The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-07

Ash Wednesday comes next week.
-e-
st. Valentines Day is close nj hand
Yesterdays trains brought 81 Chey-
enne passengers.
At 8 O'Clock this morning all L. L.
trains due here to-day were reported
on time.
Omaha is grooming and moaning be-
cause the headquarters, Department OF
the Platte, are to he removed from that
city.
Attend the Presbyterian sociable to-
night at the residence of G.. A. Sea-
right, on the corner OF 21st and Hill
streets. neal the school building.
An elegant ~ fence was erected
yesterday across the front of the vacant
lot on Ferguson street between Carr's
building and Hannifin & Ryan's
Work upon the Alert Hose house,
the corner of Hill and 18th streets,
is progressing rapidly under the super
intendence Of Architect Jordan. Tom
Rutledge is the builder.
The Senate has confirmed the nOmi-
nation of Nathan C. Meeker, editor Of
the Greeley Tribune, as agent for the
Utes at White River Agency, Colo;
Vim. II. Danielson, Fort Hall, Idaho.
Philip Van Zile as L. ;. Attorney for
Utah, and John A. Hammond rs Indian
Inspector.
The new hats and uniforms for the
Alert Hose Co. arrived yesterday and
will be distributed tonight. Regula-
ton fire helmets, blue shirts, trimmed
with white and bearing ON the breast
the monogram "a. II. No. l." with red
leather belts on which the name of the
company is inscribed, constitute the
uniform.
'Grease the Griddle, Birdie Darling -
a beautiful new song and chorus by the
author Of "Bang My ~Scalplock Der
My Forehead, =" will have a greater run
than any piece since Darling, l am
Growing DID," The melody is simple
and plaintive. Price twenty-five cents.
Arranged for ~barber-shop guitars and
French harps, ~thirty-ive cents.
1t is announced upon pretty reliable
authority that the Union Pacific shops
at Rawlins are soon to be enlarged t.
double their present size, and the force
of workmen doubled. The main oh.
ject of this is TO rebuild the locomo.
tives on the Western Division, which
must nov go to Omaha for all heavy
repairs. Rawlins will be much bene.
fitted by these improvements.
\ reader wishes to know whether il
was right for the wise man to say that
If you spare the rod you spoil the child.
Briefy-If you spoil the rod you spare
the child. Half the time you whil
your child you are guilty of assault and
battery. You do more things ever,
day to deserve punishment than you
child does. The presence of Il strap il
the house denotes barbarism.
The Jail at Rapid City, Black Hills
contains the following United State!
prisoners: Laughing Sam and Vii
liam Clark, alias the kid" awaiting
trial for highway robbery; John Collins
and William Kelly, held for trial fol
stealing Government grain; jackson
charged with cattle stealing; E-chap
sen-ta, alias the "Whir," for the muir
der of "a soldier.
Tie new 'cut-off" on the road from
llorsehead, on the Sidney route, to Hat
creek, on the Cheyenne route, for tn,
completion of which Rapid City peopl,
have promptly subscribed. is now bcini
thoroughly finished by Mr.. Boland, VIII,
has the job in hand. The Cheyenn'
freighters' grandchildren will rise III
years hence and bless the movement
This is the best move Rapid City ha.
yet made to attract travel.
The marriage of Miss Lizzie McNa
mara, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Mr.. p. j. Mcnamara, t.
Capt. NJ. ]. Fitzgerald, of the Ninti
U. S. Infantry, which was solemnizet
at tie Catholic church yesterday, was 6
very quiet affair. The bride is wei
known in Cheyenne and the groom
numbers his friends by thousands
throughout the entire northwest. TIL,
pair left for the Captain,s station Sid