The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-30

row night.
Yesterdays trains brought 80 Chey-
enne passengers.
Write up the pledge you propose
taking Tuesday.
The far west started the fashion Of.
trails. They were Indian trails, how
ever.
At 3 O'Clock this morning all U. p.
trains due here to-day were reported
on time.
If there is any time In the year that
q young girl desires a big foot, 1t is dur
ing the holidays.
Come in early tomorrow and get
your New Year calling cards. We can
give you something to be proud of in
the card line.
The establishment of the Sisters Of
Charity, and the building of a hospital
are among the newly proposed enter
prises for Deadwood.
If the names are sent In the list of
ladies who will keep ''open house, on
New Years Day will be published in
Tuesdays LEADER. Don't forget.
Dame Rumor tells us that a young
grocery bookkeeper and a well known
clerk will shortly duellize over a woma
question. Both love her golden hair.
Mr.. A. ID. Titus, late of the Omaha
train dispatcher's office, arrived here
yesterday and at once entered upon the
duties of chief train dispatcher for the
Mountain Division.
1t is understood in the Hills that
Flood g. O'Brien, the great capitalists
of San Francisco, are buying up extern
sive mining interests and particularly
the silver prospects.
A lively runaway occurred OIL 10th
street late last evening, but no damage
was done, the horse being stopped by a
plucky lady whose companion had left
her mufled UP and alone in the vehicle.
Prof. Gibson has returned from his
tour through Colorado, and will be at
the Inter Ocean hotel for two or three
days. Persons desiring to consult him
should call early, as his stay will be
brief.
The small boys had a high old time
yesterday, with their sleds. Every
vehicle which ~traversed the streets was
their meat" and they rode all day
without paying a cent. The teamsters
seemed to enjoy the fun rs well as the
boys did.
Mr.. $. n. Townsend, correspondent
of the London Field, came up from
Denver yesterday and went east over
the Union Pacific. lie is about to
write up ting land grant of the Burling-
ton s. Missouri railroad for the paper
he represents.
Those of our ladies who propose to
entertain callers OF New Years Day
should leave their names and street
numbers at this Office before tomorrow
night, rs the list will be published
Tuesday morning. These lists are pub
lished in all eastern cities, and should
be here.
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There will be a very pleasant affair
at the ~favorite dancing academy of
Prof. Galloway, Recreation Hall, on
tomorrow monday evening. The
Professor gives II class dance, followed
by Il grand soiree, and extends u cor
dial invitation to his friends and the
public generally.
Tom Dawson, of the Denver Tribune,
has the reputation of being the fleetest-
footed editor of Colorado. He recently
walked from the Tribune office around
three cemeteries and back to "Phil's,"
a distance of 10 miles, in 3 hours 40
minutes. Townsend kept in sight of
him, but that was all.
In these clear winter days there are
many adventurous spirits who brave
the almanac and ride over the roads
which lead to Fort Russell. Their
noses and fingers grow cold, and when
they alight at the wayside inn they
take up the decanter with a p%atroniz-
ing air and say, ''Sweet spirit, hear my
prayer" One time a person was heard
to say, ''Thou art the apple of my
eye"
Civilization moves in cycles, or as
Goethe believed, upward spirally. The
leaves that fall in brown, unctuous..mass-
es this year will feed the tiny yellow