The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-10
MINOR MENTION

the city yesterday.
A party of 300 deluded Missourians
are on their way to Laramie's pet min
ing camp.
Abe Leavitt, the advance agent of
Madame Rentz' MINISTRIES, made n pile
of $3.50 at faro in Denver, Saturday
night last.
Want of water is the greatest source
of trouble along the Southern Pacific
railroad. 1t has to be carried on freight
trains to the tanks.
"Bald heads" win be prohibited from
entering the Dramatic Theater this
evening unless they pay for a front seat
and wear opera glasses.
Gov. A. Worth Spates issued a re-
QUESTION yesterday addressed to his
excellency Geo. w. Emory, governor OF
Utah, for the return of three fugitives
from justice.
During the month OF May, 1892
loaded cars Of freight crossed the
Union Pacific bridge at Omaha, bound
westward, and 1911 cars bound east
ward, making a total of $500, or an
average of over 175 cars a day.
His excellency, Governor Spates,
commissioned on yesterday, Samuel T.
Holmes, of Boston, q commissioner OF
deeds for the state Of Massachusetts,
and j. C. Baird, a notary public for
Laramie county, Wyoming.
The Colorado press association will
hold its annual reunion at Colorado
Springs and Manitou, beginning Tues
day, July 9Th, and continuing three
days. An excursion to the summit
of Pixies peak win be made on Wednes
day where a session will be held.
Deputy sheriff of Lander arrested
two men at Fort Washable last night
supposed to be engaged in one Of the
Black Hills robberies. They are confn-
ed in the guard house at Fort Washa-
kie, and their horses, saddles and guns
taken to Lander.-Green Rirer Cour-
Ter.
Our city is becoming more metropol-
itaL-like daily. Last evening We no.
ticed DR.. Graham going around to see
his patients in a stylish looking new
buggy that lie has recently purchased
for thatpurpose. 1t would kill a man
to attend to his practice on foot during
the cucumber season.
The LEADER correspondent at Goose
creek offers valid reasons why the buc-
cancers should not locate the capital of
Pease county at Trabing City. His
objections are strong and should have
weight with those favored conquerors
| who had commissions in their peck
cts" before setting out for possessions.
When starch is added to milk by fraudu.
lent dealers the fact can be determined
by the process recommended by DIR.
Vulpius. A sample is c~oagulated with
a few drops Of acetis acid, heated to
boiling and filtered. A watery solution
Of iodine is poured into the clear whey,
which instantly develops a blue cloud II
starch Is present.
The party of 225 Mormon immigrants
who arrived recently in New York,
passed through Cheyenne yesterday on
their way to Salt Lake. They became
converts to Mormonism without a
missionary's aid. Cpon their arrival
they will be taken in hand by the
prophets and distributed where they
will do the most good"
The following is a good specimen OF
western Wyoming journalism. 1t is
taken from the Green River Courier:
"E. S. Hoyt, commissioner of land at
fairs, has been indicted for conspiracy
to defraud, while president of the IN
dustrial trust company Of New Jersey,
which last year collapsed, owing depos-
itors wei SIT, 000.n Perhaps that
paper could have come nearer to the
facts if it had spoken of Z. A. Hayt,
| commissioner Of Indian affairs.
A certain dealer in secondhand
goods in this city is %proverbial for the
variety of articles which he purchases.
Any articles IA man wants car be OBJ
tanned from him. A gentleman con-
cluded to play a gag on him once,
and called for a second hand pulpit.
To the surprise of the joker. the pulpit
was shown him and sold him at the
dealers own price. Another man with
similar motives called for n second
hand coffin, which was promptly brought
out. Omaha's second hand men are
thoronghbreds - Omaha Republican.
Messrs. Goldsmith and Ryan met
with a mishap yesterday which might
have proved very serious. They were
driving through the city in a buggy,
and when near Chas. Hecht's stable on
Eddy street, they anne upto an ambu-
lance wagon which was driven by Louis
Fritz. The latter evidently did not
wish to let the buggy pass, as he spurred
up his team, making considerable noise.
Mr.. Goldsmith's horse took fright and
ran on a pile or poles, railing down on
them. The buggy was upset, MI. Ryan
being thrown out on one side and MI.
Goldsmith jumping out of the other.
The result was some bruises on the per-
son of Mr.. Ryan, and a damaged bug
gy and broken harness.