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THOSE PLAY ACTORS.
Ksnnedy's Bereavement and His
Five Children.
A Kids" Clever Hint For a New
0vercoat.
Bruno the Fresh, Frau ThoIen and
Miss Moore.

Harry Kenoedy, the ventriloquist, lost
his wife W months ago. His five chill
dren live with their aunt In Brooklyn.
At Denver he received letters from the
four of them able to write, and even little
Irene, aged 8 years, managed to make
some marks on a sheet of paper for papa.
After the show Monday night a reporter
spent a jolly hour with Kennedy and
other choice spirits Of the troupe. The
vocal illusionist read the letters from his
children. initiating the voice and manner
of each. SAID Harry. Jr., who is in his
seventh year: Dear pa, Irene Is listening
to what we say and getting fat. Dear
pa, my overcoat is getting cold" A
stunning top coat will reach the lad by
Sunday at the latest. Kennedy has a
music publishing house in the East and
makes 1t pay. In business he is W m.
Kennedy.
George Holloway. the man who does
the thrilling ladder act, is a quiet, gentle
manly young fellow. who plays poker with
most of his 1925 a week. he will get up
from bed any time to enter a game. Hol-
lowsy's turn is usually done on a stage
ship, instead of on the bare boards. as
it was performed here. Kennedy and
other members of the company regard the
latter setting. or absence of setting. as
more effective, and it will likely be adopt
ed. With the ship. people think there is
some mechanism about the feat. The
daring equilibrist had fall at st. Paul
two months ago. his only tumble of the
season. No bones were broken. but he
retired for the evening,
Gus Bruno, the comedian. is the fly
man of the company. In his stage work
be Is unrivaled, but beyond the theater
he's almost intolerable. For freshness he
isn't in it with the great lakes. Bruno is
now making his ninth trip to California.
He was a hsmfatter in a Cheyenne variety
in early days.
Herr Tholen has a wife who takes care
of him. She is ia little ptarmagan who
speaks no English and who carries a
NANCY cur around in a basket.
Flora Moore is not a rollicking fun
maker in private life, though pleasing and
sunny. Miss Moore is a literary woman.
Just now she reads Kipling and when her
mind leaves the spirited stories OF the
young Britisher, mourns because she is
getting fcshY.
, 1890-11-05
UNION PACIFIC pERT.
Something About the Now
So Famous.

The total debt of the Union Pacific
company to the government. principal and
interest, amounted on Jan. l, 1890. to
$50, 902. 765. In the opinion of the gov
rnmen directors this debt, which falls
due in 1895 and 1899, cannot be met at
the time specified without doing injustice
to the hundreds OF thousands of people
directly concerned in the welfare of the
system. Hence, the time will doubtless
be extended. The company offers in re-
turn for an %extention of time a mortgage
on its whole property, which would in
crease its security to the government tothe
amount of s34. 500, 900 above that held at
present.
The number Of miles operated by the
Union pacific company in the last fiscal
year was s,034, against 7,s4s in the pre-
ceding year, and the expenses of operat-
ing were $14, 664, 500 as against 81, 59l,-
52I In 1889, an increase OF $3,O72, 97S,
taxes not included. According to the
government directors the continued
growth Of population and the advance
ment in business of the country tributary
to the Union Pacific system, from Ne
braska to Washington. make the ~expendi-
ture of q very large portion of the earn
iDgs imperitively necessary for the in
crease and improvement of facilities.
These improvements every year require
an expenditure of a larger proportion OF
the surplus earnings. but the money ex-
pended in the extension and better,
ment of the system is. in their opinion,
safely invested.
, 1890-11-05

Hereafter special and extra duty men
at each fort are limited to one sergeant
major or acting sergeant major, D pro-
vosL non-commissioned officer, one
librarian. one telegraph operator (when
needed, one chief baker, one canteen
steward, one chief gardner during the
garden season., necessary clerks in adju-
tant's office, a daily orderly for com
m~anding officer and for each troop OF
company, one i%anitor, one clerk and one
cook. Officers and first serReants are
charged with the duty OF personally
looking after the company messes and
cooking,
, 1890-11-05
OVERLAND
Encouraging Report BIZ an oId-Time
Prospector.

