The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-07
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NfN ~ 80 1880 - - -
miles per hour.
The prospects are that the civil dock
ct for the May term of court viii
be larger than that of the November
term.
The week OF prayer appears 70 Be
quite a success in Cheyenne, and con
siderable interest is being manifested in
the meetings at the several churches.
A fight took place in the kitchen of
a Denver hotel the other day, and the
chief stopped the festivities instanter by
breaking two syrup cups over the
heads of the eombatants.
Reports from Fort Collins are to the
effect that the people there are confident
that the town will very soon become
the metropolis of northern Colorado.
They may be mistaken, however.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 4
Cheyenne, 20 Colorado, q through;
No. A, 3 Cheyenne, 5 Colorado, 80
through; e. g., G Cheyenne, s east, 9
west; d. p, 4 Cheyenne, 8 east, /
west.
The meeting at the Methodist church
last night was a very interesting one,
and was well attended. The interest
In the revival is growing, and are liza
bel ito be continued beyond the
" week of pIayer.n Hereafter the
meeting will commence at 7 O'Clock p.
M.
Ward, the party whose leg was broken
a day or two ago in a scufle, and who
was afterwards beaten by a woman, as
related in the LEADER on Tuesday, is
getting along well at present, although
rumor said at first that he was in a bad
condition.
Politics is again the all-absorbing
topic of conversation, and the question
as to who is to be our next mayor oc-
cupies the minds of our people to a
great extent. After this question is
decided next Tuesday, then will come
the question rs to who will be appointed
policemen, etc.
Considerable discussion is elected at
present rs 10 whether the general cleo
tion law of the territory governs in the
CITY election or not. III the general
election law controls, then OF course 1t
is mol necessary TO pay a poll tax. 1t
Is Inc opinion OF n legal fraternity
however SO lar as we can learn, that
ehe general eiection does not apply in
our municlpai election, and that 1t is
SUN necessary 10 pay a poil lax IN order
10 vote Tor mayor or councilman.
AT a regular meeting of the Alert
Hose company held last evening, the
ioiio"lns persons were elected; fore-
man ira IL. iredendail; hrst assistant,
r. ?. smith, secohu assistant, Nj. Il.
iioiiisoer' secretary, d. D. hnopi, treas
urer' W.. H. Wightman' hrst captain
Oh nose Nm. IL. swan second captain
Vi nose, III. W. w. Crook; captain oil
hyuraho, Eugene Coiweli; trustees, u.
a. Draper, "A. lsyah, N. lfoDertson;
hhancc conllnitIee, IL. Masterson, >.
l. ooau' d. ~ fraser.
The following officers OF Cheyenne
Lodge NO. 2, *. of r., for the ensuing
year, were duly installed last evening
by special ID. ID. q. NJ, j. X. Jeffrey,
W. io'.ei' ". W. ~. VII
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on'eimoou pieia'e, eeo' a. ooilnan'
ueo NJ rs
"m 'sci'h II. anu o.
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VI, 'oih ouahs' " Dahiei rihn'
"eooi' Nio"oi'' L. piy"ehp'usn'
Several days ago we mentioned the
TACT that Col. Murrin had two baskets
OF wine stolen from him, and that one
oil them had been found and returned.
1esterday the other basket was found
III inc aiiey between ferguson and
Iuuy Streets hortho seventeenth, but
pai' VI inc wine was gone. supse-
queh.iy Two OF three OF the bottles were
up anu Iouhd, ana The result was
TIA iate IN the aiternoon a warrant
was issued ior the arrest oil certain
ooys, VINO appear 70 nave committed
'he crime. Iheir exeminatioh VIII
pace before Justice Bean To-day
The boys have lots of fun these days.
before last, after the republican