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, 1888-01-27
TOW " TALK.
Cosby Little paragraphs Picked Vi
Throughout the City.

A fine drill is practiced in the Laramie
public schools.
The out of own Legislators are charmed
with the Cheyenne climate.
Twelfth day" heads the journals writ
ten by the legislative clerks yesterday.
Colts to be entered in the races at the
annual fair next fall are already being
trained.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was 57o; minimum 40o. Maximum
40 miles.
Eliza eth Logan has sold to Edith Nc
Crum five acres of land in Laramie county
for $500.
Consideration of the bounty bill is the
special order of business in the house at
2 O'Clock this afternoon.
1t is thought that a substitute to the
bill for an act to repeal the bounty law
will be introduced in the house to- day.
Robert p. Allen has filed his United
States patent for 1853 acres of land in Lar
annie county in the office of the register OF
deeds.
The superintendent of water works re-
ports the reservoirs well filled at present.
The fluid is of a superior quality Just at
this time.
The name of j. |. Patten was inadver-
tently omitted from the enrolment COM
mittec in publishing the house list yeeter-
day morning.
The impression that the bounty law has
been repealed has obtained hereabouts.
No scalps have hccn presented at the
county clerks Office during the past ten
DAYS.
, 1888-01-27
THE MENTAL "eLIND SPOT.n
DR.. Holmes Theory of the "Idiotic Area
IL the Orgnn nf Intellect

DR.. Holmes Theory of the "Idiotic Area"
in the Organ of Intellect.
The analogy between the organ of WIS.,
ion and that Of thought is so obvious and
familiar that it does not require iIlustra-
ton. Now, just at the entrance of the
optic nerve is a small circular area, known
as the blind spot. Certain essential ana
tomical elements are wanting in this little
space, and though the visual image is
painted on it, the picture is a blank to
the perception. Is there not a blind spot
in the organ of intellect as well as in that
of vision-an idiotic area, where ideas
are represented, but not transmitted to
the intelligent centerl "Think a mo-
ment, y we say to a friend who is enter
tanning some Ito us) self evident absurd
ity. ~Paraphrased this would be-: You
have got n bit of nonsense on your mem
tai blind spot, your idiotic area. Shift it
if you can into a place where the mental
elements are not deficient, as in that
empty region.
L must appeal to the experience of
others if they are not conscious of such a
blind spot in their intelligence. If they
recognize it as a fact that they have such
a spot, they can account for many abb
surditics and contradictions in their own
field of thought and that of others. For
this ldiotiC area is the vacant lot where
inconsistent, incoherent, unrelated ideas
come together and disport themselves, or
lie loose, scattered over it. Many simple
puzzles and idle fancies find their way
there and claim a right of domicile, until
awakened reflections drives them away.
Let me give an instance or two. ok
cuse me- said the barber to the lantern
Jawed man, eff | put my finger in your
mouth to press your cheek out" mo.
no." said the mar he was shaving. Il
am afraid you'll bito me-" Dean Swift
mentions in one of his letters to Stella an
odd whim Of his own: q had my mouth
full of water, and was going to spit it
out, because 1 reasoned with myself,
how could l write when my mouth wa
fullT" In the persons we call "absent
minded, the idiotic area extends over a
wider space than it overs in most indi-
viduals.
This theory-for l dare not announce
it as a positive disCovery-is q very con-
vcnient application to cover ones own
mental slips and to account for those of
ones neighbor. No person of good tenn
per and philosOphic habit of mind could
take ofTense at the question, politely
asked, Doe not that view or that argu-
ment come from yOur idiotic area?"
When John Stuart Mill suggested the
possibility of a universe where two and
two would make five, l should have
wished to hint in n modest and civil way
that this s%upposition had the idiotic area
as its natural habitat. -Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Atlantic.
, 1888-01-27

