The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-26

The district court Is plunged into thu
business Of the term.
The running meeting Of the Denyei
jockey club began yesterday.
The Hanlan- Riley sculi race will b,
rowed ut Washington to-day.
The usual prayer meeting ut the Con
gregAtional church tins "Wednesday
evening ut T:3o.
The grand jury was complimented
yesterday by tho court for its promp,
dispatch OF business.
Cottage prayer meeting ut the resi-
dence OF Mr.. /. q. Whipple, on Nine
teenth street. this evening.
The grand jury will begin the inves-
tigation OF the fee bill theft to-day on
the federal side Of the court.
A train Of emigrant schoonen passed
through the city yesterday with wagons
labeled Montana or bust"
A heavy storm ut Council Bluffs last
night laid the wires low, and our press
report was therefore cut short.
The departures from Cheyenne to
North Park during the present week
will amount TO 30 outfits and 50 men.
The snow fell TO n depth OF sir inches
Mt Green River on Monday. That ex-
plains the recent frigidity in our atmos-
phere.
That padded hand-biil around the
corner learned through yesterdays
LEADER that there had been a shooting
ARRAY at Sidney.
John Anderson returned yesterday
from North Park. lie reports build
ings going up rapidly and prospectors
rushing In by the thousand.
The monument erected In memory Of
the late J. W. Iliff at Riverside GENE
terry, Denver, Is 30 feet high. including
n statue Of Minerva, 10 feet in height.
II weighs 65 tons.
Prayer meeting In the Presbyterian
church this "Wednesday evening at
7:30. Subject : "Duty in the family"
Col. 3:16-25. Cordial invitation given
10 60 and take part.
The newspaper nine and the Queen
City nine, Of Denver, played a match
game Of base ball on Monday. After
scattering errors all over the Geld the
score was tied ut 10 runs each.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 8
Cheyenne, 80 Colorado, 90 through. No.
4, Z Cheyenne, 0 Colorado, 30 through.
d. p. II Cheyenne, 4 west, O east. @.
e., Is Cheyenne, % east, 8 west.
One OF the rare sights OF yesterday
a a Chinawoman INDUCING in a
buggy ride with Chinese Charley. The
woman keeps q Chinese grocery store
in D~eadwood. and is on a collection
tour.
Russell Ingraham, an itinerant mu-
stefan, died in Denver on Monday from
the effects Of a dose Of poison taken
while he vas delirious. Rus. vas well
known In Cheyenne. He led the orches-
ira ut McDaniels' for a long time
Laramie Times: "a party left the
city last night about 10 O'Clock, bound
for some place some thirteen miles from
here, on the Black Hills range east OF
US. Nothing Is known rs to what they
have found, but rumor says It is a new
gold quartz discovery"
The Washington National Republican
reports the probable retirement Of Sec
rotary Schurz from the cabinet OF Pres
ident Hayes, In the event Of the nomi-
nation Of Gen. Grant ut Chicago, 70
which, It adds, the country will be re-
signed. The happening Of the above
event would probably bring into the
interior department Ex-Gov. r. G. Nc.
Cormick, who was originally offered tc
President Hayes by the Pacific coast
for the position, which properly belongs
to the west. The late Senator Chan
dler and others asked for the selection
OF Gov. Mccormick In 1877.