The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-14

yesterday from Colorado, and went east
over the Union Pacific.
Contractors are figuring upon II num-
Der of fine brick blocks and residences.
The work of erection will commence
soon.
The excavation for the foundation of
Fitzgerald's new brick, on Seventeenth
street, opposite the City Hall, is slowly
progressing.
Mayor Bresnahen has just purchased
a fine lot of fat beeves, which will be
slaughtered and cut up for patrons of
the Washington market.
l. One car of oats, / of feed, 2 of iron
and l of mdse. for Cheyenne will arrive
from the east this morning. One ear
Of canned fruit came in from the west
last night.
F. L. Warren has pulled down his
old signs and will soon hang out new
ones which will just match the novel
and beautiful goods now arriving daily
and by the car load.
Mr.. Geo. G. Masten, wholesale liquor
and cigar dealer, left here yesterday for
the east, and expects to be absent at
least n month. He will lay in his spring
stock for the western trade.
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In reply to Fair" who writes us to
know il it is absolutely necessary to
take a girl to church before popping to
her, we beg to reply that if he will
send the girl to call on us we will ask
her.
Two weary Cinnamon walked into
the city, yesterday, from the eastward.
They were returning from an unsuccess-
full chase after n line-full of clean
shirts which flew away on the wings of
the wind, last Monday.
The merchants who have invested
money in board signs and had the same
tackled up throughout the city and along
the roads outside, will be interested in
knowing that poor people and freighters
are duly grateful for the frewood so
generously provided.
Miss Mary Porter, daughter of Chap
lain Porter, who has spent eight years
in China as II missionary, will give a
missionary address to the ladies, at the
Congregational church, this Thursday
afternoon, at 2 O'Clock. 4 cordial in
vitation to the ladies.
The Durant fire company has II COM
modious and well fitted house; the Alert
Hose Co. will soon be similarly stu
ated; but the Pioneer Hook a. Ladder
Co., it is said, is apt to become demon
allied owing to the fact that it has no
decent place for meetings, etc.
An inquiry for news at the County
Clerks office, yesterday, was met by
Mr.. Loeb with the assurance that the
only new thing he knew of was that on
Tuesday he had completely floored
Sheriff Carr, after II warm discussion
on wrestling. jeff was not in his office,
and we haven't yet heard his side of
the story.
A telephone was put in operation
yesterday, working over wires stretched
between Joslin Il Parks and Hurlbut's.
AS no previous notice had been given,
at no time during the day was there n
very large crowd in attendance to wit
ness its workings. Now that THE
LEADER has mentioned it, however,
we expect that both stores will be
crowded with ladies and gentlemen to-
day. 1t is worth inspection and trial.
As will be seen by the announcement
in another column, the old established
and very popular gun-makers, Freund
x Bro, have sold the Wyoming Armo-
ry to Mr.. +. a. Dammann, who will
continued the business at the old stand,
on Ferguson street. 1t gives us pleas
ure to welcome Mr.. Dammann to our
business circles, and we cordially recon-
mend him to the patronage of our
friends throughout the west.
The telephone is an old story to a GER
tain young couple in this city. The
damsel's father objected to the fire.
quent visits of the young man, and the
latter at once erected a telephone be-
tween his room and her boudoir. Her
mother is their solid friend, and when
papa leaves the house of evenings
she ascertains where he is going and
how long he will he absent. The daugh-
ter then notifies the anxious>swain by
telephone, and soon two happy hearts
are beating in close proximity.
Frank Beaucaire, happy in the con-
sciousness that his deep love was re-
turned, sat at the feet of his D%ulcinea
and murmured: "As the pearly column
of smoke in a winters atmosphere rises
unbroken ~heavenward, so my heart
rises to thee. AS the sunflower follows
the cruel sun which gives it life, so my
heart follows thine. AS the blue brook
runs its unhindered curse toward the
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