The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-03
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moving on time.
The Morning Rustler is the latest adj
venture in Utah journalism.
This is leap year, girls, but be careful
and don't leap in the dark.
The citizens of Dead wood are petit
tioning for a town organization.
There has been some very severe
weather on White river this winter.
The holidays have passed and all
have settled down to hard work again.
Beef contractors will find an adver-
tisement for proposals for beef and beef
cattle in another column.
Suicides occur frequently in Leadyille
las if the climate didn't get away
with the denizens rapidly enough.
"Wilhelmjay'' goes to the Pacific
coast, while "Gunnysack," returns
east over the Kansas Pacific road.
Ladies who would know how Mrs.
Hayes was dressed on New Years day
will find n description in our kilograms.
The mormons indulge in horse racing
indiscriminately in the streets of salt
Lake. The gentiles are kicking abont
it, big.
Next week the churches of Cheyenne
will observe the week of prayer, a Gus
tom that prevails over almost the whole
civilized world.
Cattle throughout Utah territory are
dying by the score, by reason of the
cold weather and scarcity of feed.-
Salt Lake Herald.
Several boys have managed to fall
into the water on lake Minnehaha,
while skating. But rs they fell into
shallow places they prevented coroner's
inquests.
The Inter Ocean has been closed for
the purpose of %renovating and refur-
nishing it throughout. This fine hos
telry win be re%-opened to the public in
about two months.
The fashionable young ladies of
Deadwood indulge in sledriding during
moonlight evenings. They would just as
soon sledride on dark evenings, too, II
there was any snow.
There was n little random shooting
on the streets New YEARS. night.
There was some more also that was not
quite so random. "Malicious mis-
chief,'i was the verdict.
The Salt Lake Tribune issued a New
Years number containing II pages, or
| 100 columns. The Tribune is a very
enterprising paper and is making money,
being in an excellent field.
There was a very fine congregation
at the Congregational church on We'd
nesday evening last to hear Rev. G. NJ.
Sanders sermon, which was appropriate
to the close of the old year.
1.-THE world moves" and whoever
doubts it can be thoroughly convinced
of the fact by remaining in this city
until spring opens. Cheyenne never
had a brighter future in view.
The district court was in session
yesterday. The case of NJ. E. Bough-
ton VS.. Chas. Hecht, dragged its weary
length along during the entire day,
without reaching a conclusion.
Slow young men who have been court
ing for the past three years without
coming to the business point, can be
gracefully accelerated by their girls,
who are at liberty to become consistent
with the customs of leap year.
The Denver Tribune and Netcs issued
mammoth New Year numbers. The
size of the Tribune was 30 pages, or 1872
columns; the Ne,cs % pages, or 16s col
umns. They were the largest daily
papers aver printed in the west. The
enterprise displayed by these two papers
is most c~ommendable.
The LEADER almanac calendar for
1880 is n model Of neatness and useful
ness. 1t is not so large as that for 70,
and is more compact. The monthly
sheets are SO arranged as to be turned
over to the back, thus preserving the
information on each sheet. They are
not TO be torn of. A gum band holds
the sheets nicely together.
Some young hoodlums were making
considerable noise neal the central por-
tion of the town and thought it quite
amusing to enter some small cottages
and smash the window glass. If a fool
killer had happened along about that
time and mashed their heads it would
have been no loss to the community
save their burial expenses.
New Years day passed off very
quietly in Cheyenne. There were not
SO many residents Eat home" as on jan
uary first, 1879. a large number of
gentlemen went calling on their friends
by invitation, and also visited Fort ID.
A Russell and Camp CarlIn. AT both
of these points the day was appropriate
ly observed, the callers, composed of
military gentlemen and citizens, being
numerous. The ladies all appeared ut
their best and made their callers feel
perfectly lat home"
Gertie Hosmer, a fifteen year old girl,
residing in Leadville, ~endeavored to