The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-16
SELECTED MIsCELLANY.

n lllie 10y Called al one OF the HART
ford banks on Christmas morning, and,
standing on tiptoe. SO that he could
just look over the counter, said: tWish
you a merry Christmasl',
The bank officer to whom it was ad
dressed. having been greeted thus about
six dozen times in the last half hour
paid no attention. But, noticing that
the little fellow still stood his ground
as if expecting something, the bank
man said:
swell. sonny, what is it?"
"Wish you a merry Christmasl'' said
the lad.
oh, well. l wish you a happy New
Year. And that makes us about square,
don't it?" answered the bank man.
This was a set back to the boy, who
stood for a full minute evidently trying
to collect his thoughts. Finally thelittle
boys eye frightened as though a happy
thought struck him, and he said:
sinister, you wished me a happy New
Year, - and reaching over the counter
as far as his little arm could reach con-
tinued:
And here's a penny for you."
lie dropped the coin and ran out of
the bank as fast as his legs could carry
him believing that he had done the
proper thing.
James Stephenson, sometimes called
"Modoc JIM" is "A member of the
Omaha Common Council, whose over
towering interest in certain city
contracts declared by the Supreme
Court of Nebraska to be illegal, has
secured for him a sound thrashing and
probably expulsion from the board.
Stephenson got up in meeting on Mon
day last and outrageously abused the
members of the Supreme Court. When
demonstrated with by the president, J.
E. Boyd, Stephenson applied vile cpl
thets to him and charged that be had
been bribed. MI. Boyd threw off his
coat, saying, "No man can charge me
with dishonesty or doubt myveracityand
live" and he advanced on Stephenson,
whom he threw to the floor. Stephen
son said he wanted to explain. Mr..
Boyd yelled 81 wait no explanation.
Do you charge me with dishonesty?
Yes or no is all l want" Stephenson,
cried out no, when Boyd released him
and ~apologized to the council for his
part in the affair. Stephenson has
been asked to resign and may be called
to account for his language in regard to
the Supreme Court, that body having
power to fine and imprison him for
contempt.
A Nihilist prisoner, who was recently
being conveyed from Kieff to Odessa to
undergo trial by court martial. con-
trived to communicate with two lady
friends and to arrange a plan of escape.
He was in the custody of two gendarmes
who sat m on either side of him and,
as usual in such cases, had attached
themselves with chainsto the prisoners
manacles. Soon after leaving Kieff
| two ladies entered the next compart-
ment, and having in course of time
received permission to enter the part of
Of the carriage occupied by the gend-
armes,, proceeded to regale the latter
with some dainties from q travelling
bag. The ladies were not only gene
rous but convivial also. They sang
as well as ate, and smoked cigarettes
as well as qYaffed tiny goblets of vodky.
Towards evening a tumbler of tea was
proposed at one of the minor stations,
and the entire party with the exception
of the prisoner partook of the cheering
beverage. The gendarmes Immediately
afterwards fell sound asleep. In this
tate they remained several hours, when
the train having reached the station Of
Veni sta, the guard went to the dool
and examine the sleepers' tickets
Touching the prisoners coat sleeve
the official was astonished to find hin
only a garment partly sustained by az
inside wrap to represent a person SUM
in slumber. Alarmed, he shook the
drugged gendarmes until he got then
both awake. The prisoner had slipped
his chains and his travelling coat ant
hat and disappeared from the scent
with his two confederates.