The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-26
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Wood Is said 70 be so scarce at Can
delAria, New, that shayings go for frac-
fional currency, and q handful Of kin
ding is good for 3 drink in any saloon.
Wilkesbsrre. Pa, has = pigeon which
is q bird of prey. Ii swooped down up
on a flock of sparrows the other day
and carried one of the birds to its cote.
A dove as a desperate is q new thing
in ornithology.
Some specimen potatoes were brought
10 the office Of the Grass Valley Tidings
ten months ago. Tho other day. on
cleaning the editorial room. ii was dis
covered that from one of the potatoes
seventy-six others had sprouted and
crown.
The report that smoke has been seen
isauing from one of the Olympic range
CT mountains. directly beyond Eagle
harbor, has been verified, and the peo-
pie in the vicinity Of Seattle are in
huurly expectation of Witnessing a
rand sight.
An old man named Jefry jackson.
belonging to Melville. N. j., wandered
III ia the snow on Christmas eve and
has not been seen since. He was a be-
lever in witchcraft, and the loafers Of
the town had leased him until his life
became uncomfortable.
Williams College has now two hun
lred and twenty-seven students. The
freshman class has seyenty-two mem
bcrs. The requirements for admission
have lately been increased, sad now
include additional Greek and an Eng
fish composition.
DIR. Folsom, formerly secretary Of the
Massachusetts board Of health, who has
lately returned from Europe, is in Wash
ington. He reports that the Massachu-
setts system OF dealing with juvenile
offenders is receiving much attention
in England.
Croker, the Central Pacific million
aire, had TO pay $500, 900 taxes under
the new California constitution last
year, and has decided to bring his mil
lions TO New York, where he will build
n mansion on Fifth avenue TO rival even
the Vanderbilt palaces.
Prof. Steltz, q German gardener in
the Third district Of Orleans Parish.
Louisiana, went coon-hunting Nov. 29,
1874, and has never been seen since.
A moss-gatherer, named John Mitchell,
recently found Steltz' gun in the midst
Of a swamp.
Ex-Gov. Rice of Massachusetts. has
presented to the library of Roanoke col
iege of Virginia an old Latin Bible.
printed by Antonius Coburger, of MI
remburg. in 1477. 1t is printed on vel
lum, in black letter and fabricated cap
itals, and contains 944 pages, in an OK
cellent state OF preservation.
John Holland, the master Of a board
rchool at Castleford, England, was re-
gently fined los. and costs for severely
logging q boy with a short stick. De-
fendant explained that he had abolished
The cane u Of Difference to public
| opinion, as expressed in the newspa-
pers. and had substituted q short shil-
lelah.
Public opinion on the subject of faith
less husbands is very strong in Somerset,
Ky. Mr.. Love was that kind Of an Of
lender. His wife led q mob against
him. He fed hastily, without coats,
trousers or boots, with the crowd
In close pursuit. At the end of a mile
he was overtaken, and left suspended
head downward from a tree. He was
almost frozen to death. when two hours
afterward, o humane preacher cut him
down.
The number Of cases Of sardines ex-
ported from Eastport, Me-, in 1880 is es-
timated to DO about 65, 900, valued
It about 1850. 500. During 1879 there
were exported about twenty-five thous-
and cases, at . value Of $3.50, 900. In
1879 there were only six factories in
Eastport- During the past year the
number has been Increased to thirteen.
The last two or three were built late last
hll. and did not do much business.
but are now ready for work.
Mr.. Cyrus W. Fields family received
o dispatch from him which was dated
the day before ut Nagasaki, Japan. II
would have come quicker If there hal
been q cable across tho Pacific, but had
to take the long way around the world.
crossing the whole breadth of Asia and
Europe, as well as the Atlantic ocean.
Ono thousand acres Of coking coal
land near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
county, Pa, sold recently for 1850, 900,
Mr.. A. A. Hutchinson having been tho
purchaser. The and embraces tracts
Of land known as the Brinker, Andrews.
James Neel, and John Cunningham
farms, and tho McAdams and Wade
properties.
Prof. T. Sterry Hunt. estimating thu
production Of pig iron in this country
during the past year at four million
tons, expresses the belief that the full
realization of the country's possibilities
in iron manufacture will not bo attain
ed until tho iron shall be found side by
side with the coal and limestone needed
for its manufacture.
The duel with swords between Count
.Moritz Esterhazy and the Deputy Ro-
honey terminated in the latter receiv-
ing q severe but not dangerous wound
in tho shoulder. Count Moritz Ester
hazy is the youngest member of tho
Hungarian Senate. and he should 10.
be COMPOUNDED with the well-known
sportsman of the same name.
English high society is turning
against the professional beauties, and
several houses where they have been
accustomed to display their charms
have been closed against them. A WELL
known countess has taken the lead in
the movement. As the Prince of Wales
likes the society Of these ladies, how
ever, it is thought the ban will not ex-
tend far.
American fishermen have generally
abandoned the right to inshore fishery
in Canadian waters, which cost s., $780,
600. They find better fishing at home.
The Canadian fishermen are being
driven out of the market by the Nor
wegians, who supply fish that are bet
ter cured, and who conduct their bust
ness with moro enterprise. They fist,
now by telegraph in Norway. Stations
have been built along the coast, and
during the herring season. which is al
its height for about six weeks, a sharp
lookout is kept for shoals. Wherever
one is sighted, word is sent along the
line, and the available fishermen