The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-03
LOCAL HAFLEn.s
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Flies are getting " sassy

days.
This is the third day of summer. and
it will be a fine one. p
Mr.. S. Il. Wood returned from the
Black Hills yesterday. "a
The running time of the coaches be-
tween this city and Deadwood is now
AZ hours.
Most of the men now going into the
Hills are capitalists. This is as it
A quiet Conscience and contented
mind will he the reward of all who at
tend church to-day.
Chas. II. Brown isthe steward at the
lnter-Ocean, and Il very capable and
obliging one at that. TY8yiS
d. Bates, ESQ.,, Il prominent stock
dealer from Chicago, is at the Inter
Ocean. Cheyenne is his fayorite ship
ping point.
There seems, to be 4 singular scarcity
of choice strawberries in this market.
Dealers and shippers will please rise
and explain. ms, o.a
J. J. MeGreavy started out with a
train of six-mule wagons, laden with
supplies for the red lo3fers at Red
Cloud Agency, yesterday.
There were several very fine pony
racessat the driving park, yesterday.
The spectators were few in number,
with Il sprinkling Of fair ladies'.
Hon. Geo. w. French, secretary of
the territory, left yesterday, accompa-
MED by his wife and son, for 4 months
visit to the old home. way down in
Maine.r III
In the rafie at II urlbut's drug store,
evening, for the unique straw farm
house, yard ana buildings, built by
Billy Diamond, Thos. Creighton was
the winner, throwing Al
Mr.. Thomas Mitchell, Il veteran
man, has been appointed division
agent on the c. & B. II. stage line from
Fort Laramie to Deadwood, to succeed
the lamented John Featherstun.
A young lady was Swinging on the
gate" yesterday evening, and the gate
fell, and so did she, and great was the
fall thereof, for-but, oh my, our mod
esty prevents MS from saying what we
saw.
Charlie Hecht received notice last
from headquarters Department
of the Platte, that his bid for trans
p%ortation to Forts laramie and Fet-
terman and Cantonment Reno was the
f.- ( .t+
We expect to he supplied with gas
works very soon, the matter of making
n contract with Mr.. L. Tillotson hav-
ing been placed in the hands of 4 special
of the City Council. with
full power to act.
A number of people asked Us. yester-
day why.the GRANDEUR was discharged.
We could not learn just why, but have
good authority for saying that
greatly displeased the judge by
ndjourning ut an earlier hour than he
them to.
Our thanks are due and hereby ten
dered to the genial Doug. Rhodes, of
the p. o. new-sdepot, for the latest
Scribner, Harper's and Leslie's Illus
trated Weellies, and other fresh peri
odicals. Holt has q large supply of
everything suitable for Sunday reading
from which to make selections to-day.
The circulation of the Daily LEADER
is now double that of any other paper
in Wyoming. Our weekly circulation
is more than ten times as large as that
of any other weekly in the territory,
and the subscription list of both edi-
tons is rapidly growing. This is the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, and advertisers will make n
note Of il.
Ed Wagner narrowly escaped instant
death yesterday. lie was idle for a
brief moment, and had stepped TO the
door to sniff the.fresh air, whena large
iower-pot fell from a upper window,
grazed his nose, and lew into n thou
sand pieces on the Sidewalk. He has
the consolation of knowing that, had he
been killed, he would have been sum-
merged in the fragrance of the Chinese
primrose which the pot contained.
Alpaca and linen coats at
m21tf PoLACK's.
Simnln and inexnensiye rs il is.