The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-23
MINOR MENTION.

fine bouncing girl.
The fall term of the Greeley musical
academy viii open to-day.
The walls of the Inter Ocean hotel
received some repairs yesterday.
The young peoples literary associa-
ton will meet at the residence of E. p.
Johnson, esq, this evening.
The Denver Pacific took $50 passen-
gers at excursion rates yesterday. The
c. c. did not take quite that number.
The disbanded members of the Red
Cross order will meet on pext Thurs
day evening at the residence Of Mr..
Parker.
A chicken thief entered the hen coop
of G. w. Stanley on Saturday night,
and walked of with seventeen spring
chickens.
The game of base ball between the
Deserets, of salt Lake, and the Browns,
of Denver, yesterday, resulted in favor
of the latter by a score of 10 to 6.
Bob Burdette, the funny man of the
Burlington Ha,okeye, will lecture in
Denver October Sd. Now then, Turk,
corral him and set the town laughing.
The Deseret base ball club Of Salt
Lake city is in Denver. They win play
the best three in five games with the
D-nver club@ftF the stakes now up,
which amount to 80, 500.
Citizens are loudly complaining about
the ~disgraceful condition of the side
walks. Cannot the debris he cleared
If the sidewalk on Sixteenth street, in
the neighborhood of the recent disas-
ter.
Rev. II. H.. Lucas, pastor OF the A.
VI. Z. church, will leave for Leaven-
worth, Kansas, tomorrow to attend
he conference. He doesn't know us
vet whether he will be returned to
Cheyenne or not.
A young fellow named Harry Tow
ling, who formerly resided here, and
was employed as q news agent on the
q. p, was arrested a few days ago at
Ogden on a charge of robbing the mail
IN the Northern Utah railroad.
A nj load of excellent looking blood.
sd horses belonging to Mr.. C. B. Saxby,
# Peoria. ILL.,, were taken to Thorp's
stable on Sunday afternoon. They are
N their way to Salt Lake City and will
continue on their journey to-day.
There were 1874 cars loaded with
beeves shipped east from the different
cations on this division of the Uuion
Pacific yesterday. Averaging 20 to d
car, there were $3.50 cattle sent from
this vicinity In one day. This shows
that cattle business is tolerably lively
The young man named Carlson, who
was arrested a few days ago on the
charge of stealing a gold watch from a
neighboring shoemaker named Carey,
was taken before Justice Fisher and
ried before a jury. The jury found a
verdict of mot guilty" and the young
nan was discharged.
AS u freight train from the west
stopped in front Of the depot on Sunday
sfternoon a loud kicking and shouting
was heard within one of the cars,
which was sealed and loaded with bull.
lion from Virginia, Nevada. The car
was opened, and eight burly-looking
tramps stepped out. They had been
without food or water for sixty hours.
A mar named Hickey, lately en-
ployed as brakeman on the U. p, had
! very narrow escape on Sunday after
Don During the making up of a
rain he was on an engine near the
ridge when he was suddenly seized
with a sort OF epileptic fit. He fell off
the engine while it was In motion, and
escaped being run over by the merest
chance.
An accident to the steam boiler of
the LEADER Office yesterday, came near
iepriving our patrons of their morning
paper. Mi. 7. A. Davis. master me-
chanic Of the Union Pacific shops in
this city, came to our rescue, however,
and two artisans from his establish
ment labored faithfully all night to re-
pair damages. That we are able to
issue a paper this morning, is owing to
the kindness Of Mr.. Davis, and the in
telligent workmanship of his assistants
in the U. P. shops.
AEW NnNEI THO