The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hayerly's minstrels tonight.
Mr.. ]. Droney's bake oven Is now in
excellent trim.
1.-The Times says Laramie City is sorely
afflicted with hoodlums.
The prospect for excellent crops in
Dakota the coming year is quite good.
Woman lawyers are making their
first appearance in cases on the Pacific
coast.
There were eighteen arrivals at
Overs yesterday and twelve at the
Inter Ocean.
The moon. like man, is said to ap-
pear most melancholy when reduced to
the last quarter.
Sunshine, rain, hail and in
rapid succession were experienced in
Cheyenne yesterday.
Jacob L~andsbury, an engineer on the
Union Pacific, died from heart disease
at Omaha on Tuesday night.
The postmaster general has ordered
the appointment Of John Weslen as
postmaster at Eagle ranch, in Sweet
water county, Wyoming.
Regardless of the storm, quite 9
large assemblage attended the maple
syrup, griddle cake and boquet enter.
tainment in the Fisk block last night,
The Baptist denomination held an
interesting meeting last night. Owing
to the snow storm, however, the at
tendance was not as large as expected
Territorial Auditor France yesterday
filed his bonds in the sum Of $4,000 in
the archives of the territorial secre'
tary's Office, and the same were ap.
proved.
The officer reported on the way from
Jacksonville, Illinois, to take posses
sion of Cassells, the alleged hotel blk,
did not arrive yesterday, as was ex-
pected.
Gov. Pitkin, Of Colorado, Is confined
to his room with erysipelas. The exec
utive department is in charge o.
Gov" W. B. Vickers, Pitkin's pri
vate secretary.
A soldier who yesterday morning
stole an apple from the aged femal'
who peddles that sort of fruit, was Sc
verely threshed by another 'boy il
blue" Served him right.
An editor can stand s~hot-guns, lout
"swears," pistols, bowie knives, etc.
but he grows nervous when he sees ,
man with q four-tined pitchfork and Q
bulldog coming toward his Office.
The work on the Fort Steele bridge
is being pushed rs rapidly as possible
The bridge when completed will be foul
hundred and eighty feet long, and will
be a very substantial structure.
We are in receipt Of the Fairfield
Tribune, a neat weekly journal, pub
lished in the interest of what is left Of
the democratic party in Iowa. Its 10
cal columns betoken enterprise, and it.
mechanical work exhibits skill.
Notwithstanding the fact that Gen
George Crook and Gen. John @. Ere
mont have been crossing each others
paths for the past eighteen years. they
never met until they saw each other al
the depot in Omaha a few years ago.
Remember that Haverly's celebrated
Georgia Ministries appear tonight at
Recreation Hall. The splendid repu.
tation this troupe enjoys all over the
country will doubtless insure a full
house. Seats a be secured at Joslir
q Parks.
The board of commissioners on peni
tertiary affairs, after holding a briel
session yesterday, adjourned. An ex.
animation Of the penitentiary records
proved that everything is running very
smoothly under Col. Schnitger's man.
agement.
The scriptural readings by Mr.. j. A.
Todd, at the Presbyterian church last
night, were quite well attended, and
gave general satisfaction. Mr.. Todd
will give a reading tonight at the
Methodist church. Public cordially in
vited to attend.
Edward Early, a private soldier, re-
Gently on trial in Laramie City,
charged with the killing of a soldier
last summer, has been acquitted. He
arrived in the city to-day, repaired tc
the court house and got some articles
of clothing that belonged to him, and
proceeded to Fort Russell.
James Creighton, Of Omaha, has re-
ceived a letter from q friend at O'Neill
City, stating that ''the Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail Indians are killing cattle
and selling them to the buyers
at the agencies. and are also burning
the prairies. The stock men will lose
a great number Of their cattle if they
don't put a stop to this Immediately.
We need protection right away, and If
we do not get it further trouble is
looked for soon Is we can see the In
dian fires every night in all directions -
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