The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-31
N MENTION.

Last day Of 1879.
Frame your resolutions.
Loathe the poor Indian.
Platinum is found in Colorado ores.
New Years cards at the LEADER
office.
Let's see-'it,s just one year ago to-
day. etc.
Get your New Years calling cards at
the LEADER Office.
There will be a large number of New
Year calls made tomorrow.
There will be a masquerade ball by
the Turtle club at McDaniel's theater
tonight.
w. J. Sturgis has moved his fruit
establishment to McDaniel's block, OPP
posite Overs hotel.
Tomorrow is the first day of the
new year in all civilized nations except
Russia and Greece.
II you are going to keep open house
on New YEARS. morning. please send
the LEADER yout name and address.
The Office of the secretary of the ter
ritory is open every day for the tran
saction Of business pertaining to the
Office.
Secretary Schurz admits his conver-
sion to the doctrine that the Utes must
go. He thinks now that they should
be removed to Utah.
A confidence operator named NAL
chon Hamilton, who has been fleeing
Nebraska cattle men all summer, is un-
der arrest in Omaha.
Only one more day to the
fact Of your being ''at home'' tenor
row. Please send in your names and
addresses for to-morrow's paper.
Letter heads, bill heads, etc bear
ing the figures "1s7n on the date line,
are valueless after to-day. Get a new
lot printed at the LEADER job Office.
Prayer meeting at the Presbyterian
church this evening at 1880. Subject,
"Ebenezer,r / Sam. Z: BIZ. An
earnest invitation given to attend this
meeting.
A very pleasant select party wa
given at McDaniel's hall last night.
A large number Of the prominent
ladies and gentlemen of the city and
Fort were present.
The first installment of the new cleo
ton law will be found On third page.
| Those who wish to retain a full copy
Of the bill should cut out the the matter
daily and retain the same until COM
plete.
The Golden people think the county
saved several thousand dollars by the
lynching Of Woodruff and Seminole,
and that the lynching was the easier
way out of the difficulty and the ex-
pense.
j. w. Booth, esq, station agent of
the Union Pacific at Sherman. was pre-
sented with an elegant Christmas pres
ent yesterday morning by his wife-a
Ane girl. All his friends along the
road wish him success. and report the
father doing well.
1t is understood that the county
commissioners will, ut their meeting on
Monday next, order the election for
bonding the county, in favor of the
Black Hills railroad. But little inter
est is manifested in the Forthcoming
city election. The candidates for
mayor are not very numerous.
A coroner's jury sat upon the cases
of Woodruff and Seminole on Sunday,
and found that they ''were taken from
the jail by force and violence, between
the hours of - and / O'Clock a. M, and
hanged by the neck by parties unknown
to this jury, and with felonious intent
The bodies were placed in plain black
collins and buried on Monday.
" A Washington special to the Denver
Ne,rs says: Judge Belford win next
week introduce a bill to pay Mrs.
Meeker ten thousand dollars, Josephine
Meeker five thousand, Mrs. Price ten
thousand and Mrs. Frank Dresser five
thousand dollars on account of the
White river massacre and hardships
that followed. He thinks that the bill
will pass.n
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