The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-11

Hunting is very good these days, but
the cold is very bad.
Twenty-Five persons died OF typhoid
fever in Denver last month.
The telephone system in Omaha is
connected with Fort Omaha.
The U. P. trains were late yesterday,
on account of stormy weather.
81 said in my haste, Cannon is a
liar. "-Arerage Gentle in Utah.
That's a summer heating apparatus
they have in the school building.
The Boston dramatic troupe will ap-
pear at the Dramatic theater this even
ing.
The supper proposed by the Congre-
gational ladies for tonight has been
postponed.
Paul Nelson, aged forty years, who
lived at Willard, Neb., suicided by
strychnine on Monday last.
There are sins of omission, and of
commission. The sins of the Ute
commission will certainly be hard to
bear.
The Deadwood Press commits the
curious error Of saying that in the Hills
"the w~atercourses all flow from cast &,
tcest."
Judge Moses Hallet, Of Denver, met
with an accident, on Tuesday evening
last, by falling through an unguarded
cellarway.
The Bible speaks of q deluge of rain
of "forty days and forty nights" Wyo-
ming can boast Of a legislative reign Of
forty days and forty nights.
Hennessey's wagon train got in from
Fort Laramie yesterday. 1t accompa-
MED the several companies Of the Third
cavalry from Cheyenne to their post.
The people of Cheyenne, having be-
come thoroughly acquainted with the
legislators from the west, are very
sorry that the session is drawing to a
close.
where the Utes may CO." is a head
line in yesterdays Denver Tribune.
Yes, there are many places to which
they may go. For instance, they may
go to h-hades.
Major Eaton, superintendent Of the
railway postal service, passed through
Cheyenne yesterday on his way back to
Washington. He visited the various
states and territories of the Pacific
coast.
A meeting Of the teachers Of tie
Presbyterian Sabbath school will be
held at the pastors study this evening
at 7:30 o'clock. Subject, "The
Heavenly City"-Rev. xxi 81 to 81,
and xii to 5.
Eastern people have a mistaken idea
of us when they think we are a turbu-
lent people. The revolvers that rest on
the desks of the editor in Deadwood
are placed there as paper weights.
Only that, and nothing more.-Pio-
neer.
Col. Murrin is again on deck, smiling
and witty as ever. 1t requires a bad
dose Of rheumatism to get away with
the colonel's good nature. His proverb.
ial cheerfulness is an antidote for all
ills. His many friends are pleased to
see him out again.
1t seems to be the highest ambition
Of the Denver reporters to be first on
hand with news respecting the tardi-
ness of the Kansas Pacific trains, the
number of passengers and pieces OF
baggage. The faithfulness of those
reporters is oyerpowering.
The Deadwood Press says the tele-
phone craze is increasing. II the dis
ease continues with the same rapidity
as it has been doing in the past, the
camp will soon be in total darkness, as
the numerous wires which will neces-
sarily be strung over the house-tops
will completely hide the light of day
| therein.
Lieutenant Colonel, N. A. NJ. Dud-
ley, Ninth cavalry, who was recently
tried and acquitted in the district
court Of New Mexico for alleged i'm
proper interferences in certain local
civi! affairs, is now to be tried by court
martial on charges preferred against
him by General Hatch. The offenses
in this case are of a military nature
Times.
Deputy United States Marshal Ball
left last evening for Rapid City, Da-
kota, having in custody the notorious
desperate, Black Hank, who has been
confined in the Douglas county jail
since early in November. Hank will
be tried in Dakota for stealing Indian
ponies. He is the partner and pal Of
the notorious Lame Johnny, who was
hung by vigilantes in Wyoming last
summer, and is one of the most desper-
ate characters of the frontier. He was
a road agent, is accused of murder, was
a member Of Middleton's Niobrara
gang, and has a record deep-dyed in
crime. The U. S. court of the western
district of Dakota will probably send
him up for a term of years, in which
case he will find a number of his former
comrades, notably, Jim Blackburn,
Doc Middleton, and Jack Nolan, all
now in the Nebraska penitentiary.-