The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-12

a r~ennsyTvHnm mm S manuIacrur-
ing paper at Savannah from what is
talled 'the saw palmetto" a material
heretofore regarded as nearly useless.
The paper is said to be OF superior quail
ty, and especially useful as transfer pa
per, which has heretofore been import
I'd.
Paul Boyton, in his rubbcrs, floating
down the Arkansas, stopped at Ozark
passing to light his pipe. A little low /
Ecwn he came silently up to a skif coI
aiming three negroes. They set up
cell when they saw the paraphernalia,
padded rapidly to shore, and then made
iurriediy into the woods.
An Out-of-town druggist entered a
Boston apothecary shop and had n sim
pie prescription put up. The charge
was $50. He remarked that it was
rather dear. because, rs he wa . drug
Eist himself, he knew the price of the
Ingredients. That alters the case"
was the response; seventeen cents,
please
A Troy mathematician has figured
out the amount Of gold and silver found
in the sub-treasury at New York by AS
7istant Treasurer Acton on assuming his
office. If u train of wagons were loaded
/ - III Il LOl II taGnt lLG LOIS1 touChlilR
the tailboard of the preceding wagon,
tho precious caravan would extend from
Troy to Albany.
James Dunlap worked for farmer Ed
ridge. in Lansdale, Pa, and wanted to
marry the farmers pretty daughter; but
the farmer, with mercenary preference
for u rich son-in-law, said nay. Then
James went into the far westand sought
a fortune. Thy farmers daughter re-
manned constant through ten years, and
last week the long waiting ended in 3
wedding.
One mile below Downieville, Cal, on
tho Yuba river, is apparently a thrifty
pine tree about three feet in height,
growing out of a solid rock. What is
curious about it is the fact of its making
no p~erceptible change in size since It
was first noticed twenty years ago.
A peculiar disease has broken out
among horses in Wasco county, Oregon
The first symptom is the swelling of the
legs, their breaking and running some
thing like boils, which cover the entire
limb, causing the hair to fall off, leaving
the flesh raw and the animals very weak.
The disease battles the veterinary sur
geons, and is increasing to an alarming
extent.
Do not go west with a family unless
you have enough money to make a fair
start. De not borrow money to go west.
The majority of those we have met in
their western homes who have failed
have been those who came on borrowed
money, or without enough funds to en-
sure Il seud-oG.-Am. Ig,fculturiSt.
John II. Wolfe playfully discharged a
gun at Melinda Z. Jacobus at Jersey
City last October, and about two hun
bred grains OF shot and portions of her
corset and dress lodged in her side.
Strangely enough, Miss Jacobus recov-
cred, but just before she did 10 Johnny
proposed marriage to her. She declined
to accept lin, and her father lately
caused his arrest on a charge of assault
and commenced a civil action against
him, placing damages at $4,000.
-, The New York Commercial informs an
inquirer that 1.-The word dictionary is
derived from the Saxon names-Rich-
ard, John, and Harry. 1t is supposed
that these three persons were the first to
put words into collective form and give
to them definitions which nobody but
themselves could understand. Richard,
the first, was, we believe, an Irishman,
and his name was ~affectionately abbrev-
lated to Dick. John was a Scotch High
lander, who pronounced his name
'Shon,' and the nationality of AIRY is
unmistakable."