The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-02
NEWS BREvIrIEs.

During the last ten years the royal
lottery has yielded the Italian govern
ment 1924. 600, 900 from l.786. 1873, 772
tickets issued.
Abe school board Of Springfield, o..
has prohibited the use of tie skipping
rope by the girl pupils. on the ground
that 1t is injurious to their health.
A1sudden increase in country drug
stores is reported from portions OF
Georgia, where n new law abolishes
bar-rooms and permits druggists and
physicians to sell liquor for medicinal
purposes.
An Eric railroad engineer always
catches his dinner as he passes his resi-
dence in Wellsburg, his wife handing
it to him AS the train goes by. and she
has missed but once in the past eight
years.
Cinnamon who fish in California
waters do not return the young fish
taken in largo numbers in their nets,
but leave them on land TO die. In this
way many of the shad planted from the
east arc being destroyed. HOLSTERS
share tho same fate.
The Italian minister of public in
struction lately appointed an ex-priest
professor in the university at Pavia. In
lis first lecture the professor told his
pupils that "belief in God and n future
lie was n myth" Though peiitioned 10
revoke his commission, the minister re-
fuses 10 do SO.
Maries the late Empress of Russia,
had a fancy for collecting prayer books,
and had a great many Of them at her
death. The late Gar distributed them
among tho various regiments at st.
Petersburg to be preserved in glass
cases In the regimental libraries.
Interesting new discoveries have, Ma
| tire says been made in Pompeii. A
house has been excavated which was in
course of construction when the terrible
catastrophe occurred. and which differs
materially from all other Pompeiian
houses In its plan.
Al tho second bal de POpera in Paris,
some young men in a box invented a
new amusement They brought with
them n life-sized doll in gold-beaters'
skin. While the music played they.
made the doll dance on the front Of the
box; when tho music ceased they laid
the doll down carefully and lavished
the most delicate attention upon 1t. +,
A genuine Amati violin, made for
Louis XIV, is now owned by the fam.
lily Of Lipinsky. in Pesth. The sides
are ornamented with aeurs de lys and
the royal arms are painted in oil on the
back. The instrument remained until
1889 in the Garde Meuble. Paris, since
which. after many changes, it fell into
The hands Of the present owners.
A New Hampshire farmer recently
agreed to sell his farm for 2 1000, but
when the day came he told the expect
ant purchaser that his wife was In hys-
terics about the trade, and he guessed
he'd have to back out" The purchas-
err complained, and finally asked how
much more would induce him to sell.
"Well." replied the thrifty son Of the
Granite State. '.give me $3.50 more. and
won let her cry"
One of the crew of q fishing vessel,
who had thrown . coffee mug in tho
lace Of q shipmate ON the high seas.
pleaded guilty before Judge Nelson, of
Boston, subject to the opinion Of the
court whether the facts in the case,
which were agreed to, constituted q
crime under the laws Of the United
States. Tho judge decided that they
lid not-in other words. that q coffee
mug is not a dangerous weapon.
The Scotch are proverbially q thrifty
race. A short time ago the traveller Of
y well-known wholesale house In Lon
don called on a Glasgow trader for the
visual annual account. With much
apology this gentleman professed his
Inability to pay. but offered o bill at
three mouths in place of the ready cash.
After some demur this "a accepted,
and the necessary document drawn up
md settled. Said the debtor; "Noo.
my laddie, that's finished. I'll discount
It for 70 IL ye weel." And the bill was
discounted. ~