The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-28
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TO 10 the Concert tHlS tNthlHS ~
Recreation Hall.
The free letter delivery system in
Denver will go into effect on Monday
next.
A most excellent programme will be
carried ont this evening at Recreation
Hall.
Cottage prayer meeting this evening
at the study of the Presbyterian church
at 8 O'Clock.
Cheyenne lodge. A. F. s. A. M, in
tends to bury the late Adelbert Plough
this afternoon.
Mrs. Middleton, the wife of Doc
Middleton, 10 in prison here, is on
her way to visit him.
Typhoid fever is raging in Denver.
1t will rage here too unless a better
water supply Is obtained.
The Doc Middleton story about his
being crippled for life, as published in
an Omaha paper, is a humbug.
Omaha has finally adopted the Holly
system of water works. The council
stood eight to four in its favor.
Billy Edwards, Arthur Chambers
and Mike Donavan went through Chey-
enne Tuesday on their way east.
The miniature Pinafore troupe went
to Greeley yesterday, where they de-
lighted the citizens last evening.
The prayer meetings at the Presby-
terrain and Congregational churches
were well attended last evening.
Have you tried or seen any of the
now horses just received by Thorp2 If
not go there and take a buggy ride.
The scarcity of water is causing
great inconvenience throughout the
city, especially 81 amongst the hotels.
Chicago capitalists have sent the
machinery for a mill to North Park.
The mill is to be erected on Bakers
gulch.
Mr.. L. G. Dennison went to Denver
yesterday, where he can be found here.
after in the dry goods establishment Of
j. Jay Joslin.
W. G. provinces, esq, returned from
a protracted season of camping out in
Colorado. He Is as brown as a berry
and as happy as a lord.
A large iron:bound trunk at the de.
pot, yesterday, had this suggestive sem
tence painted on the lid, baggage
smasher, bang and be id"
r. Thorp has just received q cargo Of
stylish eastern horses. Now is the time,
and that is the place, to get a nice bug
gy for an evenings enjoyment.
The saloons in town were well pa.
tronized yesterday morning, the search
ty Of water making 1t incumbent upon
thirsty individuals to take 1t straight.
The Whitcomb party returned yes
terday from a two hundred mile tour
through Colorado. They captured
some 1880 mountain trout while away.
Where is the chain gang2 Some Of
the CUTTERS, especially those on the cor
ner Of Sixteenth and Ferguson streets,
cry loudly for the marshal and his band.
The latest stock shipments are:
The Swan Bros. will ship two trains
this week, and n. r. Davis has ordered
Is cars ut Pine Bluffs for the LIST Of the
month.
An unfortunate fellow who has been
tumbling around the streets for a few
days was placed in the calaboose by
Officer Ingalls, Yesterday morning In q
partly demented condition.
Mr.. z. Whitcomb, who has been on
a fishing excursion with his family to
the Elkhorn, sent a mess Of fine noun
tain trout to the LEADER office yester-
day. Go ye, and do likewise.
A party of prominent young ladies
and gentlemen will indulge in a NOON
light ride at early even to a ranch be-
yond Fort D. A. Russell. A grand
supper will be prepared for them.
The nails that protrude from our
wooden sidewalks are bonanzas for dry
goods men and dressmakers, but rath-
er ruinous to ladies' pocket books.
They should be hammered down.
The Albany county democratic tick
ct is as follows: For the council: Messrs
w. II. Holiday, L. D. Pease and R.
Homer. House: H. G. Balch, T. J.
Dayton, ]. A. Fischer, N. F. Spicer,
p. F. Guenster and j. w. Booth.
The city fathers should adopt some
protective measures relative to the
water supply. The idea of tapping
Grow creek above the fort, in order
to supply the projected new lake, has
gained ground rapidly within the past
day or two.
Gen. R. B. Marcy, of Washington,
inspector general Of the United States
army, Gen. Whipple, adjutant general
on Gen. Sheridan's staff, and DR..
Draper, of New York, the well known
astronomer, accompanied by Capt.
ellis, OF Camp Carlin, will start from
Rock Creek tomorrow on n hunting
tour.
A couple Of herders were trying to
wind up a nights debauch in a Fourth
Of July manner, by shooting their pis-
tolls off on the street, about daylight
yesterday morning, when the ever Wig
liant Ingalls, interviewed them and put
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