The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-16
MINOR MENTION.

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now be heard in Cheyenne.
Miss Louie Swan gave a pleasant birth
day party on Saturday evening.
The small Ere of last night was sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
Read the verdict of the coroner's
jury, which you will find in another
column.
The animals around the corner are
constantly b~etraying their species by
their braying.
Those who are interested in the
North Park are eagerly awaiting the
arrival of d. Fisk, the road protector.
Another Of the bellies of Cheyenne
becomes q party to the contract for
.'better or worse on tomorrow week.
To comply with the request of many
persons, Charley Turck will repeat his
pleasant hop of last week during this
week. q
A small frame building on Fifteenth
street, caught fire last evening and the
flames were soon extinguIshed by the
fire department.
The members OF the Pioneer hook
and ladder company held a meeting
last night, whereat a good deal OF feel
ing was manifest.
Messrs. Swan and Ingraham shipped
three Of their horses east yesterday to
be entered in the three minutes class
in the fall races in Chicago and Iowa.
The singers in the coming concert
were practicing last evening two doors
from their former place Of practice, out
of which they all SC miraculously es-
capped. 3
Doc Middleton has discarded his
crutch. He can m~asticate with his
golden tooth his allowance of the savory
articles Of food, furnished on the Drap-
err bill OF fare.
The advanced school girl who two
weeks ago wished vacation was over,
because Of o row with her Teller, has
made up" and now wishes 1t was
about to begin.
The committee on building, OF the
newly erected Methodist parsonage,
had it examined by a number Of experts
yesterday, who pronounced 1t a safe
and superior structure.
The ladies of the reading room will
hold a business meeting this evening.
which they expect to hold early enough
to allow all those who desire to visit
the Johnson literary, sufficient time
to do so.
Another instance of the wealth Of
the North Park mines arrived yester-
day. A. Underwood, esq, is the lucky
man this time. He received an assay
Of rock from his mine that runs s55
ounces. This is the highest heard from
thus far.
1t is a well known fact that a small,
cranky pup will always bark at the
heels OF n big, burly dog. And the
spaller and more miserable the cur the
louder and more persistent 1t will bark.
Such a cur has its prototypes around
the corne
Whenever Slack looks at the election
returns and finds himself the lowest
man oil the ticket, he goes for Glafcke.
Last Sunday his paper had two columns
full Of advertisements for that gentle
man, and more Of the same interesting
matter is to follow.
The prizedrillo of the Knights of Pythias
will take place tomorrow afternoon in
the nelghborhood of the court house.
The Cheyenne members Of that order
will compete with their brothers from
various Coloradan lodges. The prize
is a handsome banner.
Just as soon as the tramps about
town heard that the firemen were GO
ing to put up an 1900 pound bell, they
aed the city like rats from a sinking
ship, for fear they should happen to
get into the calaboose when the build
ing should fall The calaboose is empty
and is likely to remain so. The po-
llcemen think their occupations gone.
Mrs. Woodruff, wife of the well
known u. P. conductor, received on
Saturday evening the sad news Of the
death Of her brother, John Larkin, at
Detroit. 1t seems that he was crushed
by cars on a railroad neal Detroit two
weeks ago, and died from his injuries
on Saturday. As might be expected,
Mrs. Woodruff is suffering from the
severest pangs of grief.
That other paper has the brazen ef-
frontery to insult every man Who
was recently elected to Office. 1t
says: I'VE always thought it was a lit
tie rough on the old man to receive that
letter from his distant son: Come west,
father; mighty mean men are elected
to office out here.'n Our legislators
elect all over the territory will of course
appreciate this compliment (?)
County Clerk jeffrey sent the official
returns of Laramie county to Secretary
Spates yesterday, and those from Uinta
being in, Albany, Sweetwater and Car
bon are yet to report, which they are
required to do by the 18th, Wednesday,
when the board Of consist
ing Of the secretary, auditor and trea-
surer. will make an official canvass Of
b vote in the presence Of Gov. Hoyt