The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-02
MINOR

0ge 1h SSS
must CO."
Highest temperature yesterday, 61o;
lowest 30o; highest velocity Of wind 16
miles an hour.
If you can't find your COW this MORN
ing look for her in the city pound, next
to the city hall.
The supper at Mr.. G.. A. Searight's
residence last evening was well attend
ed and enjoyable.
Sue Lee, the Chinese prisoner in the
calaboose, is utilized and exercised by
Officer Ingalls, in watering the impound-
ed cows.
The Esmeralda mining company
made a test mill run of 5000 tons of
ore from the Esmeralda claim, and it
averaged s6.42 of gold to the ton.
Mi. J. ]. Balch, the agent at Tie
siding is the happiest man at that sta
tion to-day. and it is o~ccasioned by a
fresh, live and bouncing baby boy.
The Baptist church is beginning to
show up very finally. Contractor Keefe
is putting on some excellent work and
has a large force of hands engaged.
Yesterday being April first, the city
ordinance respecting cattle running at
large, was duly enforced and the pound
filed with a choice selection of beef and
dairy cattle.
The case Of Bresnaham VS.. Halleck
Bros, Is progressing before Judge Peck
at Laramie City. 1t is probable that
the evidence and speeches will be con
cluded this evening.
Crow creek has heard OF the rise OF
the big Muddy and attempted some
thing of a rise, but it merely swept
away a small chicken coop and then
subsidized in disgust.
There was an attempt at a shower
yesterday Afternoons first of April
fool shower. 1t promised at first to
come down ~copiously, but IL went up
suddenly and that was the last of it..
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8, 6
Cheyenne, % Colorado, 40 through;
No. 4, 8 Cheyenne. 6 Colorado, IL
through; c. O., Z Cheyenne, 0 east,
8 west; d. P.,7 Cheyenne, 8 east, A
west.
A b-a-a-d young nan from Texas
flourished his gun last evening and
swore that 1t shouldn't be taken from
him. But Officer ingalls, heard the
boast and soon yanked the gun and the
boy, too. He Will be arraigned to-day.
George Barron and Henry Fisher, the
two soldiers who got into a quarrel near
the Western hotel on Thursday, were
arraigned before Judge Bean yesterday,
and pleaded not guilty. They were re-
manded to jail and will be tried this
morning at ten O'Clock.
Mr.. T. C. Dickson, who has miners
at work near the Laramie Peak, has
had a splendid return from one Of his
prospects there. 1t was a specimen
that assayed So ounces of silver and
43 per cent. of copper, or a total value
of S146.50 per ton. Pretty good for
Laramie Peak.
Fort Collins Express: Nearly five
hundred dollars were subscribed by Col
Inns parties this week for the purpose
OF opening the road to Lulu forthwith.
The only impediment at present is the
snow, which will be shoveled out. The
object is to open up the trade between
Collins and Middle park, before it can
be established elsewhere.
John Doe, so called because that isn't
his name, plead guilty before Judge
Bean yesterday morning to a charge of
carrying concealed weapons. His dues
were fixed at S13. 1t seems that he got
fixed on Thursday evening to send two
or three daylights through Officer In
gals, and that officer forthwith landed
him In the calaboose in order to give
him time to repent Of the folly of
threatening a policeman. Doe paid his
fine.
The supreme court of Colorado has
decided that Thomas NJ. Robinson is
the legal county judge of Larimer
county, Colorado. He was appointed
by the county commissioners to gil the
vacancy caused by the death of Leon
idas Z. Denslow, who was elected to
the position last fall, but died before
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