The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-08
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The Albany County District Court is
In session.
Heavy rains are reported north OF
Cheyenne.
Yesterday was one Of the warmest
of the season. sa4zIssq
Travel light on the Union Pacific
road both ways, yesterday. 7. :,
The coach for Deadwood will take
out five passengers this morning.
Seventy-two passengers came in on
the west bound passenger train yester-
day.
The Thermometer stood ninety-ive in
the shade yesterday morning at North
Platte.
The funeral of the late NJ. J. Mooney
will take place this afternoon at 3
O'Clock.
Creighton & McShane will.ship eigh-
teen car loads Of cattle to-day for
Chicago.
There will be very little local news
in the Colorado papers until after the
election. =
Snyder Brothers will ship eighteen
car loads of cattle from Julesburg for
the east to-day.
The iron-clad coach on the Cheyenne
and Black Hills stage line has been
named the Johnny Slaughter"
1t is barely possible that Judge
Fisher could "attend court at Lara
mis- City without assisting Judge Blair.
The collections at the United Breth-
rem church at Loveland, last Sunday,
to liquidate the church debt, amounted
to $500.
]. W. Bruner is agent for two fire.
insurance companies, whose certificates
Of authority to transact business here,
are published in this issue Of THE
LEADER.
The County Commissioners held a
short session yesterday and allowed
bills to the amount Of about SO, 900,
among which were those of the salaries
Of county officers.
The Bear Paw gold mining excite
ment Is subsiding. 1t is quite gener-
ally believed that region Is a humbug,
and those who were led astray from
Deadwood are returning.
The Independent Order of Good
Templars will hold n sociable and fur
nish refreshments this evening, free of
charge, at the Red Cross Hall. Public
are cordially invited to attend.
Levi Mathews, an insane tramp, was
found by Officer Bean yesterday in an
alley, almost destitute Of clothing. The
unfortunate man was placed in the
calaboose and furnished some apparel.
The wool clip of 1873 is about three
per cent. greater than its immediate
predecessor. New England fell of
about five per cent, the Pacific States
nine per cent. All other sections show
an increase.
One Of Thomas Sturgis' cattle men,
whose name We did not learn, met with
a severe accident yesterday morning by
means Of being bruised by the horse
which he was riding, stumbling and
falling upon him.
A tell-tale letter has been found in
the cell Of Hiram p. Marston, at Dem
yer, which proves him guilty Of adul-
terry, at any rate; and 1t looks very
much as IL he was guilty eff the murder
Of young Higgins.
The Cheyenne Workingmen's organ
ization met a few evenings since, and
resolved to await the action Of the Re
publican and Democratic conventions,
and then to select a ticket of their own
from the nominees Of both parties.
We saw a baby wagon for ''twins''
marked 'For Sale," on one Of our
streets yesterday, and make this note
of it, knowing full well that there are
several young married gentlemen in
this city who are looking after just
such an article Of household furniture.
Rev. Bishop Simpson, OF the Metho-
dist church, and its most distinguished
pulpit orator, will spend q few days at
Salt Lake City about the middle Of the
present month. He presides at the
ensuing session of the Utah Conference
Of that body, which begins at Ogden
on the 22d instant.
The newspaper men of Colorado or
ganized a State Press Association at
Denver on Tuesday, and elected the
following named as officers for the en-
suing year President, W. b. Vickers;
Vice-President, Judge w. b. FELTON,;
Secretary, M. ]. Gavisk; Assistant Sec
rotary, II. M. Stevenson; Treasurer, b.
w. Steele.
We advise our readers to drop in ut
Recreation Hall this evening and wit
ness the performances of Prof. T. Brig
ham and Louise Bishop. The Burling-
ton Ha,rkeye, Des Moines Register and
other papers where they have recently
performed, speak highly Of their enter
tainments. See advertisement else
where.
The Laramie Sentinel says that ON
Saturday night Thomas Alsop, a lead
ing ranchman of Albany county, was