The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-26

fused to vote 800, 900 in bonds for the
erection of county buildings. In Dead
wood the majority against bonds was
100, and in Gayville, 1923. 81
Three inches of water fell in Laramie
Tuesday, being the heaviest rain storm
ever known there. Even the red
ribboned M~urphyites were satisfied
both as to quantity and dampness.
1.-THE Mormors and the West,n will
be the subject of the lecture by Hiram
H. Eldridge, at the Presbyterian church
tonight. He is a deserving young
man, and all should hear him. Admis-
sion free.
Deputy Sheriff Hayes, after securing
the country south and southwest of
Fort Laramie in his search for the
Slaughter uny murderers, without
success, has now gone out toward Red
Cloud Agency.
In case of a strike on the Union Pa
ciic road, Brigham Young instructed
his serfs to rush in and take the place
of the railroad men at 81 per day. He
says the id Gentiles ought to be
cleaned out all along the road.
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1t is sad to know that our cotempo-
raries are compelled to fill their col
umns from files Of THE LEADER, gen.
orally going back a fortnight, but
sometimes clipping a column OIL two
which has appeared in these columns
only two or three days previously.
1t will save a great deal of unnecess-
airy correspondence and delay to
United States pensioners in Wyoming
to know that owing to a recent change
all pensioners in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Dakota, and Wyoming will be paid
from the office at Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin.
Drunkards, dead-beats and free lunch
fiends soon sink to their proper level in
Cheyenne, and are ordered out of town
by the police. The worst n now in
the city is expected to depart in a few
days, leaving his trunk to remind his
late landlady of his brief raid on her
table. -u
Captain Lang, of Rawlins, has for
some time been the happy possessor of
a fine Cinnamon bear. The other day
this bear, while being led to water by a
man with more bravery than prudence,
took a slice off the poor fellows arm,
and the Captain Immediately put an
end to bruin.
We don't know who he is, but as he
sang under our sanctum window, last
night, his voice reminded us of the
dying moa Of a strawberry blonde
calf. Sing again, sweet warbler-go
out on the plains and sing to the lowing
herds as they wind slowly DER the lea
they may appreciate you, but we can.
not. --
The last shipment of machinery for
Mclaughlin & Cassells' 25-stamp mil
was made yesterday. The batteries
have already arrived at Deadwood, and
G. G. Wade started with the engine
and boiler yesterday. This will be the
best mill in the Hills. The weight of
stamps, engine and boiler is 81 ,00C
pounds.
SIT is now in order for THE LEADER
to' announce another defeat for the
Red Stockings. Somehow the air OF
Utah is not conducive to good play on
their part, or else they have been beat
en-, as they claim, by the umpire. We
wouldn't umpire a game of base ball il
Brigham Young would make us a pres
emit of Utah.
1t is reported that the Murrin,
Steele, Dyer, Haas, Whipple, Jones
party, travelling ..incognito from Dead
wood to Cheyenne to avoid attacks
from road agents, did not succeed in
misleading the willy robbers. Theil
coach was stopped on Tuesday night,
and all were politely requested t.
''show up" They were prepared fol
such an emergency, however, and had
no valuables abont them; but theil
supplies were confiscated by the road
agents, and the party suffered untold
hardships until they reached Jacl
Bowman's ranch, where they secured
something to eat" and then resumed
their journey to Cheyenne. F u
Ice cream, ice cream, at Ellis con
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