The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-20
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Lynn, Mass: Seven dwellings were
damaged by fire on Wednesday. Loss,
100000.
New York: A bill has been intro.
dueed in the Legislature to punish wife
beaters with twenty lashes.
Indianapolis: The Legislature formal.
~ elected Ben. Harrison u. S. senator.
Harrison 81, Gray 62. De Lamatyr 2.
Michigan City, Ind: A fire this
morning rayaged the lumber district.
The losses are aggregated at SIS, 900;
insurance s47, 900.
st. John, N. B.: The diphtheria is
still raging in Grand Mauan. John
Meggs recently lost eight children by
the terrible scourge within a few days.
New York: The cable distinctions
continue to prevent the coming of
markets.
Lynn, Mass: ALB. Martins morocco
mandatory burned this morning.
Three hundred hands are thrown out
of employment. Loss $50 1000. Lam
casters factory was partly burned. The
building belongs to A. b. Martin and is
worth $4,000. Both buildings are
partly insured. The old Revere Beach
depot was also burned.
New York: Currency accumulates,
but no foreign gold is coming or ex-
pected.
City of Mexico, Jan. 9.-Senor Aman-
do Mont Lue, formerly Mexican con-
sui at Paris, and recently reappointed
to the port, is dead, and Senator Esta-
bon V%elasquez Leon has been appointed
to ill the vacancy.
New York: The advance in the
Illinois Central is due to the expecta-
tion that the dividend is to be raised.
Albany: Gen. Grant had an enthu-
siastic reception by the legislature to-
day. Gov. Cornell, Senator Window
and representative Baker had charge of
the ceremony.
New York: Among the senators
formally elected to-day were Dawes, of
Massachusetts, Hawley, of Connecti-
cut, and Cockrill, of Missouri.
Columbus: Garnes, the colored muir
derer, was, with great difficulty, pro-
tected from a mob last night. Some
of his family are insane, and the theory
of defense will be insanity.
Columbus: Secy. Sherman was met
by Gov. Foster to-day and by other
prominent men, all of whom lunched
with the governor.
Nashville: Savage, the low tax DEM
ocrat, withdrew from the contest. The
ballot stood, Maynard, 81; Bailey, %;
Bale, 10; Martin, G. The rest very
much scattered.
Washington: Senator Slater to-day
presented a memorial from the Oregon
legislature praying for the restoration
to the public domain of all the unearned
lands withdrawn in favor of the Oregon
Central railroad to aid in the construc-
ton of a railroad between Portland and
Astoria and Forest Grove and Nc
Minnville.
Nashville: On the fifth and sixth bal
lot Bailey received 81, Maynard, 32;
Bato, "a; and the rest from one to six.
Washington: The senate confirmed
Z. II. Smith as consul to Naples; II.
McMaster, register of land Office, Salt
Lake City; M. A. Breeder. postmaster
at Santa Fe; Delos B. Sackett, senior
inspector general of the army.
Trenton: A senatorial caucus to
nominate a United States senator was
held last night. Gen. Sewall was NOM
mated on the 18th ballot. Two of the
ballots were declared irregular, during
the proceeding O than 40 votes over
the whole number being cast. Tremen-
dous excitement, and confusion pre-
vailed. Stewards opponents were Robe
son, Halsey, Harper, Dudley, Hobart.
Stwall received % votes on the last
ballot