The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-12

races
The snow of Sunday is rapidly pass
ing away.
Highest temperature yesterday 962;
lowest, p.
Paris has just 50 more daily papers
than Cheyenne.
State elections in Ohio, Indiana and
West Virginia to-day.
It's the fashion these days for the
U. +. trains To be late.
Denver will be well represented at the
Cheyenne this week.
The Episeopalians OF Deadwood are
to have a masquerade party.
Umbrellas in this region arc about
as useful a fans in he-hades.
From all accounts Agent Berry is
about the worst Ute in the tribe.
Nebraska was the happy recipient Of
four millions Of salmon eggs the other
day.
There will he a special meeting Of the
Turner'S at the city hall on Thursday
evening.
The boyes in blue, Of Denver. pArad-
ed last evening. IL the programme was
carried out.
All Of the roads leading 10 Cheyenne
will give half rates this week To persons
coming 10 the races.
Hon. A. II. swan. our candidate for
delegate 10 congress. will return from
Council Bluffs tomorrow.
The boys are looking up their skates
and sIeds and the surgeons are busting
Of their splints and bandages.
An exchange says that the ultimate
age Of a hog is five years. But we have
seen many a hog older than that.
The unsettled weather is probably
due Ia the fact that no successor TO
General Myers has been appointed.
The u. T.. engineer was a billiard
player who killed two cows with one
shot OF his locomotive ION the RAIL-
The principal object of interest on the
streets last evening wa Bob Ingalls,
wheeling n common drunk TO the cooler.
Tie correspondent Of an Omaha pa
per wears the very suggestive and ap-
propriate nom Dc plume Of Don Coyote.
An easy way to get ahead in this
world is Ia get a postage stamp. n.
B.-This Is 4 free nd. for the post
Office.
The races ut the Cheyenne driving
park will b. postponed one day. so that
they will come of on Thursday, Friday
and saturday.
At the next meeting OF the platform
club there will be some resolutions
adopted respecting the tardiness OF the
trains Of late.
Regular meeting OF the NJ. W. Grand
ledge OF A.. +. and A. NJ, Mt 10 O'Clock
to-day, at Masonic hall. Brethren cor
daily invited To attend.
There were several more fast flyers
on last rights freight from Denver.
About twenty horses from abroad will
be on the track during the week.
The Silver Clin Prospector has poll.
tics down fne. II says: The town OF
Dora is evenly divided In politics. The
precinct will give ten democratic ma
jority.
A heavy storm in the west delayed
No. 4 train. II wa sven forced TO lay
up for u time on Sunday night on nc
count of the dense fall Of snow, render
ing objects invisible to the engineer.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. ). IA
Cheyenne, IS Colorado, 60 through;
No. 4, 10 Cheyenne, 3 Colorado, AZ
through. G. C., IL Cheyenne, : east,
. west; ID. p. : Cheyenne, % east.
The New York Herald says that n
IA seldom commits his first murder
after he is twenty eight years old. We
are glad Of this fact for the sake Of that
blasted fool who constantly deluges the
LEADER Office with poetry.
The Laramie county republican con.
v%ention will meet this afternoon at .
O'Clock; the democratic county conyen.
ton will meet tomorrow at .
o'clock; and the democratic territorial
convention will meet at Laramie City ON
Friday.
The fact that New Orleans and
Memphis have not been plagued with
yellow fever this year proves that the
disease originated formerly in the local
filth. Both cities were thoroughly
cleansed last spring and n new system
OF sewerage adopted.
The members Of the Young Peoples
literary society are requested to meet
tails Tuesday evening ut the residence
OF Col. E. p. Snow. for the purpose Of
elec,ing officers for the ensuing year..
The young people propose to make the
society n grand success this winter. A
programme has been prepared and a
good time is expected.
Mr.. Charles f. Adams. superintendent
of the Gaslight mine in North Park,
came in yesterday and went on TO Chi
naar. "