The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-12
nIsoa: MENTION.

Three days mail from Deadwood ar
rived yesterday.
Flogging in the British army has
been abolished.
Bodie, Cal, is happy with 5000 peo-
pie and no church.
Mrs. Jeffrey, wife of DIR. Jeffrey, Of
Denver, died on Tuesday.
What is being done about putting in
an electric light plant in Cheyenne?
Mr.. E. s. Croker has been confirmed
as receiver Of the Evanston land Office.
There not being q quorum present.
the city council did not meet last even
ing.
For cutting into a public ditch In
Denver, the fine upon conviction is
SIS.
DIR. Maynard has removed his Office
to Sixteenth street, over Hoyt's drug
store.
Lake Mah-pa-lu-tah overiowed on
Tuesay evening, and a large quantity
of water escaped.
Perhaps his excellency would like to
join the gang on the high-pressure-
prices water works.
The latest aesthetic craze is to paint
on common brown paper, and use the
same for book covers.
A special meeting of the city council
will be held this evening to discuss
some very important matters.
The Denver electric light company
has begun the erection of a building.
The steam engine has arrived.
Visch. says that "tea will make the
nose red." Well, IL that be true, some
men drink too much tea, that's all.
The aPullman Tourists,u the high
toned comedy company, passed east
yesterday in their special Pullman car
Highest temperature yesterday. Go;
lowest, 800. Highest velocity Of wind,
IS miles per hour. Rain fall, .o7 Of an
inch.
The worlds fair has ''busted,n and
''the gentleman from Wyoming" will
not snort his gentle bazoo on the sub
ject again.
Colorado is determined to break up
the practice of carrying concealed
weapons, and fixes the penalty at six
months Imprisonment and a fine Of
$50.
The contract for the government pos
tai cards expires on July LIST. They are
made at Holyoke, Mass, at 69.5 &c cents
per thousand. About 5000 900 per
month are used.
Denver Republican: An effort is be-
ing made to have the tower Of the
Union depot built up from so to 100
feet higher than intended, and to crown
it with four electric lights.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3. 81
Cheyenne. ~ Colorado, 80 through;
No. A, 10 Cheyenne, rs Colorado, 60
through; G. c., II Cheyenne, IL east,
4 west; d. p, 0 Cheyenne, Z east, 8
west.
The two colored men who are charged
with burglary, were arraigned before
Judge Bean yesterday and pleaded not
guilty. They gave their names as
Grant Washington and Andrew Jack
son. They will be given a hearing to-
day.
Since the first Of January six thou
sand of mutton and four
thousand live sheep have been shipped
from Boston to Liverpool. This prob
ably accounts for the choppy seas which
voyagers have encountered the past few
months.
Deadwood Herald-Pre A great
crowd of b~ald-headed old men, clerks
and about a hundred kids, followed the
Sidney coach around the streets last
evening, and when the coach halted to
discharge its cargo of fraility the crowd
three hundred d-n fools.
Severe storms and lightning. near
Omaha for the past two days have in
terfered with the transmission Of press
dispatches, and hence our report has
been incomplete. A fire in the Omaha
telegraph Office last evening, put a stop
to telegraphic communication entirely
until early this morning.
Tight lacing caused the liver of a
Colorado woman to grow fast to the
epigastrium, causing her death. La
dies cannot be too careful in guarding
against such a calamity as this. When
tight lacing must be INDUCED in, the
epigastrium should be removed and
locked up in the bureau drawer for
safety.
A lad living in an Arizona mining
village had a little sister born to him,
and started out early next morning to
spread the joyful tidings among his
companions. An old settler passing at
the time observed his exultation, and
paused to inquire the reason of it.
Whats the matter?" he asked. ANY
luck happened to the old manP" big
luck" returned the boy. "He's found
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