The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-09
NEWS BREVITIES
Picked Up Here and There by a
Leader" Reporter.

Go and see Rarus this morning.
May flowers are not very numer-
Gus.
Playing ball appears to be the favor
lite amusement these fine days.
The shooting match will take place
this morning at Fort d. A. Russell.
1.-The German" was INDUCED in last
night at McDaniel's Eddy street hall.
If the weather clerk is as eccentric as
the weather, he ought to be amended.
MI. ]. L. Murray has been admitted
to membership in the Durant fire COM
pany.
A business meeting Of st. Marks
guild vas held last night at the Epis-
copal rectory.
Be slow in your judgment, "A cucum-
Der is not often as green IS the man
who consumes it.
So many great men are dying this
spring that we begin to feel very uneasy
about the big boy editor.
We are under obligations to Rev. II.
l.. Janeway, of the Colorado presbyte-
ry, for favors shown the LEADER.
We trust the fair, willing workers of
the Baptist church will repeat their
strawberry festival at an early day.
1t was an Omaha Herald reporter
who described a body that was found
n the water, as "a watery corpse"
We are in receipt Of the Rural Ne
6raska, a monthly agricultural journal,
published at Omaha by w. G. b. Al
len.
II enough sisters and cousins and
aunts can be found, I'll. M. s. Pima
fore" will o weigh anchor in this
port.
The insane Swede woman who has
been so i'll at Eames' hotel is better,
and it is thought she will entirely re-
cover.
There is some talk of putting n tri-
weekly stage line on the road between
Cheyenne and the Granite Canon
mines.
Over 800 were cleared last night at
the Baptist church strawberry festival.
Thanks TO the noble and energetic
ladies of that denomination.
The members of the Congregational
church sewing society held an interest
ing meeting yesterday afternoon, at the
residence of Mrs. A. Underwood.
A walk wei town revealed the graft
flying fact that at least ninety per cent.
of the trees planted are growing rapidly.
The remainder died from neglect.
The rifle match will take place at
Fort Russell this morning at II O'Clock,
between the Wyoming rifle club, and a
picked team from the Fourth infantry.
Between four and FIVE hundred In
dams near Ashland have taken the
pledge. They got the idea that the
pledge was something about whisky,
and that was enough.
The members of the Durant fire
company have elected George Brown to
the position Of captain Of the Snyder
hose. An excellent choice, as Mr..
Brown is a live, active
Deputy Sheriff John A. Martin has
been elected delegate from the Pioneer
Hook and Ladder company, to attend
the Forthcoming meeting to organize a
territorial firemen's association.
The Colorado Central train due here
yesterday afternoon was five hours be-
hind time, owing to the burning of a
portion of the Clear Greek bridge,
which calamity took place ut a late
hour on Wednesday night. The fire is
presumed TO be the work of an incen-
diary.
"Rarus," the famous trotting horse,
with six other well known steppers, are
quartered this morning at Terry s.
Hunters livery stable. They were de-
tanned here Unexpectedly owing to the
bad condition of the car in which they
came from San Francisco. As soon
as the car is put iHerder they will start
for Denver.