The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-14
n MENTION.
Opera house talk has subsided.

town.
widow Bedott" reserved seats are
going nicely.
Big trains yesterday, but little in
them for the press
Silver Cliff is happy with the railroad
running into town.
The new union depot at Denver is
getting into fine shape.
The session of the supreme court
will last until Tuesday next.
A spitz dog, dyed to a brilliant car
mine color, is a Denver sensation.
The city engineer is busy estimating
on a thorough system Of water works.
A very pleasant select party wasgiyen
at the Inter Ocean hotel last evening.
Grasshoppers are numerous in some
portions Of Arapahoe county. Colorado.
sympathy is always given to the un-
der strawberry in the box-it is gener-
ally the smallest.
Highest temperature yesterday. 70o;
lowest, Az. Highest velocity of wind,
80 miles per hour.
Chase's theater is very c~ommodious
and cleanly. The stage and appoint
ments are complete.
Judge Hooker, having sold out his
drug business at Rawlins, is thinking
of locating in North Park.
The national convention of the asso-
citation Of metropolitan police, will
meet in Omaha on Monday.
The police and other officers are turn
ing the tables on the reporters nov by
asking them: Anything new?"
The notice of the special train from
Cheyenne to Denver and return, appears
elsewhere. A large crowd is expected
to 60.
A special car passed through on No.
4 yesterday, containing st. Julien,
Warren Hickock and other celebrated
ace horses.
The Omaha police succeeded in cap
turing two confidence men by the
shrewdness and assistance of a fifteen
year old boy.
The advantage of maintaining a
competent veterinary surgeon at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, is now more apparent than
ever to stockmen.
Don't forget the lecture on peculiar
People" next Tuesday evening at the
Presbyterian church. Tickets, 25 cents;
for sale at Hollis.
Any n wishing to purchase a good
top buggy, with pole and shafts, al
get a good bargain by calling at the
LEADER office to-day.
Sheriff S~harpless and Deputy Sheriff
Martin are busily engaged in subpe-
naing witnesses for tho May term of
court, which begins on next Monday
week.
1t was a Cincinnati lawyer who
charged a fee of $780, 900 for collecting
$4,000. Had it been a Cheyenne law
yer he would have charged an even
$4,000.
An offer of a free passage to this
country, and a home when they reach
it, is the most powerful argument that
the mormon missionaries use in making
converts.
The Yellowstone national park is
growing in interest. When the u. z.
builds a branch, yer from the Utah &
Northern, the hegira of tourists will be
immense.
There is some talk about the Pinneo-
Curtis 2O-mile race being a h%ippodrome.
This is stoutly denied, however, and
interest in tho event is increasing ac-
cordingly.
Postmaster General James seems to
be laboring under the impression that
every man who has been, and is, inter-
| ested in the extension Of the mail SER
| vice, is a rascal.
A man named George McLain took
an ounce Of muriatic acid and ~sulphate
of zinc, with suicidal intent. in Denver,
on Thursday, and at last accounts was
dying In horrible agony.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3. 10
Cheyenne. Al Colorado, rs through;
No. 4, 8 Cheyenne, - Colorado, 80
through; c. c., 8 Cheyenne, 4 east,
0 west; d. p, IL Cheyenne, Z east, 5
west.
Owing to the fact that the Union Pa
cifc company has gangs laying rails at
eight different points, the demand for
splice bars and bolts is extraordinarily
large, and the rolling mill at Laramie
City is kept very busy.
Among the many mistakes made by
papers that are condemning star route
contracts is the Que that ''the mail
route from Rock Creek to Fort Custer
is 81 miles long" Three hundred
miles would be nearer the fact.
MILITARY MATTERB.