The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-10
GLEANTNGs.

Hfnnibal Hamlin is astonisled
b finl that there is no Maine Law in
Spain.
1t is said that Mr.. Morley. the Eng
lish philauthropist, gives away, on an
avera c $500. GOO every year,
A vignctte OF President G rfield will
appear an the checks for the 6 per cent
bonds continued Mt 81 per cent.
There were present ut the Yorktown
centennial generals and colonies
enough to command an army of 1000
600.
There have been set up in the Grand
Opera House at Paris II number OF
mirrors. measuring 45x52 feet, and
Weighing from 1000 to /, 6O0pounds.
OF the 1917 male teachers in the
public schools Of Maryland, 232 are
colored men. and of the 1.775 female
teachers, 1877 are colored women
"That prisoner has n very smooth
~couitenance," said the Judge to tho
sheriff. Yes said the sheriff. .'he
was ironed just before he was brought
iG."
A lady called at a drug store where
they also kept hooks, and inquired Of
of the firm: Have you 'Grotc's
G eeccp" No. mum; but we've got
~ HNAfAHIAhN Ofsl > VIE
How is yonr husband this afternoon
Mrs. Qui gs?' WHY. the doctor says
as how if lie lives till mornin', he 5 all
have some hopes for him; but if he
don't, he must give him up
The building boom has struck WASH
inGion. More than $50 new buildings
are in process of erection. ~Forty-one
of Them represents and aggregate cost
OF S562. GOO. Secretary Blaine house,
which will cost $48, 900, is the most ex-
pensive.
At Adrian. Mich, Il cake baked
twenty years ago Mt the birth of c. C.
Hule;t and Theoretically sealed in a tin
can was opened and eaten, 1t being Mr..
Hulett's t~wenty-first birthday. Tho
cake was found sound and sweet, though
it had an old taste.
Solvent Iowa farmers are taking
loads of spring-beds from glib agents,
merely for storage. OF course they
gave receipts for the property. and, of
course, tie receipts turn up in the hands
of third persons as regular promissory
notes.
Secretary Blaine now has in a good
position ON the wall of one of his par
Tors a fine engraving of Gladstone, sent
him by Mr.. Gladstone himself. with an
autograph. The large photograph of
General Garfield, which was displayed
on the catafalque in Cleveland, now
hangs in Secretary Blaine's parlors.
A recent traveller in Germany asd
Switzerland says that thousands OF girls
in those countries cultivate their hair as
carefully as a farmer does his crops,
and once a year it is cut off and sold to
the hair merchants. Swiss girls have
the finest hair. and the prices vary
from 25 cents to S35 an ounce.
A company of Davenport, Iowa, SEM
an agent to invest its $50, 900 capital in
Lcadville mines. He put all the money
into seven ventures that Welded moth
ing. while three others that turned out
well proved to have been made on his
own private account. The company
has voted a lack of confidence in him.
Christmas cards grow larger, more
artistic, and more expensive. In a few
years a young mar that has only n
couple OF hundred dollars to spend
during the holidays will be undecided
whether to buy his girl a Christmas
card or a gold watch and chain.-NoT-
,fstotcn Herald.
There is a dentist uptown who adj
.vertises that he can make a set of teeth
for a person in ten minutes. Double
sets are set on hinges, and if they do
not happen to fit the owner, all he has
to do is to grab them and chew his
hands. which IS not only a novel inven-
ton, but n that is very saving on tho
ijaw.-Puck.