The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-28

1OJ IN foreign gold coin.
Catholic fair on "Wednesday evening,
10 continue until saturday evening.
Highest temperature yesterday "A
lowest 2 below zero; highest velocity
Of wind - miles an hour.
Two great men are at loggerheads,
according 10 our dispatches. They are
Gen. Grant and Senator Blaine.
IF 10 yesterday morning the number
of immigrants who arrived at New
York since Jan. /, was 3ls,a 1851.
There viii lie services at st. Marks
T.. L. church at : O'Clock this evening,
when Bishop sPauIding is expected 10
preach.
OuT subscribers and the public gen.
orally were ~agreeably surprised yester-
day morning by tine appearance of the
LEADER.
Two women of rather doubtful repu-
taiion, were fined sl3 zach by Judge
Bean yesterday for disoIderiy conduct.
They paid NJ.
There is only one railroad in Texas,
the Houston * Texas, that is not con
trolled by Jay Gould. But he'll soon
have If, If II is worth having.
Daniel Rice, the party whom it is al
legged stabbed Samuel Cox in the neck
on Christmas day, win have his hear
ing before Justice Bean to-day.
Sitting Bulls Indians are gradually
DESERVING him, and soon there will he
none left to call him chief. They are
being starved into submission.
Among the breakers this evening
AT the Dramatic theater. The cast Is
an excellent IA and will give the au-
dience a splendid entertainment.
\ rehearsal OF the play "Among the
Breakers" TOOK place at the Dramatic
theater yesterday. All parties inter:
csted played their part creditably.
Mr.. r. T. Duffy, the train dispatcher,
presented his sistcr-in-law. Mrs. Alex.
Duny, with Of the finest and cost
lest china sets in the city, for a Christ
mas gift.
We were blcSt with all kinds of
weather yesterday hot, cold. and
windy. with unlimited quantities Of
dust; aud at times IL WA calm and
pleasant.
Silver CHI is cursed with inccndia-
rics. SIX attempts have been made TO
bum the town within the past month.
The streets are now patroled Mt night
by thc citizens,
I'm immense amount Of baggage Is
handled at the Union Pacific depot;
over 81 600 trunks have passed through
the lands Of the proper officials since
the LIST of January, 1880.
Deputy shcriGs Martin aud Smith
have recovered the satchcl and books
belonging 10 Mr.. q. Howard, the book
agent, and which were stolen from In
front Of the LEADER Office ON the 2ist
inst.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 4
Cheyenne, IL Colorado, ~ through;
No. 1, | Cheyenne, 3 Colorado, 70
through, e. G., q Cheyenne, s east, /
west; u. T., . Cheyenne, Z east, 3
west.
The two horse team of Mr.. Herman
kimmc ran away yesterday morning
with Il wagon and collided with the
post ~. Masters corner, where the
horses were caught. This wagon was
damaged slightly.
The johnson literary club held n
meeting ut the residence of G.. n. Pot
ter esq. last evening. Notwithstand-
ing the Indictment weather, the attend
ance was quite large and the exercises
Of an interesting character.
The government did u big business
yesterday, the revenue receipts amount
ing TO 81, 162, 5j6. Pretty good for one
day. All Of the Ohio oficeholders In
the country-and those out OF it,
couldnt get away with that amount in
a day.
Parties in Denver are turning their
attention somewhat TO investing In real
estate in this city. One of this class
came up from that place on Monday
and is now considering the advantages
Of our town rs n safe place for the in
vestmcnt OF capital.
Between Jack l~Iunton's ranch and
the Chug the creek OF That name has
been diverted into u ditcl. and suisse
quently overlooked. Tho road for
some distance is flooded and rendered
almost impossible. The frcighters COM
plain bitterly about 1t.
No. = came in yesterday covered with
snow, having passed through n snow
storm east Of Sidney. by the way, east
OF Sidney and west OF Laramie City,
there is abundance OF snow, while here
we are exceptionally well favored by n
healthy absence of snow.
The wind and temperature of yester-
day was rs changcable as the breath OF
the stranger who visited the tabled
satyr. One minute tho temperature
MAS wild and the next very cold; the