The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-30
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ryss letter on your train,
Nos, Nos
On. why are you d~elsyinas
No 81 No.
Ny letters from the east,
And I think it is the least
That l shoul have a feast.
Nos No.
Feast on my letter from the east.
No. 5.
Why are you always iaies
Nos. Nc
1t seems to be your fate.
No 5. No..
You're seldom now ION time"
And your locomotives chin
Don't ring out worth a d-dime.
No 5. Nos.
You lack time. like my rhyme.
No. 5.
1t will soon be his er-cellency.
Denver has two cases OF smallpox.
There was a good attendance on the
platform last evening.
Highest temperature yesterday, $40;
lowest. $50; highest velocity of wind,
25 miles.
Nobody can complain of the Ne
braska press being dry. The papers
are filed with news of the floods.
Maiden lady quotation, slightly al
tered from the old aphorism: "Wben
singleness is bliss tits folly to be wives"
A No. 3 train came in last evening
at G O'Clock with two postal cars filed
with mail. Three engines were placed
in front to take her owe the hill in
good time.
Archibald Forbes. the famous war
correspondent, will deliver his cele-
brated lecture. 'sThe inner life of a
war correspondent" in Cheyenne ON
April 23d, at the Dramatic theater.
Mr.. W. Latimer, one Of the proprie-
tors Of the Cedar farm herd Of short
horn cattle, will be in Cheyenne next
week to meet any stockgrowers who
want to purchase short horn cattle.
Chicago: A Deadwood special says:
1t has just been discovered that the new
charter makes the city thirty-two miles
in length in n direction, but excludes
the most ~populous portion of the town.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, IL
Cheyenne, IS Colorado. 80 through;
No. 4, s Cheyenne. IA Colorado, SO
through; c. G., 7 Cheyenne, 0 east,
a west; d. p, Cheyenne, 8 east, 8
west.
The card Of Prof. Fred. J. Stanton,
territorial geologist and mining en-
giI.eer, appears in another column.
Prof. Stanton proposes to open a school
of mines and will doubtless obtain
many students. He will also make as
says and report on mines.
Custer Chronicle. Mr.. Robertson,
foreman for Sturgis Il Goodell, is hay
ing thirty miles of wire fence built, the
land to be enclosed to be used as a past
ure for beef cattle. He is also erecting
a barn 30x60 feet for their horses, Of
which they now have over 300 head.
1t is rumored that the d. & NJ. road
wants the privilege of using the bonds
voted by Laramie county for the Wyo-
ming, Montana Il Pacific railroad.
They intend to extend their road to
Denver this year, and desire to build a
branch from the most desirable point
in Colorado up to Dakota and Mon
tana. 1t will be impossible, however,
for the b. & M. to secure any bonds
until the meeting Of the next legisla-
ture.
The third lecture under the auspices
OF the w. @. 7. U. will be given at the
Presbyterian church Thursday evening,
3lst inst, by DR.. Geo. w. Corey. His
subject will be 1.-THE abuse of alcohol"
This lecture will be the first of six
which the doctor will give during the
year, for the benefit of this society.
These lectures + given for the pur-
pose Of paying the running expenses of
the reading room, and every one is in
vited TO take an interest In this public
good for our city.