The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-06
N MENTION.

Red Cross?
District court will commence a ses-
sion next Wednesday.
The members of the third house are
Furnishing up their uniforms.
The "Greenbackersp are about to
start a newspaper in Omaha.
There will be q meeting Of the Chey-
enne FIRE department this evening.
Dreskell Bros. will soon have 20, 600
cattle in the foothills Of the Black
Hills.
Some new decorations are being ad-
ded to the interior Of the Catholic
church.
There was quite an interesting meet
ing held at the Methodist church last
evening.
The culvert across the public road
just beyond Major Talbot's residence.
needs repairing.
Fort Collins, Colorado, is rapidly be-
coming one Of the most fourishing
towns OF the west.
There is very little water in the dam
at the railroad bridge. What is to be
done in case Of ire2
Two of the school commissioners say
that school will commence positively
on next Monday morning.
Water costs almost as much as whis-
ky in Carson, Nevada. OF course ev-
erybody prefers the latter beverage.
There is as much liquid in a vein Of
one of the circus elephants. as there is
water in Crow creek below the city.
Horse stealing in northwestern Ne
braska is carried on by ''pony boys"
who average from 16 to 81 years Of age.
The ladies Of the Methodist church
are making extensive preparations for
their church fair, which will shortly be
held.
An excursion party from Colorado to
the Pacific coast, hooked their special
car on to number four train yesterday
at Hazard.
Did you ever notice the strange imi-
tations Of human and other figures the
cinders burn in the grass along the
railroad trackY
The Laramie Times says Mr.. Balch,
who has just been elected to the house
from Albany county, is and always has
been a democrat.
The lawyers, and the children, are
busting their books. The one for the
coming term of court, the other for the
r%e-opening of school.
The returns from Upper Horse creek
and Rawhide Buttes have not been re-
ceived in town yet, so the tabular state
ment is reserved for the full returns.
Several paroxysmal bulge guzzlers
cannot realize yet that election day is
past. 1t took a number Of men to hold
one of such yesterday from going to the
polls.
An English party passed east yester-
day on board the "Izaak Walton"
hunting a r They will side track when
they wish to take to the plains for a
hunt.
The johnson" literary association
will re-commence their regular weekly
meetings on Tuesday, Sept. 18th, and
not Thursday the 11th, as e%rroneously
stated in a contemporary.
AS soon as the accident occurred last
night John Chase, who manages Nc
Daniels theater, stopped all perform
ances and closed the establishment.
The male employees then went to assist
the firemen.
The bootblacks had a misunderstand-
ing on the street last evening about the
relative merits of the backing they
used, which resulted in one Of them
getting seriously stabbed in the hand
by a knife held by his opponent.
Mr.. L. McGinn did not drive in a
carriage, in company with Judge Peck,
on election day, as stated in the Sun
yesterday. Judge Peck did not 20 near
the polls on that day, nor had no inten-
ton to do SO, consequently the state
ment is false.
Harvey Booth, in charge of q herd
Of cattle belonging to Crawford, Thomp-
& Co., Of Evanston, is in the city to-
day. These cattle have been driven
from Evanston, and Mr.. Booth will
continue east with them until he finds
a purchaser .-Larmie Nmeo.
Number three train yesterday was
heavily laden, and was a perfect hui
man museum, from the broad-faced
European, with the complacent bovine
expression of a Illuminating cow, eating
a Bologna lunch Of 'linked sweetness
long drawn out" to the er-rat-ic celes-
tial who rat-ifes what is said by his
love for the fle-tailed rodent. They
all had a sort OF "~through" look about
them.
The Alert hose company held a spe-
cial meeting last evening. Considera-
BILE private business was transacted,
and the following named gentlemen
were elected to membership: DIR. w.
w. Crook, John Kuykendall and N.
Robertson. The secretary was instruct
ed to correspond with the secretary of
the Colorado state firemen's associa-
ton regarding the admission of the
company to membership.
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