The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-23

airy, is staying in Washington, with
Judge Robert b. Warden. of Ohio.
The widow of ex-President Tyler petit
tions for a pension and a bill has been
introduced in the house TO grant 1t.
Queen Victoria has ordered the cree
ton of a cross to the memory of the late
Prince Napoleon on'the spot where he
was killed.
Mrs. William B. Royal, wife Of Col
mel Royal, Third cavalry, and her
daughter, are spending the winter in
Philadelphia.
Major Edward NJ. Hayes, captain
Fifth cavalry, and Mrs. Hayes, are To-
Gated at the Hamilton house, Washing
ton, for the winter.
Gov. Mcclellan, of New Jersey, is
strongly opposed to the national militia
scheme. He discouraged it in his an
nual message to the legislature.
Major General Chamberlain, who
commands the Maine militia, and just
at present a prominent Official in the
state, is the officer who was designated
by Gen. Grant to accept Gen. Lees
surrender.
Gen. and Mrs. Sherman give ume
Gus dancing parties to their young
friends. And they do say that the old
general loves to revolve in the giddy
waltz with the prettiest and plumpist
of the young ladies.
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, writing In
tie Philadelphia Times, on Early's ex-
petition against Washington city in
1864, gives the credit of his being thwart-
ed in his purpose to John w. Garret,
president of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Second Lieutenant j. Hansell French
Ninth cavalry, who was killed in Major
Morrow's fight with Victories band of
Apaches in the San Mateo Mountains,
New Mexico, was a native of Penn
~sylvania and a graduate of the Military
Academy in 1874.
n llililldi1 blOth-hOdoC AZ ~ 1iNtt"
ed at Erie, Penn, over the spot where
General Anthony Wayne was buried,
similar to the one in which he died. Its
second story is already nearly complet-
ed and ready for the roof, upon which
a flagstaff forty feet in height will be
reared.
The many friends of Captain Thomas
Brent, retired, formerly of the Third
U. S. cavalry, will regret to hear that
he is almost hopelessly confined to his
rooms, on Lafayette Square, with
''creeking paralysis" In this most
dreadful afliction he is constantly at
tended by his devoted wife.
The house now in process of building
for Mrs. Emory, wife of Lieutenant
Emory, U. S. Navy, is pronounced n
of the most perfect in its appointments
in the city. 1t is said that the BAN
nisters of bronze were cast in Berlin,
the tiles painted in Sevres and Dresden,
and the mantels all cut in Italy. The
rumor that the house is offered for sale
at forty thousand dollars is too absurd
to contradict.-A. 6N. Register.
General Miles on New Years day
secured the acquittal of John Brugier,
the famous scout, who has been on
trial at Fargo, Dakota, for the murder
of John MCGEE. General Miles said in
his testimony: Through Brugier's per-
sonal information to mt a junction of
the forces of Crazy Horse and Sitting
Bull, in January, III, was prevented"
The announcement Of the acquittal was
received with rounds of applause, and
Brugier was borne from the court room
on the shoulders of friends. Brugier,
who is a half-breed, has been a sort of
hero all over the northwest for ten years
or more. His wife is said to be a wo-
man of unusal beauty.-A. & NJ. Jour
nal.
Mr.. J. B. Bachelor, in his lecture
at Buffalo the other evening, said he
was approached in Washington n
day recently by a congressman, who
held a high place in the confederate
service, and asked where Gen Reynolds
fell at Gettysburg-the exact spot. The
colonel pointed out out on the map the
place where the bravest of the brave
took the instantly fatal bullet, and the
congressman's face at once lighted up.
s.Thank God" said the congressman,
''you have removed the skeleton from
my closet. 1 have always feared that.I
caused that noble soldiers death, but |
know that that the incident which has
given me so much remorse did not &C.
cur in that part Of the battlefield. |
saw a Union officer in the midst OF the
conflict pick up the colors of his regi-
ment, endeavoring to encourage his
men. 1 ordered a sharpshooter near me
to pick the officer off, and a moment
later he went down." 'sIn a pleasant
office on 9Th street, in Philadelphia"
replied Mr.. b., ''you will find that same
officer. His horse fell, but he was not
Injured"
Lieutenant George F. Chase, Third
cavalry, arrived here last Monday on
two months leave, but has gone to New
York to spend a week before going to
Cincinnati. Lieutenant Chase, who
oraduated in 1871 has since served al