The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-30

registered - below 1ro IN the eity.
RuthsTf0Ed b. Hayes. esq, hAs iust
twO months and six days longer 70
serve his country.
Highest Temperature yesterday 70;
lowest l9o below zero; highest velocity
Of wind 16 miles IN hour.
Some Of the LEADER boys have rides
and think Of organizing 4 rife club and
challenging the San outfit
A nice little marriage certihcats was
Issued By the county clerk yesterday 10
a well known young nan In this city.
The territorial library 10 gradually
growing and Is destined 10 be one Of
the largest in the far west In the rear
future.
The LEADER will publish q list Of
those persons who intend 10 keep open
house on New Years day. Please send
in your names.
The Denver a Rio Grande road never
declares any dividends, but puts the
earnings into extensions, and borrows
money besides
The county clerk was on yesterday
engaged In going over the books Of ac-
counts u the Attain Of the county for
the past SIX months.
The republican city convention IL
called for Wednesday evening next.
The ward eaucuses will be held on
Monday evening next
The amount realized by the ladies Of
the.reading room from thelplay''Among
the Breakers" was between seventy
i've and n hundred dollars.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
have been 1880 Christmases. our X
changes continue TO publish n history Of
the origin Of the day.
small boy. who wishes employment In
carrying a ton Of coal up s~tairs-"Say,
mister, do you belong TO that coalr"
An actual event Of yesterday.
do not forget 10 order your New
Years calling cards at the LEADER Of
ice to-day. You a make your selec-
tons from various novel designs
"when, over eighteen hundred years
ago, q little Syrian baby came into the
land" Is the style In which the Dead
wood Press starts of on n Christmas
article.
The LEADER reporter, who has been
totally deaf In one a for twenty-one
years, on yesterday suddenly regained
his hearing fully and completely. This
he considers a pretty good holiday pres
cnt.
Freighting this cold weather Is very
bad and tedious business. and yet that
class OF business from this city TO points
north Is better now than It has been ut
any time heretofore within the past two
years.
Tho ticket agents Of tho Atchison,
Topeka $-Santa Fe road have received
instructions TO study the Spanish Ian
Lxdage, as tickets will soon be printed In
that tongue for use on tho Mexican ex-
tensions.
At Mr.. jackson Abney,s ranch n
band Of some fifty antelope have been
hanging around all winter Just as
though they belonged there. They are
getting quite tame and cannot DO fright
ened away.
An oil a that was ran up on the Y
yesterday got moro Of a ''send of -
than was necessary, and ran of tho end
Of the track. One end Of tho car Is
now standing on the edge Of the road
10 the lake.
Mr.. III. Harrington requests us 10
state that on the 9th day of October,
1890, he was not married by the Rev.
Father Ferrari to Mary Marvin or any
other person, In Denver or any other
place. Mr.. Harrington likes the privi-
lego Of inserting his W notices In tho
newspapers.
The illustrious journalists who run
the small sheet around tho Z
learning through tho LEADER that the
Cardiff Giant Is slowed away In the
old warehouse In Cheyenne, proceeded
In yesterday mornings issue to give
sort Of a history OF the old fraud. They
are about ten years behind time.
The children are putting In their
time TO tho best advantage possible
during vacation. The small boys are
taking advantage Of the snow and arc
catching n good many rides on their
sleds. They tackle every carriage and
wagon that appears on the street and
With their ropes lariat them, and thus
secure n free ride.
A little Cheyenne three-year-old was
presented with n pair CT red-topped
boots on Christmas. Later In the day
his mother found him sitting In the
window with feet stuck outside. awhy,
what are you doingp" asked his mother.
''I'm showing my wed boots TO Dod,-
calmly replied the little fellow, careful
ly scanning the sky.
The hearing in the case against Dam
lei Rice, charged with cutting James s.
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