The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-01
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the C to-day.
Brick is being placed ON the ground
for the new opera house.
Two thirds Of the actors on the
American stage are Irish.
Cheyenne wants telegraphic commu-
nication, with North and Middle parks.
The Grand Central hotel has been
closed. Hotel business is oyerdone in
Denver.
The woman s~uffragists of Nebraska
will hold a state convention on the 9Th
and 18th inst.
The academy of science and art held
a meeting at the Office of ]. W. Bruner
last evening.
The weather is quite warm, and the
pedestrian finds "hades' an inappro-
pirate word.
The commencement exercises this
morning and afternoon promise to be
very interesting.
Highest temperature yesterday. go,
lowest $50; highest velocity OF the
wind 20 miles per hour.
The red cross committee will meet to-
night at the Methodist church, at eight
O'Clock. Let all be present.
Examinations in the public schools
closed yesterday, and commencement
exercises will be held in Chase's theater
to-day.
The grand stand at the Driving Park
renders it very comfortable for patrons.
Under the spreading roof the air is
cool and pleasant.
Cheyenne will have smelling works
without a doubt. as the location is de-
sirable. There is no doubt whatever as
to the building Of them.
A reporter Of the Denver Times pa.
thetically remarks that a reporter earns
his bread by the sweat Of his limbs
about this time of the year.
The tail of the comet is 1000, 0e0,-
900 miles long. You see it doesn't re-
quire a man to be an astronomer to be
able to tell a big lie about the comet.
The following named scholars
have graduated from the Cheyenne
high school: Lille M. Morgan, Mary
II. Sanders, Edith B. Duffey and Nor
ton II. HANNA.
The Missouri Pacific railway of Ne.
braska, has organized by electing A.
A. Talmage president, T. J.. Porter
vice president, and F. b. Drake secre-
tary and treasurer.
The Tabor opera house in Denver
will cost over $3.50, 600. But then only
a portion of this amount goes into the
opera house proper. Most Of 1t is for
storerooms and offices.
The comet got within 90, 900, 600
miles of the earth when it evidently
concluded that a collision would be un-
healthy-for us-as it passed by, and is
leaving US at a 2:lU gait.
The floating Indebtedness of the city,
|. e., tbe warrants, amounts to 81, 402.-
IL. An offer was made yesterday to
Treasurer Bergman to pay the II cents
but he wouldn't have II.
Officer Nolan arrested a man named
S. p. Hayes, in Laramie City yesterday,
on a charge of false pretenses preferred
before Justice Bean. He will be given
a hearing this morning.
The climber of the Pioneer hooks
team is becoming very expert. The
race lays largely with the climber.
Last year it was the climber Of the
Pioneers who won the victory for them.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No. 3, 10
Cheyenne, 46 Colorado, Al through;
No. a, Z Cheyenne, 16 Colorado, %
through; G. c., II Cheyenne, 0 east, 4
west; d. p, Is Cheyenne. 16 east, 4
west.
The Catholic fair will open this even
ing at the old Catholic church under
the most favorable auspices. The
ladies have made extensive preparation
and an enjoyable time is confidently an
ticipated.
Fifteen states produce ninety.nine
per cent of the tobacco raised in this
country, though it is cultivated more
or less in thirty-seven states and six
territories. Kentucky leads in the
product, and Virginia comes second.
Commencement exercises Of the Chey-
enne High school at the Congregational
church this evening at 8 O'Clock. The
graduates are the Misses Mary H. San
ders, Edith B. Duffey, Lille NJ. Nor
gan, and Master Morton II. HANNA.
Mormondom draws on Iceland for
converts. A large family from that isle
Of eternal ice, was detained at Omaha
the other day, while enroute to Utah,
by the death of an infant child. The
corpse was buried in Omaha and the
family continued their westward trip.
Omaha Republican: A seltzer water
bottle exploded in the ice chest at the
Union Pacific depot restaurant yester-
day with a loud report, scattering the
ice pretty lively. The cover of the
chest fortunately happened to be of at
the time, otherwise the chest might
have been blown to pieces.
The water question is becoming a
very serious one. Should q fire occur