The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-10
GLEANINGS.

IHt hIbiHy EN'HlIp JDuEllIl Col-
fesses itself d~emoralizcd because, Mt n
recent public sale in New York city,
Tom Iainc's autograph brought $50,
and Bishop James only twenty five
cents.
An Iowa hog has two hearts that beat
as one. lie wa killed, and there were
the two hearts SiaInescd together. Tie
old farmer must then have remembered
that the old parker was always a
''hearty" beast.
When Mr.. ID. II. Locke petroleum
V. Nasby) used to go into his Toledo
Blade editorial rooms and Ego for" the
boys with neglcctful of duty, tl.ey
would stoically speak of the affair as
"another attack of Lock-jaw."
Mr.. John ID. Stockton, of the New
York Herald editorial staff, died in
New York city night before last, after
Il severe illness of two weeks. lie lad
been nearly blind for four years, but
continued his work until his last sick
ness set in.
Being asked whether the expression
Come ont from under the table" is
correct, the Hawk-Eye prefers the form
''come out from in under the table, "On
account of the plenitude of propositions.
Would not come on off from out in
under the table" he better yct.lNew
York Graphic.
Mr.. Dore Lyon, of New York, has
granted his wife, Kate Claxtnn, Il
divorce. There was nothing against
Mr.. Lyon, but kate's heart had fired
with love for another, aud Mr.. Lyon
concluded that tn best way to put out
the conilagratiun WAS 10 let the com
bustible actress have an escape from
him.
Mr.. Henry Octray, of Gaines, Mich,
has received official information tlrat
the French Claims Commission has
awarded him and Peter Detray
10000 900 francs for property %conlisca-
ted by the Government in 1915. Peter
is the grandfather of Henry, and gets
one-fourth of the whole sum which
amounts in our way of reckoning to
about $4,000, 600.
The beautiful work of the Flower
Mission in various cities has closed with
advent of Winter. The one in Chicago
has collected and distributed with fair
hands over 10000 bouquets, and hun
dreds of thousand of pretty posies in
loose packages, among the sick of the
hospitals and the worse than sick of
prisons. What tenderer tribute could
there be from the fortunate of this
world to the unfortunately
MI. b, p. Shillabcr Mother Part
ington), who is old and not over-comfor-
tably situated rs regards finances, a
II IL he sees now that he might have
got rich out of his lectures had he
obeyed Artemus Ward, who wrote him
from Cleveland: ''Come out like an
old woman and you will carry the
town." 1t seems that the public de-
manded not Mr.. Shillabcr, but a re-
presentation of his great character
itself-"Mother ~Partington," gown,
cap, cape, knitting-sheath, spectacles
and all, with Ike by her side.
DIR. Paul F. Eve, Il distinguished
surgeon, died in Nashville, last Satur-
day, at the age of II years. He had
gone to see Il patient, and in the act of
sitting down dropped dead. He has a
high reputation both in America and
Europe. He served in the Polish revo-
luton of 1881, and received the golden
cross OF honor. Since that time he has
been connected with some of the most
prominent medical institutions of our
country, and editorially with profess
ional journalism. He was President of
the American Medical Association in
1857, and Mt his death Professor of
Operative Surgery in the Nashville
Medical College. He will be buried in
Augusta, Ga.
huiitiiS expedition Is
being organized in New York city, for
the purpose of searching for the wreck
OF the San Pedro Alcantara, a Spanish
man-of-war, which burned and sank off
the coast of Venezuela, S. A., in the
year 1916. The amount of treasure on
the vessel at the time of its loss is put
ut SG,O0O,0 900. 1t is reported that a
portion of the specie has been recovered
by previous expeditions, but the great
bIlk of the precious cargo lies buried
beneath wave and sand. One Captain
j. II. Follingby, who is ut the head of
the schem has obtained the consent
of the Venezuelan Government to search
for the treasure, and is quite confident
he will be successful in his efforts to re-
cover it. He is to pay to Venezuela 5
per cent. on the amount he may be able
to secure.
The Foe of Pam.
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