The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-20
n MENTION.
Snow for ! change.

The president has only eleven days
lease of power.
The Laramie City boomerang is get
ting ready to kick.
Mentor win soon get a rest from
visiting politicians.
A 1OO-mile race on skates was a re-
cent event in Milwaukee.
The Union Pacific headquarters at
Omaha are to-be enlarged.
The quails Of Nebraska are dying off
by reason of the hard winter:
Nobody of great distinction passed
through o n No. 8. last evening.
The visiting Knights of Pythias re-
turned on No. 4 yesterday. They had
an excellent time.
There are no less than three opera
house projects on hand. Surely n
should hit the mark.
BY reference TO our religious column
it will be seen that the LEADER is be-
coming a frst-class religious paper. =
The Kansas legislature is about to
pass a law prohibiting railroads from
freighting dynamite, giant powder,
etc.
The three men who were tried for the
murder of the Chinaman, Lee Sing, in
Denver, have been acquitted and dis
charged.
Highest temperature yesterday $40;
lowest temperature 90. Highest We
locity of wind. "a miles per hour.
Melted snow. OF.
Summers sweets shall bloom
again. y Just cut this out and paste 1t
in your hat. 1t is a good reminder
during weather like this.
The trial of Fred Hopt. alias Wei
come, is progressing in Salt Lake, be-
fore Judge Emerson. Tho prosecution
is making out a very strong case.
About twenty mavericks came into
town from the ranges yesterday. Even
the dogs recognized the strangers and
had considerable sport in chasing them
about the streets.
The people of Dakota having failed
to have the territory sliced in two and
N portion admitted as a state, are now
favoring the plan Of making three ter
ritories Of the whole.
Judge Lytle has rented the large
store room next TO Fred, Landau's, on
Seventeenth street, and is preparing to
remove thither. He proposes to carry
a larger stock than ever.
Mr.. NJ. Taylor, the well known coun-
Gilman Of the third ward, has purchased
the store of Mr.. o. L. Camp and has
removed to the large building near his
corral on Seventeenth street.
Passenger traffic yesterday. No. g.. 8
Cheyenne,31 Colorado, 50 through; No.
4, 8 Cheyenne. 7 Colorado, "a through;
q. e., 6 Cheyenne, 0 east, A west; d.
r., 8 Cheyenne, s east, l west.
There was a sheriff's sale at the court
house yesterday, the farm Of Hugh j.
Edwards being sold to satisfy a judg-
ment of 1901 obtained by Mr.. A. Sim
mons. The latter bought in the prop
erty at 500.
Officers Connors and Cuddihee, of
Denver and Leadville, respectively, who
vainly ~endeavored to score q fall in q
recent wrestling match in Leadville,
have agreed to another match to come
Off in Denver shortly, for 8 1000 a side.
The Denver, Western & Pacific road
means business. 1t has just awarded a
contract for 100000 ties, to be delivered
in lots and before September /. This
company contemplates building a road
up the Poudre canon and into North
Park.
81 threw this off in ten minutes"
softly said the poet, placing a manu-
script on the editorial table. The edi-
tor said that when it came TO speed, no
long-haired poet should distance him
and he threw 1t Off in less ten seconds
of the table into the waste basket.
Chase's theater will be opened on to-
morrow evening. New and fine scenery
has been painted by the scenic artist,
Mr.. ]. G. Walker. The drop curtain
is a view of Lake George, N. Y, and is
a very handsome painting. Mr.. Walker
is developing rare talent in the scenic
line. :
Col. w. A. Middlemist, a well known
wealthy stockman OF Deer Trail, COL,
was found twelve miles nesth Of River
Bend, on Friday, frozen to death. Two
of his four horse team, which he was
driving, were also frozen, and the 9TH
ers + in bad condition, having been
there since Monday.
No. 3 was six hours late, the result
OF an unwritten understanding to have
Cheyenne a supper station. 1t will be
noticed that when No. 3 is on time,
dinner is taken here. When she is
late, she is always late enough for sup
per. Passengers are bound to be
filed up with Cheyenne food.
The Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific
folks call their road the .'cannon ball
line" This name has caused some
comment. Some think it is named
thus because 1t is controlled by a SON.
of-a-gun, but the fact is that the name
is derived from the directness Of the