The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-31
CAUGHT ON TINE FLY.

s~prouting.
Four passengers came In on last
evenings coach.
A telephone has been placed in the
Father DeSmet mine.
The diamond drill has been intro
ducedH In the Black Hills.
Flour has had a tumble at Deadwood.
1t now brings &c per sack.
That grocer's ~earnestness in the fur
niture business ought to insure his sue
cess.
Ole Bull Is soon to return and give
this country thirty more farewell con-
certs.
Butter retails at fifteen cents at
Deadwood now, and eggs are worth
twenty-five.
E. Gorham and wife, and James
Bruce leave on this mornings coach
fer Deadwood.
DIR. Dan. Virgil Gates, who was
''here from California, +" is now engaged
in mining at Leadville, Colorado.
We will have one of the grandest eel
ebrations here on the Fourth of July
that Cheyenne has ever witnessed.
The account of Carroll's sleeping per-
in church has been quite
generally copied by our exchanges.
The opinion among his acquaintan-
ces is that Gen. Grants income
amounts to only about $1,000 a year.
An unruly Indian, at the Yankton
agency, created quite a stir a few days
ago by threatening to kill the agent.
Our iremen practice every evening.
They propose to acquit themselves with
credit when the grand tournament
takes place.
Col. E. P. Snow contemplates sui
eide. AL because the proprietor of
the Ogden Freeman Is here looking af-
ter subscribers.
Don't fail to give literally to the COM
mittee when they call upon you to-day,
and ask q donation for the Fourth Of
July celebration.
William Cullen Bryant, the venera-
BILE editor Of the New York Evening
Post is seriously III. He was reported
unconscious yesterday.
The committee appointed to raise
funds for the Fourth of July tourna-
.ent, are meeting with eminent sue
cess, and the question Of having q cele-
bration on the Fourth Is no longer in
There Is nc possible danger that the
telephone will supercede the sewing So
ciety In the transmission Ut news. The
prestige Of the latter can w be i'm
paired.
No Congressional report this morn
on account Of the adjournment of
both Houses on Wednesday: to attend
the decoration Of the soldiers graves
yesterday.
The remains Of Mrs. E. L. Bough-
little girl were buried temporarily
In the Dead wood cemetery. and will be
brought to Cheyenne in a few weeks
for interment.
The Deadwood Times says that Ed.
L. B%oughton, formerly of Cheyenne,
has been examined by two physicians,
aud pronounced insane. He has been
in confinement.
NJ. G. Tom, Of Deadwood, is having
domestic difficulty. His wife left
him and took their only child along,
whereupon he had her arrested for
kidnapping the little one.
Two a loads of machinery came in
from San Francisco, destined
for use at the Father DeSmet mine, in
the Black Hills. Messrs. Cuthbertson
& Young will shortly ship the same for
the gold region.
The Grand Jury brought in three
new indictments yesterday. Mr.. Con-
ley, the foreman, informs us that all
The county business is concluded. Ger
lain indictments in the interest Of the
United States will next be presented.
All parties who are interested in base
ball are requested to meet at the Alert
Hose house this evening. The meeting
is held for the purpose Of organizing a
base ball nine, and have the same in
trim for the Fourth of July.
Rents are enormously high in Dead
wood, and entirely disproportionate to
the value Of property. Small dwellings
two or three rooms rent for from
$50 to $50 per month, or about fifty
per cent. on the prices asked for the
property.
The Union Pacific railroad authori-
ties near business and will catch those
robbers il earnest efforts will accom-
plish it. That the villains will sooner
Or later be brought to justice we have
no doubt. They are evidently novices
the business.
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