The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-03
NEWS BREvTTIEs.

lation OF lie ROl Amuse 4 ot. REFERS
burg has been stopped. 1t was thought
by tho. authorities that posters at the
street corners announcing that 1.-THE
King was amusing himself would lead
10 belief that he thought there was
something humorous about tho vain
plots Of the nihilist.
A Philadelphia reporter has been
looking into tho porfits made by ven
ders who sell the coal to poor people
by the pail. He carefully measured .
ton Of coal and found it contains los
p~ailfuls. The dealer charges eight
cents q pail. and the poor buyer thus
pays S13 A for q ton, which can be
bought for 80.
German colonists on the banks Of tho
Volga, in Russia. are in extreme des-
iitution, and q St. Petersburg journal
publishes a pitiful account of their suf-
ferings. The number Of the destitute
is stated at 200. 900. and there are very
lew well enough of to furnish even the
most meagre aid to their impoverished
ncighbors. The Russian authorities dc
nothing for their relief.
Antonio Ashley was found dead in his
bed in Oswego. and the physician who
made the post-mortem testified that his
feet had been poisoned by wearing cloth
slippers. He had been employed on
teamer in tho west. and wore CLOTH
slippers. His feet were often wet. and
the poison by which the carpets were
colored soaked in through the clotf
and poisoned his feet.
In California tho males formerly out
numbered the females very largely, buI
this disproportion has been gradually
decreasing, and now the disparity II
comparatively small. According TO the
last census, the population Of the state
exclusive Of Chinese, who are nearly
all men. is 7S9, 6S6, Of which number
AS, 271 are males and 46.4l5 females
London World: .'Mr. Edwin Booth
performed a graceful tribute to the
memory of the late Mr.. Sothern. Des-
pite snow, wind and cold-matters very
apt t o affect him seriously in his profes
sional work-he left his hotel at 81,
o'clock in the morning, travelled t.
Southampton, attended Mr.. Sothern'!
funeral, and was back again in Londor
in time to play at the Princess Theatre
The Oregon system of liquor license!
is being urged for trial in Boston. I'm
der 1.-THE buver not the seller, is obliged
to procure q license. Objection is made
to the plan on account of the grea
number of licenses that would have L
be issued and looked after. while friend.
of the measure think it would debal
from the saloons many chronic drinker!
who have not the money and respectable
ity TO secure a license.
Pail Mall Gazette: at appears tina
the halftime system is to be tried in tn,
communal schools OF Paris. The frs
experiment will be made this year il
certain schools. q sum Of $50, 000f. hav
ing been voted by the municipal coun
Gil for tho purpose OF opening work
shops. Fifty or sixty will be opened Il
begin with. and II the experiment sue
ceeds, the system will be adopted b.
every municipal school of the capital
In Florida the value per acre Of clear
ed land Is % 4S, and Of timbered Liant
s. O3. In louisiana cleared land 4
worth $14 So, and timbered land % So
In Texas cleared land is worth 80 80
and timbered land o.. In Arkansa
cleared land is valued at $11 rs, ant
timbered land at $3 4S. In Oregon
cleared land is worth S21 II, and tim
bered "a 80. But in Nebraska cleare,
Is worth % 90, and timbered land $25 81
per acre.
The Reno (Nev.) Gazette is respon
sible for the following statement: 9TH
Garth has cracked open near Murphy
salt marsh, making . long fissurc fou
feet wide and Of depth unknown. Wit
q view to exploration, a nan was tn
1tkn- lAu lvuoraI srtn - Ixv a rANn
distance of fifty feet perpendicularly
where the creyice began to dip at n
angle Of about 20 degrees. Tho ma
rould see no bottom. and thought b
had gone far enough. and was haule'
back TO the surface"
A member of the Canadian Parlii
ment, who had his coat stolen fror
him in Ottawa, borrowed one of
friend, and as 1t was much too small
vas arrested by the police on his wa
home on suspicion of having stolen II
and taken TO the police station. Will
he was there the thief who had stole
his coat was brought in. Explanation
were made, the member was released
and the thief was the mex dev senten
ced to prison for one year.
The Mentone papers report two sui
cides ut Monte Carlo. Some days ag
. man rushed out Of the gaming-room
exclaiming: Il am done for; I have los
200. O00f.f On the staircase he drew
revolver from his pocket and blew hi
brains out. The other man, wanderin
Oh the shore, was seen to sit down on
rock and rest his head on his hand. !
minute after a detonationw as heard. He
too, had blown his brains out
The debt of Virginia in roun
numbers is SIS, 000, 900 consol bond
bearing tax-receivable 6 per cenl
coupons, and 80. 100000 1910 (Mt
Culloch) bonds bearing 8 per cent
interest, making s23, 00o. 900 Of tn
debt on which the interest is secures
by tax-receivable coupons. all of whic
must come into the treasury during tn
year and offset or intercept about 81,
200. 900 revenue. The :'pceler" nm
''old bonds" represent S12. 600. 90
more, with unpaid interest for NOR
than ten years.