The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-05
MINOR MENTION
On, she gss nice 10 eat,
Remarked the alligator
She lasted sefysgset.

same as white men.
Several flags were flying yesterday il
honor Of Inauguration day.
A large blacksmith shop is beini
erected alongside the round house.
Many women would rather lool
through the keyhole than a big tele
scope.
President Garfield did not send tn
names of his cabinet officers TO thu
senate yesterday.
The distinct resemblance between
dry goods man and q newspaper man il
a pair Of scissors.
Gen. Garfield should keep u first
class savage dog in the front yard o.
the white house.
Highest temperature yesterday 500
lowest temperature, 22o. Highest We
locity Of wind, 10 miles per hour.
sits just too perfectly splendid fol
anything" was the average feminine
comment upon yesterdays weather.
The bulk Of the space in the LEADER
this morning is surrendered TO tele-
graphic news which is more interesting
than usual.
Thursdays No. 3 train was not de.
layed by a washout, but by a regular
snow blockade. 1t happened near Dun
can station.
The ladies Of the reading room will
be atthe oom at one O'Clock, to-day,
to receive the offerings Of the people to
furnish the room.
Insanity Is not sufficient u for
divorce in Wisconsin. The presump-
tion is an individual must be crazy be-
fore marriage.
The Sioux City and Pacific road,
which has reached o'NeBi City, Neb.
has contracted to build an extension Of
100 miles to Fort Niobrara.
The ladies and gentleman who played
"Among the Breakers" have been re-
quested to produce the play in Laramie
City for the benefit Of the library associ-
alton.
At a medical dinner recently. in New
York, a candy skull filed with ice
cream was among the table decorations.
That not only shows nerve but good
stomacbs.
Passenger traffic yesterday: No.3, 0
Cheyenne, "a Colorado. Al through;
No. A, A Cheyenne. z Colorado, 16
through; c. g., 8 Cheyenne, z east,
8 west; D.. p, 0 Cheyenne, 4 east, /
west.
The board Of school directors of dis
trlct No. 1, Laramie county, has es-
tablished a school at the ranch Of Mr..
McIlvany. lei Chimney Rock, on
Chugwater. Mr.. McIlvany has agreed
to furnish q school house and fuel free
of charge.
The South Platte is badly gorged
with ice and this has caused the water
to overflow the banks. In consequence
there are millions of acres of land sub
merged between Big Springs and North
Platte. No damage has been done to
the bridges on the line of the road SO
far.
Under Col. L. r. Summers manage
ment Of the Inter Ocean hotel, day
board has been reduced to $500 per
week, payable weekly. The Inter
Ocean IAN easily accommodate fifty
b~oarders, and We are glad to learn that
Col. Summers patronage is rapidly in
creasing.
Mr.. John Dial, Of Table Mountain
ranch, Crow creek, brought two very
fine specimens Of ore into the LEADER
Office yesterday. They are from a claim
near the Metcalf mining district, which
Mr.. Dial has been working for a long
time. Specimens similar to these shown
have assayed 800 to the ton, and q
small amovnt Of gold. From this 1t
appears that good pay ore is a fixed fact
in that region.
a lew days ago one oil the rooms In
n Oh tne Hartford schools was not
over and ABOVE wei heated and the
boy scholars began to think they might
just as well have a holiday; so while
the teacher was absent for a few min
utes to look after the fire the mischiev-
Gus boys put some ice on the bulb Of
thermometer. The mercury fell SO low