The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-20
nrs0R: MENTION.

District court on Monday next.
Conkling hasn't been reelected.
Katie Putnam in Little Barefoot,
this evening.
The bad blood Of the Indians always
breaks out in the springtime.
The Presbyterian soeiable has been
postponed until further notice.
The city council win meet this after
noon as a board of equalization.
The U. p. will build a new car shop
at Omaha, to be lS0x300 feet in extent.
Highest temperature yesterday. $50;
lowest, So. Highest velocity of wind,
9 miles per hour.
No. 3 was late yesterday because of a
new engine being put on. The ma
chinery worked very stifiy.
Fort Collins has two excellent news
papers. They are live, spicy and able,
and a credit to that growing city.
Katie Putnam will show off to much
better advantage in Chase's theater
than she did in the Dramatic .theater.
The Bentley excursion through Wyo-
ming and Utah and California will
leaye Chicago on the cath inst. 1t will
not touch Colorado.
The citizens of Lawrence county,
Dakota, Of which Deadwood is the
county seat, have voted against build
ing a new court house.
1t is probable that the Crow Indians
will prove troublesome before the
Northern Pacific road is completed
through their reservation.
Some of the New York politicians
who have long worn the Conkling col
lar are o gladly availing themselves
of the opportunity OF throwing it of.
The bridge over the Laramie river,
on the way to North Park, has been
washed away, but a ferry boat is there
TO convey teams and wagons across the
raging stream.
The wrestling match between Officer
Conner, of Denver, and Officer Cuddi-
hee, of Leadville. came off in Denver
on Wednesday evening and resulted in
favor of Conner.
Among yesterdays departures for
North Park were Hon. Herman Haas,
and VIM. LiDdenmeier, of Fort Collins.
They have interests in several valuable
mines at the Park.
"Baby" Mcdonald, the 13-year-old
bride, has eloped from Leadville with
her husband. She was forced to elope,
because the old man carried q shotgun
for his son-in-law.
Decoration Day will be observed by
the fire department and the secret
societies. The graves of deceased SOL
diers, fremen and members OF secret
orders, will be decorated.
Swan Bros. have bought a herd Of
800 American cattle from Mr.. d. S.
Shaw, Davis ranch, also 500 head from
Mr.. Chas. Clay, of this city. With the
latter purchase goes Mr.. C's fine ranch
On Chugwater.
Russix has taken a big tumble and
proposes TO economic by reducing her
military establishments, paying smaller
salaries TO ministers of wal and marine,
and generals on long furlough, and
placing her army IN a peace footing.
The excursion to Denver tomorrow
Will take many a ~Cheyenneite down 10
see the great 20-mile race. The train
leaves at G O'Clock a. m. and will re-
turn to Cheyenne in the evening, going
both ways over the d. p.
The governor OF Georgia sent to the
address Of Judge Sener five volumes of
Georgia state supreme court reports,
embracing volumes 50 to 63, inclusive.
This completes the Georgia reports in
our excellent territorial library.
Things down at the depot yesterday
were extremely quiet. There was only
one person on any Of the trains who
doomed above his fellows in point of
distinction, and that was a German
count. His great point of distinction
was an unpron ounceable name.
Tom Hawk the well known a
ager Of the stage station at Eagles
Nest, on the Cheyenne II Black Hills
stage line, has leased the Rustic house,
the only hotel at Fort Laramie. He
will take possession in a few days, and
will entirely refurnish the house and
keep it irst-class in every respect.
Fred Welcome, the murderer who
was arrested in Cheyenne, and tried
and convicted in Salt Lake, has written
a letter to the Salt Lake Tribune, in
which he says that he is a father, and
wants to live for the sake of his little
girl. He also says that he had planned
and perfected meal of escaping. but
gave it up when his counsel told him
that his case vas appealed. He AYERS
that the mormon officers ~conspired to
have him killed.
Ladies' Aid Society.