The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-20

Yesterdays trains brought SO Chey-
enne passengers.
A manufacturer of counterfeit nickels
has been arrested and imprisoned in
Omaha.
Omaha has a new German paper, the
journal, which will be published tri-
weekly and weekly.
One car load of California fruit and
one of Utah potatoes, both fer Chey-
enne, arrived last night.
Parties in want of handbills, pro-
grammes, auction bills, posters, ETC.,
should send their orders to THE LEAD
Err steam printing house.
New and handsome type having been
recently added to our job office, we are
now prepared to turn out fine work in
better style than e
Fifteen car loads of cattle, nine of
which were loaded at Granger, Sweet
water county, and six at Carter, Uinta
county, passed through here last night.
Presbyterian sociable at the residence
Of J. V. Jillich, Esq, corner of 18th
and Ransom streets, this evening at s
O'Clock. A cordial invitation is given.
The party who picked up a memoran-
dunn book marked on cover "Daily
LEADER" on Friday last, will be lib
orally rewarded by leaving it at this
office.
The main Crow Agency, now located
at Fort Peck, Montana, is to be remov-
ed Oct. LIST to the mouth of Poplar
river, on the Yellowstone, 1877 miles
above the Missouri.
Denver having been badly worsted
by the railroads, now insists that the
national capital shall be located in that
city, which it is claimed would be an
improvement upon Washington in eli
mate, beauty and everything else.
The cunning African who raised a
watch and pair of boots Wednesday
night, is still at large. We made a
tour of all the clothing houses, last
night, to learn which one had supplied
him with a suit of clothes, but could
not ascertain.
A fire Tuesday night and again
Wednesday night, destroyed several.
thousand feet of snow sheds ON the
Central Pacific, near Emigrant Gap
and Dutch Flat, delaying trains and
stopping Geographic communication
for some hours.
At 4 O'Clock this morning the east
bound U. p. express, due here at 800
this afternoon, was reported from eight
to ten hours behind time. and it will
probably not arrive here before 10
O'Clock tonight. The west bound eX-
press was reported on time.
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1t was expected that the body of
DIR. Winslow, who died recently in Salt
Lake, would be cremated on yesterday.
He directed this in his will, and his
executors made arrangements, while
his son opposed the cremation at first,
but has nov acceded to his fathers
dying wish. rE##|tEH
d. j. Mccain, who has richly earned
Kansas Pomeroy's cognomen of 'Old
Beans" after praying with every re-
sponsible citizen of Cheyenne for sew
eral days past, in order to get security
for his bond, was compelled to obtain
the same from Lonergan, of Ogalalla,
and VanTassel, of Sidney, and was re-
leased yesterday.
r. D. Curry, sentenced to four years
in the P~enitentiary for a~ssaulting Ed
ward Rosewater, editor of the Omaha
Bee, has been ~pardoned by Gov. CARRIER.
He had served out three months of his
sentence. Judge Savage and District
Attorney Buckingham recommended
the pardon for the reason of the per-
jured testimony of the principal wit
ness.
MILITARY MATTERS.
Leave of absence for one month,
with permission to apply for an extern
sion of three months, is hereby granted
Capt. r. H. Montgomery, 9Th Cavalry,
Fort D. A. Russell.
Upon the recommendation of his
company and post commander, SO much
of the sentence Of confinement awarded
John Bigley, company A, Sd Cavalry,
by sentence of the general court-mar-
tial orders No Ga current series. from