The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-13
MINOR BENTON.

The trains yesterday did a Little
better than usual, they came in on
time.
The wind blew a perfect hurricane
nearly all day yesterday; and will prob
ably blow again to-day.
The organ is jubllant oyer the ma
jority of nine;y-the dearly purchased
majority Of our mayor-elect.
The votes cast at the recent city cleo
ton will be canyassed on Friday and
the result officially announced.
The world is bigger than you think it
is, and you are smaller than you think
you are. These are two awful facts.
There are a good many candidates
for the various city Offices to be filed
next week, but they can't all be
elected.
With the exception of the meeting Of
the county commissioners. yesterday,
there was but little going On at the
court house.
The boys are getting over the election
as fast rs could reasonably be expected.
IL is a good thing that election does not
come but once a year.
Young gentlemen now carry little
perfume bottles which they use at the
door when they make a call. This will
probably ruin the Glove trade.
"None but the brave deserve the
fair;" and none but the brave can stand
the fare that is dished up at the ordi-
nary Laramie boarding house.
Gus Windheim won the organ which
belonged to Mr.. Geo. W. Ketchum, at
the rattle last night. 1t is a valuable
one, and the owner is certainly in luck.
"Big Nosed George is to be hanged
at Rawlins on April I'd, unless the
supreme court oyerthrows the rulings
made by the court below and this is not
probable.
Church services at the different
churches were well attended last night.
In fact there appears to be quite an in
terest taken in these matters in Chey-
cnne of late.
District court mt Evanston is over
for the time being, although there is
considerable business that is undisposed
of. Judge Blair still holds sway in that
judicial district.
w. II. Vanderbilt, it is said, is the
owner of more registered United States
bonds than all the people of nineteen of
the western states. His interest for
every three months exceeds 500, coo.
Several parties not known TO us or
to the police of the city, got on the war
path last night on Fifteenth street, an d
made things lively for awhile. They
took a skip before any arrests could be
made.
I Messrs. j. 4. Latimer & Son, of Alb.
ingdon, ILL.,, the celebrated growers Of
short-horn cattle, have made several
contracts with Wyoming stock breed
ers, for delivery next spring, Of a large
humber Of their thoroughbred cattle.
Rev. J. Y. Cowhick, superintendent
of public schools, has of late been stir
ring people up somewhat in regard to
the attendance of children at the pub
lie schools. Some definite steps will be
taken in regard to this matter very
soon.
Look out for '.jobsn in the manage
ment of our city affairs during the en-
suing year. The $500 expended in
city election last Tuesday, will be
sought to be recovered with ample in
interest by the men who spent their
money for Carey.
The organ has published the account
of 1.-THE German" at TT. Russell some
two or three times, and we are inclined
to believe that in east the same is pub
lished about half n dozen times more, peo-
pie will begin to suspect thatsomething
of that kind mas lately happened.
Tomorrow will probably be the last
day OF the present term of court, and
it n be truthfully and appropriately
that the term has been one where
in the financial interests of the county
have been faithfully guarded and look
ed after. Judge Sener has done good
FOR II people.
Several bids we're received by the
commissioners for the job of
physician, some being rs low as
$50 per month for the bare services.
The board, however, seemed to think
that it would be better to let the con-
tract for n stated price including the
medicine to be furnished.
A fashionable lady was unexpectedly
eft without u servant. She undertook
10 make her husband a cup of coffee,
1t took so long he asked what in the
Halifax wasthe matter with the coffee.
II don't KNOW" she said, bursting into
"l've billed them 'ar beans for a
hull hour, and they amt no softer now
han they was when fust put them in
-he pot"
Neither of them wa ver ten years
Did. One leaned against the fence and
other rubbed his back against a
Iamp-post, and they eyed each other for
, long time; then one of them said:
MY mother has got new seal-skin
and yours haint." II don't
replied the other, 'she frizzes