The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11

is a neat affair.
District Clerk Fisher is adjoining his
office with choice plants.
All the temperance organizations are
in a fiourishing condition.
A lodge of Perfection will be or
ganized In this city on Monday.
Young peoples meeting at the Con-
gregational church this evening.
Mrs. Laura E. Dainty expects to Wis
1t Cheyenne shortly and give readings.
If Abraham Lincoln had lived, he
would be seventy years old on the 18th
inst.
1t is rumored that Will II. Harte,
who recently went to Illinois, viii To-
cate there.
The Denver Pacific pay car came up
yesterday and left o little cash for the
road employees.
Musical and literary entertainment
at the residence of Hon. E. +. Johnson,
Thursday night next.
The ladies' reading room committee
held a business meeting last night. AT
their rooms in the Carey block.
The determination of the C~heyennes
will bring a great deal of suffering upon
many worthy and industrious Indian
agents.
The members of the Alert hose COM
pany wear neat gold badges, upon
which are inscribed: "Alert Hose, No.
1; We Strive to Save"
Maj. Ferris command, Fifth cavalry
was last heard from at Newman's
ranch, mouth Of Antelope, tributary of
Niobrara outskirt of sand hills.
The jury chosen to decide the suit
between r. F. Glover and A. Gueck
failed to agree and was discharged. The
case is postponed until the oath inst.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday-the
18th instant will be celebrated this
year. The Lincoln Club, Of New York,
intends to make the occasion a memora-
BILE one.
Leave of absence for one month,
withapermlssion to apply for an extern
sion Of n month, is granted Lieut..
Joseph Hall, Fourteenth infantry, Fort
Hall, Idaho. F8
We saw the following terse and clear
notice posted on a certain feed stable
in this city:
Horses. To. Hay. SOC
A. Span. Per. Day."
Mr.. Ira L. Fredendall, Of this city,
was married on Friday last in Denver,
to Mrs. Wilson, formerly Of Jackson
Vile, Indiana. Mr.. Fredendall re-
turned to Cheyenne with his bride on
Sunday.
Mr.. II. A. Calland, a well known
builder and contractor has formed a CO.
partnership with Halleck s. Howard,
of Denver, in the lumber business.
They have taken Thompson's yard, on
Eighteenth street.
Col. Dan Crapp was handling a load
ed revolver rather carelessly yesterday,
when he accidentally discharged the
same with nearly fatal results to him.
self. This will doubtless prove n warn.
ing to other boys who are in the habit
of handling loaded fire arms.
The body of Lee Ami, the Chinamar
who died In this city a few weeks ago,
from Injuries received ut Sidney, wa,
disinterred yesterday. This Afternoon
the corpse, which is now at the depot
will. be started on its journey to Sar
Francisco. The Oriental agent at that
point will ship it to China.
A counterfeit f~ve-dollar gold piece is
in circulation. 1t is gold on the out
side, Is full weight, and rings well. 1t
Is a little defective In the milling, and
the $ initial for San Francisco mint Is
imperfect, yet the imitation is good.
and only an expert is able to detect the
counterfeit from the genuine.
Thomas NJ. Fisher, esq.,, with several
other members of the order OF Knight.
of Pythias, will leave here next Friday
for Golden, Colorado, where they will
organize a new lodge Of Knights. They
will doubtless have an excellent time
as they propose initiating t~wenty-six
members into the new lodge as q
starter.
President w. A. ii, Loveland, of
the Colorado Central railroad, arrived
in town yesterday, and met in the
afternoon u number Of our leading
business men at the First National
Bank parlors, for the purpose Of con-
ferring on railroad matters. Mr.. Love-
land furnished these gentlemen much
valuable information in relation to the
proper organization of a railroad com
pany ; his suggestions, If carried out,
will put the new road on a sound basis
at the start, and aid considerably in
pushing it to final completion. The
meeting adjourned without definite re-
suit, but will this morning,
at 10 O'Clock. All our business men,
who are willing to put their shoulder to
the wheel, are requested to be present.
Twenty-one pounds of bread for n
dollar ut 49,
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