Ed. W, Stone, of this city, va married
to Miss Mary Harrison at Belpre, o.,
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Stone is one of Chcyenne's most
promising young men and is deservedly
very popular. For several years he has
held a responsible position with the bar
ness and saddlery house of j. w. Collins
4 Co., and during that time has gained
the confidence of his employers and pa.
irons Of the firm. All Of his acquaint.
ances Join with The LEADER in extend.
ing congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone will reach Chey,
enne, their future home, in about q
month, touring through the east in the
meantime.
, 1888-01-27

a gigantic, illy-clad and filthy tramp,
who beseached aid at the residence of j.
II. Tomilson, Reed street, yesterday
afternoon, created a sensation in that
neighborhood for a few minutes. Mr..
Tomllson ordered the Intruder to vacate
the premises and was struck by the burly
itinerant for asserting his rights. Mrs.
TomllsOn came to the rescue with n
broom, while a neighbor armed with a
pitcfork quickly reached the scene. The
tramp was belabored numerically, the
lncensed citizens only ceasins when he
whined for quarter.
, 1888-01-27
MOVING NICELY.
Councilman Are Working and Rep
resentatives Now Interested.
Commissioner District Bill Killed
in the Council.
Mr.. Runners Water Measure Bill
Before the House. +
Territorial Council.
\ NOTE FROM THE HOUSE.


ANoTE FROM THE HOUSE.
A message from the lower house Off
cially informed the senior body that
Speaker Huntington had resigned, Mr..
Pease assumed the chair, and that addi-
tional clerks had been elected.
TO PASS.
The stock committee reported favora-
bly, upon Mr.. P. l.. Smiths bill for an act
to protect liverymen from the abuses of
patrons of stables who overdrive hired an
finals and damage buggies.
A ~sUBsTITUTE.
The committee on ways and means sub
mitted a substitute for Mr.. Louck's bill
a~mendatory to the operative statute in re-
gard to the organization of school dis
trlcts.
PASSED.
Council file No. 10, a bill for an act for
the relief of the members of the territorial
equalization board in the matter Of stock
taxation, was read. a third time and
passed unanimously.
FAVORABLE.
Mr.. Symons' bill for an act to repeal
the statute in regard to the stay of
execution on the judgment of a Justice
was referred to the judiciary committee.
1t was yesterday returned with the recon-
%mendation that it pass.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The council was in committee Of the
whole almost the entire afternoon, Mr..
SYmons in the chair.
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS.
The committee recommended the pass
age, as amended of Mr.. Bliss bill for an
act authorizing the redemption OF county
Indebtedness.
INSURANCE,
MIR. Symons' bill regulating life insur-
ance companies will be passed as amended
by the committee by which it was pre-
viously considered.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Upon receipt of a communication from
his excellency, the council went into exc
cutlve session until adjournment.
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Has Been a Good Official.

Now that a new Justice of the supreme
court of the territory will soon have to be
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of Judge Blair's incum-
bency, it is with pleasure that the Journal
endorses the candidacy of Hon. A. G..
Campbell, and lifts up its voice to urge
his appointment. Mr.. Campbell has re-
sided a number of years in Wyoming, is
thoroughly identified with its people and
is fully conversant with its needs and
wants He has also discharfe ed the du-
ties of United States district attorney
with credit to himself and honor to the
administration. and we have no doubt if
appointed to the bench will as creditably
acquit himself.
, 1888-01-27
5. of V. to ~ReorganIze.

The Mead camp S. of V. has, owing
to a multiplicity of adversities, gone to
pieces within he past six months. Two
officers who absconded with the funds of
the order upon different occasions assisted
in discouraging members of the camp.
Lately there has been considerable talk
of reviving the lodge, and a meeting with
that object in view will be held at the
Office of Assessor Fisher this evening. Al
member and eIigiblcS are requested tc
attend.
, 1888-01-27

Fred Bohnstedt, the new and second
hand dealer at IT'S Eddy street, adjoin-
ing the hook and ladder house, wishes to
inform the public that the only effect hard
times have upon him is to lower the
prices of his goods so that they are within
the reach of the poorest. He buys for
cash, but sells on monthly payments,
which makes it very convenient for every
one who deals with him. His business
has grown so much owing to his low
prices and square dealing hat he is about
to add a 100 foot addition to his already
large storeroom. Mr.. Bohnstedt is the
oldest secondhand man In town.
, 1888-01-27
The Fight for BIair's Place.

