The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-24
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are performing in Denver.
The mail between Cheyenne and
Deadwood Is very irregular.
Thousands Of Texas cattle are en-
route to Dodge City, Kansas.
The Chicago & Northwestern road Is
fast approaching the Black Hills.
The miners in Colorado are stin pro-
testing against the new mining bill
About a dozen Of yesterdays arrivals
on No. . are destined for North Park.
The climate of Leadyille u getting
away with the tender-feet In rapid
order.
A branch OF the W. C. T. U. was
formed at the reading room on last
evening.
The wind was too strong on last even
ing TO allow Mile LeoHa 10 walk on
the wire.
There were i've million miles OF free
passes given on the Union Pacific road
last year.
There will bea grand shooting tour
nament. open TO the world. 1T Nebraska
City, Neb., in May.
Geo. b. Ducher delivered a fine lee
ture on the temperance question at the
Methodist church on last evening.
Laramie shows 4 lauable ambition TO
get n performance from the Pinafore
troupe on It's return from Colorado.
Messrs Leibey. Whitehead and Fisk
went TO Fort Collins on business con-
nected with the road 10 North Park.
The tickets and diagram for the Men
delssohn quintette club concert, will be
ready ut Hollis store on Monday next.
A Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & st. Louis
special was attached To No. 4 yesterday.
It vas occupied By n Cincinnati party.
The ~coroner's jury decided that W.
ID. Deering, who died suddenly in
Denver on Wednesday, suicided with
~strychnine.
Mr.. II. c. Whitehead has been APP
pointed paymaster Of the Kansas divi.
sion and branches and the Colorado
Central railroad.
The C~hrysolite mining company Of
LeadvilIe, is letting up on big divi-
dends. It formally declared s20o, 900
worth per month. Now 1t Is content
with $1,000 per month.
W. F. Duncan writes Us from Pink
hams ranch, saying that the snow Is
four feet deepen an average, and that 1t
is impossible for wagons to get to the
mines until n road Is shoveled through.
The Western Union wires over the
Sierra Nevada mountains, which were
damaged by the recent storm, have
just been repaired. The Pacific coast
was therefore without telegraphic
reports for several days.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8,
IL Cheyenne, 151 Colorado, and 90
through; No. 4, Cheyenne, Z Colora-
do and 80 through; Denver Pacific, 8
Cheyenne, IL east, 0 west; Colorado
Central, 10 Cheyenne, 3 west, 8 east.
The Times, in Laramie City, asserts
that the road from there to the North
Park mines, Is open. We are Just In
receipt OF a letter from n reliable gen.
tleman at Pinkham's ranch stating that
n road must be shoveled through. We
regard the latter authority as being the
more nearly correct.
Omaha Republican A curious freak
was performed by the wind on Sunday
last. Florence and Willow lakes,
north Of the city. were blown nearly
dry. the wind scooping out the water.
The ground in the vicinity Of the lakes
Is covered with dead fish. which were
blown out Of the water.
A piece Of ore from the Brown mine,
North Park, was assayed yesterday by
J. G. Mills with the blow pipe process.
and yielded silver. mixed with gold, at
the rate OF 800 ounces, or about $3.50
per ton. The Brown mine isiown four
teen feet. It Is owned by Cheyenne
parties, N follows W. G. Brown. one
fourth ; G. W. Jones and A. q. Sny-
der, one-fourth Hon. A. Worth pates
and w. +. Duncan, o~ne-fouith; and
J. G. Baird, one-fourth.
Denver Tribune: Notwithstanding
Downey cannot -ote he is bound to
make his mark In the house OF repre-
sentatives. Not content with creating
a profound sensation by his bill for
adjoining the capitol with paintings
illustrating the life Of Jesus Christ, he
Is now out In a speech In blank verse, n
novel thing In itself, and 1t must be a
very good thing. The speech Is allowed
to appear In the Record, but Is copy
righted. This Is indeed q new depart
ure and was the subject Of remark yes-
terday In both houses OF congress, and
Is to be investigated by n committee.
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