The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-16

PERSONAL roINr.
Gen. Garfield arrived in Washington
yesterday.
Gen. Gordon will 90 to China instead
Of Zanzibar.
Sir Garnet wolseley rode $40 miles in
three days In South Africa
Senator Woodin calls Grant and
Blaine scyila and Charybdis-
c. s. Morey, the well known Denver
merchant. came mp yesterday and went
east.
C. +. Annett, esq, returned yester-
day from \ several days visit 10 Lead
willie.
II. Ismay, agent Of the White Star
line, was an east bound passenger yes
terday.
A. Adamsky went down to Sidney
yesterday TO spend n few days with his.
friends.
The Duke OF Edinburgh before play
ing his violin puts rosin on the strings
as well rs on the bow.
Horatio Seymour will address the
young ladies ut Wells college next week
at the commencement.
w. b. williams and bride arrived
from Brooklyn yesterday and have ta-
ken rooms at the Union Pacific.
Col. French was the defendant In a
civil suit in court yesterday and pleaded
his own Cause. He made a very good
showing.
At Dyer's: II. 7. Bowman, Omaha;
G. II. Harvey. Robt. Smith, Chicago;
b. W. Harvey, Bushnell; W. c. Mohar,
w. A. Robinson, st.
At the Inter Ocean: N. Ryan, jr.,
Oregon; A. o. Mather, Albany; w. j.
Robinson, Denver; Jno. S. McCool, Tie
| Siding; d. X. Houty, Philadelphia; c.
r. Durfer, Omaha; J. ii. Sparks;
London, Eng; J.. S. Billiard, Iowa;
Colonel Sidney W. Cooper, Of Mil
waukee, Wis, is out in a card reafirm-
ing the statement that he BACKED the
eye Of Senator Thomas W. Ferry.
Gen. Garfield dates back to Welsh
ancestry, OF Garfylin. He win preside
ut the Scranton Eisteddfod just rs II
nothing had happened at Chicago.
Hon. Henry b. Payne, Of Ohio, who
Is spoken OF by somebody Is 4 possible
democratic candidate for the presiden-
cy. is a strong personal friend Of Gen.
Garfield.
Colonel 0rdway, the new governor of
Dakota, Is an exceedingly tall person,
broad shouldered and handsome, with
iron-gray hair and beard, n pair Of soft,
kindly, black eyes, and a frank smile.
Gen. Garfield was an omnivorous
reader when a child, and retained and
digested everything In the way OF books.
He is said, when a little boy, to have
greatly bothered ill-informed school
teachers by his questions.
Gen. Chester A. Arthur, by his
marriage with the daughter Of Lieuten-
ant Hernon, u. S. N, Of Fredericks-
burg, Virginia, is connected with sew
eral Of the F. F. ", and has therefore
some influence In the south.
Said a reporter to General Butler in
San Francisco: ~ wish you would
favor me with your opinion as n lawyer
on q certain subject. What do you
think Of the evidence In the Whitaker
case?" Giving the well-chewed end Of
his unlighted cigar IN extra roll, and
dropping his sinister eyelid, the general
looked at tho questioner with n senten-
tious glance and replied: II think he
bit his own earl"
Philadelphia Times: General Grant
is represented by the Chicago Inter
Ocean as having remarked that he Is
"prouder Of that roll Of honor than II
he had been nominated president" II
General Grant said such n thing, he
allowed his gratitude to get the better
Of his logic. It isn't natural for n man
to be prouder Of 500 votes (which made
mp the "roll Of honor"9 than OF $40
votes, which would have secured the
coveted prize.
E. p. Williams, ayoung cclored man,
several years ago was run over by n
train and lost both arms near the shout
der. He has learned to write by hold
ing n pencil between his teeth. He
writes rapidly, and is now a census