and the trade relieved her
liberally.
New York: Immigrants arriving at
this port during the month of January
numbered S076-a large increase over
last year.
Harrisburg. Pa: Fourteenth bal
lot: Wallace, 7S; Oliver, &c; Grow, So
Adjourned.
Toledo: Heavy snow with high
winds for twenty four hours; the drifts
are very high, and trains are much
delayed. Freight traffic is nearly sus-
pended.
Chicago: One of Chicago's grain
firms shipped As, ,525, 900 bushels of corn
during the year 1880. The same firm
also shipped about 10000 900 bushels of
wheat and a smaller amount of other
cereals.
Norkfolk, Va: Information has been
received that Plymouth, Washington
county, North Carolina, was destroyed
by fire last night. The freight ware
house of the steamer Chowan and one
store are the only houses left standing.
The fire originated from kerosene ex-
plosion. Four hundred bales of cotton
were burned.
Washington: Tho coinage of the U.
s. mints for January amounted to S9,-
592. 230, of which 50, 300, 900 were sill
yer dollars. The president has signed
bill establishing an assay office at st.
Louis.
The house committee on commerce
has completed the river and harbor
bill. The amount of the appropriation
is said to be over s10,OO0,0Oe.
Cleveland: The steeple, organ and
chime bells in st. Mary's German
Catholic church were destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.
Rock Island: A large meeting adopt
ed resolutions favoring the completion
of the Hennepin canal connection be-
tween Lake Michigan and>the Missis-
sippi river.
Wheeling, w. Va, Feb. 1.-Two
daring highwaymen knocked down and
robbed w. ]. Wilkinson, treasurer of
the building association, who was re-
turning home with the receipts of the
evening, 5000 in cash and $4,000 in
orders, while passing through the prin-
cipal streets about 0 O'Clock in the
evening.
New York: The Plymouth fire
amounts to Sl27. 900; thirty three build
ings were burned.
Albany, N. Y: A bill has been in
troduced in the legislature authorizing
the formation Of a cremating associa-
tion.
SanFrancisco: A dispatch from Vir-
ginia City, New, says: To-day eighty
miners have been discharged from tho
slopes Of the bonanza mines, and there
is little likelihood of replacing them.
as with a small exception the ore bodies
have been worked as long as the ore ex-
tension would pay for mining and mil
ling, but some men are still at work in
the slopes.
Philadelphia: A fire this morning
Quilted the SIX and eight story buildings
on Carter's alley, from 210 to 220, and
from End to Bird streets. Mayer Sc
Stein, shoe manufactures, NJ. Lauzelere,
printer, Weikle & Smith, spice manu-
facturers, Keystone forge company,
Fred Schmidt, jailor, and sexeral
others are losers.
st. Louis: The police raided the
keno rooms late last night, capturing
over 100 persons. About one half were
bailed out by the proprietors.
Charlerton, S. c.: The three children
Of Rev. Manning Hunter, colored, in
Sumter county, were burned to death
on Sunday night by fire, caused by a
kerosene lamp exploding. The father
was away preaching, and the mother
was also absent.
Philadelphia: The losses by to-day's
fire are: Mayer & Stern, shoes, $4,000;
insurance, S25,000; Weikel &c Smith,
a. n. c.