The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-18
mo MENTION.
District court will meet to-day.

District court will meet to-day.
The Greeley Tribune has been issuing
extras during the Weld county fair.
A lively runaway occurred in the
neighborhood of Camp Carlin yester-
day.
Lieut.. +. G.. Chase sold his sheep and
ranch on last Monday to NJ. E. Post, of
this city.
There are at present in Albany and
Laramie counties three hundred thous-
and head of sheep.
Hon. F. E. Warren purchased 4,5OO
choice ewes and IS ine merino bucks,
on Friday, from Hon. NJ. E. Post.
Word m from North Park that
the snow is Of a depth sufficient to cover
the stakes and small prospect holes.
Senator Crutchfeld of the Railroad
house felt like using the front part Of
his urnam yesterday to get around
with.
Several of Gen. Grants relatives
none Of his sisters, but a few of his
cousins and his aunts-passed west yes
terday.
The young peoples literary society
has in preparation an interesting dra-
ma, which 1t Is expected will soon be
rendered.
Conductor Phillips states that the
wind blew hard enough at Sidney on
Thursday to carry yearling pigs some
four miles.
There was a large attendance at the
Congregational church last evening,
and more than usual interest taken In
the services.
The monthly pay roll of the employees
engaged at work on the Homestake
mine in the Black Hills amounts to
something over nifty thousand dollars.
The owner of the house recently
burned On Eighteenth street was paid
the full amount of insurance yesterday
81, AGO. 1t was insured in the Ira
ders' company-of Chicago.
The democrats and the w~orkingmen
will hold their respective county con-
ventions this afternoon at the city hall
to nominate their candidates for the
seat In the council and for county at
torney.
A severe wind and snow storm has
been prevailing up north for a few days.
The wires are down between Cheyenne
and Fort. Laramie, and between that
point and the hills; also between Lar
annie and Mckinney.
Mr.. Gordon, the man who Is gather
ing statistics for the census bureau,
will present an interesting chapter on
the resources of Wyoming when his
labor Is completed. He says he is
~astonished at the vast amount of wealth
represented within our boundaries.
Mr.. NJ. E. Post has received infor-
nation that ten thousand Of his ewes
have arrived safely at laramie City,
which he intends to have driven over
the hiii,at once. Nine thousand are at
Green River, which he intends to have
shipped here in double-decked cars. ,
Last evening as a church choir was
practicing the piece. We're Going
Home,n the leader sang a little too
fast, when a young lady member sug-
gested that on a beautiful night like
this u pleasant job like "going home,
should be performed with exceeding
slowness.
Mr.. Evans, the stockman, took the
English members Of parliament visit
ing here, out to his ranch yesterday,
and increased their notes considerably
on stock matters. They also had a long
interview with Mr.. Warren upon the
sheep interests Of this country. They
started to Denver last evening.
The men who were employed by
Dwight and Russell Fisk to build o road
to North Park, are now at work.
Dwight passed through Livermore on
Thursday with his party, and Russell
left on Friday with a similar party.
They expect to get the road half an
ished this winter, and will finish it
early in spring. 81
Cheyenne is moving right forward in
the way of a wagon road to the North
Park. Twelve hundred dollars were
raised there in one day for the project,
and Mr.. Russell Fisk, Of Livermore,
pledges them twelve hundred dollars
more, making in all 80, 500 subscribed.
The road will pass Livermore and Fred
Smiths mill on Lone Pine, thence into
the Park by way Of Cameron pass
Fort Collins Courier.
A gentleman who arrived on Friday
from Rock Creek states that the troops
just arrived there from Fort Mckinney
suffered intense hardships ON their
march. They started from the fort in
such a hurried manner, and the wealth
er was so fne, that a storm was the last
thing they anticipated; consequently
they were in no way prepared to with
stand the extreme seventies they were
exposed to.
Booths select oysters at
a20-tf DYER's.