The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-31
LOCAL MENTION.

enne now.
The festive lemon keeps up with the
thermometer.
California potatoes in Deadwood are
worth sI2 per bushel. n
That 3 cent beer wave has got no
further west than Omaha.
Court business doesn't absorb much
Of the time Of our residents.
Several passengers leave on this morn
ing's coach for Deadwood.
Baptist church prayer meeting To-
night, at the Red Cross Hall, at eight
O'Clock.
It Is a question whether the striking
English nail makers are striking the
nail on the head.
Mrs. jerks consents to lecture IL the
manager secures Ben. Butler to present
her to the audience.
Prayer meeting at the Presbyterian
church this evening at 8 O'Clock. The
The public are invited.
The noted eclipse observers are in
Denver, where they are exchanging
congratulations and notes.
The folks up north are laying in pro-
visions and 0sich'' and give employ
ment to numerous freighters.
Several cases in the police courts
which were TO have been tried yester-
day. were postponed until to-day.
A horse and several head of cattle
were stolen from the ranch Of Mr.. T.
Bernard, southeast of Cheyenne.
Postmaster r. o. Adams, OF Dead
wood, has sued Porter Warner, propri.
etor Of the Black Hills Times, for libel.
When he is gently but rmly' doubled
up and planted out on the prairie, la
bel the headboard ''too much green
corn"
Messrs. J. M. & Jno. Z. Chadwick
shipped ten a loads Of beef cattle to
Chicago yesterday, consigned to Geo.
Adams, Burke & Bro.
Very ~graciously, the English govern.
ment has made an exception In favor
Of American cattle imported ut English
ports By German farmers.
J. II. Shepherd was brought before
Judge Slaughter yesterday ON the charge
of being intoxicated. He was found
guilty and fined ten dollars.
1t seems a little strange that gold
was never found in the Bear Paw coun-
try until they wanted laborers there to
build new military posts.-Black Hills
Times.
II you speak Of a person as being
"Iymphatic," be careful that he doesn't
consult Webster about it. Unless, in
deed, you wish to call him frantic, mad,
and all that.
1--WE are indebted to Governor Hoyt,
who Joined the party Of scientists at
Separation, Wyo., on Monday last, for
very interesting data relating to the
observation OF the total eclipse.
Prot. Watson and others will proba-
bly, detail the result of their observa-
tions at the next meeting of the Ma
tional Academy Of Science, which con-
venes in st. Louis next month.
Messrs. Swan Bros, made another
big shipment of live stock to Chicago,
yesterday. They loaded thirty cars,
consigned to the we'll known firm Of
Brown, Adams & Eldridge, of that city.
Some talk is being INDUCED in about
opening a road to the Little Missouri
As freight is being shipped from Chey.
enne to the military camps on thai
stream a good road is a paramount ne.
cessity.
The fashionable color for autumn and
winter has already been announced. 1t
Is to be called Bordeaux" and Is of
the exact hue of the well known wine.
Pale blue is to be worn with It as a con-
trasting color.
Two balloonists, Gilbert and Hayden,
are to have a balloon race in Cincinna-
Il. HAYDEN bets that WITH NJ, su.u
balloon he can rise faster and remain
longer in the air than Gnbert with his
large balloon.
The ladies', so,,.,v !, -.
me LADIES society OF the Baptist
church Of this city will meet on next