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


The Green River Courier seems to be
troubled with colic-on the wrong side
judging from its treatment of the
road agent question.
Two cars filed with silk worms
eggs were attached to the east bound
express yesterday. They came from
China and were billed to France.
One Of Charlie Hecht's great OK
trains has Just pulled out for the Hills
with several hundred thousand pounds
of mining machinery and supplies.
Lieut.. welles, arrested in Omaha for
fraud, was released, the ase being
found not rs bad as represented. He
was q member of the Fourth infantry,
and not of the Ninth.
Mr.. G. d. Goodell, our widely known
stock prince, is back from the east, and
brings a wife to take are of him. Con-
gratulations are in order, and we here
with tender ours most heartily.
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If you would have health see that
your cellars are kept dry and free
of ~decaying vegetables. Decaying po-
tatoes or n few heads of cabbage will
breed fevers and death in the house
hold.
Mr.. b. b. Washburn, correspondent
for the London Times and New York
Herald, who has been spending several
months in the Black Hills, arrived here
by Fridays coach, and went west to
San Francisco.
A single lamp turned down SO rs TO
burn low will poison all the air of Il
chamber long before the morning. A
lamp should be allowed to burn bright
" or be extinguished-especialiy so in
the chamber of the sick.
George Francis Train has discovered
how any man can live in luxury on
Eve cents a day. But why should we
live in luxury when we see so many
poor families around us who are strug-
Cling to get through the winter with
only one dog2
Leave of absence for two months,
with authority to apply to the head
quarters of the army for an extension
of four months, with permission to go
beyond the sea, has been granted Sec
ond Lieut.. John J.. O'Brien, Fourth
infantry, Fort Mckinney, Wyo.
The grand success achieved by the
ladies of ST. Mary's society in their re-
cent fair and festival may be realized
when it is known that the gross re-
for the three nights were
fourteen hundred dollars, and the net
profits twelve hundred dollars.
NJ. j. McKelligon's wholesale and
retail liquor store on Farnam street,
Omaha, has been closed by the United
States Internal Revenue officer, for
alleged evasion of the special tax for
rectifying and compromising liquors.
Mr.. McKelligon has been arrested and
put under bonds.
In Chicago, yesterday, the receipts of
cattle were 1900 head. Market quiet
and steady; choice to extra steers, S4.30
as; fair to good, $500; butchers, 1925
"a; cows, S4@4.72; oxen, "a. so; stock
ers and feeders strong, with sales,
80. 62t@3.75 Colorados, $3.50; Texans,
dull and weak.
a lively runaway started at Camp
Carlin yesterday morning, the team
attached to q handsome carriage tear
ing loose from the running gear and
into town at lightning speed,
with only the tongue attached to them,
the running gear at the Camp.
could not learn the owners name.
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They tome to your back door and de-
mand hot coffee and mince pie; they
stop you near home and want money
for a lodging; they unfalteringly pull
the front door bell out of its socket and
demand n new shirt and a few dimes.
How many of them ver ask if you
have a little work for them to doP
Alas. work is not what they come
'or.
We have several heroes in our midst.
Rooney, a brakeman, saved n woman
death, the other day, by stopping
. runaway team. Late Friday after
noon a little boy ran directly in front
If a flying steed, at the III Of Fer
,uson and 18th streets. Dozens of
men stood near, but only one, Patrick
sullivan, had the nerve to spring for
ward and snatch the boy from the jaws
# death.
The finest imported cigars, liquors
md wines at Hugo Rohn's. 1t
New Goodsi New Goods!
One case Germantown yarn, in all
he leading shades.
One case Zephyrs.