The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-01
CITY CHIT CHAT
And Items Of General Interest Cleaned
IRON Our hsIshbon.


Sitting Bun desires peace until he
can get thawed out. sarssfs II
Regular meeting of the city council
on Tuesday night next.
That man who will not promptly pay
the printer is a bad n
Sheriff Draper is having his Office
fitted up in excellent style.
The Duranters will hold a business
meeting on Wednesday night.
The railway conductors will give a
hop in Denver on the 9Th, prox.
A literary and musical society has
been organized at Green River.
The Hindoo widow Is the only one
that cremates-the other remates.
The territory Of New Mexico has at
present fourteen weekly newspapers.
The Presbyterian communion services
will be held n week from tomorrow.
Owing to the snow storm the west
ern bound train was forty minutes late
yesterday.
Kansas City, Missouri, has signifed
her anxiety to become a part of bleed
ing Kansas. IA 81
II the almanacs speak truly, there is
but n more month of the winter of
our discomfort,
The weekly LEADER is sent to sub
scribers at the extremely low price of
$3.50 per nnnum.
Bring yonr Job work 10 the LEADER
Office IL you desire 1t done promptly and
at reasonable rates.
| Rev. w. F. Warren Of the Greeley
M. E. church will occupy Rev. Gil
lam's pulpit tomorrow. . y
Mormon polygamists expect their
wives to scratch around and provide
the clothes and victuals.
The county commissioners will meet
on Tuesday next instead OF the 18th
prox. as heretofore announced.
Greatly to the surprise Of everybody,
Tansy Whitehead, Of the GHmmer,
has declined the Berlin mission.
Olives trial will commence at Kear-
ney on Monday. He is quite well
known to a number Of our citizens.
Stage robbers have grown discour-
aged. The hangman's rope having
cast a shadow owe their profession.
Tansy Whitehead, of the evening
Glimmer, is still on the war path. The
LEADER isn't conducted to suit him.
The Pleasant Hours hop last evening
at the Railroad house was one Of the
most enjoyable yet given by the club.
Religious meetings are still In pro.
gress at the NJ. E. church and promises
to continue through the coming week.
The competitive examination for the
cadet vacancy win commence in the
public school building this morning at
10 o'clock.
The young people Of the Congrega-
tionnl church will have a literary meet
ing tonight at the residence of Hon.
E. L. johnson.
Jonas Hellawell, now in the east,
will return to Cheyenne about the first
Of May, considering the west the best
place after all.
A meeting of citizens interested In
the construction of q railroad from
Cheyenne to Fort Laramie is on the
taps for this evening.
Maj. j. W. Wham, paymaster, U. S.
A, has just received from st. Louis a
$1,000 iron grey trotter. The major
will take to-the turf now.
1t is reported that the Western Union
telegraph company will shortly estab-
lish a telegraph line from Point of
Rocks to Camp Stambaugh.
A business meeting of the Presbyte-
rian sewing society wa held yesterday
afternoon at the residence Of mrs. G. A.
Searight on T~wenty-Hrst street.
We regret to learn that. the four year
old son of Maj. Thornburg, of Fort
Steele, is lying at the point Of death.
Mrs. Thornburg is also seriously i'll.
The editor of the Black Hawk Post
says he has lived in Colorado since 1860
but icy saw SO long a spell of cold
weather as during the present winter.
More than 5000 tons of railroad iron
and trimmings for the Northern Pacific
railroad are now on the way from New
York to Astoria, Oregon, on two sail
ing vessels.
The Deadwood papers say that it is
very lonesome in the Hills at present,
all the cut throats and thieves having
either been killed or returned to their
eastern homes. Ai'At
The Green River Coarier's correspon-
dent at Miners Delight says they have
an appropriation for school money in
that n~eighborhood, but not enough
children to have a school.
A short ball dress, that will be be-
coming to young ladies', is made of
white satin and gauze. The skirt is
trimmed with three fine flu tings, the
last put on with a heading.
Somebody has started a rumor that
two of the notorious James brothers,
Of Missouri are at Leadville. One man
IS confident that he saw Jesse, while
another claims to have seen his brother.
T. A. CasweIl & Brother have Ia, ,ad