The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-12
MINOR

Denver is again afflicted badly Will
diphtheria.
The Alerts will meet tonight at theil
hose house on Hill street.
Judge Dundy has retired to his home
in Peru for a brief respite.
Billy Edwards and Arthur Chambers
will bd in the city this evening.
Deadwood will celebrate the Fourth
of July to the full extent of its worth.
The Archers, of Denver, will indulge
in a moonlight excursion to Morrison
on tomorrow night.
About forty dollars is the amount
estimated, cleared at the NJ. +. straw.
berry festival last night.
Judge j. B. Blair occupied the bench
in the district court yesterday, owing
to the illness of Judge Fisher.
Ed Griffin says that telescope, which
he had at the ''leg opera Tuesday
night was entirely superfiuous.
Col. A. Worth Spates is contemplat.
ing a trip yer the western portion oil
the territory within a few days.
Some of the saloon keepers Of Lead
| vile are holding indignation meetings
because six schooners of beer are being
sold for a quarter.
A cottage prayer meeting will be
held this Thursday evening at the
residence of Mrs. J.. v. Jillich, Seven
teenth street, at eight O'Clock.
Mrs. Scheitz, of Omaha, recently
went crazy on account of religion. and
was put in jail on Sunday, because she
| was q nuisance to the neighbors.
Two gamblers in Denver got to fight
ing on the streets on Tuesday, having
drawn knives to give eclat to the trans
action. One of them accidentally cut
his own cheek.
1t is reported that the "Racine Boy
mine, of Silver Cliff, which was sold to
Senator Jones and his associates some
weeks ago, is to be stocked at 5000,
000.-Denrer Republican.
The advance in the price of wool in
the face Of the summers shearing,
| proves what the LEADER claimed last
spring, viz, that sheep raising would
prove more profitable than ever.
Gov. Spates has just received from
Hon. S. Taylor Suit, of Maryland, a
copy of the rules regulating the Centen-
NAL national tournament, of which Mr..
Suit was chief marshal. Now for u
tournament in Cheyenne.
Dan Timoney and Thomas Ryans,
charged with burglary, had a hearing
in the district court yesterday. limo
ney was acquitted and Ryan found
guilty as charged, and sentenced to
fifteen months in the ~penitentiary.
The case of Thomas Morris, who
was up for larceny in the district court
a few days ago, and in which the jury
failed to agree, was dismissed yesterday
on motion of the county attorney, and
the prisoner discharged from custody.
G. II. Whiting, the fellow who runs
the local department of the Laramie
Times, reminds the LEADER of Hill
man, alias Watson, alias --, who
had quite an extensive acquaintance
with the sheriff of Weld county, Colo
RADIO. Do you "tumble,n.
The jury in the Ease of the United
States VS.. +. ]. Palmeton, charged with
the larceny of government property,
finally cam to the verdict of guilty
yesterday afternoon after being out
about twenty-four hours. The defend
ant was recommended to the clemency
of the court.
The postmaster general has ordered
the establishment of a p~ostoffice at the
town of Big Horn, Pease county, Wyo-
ming, and the appointment of Mr..
Thomas Creighton as postmaster. Mr..
Creighton was a former resident of this
city, and is in every way a worthy and
competent gentleman for the position.
Robert Jones was arraigned yesterday
afternoon in the district court on the
charge of attempt to commit rape upon
the person of Mrs. Josephene Preshaw.
The testimony in the case was intro.
duced, the arguments of council heard
and the case given to the jury, who,
after q few minutes absence from the
room, returned with a verdict of not
guilty. The prisoner was discharged.
The case of John Murdoch, charged
with stealing q horse from the stable OF
H.. s. Tracy, on the morning Of May
21st, was up for hearing yesterday fore.
noon in the district court. The evi.
dence against him was overwhelming.
The jury were out only a short time be,
fore they returned, finding him guilty
as charged, and sentenced him to two
years in the territorial penitentiary.
Charles E. Clay, esq.,, who returned
yesterday from a trip to Deadwood and
vicinity, reports business of all kinds
in that section booming, with prospect.
of further increase. All the freightinl
outfits which went from Cheyenne thi
spring are engaged for the season t
haul goods from Fort Pierre to Dead
wood and Fort Meade, for Fred Evans
of Sioux City. The following are the
respective amounts of freight contract