The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-30
MINOR

another olumn.
Baker &c johnson have plenty OF
freight for the Black Hills.
The Baptist people Of this city are
again trying to struggle along without
a minister.
1t is said that Ben. Morrison will
replace Mr.. LykIns as stock detective
of this county.
The eastern cattle market Is report.
ed to be much livelier now than 1t has
been this season.
The finance committee OF the work
ingmen's party are requested to meet
at two O'Clock this afternoon at the
city hall.
A batch Of English officers, the same
who were here a year ago, arrived yes.
terday. They will start out on a hunt.
ing tour in a few days.
The water from Crow creek Is lowing,
Flowing, sweetiy flowing.
It was turned on ut IL O'Clock on
Thursday night, as everything is ready
for another FIRE.
A colored prostitute was brought be-
fore q justice yesterday, and from the
evidence adduced her character seemed
| blacker than her skin. She was heavily
hned.
"a simple drunk was the offense
charged against a crimson-nosed inibi-
Dor Of the ardent yesterday in a JUS
tice's court. He was ordered to repair
the streets for ten days.
Milton Taylor was h~onorably acquit-
ted before a justice of the peace of this
city yesterday, for a little difficulty be-
tween himself and another man. The
case was tried before q jury.
We learn that the name of Cleveland,
In the suburbs Of Deadwood, is to be
changed to Custer Place, in honor of
Gen. Geo. A. Custer, one Of the great
est Indian fighters the United States
ever possessed -Enterprise.
Oberne, Hosick & Co., dealers in
hides, wool etc., have purchased the
Red stables" on the corner of Seven
tenth aud O'Neil streets. They will
remodel the same and move'their extern
sive busine IS into 1t the first of Octo-
Der.
A bandbox looking EDglishman took
a fancy to one of Mr.. VanTassel's high
spirited saddle horses, and asked him
to let him have a ride. The good ma
tured Van granted his request. That
Epglishman now moves by the aid OF
crutches.
A railroad man has committed him.
self &c far Us to say that the Denver
Pacific is to be run in connection with
the other lines Of the north, and the
Colorado Central track is to be torn up
between Fort Collins and Cheyenne
Denver Republican.
When Charlie Turck dazzled the au-
dience at Recreation Hall on Thursday
evening by dropping a new and beauti.
full fountain scene, it looked so natural
that a girl sitting in front of a LEADER
reporter raised her parasol to keep the
spray from sprinkling her new hat.
Private sources furnish the news that
Frank Montgomery, Of the government
farm, and formerly Of this city. was
married on the 10th Of this month TO
Miss Lille Griffin, at Hancock, New
York. The happy couple expect to
come west to reside at an early day.
The parties who stole the horses from
Myers & Aldridge on the 2eth of last
month from near Rawhide Buttes, are
known to have been Jack Nolan and
Joe johnson. 1t Is also known that
those gentlemen are now %rusticating in
Doc Middleton's old camp on the Mo
brara.
There were some new and abrupt
features presented in the buckipg sys-
tenn by a fiery, untamed broncho on
Seventeenth street yesterday morning.
Lew Roberts was aboard Of him, and
twas fun to see the boys standing
around making bets as to the height
the broncho would send him each time.