The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-14

refer bOgaft. OF Townsville, Della
ware county, N. Y. was born on May
IA, 1886 His wife is only three month,
his junior. They were emitted in mar
riage In 1906. having lived together
seventy-fiye years. Both are enjoying
fair health. and bid fair To celebrate
their ohe-hundredth birthday.
According to tho financial reform al
uanac of Great Britain for 1881, there
are nearly a Thousand persons, male
and female, attached to the royal house
hold and paid for rendering some real
or imaginary service TO her majesty.
The poet laureate. A. Tennyson, re-
ceiyes f100 yearly; the examiner of
plays f400. There are five pages of
honor" who receives fl20 each, and
b master of tho tennis court" the
Right Hon. w. Beresford, who receives
fl32 yearly. The amount chargeable
to "annuiiies. pensions. s~uperannua-
tons, compensations," in 1873 was
Els. 04S. $40.
An old steamer, the Planter. has Just
been sold TO junk dealers in Baltimore
10 be broken up. During the wal II
was known rs Grants Apothecary
Shop Just before the war the Planter,
then in command of Capt. George
Wcems, was put on the Potomac route.
plying between Baltimore and WASH
ington. Shortly after the outbreak of the
war the steamer was seized at Wash
ington by the government. At first she
was used as a transport. but afterwards
ns q medical purvcyor's boat. Capt.
Norris commanded her at that time.
For a long time the Planter was stationed
on the Appomattox river. and while
there, in charge Of DIR. Brinton, the
name. Grants Apothecary Shop was
bestowed upon her,
The late English naturalist. Gould,
used in summer to continually haunt
the banks Of the Thames upon his scien-
tfic expeditions. One day there was a
rare laugh raised at his expense at For
mosa: he had gone up a tree to explore
the contents of q nest, when, glancing
by chance down ut q hollow formed BIZ
The bifurcation Of two large branches,
he suddenly exclaimed: .As I'm a liv-
ing man, ii there is not q large owl here
in this city, looking straight at me with
Its ghoul-like eyes" The excitement
was great; but imagine the merriment
of the bystanders, and the discontinue
Of the naturalist, when, on putting
down his hand TO seize the supposed
owl, no found it simply In q pool Of wa
Ter, which had reflected his own face as
In a mirror.
As a member of the French diplomat
10 body was recently travelling to Te-
l,eran to join his legation there, be was
seized by u band Of brigands, who put
his uniform on their chief, and turned
The filings of his dressing bag Che was
q great Partisan dandy into useful and
ornamental articles Of various kinds,
recording as their fancy suggested.
The only thing they could make moth
Ing Of was the pomade Hongroise, The
unfortunate Frenchman, on being asked
THAT 1t was. could only reply In Per-
lian: Butter" The brigands at once
lasted the compound. and, concluding
{ practical joke had been intended,
they forced their prisoner at o swords
point to cat the whole of tho six pots
lie had brought with him, and, having
completely rifed his baggage and pock-
cts LETT him to complete his journey
more dead than alive.
Among tho insane convicts in the
Eastern (Pa.) penitentiary Is . middle
aged man who has q propensity for
burning barns and houses simply be-
cause he thinks no one Is entitled to
lave mort property than himself. Re-
,ently n Of the inspectors was en-
ragged in conversation with the incendi-
Try and inquired his name. swell,
iir," replied the convict, as he pressed
inc Of his hands against his forehead as
Z to refresh his memory. s.you have got
he best Of me. ! did have q name
pnce-I think 1t was Jack-but the fact
. ] am now too miserably poor to have
name. But, sir,''-and there was a
ook Of earnestness in tho old mans
lyes-.I wish you would please inquire
,mong those who know me, and II you
IAN find out what my name Is tell me.
rs frightfnl to be without a nnma.nA