The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18

An Interesting Budget Of Gossip From the
Village "0ver The HILL"
lREaULAn CORRESPONDENCE.

Our literary and musical gatherings
are well attended, and seem destined to
accomplish what we ardently hoped
they might, viz. to furnish a field for
culture in this most refining art.
Young and middle-aged, and the. more
mature, alike are coming to take part,
and select reading, original poetry, dra-
matte and other r%ecitations, essays and
recitations, etc., enter into the pro-
grammes. At our last meeting, Col.
$. w. Downey gave 80 neat and elo-
quent an address upon Poetry, that 1
cannot forbear mention of it, and wish
that every one Of our people could have
heard 1t.
Close on the heels of the bridal car
riage follows the hearse, as if to re-
mind us that the cares and joys of
earth are not permanent, and to teach
us the wisdom of considering what
would be the outlook If we stood ON the
outer Threshold of life. Mrs. z. G..
Murphy, among the first Of Laramie's
residents, was borne away from her
her home, her husband, her children,
to find an abiding place in the bleak
and unprotected cemetery, which
shames the fine and humanizing sense
of respect for the dead that ought to
characterize all people. The public
spirit and keen sense of what is decent,
common to our people, seems to fall
almost to zero here. May a just ap-
probation of this question soon move
our people to protect the remains of
dead friends from rude dissertation by
at least a fence.
1.-THE machine shops were closed Mon
day, and all work on the railroad
stopped, as nearly as possible, out of
respect to the memory of Oliver Ames,
Just deceased, which gave a large num-
Der of our people a day of rest. But
the rolling mills, which have been
stopped for a few days on account of a
little break in the machinery, resumed
their noisy round on the same day, so
the lull in the hum of business was not
noticed, except by those Immediately
concerned.
The city election ON Tuesday was a
comparatively quiet and orderly affair,
and resulted in the election of good
men. This condition of things was due
largely to the fact that the ordinance
closing saloons was so enforced as to
reduce drinking to a minimum. An
other cause, probably, is that the small
politician did not succeed in ~arousing
the ire of his fellow, thus sounding the
tocsin for a purely personal struggle,
bitter and undignitied, and utterly UNI
called for.
Apathy on the part of the Republi-
cans, and an attempt to rouse party
feeling on the part of the Democrats,
both gave way to better counsels; a
lively interest was developed on II
side, and everything Of Il partisan ma
ture dropped on the other. We have
secured what we need-competent bust
ness men, who are honest and law
abiding.
Just beyond us, on the Little Lara
mic river. there seems to be a warm
belt; very light snow and slight cold is
reported from there the past winter,
and now green grass two inches high ls
said to have been found This is good
news for all of us who like juicy, fat
beef, and especially good news for the
stock men of our valley.
Police court business has been pretty
brisk of late, but the Incorporate, vio-
lent and lewd find little favor with our
justices.
This leads me to say that three more
lawyers have just been added to the list
Of that fraternity in this place, by adj
mission to the bar. AS far as we know,
these are all men who will honor the
noble profession of law, and one of
them, MI. L. d. Pease, is well known
in the territory as a man of integrity
and sterling worth; but it seems as if
the influx of legal light must cease
soon, or subsistence will fall short.
We have no "Postofiice War" as yet,
but shall get along if we don't have one.
Business seems sluggish yet, but does
not get worse, and the influx of miners,
and the freighting to mines, which has
already begun, must soon be felt favor
ably in business circles.
If the opening up of u route to the
T" Big Horn country F." will be such an
immense thing for Rawlins as it is rep
resented, then we are certainly most
fortunate in the route that is estab-
lished into North Park. This route
will include many important mines,
among them the Centennial district,
Gen. Worth's and j. w. Boyles' rich
silver mines, near Sheep mountain;
Last Chance district, in which we
might name the Home Mining Com.
pany's placer mines, Capt. Kelly's and
Foley's rich quartz lodes, and all OF
the Hahn's Peak diggings. Mr.. Bells
teams for the last named place have
just loaded, and a large amount of
freight will be taken from here there
soon. If we are correctly informed,
the gold of this region that is just be-
ing made accessible to settlers by CIV
ing it easy communication with our
city, is not its chief value, but its rich
soil will be turned to account in pro-
ducing, not only dead inorganic grains,
which are really good for nothing until
they are exchanged for p%erishable
goods, but that which is human bone
and muscle, sinew and nerve; that
which strikes in the stalwart arm, and
glows in the blushing cheek. ,Agricul-
ture is the steward which spreads the
daily table of mankind. and in this the
country has permanent wealth, while
those precious grains Of sparkling gold
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