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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1878
Page
9
A broad roundup notes faster trotting times may arrive at two minutes, reports 52 000 Paris expo exhibitors with 29 000 prize recipients, and cites mixed views on the Paris fair's success. It also covers Washington and international notes on politics, yellow fever, and secession tensions in British Columbia.
Washington reports a noticeable rise in requests for the standard silver dollar since a late circular offered exchanges for currency through designated depositories. The notice indicates increased public interest in converting silver coins to currency through official channels.
Rev. D. H. Hayden, pastor of the Methodist Church at South Madison Connecticut, has been arrested on a murder charge in the Mary E. Stannard case at Rockland. He pleaded not guilty at a magistrate hearing held today and the hearing was postponed until Monday.
In New York on September 7 Mary Phillips, 20, admitted to Jersey City authorities that she killed her five month old child to ease her means of living. She was jailed and an inquest held.
The Union drydock works accident caused the derrick to fall killing Casper Ovitch and fatally injuring two others while injuring three more. In New York on September 10 Michael Tobin, a soldier at West Point convicted of murdering a comrade named Alvers, was reprieved by President Hayes until September 26.
Pennsylvania report from Pottsville states Mollie Maguires Manley and Moon were arrested at Maizeville for the ten year old murder of Patrick Stanton in Danesville now Maharey Plane.
A Mt Vernon dispatch reports James Ash aged 100 years and eight months died in that city today after being in vigorous health until shortly before death.
In Chicago on September 7 the sweep stake hand engine event awarded New Peoria No 6 first prize of 209 dollars after an 800 yard run and a 1 minute 12 second setup. Quincy took second. Steam tire engine trials followed with 350, 200 and 100 dollar prizes as crews demonstrated salvage skills. A self propeller from Chicago logged 2:58 for a mile, while George Geise of Chicago was injured scaling a roof after a rotten board gave way.
Judge Fisher of the US circuit court at Kansas granted an injunction delaying further prosecution of a Douglas county Kansas foreclosure suit on the income mortgage of the Kansas Pacific rail road. The Kansas Pacific railway company’s petition to remove a receiver was postponed to be heard by Justice Miller in Washington in October.
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Madison reports the president delivered a midnight address to a gathered crowd at Lake City while the rest of the party rested. The president leads in handshakes and public engagement as the campaign trail continues.
Tennessee dated Nashville reports Pickney Bell a white man in Murfreesboro jail was taken out and lynched tonight for killing a Rutherford County constable who tried to arrest him.
Sheriff Kerber reports deputy arrested Antonio Alizares, a penitentiary fugitive indicted for murder of Judge Howard and others, and placed him in San Elizario jail. Mexicans from across the river rescued him the same night.
Telegraphed dispatches describe Austrian victories against insurgents near Tuzla Gracanica and Biha as well as heavy casualties in the August engagement. Mehemet Ali Pasha was massacred by Albanians near Scutari while Ottoman officials face political tensions in Paris and Belgrade as insurgents fortify riverside positions.
Renomination of Hon. Samuel J. Randall for Congress in the Third district reported from Philadelphia. Paris notes receipts of the exposition entrance fees totaling 7,412,229 francs with 1,445,384 francs noted. A colored man, Jos Dickson, killed John Smith who refused his daughter. murderer jailed. A Raleigh court sentence for Henderson Alfred to be hanged in October for Sheriff Passmore’s 1876 murder. Fractional currency outstanding at 16,361,000 dollars. treasury applications seek 70,000 silver dollars. Concord NH GOP convention selects officers and ballots for governor with Nat Head nominated. Over six hundred Prince Alice disaster victims recovered. many identified, eight-three unidentifiable buried at Woolwich. Vienna reports General Zagreat froready.
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