The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-02
Fort Mckinney Items.

No eastern mail. We wonder why.
Snow, snow the beautiful snow; it
has come but vanished like a dream.
1t is nothing strange to see a field Of
ncer now. any day, airing himself on
our streets.
Mr.. Horton our pleasing hospital
stewart has resigned and we will soon
have to mourn his loss.
A court martial is now In session
here to try Colonel Mears OF the 9th
infantry, for whom much sympathy is
felt and all hope he will come clear.
Mrs. LANCE and daughter retured
from their visit to Cheyenne the Wyo-
ming metropolis.
Balls and entertainments are the or
der of the day. On Thanksgiving
eve, the 23rd Of November, the theater
was literally famed and many were
turned from the doors. who could not
procure standing room. 1t was the oc-
casion Of the opening night of our dra-
matte troupe. To say that it was the
best entertainment over given here
would be INADEQUATE to their deserts.
They were worthy Of the success that
crowned their efforts to please an audi
ence that came from q circle of twenty
miles. The rendering Of the drama
proved them to pos sess talent that
would be appreciated elsewhere as well.
They were trained under the hands of
Mr.. King our civilian telegraph opera
tor. None are better for this purpose
as their rendition of this intricate play
proved. Mr.. Daily, as president Of the
bank, acted his part al an old stager,
his refinement and graceful ebaring win
ming for him frequent applause. Mr..
Canning the villain of the piece is a
born orator; but who was there that
did not admire Mr.. Bullock our young
sergeant major in the character Of
Miss Bessie DuncanP Miss Bessie
pleased everybody and represented a
young lady Of fashion 80 faithfully that
that many would not believe At first
but that it was the real Miss Bessie.
The specially performance was unus-
ually good, though tue dancing would
have been to better time could we have
had better music. We need q band
here, A regiment band would make
this post the finest in this department
to live in. Mr.. Poole went through
the most difficult and intricate move.
ments with Indian clubs which weighed
twenty pounds each. He looked u very
Hercules. To see his performance
alone was worth the money, and Mr..
Ackerman's face contortions as the mu-
steal moke were actually bewildered
with the applause they received. Nj.
Alderman has been on the lyric stage
before he assumed his present pursuit.
I prophecy him professional success.
The ssClown on the Plantations was q
side splitting farce the actors fully un-
derstanding their business, and the ac-
robatic feats by Messrs. CLAM and
Mack were most graceful, the house
was thrown into continuous laughter,
one man especially was thu eatened with
the cramps from giving way to his en-
joyment. We hope the troupe will Of
ten favor us with their entertainments
during the long winter nights. They put
into the shade every other show that
came here, especially q broken down
minstrel affair, that tried to perform
and only made a horrible failure Of 1t.
Messrs King and Bullock deserve great
praise for their endeavors to amuse the
fellow suffers here, and have made
hosts OF friends by doing SO. d.