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A resident of Chouteau avenue recently
made up his mind 10 move, and, as he had
become very much attached to the frame
house in which he lived, he determined to
take the structure with him, together with
the furniture it contained. Tho other day,
according to the programme he had formu-
lated, he had the house placed on rollers
and started On its journey. As darkness
closed in on him before he could complete
his task, be found it necessary to
let tho house remain on a side
track OF the Missouri Pacific Railway
company over night. The track was in an
out-of-the-way place, and he quite naturally
supposed 1t had been abandoned by the COM
pany. In fact, he wns 50 well satisfied that
the building was perfectly secure, that he
and his children went to bed In one Of its
apartments when the time for retiring ar
rived. While the happy family were dream
ing sweet dreams one cf tho locomotives Of
the Missouri Pacific company struck one side
Of the building and came out on the opposite
side, passing through the parlor and crush
ing through the floors and walls The
dreamers, who slept In adjoining room, were
shaken out Of their beds, and the engineer
and fireman in charge Of the engine were al
most frightened into spasms, but no one was
injured.
, 1885-01-06
Zach rhommasOn Rctires.

From the Omaha Herald.
1t is reported from Cheyenne that
Messrs. WIN. A. Paxton and A. II. Swan
have bought Zach Thommason's holdings
in the 0gallala Land Office and Cattle
Company, amounting to $4,000, at par.
Mr.. T~hommason is to resign his position
as general manager of the company and
leave the range. As he has lately bought
a large piece Of real estate near Omaha it
is rumorcd that it is Thommason's inten-
ton to become a resident of that. city.
Whatever disposition he may make of
himself and his business interests for the
remainder Of his life, Mr.. Thommason will
have a warm place IN the hearts Of our
people, and be well remembered by his
associates in the corporation whose bust
ness he has attended TO so faithfully.
, 1885-01-06
now REGULATIONS ARE MADE,
Means Resorted to BY Tragedians to Re-
ceive Favorable Notices.

-
ceive Favorable Notices..
From the L.arnmle boomerang.
Our readers will remember that on the
occasion Of George @. Minis appearance
at the opera house in Hamlet, tho Boom
eraH0. without attempting to display any
vast amount Of Shakespearian erudifiou,
was DISPOSED to regard his i~mperaonation
of the part as worthy Of praise. MI.
Min next appeared at Cheyenne as Mac
beth, when The LKADER, wishing to tell
the truth and do justice by its readers,
exposed the weakness Of his support and
his own glaring mistakes, but the San
with less discrimination, proceeded, as
usual, to exhaust the resources of the SUI
perlative and make of itself a taffy fac
tory for tragedians who should have been
crushed. In the course Of q week or 80
Mr.. Min opened out his dramatic wares
in Denver for a season of six nights, and
we mention It as a remarkable fact that
in all these performances neither the
Nelcs or the Tsibple-R Republican could
find anything u censuc. The limits Of
the dramatic column we're ovcr-run and
much editorial space taken in the effort to
prove Min ''the greatest t~ragedian' and
his third-class company to be Il glittering
galaxy Of stars.
And ltogctheneliab gentleman informs
US hat he himself saw Mr.. Milin, after a
performance, in a well known club house
surrounded by men that were to make or
mar his reputation and spending money
lavishly for champagne and other Injuries
Off well-stocked bar. Not only this, but
it pleased the great tragedian, before
his departure, to give an elaborate sup
per to five or six Of these reliable critics
at Charpiot's hotel-a supper which cost
him over $50, but which was readily paid
for by a coniding public gulled by the
dishonest reports Of his guests.
, 1885-01-06