Charles E. Blackburn. a prospector who
has been proving around the mountains
for the last 20 years, is in Casper looking
more prosperous and feeling jollier and
richer than when he came down from
Leadville in 80 with a pile. Blackburn
comes this time from the Overland dls-
trict in Fremont county. He says the
gold belt is sIxtv miles long and of the
uniform width OF fifteen miles. with the
yellow metal all along There are three
towns in the district with the outlook
that each will become a considerable
place unless q remarkable strike is made
at one. Atlantic City is perhaps the rep
resentative camp. 1t has a population of
100. with several business houses and
cast fifty votes at the state election. SEN
ator Tabor of Colorado is interested here
and has no less than fifteen claims. all OF
which are being developed as rapidly as
possible. In the spring he will put in all
the machinery needed.
This Overland district had a tremen-
dous boom about twenty years ago. when
it was the most populous part of Wyo-
ming. South Pass. which has twenty
five people today, was then a city of 5000
and was the capital of Uinta county, with
its newspaper and stamp mills. The lat
ter are there yet, but are considered too
primitive for use. There is plenty OF
water in this district and its future is OF
, 1890-11-05

Sope pretty tough characters are en-
ployed on the grades OF the Union Pacific
and Burlington in this state, and there is
little official restraint over the lawless ele
ment. In consequence rackets of more or
less serious nature are of frequent occur
ence. James Morrison came into Sum
dance from a camp near that place the
other day looking like a man who had
gwen a wrong decision at a prize fight,
Albert Wiser, another Burlington grader,
imported from some eastern city, had
attacked him with a knife. Morrisey's
right checkbone was laid bare, the jaw
on the left side cut open. The knife was
finally driven into his leg. The blade
snapped and part of it was imbedded In
the bone. The wounded man was placed
in the hospital, and the sheriff started
after his assailant.
, 1890-11-05
6.
The Weekly Leader Prize Contest
Grows in Interest.
Letters From Boys and Girls Who
Are RustIing.
Three Hundred and Sixty-Six New
Names.

The contest for the prizes offered by
THE LEADER for securing subscribers for
The WEEKLY LEADER under the liberal
% cent offer shows gratifying returns,
especially from outside districts.
The boys and girls who are working for
the prizes are r~ustlers. One of the
brightest is Master Robert A. Smith Of
Rock Springs. He sends this week
thirty eight names. and writes: II hope
to be able to give you as many more next
week. lam rustfing. l got tw~enty-four
OF the names on Saturday last" This is
good work for a boy 10 years Of age.
Miss Fay Donnell of Rawlins is also a
splendid worker. This week she writes
The LEADER a nice letter. in which she
y Il am at school until twenty min
utes past 4 p. m, so thatsI don't have
much time to 60 around before dark, but
I have done the best l could with my
limited time"
Willie Wright OF Laramie writes a
splendid business hand and a concise,
5usiness-li like letter. His list this week
was increased BY eight names.
Charlie Cahill OF this city has shown by
his work that he has all the qualifications
of a irst-class solicitor. He heads the
list with eighty one names. Arthur
Richardson is but SIX names behind him
Arthur has a faculty of coming in ahead
on the home stretch which may give him
first place In the contest at the finish.
The other contestants for prizes make a
good showing and the new names sent in
for THE WEEKLY reach the handsome
total of 500.
The list as it stands at present is as fol-
, 1890-11-05
DASHED 70 DEATH.
Tragic Fate of Prospector Sharp in
the Big Horn Canyon.

Ed SeeleY and an old time ~prospector
named Sharp, who have been prospecting
at Bald mountain, concluded a mouth ago
to spend the winter in the Big Eorn can
Yon, and left the gold diggings to procure
necessary supplies to last them during the
cold weather. The Buffalo Bulletin says
they went to Josiah Cooks place at Low
ellis on the Saltwater river and purchased
provisions. In order to save time and
much hard travel over almost inaccessible
country, Sharp suggested thut he take a
boat and work his way down the river to
the canyon, while Seeley took the trail
tor the same destination. The suggestion
seemed a practicable one, and was carried
out When Seeley arrived at the canyon
he failed to discover any trace OF his
partner. After spending a couple of
days in anxious waiting, he concluded to
follow the river up In hopes of finding the
missing man. He retraced his steps as
far as Cooks, but not a glimpse did he
catch of Sharp, and up TO the present
limo no tidings have been heard of the
latter. The supposition is that Sharp
fell asleep in the boat and was drawn into
the canyon and was dashed to pieces on
the rasor-edged rocks that rise in its side.
The Indians, who have explored the can
yon, claim no man can live inside the
canyon, as 1t is one succession Of whirl-
pools and falls. Some years ago two
white men attempted to pass through the
canyon In a heavy boat. Not a vestige of
their craft or themselves have ever been
seen since. Sharp's body will probably
never be recovered.
, 1890-11-05
ssLost in