A1Nf aANAHNa
The fight for Judge Blair place on the
judicial bench now rests between Col,
Anthony OF Iowa and United States At
torney A. G. Campbell of Cheyenne. Be
tween the two we believe that Mr.. Camp.
bell would have the best of the race by a
large majority if the matter was left to
the choice of the people of the Second
judicial district. Mr.. Campbell is a young
man, full of vim and energy, and thor
oughly conversant with the laws of the
territory. Then, too, he is a man who
has reached the top of the ladder by hard
knocks and perseverance, a fact that
should bear considerable weight with the
appointing power, and, furthermore, he
is not n ''carpet-bagger." He is a native
of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and
considerable of his boyhood, which is
known to the writer, goes to show that he
contains the right kind of material to fill
the vacancy which will occur on the Judi
cial bench of this territory on March "a.
Mr.. Campbell is endorsed for the position
by the majority of the legal lights OF
Cheyenne and the southern part of the
territory, and we understand that he has
the backing of Hon. Sam Randall and
his followers
, 1888-01-27

exhibited a model of the device he
thought should be used by irrigators.
This matter provoked considerable dis
c%ussion. The chief objection was a belief
that the guage could not be applied to
large bitches. The bill was finally referred
to the appropriate committee.
SWORN IN.
At the opening of the afternoon session
on motion of Mr.. KuYkendall the oath
Of Office was administered to the assistant
clerks elected the previous day by Speaker
Pease.
A RULE AMENDED.
On motion of Mr.. Van Devanter, the
house in committee OF the whole, Mr..
Grant in the chair, amended the rules so
that hereafter upon second reading bills
will be referred to the committees.
, 1888-01-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for iiarrhDa. Twenty five
cnnta bottle
, 1888-01-27

Meteorological reports received at CHEYENNE
on Jan. 26, 1888, at 5 p. H.. local time. ObSerya-
lions taken at the same moment of time at all
stations.
, 1888-01-27
p. Great bargains at l.. Bocb's,

NJ NleMA 1iTsz" h Hs5S
Soother at hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Sold by
DIR. WIN Int
, 1888-01-27

Wyoming commission house entire
stock, commencing Thursday, January
20, and continuing from day to day until
the stock is disposed of.
V. BAKER, Assignee.
, 1888-01-27

Wednesdays Boomerang devotcs a
column and a half to relation of the cx-
PLOTS of Harry Brewer, the youthful ter
ror who attempted upon three occasions
to derail passenger trains between this
city and Laramie by placing distractions
on the track. Brewer, who is but Is
years of age, was trailed from the railroad
to his fathers ranch, seven miles distant,
by detectives. When arrested he at first
vchemcntly protested his innocence, but
finally confessed. The boy is in jail at
Laramie.
, 1888-01-27
FORTy :

IN postage stamps for Il new Nickle Plated
stem Winder and stem Setter Watch, inst pat
tntSd. Address Roy Jackson, Box 10, 3Il East
,UiLh street, New York C'ty. Mention this
, 1888-01-27

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the leader Office.
, 1888-01-27
House of Representatives.
THE WAR OVER.

THE WAX Nv EN,
The house lobby was not crowded as
usual when the session commenced yes
terday morning. When the unfinished
business of the previous day was taken
up for consideration, aside from a county
dlvisionist from Douglas, the members
and officers were the only persons in the
room. The circus has occurred and the
lovers Of that snort no longer haunt the
hall.
, 1888-01-27

&N~o the Children. They are .s.
oNOO pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-27
An AbsOInte Cure.

An Absolute Cure.
The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. viii positively cure all
kinds Of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N.Hunt, at 25 cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-01-27

Great preparations are being made for
the production of Queen Esther on the LIST.
and 2nd. of next month.
, 1888-01-27
NOTICES OF BILLS.

MIR. Sampson, Albany county, gave no.
tice that to-day, or upon some subsequent
occasion, he would introduce a bill for an
act regulating the organization of new
counties and defining the boundaries of
the county of Converse.
Mr.. Weaver desires the creation OF a
territorial board of live stock commission
ers. His forthcoming bill will prescribe
their duties and include other particulars
in relation to the matter.
Mr.. Roberts will soon submit a bill for
an act providing for the release of dover
by married women.
Section 1888 of the revised statutes is
in relation to juvenile de%linquents. Mr..
Lafrentz will at an early date submit a
bill a%mendatory to the operative law.
FISHERIES.
The game and fisheries committee re-
ported upon the fish commissioner re-
sumo of the years business. The COM
mittee recommended hat the report be
printed.
, 1888-01-27

Legal blanks at the Leader Office.
, 1888-01-27

Mr.. Patten presented a petition on be.
half of the citizens of Fremont county,
which bemoans the injustice often done in
the division of counties into school dis
tricts. 1t is submitted that the law does
not provide for the apportionment of
funds in the treasury of the existing dis
trict when new ones are organized. The
memorial was referred to the proper COM
mittee. 1t is probable that a bill cover
ing the ground and remedying the diff
cuities will be formulated by a special
committee.
, 1888-01-27

Dept; Oh Nen.e, Hvo.
, 1888-01-27
THE PEDIGREE BILL.

