The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-20
PENCIL POINTS.

The employees of the Colorado Central
were paid of yesterday.
The most OF the Denver excursion
lists returned yesterday.
Yesterday was one of the rainiest
and gloomiest Of the season.
The eastern bound passenger train
was two hours late yesterday.
The LEADER was first and foremost
in stirring up the opium question.
Mr.. NJ. E. Waldraven has been APP
pointed engineer for the Durant Gre
engine.
Our Deadwood exchanges are filed
with glowing accounts OF the mines in
that section. e
The attendance at the public school
is much larger than at any time during
the last term.
Snyder Brothers yesterday shipped
fifteen car loads OF cattle from Jules
burg for Chicago.
The Fifth cavalry band gives open
air concerts every evening at the Fort
except on Saturdays.
The pay car Of the Union Pacific
came in last evening from Omaha and
made the boys happy,
The boxing match which was to have
taken place. on the base ball grounds
yesterday was prevented by the rain.
On account of wet weather no hop
was given at Recreation hall for the
benefit Of the fever sufferers last night.
An Omaha editor was presented with
a ten cent lead pencil nearly three
years ago. 1t Is yet nearly as good as
new. 81. l9ara
The Deadwood Times is in error
when it says f'ali the attacks by rob-
bers on stage coaches were perpetrated
In Laramie county, a
Captain General I. NJ. Fisher, who
commanded the Knights Of Pythias
during their recent parade in Denver,
Is expected home tomorrow.
A contemporary says he is older than
we, and knows more. That may be,
but when we shall have arrived at his
age II we find ourselves as ignorant as
he, we win be heartily ashamed of our
self.
s. M. Preshaw has been selected by
DIR. Bulls to superintend the buildings
to be erected ut the new agency on
Wounded Knee creek. Mr.. Preshaw
expects to leave for his new field Of
labors tomorrow.
MI. Isaac Bergman, who has for 50
long and so faithfully served as book
keeper in B. Hellman's establishment.
is now to be found at Smith s. Harring.
toms on Seventeenth street, where lie
occupies a similar position.
We saw a f~ortune-teller on the
street yesterday. He wanted to tell
"how to look into the future.n The
quickest and most accurate way proba-
bly, is to sit on a keg of Dupont's best,
and employ a small boy to apply a
match.
At the last meeting Of the city coun-
Gil that body decided to incur half the
expenses Of taking the school census.
The gas ordinance was defeated, and
an ordinance passed and duly signed,
prohibiting the existence Of opium
houses in the city.
One hundred and thirty-ive dollars
were received in this city yesterday by
w. H. Hubbard from Lieut.. Reynolds
at Fort Laramie, said sum having
been collected there for the benefit of
the fever sufferers. The money will be
sent to the Howard association.
Judge Hayt, Of Alamosa, Colorado,
denies that Judge Bedford insulted Miss
Palmer, and says the story was set
afioat for political purposes. in the in
terest Of the democratic party. Hayt
is the man who was reported to have
made Belford render the Apology
DIR. n. G. Bulls, special agent for the
Indian department, expects to leave to-
morrow for Wounded Knee creek, one
hundred and sixty miles east OF Fort
Laramie, where the new agency is to
be established. He will superintend
the erection of a lot of buildings there.
Many cattle men are settling
along Goose creek and Crazy Woman's
Fork on the eastern slope of the Big
Horn Mountains, and large herds of
cattle are now on their way south
ward, among which may be mentioned
herds belonging to Frank Yates, for
merly trader at Red Cloud Agency
Marks q Myers, of this city, and
Boyd. the stock man.
Two thousand Indians dwell in Low
er Canada, one-haf Of whom are Catho-
lics. They Join the Kanuck christian
names to those of beasts, and wear
the same as family names, viz: Jean
Baptfste Horse, Charles Louis Bear.
As a rule they are miterate, speak
French, and are industrious, but poor
having the same love Of whisky that
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