The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-19
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be ready for business on May LIST.
The N. Z. soeiable last evening On
Ferguson street was well attended and
a fine success.
Moody and Sanky will continue their
work in San Francisco until they con-
vert Rev. Kalloeh.
The county commissioners have not
yet decided as to the location of the
court house in Omaha
A certain citizen in town claims to
live in a court house. He has three
daughters with as many beaux.
Highest temperature yesterday $50;
lowest temperature, 13o. Highest We
locity of wind, "a miles per hour.
The Nebraska legislature passed a
rigorous license law, and water has
been high in that state ever since.
A Chinaman named Mong Sing,
thrashed an American in Chicago the
other day because he refused to pay his
rent.
Dillon TO Camp creek, a distance Of 30
miles.
9ihce the Amy coal mime explosion
Se'erai more Cinnamon nave died, ana
$780, io" .nei
A
Inc ID. * d. roau II pushing 70 Den
yer rap'uiy. Two huhured Oh rails
arrived al omaha the other oay' which
wiz e Tue ROAD as lar as Nemeha
eHy'
The Denver Times is making a val
iaht nght Tor paved streets, and asks,
very pertinenuy' II n business men
propose 10 pay Tor the pavements,
shouidh't they nave the KING they wishf
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 8
Cheyenne, 90 Colorado, Sc through;
No. 4, 3 Cheyenne, o Colorado, 21
through; c. C., 6 Cheyenne, 4 east,
? west; ID. r., 0 Cheyenne, 10 east, l
west
Nos. 3 and A met at Cheyenne yester-
day and created considerable confusion
owing to the transfer of expressage
which now comes via the Kansas Paci-
fc to avoid the washout near Fremont.
NO. 8 came by way OF the u. q M.
A young man who halls from Fort
Collins, went to sleep yesterday while
sittingon the railing in front of the
Inter Ocean, and toppled over, falling
into the basement for a distance OF ten
feet. AS he alighted on II pile of snow
he sustained no Injuries worth mention
ing.
There is no better bon mot in litera-
ture than the reply of a girl who heard
her father criticised severely across a
dinner table. The careless critic paused
a m to say; u hope he.is no rela-
tive OF yours, Miss L." and quick as
thought she replied, with the utmost
"oniy a connection OF
my mother's by marriage"
A boy who had been brought up in a
family that was accustomed to be
aroused every morning by an alarm
clock, received an intimation that he
was to have a present of a watch for
his birthday, and being asked what
kind Of n one he would prefer, quite
innocently answered: PLEASE buy me
one OF the silent watches of the night"
The weather for to-day is easily prog
nosticated. Old timers will "step up, as
usual when asked, and the zephyrs will
blow. 1t will not be safe to make hay
or plant garden truck this afternoon,
though. A snow will come at night
fall, and there will be no snow. BY
this means we straddle the probable
ties, and if the prediction be not veri-
fed. it is no fault of OURS.
Recognizing as a fact that life pr;s.
oners are notoriops,v rho bardest IN
manao for the reoson that bowever
we'll conducted and industrious thew
NAV he. thew have M cIemencv 70 eY.
meet. an attempt is being made IN
amend the penal code of California NV
having life s-entences commuted unon
the life insurance tables, and permit
ting the discharge of a prisoner after
the term he was likely to live, when
sentenced, expired.
Fort Collins Fro- F