The CHEYENNE School Board is beyond
doubt one of the most rrotesque institu-
tons ever allowed to exist in a civilized
community.
In the minds of some simple people
there is harborcd a strange delusion that
the SchookBoard is a public body elected
by the people to perform an important
public duty in a public manner.
This is an unaccountable hallucination.
The School Board is a law unto itself and
looks with lofty contempt upon the public
welfare whenever it may conflict with its
W sweet will. It Is a body which con-
sists of wheels within. wheels, and the
small wheels have a faculty of moving in
an independent and eccentric orbit utterly
regardless Of consequences.
1t would be the height of the ridiculous
to mince words in treating Of il. The
Cheyenne School Board is a sort Of local
star chamber in which petty edicts arc
concocted and sent forth without rhyme
or reason. II is only by the rarest good
luck and after the most dilligent inquiry
that a citizen can ascertain when a meet
ing is to be held. At irregular intervals
a disconnected and unsatisfactory report
of the proceedings find their way into
the newspaper. The report then is always
obtained through some lucky accident,
over which the board has no control
We venture to say that there is not a sim
gle citizen in the whole town who has even
a faint idea of what 10 being done by the
board. If verbatim report Of every
regular meeting were published in the
papers he would still have no reliable data
to guidch him. Very often when the board
holds a regular or called meeting
, 1885-01-06

From the New York Times.
Asomewhat erroneous accounts Of meet
ing between Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt and
a grizzly bear has found its way into
print 1t is alleged that Mr.. Roosevelt
happened to notice a grizzly bear when
the latter was within about nine feet of
him, and that he thereupon shot the bear
in the forehead and killed him in the inter
est of peace and harmony. As an ex-
PLANTATION Of the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt
did not hear the approach of the bear it
is said that the young legislator is near
sighted, but no explanation is given of
the curious circumstance that the bear,
contrary 10 the custom of his kind, con
scented to die after being shot in his fore
head
The real facts Of the case are believed
to be as follows. Mr.. Roosevelt went
out to hunt grizzly bears, having always
consistently maintained that they were
most Objectionable animals, and that they
ought to be slaughtered with out mercy.
Meeting a grizzly bear, he shot at him
for some hours, but as he only hit the
beast in his invulnerable forehead no
harm was done. Finally the grizzly adj
vanced upon the Legislator, aud the latter
took to a tree, where explained with
much eloquence to the bear that inasmuch
as the latter had fairly beaten him he
would hereafter support and defend him
to the best of his ability Satisfied with
This speech, the bear departed. and the
legislator returned to his ranch, Upon
this simple and natural incident has been
built the mani and intrinsically i'm
probable tale published by our contem-
oo~..
, 1885-01-06

Many people do not enjoy their lives
any more than prisoners in jail n exiles
in the mines Of Siberia. II is because they
have over-worked themselves into ner-
vousness or biliousness or dyspepsia. They
can be happy ifthey will use Browns Iron
Bitters. This is a peculiar preparation
of iron. which enters into the blood, driv-
ing out impurities, and giving enrichment
for poverty. strength for weakness, and
vigor for lassitude. Mr.. Edward Caue, OF
Jersey City N. j.. suffered from dyspepsia
and loss Of appetite. He used Browns
Iron Bitters and writes, ut made me fat
and happy
, 1885-01-06
FAILED TO


In the midst of the holy calm which is
alleged to appertain to the holiday season,
there reached this Office a harmless look
ing little envelope bearing the Chic go
postmark. Tearing it open without The
faintest ~premonition Of impending voc. it
was found to contain four pages of closely
printed matter under the supple heading,
Last Message to the hon OF Israeli Tor
Advent Church.
The document sailed at once with UNI
grammatical ieryor INTO the very vitals Of
the subject OF which It proposed to treat.
This was no less awful than the crash of
falling spheres, or a. least the particular
sphere called the earth, which 1t doomed
, 1885-01-06

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia,
says; MY wife has been seriously af-
fected with a cough for twenty-five years,
and this Spring more severely than ever
before. She had used many remedies
without relief, and being urged to try DR..
Kings New Discovery, did so, with most
gratifying results. The first bottle re-
lieved her very much. and the second bot
tie has absolutely cured her. She has not
had so good health for thirty years.
Trial bottles free at Gray & Pearse's
drug store. Large size $l.00.
, 1885-01-06

