The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-30
Personal AND PARTICULAR.

Qteen Victoria has just passed her
Cad birthday.
Mrs. Gov. sprague has left Washing.
ton for her summer residence nj Edge
wood.
Ex-Minister stoughton thinks that
Russia, during the last hundred years,
has been the great champion Of Christ.
endOm.
When Mr.. Hayes retires to Fremont
Ohio, he will settle down for life. There
will, he says, be M wine given to guests
at his house.
Prof. Felix Adler. the well known
Jewish ethical philosopher. was married
recently Ia Brooklyn, n. Y.
MIR. Horatio Seymour, in declining an
invitation Ia speak at the Suffolk coun-
ty fair, writes that she is getting too
old to travel as he once did"
Friends of Gov. Wilt, of I~ouisiana,
have paid $4,000 for a house in New
Orleans, and will present 1t to his wife.
One Of the number gave 50, 200.
DIR. Wagner and Herr Wilhelm are
gravely ehronicled rs giving each other
a kiss Of greeting before an astonished
audience at the Albert Hall, London.
Judge Cation has got back from his
trip to Japan as far as San Francisco,
where, at last accounts, he was detained
ON account Of the serious illness of Mrs
Cation.
An English physician has carefully
noted the effects Of oatmeal on the hu-
nan system. and he says that ii makes
people cross, stingy, jealous and sour
tempered.
Prof. Shaler treats In the Atlantic Of
the future Of the mining OF precious
metals on the American continent. He
predicts a vast increase In the produc-
ton of the precious metals; that Of sill
yer to he the more important, that Of
gold 70 be the more steady.
Benz. p. Cherry, OF Boston, a mem
Der Of the United States & Canada Ex-
press company, has paid into the treas
ury of Dartmouth college $4,000 by
his check. OF this, it Is understo cd
that $4,000 will be devoted TO found
ing n Cheney pr~ofessorship OF mathe-
matics.
Mrs. Tyler, widow of the ex-presi-
dent, lives at Sherwood Forest, the
Tyler estate, on James river, not hav.
ing retired, rs was reported, to a con-
vent nor to the Louise Home. Her
daughter, her little grand daughter and
herself have all been received into the
Catholic church.
Joseph Seligman's bequest FOR chart
table purposes is characterized by the
hberality and tolerance which he dis
played during his lifetime. He gives
5000 to the Society for Ethical Gull
ture, OF which he was president, and
$4,000 to be distributed by his execu-
tors among such charitable, benevolent
and educational institutions rs they
shall think best, without regard TO
creed, race or religion"
Mr.. Henry G. Vennor comes forward
again with his direful prophecies of
storms, heat, cold, etc. His letter is
dated at Montreal, May Is, and in 1t he
says: 81 believe that June will be IN
intensely hot month, on the whole, but
the end Of the present month, and prob
ably the first Of June,' will be fall like,
with frosts again. July will be q terri
BILE month for storms, with terms Of in.
tense heat, but another fall like relapse,
with frosts, will, in all likelihood. occur
a few days before the Goth.
Mtesa, monarch Of n wide region in
Africa, OF which Stanley has much to
say in his book, has sent six black en-
voys to London, with the African kings
compliments to Queen Victoria, re-
questihg her to express TO them her de-
sire as to the status OF missionaries in
his kingdom. The ENJOYS also have Or
ders to request a supply Of rum and
rifles, and, rs an inducement to their
request being granted, to announce
their masters wish 10 embrace the
Christian religion, provided he is per-
mitted to retain the worship OF his idols
the great snake, the lord lion and the
great elephant.
John Williams. merchant, of Rut-
ledge, Ga, sued q desperate. The de-
PENDANT entered the store In a furious
passion, held out the in one
hand, clutched a long knife in the other.
and said, civilians, have you sued
mep" Williams knew that an immed-
late "Yes" would make him lure of n
stab. "Let me get my spectacles SO
that / can read the paper" he said. He
went behind the counter and came back,
not with his glasses, but with an ax
across his shoulder. Eyes" he said,
81 have sued you" "All right" re-
piled the desperate, 81 gness I'll pay
the bill.n