The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-25

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Yesterdayss trains brought ~ tlhey-
enne passengers.
Division Superintendent Davis has
returned from a visit to Omaha.
The U. p. pay a arrived here last
night and will go west this morning.
If you want visiting or business
cards call at THE LEADER steam print
ing house.
At 3 o'clock this morning all Union
Pacific trains due here to-day were
moving on tins.
Hon. G. A. Searight will o erect
a magnificent residence on Bridal
Avenue
Assistant Superintendent J. I. Clark
arrived here yesterday and is at the
Railroad house.
Baptist prayer meeting this Thurs.
day evening, at the Y. NJ. c. A.
rooms, at 7:30 O'Clock.
Mr.. p. J. Mcnamara has gone to the
Black Hills on a business tour. He
will be absent ten days or two weeks.
Clark shipped 500 head of cattle from
Granite Canon, yesterday. There were
AGO head shipped from Pine Bluff
Tuesday.
If business men and property owners
would labor with the Council a little,
we would soon have a well equipped fire
department.
One a of stones, = of mdse., and
of oats for Cheyenne and s cars of ha,
for Fort Russell will arrive from the
east this morning.
The Baptist society will give Il so
ciable at the residence of Mr.. 5. \.
Sturgis, on tomorrow friday evening
A general invitation is extended.
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Hats are described by the dictiona'
ries as coverings for the heads, which
shows that the old authors never saw
hats worn as ladies wear them now.
Mr.. J. w. Hammond was married il
Leavenworth, Kansas, yesterday, tc
Miss Hopkins, daugeter of a leading
commission merchant of st. Louis.
Now, if Sitting Bull had only spit in
the faces of the Commissioners, his
triumph over Uncle Sam would have
been complete. The old scamp must
have forgotten it.
MI. Frank Menea, of the harnes.
house of Gallatin 4 Co., returned yes
terday from an extended tour through
Missouri, Kansas, Texas and otheI
Southern States. He came back alone
a large government sale of con
demned harness, old pattern uniforms
and caps will begin at Camp Carlin thii
morning at 10 O'Clock. Here's a chance
to get cheap clothing for Yourself OF
animals.
The city is now supplied with an eff
cient system of water works, but can
not use them in case of fire because tn,
hose couplings will not fit the hydrants
A half dozen of new couplings wOulC
remedy the matter, and would cost bu
%.little.
Our advice to the members of on
hook and ladder company is to sem
one more committee to the City Coun
Gil with II request for ley ladders ant
other necessary fire fighting articles
If this be refused let the company dis
band.
1t will not be long before navigation
will close, and lots of these house file
that are fooling around and trying tt
believe that it is the middle of July vii
find themselves left ont in the cold
good ways from their native land
wherever that may be.
We have n good hook and ladde
company, every member of which vii
work like u Trojan at fires if the prope,
implements are supplied to work with
New, long ladders and II few new
leathern buckets are greatly needed
Business men should force the Council
to purchase them at once.
A rifle match for a purse of $40 wa:
shot at Sloan's lake Tuesday afternoon
Jonas Hellawell and Jas. Mcdonald
being the contestants. The distanc,
was one hundred yards. Mcdonald
lost, owing to defective cartridges. L
Llama and Abe Hershfield acted a:
umpires. L. l..
Crazy Horse was the possessor o