The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-17
MINOR MENTION

And thought 70 grasp the hand Of Fame.
And yet has never seen his name
In print. And why-waste baskets know
Go slow, my friend. go slow.
The small pox is raging in southern
Dakota.
Omaha is the home and paradise Of
the confidence men.
The nations capitol and grounds art
now lighted by electricity.
A location has been secured for the
COO, 600 bushel elevator in OMAHA
Too much snow for hem to scratch
gravel. and eggs will remain high in the
scale.
A coal famine prevails in Omaha,
and the people are signing for Wyom'
ing coal.
1t is proposed to build a large work
house in Omaha TO utilize the low grade
criminals.
Deadwood fears the overflow Of
Whitewood creek and the consequent
damage to the town.
Deadwood has three hoss companies,
for whose benefit a fair was successfully
held a few days since.
The Denver Club have got into their
new club building, which cost $35, 900.
1t is a gorgeous affair.
The epidemic of billiards. seems 70
be ended. But, III order to be safe, we
will add, for the present.
During the past year the Union Pa
cifc car shops at Omaha have turned
out over 200 cars and coaches.
The Ogden Junction has formed a
junction with eternity according to re-
ports. 1t vas a Mormon sheet.
An Iowa minister charges four cents
a pound for the groom and two cents
for the bride as his wedding fee.
The latest journalistic venture in
Cincinnati is n penny paper with nc
name. 1t goes wherever there is one
sent.
The obelisk, having finally got settled
down on its base, will now begin the
work of Willing away another 1000
years.
The pleasant weather is q blessing.
A woman can now let her fur-lincd
cloak blow open without suffering
from the cold.
New York produces 1900 barrels
of ashes per day. The difference be.
tween New York and Cheyenne is
about As, 600 barrels.
Frequent conversations: First gent
"Do you think it will clear up or snow
AGAIN." Second gent, very cautiously;
Eyes, / think it WILL
A Number Of singers have volunteered
to render some choice vocal music on
the occasion of Mr.. Visscher's lecture,
next Tuesday evening.
Why has the agitation ON the night
school question stopped? Persons in
this city would volunteer TO teach some
Of the branches gratis.
And now some Of our local weather
ROSTERS are predicting heavy falls Of
snow for March. 1t snow use, we're
bound to have the weather overdone.
The backbone of this winter has been
broken so often, according to sage
prophets, that 1t is becoming the belief
that winter is like n cat in having nine
lives.
Two parties hunting on Hat and In
dian creeks killed 100 head of deer in
two months. They bring in the hams
and sell under contract Mt six cents per
pound.
The mail was a big one last evening
owing to the arrival of the detained
eastern mails. Still we heard several
complain of the non arrival of "that
letter.
There is no sole leather in Denver
owing to the snow blockade. The
shoemakers have used up the last
and since ''awl" is gone, they must
peg" away as best they can.
1t is six days ride from here to Hat
creek and back on a good cayuse, the
distance from here being one hundred
and sixty miles. VIM. Hecht, n brother
of Chas. Hecht, is postmaster there.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. "a
Cheyenne, 10 Colorado, 43 through; No
4, 4 Cheyenne, 4 Colorado, is through
U. C., 1G Cheyenne, Z east, I
west; D.. p, A Cheyenne, . east, !
west.
R%eportorial pickings are very scarce
these days. Some folks think it i.
harder in this case to get up a news
paper; but the fact is the work Is easier
for the hired man hasn't rs much I,
write.
When the recording angel observes
minister OF the gospel holding ANAL be
tween his fingers while he misses it witt
q hammer, the trustworthy scribe drop
into a brown study and pretends not I,
hear anything.
Two men woling ut a point twelv
miles below Emmons' ranch, on Indian
creek, are averaging twelve wolves pc
night. As the county commissioner
pay S1.00 for each wolf killed, vol
hunting is very profitable.
Three days. eastern mail was receivet
at the Cheyenne post office last ever