The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-03

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A woman may not be able TO sharpen
a pencil OF hold an umbrella, but she
can pack more articles into n trunk
than q man can into "A one-horse
wagon.
Just take notice that the cooler the
nights the oftener n mans wife hears
burglars seeking to get in, and the
oftener he must leave his bed TO search
for them.
II you want artistic letter heads, bill
heads, cards, envelopes, circulars, ETC.,
printed promptly and at fair figures,
send your orders to THE LEADEn steam
printing house.
Tramps go about the city asking
for yictuals and wo.d. The work they
claim a desire to perform is ''c~orn-husk-
ing" which somehow is never offered
them-in the city.
Weather sharps are predicting again.
They say we will yet have a month of
delightfullypleasant weather-an agree-
able taste of Indian summer. Let it
come, though the clothiers howl.
The English papers state that young
ladies who wear what are sometimes
called deer-stalker hats have taken to
raising them in acknowledgment Of the
salutations of their male friends.
Every woman who marries should
have some idea of cookery; but the
truth is that nine in ten who marry
cannot tell whether icicles should be
cooked with their jackets OH or not.
The two road agents who were cap
tured Thursday by Lieut.. Chase, and
confined in the guard-house at Fort
Laramie, will probably arrive here on
to-night's coach, but may be detained
at the Fort a day or two yet.
Lieut.. Chase and his men did well
up to the time they overlook the rob-
bers-but II they had then riddled them
with bullets their reward would have
been the same and the people would
have been much better satisfied.
Three companies Of the Fifth cayal-
ry, viz: Z, Capt. Emil Adam; f, Capt.
Geo. +. Price, and NJ, Capt. L. II.
Leib, will arrive here this afternoon
from Fort Mcpherson, Neb., en- route
to Fort Mckinney, Wyo., where they
will take post for the winter.
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The command OF Gen. o. o. How
ard, which, after the capture of the
Nez Perces by Miles, sailed down the
Missouri river, en- route home via
Omaha, the U. =. and G. p. railroads,
reached Omaha yesterday, and Is en-
pected to pass through here this morn
ing.
The Denver Times states that the
records Of the internal revenue office
show that more whisky has been sold
in Denver during the past month than
in any other month during the past
half year. This looks rs though the
Murphy movement there has proven II
failure.
The interest ON the Denver Pacific
first mortgage bonds was paid Thurs
day in London. This ensures the re-
tention Of the road for n year at least,
as no default a now take place be-
fore May next, and the b%ondholders
cannot get the road until six months
after default.
Mr.. Henry, of Greeley, had Is, 900
pounds of sugar beets from one half
acre; they were very large, having been
thinned thoroughly; he had one row of
of turnips about thirty rods long, from
which he got over 600 pounds and sold
for n cent per pound; two of the tur-
nips weighed 90 pounds.
We have heretofore mentioned the
fact that the telegraph line between
Green River and Camp Stamhaugh was
torn down by cattle herders, who
used the poles for camp fires. The
Green River Courier states that the
guilty parties were found, tried and
acquitted, leaving Sweetwater county
to pay a big bill of costs.
Assistant Surgeon S. G. Cowdrey,
Department of the Gulf, Assistant
Surgeon E. B. Moseley, Department of
the Gulf, and Assistant Surgeon W.
II. Corbusier, Military Division of the
Missouri are relieved from duty in
those divisions. and ordered to report
in person to the Commanding General
Of the Department Of the Platte.
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Leave of absence has been granted
Second Lieutenant NJ. p. Thorington,
9Th infantry, until January l, 1873,
with permission to go beyond sea. Six
months leave of absence is granted
Captain George l.. Tyler, I'd cavalry.
Captain William r. King and First
Lieutenant George NJ. Wheeler, corps