The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-04

A big balloon will be sent up from
Meyers cigar store, corner of Ferguson
and.16th streets, this evening.
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Yesterday was the hottest of the
year, the thermometer rising to 90o in
the shade during the afternoon.
A warehouse for the accommodation
OF wool growers has been erected ut
Carr station on the Denver Pacific.
This is the day on which the Red
Stocking B. D. c., of Cheyenne, will
be defeated by Denver's crack club.
June Both in Deadwood was q cold,
freezing day; the ladies wore furs, and
the men were mufled with overcoats.
A party of English capitalists, repre-
senting strong mining companies, are
coming over to examine the Black Hills
veins.
The boys should remember that the
nickels and quarters they think of
spending to-day for candy and lemon
AIDE, will come handy next Tuesday.
Mr.. A. ID. Butler gets two holidays
this week, which we think is not fair.
To-day is a legal holiday, and to-mor-
row is the anniversary of his birthday.
And John Single has received Il tel
egram stating that Queens circus is
not coming to Cheyenne. This is in
deed sad news, but John can comfort
the curious.
A grand picnic is to be enjoyed by
Capt. Payne's company F, Fifth Cav
airy, at Fort Russell, this afternoon.
There will be a display of fireworks in
the evening. ..H-
There will be a general suspension of
business this afternoon. The banks
will not open their doors to-day, and
very few business houses will he open
after IL a. m.
The District court convened yester-
day morning. The case of the Terri
tory VS.. Peter Simmons was continued
and court adjourned to Friday morn
ing, July 9th, at 8 O'Clock.
The grade on the Colorado Central
mountain narrow-gauge is now within
three miles of Georgetown. 1t is
thought the road bed will be finished to
the depot grounds by the middle of
July.
Before leaving for the Yellowstone
Gen. Crook ordered a company of cav
airy to Crook City to protect the miners
from Indian raids. The company has
arrived and is now encamped near that
| place.
John Hammond has lost the straw
berry blonde moustache which erewhile
graced his thin, patrician upper lip, and
this reminds us that John, together
with all the handsome men in town,
stayed at home instead of going to
Denver.
A private of the 9TH cavalry, recently
sentenced to Imprisonment at Fort
Hamilton, N. Y, for larceny, jumped
from a coach window near Hazard,
yesterday, and made a break for tall
timber, but the train was stopped and
he was caught and brought back.
AT the last regular meeting of Chey-
enne Lodge No. l., 1. o. o. F. the follow
ing newly elected officers we're duly in
stalled in their respective offices by Past
Grand Master Peter HANNA: Henry
Altman, N. g.; T. w. Rutledge, V.
G.; f. W. Mann, Rec. Sec.; o. john
son, Treasurer.
Capitalists who have the will and the
sugar" have recently sent representa-
tives to this city, to ascertain the
feasibility and prospects for a street
railway, and favorable reports have
been returned. We look for the estab.
lishment of this Improvement before
the coming of another anniversary OF
our nations birth.
The financial committee of the City
Council seems to have been very negli.
gent in the matter Of gas-works. The
proposition of MI. Tillotson was re,
ferred to this committee over a month
ago, with instructions to take actor
at once, but no action has been taken
and Mr.. Tillotson is waiting to heal
from the Council. If we are to hay,
gas-works, the committee should act a,