The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-17
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TIE successful fair u the ftiuTs Viii
rAhlb4l q laL3sag II the pl4tf1rm ciub.
4 usan nans.i AnLuT Baggaa dLsd
Of heart 4iscass ~ IhelTcT Gu Wodnes-
day.
Highest Temperature yesterday - :;
oWest = highest yclodiy of wind, "a
miles.
Virtue with many Of Us is NOT 50
much a heavenly attritntc as il Ha
business Necessity.
Accidents in the ~ Of Colorado
occur daily. The wonder is that there
are not more fatal cases.
1t Was lrazy weather yesterday. This
is not strange since the new chief sig
nal officer is Ilaz n the atmosphere.
A new iron pump has bscn put IN the
we'll at the corner Of Sixteenth and
Eddy streets, and tie well Itself has
lsocn REVEALED.
The department Of agriculture sends
us a copy Of the quarterly crop report.
We fail to find a single allusiuu Ia the
crop 81 Wyoming mavericks,
The widow aud family az the late
Lou Clergy, Of Laramie City, are ia
destitute circumstances. A collection
is being taken up for their relief.
Those desiring 10 enter for tlic bill
lianl championship are requested 10
leaYc their names with Mr.. Maiden. at
Dyer's billiard hall on or before Jan
lst. 1881.
Pennsylvania is doing well in obtain
ing appointments "a secretary 81 terri
tory. There is Mr.. Morgan, Of Wyo-
ming; Mr.. Thomas, Of Utah, and now
comes Mr.. Singiser, Of Idaho.
A rumor was current on the streets
last evening that n man was taken on
the cmigrant train dead. And so he
was d~cad-drunk. He sobered up in
time 10 take the succeeding train.
The time cometh apace when the low
ing wife presenteth her liege lord with
4 hundred dollar gold watch, and yet
in a little while the time comcth when
the jewclcr prescnteth his bill 20 the
husband FOR one hundred dollars. Sc
lab.
Lieut.. II. Deltny, 9TH infantry, COM
handing at Cheyenne depot, was the
fortunate holder Of ticket No: 5, which
drew the painting Mt the recent fair Of
the ladies' Of the Presbyterian church
in this city. lie il now tho possessor
OF this line painting and is happy.
There will be a pigeon shoot ON sat
urday afternoon at I O'Clock, at Major
1albot's, by the Cheyenne gun club, for
a game supper. Sides will bo chosen and
the loosing side is 10 pay Tor the supper
and birds. \ large number Of birds
have been secured for the occasion,
ami rare sport is anticipated.
The springs in the Wind River coun-
try, rear Fort Wasliakic, are highly
recommended for their curative quail
ties. A prominent military gentleman
stated yesterday that tho waters there
have never been known to fail in cur-
ing rheumatism when the patient went
through n thorough treatment.
There was n special car attached To
No. > yesterday labelled ~. L. Ry. No.
i02i. Omaha VT. 23700." Its doors
opened at the sides, and it had no win
dows. II was at first thought the orig
inal president Of the platform club was
returning, but investigation developed
the fact that the car was for the Use Of
section men on the railway.
The clroner's jury in the case of Lou
Clergy, who was recently killed by n
collision near Dana station, Carbon
county, have concluded and return
cd their verdict. They recon.
mended that Reuben Reels, the en-
ginecr who raj tho extra engine, be ar
rested for criminal negligence. This
was done, and Reels will le forced to
answer for the crime before n Carbon
county jury.
\ subscriber 10 the Weekly LEADER
desires 10 know why the communica-
tions of Maverick and Mr.. 1'hos.
Sturgis do not appear in the weekly
issue of the LEADER. Our reply is:
The communications appear MS paid
matter in the Daily LEADER alone,
and therefore are not inserted in the
Weekly. Extra copies of the Daily
containing the correspondence are for
sale Mt this Office.
At u recent wedding in England there
Were eight bridesmaids, who wore
straw hats. Two of the hats were
trimmed with ivy, wild hyacinthe,
bluchclls and wood anemone, in order
To suggest the woodland; two were
trimmed with cowslips. daisies aud
grass, rs a reminder Of the meadows;
two bore yellow calthas, forgct-me-nots
and water cress, TO bring to mind the
rivulets; and two had on them white
and pink water lilies, buds, and foliage,
in honor of the lakes.
The Presbyterian sewing society de-
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