The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-02
MENTION.

The public debt was decreased owe
5000 ,o2S in July.
Weybrecht's planning mill has been
treated to a coat of paint.
Patti is going a-gronse-ing; by the by,
what does a grouse sing, anyway?
1t is stated that there are 10000
Americans in England this season.
Judge Peck's bible class at the read
Ing room this evening at eight O'Clock.
Mrs. DR.. Carey is lying in a critical
condition and she is said to be gradually
failing.
New York wants ide at 20 cents per
hundred weight, and dealers call 1t cool
audacity.
Sheriff Sharpless is getting a voice
like a rip saw. About one more auc-
ton will fix it.
Secretary Window has continued
sl76, 000. 600 of the six per cent. bonds
at 81 per cent.
The school board of Deadwood has
advertised for proposals for building a
new brick school house.
Highest temperature yesterday 1872;
lowest Sc; highest velocity of wind 16
miles an hour.
The president continues to improve
nicely, and his physicians say there is
no o to doubt his recovery.
Judge Peck will go up to Laramie
City to-day to renper a decision In the
case Of Bresnahen vs.. Halleck.
General Crooks hunting expedition
was a success. s. II. h. Clark Of the
party made a ten strike at the deer.
There is a bread rising the east
Chicago-bringing the prices to Q cents
for a single, and ~ cents for double
loaf.
The Altmans are repairing and re-
building a portion of the rear of their
store, proposing to 1T up elegant sample
roons.
Says DIR. Talmadge: Modern young
ladies' are not the daughters of Shem
and Ham, but the daughters OF Hem
and Sham.
The Republican says the Hazel Kirke
engagement in Denver last
week was the most successful ever
in Denver.
The Deadwood driving park associa-
ton anticipate their coming meeting as
''the grandest fair ever given west Of
the Mississippi"
Reserved seats for Forget Me Noto
by the Nellie Boyd troupe, Thursday
evening, will be sold at Hollis book
store this morning.
At a recent meeting Of the commits
Of Lawrence county, OAK, the
assessment Of the Homestake property
reduced s2,633, 100.
Sheriff Sharpless is a good sheriff and
he is likewise q good auctioneer. Should
he ever be out of position he could
make a fortune as an a%uctioneer.
Master Lemuel Ellis in company with
Master Arthur Snow started to-day
Tor E. p. Shows ranch up north, where
they propose to spend a few weeks.
The Barkalow Bros. control the news
business on nearly every road between
Montana and Texas. Their menfun
On every road out of Denver but one.
The Fun on the Bristol" party
passed through yesterday on their way
from California to Colorado. They
will probably play in Cheyenne on their
r. B. Horrle's two brick residences
IN the corner of Hill and 18th streets
Ire near completion. The walls are up
and the carpenters are at work upon
The roof.
Says the boomerang: Considerable
disappointment vas expressed to-day,
BY both iremen and citizens, at the fail
Ire of the Cheyenne teams to be present
the tournament.
The Niobrara railroad will be the
irst into the Black Hills. Contracts
have been let to build the track to a
within one hundred miles Of
dear who'd This aeaeop
Frank McMullin, aged 15 years, has
been missing from home for two weeks,
and his mother is very uneasy about
aim. Any word regarding the boy will
thankfully received by Mrs. Jessie
Cheyenne.
Lee Jim was again taken before
Judge Slaughter yesterday, and, the
prosecuting witness still being absent,
40 examination was had. Jim was
released On his own r~ecognizance to
appear this forenoon at ten O'Clock.
On No. 3 yesterday was a young lady
her way to California, who was
% seriously affected with consump-
lion, that she was obliged to leave the
'ars here and rest from her journey.
The lady is at Mr.. Evasn' to whom she
s related.
The various Y. NJ. G. A. organiza-
ions of the world began their ninth
conference in Exeter Hall, London,
yesterday. Delegates were to have
received by George Williams,
'ounder Of the Y. NJ. &. A., and the
1t. Hon., the earl of shaftbury. is to
the address.
The announcement in made. ,sTha