A fine audience assembled at the Craw-
ford Grand last night to witness Lost in
London" produced by Newton Beers and
his company. Most of our people have
seen this play produced, and know what
it is. The plot is a splendid one and
capable Of drawing out good talent.
Newton Beers in the title role has lost
none of his old-time popularity, and last
night only added more to his list of ad-
mirers. He always plays a strong part,
aud receives hearty encores
Monday night.
, 1890-11-05

Mr.. T. NJ. Cole, representing the Nor
ton & DIX Manufacturing Company Of
Portland. Ore is Introducing a novelty,
with great success, in this city. The
article is Dix's mucilage and cement
(solid), and consists of solidiied nucilage
Of great adhesive qualities. The article is
one OF. the most convenient aids to book
keepers and those doing desk work that
has ever been introduced.
, 1890-11-05

he members OF Company B, W. N.
d., WI assemble at the armory on Fri
81 evening. November It'll. at $50
o.. sharp. for the purpose OF electine
sS;pptaln and to fill sucil other vacancies
osoer, may occur among he commissioned
2 LT.J WILKES, Lit. Commanding.
~ BAKER. Sec. Coz B.
, 1890-11-05
READY TO CONTRACT.
The Union Pacific Agrees to Build
The Viaduct.
Price, S55, 900 and Contract to Be
Made This Week.
Other Important Matters Consid-
cred by the Council.

WHEREAS, At the last meeting of the
council the mayor was authorized to enter
into arrangements with the Union Pacific
Railway Company looking to the speedy
completion OF the Central avenue vIaduct;
and,
WHEREAS. The mayor has received
proposals from such company to construct
said vladuct according to plans and speci-
6cations approved by the city for the total
cost to the city OF Cheyenne of $55, 900;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the mavor be authorized
and empowered forthwith, for and on be-
half of the city, to enter into a contract
with the said Union Pacific Railway Com
pany for the construction of such visduct
according to such approved plans. upon
said terms and the terms proposed by
such company by its general manager,
W. Fl. Holcomb; and hat the mayor be
authorized to proceed to the city Of
Omaha. if necessary, to perfect u som
tract.
The foregoing was presented by Alder
man Hebard at the council meeting last
night, and promptly adopted. Mayor
Riner, who yesterday received a telegram
which afforded a basis for the resolution,
will proceed to Omaha tomorrow with a
contract in his pocket.
WATER SEWERAGE.
Chairman jerks reported that about
1000 feet had been laid on the Eddy
street extension and that the work
was being pushed. He added that Con
tractor O'Brien was making satisfactory
progress at the city DAM.
SUBWAY.
A bill of lumber to be used in the sub
way is being made out by company men
and material will be ordered and work
commenced without delay.
FLAGMEN FOR CROSSINGS.
Mr.. Hebard moved that the street and
and alley committee and mayor wait on
Union Pacific managers and open ne
Citations looking to the placing Of f1agmen
at Warren : avenue and Eddy street.
Carried. MI. jerks suggested that these
watchmen be commissioned as police and
instructed to enforce the ordinances.
ALERT HOSE HOUSE.
The building committee, Chairman Nc
Gregor says, has concluded to secure lum-
Der here for the Alert hose house and
proceed with the building instead OF wait
ing LONGER for material from abroad.
THoMEs STREET.
Mayor Riner made a report to the eff
feet that ne had for the city assurance of
the Union Pacific that no building would
be placed across Themes Street on the
railway reservation, thus leaving that
~thoroughfare clear for the West End via
dect.
, 1890-11-05

In United States district court yesterday
Michael O'Rourke became a citizen of
the republic.
j. Y. Ryckman, of Evanston was
admitted to practice.
One Indictment was returned.
, 1890-11-05

IN Saturday, Nov. s, at 2 p. M, l will
gu at public auction. at my residence on
eighteenth street. three doors west of
Nell, my complete housekeeping outfit,
insisting of furniture. carpets, bedding,
''O'es, dishes. etc.. etc,
r IT WoorrrNs
, 1890-11-05

Small stockmen of the Lander vicinity
have united in a movement to insure feed
for their herds during the winter. 1t
was decided to gather all cattle and horses
owned by members of the combine and
drive from the bare range to the Big
Sandy country.
, 1890-11-05