The solar engine. one OF the most recent
of Ericcsonis inventions, is at present more a
toy than anything else. because it has not
yet been put on the market 1t Is run by
steam or expanding air, from water or air
heated by a concentration OF the suns heat
at is especially needed in Mexico said
Capt Ericsson, where the sun Is hot, aud
wood and coal are very scarce. The time
is not distant when this engine viii be in
general use through the ~rainless regions of
the earth y
, 1885-01-06
Ichicaeo Herald

TCHlc1EO HoTHId-I
A benevolent society, called a aMouthful
Of Bread" has been started in Paris Its
object is TO render temporary assistance 10
those who are out of work. A lump OF bread
and n glass Of water, favored with vinegar,
are given to all who ask for relief The
vinegar is put in the water to kill tho
microbes, which swarm in tho, foul Seine
water, and the connection doesn't taste much
different from the sour wine ordinarily used
nv pariafana
, 1885-01-06

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, Ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Gray & Pearse.s
, 1885-01-06
a consi.s.nt champion.

A vegetarian who not only declared that
he had never tasted animal food In his life
but appeared clothed In non-animal apparel
throughout, with cotton velveteen coat, dark
linen drfll waistcoat, corduroy truusers, and
black canvas shoes with gutta- percha solss,
must be regarded as a noble and consistent
champion Of his belief.
, 1885-01-06

Bob Burdette. the humorist. always waxes
his pustache before he begins to lecture.
Tho Morning journal says @he doss this to
snabie his audience to see the pointzr We
thought perhaps it was because be didn't
want people 70 call out; "Down in 'front.'"
, 1885-01-06

The London Globe. In an article on eNa-
tionaiity In Voice," declares that America
for the next century viii produce the finest
singers In the world. owing to athe ssmi-bar>
barous conditions essential TO such produc-
tionsLp
, 1885-01-06

The following treatment has been used
extensively during the past ten years with
out a single failure, which ought to be
sufficient 70 commend IL to universal favor
and adoptiou Give Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and observe the directions with
each bottle. 1t acts quickly and can al
ways be depended upon. Remember that
hoarseness is the first symptom Of true
Group, and q Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy Is freely given from the time
the child iirst becomes hoare it will
prevent the Group and all danger and anx-
iety may be avoided. Sold BY Hunt 4
WhinnleL ~
, 1885-01-06

Job printing Of every description done
with neatness and dispatch at the LEADER
lob rooms.
, 1885-01-06

If you are losing your grip on life, try
Wells Health REVIEWER Goes direct
to weak spots.
, 1885-01-06

Tue czar OF Russia has ordered his pictures
out of the public squares at St. Pctersbarg.
On the ground that they are liable 70 In
dignity.
, 1885-01-06
1000 los 10 the ron ofshe
besf coal, at Rffief- y john
sons.

Wedding and visiting cards great in
variety at the Leader office.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
AMERICAN CONSULS.

Just at the present time there is some
little discussion going on in the press as
to the compensation paid to American
consuls. In the public mind there is
misapprehension as to consulships. They
are generally supposed to be diplomatic
agencies, while they are commercial.
with Incidental powers for the pro-
lection of citizens abroad. That all
American consuls should be paid
compensation equal to their SER
vices and sufficient to permit
them to live respectfully and in
good repute, goes without saying. But
consuls should not be paid the same sal
aries nor allowed the same expenses that
ministers to foreign governments receive.
The dignity of the United States should
be upheld by their consuis in all coun-
tries, but that dignity must come very
largely from the individual holding the
position of consul. Ii such dignity is
lacking in the consul no amount of
money can compensate for it. Under
the spoils system which has SO long
been in vogue in this country, consul
ships have been made a reward
for political services. So imbued
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22

