The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-30

gaze, on the shadow than the substance.
Kansas City wants to compromise at
50 cents on the dollar. That's bleeding
the Missourians pretty freely, but the
citizens of that town were always par
tial to half and half.
The saddest time in young mans
life is when his girl writes to him that
she wants her old letters, and that he
can have his fifty cent diamond r
rings on application.
The hay in the section Of country
around Rapid City, Dakota, cannot be
beaten; it is composed chiefly of wild
| wheat, and blue and buffalo grasses, all
Of which are full of seed and have the
best fattening qualities.
The half furnished tramp who en-
tered a private residence on Hill street,
late Tuesday night, for the purpose of
getting a square meal, was fred out Of
town yesterday. He Is now counting
ties between Cheyenne and Sidney.
Many old quartz miners are of the
| opinion that there must be very rich
veins Of gold quartz about the head OF
Castle creek, Dakota, and prospectors
will doubtless give that section special
attention as soon AS the mountains be-
come barred of snow.
Agent Kelley says that the delegation
of Utes which he has with him, insist
upon bathing twice a week regularly.
When a newspaper man back east was
told of this he went straight away and
wrote a column and a half in regard to
the brutal customs of the savages.
A letter was received at the LEADER
office yesterday from a party in Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, asking Information
concerning the cattle business in Wyom-
ing. The inquirer is a nan worth at
least a hundred thousand dollars, half
Of which he proposes to invest in cat
tie. 4Gl.
A herder, named Thomas Warner,
who was thrown from his horse near
the corner of Nineteenth and Hill
streets yesterday afternoon, fell vio-
lently upon his face. He was consid-
erably shaken up,and bruised about his
head. but managed to remount and
ride away.
We suppose Eli Perkins can come
from under the bed. The meteor kill
ing story told by the Indiana papers
was a hoax. Such yarns are in no way
creditable to the o%riginators. These
liars are the enemies Of good society,
as they lessen confidence in reports that
are true.
The Idaho Aralnoche has the fol-
lowing: We have both cold; weather
and an abundance of snow. Inthe val
leys the frost has been quite severe, and
fears are entertained in many, sections
that w the cold spell lasts, and the
snow CONTINUES. 70 fall, it will result in
heavy loss of stock.
The LEADRR didd not say Col. Fisher
had retired from the superintendency
Of the Mountain division. 1t quoted
from the Denver Tribune to the effect
that a position had been offered him on
the Denver e SOUTH Park road, and ex-
PRESSED the hope thst he would find it
to his interest to remain in our midst.
Henry Harrington, who has been
quite sick, traces the cause of his Ill
ness back to- remote period in his his
tory when he was induced to take a
swim in mEddy street bath tub. And
now he mournfully says: ''No more
ablutions, they nearly kill me, and
good people are too scarce nowadays
to run narrow risks.'
Orange growing in California has
been assuming such dimensions as to
make it doubtful whether in a few
yearssit will pay to raise the fruit at all.
Every land owner and settler in
the neighborhood Of Los Angeles is
ambitious to have an orange grove;
houses are SURROUNDED by them, and
they even border the streets.
Every girl who passes through the
Boston schools o receives three
years, Instruction in the various kinds
of ~needlework, andi is capable Of being
an expert seamstress. 1t is said that
the benefits resulting from this instruc-
tion are seen in the improved appear
ance Of the children's clothing in the
schools, and are felt in thousands of
homes. Nv * rnTmsA F-a
The meeting at the Congregational
church last night was one of the larg-
est and most interesting of the series
now being held. The Young people
connected with the church are earnest
ly engaged and m taking an active
part. It was decided to hold other
meetings tonight. The young ladies'
will meet as usual in the west room at
Z; the young men will meet at the same
hour in the study. At q there win be
a general young peoples meeting. All
young people specially invited. Every
body welcome.
Iudse IoyeIand's Movements.
Yesterday mornings Denver Ntps
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