We have some very desirable lots in
all parts of the city that we will sell as
cheap as can be had and on the most fav-
orable terms, monthly payments if de-
sired. Call and get prices before buying
elsewhere. RINER Il JOHNSON,
1921 Ferguson at
, 1890-11-05

The facilities of the present day for the
production of everything that will con
duce to the material welfare and comfort
of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup of Figs was first produced
The world was enriched with the only
perfect laxative known, as it is the only
remedy which IS truly pleasing and re-
freshing to the taste and prompt and
effectual to cleanse the system gently in
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better it is known the more pop
ular Il becomes.
, 1890-11-05
NEW ICE FIRM.

II. II. Ellis & Son petition the council
for the use OF land near Lake Mahpahlu-
tab on which to erect an ice house. This
means a new firm in the ice business.
There has Tor some time been talk of a
split no in the original camp of CONCEALED
commodity dealers. Ellis l. Son will be
allowed the use of the land desired for
$25 n year.
, 1890-11-05

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental. Good table board rs
cents per meal. or 81 per week.
Board aud room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
well and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors to the city will find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Themes street
, 1890-11-05

There is no candy in the world equal
" huyler's. The ouly place to get it in
Vneyenne is at Rhodes & Troxell's.
, 1890-11-05
ne Indictment was returned.
AuentIon. PIoueer Hooks

Regular meeting this evening. All
members requested to be present.
LAWYER, Secretary.
, 1890-11-05

HnICcI II you want any cloth
LHUIEO! for dresses or cloaks we
will sell it at actual cost.
, 1890-11-05
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 5. 1890.
TOWN TALK.

Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.
, 1890-11-05

WHEREAS, At the last meeting of the
council the mayor was authorized to enter
into arrangements with the Union Pacific
Railway Company looking to the speedy
completion OF the Central avenue vIaduct;
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08

A physician has just been writing on
the subjectof death by fire. and he seeks
TO correct certain common errors con-
corning it. Our estimate of the inten-
sity of the pain involved in such q
mode of death is very natural nothing
more 80. Knowing the intense pain
that followsthe bur of a small part
of the flesh. we naturally imagine that
when a person is wholly exposed to
the fame that intense local pain is null
tiplied in the exact proportion of the
surface exposed to the influenced the
fire. Happily, however, there are the
very best reasons for regarding all
these distressing Impressions as erro-
neous. In nearly or quite all forms of
exposure, torture and death, expert
snce has proved that nature kindly
draws over the victim the sheltering
veil Of oblivion.
The drowning man floats away in q
peaceful dream of illusions. The man
who falls from a precipice is made in
sensible by the blow. The too FIRE.
quent victim of a railroad disaster is
stupeiied at the first shock and knows
nothing later. The smoke and flames
that are TO destroy life bring their
blessed anodyne as the first step in the
sad proceeding. 1t is therefore well
to reconstruct the almost universal
but erroneous presumption that those
who meet death in a conflagration or
many other forms of violence or ap.
parent suffering must of necessity en-
dure terrible pain. Distressing as
these modes of death may seem, it is
both reasonable and eminently consol-
atory to assure ourselves that after
the very first few moments the event
is quite painless. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
THE SAILOR eov's SISTER.

n chimney thundsrA The vssAhsr boards srsa
And vs W 10 our bed AfrAtA.
o., Lordl have mercy On my brother Jaok.
Anoat In the coasting trade.
lcAnt soy where his ship may b
And ] hope he's well away;
Dus such a night to be out on the sea,
Oh, keep her safe, ! pray.
When moon aud stars show never a speck
To he seen through the rolling clouds,
And the waves rush over the good ships deck.
Ara mount into the shrouds;
And the boaiswain's voice h all blown back,
And the water gains In the hold:
Oh, God have mercy on my brother Jack,
FOR he's so young and bold
A. long as the pumps can keep her aiost,
Re'l be- working stripped 10 the skin;
And il they re obliged TO lower the boat.
Rel be the last TO get in.
And my father went tired TO bed, / know,
And hope he's fast asleep;
But ny mother. she stays at her WORK below.
That he may not hear her weep.
And we all OF us pray to thee, good Lord.
Who once did walk the wave
And still the tempest by thy word.
That ship and her hands to save.
And so. when she rounds the lighthouse buoy.
oafe on the homeward tack.
How all our hearts shall leap with 10y
At the sight Of my brother Jack.
Montreal star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08

