The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-13
LARAMIE LINES.
Amusement and Personal Gossip from the
Burg s0ver tho Hlll."
LARAMIE CITY, Nov. 10.

LARAMIE CITY, Nov. lU.
To the Editor of The Leader:
Seeing your call for correspondence
from the various towns in the Terri
tory, I thought perhaps few items
from Laramie might not prove unin-
teresting to your many readers.
The Catholic fair, which opened last
Monday evening, closed on Thursday,
having been one of the most successful
ever held here. On Wednesday and
Thursday evenings grand ball and
oyster supper were given. Quite
number of our beaux and bellies mingled
in the ''mazy dance" and if each
''set" were restricted to space of
three feet square, seemed to enjoy
themselves the moro. The amount of
filthy lucre taken in, has not yet been
made public, but must have been large.
The ''Murphy'' meeting, last Mon
day night, was a very interesting one,
the programme being especially good.
Mrs. Darlington recited in her usual
inimitable manner, "Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight" and was followed
by reading by Miss Ida Cramer.
Tuesday evening the Alleghanians
gave an entertainment to highly ap-
preciative audience, in the Laramie
hotel hall.
On Wednesday night the w. L. &
L. A. gave one of their excellent liter
ary and musical entertainments, in the
Presbyterian church. do not hesitate
to say that this entertainment was the
best ever given in the town under the
auspices of the literary OF any other
society. stA Defence of Judas Iscariot,"
by Mr.. Estell, was very well written,
and indicated careful study and
thought. A quartette, 'Homeless and
Motherless," by Misses Rogers and
Baird, and Messrs. Kingsford and
Wilkins, was the musical feature of the
evening, and was superior to anything
sung by the opera troupe. Miss Rogers
has a voice of wonderful power and
compass, and might make a fortune, if
she would adopt the stage as a profess
sion.
An amateur dramatic club has or
ganized here, and is busily engaged in
rehearsing the great society play,
Camille" with Miss Cramer in the
title role, and Mr.. Curren as "Armand."
ssCamille'' is certainly difficult play
for amateurs, but as some members of
the club have had stage training before
1 expect them to make grand success.
Business is beginning to improve.
Times are not near as close as they
were two months ago. People must
eat, and the grocery stores are doing an
immense business. Trabing Bros
grocery store, under the charge of the
deservedly popular manager, Mr..
Stryker, has been receiving car loads of
goods daily for the past two months,
and probably supplies more customers
with goods, than all the other houses in
town.
The meeting of the Legislature, has
taken many of our most prominent citi-
zens to Cheyenne, and in particular, we
miss the genial countenance of the Hon.
Speaker of the House, and the learned
face and dignified bearing of the Secre-
tary of the Senate. But perhaps the
form most missed from our streets, be-
cause most loved by all, is that of the
Chaplain of the Council, and congrat-
ulate that honorable body, on securing
that gentleman's services. Mrs. Sim
clair's absence has also left an empty
place in Laramie, which can not easily
be filed, and that lady's return will be
gladly welcomed.
The Governors message was very
well received here, and is unanimously
conside dered the best ever delivered be-
fore the Council. LoRA.