The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-23
n IGNITION.
Masquerade ball


At Recreation Hall tonight.
Chinese coal miners are getting into
Colorado in big numbers.
Dakota is bullying out and foaming
over the territorial bands.
Each of the territories will form n
supervisors district for census pur-
poses.
Ths man who indisputably caught
his death of cold, is he who froze to
death.
In the greyhound a in Denver on
Sunday last, the dog Rocky Mountain
Dick" beat California Queen"
The Salt Lake Tribune asks: "Where
are the profts?n We should say
there are many prophets in Salt Lake.
The articles of Incorporation of the
Little Popo Agie toll road company
were filed in Secretary Spates' Office
yesterday.
Cheyenne's boom will begin in the
| springtime, when the new railroad will
be built and the North Park mining
| boom starts.
T. Dyer has had his billiard tables
refurnished and the billiard room re-
fitted throughout. Charley Caswell is
| engaged in the work.
The masquerade ball of the Alert
hose company will be held this evening.
1t will be the grandest affair of the
| kind ever held in the territory.
Our citizens can console themselves
with the thought that if the U. P.
trains are late occasionally, the Kansas
Pacific trains always arrive late in
Denver.
The near approach Of spring and the
consequent building of the railroad
%northward, makes us almost feel the
friendly grasp of Deadwood at this
early 6sy.
]. II. Bowman writes from Crested
Buttes, Colo, to the effect that he will
bring his bunch of cattle to Wyoming
in the spring. He says: cit is the
only ft place / a see to take them
to-"
Prof. DeMunck, husband of Carlotta
| Patti, met with an accident in Denver
on Saturday night last. While boxing
up the piano used for the concert, the
instrument was upset and fell on Prof.
| DeMunck, crushing him to the stage
I aud dislocating a shoulder.
Louis N. McLane, brother of the Joe
| McLane who was murdered near
| Cheyenne Wells in rs by the Utes, goe,
for Gen. Adams in a lively manner,
for saying that Joe is still alive in Tex
as. Louis offers Adams or anybody
$1,000 if they will prove that his
brother is alive.
The prayer meeting of the Congre-
gational church, usually held on
Wednesday evening, will be held the
present week, this Tuesday evening at
7:30 O'Clock. The lesson to be read
will be the fourteenth (14) chapter of
st. Johns gospel. A general invita-
is given to attend this meeting.
The Cheyenne LEADER of last Sun
day was an immense paper, full of in
formation to the genral reader, and of
splendid typographical appearance. The
proprietor OF the paper, Hon. II.
Glafcke, is one Of the enterprising and
progressive men of the Great West, and
with his paper deserves every success
-Denuer Tribune, Dec. 81.
DIR. j. @. Aver s. Co. have sent the
LEADER eight copies of their almanac,
in as many different languages, viz:
English. German, French, Spanish,
Holland Dutch, Norwegian, Portu-
guese and Swedish. If the firm will be
kind enough to send us a linguist, we
shall endeavor to enjoy the variations
of language afforded by these eight
books.
Lieut.. c. A. Ii. McCauley was in
town for several days the first part OF
the week. experimenting the discoh-
tinuance of the White river courier
line. We were wrong in our state
mcnt last week, that the mail made as
rood time as the courier's, as Lieut..
McCauley stated that the courier's
time to White river was 20 hours, and
not 45, as stated.-Raplins Journal.