The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-30
SELECTED M-uscELLAxY.

He who seeks a nomination for Office
and finds it not, Is like unto that man
who attempts TO sit on a chair that has
been suddenly jerked away.-Haokensae
Republican.
The papers make y great bother
about the number Of people who escape
at a railroad accidentS-BostOR TraRs-
eript.
He handed her the plate so that she
had TO take the hot end, and thought it
a good joke, laughed until his sides
shook. She laughed, too. and then
broke the plate over his head Moral
Practical jokers are always funny, until
the perpetrator Observation-Disclosures
Item.
"Any good-shootins on your farmr"
asked the hunter Of a farmer. s.Splen-
did, replied the agriculturist; ''there,s
a driye-well man down in the clo-
yer meadow, a cloth peddler at the
house. a candidate out in the barn, and
two trampo down In the stock yard.
Climb right v the fence, young
man, load both barrels and sail in.-
Hankege.
Philadelphia has had for years on its
fashionable avenue. n street beggar who
wears spectacles and clean shirts, and
conducts his profession in seven langua-
ges. On Saturday last when he accost-
ed an old gentleman on Chestnut street
and would not be ''blufed of" he
was reported To the police and
arrested. He had over 80 in his pock-
cts.
The Russian Car has had a relapse,
and symptoms Of apoplexy have return
ed. The members Of his family are
Fastening to Livadia. He is reported
to be also threatened with blindness
and it is said that all state papers for n
long time previous to the Melikoff die
t~atorship, were printed in the largest
type. TO enable the Gar to read them
before afixing his signature.
That merry monarch, King Thee
Baw, Of Burmah, being in the way TO
be assassinated, the English are now
h~esitating whom TO support for the
succession-Nyoong Yam, who is the
eldest living prince Of the pure blood
royal, Is popular with the Burmese, and
is = pious and goodly man, or
the Mingoon Mintha, who tried to kill
his father and TO burn the people who
tried to save Ms life.
The trombcne-player Of the orchestra
at the Bijou Opera house, New York,
the other evening distinguished him
self by jumping upon the stage and ex-
t~inguishing the flames which were rap
idly consuming a sliding curtain, which
had caught from the footlights. The
audience became very excited, and a
panic was only prevented by the prompt
action Of the trombone" Incidental
ly 1t might be remarked that Kate
Cla&ton was playing the leading role.
There is a family in st. Louis, named
Boogher, who claim to be descendants
of William Richardson, who was a
companion Of William Penn, and who
originally owned about $50 acres Of
what is now the city of Baltimore. This
land was leased, 1t is claimed, for nine
ty-nine years, and the leases having
expired, the st. Louis Booghers assert
that they are entitled to the property,
and arc going to law about 1t. The
property is valued at $50, 900, 900.
Hon. James Russell Lowell, our min
istor to England, leaves London next
week to visit the Duke Of Argyll at In
yerary castle, whence he will go to
Edinburgh TO lecture, on the 9Th Of
November, before the Philosophical in
stitute. During the Edinburgh visit he
will be the guest Of Mr.. Findlay, chief
proprietor OF the Scotsman. November
9th he accepts a public dinner, at which
Scotch notabilities will DO
among the guests. Mrs. Lowell has
been residing in London during tho last
three months, and her health is steadily
improving. Mr.. Lowell has also &C
cepted IN invitation to the Guildhall
dinnsr " her Majesty's ministers, on
November 9th.