The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-12

The sidewalks are dangerously icy.
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Yesterdays trains brought a. Chcy-
enne passengers.
At 8 O'Clock this morning all U. l..
trains due here to-day were reported
on time.
Two cars of coke, 2 of corn, l of
mdse. and l of oats for Cheyenne, will
arrive from the east to-day.
Another prominent Denverite has
gone over the mechanically. Liza
bilities, Sls, 600; assets nominal"
The more the people think about 1t the
stronger becomes their determination
to elect the entire Citizens ticket.
If you want to be nobby, wear silk
stockings with lace medallions cover
ing the instep. Price, thirty dollars q
pair.
Horatio Holt predicted this snow
storm three days ago. He is a walking
barometer since rheumatism tackled
his right leg.
Our snow storms, this winter, are
very quiet and orderly affairs. The
Laramie zephyr, however, seems as
fierce and untamed as ever.
Why are moi the annual reports of
the City Clerk and City Treasurer made
public ? The latter's statement has
been out of his hands several days.
Some Indians use scalping-knives of
tortoise smell, probably on account of
the old fable in which the tortoise is
alleged to have got away with the
hare.
The grading of the road-bed for the
new D. P. track is completed but work
on the new depot has not been COM
menced owing to the hardness of the
ground.
The regular weekly q. & B. H. treas
ure coach arrived from Deadwood yes
terday, with Scott Davis and Boon
May ''on deck" The safe was nearly
full Of gold.
A Cheyenne tramp, on receiving sew
eral slices of buttered bread, retired to
the bay window and plastered the slices
on the window panes with a look of in
efTable disgust.
There is Il movement OH foot for the
establishment of u weekly mail line be-
tween Green River and the Uinta Agen-
cy, by the way Of Browns Park and
Ashley's Fork.
1t is eezi eenuf to assurt that our
spelling aut to be maid more simpl and
moer neerly fonetic but it IL bic zoe
meenz eequali eezi to sal lou it ant too
bee changed.
A man named WIN. Wilson was
found dead with q bullet-hole through
the neck, on the Bismarck road, about
twenty miles from Deadwood, on
Thursday last.
Every man on the Citizens ticket is
qualified to hold the office of Council
man. All own real estate, all are in
telligent, honest and enterprising, and
all will be elected.
The first issue Of the Carbon County
News will appear to-day. This en-
terprise Is characteristic of the citi-
zens of Rawlins. Hon. j. C. Friend
is the announced editor.
Snow began falling along the entire
length of the Union Pacific, last night.
Here there is no wind, and the present
depth is one or two inches, but east of
here there is a strong wind.
He gave his youngest son on Christ
mas a box of tools and II quart bottle of
mucilage, and now he finds it time to
treat himself, and purchase Il new car
pet, a parlor table, and several rolls of
wall paper.
The merchant who thought he could
save money by not advertising found
that he was right. After doing bust
ness for several months unknown to
the public he was able to discharge a
number of statesmen, whose salaries lie
saved.
A merchant said to us the other day
that he didn't advertise because bust
ness was so dull. The most successful
merchants in this country, would be
likely to say that dull times are the
very times in which to advertise be-