The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-17
MINOR

Inc |. /. pay Ca W. arrive al
Cheyenne to-day.
See the big new nd. of Marks &
Myers IN this issue.
The Denver Ners staff is made mp
largely of Louisianians.
The workingmen are talking of or
ganizing their party again.
The Iliff estate will ship about twelve
thousand head OF cattle this year.
The tickets for the concert at Recre-
alton Hall, Thursday night, are going
off finely.
The shiedley Bros. shipped twenty
four cars of stock east from ogalaIla
yesterday. 81
W, Moffatt. ESQ.,, purchased 294 head
of choice cattle yesterday from J.
Braun and w. ]. Ward for s4,263.
The shooting club had some excellent
sport yesterday afternoon. Some OF
the marksmen did excellent work
amongst glass balls.
VTom Talbot is making an addition to
Cheyenne. The streets are being laid
out on the grounds adjoining the reser-
walton, a short distance from his broth
er's place.
Harry Wilson, the person who stole
the keg Of beer from Braun's brewery
on Tuesday evening, was tried in the
Justices court yesterday and fined. lie
was remanded to prison.
The Black Hills Times says: "The
dust on u freight routes is so thick
as to kill cattle en- route. The hot
dust, 1t is said, infames thcir lungs
and make them turn up their hoofs."
Co. K nine, Ninth Infantry, and a
picked nine from the remaining six
companies at Fort Mckinney, played n
game Of base ball on Tuesday last on
the parade ground Company X won
by n score OF II to Z, and also bagged
s25 in gold. There was some fine Play
ing DONE. 81 "a
Colonel a. Worth Spates, ad-
jutant general of Wyoming territory,
is in receipt OF a communication from
the headquarters of the national guards
of the state Of Missouri dated st. Louis
Aug. IA 1879, requesting a represen-
tation from Wyoming in the national
militia cpnvention,ofthe United States
to be held in that city on the Both of
September next.
Speaking of the railroad war, the
Omaha Rep,.blican says: "Neither agent
has yet called upont the other, and1n mot
the first step toward reconciliation of
difficulties has been made by either
company. Both roads are carrying
stock. from Kearney to Chicago at the
same rate. The b. & NJ. is not for
warding much stock, while the Union
Pacific is forwarding immense quanfi-
ties. Over a hundred cars OF cattle
will arrive to-day from Plum Creek and
points west. The same rate is given
on stock from Plum Creek to Chicago
by the U. P. as is given by both roads
fromeiearney."- ~ NA II
Gen. Merritt received a telegram
from the department commander, re-
questing him to designate three COM
panies OF his regiment to be held in
readiness to move in n few days to the
site OF the new post, which is about to
he erected on the Niobrara river, in
the vicinity Of the mouth of Snake
creek, The general selected companies
b, II and +, commanded respectively
by Capts. Montgomery, Hamilton and
Payne. The gentlemanly bearing of
the officers and members Of these COM
panies have attached them to the citi-
zene Of Cheyenne, who will regret their
removal. slaR vt
The Chicago Tribune, in the course
an article OH Jay Gould, says: at
is a well known fact that jay Could
or, which is the same, the Wabash
asked some time & to get n share of
the west bound Pacific business to 90
by the Kansas Pacific and Colorado
Central to Hazard, on the Union Paci-
fc. The trunk lines thus far have re-
fused to accede to this demand, but in
the meantime Mr.. Gould is getting his
work in by diverting from the Iowa
pool lines a large share Of the cast
bound Pacific business, by sending it
it from Hazard via the Colorado Gen.
trail, Kansas Pacific, st. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern and Wabash roads,
in all OF which he has an interest.
For fresh ranch butter and eggs, 90
to Underwood & McGrepor,s. IL