The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-07
JOURNALISTIC JorrIxGs.

JOURNALISTIC JOTTINGs.
The Sidney ~press--by the way, is there
a press in Sidney
Pat Donan is doing excellent work on
the Deadwood Pioneer.
The Leadville Herald is become a
power in the politics of Colorado.
Denver journalism has improved a
thousand fold within the past three
years.
The s'fourth ~estate' is becoming
more powerful and wealthy year by
year.
The boom has struck the newspaper,
if n may judge from the number of
"new dresses"
Chicago is going to make another ex-
pertinent with n cent morning demo-
cratic newspaper.
The Georgetown Miner demonstrates
lots of humor and grit. 1t seems to be
a perennial success.
Truth, the London weekly, is said to
have gained 5000 new subscribers. since
the Beefsteak Club affair.
A paper called the Hour, and publish
ed in London last fall, has gone where
there is no record of time.
Omaha has a fine press, which aids
wonderfully in bringing population and
wealth to the city and state.
Cheyenne is the only city of its size in
the United States that supports two
daily and two weekly papers.
The Rocky mountain region has
more newspapers to the population
than any district of the country.
Forney's Progress is to published in
New York as well MS in Philadelphia.
This is another of Forney's inscrutable
ideas.
1t is said that the Tribune and Neus
of Denver contemplate enlarging to the
extent of eight columns each, in the
spring.
The number Of new publications an.
nounced is remarkably large. Papers
come, and papers go, but a few go on
forever.
Mr.. John Russell Young has aban.
doned the idea publishing a Grant pa.
per, for the reason that the general doe:
not require it.
Deadwood supports its four papers
well, and they are all deserving. The
Pioneer and Times are published in the
morning, and the Press and Neus in
the evening.
The Salt Lake Tribune is the leading
paper of Utah. 1t demonstrates the
possession of brains, enterprise and
money, three prime requisites to a sue.
cessful journal.
The Buenos Ayres Herald is publish.
ed by Winslow, the Boston forger, who
has assumed the name of Lowe. Don't
play too high, Lowe, for Jack and the
game, but prefer to Win-slow.
Friend Beckhurts has a fine piece o.
property in the Denver Tribune. He
is proving himself to be one of the best
newspaper men in the country, and hi
is ably assisted by q fine corps of editor.
and reporters.
There are now seventeen daily and
weekly papers in this country devoted
to the interest of hotels, whereas fiv,
years ago there were but two. Thi!
would appear to convey the idea that
the taste for the literature of hotels i:
decidedly OF the increase. And the,
all appear to fare well.
The Philadelphia newsboys had theil
usual Christmas dinner through The
liberality of Mr.. George W. Childs
The Pittsburgh newsboys had their an.
nual dinner on New day, which
has been given them for the past nine
teen years by John w. Pittoek, former.
ly proprietor of the Pittsburgh Leader.
Among all OF our exchanges that
have been benefited by the revival OF
business through ont the country, there
is non that has come in for q greater
share than the sprightly Pittsburgh
Telegraph. 1t is ably edited and man
aged, and is forging away ahead of its
competitors in c~ommendable style, al
though 1t is the younger of the Pitts
burgh dailies.