Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-07-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Telegram, one for $4,000, another for
$4,000, and third for $4,000
An indignant orator at recent po-
litical meeting, in refuting an opponent,
thundered: "Mr. Chairman, Iscorn the
allegation, and l defy the alligator"
Carson, New, has topper who boast.
that he has drank fifty drinks of whisky
every day since 1854. During all this
time he has not gone to bed once in a
sober state.
The contract for the erection OF the
new Pittsburgh Homeopathic hospital
has been awarded at $106,S 1886. 1t is to
be ready for occupancy in one year
from the 1st of October next
Maryland peach-growers are now
worried because what is called the
June fall OF immature peaches has not
yet occurred. They now appreciate
that the trees will break down with the
weight as the peaches mature.
The custom-house in Portsmouth is
said to be the only building ever erected
by the general government in New
Hampshire. 1t is of granite, was built
about twenty-five years ago, and cost,
inclusive of the site, $164617.
Jane Murray, an aged colored woman
OF Ottawa, died last week. She was a
native of Africa, and at the age Of
about l5 had been imported AZ slave,
In 1903, in the last slave ship that
legally discharged its human cargo in a
United States port
The Massachusetts, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has
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card to be pasted on stables, depots,
watering places and elsewhere through
the state, cautioning against overdriv
ing horses in hot weather.
Next year the French Institute will.
for the first time, award the prizes
founded by Theirs and by the widow Of
Jules Janin. Each is of the value of
5000 francs $4,000. and is to be awarded
triennially, the former for an historical
work, the latter for translation from
the Latin.
During the first battle of Bull Run a
Brigader-General discovered a soldier
concealed in hole in the ground, and
ordered him to join his regiment. The
man, looking him full in the face, placed
his thumb upon his nose and replied;
this hole yourself"
Newport News, the deep water ter
minus of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way, has only recently been laid off,
but in less than two years it will be a
hourishing town, and in ten years a pa
per predicts for it $1,000 or 10000 pop
ulation The principal improvements
thus far have been made by the CheSa-
peake and Ohio railway.
In Pennsylvania poor-house there
is an Hungarian, Gyumber by name,
the victim of fatal disease. who. it il
said has taken nap of unprecedented
length. if the late Herr Van Winkel's
case be not considered in comparison
The irrepressible Snowman was after
him with an offer of S25 a week, but he
declined to put himself on exhibition
even at that stipend
In the Orkney islands the trout with
which the Loch of Harray abounded
have assembled in large shoals in the
shadows The farmers have taken adj
vantage of it to land the fish in hun,
drcd-weightS. One farmer landed one
thousand trout at one sweep, whilC
another succeeded in landing five cart
loads. The men wade into the water
and drive the fish into the nets.
While John Petty was engaged ir
sweeping down the walls Of the dining
room Of the Horton house. of San Die
go, Cal, recently, a large spider fel
from the ceiling on his right cheek anc
bit him viciouSly. Immediately his face
commenced to swell and became very
painful, the poison extending down his
arm and he now presents the aDDpar