with notifies have some of the American
consuls become that last year some OF
them quit their posts in Europe to come
home and electioneer. Those who came
were very properly relieved of their Off
cial responsibilities when Cleveland came
into Office. 1t is proper that there should
be economy in the consular service as IN
all other departments of the Govern
ment, but economy should never degen-
crate into penuriousness.
The statutes of the United States divide
the consulates into seven classes, besides
other subdivisions. There are five con
sulates at salary of $4,000; three con-
sulates at 5000; one consulate at $4,5OO;
five consulates at $4,000; eight con-
sulates at $500; nineteen consulates at
Sc. 600; twenty-five consulates at $1,000;
forty-two consulates at $1,000; sixty
one consulates at 81 800, and twenty-slx
consulates at $1,000. All consuls who
Ieceive salary are required by law
to pay into the Treasury all fees received
by virtue of their offices. Where the
compensation of consuls is solely
derived from fees, such compensation is
limited to 900; and in case the fees re-
ceived at the consulate exceed that sum,
such consuls can pay clerk-hire from the
fees received when specially authorized.
From this it will be seen that some Of
the American consuls receive ample COM
pensation, while the compensation OF
some is quite meagre.
Some of the consuls are not always at
their posts, and it is told of Bret Harte,
consul at Glasgow with a salary OF s., 600,
that he spent three-fourths of his time in
London. All consuls should be at their
posts, save on rare occasions and when
granted leave of absence, or they should
not be at all.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
IN VIRGINIA.

Judge Foraker, the Governor-elect of
Ohio, has been making a speech In
jamestown, Virginia, in favor of the Re
publican candidate for Governor. His
speech, as reported in the dispatches,
does him no great credit, and he had
what we should think the bad taste to
carry the "bloody Shirt along with him
into Virginia What makes it seem so
inappropriate there is the fact that both
candidates for Governor of Virginia are
ex-confederates, and both cast their
fortunes with the Confederacy. and did
all in their power to destroy the
Union. If the bloody shirt is
good for one party in Virginia it certainly
must be for the other. The great wrong
that the introduction of the "bloody
Shirt into politics does is to keep alive
sectional hatred, and does not allow the
past to be past when the questions for
which either section fought quarter of a
century ago are settled, and all willingly
acquiesce in the settlement. When Judge
Foraker said that if there had been free
ballot and an honest count in the
South the Republican party would still
be in power, he makes an asser-
ton that he could not possibly
prove; and, what is worse, one that
very few persons will believe. For
years and years the Republican party was
supreme and had absolute control of the
Government, and still that party never
succeeded in making the South Repub-
lican. When the Republican party was
absolute the same charges were made
about free ballots and fair counts which
Judge Foraker made at jamestown yes
terday, but still the Republican party
never righted these alleged wrongs. Why
did it not right them? The Southern
States were in a continual turmoil all the
time the Republican party was in power
in them, and they only became tranquil
and started on new era of prosperity
after the Republican party ceased to rule
them. That party certainly had an excel
lent opportunity to do something in the
South for the improvement of humanity,
but for some reason or other it failed
most signally to do anything for suffering
humanity. 1t is a new doctrine in poll
tics that only the party can be trusted
to solve a problem that has continually
failed in all its attempts to solve it in the
past. And yet that is the doctrine of the
Republican party. Judge Foraker con-
trasted the two parties on the causes
which led to the rebellion, and of course
made the contrast entirely favorable to
the Republican party. Would Judge
Foraker have people think that the same
issues exist to-day that existed twenty
five years ago? Things are entirely
changed since then, else John S. Wise
would not be the Republican candidate
for Governor of Virginia, and the Repub-
lican Governor-elect of Ohio would not
| be stumping for him.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
Be sure and see that the name of Tut
hill, Cox & Co., or the Celery, Beef and
Iron Extract Co. is on each bottle.
PROPOSALS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON, Sept. "a, 1857
construction of Indian School Building at
Grand Junction." will be received at the Office
OF Indian Affairs, at Washington, D. c., until
Saturday, October oath, at II o'clock m. The
building will be two stories; main part, 6Ox36
feet; with two wings, each 59x19 feet. Bids may
be made for brick building with stone foun-
dation, and for building entirely of stone.
Complete plans and specifications of the work
can be examined at the office of the 'Mesa Co.
Democrat" of Grand Junction, News of Den
yer. Republican, of ST. Louis, and "Times"
of Chicago.
Contract will be awarded to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders subject to the ap.
proval of the Secretary of the Interior: the
right is, however reserved to reject any and all
bids or any part of any bid if deemed for the
best Interests of the service. Proposals must
state length OF time required, after approval of
contract, Tor completion of building, as the
Ilme required will be taken into consideration
Each bid must give names of all parties inter
ested in or parties to it, and must have attached
to it copy of this advertisement.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by certified
check or draft upon some United States depos-
ltory payable to the order of the Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs, which check or draft shall
not be less than five per centum of the amount
OF the bid, and shall be forfeited to the United
States in case any bidder receiving an award
shall fail to execute properly a contract with
good ana suthclent sureties according to the
terms OF his bid. Bids not accompanied by
certified check or draft will not be considered.
Parties receiving awards will at once enter
into contracts. The contract may provide for
1nree payments, two OF which will be made at
Such stages OF the work as will fully protect the
United States. the last when the buildings are
completed and accepted.
]. D. C. ATKINS,
Commissioner
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
DR.. CURRY,

