The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-31
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Tunis adyices report the murder of
two more Maltese by Arabs.
The LondoR wool market remains
steady, with unchanged prices.
The Austrian annual corn and seed
fair opened at Vienna, Monday.
A large cotton ware house in Dutton
street, Liverpool. burned monday.
The health Of the emperor of Ger
many has been improved by his recent
journey
On Monday, at the congress of the
German chess club, in Berlin. Mason OF
New York beat Blackburn.
Guiteau Is as cheeky as ever. Mon
day he accused the guard of having
made an attack upon his life.
The grand opera house was dedicat-
ed at st. Louis, Monday night, after
having been thoroughly rebuilt.
Thos. Blackman beat Harry Thoms,
Monday. in a sculling race from Put
ney to Mortlake, In % minutes and 80
seconds.
Incoming vessels at Charleston, re-
ported a very severe gale out side the
port Monday. The lightship and buoys
had been washed out Of position.
The empress of Germany on her re-
covery from recent illness. published a
letter through Bismack, thanking the
people for their manifestation Of sym
pathy. .
The Savannah hurricane seems to
have continued into Macon, where
scenes almost as paralizing were enact
ed. A loss Of over 500. 900 was sus-
tained.
The United Irishmen published in
the issue for Sept. 1st., a warning to
the travelling public, not to patronize
vessels sailing under the British flag,
upon the peril Of their lives; and that
the dynamite scare is about to take a
shape in reality.
The Oldest house in New York, the
Washington Hotel, No. !. Broadway,
has been sold to make room for a long
ten story business block. This was used
for the British headquarters during
the revolution, and from 1t Andre set
out as spy, in the plot which cost him
his life.
News comes from Iowa City, that
M. Stern, Monday, kidnapped his wife
who had filed a suit for divorce against
him. His action was taken to prevent
losing control over her property. As
Stern is believed capable of desperate
deeds, the police are following him
closely.
The board Of selectmen of the town
of F~ranconia, county Of Grafton, N. H.,
have named the mountain adjoining
Mt. Laffaette in the White Mountain
range, Mount Garfield, in token of the
public respect and sympathy for the
president. This peak has heretofore
been known as the Hay Stack, from o
fancied resemblance.
A large number Of fires were reported
in Algeria, Monday. All the country
for sixty square miles around Phillip
vile, was n vast confiagration. Et-
ona the port of Phillipville has been
destroyed. A forest Of cork trees was a
blaze, the flames carrying all before
them. 1t is feared that these fires origi-
mated with the Arabs.
The New York, Chicago & st. Louis
R. R., now building, promises to be a
formidable rival to the Vanderbilt
system. William B. Howard, who is
directly interested, denies that either
Gould or Vanderbilt is backing the en-
terprise, which is meeting with a hearty
reception along its line. The company
proposed to i~naugurate a smart freight
competition to the seaboard.
Says the Mark Lane Express: The
past week brought general disaster and
run to the harvests. Scores Of inter-
militant storms illuminated last Thurs
day in a general thunder storm with
heavy rain fall. To estimate the dam
age, it must be remembered that the
rain fell upon sheaves which had been
repeatedly soaked and dried; and on
standing grain which is literally eaten
by mildew. In flooded districts the dis
aster is complete.
Terrihlc Gala M 2nvnnnah.