The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-01
MINOR

Turn verein meeting this afternoon.
The beautiful" is fading gently
away.
The weather is becoming natural
once more.
The ex-Indian commissioner did
Hayt to be removed.
Cheyenne has no excitement on hand,
but is calmly preparing for the spring
boom,
One of the finest river steamers that
lands at Pittsburg, Pa, is named the
Wyoming.
Property Is looking up. Several
offers to purchase have been rejected
within the past few days.
The man who stole DR.. Crooks over
coat was sentenced yesterday 10 con-
finement In the county jail for thirty
days.
One month of the new year gone-by
the way, have you become used to writ
ing 1850" and kept your good resolu-
tionsp
The Rio Grands road will reach
Leadville early in June, and has con
tracted for 200, 900 ties to DO delivered
along the route.
A man named Thomas G. Syms OF
Denver, while returning home from
work the other night was knocked down
by three tramps.
Thcs. ]. Swan has QUILTED for him
self and two men to go to North Park
this week. He has abundance of pro-
visions and tools to do prospecting.
A prisoner in the county Jail in Den.
-yer claims to be Baron Won Stiffel. He
also says he was a nihilist and skipped
the Russian gutter to avoid being ar
rested.
A Leadville paper says there are 500
people arriving in that city every week.
1t neglccts to state how many go away
every week. and the number who die
weekly.
Gov. Pitkin is fortified with Il whole
state full OF information and is putting
It before the house committee OF In
dian affairs, just where 1t will do the
most good.
A canvass Of twenty prominent re-
publicans in Cheyenne as to their pres
idential preferences, develops the fol-
lowing result: Blaine, IS; Grant, 81;
Sherman, l.
The cattle thieves In tho Black Hills
are coming to grief. A party Of fifty
cowboys got after them and ran on a
gang OF eight, all Of whom were killed
before they could pop their guns.
SOME of the freighters on the road
from Bismarck to the Black Hills in
tend TO come to the Cheyenne route in
the spring. They believe that business
is going to be lively between here and
Custer.
Turner masquerade ball Febru airy
10th. Prince Carnival will produce
some amusing scenes with the Utes.
The scene between Josie Meeker and
the Utes, we understand, will not be
presented on the stage.-Denrer Re
publican.
A collection will be taken up in st.
Johns church this morning for the ben
eft Of the starving poor in Ireland.
There will likely be a large sum real
lied. Father Hayes will also designate
several ladies to solicit contribution,
from our citizens during the week.
Rev. w. II. Gillam's lecture at tho
NJ. E. church this evening, on The
dark and bright sides of human ma
ture, or is all for the bestp" embraces
a subject of deep interest to us all, and
will no doubt be discussed with the
usual ability OF the speaker. All are
invited to attend.
Chief Ironpipe, with twelve lodges Of
Nez Perces and Sioux, are at Fort Ben
ton. He says Sitting Bull with six
hundred lodges is encamped on the Big
Bend OF Milk river, moving south.
S. Bull declares he is peaceful if allowed
to hunt on this side, but will fight if
molested, even If Miles appears.
G. II. Landrethe and T. ]. Childs,
who were arrested on Friday evening
by deputy sheriffs Martin and E. j.
Smith, for stealing clothing from Mr..
Arthur Sparhawk, are to have a hear
ing tomorrow afternoon. Justice Bean
fixed their bail yesterday at 5000 each.
The bail not coming they were taken
to Jail.
Those women who are afraid to sleep
alone in a room, and always look UNI
der the bed to see that no burglar is
hidden there, should initiate the en-
peror of China. When he goes to bed
he is attended by eight servants, who
sit by his bedside, and sixteen who
crawl underneath. These servants are
not allowed to cough, sneeze, or even
let their aching knee-joints crack, on
penalty of instant execution.
Deserters from Fort D. 4. Russell
have been in the habit of going to Den
yer, so that when the civil officers hear
of a desertion they scrutinize every
stranger in that city. On Thursday