The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-11

So fondIy to her dusky breast,
And soothed the President TO rest;
Or him who held the ribbons proud
When George rod through the admirinl
crowd?
And are they gones Can 1t be truer
Excuse these gushing tears-boo-hooi
The valentine business seems to be
brisk.
The Gaslight lode, North Park, is
sunk to a depth OF 20 feet.
Mr.. VIM. Lindenmier thinks of open
ing up a harness shop in Collins.
Delegate Downey sends the LEADER
some valuable public documents.
Thanks.
The Fort Collins Express booms with
joy over the projected Poudre road TO
North Park.
The. singing school at the NJ. Z.
church will be started this evening at
~ O'Clock.
Most any boy can afford to shoot
himself now that seven shooters are
sent by mall Tor S2.OO-
Noah Kipp, the well known butcher,
has a card in another column, which
should be read by certain people.
The snow between here and Fort
Laramie is not very deep. and a small
sized warm spell will get away with 1t
in short order.
Calvin Crump, the negro who MUIR
dered Nelson johnson at Castle Rock,
Colo, recently, was convicted of man.
slaughter in Denver on Wednesday.
One of u subscribers falls into verse
on the subject of his native land, and
sings:
Far eastward lies an isle OF ancient fame,
by nature blest-Ireiand is her name.
thousands Of buffaloes on the head
of the Belle Fourche," writes our
correspondent at Horse Shoe, Wyoming.
Here's a world of sport for those who
have the time9.
A private hop will be given this
evening in the spacious dining hall of
the Inter Ocean hotel, under the au-
spices of well known gentlemen of this
city.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 4
C~heyenne,27 Colorado, AZ through; No.
4, / Cheyenne. IA Colorado, IS through;
q. g., 6 Cheyenne, Z east, 3
west; D.. r., 8 Cheyenne, 8 east, 8
west.
The Fanny Louise Buckingham Ma
zeppa troupe came in from the west
yesterday and went down to Greeley,
where they played last evening. They
will remain until Saturday night In
elusive.
A colored man stole a turkey from
Dan Ullman's meat shop last evening,
and Dams assistant gave chase. He
r%ecaptured the turkey but was cut In
the lip by the thief who slashed at him
with a razor; SO the culprit escaped.
The Ne,os printing company has is
sued a handsome, useful pamphlet en-
title1s 'Colorado Condensed" 1t is use
full alike to the capitalist and immi-
grant, and is within the reach of the
latter for it retails for only 25 cents.
No. 3 train was an hour and a half
late yesterday. and at first it was sup
posed to be late simply from force of
habit. But 1t was learned that a jour-
nal on one of the Pullman cars was
broken and a new one had to be put
in at Sidney.
The hearing in the Benton ease was
concluded before Justice Slaughter yes.
terday, by the defendant being bound
over for the May term of court. Coun-
ty attorney Potter appeared for the
prosecution and Judge w. II. Miller
for the defense.
A hard case named Foster was taken
before Justice Bean yesterday on a
charge Of larceny. There was scarcely
sufficient evidence to sustain the charge,
and the defendant was discharged, but
not until he had faithfully promised to
jump the town forthwith.
Mr.. McCarger, the acting Indian
agent at White river, has been arrested
in Denver on the charge of branding
young cattle belonging to the govern
ment with his own brands, with felo-
NOUS intent. The information was
made by N Of the men whom McCar-
ger had arrested on q si~milarrcharge.
Since the night of the Burns banquet,
on which occasion Visscher related a
comic story in m inimitable manner,
there has been a unanimous desire for
him to repeat his celebrated lecture on
''Stories and story-tellers." This lee
ture was delivered by Mr.. visscher
with great success during several sea-
sons, and has been highly commended
by the press wherever it was given. An
effort should be made to bring Visscher
out in his lecture in Cheyenne at an
early date.
Mr.. N. N. Craig. of Craig s. Gard
ner, departed yesterday for the east, on
a purchasing tour. He intends visiting
all Of the large cities of the east and
purchasing the finest stock Of house
hold goods ever brought to the west.
All the latest fashions. novelties and
designs will be ordered by Mr.. Craig,
while he will stock up largely with the