The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-21
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Who never would say what he'd dioux;
But one night on the hill
He caught Tom and Bill,
And sliced on the scalp Of the tioux.
There were 50 arrivals at the Inter
Ocean hotel yesterday.
Congratulations are in order, send to
T. J. Manly, it is a girl.
The C~opperopolis mines are attract
ing considerable attention.
The question, SLOWS the PRESIDENT"
is almost disappearing from street
talk.
Reserved seats will be for sale Friday
morning at the p~ostofice book store. for
Hazel Kirke."
Highest temperature yesterday. 79o,
lowest, GO; highest velocity Of wind.
10 miles per hour.
Therear only twenty eight men on
the Denver police force, and it is con
sidered an inadequate number.
Major Glafcke viii return to-day
from Copperopolis with excellent news
from that new and wonderful mining
camp.
u. S. Marshal Schnitger arrested sew
eral soldiers at Fort Sanders on Tues
day, on the charge of stealing cattle
from the range.
Forty-seyen men were sent out to
Granger, Wyo., from Omaha by the U.
P. train yesterday. They viii work
upon the railroad there,
A celebration Of colored citizens at
Council Bluffs will be held on August
LIST. 1t will be the grandest affair of the
kird ever held in the west.
Officer Ingalls, arrested a man on
Tuesday evening for pulling a pop and
acting disorderly. The man was fined
yesterday, and IL took s2s to settle the
bill.
The Union Pacific line from Omaha
to Elkhorn describes an oxbow, and
surveyors are at work surveying a d.
rect route in order to save many miles
Of road and travel.
During the week ended July 16, wool
commanded the following prices In
Boston. Territory, choice at 2s@32c.
Average, at 20(a28c. Colorado. fine at
22@26c. Medium, at 25@3lc. Sales.
$780, 800 pounds.
The Episcopal diocese of Iowa, under
a new constitution. permits women to
vote at vestry meetings. In England
a female church warden has been chosen
In . parish of Beerford, Of which Canon
Trevor is rector.
The fire companies were out last eve-
ming practicing for to-dsys' races. The
runs made by the Laramie and J. T.
Clark's hose companies, and the run-
ming by the hook and ladder companies
were particularly good.
The foot race Saturday afterpoon be-
tween Near, of Idaho Springs, and
Riley, of Georgetown. for $500 a side,
took place on lower Rose street in the
presence Of a large number Of specta-
tors. Riley won the race easily by
twenty feet.
Delegate Post has received notice
that there is a vacancy in the West
Point military academy to be filled from
Wyoming. He will therefore soon re-
quest a competitive examination of
young men of suitable age in the terri
tory and then appoint the successful
competitor. Due notice Of the exami-
nation will be given in the press.
The first printing office in America
was established in 1859; first newspa-
per, 1898; first political newspaper, 1913;
first libel suit, 1875; first German news
paper, 1879; arst daily newspaper, 1874;
first religious newspaper. 1916; first
agricultural newspaper, 1918; first price
current, 1922; first penny newspaper,
1888; first independent newspaper 1885;
FIRST illustrated newspaper, 1852; and
first comic newspaper, 1859.
Under Sheriff L. q. Dana, Of Colora-
do Springs, passed through yesterday on
his way to Sidney. He is after "Buffalo
Sam" whose proper name is Samuel
Bates. He was arrested the other day
by Sheriff Fowler, Of Sidney, on a
charge Of horse stealing. He was a
partner of "Long Charley" whom
Marshal Carr arrested in Cheyenne re-
gently, and has a bad record for horse
stealing. There is a conclusive case
against them both. "Long Charley" Is
now in the county Jail at Colorado
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