The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-13
THE WORLDS NEWS IN BRIEF.



A $40, 900 fire occurred in San Fran
cisco Friday night.
There is no reason in a mob when 1t
gets into the spirit of hanging.
A storm on Friday night was threat
ening the harvest in Minnesota.
Little Brown jug in his attempt to
beat 2:1li made but 2:ls, in Rochester,
yesterday.
Arab Pasha's men are showing con-
siderable energy in the erection Of
earthworks.
Saratoga: First race, mile, Geo.
Kenney first, Barnes second, Tucson
third; time l:l5.
The Beers of Africa have succeeded
in turning the tide of Hollandish emf
grafton to their country.
The Pail Mall Gazette says there is
good reason to believe troubles Of a
most serious kind have broken out in
Corea.
Henry George, arrested by the British
government, has been liberated, with
much ceremony" as stated by a dis
patch.
Frank Howe has been arrested at
Trenton, N. j., charged with train
wrecking. He confesses his guilt, and
duplicates others.
Chess Thomas, who was hanged at
Palestine, Texas, expressed satisfaction
at having killed his victim, McMeans,
and was without regrets.
The steamer Buckeye whilst trying to
make a landing at Louisville, Friday,
was thrown against a dam and broke in
two. Passengers all saved.
Isaac NJ. Barton, member of the bar
association which met at Saratoga, read
an interesting paper on "Trial by Jury
and its defects and remedies"
1t is denied that Eskiminsin, the
Apache chief is "vindictive." On the
contrary he has shown a uniform peace
able disposition, and is a thrifty far.
mer.
A Lisbon dispatch from Buenos
Ayres states that the vessel Lieut..
Bore, and the members of the Antarc-
tic expedition were wrecked off Cape
Horn.
A Washington dispatch to the N. y.
Tribune says the republican national
committee are greatly encouraged over
the activity in the congressional dis
tricts looking to republican successes.
Capt. Evart, of the British army, has
made a plurky reconnaissance into the
enemy's country, accompanied by an
interpreter only. he ascertained that
there wa no considerable body of the
enemy in the direction he went.
The police Of Milwaukee have been
notified by the authorities of Pragne,
Bohemia, that Herman Abels, 4s years
OF age, owner Of a large milling estab-
lishment in that city, absconded with
s2s0,00 belonging to his creditors.
Prof. Esmarch, an eminent German
surgeon, has published a lecture which
be delivered before the physiological So
ciety at Kiel, on the treatment of Gen
Garfeld's wound. Prof. Esmarch's
lecture was to the effect that Gen. Gar
field might have been alive but for the
treatment he received.
A family feud in Denton county,
Texas, ended in bloodshed on Friday
night. A farmer named Green was
MORALLY wounded by a step son named
Steele, on account of Mrs Steele's sec
ond marriage. Green In return killed
his assailant. A brother of each of the
assailants fought later, and a second
Steele, 1t is thought, cannot survive his
wounds.
At Palestine, Texas, on Friday after
noon, Chess Thomas, colored, was
hanged for the murder of Houston Nc
Means, in March. 1881. He bore him
self with unfinching demeanor through
out. He offered up a prayer for his
friends and enemies, and with unfalt-
ering voice sang, There's a Light In
the Valley for me-" Then he nodded
to the sheriff and the trap was spi n
Thomus was a bad citizen, and had
killed four men during his residence in
Palestine.
In New York, on October 10, 1879,
DIR. Henry j. Phillips, surgeon in the
United States army, died, leaving a
will In which he excluded his wife land
after making small requests gave the
rest to his relatives in England) twenty
years younger, and who is a niece of
Judge McAllister, o. the supreme court
OF San Fanclsco, who contested the
document on the ground of undue in
huence. Surrogate Rollins has rem
dered his decision in the matter, ad-
uniting the will to probate.
1t is reported at Springfield, H., that
during the preliminary trial of men,
named respectively Clements, Pettis
and Montgomery, at Blue Mound,
charged with aggravated rape, on Miss
Bond, a school teacher, three or four
thousand people rushed in, took the
prisoners, and hung them to a tree.
LATER.-The parties above men,
TONE were not hanged, but taken out
of the jail, ropes put around their necks
n the crowd with threats and blows
tried to extort a confession from them.
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