The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-27

Melbourne. Australia, consists of 424
members. twenty-one Of whom repre-
sent ths United States.
California vine-growers say that the
wines produced in that state will ere
long drive French wines out of tho mar
ket in the Eastern states.
English sporting papers are full of
advertisements from gentlemen giving
up game preserving who nre anxious TO
lind places for their g~amekeepers.
A cotton fair is to be held in Atlanta.
Ga. nex October. at which the raw
material and the various machines used
in its cultivation and manufacture will
be exhibited.
A school for teaching clambermaids
and other house servants has been es-
tablished at Milan; SO far II has worked
very smoothly. and Milanese house,
keepers have high hopes OF the future.
Canada is determined to keep prize
fighters from crossing the line TO have
out their ''mills. and the Ottawa house
Of commons has erected n 800 fine and
imprisonment as a barrier.
A Paris manufacturer claims TO have
discovered process for substituting the
leaves of the eucalyptus tree. which in
burning emit n delicious perfume, for
tobacco leaves in making cigars.
An English authority says that reform
Is much needed in the American rail-
way system ms respects safety. speed.
and punctuality. Strengthening the
lines and building them better, he
thinks. would yield the desired results,
One Of the most celebrated authors Of
Paris Is thus viewed by his barber:
He comes here nearly every day. He
likes to look well. but as for brains,
judge for yourself. He might enjoy
my conversation; he prefers to read
the paper
Some Of the citizens of Boston arc
complaining that certain non-residents
are trying to secure . charter for an
elevated railroad in that city, not in
The interests Of the city, but wholly in
the expectation Of large pecuniary
gains to themselves.
An Italian offered to bet a German in
st. Louis $40 that the latter could not
drink ten schooners Of beer without
stopping. The bet was accepted and
the beer duly drank. but half an hour
later the fatherland had lost n Of its
children.
A heartless Montreal landlord turned
. man, his wife, and seven children
into the street when the thermometer
was 10 degrees below zero. The victim
was a recently arrived Englishman,
unable to get aplace and robbed of his
usual income by the failure Of a creditor
in England.
The Colorado (Tex.) Citizen has dis
covered another Of the signers Of the
Texas declaration Of independence-W.
b. Scates. nearly 80 years old. and still
able to do light work on his farm. Mr..
Scates thinks that besides DIR. G. Is.
Stewart, another still lives in the per-
son Of John w. Blunt, Of San Angus
tine.
Frost seems TO have no effect on Paris
duellists. Paul do Braulien and Viscount
Maiden settling q difficulty with swords
recently when the centigrade ther-
mometer registered IL degrees below
zero. They fought in their shirt sleeves,
TOO. and Maiden got hit in his right
shoulder before their 'honah'' was sat
ls6ed.
Lord Campbell fell in love for the
first time at Al, and though rejected,
wrote TO q friend: II can only say, with
Gibbon, that / feel dearer to myself for
having been capable of this elegant and
refined passion" How much more
should the Baroness Burdett-Co utts be
pleased with her romantic self, asks tho
Toronto Globe.
The North Carolina legislature ba,
passed bill providing for tho publica-
ton OF o roll Of the North Carolina
troops In tho late war. The duty Of
collecting the names has been delcgaf-
Cd TO Major Moore, the historian. In
addition to this work he will add other
facts descriptive Of the movements Of
psch regiment during the RAJ
In forty years the imports OF British
India have risen from the value of eight
millions sterling to that of fifty-three
millions. The exports have advanced
from twelve to- sixty-seven millions
sterling. The imports from the United
Kingdom are valued at thirty millions
sterling per annum. The exports
amount to t~wenty-eight millions.
In the Lipp-Schaumburg forest at
Turbs, in Hungary, n peculiar animal
was recently shot, which was at first
supposed to DO a very powerful fox,
The Vienna biologists, however, have
shown that it is cross between a wolf
AM n fox. Its form Is that of a fox.
but 1t has the color of n wolf.
A woman died in the medical college
hospital at Nashville. Tenn, recently,
who is said to have twice enlisted in the
regular army during the war. and TO
have served for some months each time
before her sex was discovered. Hor
name was Jennie Robinson. but she was
more familiariy known as SOLDIERS
Charley"
The following are tho principal items
in tho permanent property in the city
of Paris: Churches. synaaogues and
other places of worship. 202, l7S. l34f. I;
cemeteries. 30. 569. S46f. theatres, H.
13O. 064f.; parks, squares. and nurser-
les. 272. sos. 03lf.; statues and foun.
tains, 3.233. 705f. The total value OF
the property Of the city is 1869, 62S,-
S79f,
Stillmann b. Allen. Of Boston, has
just distributed $500 in prizes to Maine
boys under IL years of age who have
raised the most Indian corn on one
eighth of an acre in the past season.
More than six hundred boys in all parts
Of the State competed, and the first
prize, 5000, was awarded 10 Frank F..
Small. Of Stockton, who raised 8, 246
pounds. sgf.H " M
Three islands in the Hudson. near
Albany, known as Hillhouse island,
Draker island, and Island Park, and