The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-05
MINOR MENTION.

usher in Indian som-more. ..
ssMemorial services will be held at
the Congregational church this even
ing.
The Presbytery of Colorado and Wyo.
ming will meet on Friday evening next
at Colorado Springs
A leading stockman accounted for
the, changeable weather on his range
yesterday by stating that lie always
keeps an equine-ox there.
The Enterprise says f. W. Mann,
esq, member elect Of the Wyoming leg
islature, win remove to the Black Hills
and locate after the session of the leg
islature is ended.
The funeral of the late Hon. E. p.
johnson will take place on Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will
be held at the family residence. Inter-
ment in the city cemetery.
frankie, son Of Mr.. Hicks, assistant
cashier of the First national bank,
while playing with a small quantity Of
powder yesterday, set fire to the same,
and the blaze burned his face badly,
especially about the eyes.
An alarm OK fire was sounded shortly
after eight O'Clock last evening and the
fire department turned out promptly.
The alarm was caused by the burning
of a coal shed at the railroad shops.
The fire was extinguished without the
aid of the department.
DR.. B. F. Crary will preach to-day.
morning and evening, at the NJ. Z.
church, being the occasion of the Hrst
quarterly meeting. The quarterly love
feast will be held at 6 p. M, and the
sacrament Of the Lords supper ut the
close Of services at s O'Clock,
By the struggling moonbeam's misty
light, and a lamp SO dimly burning, a
stranger was fished out of the sidewalk
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets, on Eddy street, last night. He
apostrophized a little after his rescue,
with more force than delicacy.
A freighter named Mr.. Geo. Gordon,
and his teamsters, with a large outfit
from Rawlins, are reported to have
been between the Indians and the
White River agency during their fight
with Major Thornburgh's command.
Fears are entertained as to their safety.
A tramp named James r. Schell from
| Somerset county, Pa, tried to commit
suicide by jumping off the railroad
bridge at Fort Steele a few days ago.
He was suffering from delirinm tre-
mems ut the time. 1t was not a success.
He was rescued after the leap, and is
now in the hospital at Rawlins.
BdltiDior1an: "Col. A. Worth
Spates, formerly of this city, and now
secretary of Wyoming territory, reach
ed Baltimore Thursday on a visit to
the home of his childhood. He has for
some time oniciated as governor of
Wyoming in the absence of that dis
tingushed officer. Cheyenne, the capt.
tai, is 10000 feet above tide" The
Baltimorian gets us about 1000 feet too
high.
An alarm of fire was rung about
$50 yesterday morning, which was
answered promptly by the different fire
companies. 1t wa caused by the issu.
ing of a blaze from a large pile of old
ties in the neighborhood of the water
tank, near the Union Pacific track
None of the companies turned on theii
hose except the j. T. Clark boys, who
proved themselves greater than the
emergency required.
A movement is on foot to have Q
special session of the legislature called
to make some needed laws and legisla-
ton in regard to the titles of property
that has been destroyed. This is much
needed, and ought to be done without
delay. The magnitude of the disaster
and the millions of property involved,
demand that immediate action for the
relief of our citizens and the restoring
of the legal title to our property should
be taken.-Enterprise.