The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-27
WAS IT A wATERsfU0ssa-
A Supply Furnished Us q de- Aqueous
Element that was Quite
Unexpected.
The AiIsfortunes that Overlook a Gentleman
Who Sought 10 Cross q Stream
BY Jumping Il.

A severe storm of rain, accompanied
with hail and thunder and lightning,
visited us yesterday afternoon, and In
less than half an hour the streets were
full of water. When this storm had
passed, and people had almost forgotten
it, they were treated to another and
novel sight-that of the streets sud-
denly filling with water, which came
rushing and pouring along. but from
where no one could tell. Some sug-
gested that it was the ditch which had
given away, but this did not seem to
occasion any alarm among the people
in the streets, and business went on as
usual, although men found it difficult
to make the crossings, and ladies were
compelled to go out of the way in order
to reach their homes. One gentleman,
DESTROYS of showing the Cheyennes
what he could do as a jumpist, under
took to spring from the crossing to the
sidewalk on the corner of Seventeenth
and Ferguson streets, struck his heels
on the edge of the boarding, balanced,
and then fell backwards, making an
impression in the horribly muddy
water, and an impression Of another
sort on the minds of those who heard
him rs he rose to his feet, of being a
horribly profane man.. u r II
The boys seemed to enjoy it hugely,
for the gamias were out in full force,
rushing hither and thither, splashing
the water over themselves and each
other without any regard to their per-
sonal comfort, seemingly, or to the re-
ception that would be very apt to await
them upon their return home. The big
dogs caught the infection from the
boys, and entered into the spirit of the
affair, barking their delight and wag-
ging their caudal appendages as they
wallowed about in the coffee colored
element, and actually seemed to laugh
at the smaller try of their race, who
were contented to remain on the walks
and whine or bark their opinion of this
unusual proceeding on the part Of
WdlcI-NOIhS, tudt thcy 40 CitiLchS VI.
Cheyenne knew nothing about, If the
superior order of citizen did. Later on
in the evening those who were fortu-
nate in the possession of teams drove
out in the direction of the lake and the
Fort, only to find that the prairie land
was either flooded with the aqueous
element, or covered with the hail that
had fallen to the depth of at least three
inches in many places. 1t was also
ascertained that the lake was all right,
and that the overflow did not proceed
from any leakage that had occurred in
the embankment, as was at first re-
ported, and it finally became evident to
everyone who took the pains to inves-
tigate the affair, that a waterspout
must have broken somewhere in III
immediate vicinity, and the excessive
rush of water was due to this
and none other.
SIT is an ill wind that blows nobody
any good" and in this case the rushing
waters through the streetshas servedan
admirable purpose, in that they have
cleansed the streets Of the accumulated
flthsof several weeks past, and there
fore the atmosphere will be rendered
sweeter and healthier by far than we
have had it for some time past.