The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-25
N MENTION.

The nightthas a thousand eyes,
The day but one;
Yet the light Of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
IA mind has q Thousand eyes,
The heart bat one;
Yet the Light Of 3 whole life dies
WheL Love Is done,
Five columns of neBsy reading mat
ter on the second and third pages OF
this issue.
Judge Carey was sworn in as mayor
yesterday, according TO the statement
of q friend.
"Death loves a shining mark, "and he
therefore strikes frequently at the bar
of Wyoming.
The supreme court docket will be
very light, and will probably not exceed
eighteen cases.
About twenty Seotchmen are coming
down from Laramie this evening to at
tend the Burns banquet.
Quong Wah, a victim of the Chinese
riots in Denver. has sued Arapaboe
county for 5000 damages.
Highest temperature yesterday 29o;;
lowest 1872; highest velocity. of wind,
IL miles per hour; melted snow, .04
inch.
This is Burns anniversary day. The
celebration at Dyer's hotel this even
ing promises 10 be one of the finest
ever held in the west.
A man named VIM. Moffat was driv-
en- away from Dixon, on Snake river,
by Tom Duffy aud Mike Sweet, and he
froze to death In consequence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Green, of Horse
creek, remembered the LEADER with a
bountifrl supply of good things from
the wedding feast, as well as a large
slice of the BRIDES cake.
A bill has been introduced in the
Colorado legislature to make a new
county out Of the mining district known
as North Park. This is a good idea
and should be carried out.
Nc Cheyenne papers arrived in Lara
mic last night. Nobody to blame us
usual.-Laramie Times. But the Times
few subscribers blamed that paper for
being ''mightly thin" in consequence.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8, 8
Cheyenne, so Colorado, % through;
4, l Cheyenne, A Colorado, II
through; q. C., 0 Cheyenne, 3 east, a
west d. p, 2 Cheyenne, A east, I
west.
An electric light company proposes
to light Denver with electricity, and
offers to put up the apparatus on a
thirty days trial, the same TO be re-
moved at no expense in case the council
be not satisfied.
AS If there was not already enough
now on the ground, the chief clerk of
the To- department showered down a
new and large supply last night. A
first-class thaw would prove a blessing
to the cattle now.
The Rawlins Journal is mistaken
when it says that the LEADER favors
the annexation of southern Wyoming
to Colorado. This paper simply re-
printed the communication that ap-
peared in the Denver Tribune.
Several days ago the Grand Canon
coal company struck oil at a depth Of
LAS feet, neal Canon City, Colo. The
had to be stopped until a pump
is put in, OF account Of gas. The well
now yields from five to eight barrels
per day. 1t is thought that by boring
it will greatly increase in vol
ume.
While Major Lord wasin the express
office on Sunday evening, some one
three lap robes from his ambu-
lance. The fact was reported to the
who searched vainly for the
goods and thieves. The robes were
finally recovered by three boys, who
found them lying under a pile of ties
near the round house.
Miss GeDevieve Ward is credited with
said: 81 think / am as good a
painter as Mile. Bernhard, and l have
done something in the way Of sculp-
ture, and perhaps ! a speak six or
seven languages, but these things have
nothing to do with my merits rs an
actress, and ] do not approve of seeking
self advertisements by such indirect
means"