The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-27
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Deadwood boasts of a bible society
and a liberal league.
There were fifteen Cheyenne passen-
gers on No. 3last evening.
Laramie City viii hold a city cleo
tion on Tuesday, March Sth.
The narrowing thought of the day
is that spring poetry will soon be bud
ding.
Denver-Tom Morgan-Tim O,Hara
-pistol-knife-O'Hara knifed-Mor-
gan in Jail.
1t has been settled again for the 80
18th time that Wall street doesn't run
the country.
1t is said that the Union Pacific folks
intend to build the ''high line" road
from Georgetown to Leadville.
Highest temperature yesterday 400;
lowest temperature 28o. Highest ye-
ocity of wind. % miles per hour.
The Kitchen Bros. have about COM
pleted arrangements for the building Of
the Grand Central hotel in Omaha.
The Mexican international railroad
propose to have their cars running into
the City of Mexico inside Of three
years.
The Silver Cliff Prospect demands
the resignation of the superintendent
Of the water works Of that town on ac-
count of ineficiency.
The city council of Leadville refused
TO pass ar ordinance for the closing of
saloons on Sundays, A petition to do
SO was signed by 4 800 citizens.
Part OF Denver was inundated ON
Friday owing to the thawing Of snow
and ice. T~hirty-ffth street was con-
verified into a regular creek for several
hours.
When news is scarce In Deadwood
the papers cause the road agents to
gobble up the treasure coach. Then
another item is obtained in denying the
rumor.
Several Cheyenne business men are
calculating upon establishing branch
houses In North Park this spring. Mr..
A. Nichols will be one OF the first in
the field.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 8, 10
Cheyenne, 26 Colorado, 45 through; No.
4, Z Cheyenne, z Colorado, Is through;
q. g., 6 Cheyenne. 8 east, 4 west; D..
p, 9 Cheyenne, 8 east, A west.
The Denver Ne,os is the authority for
the statement that an ancient burying
ground was tapped in that city on
Friday last, by workmen, and a coffin
found in which vas discovered the
skeleton of a ten foot giant.
No. 3 was eve hours late yesterday.
No. 6 train had fallen victim 10 an ac-
cident on Friday and thus detained the
overland express. The accident occurred
at Elm creek, a station on the eastern
division, and most of the train was
ditched.
The Leadville city council has Or
dered the chief Of police to protect
Judge Quigley with his whole force, If
necessary. 1t will be remembered that
his honor was knocked down in his
own court room and arrested by a
deputy sheriff.
There are many bad boys in Chey-
enne who are worse than useless to
their parents and a constant source Of
trouble to the officers. They storm old
buildings, tearing them down, and also
break windows in occupied dwellings
and shops. Marshal Carr arrested
several Of the young depredators, and
1t is the intention to make examples of
them.
There has been some trouble between
the Lewis family and Mingo Sanders,
and the latter was arrested for assault
and battery at the instance of Mrs.
Lewis. The trial was had before Judge
Bean yesterday, and. 1t appearing that
there was no ground for the complaint,
the defendant was promptly acquitted,
andjudgment rendered against the COM
planning witness for costs.
In organizing a new company to build
a road from Georgetown to Leadville,
the Union Pacific officials have scooped
Mr.. Loveland badly. He was once
offered $1,000 600 for his charter and he
refused. His time having expired the
other day the officials alluded to prompt
ly organized a new company, took up
the new route, and now Mr.. Loveland
is out. 1t is said that he went to New
York especially to make arrangements
for building the road.
The Little Pittsburgh mine, at Lead
willie, has been seized by the sheriff for
taxes on dividends paid from May l,
1879, to 1880. The amount is S52,4O0.
In speaking Of the seizure the Lead
vile Herald says: "What the result Of
this procedure will be is easily to be
seen. 1t is stated that the same course
is to be pursued towards other COM
panies, and in a few days there is a
prospect Of but few mines being in OPP
GRAFTON about Leadville. The attach
ing Of the cord-wood to run the engine,
and the refusal to allow the hauling of
water to supply the boiler, will cause
the engines to stop, will cease the work.
ing Of the pumps, and in a few days the
6 shaft Of the Pittsburgh-the most
imnorfopt nm tha nina will ha Aoodad