The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-08
MINOR MENTION

Pinaf"re this evening at R",l cation
Hall.
The watchword of Cheyenne firemen:
Laramie
The Hillerton 0ccideat is the name
of the newest Colorado paper.
The soldiers were paid of yesterday
and are Of course correspondingly hap
Ply.
A rifle contest for a valuable gold
watch will take place at Maj. Talbot's
range this morning.
The Laramie hookeroos were all
spanked by their mothers for not run
ming in the tournament.
The LEADER published the fullest
and completest report Of the tourna-
ment Of any paper in the territory.
The Alert hose company will hold
their regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday night. A full attendance
is requested.
One of the most gorgeous sunsets of
the summer was that of last evening.
1t was a scene worthy of the worlds
greatest painters.
The shooting for the remainder Of
the prizes by the Wyoming rifle team
will be continued to-day al the range at
Major Talbot's place.
Mr.. A. Nichols is fitting up the old
Star Of the West stand for a restaurant.
He is sparing no expense that will add
to the attractions of the place.
Three locomotives passed through
Cheyenne last evening for the Southern
Pacific railroad of Arizona. They
were made in Schenectady, N. Y.
The Young Mems Union Club of
this city will give a grand ball on Tues
day evening July 10Th. This club is
composed OF good colored citizens, and
deserves TO succeed.
The board of control of the Terri
torial Firemen's association will hold q
meeting during the latter part of the
month. Chief Haas, who Is president
os the board, will issue the call about
ten days before the time to meet.
The Laramie Times says many Of the
citizens of Cheyenne are in the peniten-
tiary. Well, there is justice down here.
If the people of Laramie had their Just
dues, they would all have been hanged
long ago-except a solitary dozen.
II our local columns are not as full
to-day as they might be, you must lay
1t to the Fourth of July, which has
somewhat demorallzed the local. Times.
In other words the local was ''full,n
and it is expecting too much to have
the local and the columns full Mt the
same time.
The board of county commissioners
met yesterday at the county clerks
Office at the court house. All the mem
beers were present. The regular reports
of the county officers we're received and
filed, and, aside from the examination
and allowance of n large number of
bills, no business of Importance
was trantacted. The board adjourned
until to-day at 10 o'clock.
A stout, lusty, healthy looking tramp,
of the female persuasion, apparently
from forty-five to fifty years of age, is
going the rounds of the city soliciting
aid. She states that herself and her
old man have just arrived from Oregon,
having walked all the way. She has
already bled several of our citizens, and
continues successfully to ply her trade.
On Sunday she attacked Gen. Merritt,
of Fort Russell, and after receiving a
supply of six days lrations, she wanted
blankets, ETC., and finally wound up by
asking him for a musket to shoot rab-
bits with. Fearing lest she might be-
come a road agent the general prudent
ly refused. Marshal Ryan might safely
look after her.
Some Of our jealous little contempt
raries hereabouts are mad because, as
they say, the LEADER is both a repub-
lican and democratic organ. Just so,
and it has ever been thus-at least dur
ing the last twelve years. The LEADER
has always independently and fearlessly
advocated what 1t deemed for the best
interest of Cheyenne and Laramie
county, and thus it has benefited all
the people-republicans and democrats
Of the county. Hence 1t has been the
organ of both republicans and DEM
ocrats; and it will take pride in ION
tinuing in this course for the future,
Notwithstanding the bowls of a few
snide, would-be political organs, who
are always in the political market to be
bought by the highest bidder about