The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-17

MHaENlAN
81, m
Yesterdays trains brought IS Chey
enne passengers.
At 4 O'Clock this morning ali U. L
trains due here to-day were moving Of
time.
Several companies of the fghtin,
Fifth r expected at Fort Russell
soon.
Whipple 6 Hay will receive a cal
load-21, 900 pounds-of assorted sugar,
to-day.
Oats have declined 25 cents per 1Ot
lbs. in consequence of recent heavy
receipts here.
1t is costing at the rate of $40, OO(
per mile to construct the road-bed Of
the Longmont extension.
THE LEADER steam printing estab'
lishment is still turning out the fines,
work at the most reasonable prices.
The Chicago cattle market was quiet
yesterday. Receipts were four thousand.
Choice to extra were quoted at $685..
There is a surfeit of -four In this
market, and although prices are high
at present, a big fall is expected soon.
No cases of sun-stroke as yet! Evil
IDENTIFY the sun has concluded to work
along at the old rate of wages and not
strike.
There would be more bread for the
poor if the rich didn't cut the slices so
thick. The government ought to look
into this.
We are threatened with dep~opulation
unless measures are taken to stop the
great exodus of Cache-la-P oudre fish,
ing parties.
]. w. Tiff shipped IS cars of stock
from Julesburg yesterday. Fifteen cars
Of cattle passed through here for the
west yesterday.
After all, the poor man who works
for 81 a day can get a. much whisky
for fifteen cents as the wealthiest man
in the country.
Our leading wool growers state that
all the wool clipped in this vicinity has
been shipped east, so that the wool
season here is over.
Potatoes are still scarce in this mar
ket, but the price does not seem to rise
very rapidly. The Murphy is now
quoted at 2@3 cents.
Does the present quiet aspect of
Indian affairs on our border forebode
dreadful, or has peace re-
sumed a permanent sway?
The large rocks which have been de-
posted in the street between the Oyster
Bay cellar and the Carey block should
be removed soon, as they make that
portion of the city a trough road to
This is the last day of the Territorial
Institute. The essay, lee
ture, recitation and music will be
very entertaining, and we hope to see
the Presbyterian church well filed this
evening. AEI ttEtsf
What touching evidence Of a happy
day in the woods is presented by the
youthful picnicker returning home with
hat wreathed with oak leaves and
the seat of his pantaloons smeared with
custard pie. "a srsE
One car HOUSEHOLD goods, l of potatoes
and l of mdse. arrived from the west
yesterday. Eight cars of hay and 6 of
corn for Fort Russell, lear of oats and
l of mdse. for Cheyenne, will arrive
from the east to-day.
County Clerk Loeb has completed the
poll books for all precincts in the
ty and they are now ready to send out.
The certificates of appointment of
the judges of election in the several
precincts have all been sent ont.
That huge pile of gravel in front of
the Carey block is to be utilized in
filling the cellars to a point above high
water mark, and the work will begin
Those cellars have been in a
'sdemnition moist, unpleasant state''
for a long time. A,ar+
John and Henry Harrington, George
Doug. Rhodes, Charlie Miller
and W. G. provinces will make a very
lonesome looking crowd after next
month. And all because Hammond is
to train with them no more They
''must go and do likewise"