The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-23
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The scissor editor may be said to edil
by shear force.
There was a snow fall of thres
inches at Sherman yesterday.
Liverpool sales of cotton, 10,0o(
bales, including $500 bales of Ameri
can stock.
New goods are arriving at Miller'l
jewelry store. the result OF Mr.. Nil
ler's visit east.
Two cars of canned goods came in
from the west and went to Cheyenne
yesterday.-Ogden Pilot.
The grand lodge of the Knights Of
Pythias of Colorado, viii convene in
Denver on Tuesday next.
Highest temperature yesterday APO
lowest 32o; highest velocity Of wind II
miles per hour; rainfall %.
The Presbyterian society still occu.
pies their old church building and SER
| vices will be held there to-day.
The EvanReline company presented
ia Mascotte'' In Denver last evening
as a benefit for st. Luke's hospital Of
that city.
The frequent departures OF cattle
men to the east for the winter proclaim
the near approach Of the end of the
shipping season.
The police courts have had a very
dull business during the past few days.
This business. like the DRINKS which oc-
casion 1t. is somewhat ~spasmodical.
The race at the track didn't come of
yesterday as was announced, owing to
the unwieldy condition Of the course.
The race is put down for tomorrow.
1t Is stated that the coach on the line
between Laramie City and Teller only
makes one trip a week now on account
Of the stock being attacked by pinkeye.
Trade and traffic in this city dnring
the past season has been unusually &C.
tive. There has been no special boom
to cause it unless it is a general boom
of business prosperity.
The liquor dealers of Omaha are hav-
ing n hard time Of 1t. They have plenty
Of friends to see that they live up to the
letter Of the new Slocum law, and com
plants against them are numerous.
A free lecture upon 'incidents and
experiences Of mission life in Ceylon
and South Africa" will be delivered by
Rev. William Taylor at the Methodist
Episcopal church at u p. m. No col
lection.
"Buckskin Joe; or the wal whoop OF
the ki-ki's," or some similar high
sounding title lines were inspired in the
minds of tive civilized folks" at the
| sight of another "bad man from Bitter
creek" yesterday.
The Plunketts completed their weeks
engagement in this city. last evening,
with the Returned Convict" and
"Loye in q Barrel" Their acting is a
good deal better than their patronage
has been while here.
The management Of the Tabor opera
house are organizing a stock company
for that stage this winter. 1t is re
ported that 1t will include eighteen
people of the best talent, and will b
put on the boards about January LIST.
The near approach of winter il
plainly proclaimed by the large number
of emigrants which daily come up from
the south and go west. 1t may be alst
that times are not so ''tiush" as the,
were in the mining camps Of that state
Don't go TO church in the morning
that's when they pass the contribution
box around. You can attend evening
service and it wont cost you anything
Of is cheap, fuel don't cost much, ant
the preacher can look out for himself
Tine city marshal has a four year OLE
bay horse In the pound branded S bal
A, blazed face and with four shoelesl
feet, which must excite the sympath,
of the public generally, and the ownel
in particular. Who will reclaim th,
lost and pay its board bill?
Old theater- goers who know a goot
thing when they see it. and who cal
tell a good thing when it is coming, ar
on the qui rire for the entertainment b.
the Evangeline company on to-norrov
and Tuesday evenings. A rare
though brief, season of amusement will
be presented to our people, and it will
be an intense one. Those who mis-
Monday and Tuesday evenings will los'
two Of the best nights of fun ever ex
perienced In a theater.
Though the Chinese government Il
laboring hard to put down the trade il
opium, recent consular reports indicate
an alarming increase of the trade 70
the past year. For 1879 the importa
ton was larger than ever before, BENZ
81 ,927 piculs-a picul being equal t,
1884 pounds-which is in excess of tn
year 1878 by 11,435 piculs. Almost al
the opium ome from Indian soil, bu
it is noted at the same time that tn
import Of Persian opium, within 81,
years, has increased tenfold. For 1877
the Persian importation represents IS
piculs; for 1879 it was $500. The Per