The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-28
MINOR MENTION.

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When asked if be had seen Billy Rice,
Jimmy replied by inquiring if Billy
had set upon a bent pin.
The prayer meeting of the P~resbyte-
rian church will meet at the residence
of d. d. Dare this evening at 7:30
O'Clock.
F~orty-fOur passengers arrived from
the south yesterday to swell the in
creasing tide of emigration which is
filling up the north west.
Ex-chief of Police Hickey, Of Denver,
is insane and the cause assigned is a
certain popular hair dye which he had
been in the habit of using.
The case of Hoyt vs.. Cowhick was
decided by Judge Sener yesterday, CIV
ing the plaintiff judgment for $500, the
amount claimed, and costs.
The numerous members of Haver-
ley's consolidated mastodon MINISTRIES
went west yesterday on No. 4, en- route
to Ogden where they appear next.
The Laramie Sentinel will buckle on
the armor and turn against the ''moral
burg's'' numerous saloons, leaving pol
tiles for the Boomerang and Times,
Fort Collins Express: Loomis, An
drews s. TGimble have sold their North
Platte herd of cattle, $500 head to
Swan Bros, of Cheyenne, for S127,-
600.
The bill posters were busily engaged
yesterday in putting up additional
paper flor Saml' of Posen who makes
his debut before a Cheyenne audience
on July LIST.
Yesterday r. S. Long completed a
sale of 2,s7l head of Texas cattle to
Sturgis & Lane. Consideration S52,-
600. The herd has ranged on the
Belle Fourche.
The Durants are making extensive
arrangements for the celebration oil the
4th. They intend that everything shall
pass off pleasantly, and that families
will find it especially pleasant.
Prof. Stanton has received a tele-
gram from Chicago authorizing him to
purchase for parties there two car
loads of % per cent Tor above) copper
ore for an experimental test.
Laramie City has two glorious holt
days this year in succession. Robin
sons circus on July 3rd, and the every
glorious Fourth on the day following.
Just think what heads they will have
up there, for sure.
The number of cattle shipped from
Chicago to the seaboard ports for the
week ending Friday evening, June 90,
was 1870, against 6,9l0 the week
previous. To New York, 1,7GO; to
Jersey City, 100; to Boston, 1880; to
Baltimore, 100.
On Monday evening a. l.. Sutber-
land, foreman on the Ames monument,
was the recipient of n pleasant surprise
in the form of a fine gold watch, pre-
sented to him by his workmen with
their best wishes for his future welfare
and prosperity.
Thos. Rutledge has received the con
tract for building the fine new residence
for VIC. Irvine on Seventeenth street,
opposite f. L. Warren. The dwelling
will be one of the fnest>in the west
when completed. John Gully is the
architect and superintendent of the
work.
Gov. IIoyt has Systematically ar
ragged the numerous geological speci-
mems in the cabinets in the territorial
library rooms and they form Il most in
teresting collection. Some Of the petri-
factions of trees, etc, are as beautiful
as they are rare. 1t is well worth
while to call and look over the cases.
There was no public business doing
to any great extent yesterday. AS the
season for cold drinks draws nigh the
public morality begins to assert itself.
The effervescing soda water, the mild
ly acid lemonade and the what-is-there
init ice water are not conducive to
free lodgings in the gutter and ex-
temporary prize iights.
Baines e Thomas have the contract
for the stone work OF the Presbyterian
church now under construction at
Cheyenne. The contract amounts to
1000. The stone is quarried from the
first hog back west of Collins, just OPP
posite the U. p. railroads quarry. 1t
can be quarried in any dimensions, is
very easy to work, free from iron
spots, and hardens by exposure to the
weather. - Fort Collins Express.