The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-12

Mrs. Bates saved all her goods from
the store burnt yesterday, and will soon
open in another locality rJziulH
1t is hard to learn an old dog new
tricks. The Denver Times still speaks
Of Colorado as ''the territory" '
Mr.. Ed. j. Wagner, who has been
suffering several days with mountain
fever, is again able to attend to bust
ness.
Mrs. y. ID. Butler left here for Rome.
N. Y, yesterday. She goes to obtain
medical treatment for 4 very trouble
some malady.
Beware of cheap kerosene and empty
lamps. The fire yesterday was caused
by allowing q lamp to burn too long
without reflling.
Cheyenne must have a well organized
fire department. The City Council
should take the bull by the horns and
organize n Immediately.
The farmers along the line of the C.
c. extension say the graders can master
more watermelons than any like num-
Der of men who ever lived.
Mr.. Frank ID. Yates, Indian trader
Mt Red Cloud Agency, came up from
Denver yesterday and is shaking hands
with his numerous friends here.
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The death Of AIessrs. d. Y Dung and
| c. Horse shows that fatal bowel com
plants may be produced by INDUCING
too freely in green corn and bayonets.
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The west bound express was four
hours late yesterday, arriving at 500
p. m. The delay was caused by waiting
ut Omaha for n delayed express from
Chicago. r. I'D, Iau.- Pose
Immigration is on the increase; new
arrivals of stockmen are announced
daily, and all intend to settle in Lar
annie county, to grow up with the
country.
If the party who took Mr.. j. q. Alb
ney's coat from his office during yes-
terday's fire will return the papers he
found in one of the pockets, he may
retain the coat.
One car of fruit, 1 of potatoes and /
of hides for Cheyenne arrived from the
west to-day. One car Of cattle and l
of mdse. for Cheyenne, and 8 of hay
for Fort Russell, will arrive from the
east this morning.
The Larimer County Express says
that five hundred men employed on the
railway extension will be in that county
on election day, and as they will have
been in the county the prescribed
thirty days, will be legal voters.
John j. Bush has contracted to fur
nish 10000 ties for repairs on the Colo
RADIO Central, between Longmont and
Golden. The road will soon be pre-
pared for ~sleepers, which will take their
passengers at Golden and Denver as
well as in this city.
The value of business and residence
buildings now in course of construction
in Cheyenne is over $4,000, and the
value of buildings erected the present
year win not be less than 100000.
Cheyenne is dying, but she dies hard,
Laramie to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Jacob Armstrong, of Fort Collins,
was bitten on the finger by a rattle
snake 4 few days ago. 1t was supposed
the snake was dead, but he gathered
strength for a final bite, when he
sweetly expired. between the effects
of big whisky drinks and the immedi-
ate severing of the finger with a Ratchet
the wounded man continues to live.
Marshal Wilcox, of Colorado, will
not be able to retain the Boulder Val
ley ties recently seized by him. The
greater part of them were cut on pat
ented lands, and as for the rest, gov
eminent timber might as well support
our railroads as burn up by the acre
through criminal negligence. Marshal
Wilcox should be paid to stop the fires.
For the latest Fall hats go to
s1-tf PoLACK's.
CASH DOWN.
For Il cottage of three or four rooms,
not too far out. Brick preferred. Ad-
dress r., p. o. box 900.
Rooms 70 RENT.-Furnished or ~
furnished. Inquire at Murrin's liquor
store. s12-tf
The season of putting up butter, fruit
ETC., for the winter is near at hand.
You should, therefore, purchase your
stoneware, jars, jugs and fruit jars. at
once, at Converse Il Warren's. jyS-tf
Converse & Warren-s w~arebonse