The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-21

Recently at Nevada City tho nose Of
a little child began to swell and assume
q fantastic shape. Great pain was
caused the youngster by his unusual
development. and u physician was called
In. He performed an operation. and
removed from the infantilo proboscisa
shoe-button, which had probably been
there for some time.
Prince Mouzour-E ddin, son of Nasser-
Eddin, the shah of Persia, will shortly
arrive in Paris. The young prince in
tends performing a complete o Of
Europe, and will begin his peregrina-
tions with France. Another exotic
arrival. which has lately been announced,
Is that Of the sultan Of Zanzibar. who,
1t is said. is going TO France with the
object Of studying the French naval or
ganization. in view of establishing n
national navy Of his own at Zanzibar.
Julia T.. Smith, the survivor Of the
Glastonbury Smith sisters, has paid her
tax this year. but not without a '.solemn
protest against the iniquity of taxation
without representation" and a decla-
ration that she had not changed hor
principles. During six successive pre-
vious years she refused TO pay, and the
collector seized and sold eleven acres
of land. n bank share. and q number
Of cows.
That broblematical reptile. tho sea
serpenE is responsible for the insanity
of George Drevor,a captain in the Eng
lish merchant marine. At his recent
TRAITOR having sent threatening letters
to A wreck commissioner, the captain
exhibited a specimen OF the sea-serpent
which he had preserved in n bottle OF
spirits. In one Of his letters he wrote /:
II sincerely believe that God, for some
wise purpose. has been pleased to reveal
this greatest wonder OF animated nature
TO me-"
At Bethel, Giles county. Tenn, b. A..
Christopher rode to n field where John
Daniel was blowing and called him to
the fence. As Daniel approached,
Christopher shot him five times. each
shot taking effect The wounded mar
called to his daughter to bring his gun
to him, but by the time she reached
him he was dead. Christopher's horse
got loose and stopped near Daniels
door. He sent two men to get 1t, but
Daniels daughter drove them away by
threatening to shoot them. She tried
to kill her fathers murderer, but he es-
capped.
NJ. Nikolaus Rubinstein died lately In
Paris about the same time as a Russian
baroness. II is reported that their
bodies were sent to Russia by the same
train. At Berlin the collins were acct
dentally changed, with the result that
while Rubinstein was quietly inferred at
Riga, the body of the unknown Russian
baroness was committed to the earth
amid all the p6mp and circumstance Of
a public funeral at Moscow. The re-
port may be the invention Of an UNI
scrupulous French wit, but the mistake
was one which, II the collins we're not
opened. might easily occur
B. S. George, while ~excavating for n
cellar near Weirs Landing. Lake Win
nipiseogee, came across o rough-look-
ing, singular. shaped earthen pot, bur-
fed a little over two feet below the sur
red mixture supposed to be indian wal
paint. Surrounding the pot was a lot
Of Indian stone utensils, and O short
distance away were W ovens. The
paint is in q good state Of preservation,
but the pot crumbled on being brought
q the surface.
Mohammed-el-Sadoke, the present
hey Of Tunis. lives in . palace which Ii
q marvel Of Moorish architecture. The
exterior walls are of dazzling wilderness
and reflect the SUMS rays like q mirror,
the upper part Of the building being o
mass of embattled towers, green and
yellow cupolas. and vanished roofs.
The central gate gives entry to the e.
caller des LIONS, whence the visitor
passes into the vestibule with It's Gov
sred walls, arabesqued ceilings. and
tainbow-colored columns. In the cen
ire is an inner court, In the midst Of
which plays fountain casting an agree
hble and cooling spray over the sur
founding apartments. Round this court
liz the bey's private rooms.