The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-09
PENCIL POINTS.
The calaboose is filed again.


Sitting Bull and his band are said to
be on the verge of starvation.
Tony PASTORS unrivaled troupe will
crafty citizens on the 10th inst.
Sale of Government horses at Camp
Carlin tomorrow morning at 10o'clock.
Dakota's wheat crop for the present
season is estimated at Is, 000, 900 bush
els.
Only four passengers will GO out on
the coach for the Black Hills this MORN
ing.
The late Martin j. Mooney was a
relative to our fellow citizen, James A.
Brennan.
America is the granary of the world
yet thousands Of her people are begging
their bread.
The county Jail is gradually filling
up. Work for the next term of the
District court.
A large number Of sheep men will
erect sheds this fall for the better pro-
lection Of the sheep.
Why is 1t that ladies' who are always
SO averse to growing old are continually
adapting new wrinkles.
Be happy IL you can, but do no des-
pise those who are otherwise, for you
know not their troubles.
The Colorado Republican convention
has nominated It's ticket, and now the
warfare begins in earnest.
The very heavens wept yesterday
while the funeral of the lamented
Mooney was taking place.
Political campaigns In Colorado are
conducted on both sides with that vigor
characteristic of older States.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. w. R~utledge, which has been dam
gerously Ill, Is now recovering.
Presbyterian church sociable thisf FRI
day. evening at the residence of. Will
Itch, Seventeenth street. Refreshments
served.
The preliminary trial Of Hiram p.
Marston at Denver, for the murder of
Edward Higgins, has been set for the
21st inst.
&Another big fight now between Bel
ford and Patterson for Congress. Tom
Is tonguey and ''Red Headed Jim, is
grit all over.
Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and Greeley, will be
represented in the coming base ball
tournament at Denver.
F. W. Pitkin was nominated for
Governor and Judge J. Is. Bedford for
Congress, by the Colorado State Repub-
lican convention yesterday.
Over thirty well-flled carriages were
in the funeral procession yesterday.
None knew Mooney but to love him,
none named him but to praise.
The new bonds of the county pre-
pared for issue to the Colorado Central
railroad company have arrived and are
now in the hands Of the county clerk.
Hydrophobia is not a disease peculiar
to or caused by hot weather. Give the
dog plenty Of water and wholesome food
and he is no more dangerous in summer
than winter.
A Cheyenne bachelor said he once
fell In love with a young lady, but
abandoned all idea of marrying her
when he found hat she and all her
family were opposed to it.
Cheyenne justices of the peace only
realizes about S55 per month from the
Office. 1t is said to be a position
hardly worth having since nearly every
body in u midst obeys the laws.
u. Conroy and Fred Blitz were each
fined 80 and costs yesterday by Calip6
Fisher for getting Intoxicated. They
had no money, and were therefore sent
to the cooler and will ''work it outn on
the street.
G. b. Simpson and Baxter Bernard
nave a valuable ranch together, about
seven miles southeast of the city, upon
which a be found a full line of veg
etables. Besides this they raised during
the present season, peas and oats ''by
the Wholesale"
The Warm Spring Indians declined, |
the other day, to act as Federal scouts
because they had been converted; but |
having been steadily urged, they agreed
to do as they had been requested, pro-
vided each n of them should receive
a horse and 800 a month. Those saw
ages must be getting civilized. They
talk like white men.
w. G. Langdon, Frank Annett, c.
F. Putnam, j. N. Keller, w. c. Sun
derland, r. NJ. Grimes and Frank
hurlbut leave this morning for a
twelve days. hunting and fishing tour
o. the Cache la Poudre. The party
goes FULLY equipped with q team and the |
necessary outfit for camping.
Lightning rods at \