The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-09
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estates, and it Is understood that the
rents viii be the same as those fixed in.
1873, Iii expected that the tenants,
who are generally in comfortable cir
cumstances. win gladly avail themselves
Of fhis offer.
Ko Hun Hua, the Chinese Professor
II Harvard. is described as an acute,
reasoner and close observer. He has
learned 70 speak English fairly. and he
spends much Of his time reading, fori
college duties amount TO nothing. as he
has had but one pupil, and at present.
has none. His contract is for threei
years, whether there are any students,
iu his classes or not.
The Buddhists of Japan have estab-i
lshed Z theological school in imitation
Of Christians. Their need for such a.
school is shown by the fact that a.
Buddhist priest in Osaka, Japan, lately.
told the Rev. Mr.. Forest that eighty,
thousand miles north Of Osaka there
was q huge square mountain ON the 9TH
er side Of which was Heaven. !
According &c Professor Grimmer..
there is . terrible seven years before u.s..
From 1880 to 1887 there will be q uni
versal mortality. Asia will be depopu-
lated, and Europe will become almost,
. desert. America will loose Is, 900, 600;
inhabitants There will be tempestss
and inundations- No prophet could.
possibly be grimmer than this one.
Rev. DR.. Dix. rector of Trinity
Church, New York. is So. He is the
best5paid among the city clergy, having
an elegant house and $1,000 month
for . very light service. Bishop Potter,
who Is ct the head Of the New York
(EPiscopaD Diocese. is now IS, and is
still in the exercise Of his Official duties.
He has been So years in the ministry,
and more than q quarter Of . century
in his present Office.
N. Barthelemy st. Hilaire, the new
French Minister leads . life thoroughly
republican in its simplicity. He labors
as hard 1t his present advanced ago a.
i he were . fresh young student. He
has never been ambitious for place, title
or honors. For many years he has
lived upon his modest yearly income a.
an Academican. He scarcely cver uses
. carriage, and, like another great
Frenchman, Victor Hugo. prefers a seatt
on the 'imperiaPn Of an omnibus TO any
other vehicle. ngg!
Arich proprietor named, Raimondo
Terrana has been carried of from near
Toppolo, Italy. The aggressors were
six men ON horseback, disguised as
Guards of Public Security. It is said
that . ransom Of $1,000 lire has been
demanded for his release, with n threat
of killing him IL it is not paid. This is
not the first time that Terfana has been
captured, q some time ago he was
seized and mulcted Of 5000 lire.
Ristori made no use of her title a
Countess for advertising purposes when
in this country. Modjeska, on the con-
trary, was extensively announced as Z
Countess, though she has dropped that
pretension in London. During Neil
sons last tour here she asserted in In.
terviews that she was the daughter of .
Spanish nobleman, while the fact IL that
she was Of the humblest English parent
age. The impression seems to prevail
among foreign performers that Ameri-
cans are admirers of aristocracy.
: An Indian thief was turned over to
California, and by him sentenced to re-
was o big, powerful fellow; but he sub
OF q high wagon with his legs and arms
extended, and his back barred. A stat
wart Indian struck the blows with all
his might, using q leather lariat, and
making the blood flow at every stroke.
The victim endured the dreadful tor
ture . while, and then broke out into
agonized screams. II he had remained
silent TO the end, the chief would have
restored him to the tribe; but, - he
''cried like . coward baby" he was af-
terward driven out Of the neighbor-
hood.
The American board has sixteen
churches in Japan. -Four new churches
were organized and n hundred and
twenty-0ne new members were added
last year. Twelve of the sixteen
churches are self-supporting. The con-
tributions amount TO an average Of $40.
The manufacture Of cartridges, a
conducted by the United States Car
fridge Company. il one of the import
ant Industries Of Lowell, Massachusetts.
The company employ, In all depart
ments, about $50 hands. and have . ca
pacity for turning out 10000, 900 pieces
per month, which find . market all
over the country. Their monthly pro-
duct Of small (size 22) cartridges, for
shooting galleries, is 1000, 900. Three
quarters. It is said, Of all the large car
tridges used by the United States army
and navy are produced at these works.
Besides this, they supply State troops,
and for the purpose Of encouraging tar
get practice in the militia the Company
arc offering team and individual prizes
to such organizations.
Some idea (says the Berlin correspon-
dent of the London 1Smcs) may be
formed Of the educational status Of the
German army and navy from statistics
just published, according to which, Of
the 140,8 8 recruits taken in during the
military year 1880, 1872, $50 were ex-
amined in the German language, only
1904 in another tongue Polish, chief
sly), while 2,217 were devoid of any
school training. Those who could
neither read nor write numbered 1.57
per cent of the entire number, against
1.60in the year 1878s79, 1.73 in 1S77-78,
ZIP in 1867, and 2.37 in 1876.
from which it would appear that educa-
ton in the army and navy has improved
at the rate Of nearly / per cent during
the last five years. Tho districts which
most require the rigorous supervision Of
School Board are East and West Prus-
STA, Posen, Bromberg, Oppein, the Pa
latinate and Alsace-Lorraine.
The society known in New York a.
the Central Cooperative board, the OBJ
ject of which 10 to establish . system Of
cooperative stores in this country SINH
lar to that in operation in England,
propose the following plan: After tho
payment Of legal interest, that ISL
. per cent per annum, or II per cent
per quarter, 5 per cent Of the remain,
ing profit would be placed to the credit
of q reserve fund to be disposed Of as
the members would desire. Two and .
half per cent Of the remaining profit
would then be placed to the credit Of
an .ds.o.t;onal fund urhila thu nounain-