The committee to which was referred
Mr.. Adams bill providing a penalty for
those claiming false pcdigrees or registra
ton for ANIMALS recommended its adop-
ton with immaterial amendments.
RECOMMEND PASSAGE.
The Judiciary committee, after altering
the title of Mr.. Hooper's bill in relation
to the fees of judges of probate, recon-
mcnded that the measure pass.
A SUBSTITUTE.
A substitute for Mr.. Hooper's bill in
relation to the licences of peddlers was
returned by the judiciary committee with
the recommendation that it pass. 1t sub
stantially includes the provisions of the
original bill.
PASSED.
Mr.. Van Devantcrs's bill amcndatory
to the law specifying when receivers shall
be appointed. was read the third time and
passed without opposition.
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
The committee of the whole, MI. La
lrentz in the chair discussed the merits of
Mr.. Hooper's bill creating a lien on the
get of a sire for services to the dam and
Mr.. Rummers proposed act to establish
a uniform measure for water used for
irrigating purposes. The passage of the
former was recommended! Mr.. Rummel
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

PorsDAM, june ia bulletin tB-
sued at 8 80 o'clock this morning says
the difficulty In swallowing which has
troubled the Emperor recently has In
creased, and the taking OF nourishment
is becoming diffioult. The Emperor
feels weaker this morning.
$50 o. n.-Although the Emperor is
slightly better, the greatest anxiety pre-
valls. Through some changes, OF the
exact nature Of which the doctors hre
aucertain, the cartilage OF the epiglottis
has become permeable, allowing pArti'
Giles OF food and liquids to enter the all
tubes, the result being attacks OF coagh-
Ing and choking. Whether any OF the
recent abcesaes broka through the partt
ton betwesn the lnrnyx and oe3opha
guP, or whether tho eplglottis has beer
attacked by malignant disease, tht
doctors are unable to determine. Tnt
Emperor Is weakening rapidly.
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

Walt Whitman, the poet, whose Illness
at his home, in Camden, N. j., was re-
ported Sunday, has not been robus. since
spring, but he has been out and about
some OF the time. onehis birthday, one
week ago last Thursday, he was present
In good health AID spirits at recep ion
given him by his friends in Philadelphia.
Last Thursday he was seized with a
falnting attack, from which he rallied,
and which lett no serious effect He suf
fers from chronic weakness of his diges-
tive organs, which are unable to perform
their functions.
1t lie a more severe attack OF this indis-
position that the venerable poet is now
suffering and 1t is considered by his
physicians that his illness wou d not bs
nocc,s s ,arily serious were it not for his
great age and feebleness. DR. Buck, his
|biographer, and DR. WIN osler are con-
Ell sntly by his bedside. s-."--
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13
Peaks story Of the shooting.

