The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-09
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Denver has an opera club of which
she has much TO say.
Barnum's circus showed in Council
Bluffs the other day.
Iowa has thirteen lady candidates for
superintendents of schools.
The receipts for the county taxes yes
terday footed up to $1,000.
The Far West gold and silver mining
company is the latest in Deadwood.
A Kentucky girl was killed by light
ming while dressing for her wedding.
A fine portrait of Roscoe. the defeat
ed. appears on our second page this
morning.
The Boomerang says that Albany
county warrants are quoted at S1.01 in
the shade.
Highest temperature Yesterday 64c;
lowest $50; highest velocity of wind IL
miles an hour.
When a young man is alone with his
best girl he is generally supposed to be
holding his own.
As a matter worthy Of note, 1t may
be stated that both overland trains were
on time yesterday.
The reading room society are making
preparations to set out another supper
Thursday evening.
The Boomerang devotes q column
and a half to description of Laramie's
new bank building.
All Lee was tried for the murder Of
a brother Chinaman al Green River the
other day and found not guilty.
The building for the national bank in
Laramie City is completed, and the
Times pronounces it a very handsome
structure.
The Hartford fire insurance company
have a very neat way of advertising
their business, In a nicely printed sheet
entitled "Bafied Flames" Z. P. Snow
is their agent here.
There was a very pretty narrow
gauge Pullman car which came in from
the east yesterday. the "Antonio," and
WAS taken south over the d. p. road. 1t
looked quite toy-like compared with the
larger coaches Of the standard gauge.
The telegraphic dispatches indicate
that the indictment against Guiteau
was drawn with great care and min
utensss, etc. The case is so plain that
it calls for u plain indictment. and
could be drawn up by any law student
in the country.
In fixing up the white house and
preparing it for occupancy, n of the
greatest difficulties experienced is in
cleaning out the reaches and other In.
sects. They infest the house in myriads.
All kinds of roach and other insect-de-
stroying powders are being used in the
The Great Vest has extended its
business by the addition Of a new job
out fit. Maj CLAICHE, one Of its pro-
prietors, recently sold the LEADER to
Its present proprietors, and an old time
publisher of this sheet, N. A. Baker, is
connected with the Great West job
rooms.
The members Of the Cheyenne gym.
nasium held a meeting last evening and
adopted bylaws. They also elected as
trustees, Messrs. E. T. Duffy, II. s.
Oliver and W. W. Jeffrey. They have
engaged a hall on Sixteenth street, and
will meet therein on next Saturday
evening.
There were two new engines in one of
the west bound freight trains bound for
Oregon to be placed IN the Oregon rail-
way and navigation campany's line
which, it will be recollected, will con.
meet with the U. p. railways Granger
extension. These engines are of the
Manchester make, very plain but SER
~viceaple.
The track layers are at work to-day,
and have laid track for two miles west
Of town. There is a lack of help. When
the gang left Julesburg there were 256
men; when the train reached here there
were but 100, and the majority of them
went on a 'bust." To-day there are
not more than fifty men laying track,
but the work is being pushed rapidly
Fort Collins Express, 7h.
A Fort Collins ruralist seated him
self in Dyer's restaurant the other day
ana began on the bill of fare. After
employing three walters nearly half an
hour In bringing dishes to him, he
beaved a sigh, and whispered, as he
put his finger on the bill Of fare, "Mis-
ter, I've 1T to thar, and" moving his
finger to the bottom Of the bill-'ef it
isn't agin the rule, I'd like to skip from
thar to thar"
A Painful Accident.