The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-17

George w. Cable, the novelist, ID
writing a history of New Orleans.
Secretary Blaine's youngest son hai
entered Exeter academy, Mass. as q
pupil.
"Garield' is the name of a new
square that wa laid out recently In
Boston.
The late Sidney Lanier leaves a wild
ow and four sons. the youngest being
an infant.
Senator Fair has resumed work on
the Comstock while the superintendent
Of his company's mines takes a vac
alton.
Secretary Hunt has one son who is AZ
ensign and another who has been rec
commended as assistant payn-aster In
tho navy.
Judge Hilton's Woodlawn park, ii
Saratoga, contains 450 acres, and hs.
twelve miles Of highly finished rcadi
and drives.
The veterans of the thirty-sixth Ill
inois hold their fifteenth annual reunion
at Stewards park, Plano, ILL.,, on the
22d of September.
"Forgive our great men for their as
tonishing folly" prayed Mr.. Spurgeon
when the house Of lords refused TO pass
| the Irish land bill.
Stephen s. Foster, one Of the old
pioneer abolitionists, and later q tenn
perance and woman's rights advocate,
died at Worcester, Mass, on the 7th
ult. at the age Of II.
John w. Garrett, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has ten
dered his private car maryland" for
the use Of President Garfield to 60 to
Mentor from Long Branch.
Aman by the nam of Zimmerman
has appeared at New Haven, who
claims to be the husband Of Blanche
Douglas, the sourtesan who is implicat-
ed in the murder of Jennie Cramer.
The duke Of Marlborough is selling
the famous Sunderland library, which
comprise twenty thousand volumes.
These consist mostly Of old editions OF
the ancient classics, early Bibles and
rare books.
NJ. Gambetta was In the midst Of a
speech at the Dupont de l'Eure festival.
1t was last Sunday afternoon. Sudden
ly the platform gave way. NJ. Gambetta
fell. The dignity of M. Gambetta was
injured seriously.
Bishop S~paulding, of Peoria, ILL.,, rep
resenting the colonization society of
the Roman Catholics, has purchased
$4,000 acres Of land on the line Of the
Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad
for colonization purposes.
Chief Engineer Albert Astor, Of the
navy, In charge of the stores of Ports
mouth, N. A., yard, died on Saturday
night Of acute gastric fever. The re-
mains were sent to his home at Middle
town, Conn.,, yesterday afternoon.
Prince Prisdang will arrive in Eng
land shortly, accompanied by q number
Of Siamese noblemen and one of the
royal princes. who will be intrusted to
the charge Of Nj. D. X. Mason, the
Siamese consul general in London, to
be educated.
John Brown, the lucky servant of
Queen Victoria, has had a house built
for him by his mistress within the
grounds Of Balmoral. It is a large square
mansion In the center of q lawn-like ex-
panse, with q drive leading to it from
one Of the avenues.
Charles Dudley Warner, addressing
the social science association on the
subject Of the newspaper, said that "it
is a wonderful and complex creation-a
distorted mirror 10 nature. such as the
world never saw before-but capable of
great improvement"
General Sheridan has returned to
Chicago after a trip of six weeks
through the Big Horn Mountains and
the Yellowstone region. His party
travelled Eve hundred and fifty miles
and killed seventeen elk, q half dozen
and a number of bears.
The late Lorenzo Delmonico's health.
is said to have been injured by his ex-
smoking. He had his cigars
made expressly for his own use in Cuba.
They were almost black and half as
long again as ordinary cigars. He con.
sumed on an average thirty a day.
Nj. James R. Keene has purchased
for SIC. 900 an estate near New Market,
England, IN which he intends having
erected solely for the purpose of
Of training his horses himself, coming
over to see them run and superintend-
ing all affairs connected with them.
Rose Terry Cookies home is in Whist
ID, Conn. 1t is an old -fashioned coun-
try house, with antique furniture rifed
from many a garnet. She not only
poetry about her garden, but
gets up before sunrise to work In 1t.
Her roses are her pride. She takes al
most the entire care Of all the flowers
and they repay her richly. She IL .
cook.
Miss Stuart, the stepdaughter of Ex-
Elijah Ward, of New
York, is to be married next month to |