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

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The long-talked-of fremen's tourna-
ment at Golden came off yesterday.
Wild Bills remains have just been
exhumed and inferred in Mount Moriah
cemetery, Deadwood.
The coming concert under the
pices of the Catholic church will be
held at Recreation Hall.
Every utilitarian looks upon the
Times but to turn away condemning the
sheer destruction of beautiful white
paper.
There vas TO have been a meeting
held by the Alert hose company last
evening, but the lack Of a quorum pre-
vented.
The Swan Bros. shipped twenty-five
car loads Of beeves east from Cheyenne
yesterday and w. A. Paxton shipped
twenty car loads from Julesburg.
The members OF the Red Cross are
going to try and resurrect that organ-
ization in this city. They meet this
evening at the residence of d. C. Lusk.
The Greeley Tribune of this week,
contains a most excellent letter on
Cheyenne. 1t was written by W. c.
Packard, esq, who recently visited the
city.
A. G. Carr, who was arrested a few
days ago for obtaining money under
false pretenses, was bound oyer yester-
day in the sum of $3.50, and in default
thereof, went to Jail.
The county republican committee
held n called meeting in Secretary
spates' parlor last evening, but for the
want of a quorum adjourned without
transacting any business.
The Union Pacific is now sending
forward supplies, such rs ties, spikes,
and fails, for the Omaha, Niobrara Il
Black Hills railway, which is being
started from Jackson dee.
Charles Matthews, esq. and Joshua
Parsons, ESQ.,, two prominent citizens
of Baltimore, are in the city intent on
some very important business connected
with the interests Of the territory.
There is a prominent photographer
from Salt Lake going over the Union
Pacific taking views of all the interest
ing points. He took Dale Greek bridge
yesterday afternoon with No. 4 train
standing thereon.
DIR. Culbestron, of the Surgical In
Urinary of indianapolis, is in the city
professionally at the Inter Ocean hotel,
and will go west Sunday afternoon.
The DIR. is eminent in his s~pecialties,
and all with diseases of the eye or EAR,
club-foot, spinal disease or any deform-
ity should see him. lie has surgical
appliances and artificial eyes.
Doc. Middleton arrived at Cheyenne
last evening in charge Of officers. 1t is
thought here that he was taken there
for the purpose of turning him loose
and giving the vigilantes a whack at
him.-Dead,oood Times. Wrong again.
Doc. is in jail here and will be given a
fair trial on three indictments for
stock stealing. His neck is safe as
long as he behaves himself.
A gentleman named Rice got left"
yesterday by No. 4 train. He entered
Dispatcher McCormick's office some
twenty minutes after the train had
pulled out, and said he would give
twenty dollars to catch it. The enter
prising dispatcher at once called Engin-
eer O'Brien with his engine, and toldhim
to take the gentleman after the train.
They caught it Mt Hillsdale, a distance
of twenty miles, in twenty-eight min
utes. This is considered quite u fast
run for a ten-wheel engine.
At A O'Clock yesterday afternoon a
large circle of the friends and ac-
quaintances of the late Gen. William
w. Smith, assembled at the Presbyte-
rian church to pay the last sad honors
to the deceased. The remains were
escorted to the church and grave by
the Cheyenne lodge of the A. f. 81 A.
NJ, of which body he was a member.
The services at the church were Of a
lengthy and deeply impressive nature,
and were conducted by the Rev. y. Y.
Cowhick, pastor of the church, after
which a large number of friends fol-
lowed the remains to the cemetery.
J.. Miller, the postal clerk who vas
so badly hurt by the collision on the
c. B. s. Q. railroad some four years
ago, passed through yesterday on his
way to Soda Springs, Idaho. In the
accident mentioned he lost one of his
eyes and n of his ears, and had one
side of his head terribly mutilated,
several pieces of bone having been ex-
tracted. He received $4,000 frsm the
railroad company at the time. lie ILLS
the same position now that he did be-
fore he was hurt. His present trip is
for the benefit Of his head, which of late
has been seriously troubling him.
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