The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-10
PEN, PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

Sioux City is being e~ngulphed by the
Missouri.
They are having balloon ~ascensions
in Denver. III. 4
Six passengers go out this morning
for Deadwood. q
Miss Ella Newell, OF the Coliseum
is dangerously Ill. ovl
McDaniel's excellent band discoursed
sweet music in the open air last even
ing.
The Governors Of Oregon and Wash
ington + at the front in the Indian
war.
The child of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Blake, of Rawlins, died in Laramie City
on Sunday.
Hon. A. H. Swan, the cattle king,
win ship fifty a loads of cattle for
Chicago today.
The Denver Browns are getting beau
tifuIly beaten. Both the Zion clubs
are waxing them.
The Board of Equalization now in
session will finish its review Of County
taxes In about a week.
Travel on the Cheyenne & Black
Hills stage line has rapidly increased
during the past ten days.
Professor Haskell's Grafton at Long
mont on the Fourth, is highly compli-
mented by the Denver press.
Prayer meeting at the Presbyterian
church this evening at 8 O'Clock. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Prof. Edison will be in Denver to
witness the eclipse and next year he
win probably get up one Of his. own.
Police items were scarce as usual yes.
terday. Cheyenne is, to-day, one of the
most orderly and law abiding cities in
the west. u
The Pioneer Hook & Ladder compa.
ny will practice this evening, and two
or three times every week hereafter
until further notice.
For the very excellent spell of weathei
we are having just now let us Civ
thanks to Divine Providence and Sigma
Service Sergeant Smith.
Professor Ingersoll, of Columbia col
lege, New York, has arrived at Denver
He Is accompanied by his wife, and will
remain to view the eclipse.
A fat mans race, open to all little
fellows weighing two hundred or over,
will be among the attractions Of the
iremen's tournament at Pueblo.
The funeral Of Mr.. Van Sandt will
take place at the M. E. church at 10
O'Clock this morning; services will be
conducted by the Rev. L. ]. Hall.
Owen Johnson, an old miner, was in
stantly killed in Clear Creek county,
Colorado, a couple Of days since by
falling into a shaft one hundred feet
deep.
Slack Of the Sun has turned up in the
role of telegraphic correspondent for
the Denver Democrat. Monday eve
ning's issue contains his description Of
the Hazard shooting ARRAY.
The members of the Laramie City frt
department return thanks to the Chey
enne fire department for the "kind and
liberal manner" In which they wert
entertained here on the Fourth.
The soldiers who lost both legs, boil
arms or both eyes during the war, ar,
now entitled to a pension Of S72 PEI
month. There are only sixty-thre'
veterans MANNED in the above describe,
manner, 10Y alive.
Five car loads Of cattle from til
, western portion Of the Territory passe
east yesterday. They, with the fv
from Mr.. 8. u. Hunter, of Greeley
were consigned to Brown, Adams
Eldridge, of Chicago.
Dick Duff, alias Rogers, the ma
who recently came into Rawlins an
announced that he had killed "Texa
Jack" has been found to be the THE
Of Mr.. Henry's horses at Brown
Springs. He now languisheth in jai
at Rawlins. III
The Denver Democrat sets DIR. Georg
L. Miller up as a candidate for tn
Governorship Of Nebraska. DR.. Mile
Is the Cronin- Tilden editor of the Her
aid. The Democrat man is considera
BILE Of a joker and ought to have a plac
on the Detroit Free Press or Danbur
News.
&. q. Davis, formerly editor Of IL
, st. Charles (Missouri) Cosmos, an
lately a .compositor on the Tribun.
has accepted the position Of Telegram
editor on the News. Mr.. Davis is
competent newspaper man and a desi
able acquisition to the fraternity 1
Denver.
The grand jury Of Uinta county ha
found a true bill against VIM. E. Vince
err, of the Evanston Age, for libe
The affairs grows out of the Peck col
troversy. Williams trial takes plae
this week and he proposes to fight 1t OF
on his W peculiar line even il it take
all summer.
VI The rev spaper men Of Denver hay
4 1 nrfrn H. a.