MT. HOLLY, june 12.-As has been
stated In The Press Barclay Peak re-
pudiates the admission of guilt he
made to the court during his second
trial fer the killing Of Kate Anderson.
To day 1t is leaned that he made a
statement Of the affair to his former
counsel, Samuel X. Robbius, during his
fjrst trial In May. 1887, and that after
wards he made q statement to Judge
Fort. In the first confession he said
that he and Katie had quarrel over the
pistol. Astruggie ensued and the weapon
exploded.
In his last confession he denies the
struggle. BE said: 'Katie took the re-
vo.ver from her pocket. We had been
shooting AT . mark together The day
before. She handed the wespon to me.
l tried to make the cylinder turn
around, but 1t VAS rusty aud would not
tlrn easily. The pistol YVES cooked at
the zine and turred towards her, and
all OF sudden 1t went of and hhe fell
to tie ground With q RroAn."
Then PAX ran home aud said not o
word to any one about the shooting,
leaving the girl lying on the ground all
night. He did not Know whether she
Was dead or nos. Tomorrow morning
Peak will be taken to Trenton aud sen
fenced by the Supreme Ouurt 1t Ia
supposed he plead guilty TO save BIS
neck, as he fanoltd the verdict of the
second trial would be against him aH
! WAS the FIRST.
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-Mrs
Sarah j. Whiteling, sRed 40 years, Ia in
custody on suspicion of having poisoned
her husband. John WhtteIing. aged 3e
years, who died on March goth; heI
daughter, Bertha Wheeling, aged 8
years, who died ou April "a, and her
son Willie, AGED 2 ears, who died Nay
IS. The lifs Of the husband Was In.
sured for 1896, the daughters life fol
S122. and the soma life for S47. The
olroner investigated the desshs, and In
tha three bodies which were exhumed
last Sunday Arsenic In considerable
quantities was found. Mrs. WhitsllDp
Insists that h6r husband committed sui
eide, but admits that uhe poisoned hei
two children. An iuquess will bs held
on Friday.
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-ShoStly
before 10 O'Clock last night q fire broke
out In the large double grocery store Of
y H Hinckle, Nos 1918 and 1915 Ger.
mhntown road. The loss on the build
Ing and contents is estimated at $40, 600.
The fire wRs discovered by D watch.
man, who ran to Fourth and Master
streets and struck an alarm. A Tenth
district officer saw the flames about the
same time and sounded an alarm from
Fourth and Oxford streets. The fro.
men responded quickly, but By the
time they arrived the building was ona
mass of sGething flames. Several
etEt ANS OF water were turned on the
burning building, ana in about an hour
the flames were extinguished. Mr.
Hinckle had large etock OF groceries,
which were considerably damaged by
FIRE and wafer. The origin OF the Are ID
unknown.
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

An old soldier of the rebellion, al
Irishman by birth, and an advocate ihai
Americans should rule America, by righ
Iof having made Amerfca Whist It is-i
home for the oppressed OF the world, and
that her Institutions should not be tam
pered v ith by the hallucinattons of any
or every foreigner who may have left
their country, for their country's good
being employed as day laborer In the
yard of the Edgemoor Iron Company
Atthe time of the late visit of General
Pleasanton to Wilmington, on returning
from his days work accidentally met the
General at tie p, w s. B station, spoke
TO him and introduced himself, when the
General remembered him and personal
services rendered him on the field; In
quired how the world was using the old
man, and on being told his ciTeum
stances said t. at he was aware of the
failing of many old soldiers. and that he
should be careful to avoid that great
failing, and he Thought that he could do
something better tor him; took from his
pocket his book of memoranda, and
wrote the soldiers address He heard
nothing from the General for several
weeks, snd supposed that out of sight,
out of mind, and tkat the General had
thought no hing more of him In the
midst OF his various duties, but not SO.
On coming home from work, about the
middle Of May, he found a telegram
awaiting him from the General, to rep rt
for duty at the office Of the United States
Bonded Warehouse, on Dock street,
Pbiladelphis, Pa, on June /, with direc.
tions to report progress 10 General Pless-
anton after trial one month. He contin-
ued in the employ of the Edgemoor Iron
Company until near the end of May, " hen
he left to report as directed. The above
statement was made In person to the
writer by the said Irish American, home
rule soldier. r.
Daily Republican., 1888-06-13

That tbs Choral Club is the acknowf.
edged musical organization OF Whining
l ton. ~
The city buildings, on East Sixth
street. look better since they have beer
| renovated.
Mr. j. Chambers has moved his head.
quarters temporarily to the Street Com
missioner's office, In the rear of the Aud
itor's office. -.--.
That saloon keepers should be careful
and not have drunken brawls take place
In their saloons or In front of them.
That It is hard to please everybody in
making political appointments.
That some men who are vested with q
little brief authority often overstep the
mark. A word to the wise should be
sufficient
That base ball is on the mend 10 Will
mington, and our citizens will soon be
able to witness good ball without having
TO go to Philadelphia to see 1t.
That Superintendent Harlan Ia worth
o., 900 year.
That DR.. Ball, at Falkland, is ris-
ing young physician
That the fastest horse is often broken
winded.
That coneeit amongst the Wilmington
newspaper men is really becoming alArm-
ing DIR Welsh will have to be con-
suited If this thing goes ON much longer.
A well-known ex-lttter carrier said
that he believed the REPUBLICAN was
getting better than ever, and he firmly
believed 1t was one Of the Institutions Of
Wilmington That's what. We expect
bigger things when our new presL gets
here.
Look out for the REPUBLICAN when It
gets Its new Scott Webb perfecting press
that will print d 900 copies per hour.
That the Salvat on Army is nuisance
now located at the corner Of Fourth and
Monroe streets.