The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-20
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Fashion Notes on third page.

The members of the Red Cross held
a meeting last evening at the residence
of ID. q. Lusk.
The programme of the concert to be
given at Recreation Hall tomorrow
night, appears in another column this
morning.
Rev. J. F. Spaulding, bishop Of this
diocese, will hold communion and ser
vices, morning and evening, at st.
Marks church, on next Sunday, oath
inst.
The most laughable subject at pres
ent, amongst the Citizens of Cheyenne,
is the judgment exercised by the people
around the corner relative to reporting
a court martial.e
la speaking of the legal ability dis
played by the counsel at the late court
martial, Col. Bracket says, ut was
not legal eloquence, it was forensic acu-
men, that's the expression. Never
damn by faint praise"
''The Sin being the favorite paper
among the officers of the west, feels
called upon, etc, "-Sm, Aug. 1G-to
manifest sufficient enterprise not to
publish the later and important testi-
mony OF a prominent court martial,
that has been in session under its nose.
Col. A. Worth Spates will accompany
Gen. Carl Schurz, secretary of the in
terror, and Webb Hayes, the son of the
president, from Cheyenne to the In
dian reservations in Wyoming, when
the distinguished party arrives here in
a few days. The trip will cover sew
eral weeks.
Prayer and teachers meeting at the
Presbyterian church this evening at 8
O'Clock. Subject at prayer meeting:
Living Honestly" Romans. 10, TIA.
Teachers meeting: ''The Mind of
Christ" Phil. 2, lib. A cordial invl-
tation given to be present and take
part.
Cheyenne policemen have discovered
an unfailing method of being able to
tell the standing Of a tramp after hav-
ing him out one day in the chain gang.
If he is a regular thoroughbred he will,
when he ZONES to an empty bottle, in
clearing the streets, invariably pick 1t
up, look into it, and then smell it. If
this is not done they pronounce him a
tenderfoot in the profession.
John Brooks, the pedestrian, who en-
deavored to walk 100 miles within "a
hours, in McDaniel's theater, failed.
When his time expired at 10 O'Clock
last night, he had covered 90 miles and
Z laps, During the last several hours
of his walk his suffering was most in
tense from cramps. He presented a
pitiable sight on the last mile, and
when time was declared he burst into
tears, upon learning of his failure. A
collection was taken up for him among
the audience. His sickness wa caused
by improper diet during the afternoon.
In speaking Of the forthcoming fire.
mems tournament at Omaha, the Bee
says: "The feature in the iremen's
tournament, to take place September 2,
which promises to be very interesting,
is the match between hose teams.
These teams are composed of sixteen
men each, who draw a cart carrying
300 feet of hose, from a stated point,
starting simultaneously at a given sig
nal. They run to an imaginary hydrant,
where two of the number take one end
Of the hose and attach it, while the
cart continues rapidly on until the hose
is all laid. They then attach the noz-
zle, and are ready for work. The time
il taken from the starting point till the
nozzle is adjusted"
Booths select oyster at