The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-27

A young inventor came out Of the
West. His name and family are un-
known. He had some unique ideas
about cannons, and it Is alleged that he
had many prominent capitalists behind
him. II he had. no managed to conceal
them.
well. you sec this here codgor I'M
to MIR. Roach" said o workman in John
Roach d Sons %ship-yard recently. .and
he says: Roach, it's a notorious fact
as how you've made some mighty smart
craft. Likewise you wishes, being nm
American, to advance science. There
FORE says he, make this gun for me.
and we'll paralyze tho world Mr..
Roach made tho gun. Then they
plugged her full of all kinds Of cxplod-
ing things. and then went back and set
hor of. Bangl went the gun. MY.
%gracious!' says the inventor. and whats
all thisP' says Mr.. Roach. And no Won
der. She'd mako awful havoc In nm
army, that gun would. Ono part OF
her. that Is, the front part, went out OH
tho river aud landed on a mud scow
another part, weighing forty-five pounds.
crushed into the house Of Mrs. Grosscr,
No. 1898 East Eighth street; another.
weighing seventeen pounds, ripped of
half the roofof Van Pelt sawmill, in East
Tenth street, and. smashing through tho
skylight. killed n dog belonging TO JIM
my Armstrong. which was the mother
of seven elegant pups, wiho'u die now:
and still another part through the Tenth
street f~erry-house and knocked tho little
building. whore the fc.lcr takes money.
on top of Louis Cotrc, who was once
thinking of running for the Assembly.
Do you follow mep Tint amt all, for
the Western Union Telegraph girl was
consolidated, md knocked ovcr back
ward, and almost shook to dcath. Tho
ferry-boat North Side was In the slip.
She caught several pieces of the stern
Of tho cannon, the deck caught some
moro. The starter Of tho street-car was
hit, too. It's too bad there amt none
OF that cannon left to pattern onother
by"
AZ was sitting by my window" said
Mrs. Grosser, when suddenly .bangr
Then the whole house was ehaken.
Something struck the house, and /
thought l was dead. 1t wns o piece Of
that cannon The piece weighs forty
five pounds. Who's going 70 pay for
my housep"
cit was shortly after 6 D. H." said
the starter for tho Tenth avenue car
line. Il was sitting in my little build.
ing when 'bangr and I was thrown for.
ward. So were my clock and the lamp,
md everything in the room. I have as
certained tn at the cause of all this was
the explosion of a cannon in the yard
Of John Roach & Son."
"Why, l never was so frightened in
my life" said the telegraph girl. Tho
horrid .bangr threw me backward on
the floor. put out all OF tho lights, broke
tho windows, and shook the whole
building. 1t was perfectly dreadful"
"Weil. what I'm laying fol" said Mr.
James Armstrong, who has charge Of
Van Potts saw mill. lis the party that
says for all this. Thore was my dog
BcIle. alive and the mother Of sevon
beautiful pups when the sbangr came,
and two seconds later sho was dead,
and now the pups are dying for o moth.
Ct. l refused $25 for that dog, and bo-
fidcs. there's the roof all torn up, tho
sfice-window broken, and the skyiipht
mashed. What / want to know Is,
.ho's goin' to pay for itP"
"Well, now. upon my word ] don't
tnow." said Mr.. Roach, when asked
he name Of tho young inventor. '.You
zee, he came to me. some time ago, and
nked us to mako the brooch for q new
B%-invented canno Of his. We made
: Then he brought q permit from the
Mayor which gave him the right to
lhoot it of. Accordingly no lugged It
aown to the dock. with what result you
already know. really don't know his
name. o where he came from. Ho
never paid us for the work. He had q
pumber Of prominent capitalists behind
aim. but / really don't know who thoy
ire. The .bangr was 50 very unex-
pecfed, yon know. All. I have III Call
apon our bookkeeper. Mr.. George E.
Weed. Of liz West Twenty-second
itreet He knows all about IL Good
vc1ipe."