The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31
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OF INTEREST.

Tho Cincinnati Enquirer estimates thu
mat city is now using %, 000, OOO, COO gal
ons OF water daily. Somebody ought T.
AVE q clean shirt at that rate.
Thirty years ago scarce @ native fam;l,
existed in New Zealand but had a pleasant
trophy Of prowcss in the shape of an enc.
aay's bone worked up us n bracelet. car
ing, or fish-hook.
As the arm of tho colossal statuo of Lib.
-rty, by Bartholdi, has been placed on n
pedestal in Madison Square of this city, SC
has the head been similarly erected in the
champ de Mars, Paris. A French paper
says That Bartholdi revels in the enormous.
and Is not satisfied unless he can create
-tatues in which q whole family can live in
The ~nostrils.
Mr.. Orrcll Lever, protector of the extinct
galway American line, has a plan for reduc.
log, by nearly q third, the distance between
he mouth of the Thames and London
bridge by q canal. 1t would cost a triie of
tfty million dollars. He proposed to raise
the money by a rate of d cents in IS, and
;laims that the value of land would be i'm.
riensely increased and the business of the
port of London quadruplcd.
Hair powder WINS introduced by ballad
'ingers at the fair of st. German in 1914.
Ia the beginning of the reign of George /.
only two Indies, who consequently attracted
much attention, wore it. In 1905 it was
calculated that there were in Great Britain
$1,000 hair dressers, and, supposing each to
Use one pound Of flour a day, this would.
1t the b rates, have amounted to e1..
2i6,42l a year. Afrightful waste in stary.
ing days.
Europe will next year be divided among
Eve great powers-Germany, Russia, Aus.
ma. Great Britain, and France four of
Medium importance-Sweden, Spain, Italy.
and Turkey, thirteen small States-Nor.
way, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Switzcr.
and, Portugal, Greece, Roumania. Seryia.
bulgaria, Montenegro, Eastern Roumelia,
and probably Western Roumelia besides
three minute States-Moneco, San Marine,
and Andorrc. If no one else ~rejoices at tbs
outcome Of the Congress, the diplomat.
Gervicc viii.
The practice of a widow retaining hc-
hyperion title on her second marriage occa.
.ionally Leads TO awkward mistakes. No.
long ago n gentleman who had cspouscd a
lady with . handle TO her namo was travel
ling in the Moth, Gnd entered in the WISH
.ors' bool; ct a hctel In E6inburg Mr..
- and the Countess of -" Present.,
-%-N w IOC VIC RClIlclmH1
privately, and. On his .cquest being graft
led, scandalizcd The unfortunate bride
groom by ray ing "Ye ken, sir, / nm n
mon OF the void like yourself, and dim.
you think ycu had better inst put Mr.. an!
Mrs. -, II ia arly for the look of th,
a question vhici. i< exciting much inter-
st in the English banking world Is whether
he accounts Of tie Bank of England ought
% be periodically published. Prof. Bon.
my Price says yes, aud Mr.. Norman, q
high authority, Ia h!s. evidence before a
of the House cs Lords on com.
nercial distress In 1e4s, said that, cal
-hough the publication may have its incon-
'eniences, it is best upcl: tho whole to let
he exact truth be known" On tho other
land, Mr.. Gibbs, ex- Governcr Of the bank.
$ OF q contrary opinion. A banker is ipso
aeto disqualified to be q Governor of tho
Bank.
DR.. Favre. consulting physician of the
Paris Lyons Mediterranean Railroad, has
lrrived at the conclusion that color
blindness may arise from blows or wounds
On the head and the abuse of tobacco and
spirits. He therefore recommends that the
working staff of railroads should undergo q
periodical examination to decide their COM
There then arises the question.
now can it be determined when On employee
s threatened with the loss of his right per-
of color. inasmuch as color blind
aoss may come on suddenly. The plan sug-
sested to obviate this is to attach to loco
q frame containing pieces of red
md green glass, with the color inscribed
over them, through which the driver can
A house costing over 81 900, 900 had been
nearly completed by Mark Hopkins, in San
Francisco, at the time of his death. II
stands conspicuously on Knob Hill, is of
Gothic architecture, and is sur
by beautiful grounds. 1t contains
q large mount of elaborate woodwork and
frescoing, and the rooms are very spacious.
A large conservatory, with glass walls and
roof, a marble basin for lilies, and room for
q great variety of plants, is attached to the
main building. The parlor has hangings of
embroidered silk, and is finished in beauti-
fully marked maple. A hall for pictures
and social gatherings is eighty-two by
twenty-five feet in size, with a height of
forty-ive feet, the roof being supported by
carved beams.
The Americans have gained n worldwide
celebrity as first class marksmen. One of
the most active and influential gentleman
known to the target and sporting fraternity
IS Major Henry Fulton, the noted rifleman
and Captain of the victorious American
of 1876. No one has lone more to
encourage and inspire the American youth
10 learn to become good ,narssmen than the
Major. In fact good shooting has become
with us q national pride, md in case of
war, we, as a people, would nave no equal
on the face of tho Globe. Major Fulton,
whom We regard as head of the list, Is Of
the firm of Fowler 6 Fulton, of this city,
manufacturers of, and dealers in, the best
guns mt rifles in use. We are
proud to note the rapid progress made in
the art of fine shooting. IS u sport, it il
strong hold it has taken. ~. Y. Co,an:er.
cidl.
Tho resumption of work on tho Hudson
river tunnel is speedily expected, and will
afford employment for u large number Of
laborers. At present the enterprise hat
progressed no further than the sinking OF II
shaft ut the foot of Fifteenth Street, Jcr
acy City.
Tho tunnel will run principally through
tough mud until it reaches the New York
ohorc, when rocks will be encountered 70,
. distance of about 400 feet, after which
sand abounds. The extreme grade will be
two feet to the hundred descending from
Jersey City, and three feet to the hundred
ascending to New York, for 1900 feet, the
remainder of the route being two feet to
the hundred. The greatest depth. Of the
river at low water is sixty-two feet, and
the roof of the tunnel will be twenty feet
below the river bed at this point. The
tunnel, when completed, will be a trife
over four miles in length. Three gangs Of
men will work continuously day and night,
commencing IN the Jersey side. 1t is esti-
mnted that the constrncfion uin onnnna.