The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-11

A large lynx Was killed the other
day in the Black hills.
Mr.. Boyd. Of Larmie CITY, will ship
twelve cars Of stock tomorrow.
A Leadyille man was held up the
other morning for three dollars
The Clarks deserve 4 good reception
should they come home with a prize.
Hinman Bros, will ship IL cars Of
stock OF Thursday from North Platte.
The interest manifested In the Den
yer tournament by our citizens Is yefy
great. All eyes center on the splendid
700 feet record made by the Clarks.
A well will be sunk at Fort ID. A.
Russell, rs the water in the creek Is
growing III on account Of abuse In be-
ing tumbled over the many shadows.
Barbed wire fences give the horses Of
Nebraska much trouble in producing
lacerated sides. Horses should be
taught 70 run into a barbed wire
fence.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8.
6 Cheyenne; II Colorado; 30 through.
No. 4, 4 Cheyenne; 10 Colombo; 80
through. c. c., 10 Cheyenne; 8 east;
4 west.
Prayer meeting at the Presbyterian
church this evening ut 8 o'clock. Sub
ject; Comfort in Trial." / Peter, 4:
1919. The public are cordially invited
TO take psrt-especially strangers.
Our readers viii observe the new and
well displayed advertisement OF the
Cheyenne carriage works, ON our first
page; N. Robertson proprietor. aud
Geo. A. Coffman, superintendent.
II looks rs II the j. I. Clarks would
get away with the first prize ut Dem
yer. But as there are three more teams
To run, two Of them being ''way up"
the first place Is not assured. Our
special kilograms state that the Clarks
are still the favorites In the pools.
One Of the camels got out OF Coles
circus while In Laramie City and It's
keeper hunted about for n long time
until he found 1t sitting in the editorial
chair OF the Sentinel. They do say
there was never better work In that
Office than was performed by the intel
ligent camel.
DIR. NJ. c. Barkwell, deputy fish COM
missioner. Is determined 10 prevent
fishing In Crow creek and Lake NAH
palutah. Yesterday he had Charles
Sloan and Hong Hang, two Cinnamon.
arrested for fishing in Crow creek.
They were fined s25 and costs each by
Justice fisher.
The manuscript for the democratic
campaign text book, prepared under the
auspices OF the democratic congress
sional committee, is now completed
and will be taken tonight by Gen.
Walker TO New York TO be printed.
II Is filed with n review Of the Credit
Mobilier, whiskey ring, Santo Domingo
and other scandals. II Is estimated
that II will make n volume OF eight
hundred pages. 1t will be issued on
the 10Th inst. in book form.
The sociable ut the Methodist par
sonage on Monday evening was largely
attended by our best citizens, and all
enjoyed the occasion TO the fullest
extent. Ice cream, music and an
interesting drama contributed to the
enjoyment of the occasion. Rev. w.
II. Gillian, the pastor, departed yester-
day for the annual conference to be
held by Bishop Warren, commencing
Aug. 18th. Notwithstanding the hard
times, Mr.. Gillian reports his salary
paid in full," which Is creditable to
all concerned.
A special train will leave Ogden on
Thursday Mt 1880 a. M, for Omaha,
for the benefit Of the Knights Templar.
All the Knights from the coast to oma-
ha who intend to visit the grand con-
clave ut Chicago will take this train,
and thus make q brotherly and jolly
crowd. The train will arrive In Chey-
enne on Friday at 12:45 and depart at
l:15 p. m, just after the arrival Of No.
3 from the east. The visiting Knights
from Colorado will come up and take
this train, and n good sized delegation
from Cheyenne will get aboard at the
same time.
Illinois still leads all the other states
in the number Of miles OF its railroads.
This position Illinois has occupied since
1870, at which time 1t passed Pennsyl-
vania, which previously had been the
leading railroad state. The railway
mileage Of the former state Is now
1913; Pennsylvania comes second with
6,06S miles; New York follows close
behind, with COOS miles /; Ohio Is
fourth, having 5,52l miles; Iowa ifth,
with 4,779 miles, and Indiana sixth,
wit 1896 miles: Missouri, Michigan,
Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas,
Georgia and California follow in the
order named. There Is no state or ter
ritory which Is totally devoid Of rail-
roads, though Montana territory can
boast OF but ten miles Of completed
road. New Mexico, which stands next
lowest, and which two years ago had
not a mila nom has 1IQ ,nila. and Il