The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

A grand hop was given at Deadwood
on Christmas Eve, by the Masons and
Odd Fellows.
The ladies who received visitors yes
terday entertained their guests in {
very handsome manner.
Young man-we allude to you, wht
went calling yesterday-how does YOU
poor head feel this morning.
Mrs. Judge Nye, Of Laramie City
was assisted in "receiving'' yesterda,
by Miss Clara Donlevy. of this place.
-Four thousand dollars worth Of Col
den Terra bullion has just been Sent
from the Black Hills to San Francisco
Hon. E. P. johnson, with a smile on
his countenance and a twinkle of hi
off eye, says he's no longer a ''govern
ment official"
Charles Weihl, who confesses to hay
ing voted illegally at the last election,
will be hauled the judicial coals
this afternoon.
The east bound passenger train came
in on time yesterday, notwithstanding
the large amount of snow on the track
along the line.
The Draper-H elphenstine contest for
sheriff did not die with 1873, but will
come up this morning smilingly and
tackle the new year.
A black tailed deer was killed a few
miles north of Omaha lately, and a
number of rabbits have been trapped
within the city limits by enterprising
little boys.
One of the Cheyenne and Black Hills
stage coaches, with eight mules at
tached, was pressed into service yester.
day and used by four gentlemen in max
ing their calls.
In the absence of other topics, the
average newspaper writer may bless his
stars that he still has the ameer Of
Cabul as a perennial candidate for
editorial speculation.
The garrison court martial, which
convened at Fort Laramie in Novem-
Der, has been ordered to reconvene at
Fort Russell, rs soon as practicable,
to complete certain records.
The postmaster general has ordered
the discontinuance of the postofice at
Camp Stambaugh, Sweetwater county,
Wyoming, in consequence Of its being
abandoned as a military post.
The government telegraph line be-
tween Fort Buford and Fort Keogh
has been tempered with. Two poles
we're cut, and several hundred feet Of
wire were cut and carried away.
The missionary influence is beginning
to tell on the Indians at Cheyenne
agency. One Of them forged a check
on a Sioux City bank, and hadit cashed
by MI. Cation, trader at that post.
A party Of gentlemen, who shall here
be nameless, went out calling, and
while in the outskirts of the city, the
hack containing them broke down.
The remainder of the calls were made
on foot.
The collectors of the LEADER Office
will begin to-day making New Years
calls. We trust they will meet with
the usual courtesy Of our patrons, and
effect a speedy settlement of all out.
standing accounts.
An error occurred in the last issue Of
the LEADER, in which we said Craig &
Gardner are dealers in second hand fur
niture. They deal only in ne,c furni
ture, and Of the very best quality
They can be found in the Odd Fellows
block, on Eddy street.
Another new applicant for public
patronage in the form of the Industria
Press, a daily paper, to issue from the
Colorado Greenbacker and Industrial
Press Office, will make its first appear
ance in Denver this evening.
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