The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
NEWS BREvTTIEs

The coolest exploit Cleveland, o., has
known was that Of burglars who recently
entered q house in the family's absence
and openly moved away the furniture
on drays.
An Iowa young lady dreamed thrice
that she had married a certain man.
She met the man, according TO her
dream. and the marriage took place.
and-now the W are divorced.
E. A. Sothern Is said 10 have been a
most excellent physical medium, and
on one occasion in New York he so
scared Matilda Heron with a letter from
the spirit world. upon which there wa
n drop Of blood, that she could never
afterward bear allusion to the subject.
The pay Of one shilling a day hitherto
granted TO British naval cadets on entry
Is to be abolished. The cadets will be
treated more as private students than as
young naval officers. thus reducing the
cost Of maintaining the training-ship
Britannia.
Representative Cabell, OF Virginia,
had a letter from a constituent recently,
saying, My friend Mr.. Hoerd years ago
moved West; ! can not hear from him.
vii you please go to the census Office.
look over the lists, and send me word
where he lisp"
Mr.. Tennyson is said to be so near
sighted that he reads and writes with
great difficulty. That he is a good
courtier may be inferred from his de-
claring that the nightingales have not
sung at Faringford. in tho Isle OF Wight,
since the prince consort died.
When the war broke u Gen. William
Newell. of Durham. Maine, aged 62.
dyed his hair and whiskers and enlisted.
When asked If he was not over 45. he
replied that he was a leetle, and was nc
cepted; but when his rank and age were
known he was detailed to hospital duty.
He died recently. aged 81.
A Mr.. Randall. who lives near Flat
Lick, KY. has n couple Of most singular
monstrosities on his farm-a couple Of
lambs, each the proud possessor OF two
heads, and each head graced with two
healthy eyes. The singular animals
are as playful and frisky as any other
of the sheep kind. The heads are joined
together just behind the skulls.
Arrangements are now being made
Tor the erection of a monument in Pere.
Lachaise, TO tho memory of the first
President Of the French Republic. lily
Mne. lhici5 ucsuc, hS eApTcostu An
her will, the tomb in the memorial will
contain the bodies of Mime. Dosne, NJ.
and Mime. Theirs, and Mile. Dosrs
alone.
You dirty boy is the advertising
catch-phrase of u soap manufacturer in
England. For permission to print tho
phrase on the backs of the paper.
stamps. ETC., to be used in taking tho
English census, the soap manufacturer
will pay all the expenses of taking the
census. which will be about $500, 900.
The province Of Quebec has two cred
1t foncier companies organized to loan
capital at easy rates Of interest, tho
drst French company with S20,O 200. 900
capital having been supplemented by
Reinach & Co., of Paris, Duncan McIn-
tyre Of Montreal. and other members OF
The new Canada Pacific syndicate with
$4,000. 900.
A case Of ~'boycotting'' has occurred,
not in Ireland, but in Scotland. in the
county of Dumfries, on the property of
he Duke Of Buccieuch-indeed, in the
village which adjoins the park of Drum
lanrig castle. 1t is alleged that an ex-
.nnkeeper has been driven out of tho
village. the inhabitants being forbidden
20 have anything I do with him in his
present capacity OF bailiff, because some
years since he offended the Dukes
agents by charging the Tory candidate
!or the county what they thought was
100 much for tho use Of his conveyance
IN . polling day. 1t is stated. further,
hat not long ago o retired s'writer''
who settled at Thornhill was also driven
away. a. the issuing Of . ukaso from the
,a.tls caused every door to DO slammed
b his face.
The Jewish World says: A statement
has been published in several journals
to the effect that the Jews of Lon
don ''have recognized the services
Of the late George Eliot to the
Hebrew race by offering up prayers for
the repose of her soul" Although the
Jews generally gratefully acknowledge
the liberal sentiments expressed by
George Eliot In her works towards jews
and Judaism. no such prayers rs stated
have been offered up in any synagogue
Rudlap Chapman. a little negro boy.
found a o in a vacant lot in WI sh-
ington, and carried it home TO his faith
er, who opened it and saw that il cen
fained valuable jewelry. The Chap.
mans are very poor, there was not
much to eat in the house. and the chill.
dren needed bread. But Bro. Chap
man did what all white men would not
do. He sold some rags for % cents,
and with the money advertised tho
treasure in his possession. II proved to
be jewelry stolen from Col. Royce.
Jones. of Pennsylvania avenue, two
days previous.
A most singular accident occurred In
Liege railway station recently. As the
Brussels train was about to start n por-
ter hurriedly closed tho door Of the car
riages. when a piece OF glove was seen
to fall to the ground. 1t was found to
contain a mans thumb. One of the
passengers was arranging his baggage
in the net with one hand, while the 9th.
err was 20 placed that the thumb was lit
orally cut of by the act of shutting the
door. The sufferer is an advocate Al
Courtrai. who. after receiving surgical
attention In tho station masters office.
was able to continue his journey by the
following train.
The figures given out by the New
England Anti Divorce society show that
in Vermont the proportion Of divorces
to marriages, Is one to fourteen, in
Rhode Island one to thirteen, andi in Mas