The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-17

ndu uOupS were NOAb1 nOiluhdEu. As
8 consequence the company failed 10
reach Cheyenne lest evening and the
performances Was necessarily postponed
until this evening, when "PanebOh"
will BE- produced.
A remarkable game Of cricket Is soon
10 be played in London. Eleven mem
bers Of 3 leading elub, whose united
ages amount 10 800 years, have issued a
challenge 10 play against any other
eleven whose united ages shall amount
TO not less than 800 years, thus gener-
ously hA~ndicapping themselves 10 the
extent Of a century.
Two girls In an Illinois boarding
school had a contest to see which would
dress quickest, on n wager. Three
other girls acted As judges, and the air
seemed full Of lingerie, pictorial stock
ings. and lots Of things that nj fellow
even knows the names Of, for seven
minutes and thirteen seconds, when the
winner smilingly emerged, faultlessly
attired, even 10 bonnet and gloves.
The funeral Of the late Mrs. Z.hnsr
took place yesterday afternoon from St.
Johns Catholic church, according 10
announcement. II was largely attend
ed, Notwithstanding the most inclem-
emit weather that prevailed. The casket
was covered with several very hand
some floral designs, such us anchors,
crosses, wreaths, etc.
Last Friday afternoon, J. ii. lannot,
a Frenchman under treatment for some
time, was missed from the hospital In
Leadville. Saturday evening lie re-
turned, and crawling TO the door
knocked for admission. Both feet were
found TO be frozen. lie wal placed I'M
der medical care. but died from the ef-
fects OF a%mputation OF the feet.
There was a slight accident 10 second
10 freight train at n point about two
miles east of Hazard last evening. The
hind truck Of one OF the cars became
detached, and the car fell TO the rails.
As the train was going slowly, IL was
soon stopped. A new truck was secured
and the car put into running condition.
The accident delayed No. 4 train about
an hour longer than II would otherwise
have been.
Several OF the persons who attended
the funeral OF the late Mrs. Zehner yes
terday, were badly frost-bitten. Mr..
Gardner, the undertaken, suffered from
frozen ears; Mr.. NJ. McEvoy, frozen
fingers; Mr.. Jacques Braun, frozen ears,
and Mr.. Stephen Bon. frozen ears, and
Messrs. Masterson and Wasserman
frozen fingers. All are recovering
nicely. Mr.. McEvoy's case, however,
Is serious.
Wyoming ranchmen frequently come
across their own branded cattle which
they have missed for four or five years.
A COW will sometimes reappear with a
whole family Of calves.-N. Y. Herald.
Part Of the above is doubtless true, but
the rest is not, for instance, the "whole
family OF calves" Some OF us know,
probably by experience, that the good
old branding irons that constituted
the basis Of our fortunes, never permit
ted such n state OF things rs n whole
family OF unbranded calves running
back TO the owner OF the mother.
Denver Tribune: The authorities of
the Western Union telegraph company
are making arrangements for the trans
action Of u large amount Of what Is
known as ''c~ontinentalr business, by
way OF the Santa Fe and Southern Pa
cific railroads. Owing TO the severity
OF the climate OF the country through
which the present continental lines
pass, Geographic communication is fire.
quently interrupted, and 1t is claimed
for this more southern route that these
Interruptions will be avoided. The Of
fee Of the company in Denver, when
the line Is once built to the coast, will
become an important one, and transact
n vast business.
The Jury that was empanneled to hold