The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-24
Yesterdays trains Irofsat 4" chey-
enne passengers.

- Shea'"' r.
enne passengers.
The Dress Reform Club will givess2
hop this evening. "
The Denver Pacific freight brought
in IA loaded cars last night. I
Ice cream and cake at the festival,
tonight, in Collins new building. ,
The candidates for positions Oh the {
police force are still on the anxious {
seat.
At :: O'Clock this morning all L. Z.
trains due here to-day were reported
on time.
Come to the chicken-pie and oyster
supper, in Collins new building, after
the opera, tonight.
Four car of corn and two of oats
for Cheyenne will arrive from the east
to-day. Six ears of salt arrived from
the west last night.
There is Il kind of match that will
not ignite unless you strike 1t on a box
made expressly for it. This will make
a great saving in pantaloons.
The Laramie zephyr was abroad i'll
the land yesterday, and dealers in hats
were happy. Housekeepers went into
mourning early in the morning.
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A telegram from Fort Russell, re-
ceived late last night, announced that
Sergeant Moore, who was shot Monday
night by Long" George, was improv-
ing rapidly.
There ought to be plenty of silver in
circulation in Omaha now, as the sum
of $4,000 in silver was paid to the
Union Pacific shop employees on the
monthly pay day lost week.
Mr.. NJ. E. Post, u popular banker,
recently purchased the interest OF Frank
Whitney in the great Keets mine. Mr..
Whitney owned five-twelfths and Mr..
Post seven-twelfths. The price paid
by Mr.. Post was nearly $4,000.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
will hold a chicken pie festival and
oyster supper in Collins new building,
next door to Stebbins, Post & Co.'S bank,
this evening, Jan. 24th) beginning at
6 O'Clock, and continuing until II.
Notwithstanding Ogden was heavily
billed for n performance there of
Madame Rentz's Ministries, the COM
pany did not stop at that city, realizing
the condition of affairs there conse-
quent upon the prevalence of small
pox.
Now Is the time to look ont for n
column or two of laudation of the new
city officers. Straddlebug Slack will
commence currying favor ut once. THE
LEADER awaits the progress of events,
believing that Handsome is that hand
some does.n
Last Sunday, after the contribution
had been taken up at the Christian
church in Denver, a young boy slipped
up to the table on which the collection
had been placed, and taking al envel-
ope containing its offering, from one of
the boxes, was out of the church before
the congregation recovered from its
establishment. He was not recognized.
Gone 10 Fleet Freddy"
Luke voorhees,, superintendent of
the Cheyenne and Black Hills stage
line, has gone east to Hillsboro, Ohio,
to meet Sheriff Seth Bullock of Dead
wood, who has there under ar. est Nc
Kenna, alias Reddy, one of the gang
who robbed the Black Hills stages last
summer. Mr.. Bullock has met with
some difficulty in getting his prisoner
to start westward.
The tramps have adopted II new
dodge of late which facilitates their
petty stealing transactions, and people
should be on their guard. Two persons
are required to work the plan success
fully, which is for one of them to go to
the kitchen door and ask for something