ways been a wonder to me. We were
half fed, continually whipped and
kicked, and after the first day we were
bareheaded and b~arefooted and obliged
to hide our nakcdness with two old
sheepskins which left arms and legs
bare" After the barley had been fin
ished we were set To building mud
huts, and as all the material had To be
carried some distance, and as the over
seer was too lazy a. walk with us, he
could use his whip only when we were
building. We had not been watched
at night after the first two weeks. and
on several occasions had planned To
run away. We realized, however,
that we had not the strength to go
far, and il was only after We had fin.
isheG our first hut and were feeling
better in mind and body that we deter.
mined to try and make our escape.
We had been captives about thirty
days when the night of trial came.
For the last four or five nights we had
crept out after AZ was still and picked
up whatever food we could find, and,
while yet half famished, we felt that
we had strength to make good effort.
We left the village one night at
about IL o'clock, and instead of going
to the seashore and following the
coast, as would naturally be expected,
we went right up the valley, a dis
lance of about seven miles. Then,
when daylight came, we found a cap
ital hiding place in q r~avine, and rs
no one came near us during the day
we felt certain that the hunt was in
the other direction. We kept very
close for three or four days, living on
roots and berries and wild fruits, button
the night OF the fourth we went down
the valley half way to the village and
captured two goats from the pasture.
These animals were very tame, and
we had no difficulty in getting them
to our hiding place. We had a flint
and steel, which Henry had found and
secreted a week before our escape, and
with their help we got a fire and killed
one of the goats. The two lasted us
four days, and then we went down
and got two more. On another occa-
sion we secured a sheep, but this was
the only time, as they seemed to be
terrified at sight of us and would run
if we approached.
We had been i'm the ravine over
twenty days when the loss of the goats
made the villagers suspicious. and Q
large party came up the valley and
hunted us out. We were both asleep
when taken, and l have no doubt we
would have been put to death upon
reaching the village had we not found
there the trader who had agreed to
send word TO my father. He had done
SO, and was 10Y prepared to ransom
us. After two days of higgling we
were sold to him for $3.50, and he had
to pay $40 additional for every goat
We had killed. We were safely con-
Quoted to Makalla, and from thence
reached home in India, but before ex-
penses ceased my father was about
81, 600 out of pocket. New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
The Oldest Couple.

An old couple, perhaps the Oldest in
the world, died recently IN the village
of the vilayet of Monastir. The man
was 1875 and his wife l23 years. The
couple lived in a house which they
had built themselves exactly a century
ago, Adjoining the house was a little
garden plot which in process Of time
has developed into a wood with trees
90 and 100 years old, trees which the
husband planted himself and constant
ly tended TO the day Of his DEATH
New York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
Used His Fiddle for a Paddle.

A party of three young ladies, with
Q fiddler as an escort, undertook to
cross the Rivanna in a canoe The
river was somewhat swollen and some
ice running. After passing the middle
Of the stream the canoe turned over.
Two of the young ladies chung to the
boat and the other was washed down
by the current and drowned. The
fiddler mounted astride the canoe, and
as the paddle was lost, used his fiddle
to propel the canoe 10 the bank, and
by that means they were saved. Co
lumbia Bulletin.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING.
Al the Academy Of Music. Mes Orleans,
tuesday. April IS 1890.
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000.

100000 Tickets ut Twenty Dollars
Each; Halves SO 90; Quarters IS;
Tenths 81; Twen,ieths 81.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
Unknown Parts Of the Unitsd states.

The natives Of northern Alaska no.
port that further north IL another
land, not down on the maps-an In.
habited land with a comparatively
mild climate.
In the new state Of Washington
there is an unknown land Of $500
square miles. This land IL shut in BY
the Olympic mountains, and Indian
traditions say that Il IL inhahtted BY q
very fierce tribe, which none Of jhs
qoast tribes dared molsst-0oldsn
DAya
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-08
AGENTS WANTED D.
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New OrleAua, La.

..REMEMBER, that the payment Of Prizes
Is GUARANTEED BY FOtR NATIONAL
BANKS Of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
signed ~ the President Of an Institution. whose
charterted rights are recognized In the highest
Courts; therefore, beva are Of all limitations or
ANONYMOUS schemes.
ONE DOLLAR is the price Of the smallest pan
or fraction CT q Ticket Issued BY Us In any
Drawing. Anything In our name offered for less
han q Dollaris q sWindle