The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-07
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Suppose we pass q law" said q sever,
father to his daughters, THAT no girl Il
years old v a cook shall gel marriel
untl she arms how to do itf" why,
then, we'o NIL get married at r. !" responded
the girls in a sweet chorus.
The prairie grouse is gradually followips
the progress Of the railroads from the Ne
brnska prairies westward. CALIFORNIA; eft.
Tort to introduce IND acclimate them Ia,
The Sheriff of Knoxville, Tenn. sum
mons white juries and black juries, but
never mixed %iuries. The colorsd people Of
the city insist that the law commands thu
latter.
a wild Texan boarded the train at For.
Worth for Dallas. It WA his first ride on
tae cars, and as the conductor reached i,
his hip pocket for his punch, the sharp eye
OF the Texan caught o glimpse of its pol.
ished handle. and quick as thought he lev.
elled a navy six on the conductor, saying
Put 'er up, or I'll blow daylight through
you. No man can get the drop on me"
The Queens speech, consisting of eiuh,
hundred words, wa telegraphed to Russia
in seven minutes after its reading, and con.
sumed % minutes and 10 seconds in deliv-
cry ut the Cars palace. To Alexandria.
Egypt, 1t was conveyed in 80 minutes and
20 seconds, to C~onstantinople in 40, while
Paris and Berlin had it in IA minutes. New
York received it in 81 minutes after il wa,
read hin Parliament, and before the British
papers knew its tenor.
The most remarkable railroad accident on
record happened not long ago on the North.
western road between London and Liver.
pool. A man and his wife were travelling
in a compartment alone. when, the train
going at the rate of sixty miles an hour, an
iron rail projecting from a car on a sid
track cut into the carriage and took the
head of the woman clear off and rolled IL
into the husbands lap. He subsequently
sued the company for damages, and created
great surprise in court by giving his age rs
thirty-six years, although his hair was snow
white. 1t had been turned from Jet black
by the horror of that event.
The new Silver law provides that the new
silver dollars shall be issued at the rate of
not less than 81, 900, 600 or more thar
$4,000, 900 n month, and the mints, run.
ming at their full capacity, can turn out.
$500, 600, a month.
In the year 141S a few rabbits were born
on a Spanish ship and put on the island Of
Porto Santor. There were no beasts OF
prey there, and these little animals increased
40 enormously as to become a pest to the
SSNhNys anu nptl u colony TO remove
from it. They are still there, but in the
course of $50 years, they nave become a
:" species" They have a peculiar color, u
rat like shape, are small in size, live a
nocturnal life and are of extreme wildness,
And now they refuse even to pair with the
European form from which they arose.
London Quarterly Reriee.
1t is said that the Mormons have ty.
hundred workmen employed in building a
magnificent temple on the summit Of n high
mountain at Manti, in Utah, and it will not
be completed under four years. They are
not to be blamed for building as near heaven
as they can, for with each dozen or two of
wives and a like number Of mothers in law,
to say nothing about n whole gross or 30 Of
children, and other rapturous appliances,
their homes need nothing but altitude TO
render them rs good a heaven as-well, az
good a heaven as they deserve, to say the
least Of them - Courier Journal.