The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-11
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A western paper describes woman suf-
rage as "the right of females to coerce
males by law-making.
Liberia has a population of about
twentythousand American-born negroes,
who exercise control oYer a million ma
tive blacks.
Swedish matches have attained a great
popularity all over the world. In the
year 1880 about nineteen million pounds
were exported.
1t takes about six million barrels of
crude petroleum to supply the world
one year. About thirty million barrels
are now stored in Pennsylvania.
The tall son of President Arthur, is
said to be as fond of dancing as was
Nellie Grant when she was a belle of the
white house.
And now they say the Chinese are re-
sponsible for the smallpox. If people
could be made To believe this, it would,
so to speak, knock Johns laundry bus
mess. 4
New Workers feel rather ashamed to
talk about polygamy in Utah when they
recollect that the Oneida community
does not reflect much credit upon their
state.
II love diamonds" says Alphonso
karr, ''but L have u horror Of those
which show me a woman carrying in one
ear the bread of her children and in
he other the honor of her husband"
The managers of the Garfield monu-
ment fund for the Pacific coast have in
vited designs, accompanied by plans,
specifications, and an estimate of cost,
not to exceed S20,0 600. o
Miss Blanche Roosevelt tells a New
Orleans reporter that she has a life of
Longfellow nearly ready for the press,
and that the poet has promised to revise
the proofs. She used to be a newspaper
correspondent. I
Mr.. Francis Wise, a distiller, and the
richest man in Ireland, has Just died.
He left no will to dispose of his wealth,
which mounts to S15, 000, 900. A rea-
sonable share of this is in American
securities. 4
Within the presbyterian synod of
Kansas the Gospel, or something else, is
preached in eight different languages
English, German, Bohemian, French,
Welsh, Cherokee, Choetaw, and Nez
Perces.
In the Bay State mine, Newark dis
trict, Nevada, at a depth of 2O4 feet be-
low the surface some bones were recent
ly discovered that so far no one has
been able to classify. How they came
there is a puzzle.
A young man, recently from Manito-
ba, is commissioned by n number Of
bachelors to offer such inducements to a
like number of manageable young la
dies as may induce them to leave On
tario and accept a home anda good hus-
band in the great northwest.
There is ayoung man travelling around
in eastern Texas vaccinating the negroes
with bees-waN. He charges a dollar q
vac, and represents himself as being
appointed by the United States govern
ment, and threatens that dire penalties
those who refuse to be operated ou.
A Boston florist says that for a year,
past the ladies of the best society ofthat
city have affected aesthetic flowers, pre-
ferring anything of a yellow tint. At
this season the lighthouses are taxed to
their utmost to supply lilies and French
marguerites, which latter are sold as
daisies" /
At Palouss Ferry, Washington terri
tory, an old Indian died, recently, who,i
according to all accounts, was lilo years
old. In the memory of the Oldest set
tiers this old man has not been able to-
walk. He was blind and almost deaf,
and remembered Lewis and Clark on
their remarkable tour through the coun-
try.