The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-23
ALL SORTS.

The leader of the classes at Vassar
College is q Japanese girl. She is from
he elite OF japanese society, and IL
10Th stylish and popular.
Hank Monk, . man who had much to
10 with the education of Horace Gree
ey. Is now regularly driving on the
tage line between Carson and Lake
Tahoe.
At Keeskemet, in Hungary. there re-
ides q Jewish couple. Nathan Spunzer
md his wife Kaferine, whose united
ages amount to PIT years. the husband
being LOG and his wife Ill years old
John Preston. born in 1888. is . farm
sr near Old Bridge, N. j., and is still in
possession Of al his faculties, works
regularly on his farm, and thinks moth
.ng Of a four-mile walk to the village.
Wives in Utah are getting scarce. and
he SANITY old magnates Of the Nor
o Church propose to ~replenish their
stock. Forty Mormon missionaries left
Tor Europe recently.
Bob Ingersoll has made $50. 900 out
OF his lecture on He'll. II there is no
such place. Robert has made O good
deal Of money out Of nothing; and il
there is. he will wish he hadn't. -Sfea-
bear5ue Herald.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio. recently.
held that words on q railroad ticket or
baggage check limiting the liability Of
the carrier to a specific amount for loss
of baggage are not binding ON q pas
senger unless with q knowledge Of such
limitation he agrees to it."
The manuscript of the valedictory
Grafton delivered at Yale by Jonathan
Edwards. when only IL years old. is
owned by a gentleman in Hartford. II
is written in Latin. in q very fine hand.
and on the back is the writer's name
traced in a large. boyish scrawl-
Emma Abbott says that she went to
several insane asylums before she found
a popular ideal for the insanity Of Lu-
cia; but where she got that kiss from
none but those who have lived on Long
Island. and have heard men treading
for soft CLAIMS at low-tide, IA tell.
The. Princess Amelia Caroline Gaspa-
rine Leopoldine Henrietta Louise Eliza
beth FRANCHISE Maximilienne of Fur
stenburg, the lady to whom James Cor
don Bennett Is reported to be engaged,
is the only daughter Of Charles Egon.
Prince Of Furstenburg, and is SO years
old
Aliyelv 4-vear-old in a Supday-school.
on hearing the question propo1ndcd by
the teacher, What kind of little boys
go to HeavenP" elevated his little fist
and vas allowed to answer. to the
amazement of all, Dead ones"
The Northern Pacific engineers are
actively engaged in making surveys
through the five Rocky Mountain passes
which lie In the path Of progress. The
one presenting the fewest engineering
difficulties viii be selected. The road
makers will be in the neighborhood oil
the mountains by fall.
Iou;s j. .Jenninos writes from Lon.
don: ''Public writer's in tho United
States have generally dealt rather harsh
ly with Mr.. Disraeli, but he always
liked Americans as much as he could
like anybody but himself. He was one
of the few men who deprecated any in
reference whatever with the great
struggle of 1875"
Conversation is a serious thing with
some people. One OF this kind on
board a train was asked q very simple
question by q fellow passenger. She
made q deprecating gesture, and re-
piled: Excuse me, sir. but l am only
going to the next station. and it's not
worth while to begin . conversation"
There are English women who sti,.
wear the bloomer dress A young. tall
brunette recently appeared wearing .
tiRht-fitting, claret colored plush bo-
doe. prolonged to form q skirt, slightly
trimmed with lace. which hardly
reached the knee. and she wore velvei
trousers gathered Mt the ankles. Shit
had black stockings and shoes, and OF
her hea was a small cap. ~ iaoie'
appeared at q musical party In costume
OF the same fasaion ping, with low
heeied. pink XII shoes.
Allegheny County, Pa, has nearly
completed the payment of losses caused
by the railroad riots of 1877. Thus far
claims amounting to Sz,1ouuVV
have beer h~quidated. and bonds 70 the
amount OF $2.65O.0OO have been issued.
1t is thought that S4,50O,oOo VIII GOV
rr all unsettled claims
The most valuable diamond in the
world is in possession Of the King Of
Portugal. It weighs 1880 grains, and
g computed to be worth $2S, 100000.
he ..Pitt'' diamond. found in India. 1t
Weighed 40 carats before cutting. but
wa reduced to 366. 1t is worth about
81, 900, 900.
A moor darkev was in desnair at the
immortality of the world. He said:
Moses cut all the commandments wild
/, chisel in stone. but he broke 'em all
before he got down the hill. Den. when