The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-23
NEWS BREVITIES.

NEWS BREVITIES.
Are you going to that picnic on Sat
urday2
Shall we have a moderate drink ing
society,"
What has become of the temperance
societies?
The Jocky club races commenced at
Denver yesterday.
There are now thirty-seven prisoners
in the county jail.
The Hutchinson family will be here
on Decoration Day.
We understand there will be no
school on Decoration Day.
The Deadwood Pioneer is now run
also as an evening daily paper.
President Hayes has whipped con
gress twice, and he can do it again.
Durbin Brothers, Of this city, recent
ly shipped eight car loads of cattle to
Omaha.
The Laramie City committee of fire.
men are expected to arrive in Cheyenne
tomorrow.
"Clark w. Upton, assignee" etc,
etc, ETC., was laid OF the shelf yester-
day by Col. Steele.
The young idiot of the Laramie
Times continues his attacks upon the
LEADER. We are sorry for him.
Susan b. Anthony is on her way to
Texas to lecture. Doubtless Texas
deserves even this terrible calamity.
1t is thought the Congregational
church festival last night resulted in
about s75 over and above all expenses.
A little girl named Sarah ]. Ellis
was taken home from school yesterday,
quite sick, but was much better at a
late hour last night.
Wyoming has grander scenery and
a more wonderful combination OF the
sublime and beautiful In nature, than
any other country on the continent.
John Splann came up from Denver
yesterday with Rarus, Brigadier, Adel-
aide, ~Sweetzer, Doty. Harry, Calmer
and Col. Lewis, and continued his
journey to Omaha.
A man who went to Leadville awhile
ago, and advertised to teach the guitar,
was notified by the aesthetic residents
that If he didn't leave pretty quick, he
would gnitar and feathers.
John Murdoch, the man who stole
the horse and mules from Tracy's
corral, was captured by Ed Ordway on
Bard's ranch. The thief is now the
guest of Acting Sheriff Martin.
The new truck for the Pioneer hook
and ladder company has been ordered,
and will arrive here about the middle
Of next month-probably a few days
earlier. 1t will cost about $500.
The several FIRE companies were out
practising last evening, and all made
good time. They are preparing for the
tournament which will be held at some
place in the territory on the Fourth.
A meeting Of the members of St.
Mary's Catholic church was held last
night to perfect the arrangements for
the new Catholic church dedication,
which will take place next Sabbath
morning.
Mrs. w. w. Corlett yesterday re-
ceived a letter from her husband, who
is now at Soda Springs, Idaho. He
writes that he is much improved in
health and expects to return home in
three or four weeks.
The Laramie City fire department at
its last meeting elected the mayor of
that town as n Of the delegates to
represent them in the forthcoming
meeting for the purpose Of organizing
a territorial firemen's association.
One of u handsome Cheyenne dry
goods clerks says it is odd that while n
woman can eve remember what size
glove she wea when she finds herself
at a counter where the salesman is
good looking, she can always give a
rival the exact figures after she has
found that her own hand is the smaller.
A number of interested citizens will
be pleased upon reading the supreme
court proceedings this morning, to find
that d. Mclaughlin and T. A. Kent
triumphed over C. w Upton as assignee
for the Great Western fire insurance
company. And Col. Steele wears an
extra plume this morning as attorney
against the insurance company.
Tonight.