DIR. Curry the newly appointed Minister
to Spain is already finding out that his
diplomatic path is not strewn with flow
ers. 1t is objected to him that he is a
Baptist and therefore unfit to be Minister
to Spain as Spain is a strong Catholic
country, perhaps the strongest Catholic
country in the world. So long ago as the
times of Ferdinand and Isabella the then
proud appellation of the Catholic Kings
was bestowed upon these twain, and ever
since Spain has been the stronghold of
Roman Catholicism. When Mr.. Kelley
was appointed Minister to Italy it was
objected to him that he was
a Catholic, and now when DR..
Curry is appointed Minister to
to Spain it is objected to him that he is
not Catholic, for such practically is the
objection. So far, the objections to DR..
Curry have come from home and not
from abroad, and it is quite likely that
Alfonzo will interpose no captious objec-
ton to the appointment. In the appoint
ment OF Minister to Spain the Govern
ment at Washington is dealing with the
Spanish Government, and not with the
Vatican. If Spain subordinates all things
to the wishes of His Holiness, there may
be ground on the part of Alfonzo for object
ing to the newly appointed American Min
lister to the Court of Madrid. But such is
scarcely the case; and if it were, Leo
XIII. would probably have no objection
in the world to the appointment of DR..
Curry, although he is Baptist. If there
were any objections to DIR. Curry on
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22

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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22

account of his religion, it would be much
better to let such objections come from
Spain, and not send them from America
to Spain and have her export them to
our shores again. The newspaper dis
cussion of the case is the only one that,
in all probability, will ever be raised over
DIR. Curry as Minister to Spain.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22

Republican organs have now com
menced attacking cabinet officers through
their children Secretary Bayard is first
chosen. His boy is represented in such
way as to make him rival of the cele-
brated "Peck's Bad Bay"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
Wells, Fargo & Co. s
II a NJ x.

General Banking Business Transacted
Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and
sold.
Special attention given to the purchase and
sale of ores and bullion.
Returns for collections promptly made at cur
rent rates.
Telegraphic transfers made and commercial
and travellers credits issued, available in the
principal cities of the world
Having IN addition to our Bank correspond
ents, an Express Agency in almost every
town West OF the Rocky Mountains, affords us
special facilities for making collections and
executing commissions.
Accounts of Banks and Bankers, mercantile
and manufacturing firms, corporations, min
ing companies, stock growers and individual;
received on favorable terms