Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-03-12
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been ordered by the king of Italy on
April 16.
Goode, the assailant of Queen Vic
toria in 1887, died in the Broodmoor
Lunatic Asylum the other day.
The gross earnings ef the Union Pa
citic railroad for 1882 were $50, 1868, ,927, |
an increase of 1929, 93l. The surplus
was Sl4, 301, ,977.
Mrs. Margaret Hackleman, wife of
the Hon. Elijah Hackleman, well |
known Indiana state senator, died at
Wabash of smallpox.
A Huntington county Pennsylvania
farmer has an ear of corn containing
1860 perfect grains, which is product
almost without parallel.
The temperance cause is meeting
with considerable success in the Penn
sylvania coal regions, where special
efforts are being put forth by the State
Constitutional Amendment association.
1t is announced that some new frame
tenements are being erected at
Williamsburg. Va. The ancient capital
has nothing lively about it except the
lunatic asylum. William and Mar7
college is deserted.
During the recent cold snap spar
rows were frozen TO the limbs of trees
in Canton, o., and were only able 10
free themselves by picking away the
ice from one foot, then hiding 1t oe
meath the feathers while the other wa
being released.
1t is alleged in paper published at
Binghamton, n. Y. that Elmer Sper-
nf nd ia
vented an electric machine for which
Chicago parties have paid him $1,000
600. The names of the purchasers are
judiciously withheld.
The supply of hard and decorative
timber for mechanical and. artistic pur-
poses will in the near future, 1t is
thought, be largely obtained from Bra
I'll. where the sources of these choice
and valuable materials are known to
be well nigh ineXhaustible.
There is q report to the effect that
President Gonzales, Governor Maduro,
General Trevine and other leading
MeXcans are about to purchase 7,000,-
600 acres of rich lands in the northern
quarter of the republic, and hold them
for sale to American emigrants.
S. j. Kulinski, a Charleston watch
maker, has prepared a petition to the
ear, asking right TO sue for his father 5
estate, his father having been a noble
man who owned two villages. The
Young man left home before coming of
age and was made an American citizen.
Some negroes, says southern eX-
change, believe that the souls of the
dead enter graveyard rabbits, and q
darky would as soon be guilty of can
nibalism as to eat rabbi< caught in
or near burying-ground. As q con
sequence, they multify very fast there
New York parties have leased the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad com
pany's ship-building yard at Philadel
phia, and will at once enter into com
petition with other American ship
builders. 1t is said Vanderbilt is be
hind il, and that Lieutenant-COmman
CT Gorringe will be in charge.
An eccentric man named Chadwick
of Pennington, y. H., died recently
leaving directions that his body stoulC
be secured standing in his coffin, a pipe
placed in his mouth, and in that posi-
tion hauled in hay rack 10 his las
resting place. His friends had toe
great respect for the proprieties tC
comply with these directions, and th'
corpse was Inferred with the usua
fOrmalities.
In 1880 Samuel Hides, aged ~
wealthy resident of Ballston, y. Y.
was induced by clairvoyant nance
Dr. Mann to marry her. She repre-
sented that spirits so ordered it, Hide
was 4 firm believer in spiritualsm