The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-21
NEWS NUGGETS.
Carefully Gathered and Presented for the
Benefit Of Our Readers.

ed on Sabbath last.
How are you getting along with the
diary yoa commenced on the LIST I?
Considerable snow melted away yes
terday before the genial rays of the
sun.
The wife of Rev. II. l.. Myrick, of
Laramie City, died lately in Massachu-
sets.
Messrs. Sturgis Bros, of this city,
have one of the largest private libra
rles in the territory.
The Tivoli saloon building, corner of
Ferguson and Sixteenth streets, has
been sold for 80, zoo.
Porter Warner, editor of the Dead
wood daily Times, has been appointed
postmaster at that place.
On Sunday night Rev. C. NJ. Sanders
delivered another able address in the
Congregational church on Dancing
Rev. James French is delivering lee
lures in Denver. Subject: s.The Great
Pyramid, its Symbolisms, Condolences
and Revelations
Train Dispatcher Mccormick now
occupies the house recently vacated by
j. N. Keller, who has removed to Og-
den with his family.
Information is wanted of George c.
Pratt by his brother Joseph w. Pratt,
of indianapolis. George is supposed
to be somewhere in Colorado.
Mrs. L. w. Mills, of this place, has
received the painful intelligence of the
death Of her mother which took place
in New York on the 9th inst.
DIR. A. N. Thompson, formerly clerk
ut one of our hotels, and who went to
Colorado about ten months ago, is ex-
pected back here this week ia take a
position as compositor on the evening
paper.
Six companies of the Fifth United
States cavalry left Fort d. A. Russell
on Sunday morning for Fort Laramie,
from which point they will be dis
tributed as the ~exigencies of the case
may demand.
The young gentleman who accompa-
MED a young lady home from the Meth
odist church on Sunday night and car
ried the key to his fathers abode along
should not allow love to render him so
absent minded.
The report that Little Wolf is one of
the C%heyennes who was in captivity at
Fort Robinson, is incorrect. He is at
the head of that portion of the band
which eluded our troops in the Sand
hills Of Nebraska.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
an advertisement to the effect that the
celebrated British Blonde troupe is
coming to Cheyenne. Lack of space
precludes the opportunity of alluding
at length to these famous performers.
A letter received from Horace
Hughes last night at Denver, states
that the excite ment is intense about
Leadville. He also says there is the
greatest amount of sickness there, and
thatthey are dying off like sheep-not
a very fl~attering prospect.
1t is thought that Olive, the ring
leader in the burning of Ketchum and
Mitchell, will not escape justice because
OF his wealth. Phil. Dusrand, now in
jail at Plum Creek, it is thought will be
acquitted. He is generally regarded as
innocent, and has many warm friends.
Those youths in Wyoming who aspire
to achieve military fame, will find a no.
tice elsewhere in this issue received
yesterday from Delegate Corlett. The
competitive examination will take place
on Saturday, February list. Brighten
up your faculties and let us see who
will go to West Point as a cadet.
Charles NJ. Matthews, the long lost
brother of r. Matthews, of Chicago,
has arrived in Laramie City. He has
been visiting the Big Horn country.
He now lives on Goose creek, this ter
ritory, and says that his brother will
hear from him within a few days. His
brotherly, feeling for all of his family
connections is just the same as when a
boy, or since his wanderings in the
great west.