The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-07
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FiHe6agS infest OnlzhA-
Tie court at 6nseH River adioHrbed
yesterday. Thsrs OIiy 3 fes
criminal CASES.
v The mines near Jim mo1utain are
showing up better. according To reports
Of recent visitors. VI
The dividends In the stock growing
business in the Black Hills are taken
out an advance by Indians.
The Denver business men are tired
Of the dust in that city, and have or
gained = street sprinkiIng brigade.
No. 5 train which Passed through
Cheyenne yesterday, had about 800 pas
sengers when it left Omaha the day be-
fore.
John MonAhan, the engineer who was
injured In = recent South Park railroad
accident, died ON Wednesday. He had
his leg amputated on Monday, but his
system failed to Withstand the shock.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. s,
IA Cheyenne. 100 Colorado. and 81
through; No. 4. Is Cheyenne, 10 Colo
RADIO and AZ through; Colorado Cen
trail. 10 Cheyenne, 4 west, IL east. ID.
r., IS Cheyenne, 5 west. IL east.
At the session Of the court to-day
Mr.. Corlett will ask that the amount Of
hail In the case Of ID. J. Mccain be
fixed. Mr.. Mccain has been awarded
a new trial. and, Of course. the request
TO admit him To bail will be granted.
The Alert hose company held a regu-
lar meeting last evening in the hose
house, and transacted n large amount
OF business, but not Of public import
ance. Messrs. Tom Mulqueen, a pio-
neer member, and the ex-ehief, II.
Haas, we're present.
A delegation consisting OF Revs. San
ders and Clapp. and Mrs 5. X. John
son. Mrs. j. 5. Taylor, Mrs. Weaver,
Mrs. c. y. Potter, Miss Edith Me-
crum and ii. Holt left Cheyenne yes
terday 10 attend the meeting OF the
Congregational association Mt Long
mont.
A man named Sheldon was killed at
the Morning Star mine. Leadvillee. on
Tuesday night. lie was being lowered
into the mine and aimed TO stop at the
second level, but the engineer failed TO
stop the engine, and he was p~recipitat-
ed to the third level aud died In five
minutes.
At Highland City, Roaring Forks, on
Sunday, Stevens X Letters company of
p~rospectors attempted TO jump n num-
Der Of mining claims. The miners
however. and a conflict Ell
sued, during which u number Of men
were killed. Full particulars will he
received In a few days.
The hymnster who wrote "Decem-
us pleasant rs May" thought he
was getting of a big contrast. But "
no had lived In this cline he would
more probably have written .'Dccem-
rs pleasant rs August" Yester-
day was May 9th, and yet there was q
heavy .snowstorm. Yes; December Is
rs pleasant as May; in fact, we have
seen much finer weather in December
than we had yesterday. This seems to
he the only cline in which Winter
doesn't know when the people have had
enough Of him.
During the flush times Of 1860 0zias
Bailey was one OF the richest men In
Kansas. He didn't know what TO do
with his surplus money, and so put II
into st. Louis 4 San Francisco railroad
The stock was then selling at
50 n share. When the hard times fol-
lowed Bailey lost every dollar Of his
money In one way or the other. His
fortune was at the ebb. and he only
to hold his railroad stock rs
80 much worthless paper. Recently,
upon the consolidation Of the st. Louis
II San Francisco with the Atchison,
Topeka \ Santa Fe. lie sold out for n
round million.
Tho urap1oaf fnnsical avant ~ fha