The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-03
AGIeCELLANHoUD.

A pawn Ahop on the Bowery exhibits .
coin 1900 years old. It ia safely placed
among the unredeemed pledges.
Somebody says of Golden, that from hh
childhood he had hated a soldier, disliked .
lord and loved an American.
knowledge Is Power."-Policeman: Nov
then, move on there's nothing the matter. /"
Boy in crowd: ''Yer needn' { tell us that /;
you wouldn't be here II there was"
Look here, Pete" said q knowing darkey,
don't stand dar on de railroad"
why, Joe Z"
'Kase, If de cars see dat mouf Of yours,
they link 1t am dc depot, and run right in"
Mr.. Charles Young, Q son Of the late
Brigham Young, has settled In Pinckney.
Mich, and begun the practice of the law.
He was graduated from the law department Of
Michigan University.
The Lorillards pierre and George ara
the richest tobacconists In the world, and
form the oldest house In America. They are
which brings them annually q fortune. Their
ancestors founded this trade.
The late E. L Davenport, during his
INST visit to Rochester, commented upon tbs
beauty of the city. and made this prophetic
ia . ~ IL u SAtyt h12 =
pleasant city, but I doubt il l shall ever see II
again"
The Joshua fiewes whose ravestone wal
found under tie post-ofice extension fgures
after this fashion IN the Massachusetts, couri
records October, 1886; Josiah Huyes
hath forfeit IS for knyves, and 4s Cd for q
sythe, which hee solde for above Id In the
shilling profitt."
1t was the dying wish of a Rhode Island
lady that her remains should no be buried.
Her husband accordingly built a stone cot.
tage on the shore of Narragansett Bay, and
itted up q room with the furniture which
they had in their parlor when they FIRST wepi
to housekeeping. The remains are in the eel.
lar, and the surviving members of the family
occasionally spend an hour in the STONE
parior.
An amusing feature of Broadway's variety
show recently was an old woman dressed In
short skirts, thick leather bonnet, driving q
two-wheeled cart, to which q yoke of oxeu
were attached. In the cart were two barrela
filed with beets and cabbages, and when il
front of TiIany's, one of the barrels tipped
over and fell out. The woman climbed down
from her seat, and taking the barrel up with
apparent ease, hoisted it into the cart, and
drove on as coolly as though she were on
some country road.
Rev. DR.. Sayers, a London preacher Of
the Gospel, is what they call "a rattling good
fellow, whom We would never suspect OF be.
ing . priest. He calls the congregation my
lads, and talk sto them with charming fam1
iarity. Recently he wound up a charity seq
mon in these words MY brethren, this is {
charity sermon I'm preaching, and I wani
rupees, mind you, ] want rupees not dirtJ
pieces Of paper In the bag, with 'Sayers, oil
cock, how are you" written on them. !
won't have III I've stood that game long
enough"
Famine in it's most appalling form has
fallen upon the dense population of Indis.
Southern India numbers some "a, OOO, OOe
souls, and of those it is estimated that one.
sixth-sayfour times the population of Masss
chusetts-must die. Cannibalism has already
appeared, and, what Is almost as bad, motheri
are found selling their children for bread.
The authorities are doing all in their power
to relieve the wants of the people, and In
England liberal subscriptions have been
made but the proportions Of the calamity
are such that but little, comparatively can b
done. A few cents worth of rice aday is all
that a native Indian requires to sustain life,
but even that LIS lacking. aud Wholesale starv.
a<ion Essms insyitahla.