The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-28

Y hllArs PET holf.
Revenge is sweet; that is why a gid
who has been deceived by a nan insists
upon marrying him.
The remains of the late W. G. Tom,
esq, passed through yesterday on the
way to EYanstown-
A bold attempt was made on We'd
nesday night TO break the Jail of Arapa-
hoe county in Denver.
Mount Baker in British Columbia is
in a state of active eruption. 1t yomits
forth smoke and ashes.
Council will meet on Tuesday even
ing next and wrestle with the remain
der of the city appointments.
A company proposes TO erect water
works for Fort Collins and take their
pay in $4,000 worth of s per cent.
bonds to run 80 years.
The Denver people are becoming SO
crazed with the railroad fever that
they are likely TO incorporate a COM
pany to build a track to the moon.
The Inter Ocean las a telegraph wire
Of its W running from Washington to
Chicago, and employs its own operators
at both ends. This is c~ommendable
enterprise.
An exchange gives a new definition
of fame; 1t is %civility to newspaper men.
That's pretty good, for Cheyenne, at
least, for nowhere are the people more
civil to newspaper men than in this
sel'same city.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8, 10
Cheyenne, 10 Colorado. 16 through;
No. A., . Cheyenne, 6 Colorado, %
through; G. e.. 6 Cheyenne, 8 east, 2
west; D. r., s Cheyenne, A east, 3
| west.
Sitting Bull is afraid of Schirz. He
thinks the latter intends TO have him
| seized and bound hand foot and stuffed
with oysters and turkey and plum pud-
dings, etc. Sitting Bull fears Schurz
and the dyspepsia.
There Was filed for record yesterday q
deed from Elisha Il. Bugbee to Edward
Reser, granting the latter a one-half
interest in and TO all tho real and per-
sonal property comprising and known
as the Inter Ocean hotel.
An elegant picture OF Mrs. President
Hayes is soon to be placed in the White
House. 1t is the donation OF the friends
of the temperance cause who thus
honor the recipient for her devotion TO
their principles. The picture and
frame are to cost $4,000.
The Silver Cliff Prospect is engaged
in a brave, though hopeless, cause in
e%ndeavoring to have the capital of Col
orado located at Silver Cliff. While ON
the subject, it may be added tina. the
present legislature will probably au-
thorize an election for a capital by the
people, in accordance with the state
constitution.
The u. +. surveying party, which
passed through Cheyenne the other
day, got off at Fort Collins. The sur
veyors started up the Poudre canon two
days afterward and are engaged in sur
veying for a road to North Park. This
is from the Fort Collins Express. If
the Laramie Times finds any comfort in
this fact it is welcome to IL.
The volume OF Wyoming reports wa
added to the territorial library yester-
day. There were q volumes in the
custody of the librarian. but he had no
authority to put one on the shelves.
Chief Justice Sener gave the necessary
order, and the volume was stamped and
placed on tho shelves. 1t was Il sim
pie matter of n word, q twist of the
wrist and the volume came forth from
seclusion to Il prominent place in the
library. BY the way, through the eff
forts of Judge Sener the shelves of our
library are being filed with volumes
that are very valuable.
An alarm of fire wa sounded through
the streets shortly after six O'Clock
last evening. and the word flew that the
Inter Ocean hotel was on fire. In
stantly the streets were filed with citi-
zens and liremcn. Every fire apparatus
in town was out in short order and the
iiremen struck for the Inter Ocean.
But there was no fire there, nor was
there any indication of one, so the
fremen started on n hunt for u fire.
They failed to find one, however, and
were forced to return home tired with
their run, but doubtless satisfied that
no damage wa done to anyone.
AT the request of Chief Justice Sener
the librarian of the state Of Delaware,
upon the order of Gov. Hall of that
state, has kindly furnished our terri
torial library with q full set of the Del
aware reports. This courtesy and
kindness on the part of that governor is
duly appreciated by our people. The
librarian of Arkansas, upon a like re-
quest, has furnished the 27th and 29th
volumes of the reports of that state.
The volumes prior to the 9th have not
yet been furnished for the reason that
the reporters, and not the state, own
the volumes. The library now has
from the 2Tth TO the 33d volume, in.