The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-10
CAUGHT ON TnE FLY.

ing's coach forthe Hills.
The wife of Mr.. A. Murchland, at
Sherman, is dangerously i'll.
The coach came in last evening with
six passengers from Deadwood.
A Mrs. S. L. Brown fell dead In Den
yer OIL Wednesday. Apoplexy.
John Eames says he expects to COM
mence work on his new house about
the FIRST of June.
The officers at Camp Douglas are
now talking of putting up a telephone
between Salt Lake City and the post.
The Governor of Colorado has not yet
decided to send troops to quell the rail-
road troubles at Canon City, as request
ed.
Mr.. ]. Mooney, who was injured on
Wednesday by the car thrown of the
Fort Russell track, Is rapidly recover
ing.
c. F. Miller, our popular county
Treasurer and Probate Judge, left us
yesterday for a short visit to st. Jo-
seph, Mo.
Judge n. L. Andrews, speaker of the
last Wyoming House of Representa-
tiyes is v from Laramie, paying q
visit to relatives here.
Mr.. George Garrett has sold his in
terest in the Gazette outfit. George is
q good boy and we are pleased to learn
that he will remain in Cheyenne.
Mrs. Letange, the passenger on We'd
nesday's eastern bound train, who WAS
arrested here on n telegram sent from
San Francisco, was released yesterday.
Orders have just been received at
Fort Sanders for Company d of the
Third cavalry, to prepare for marching
to Fort Laramie, there to await fur
the- orders.
T. J. Webster, NJ. +. Jones and c..
P. Walton, started for Lead City, d.
T., yesterday, with the material of the
Gazette. Editor Horton will not go for
several days.
Mayor Bresnahen Is putting three
nice fountains into his Washington
Market. The work, which is being
done by Mr.. John Ellison, will be COM
pleted in two or three days.
Messrs, G. II. s. J. S. Collins, of this
occupy a whole page in the Omaha
Herald. They believe In advertising,
and more prosperous establishments
are hard to find than their Cheyenne
and Omaha houses.
The Deadwood Times man is still af-
iicted with a malady which will result
in his death if not kept in check. It's
known as NEW territory" and reveals
its existence in lengthy editorials on
''self-government" etc.
A telegram was received in this city
last night from Fort Laramie to the eff
feet that a III citing ARRAY took place
there yesterday, resulting in one man
being killed and another seriously
wounded. Particulars not given.
A six-mule team, en- route for the
Hills, got stalled in the vicinity of the
court house yesterday. After a couple
Of hours bother with the outfit, the
driver emerged from his dilemma, and
proceeded on his way rejoicing.
Company A, Fourth infantry, Lieut.
Keefe in command, is now at Rock
Greek, and will ut once commence the
building of the road from there to Fort
Fetterman. Capt. Coates, with a de-
tachment from the Fort, will meet tn e
road builders.
The festival given last night by the
ladies of the Baptist church, was a very
successful affair, as regards the mum
Der of persons present, and the amount
of enjoyment had. Financially it was
gratifying to the managers, as the clear
gain for the church will not fall short
Of seventy dollars.
1t Is very necessary to the public
health that the streets of Cheyenne
should be kept clean this summer, and
the garbage properly disposed of. We
have had IN open winter, and are hay
ing a warm spring, and there will be
great need of a thorough enforcement
of all the sanitary regulations of the
local government. We cannot expect
any improvement on the old system Of
street cleaning.
On Wednesday morning Harry Rus
ten, one OF the convicts in the Laramie
penitentiary, attempted to escape. The
The Sentinel says he was one of the
gang working in the stone quarry,
which il on tho river bank, one-half
mile north Of the prison. The quarry
IS near a precipitous bank, and Rusten,
out of range Of the guns of the
slid down this bank and swan
The river, going toward the rolling
mill. He was overtaken, captured and
returned to prison.
E. r. Griffin, of the U. z. freight
Office, attended the sale of baggage, etc,
by the Cheyenne & Black Hill Stage
Co., yesterday. Everything sold was
purchased without an examination of
the contents of the trunk or packages,
as the case might be. A package was
offered for sale and Griffin bid IS, and