The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-22

assessments nearly completed.
There is still plenty of snow up
around Sherman and Laramie.
When the street improvements are
completed the city will be in excellent
shape.
New buildings are going up on all
hands. Building mechanics are In de-
mand.
Negotiations are pending for a way
w" opera company to dedicate the
opera house.
All that our mining districts require
now are smelters and men sufficiently
skilled TO work them.
AS the finishing touches are put upon
the interior of the opera house the
place looms up ~grandly.
The soldiers are a~nxiously looking
forward to the next pay day which is
now not very far distant.
G. w. Jones invested in a residence
in east Cheyenne yesterday. The pur-
chase was made Of ]. W. Bruner.
The secretary of the territory ia kept
busy ut work now preparing copy for
the printers and reading proofs OF the
new laws.
Laramie City ought to be a temper
ance town because the sidewalks there
are too frequently sudden for the safety
Of a man in his cups.
Judge Blair is hardly able to hold
court on account of Ill health and
Sheriff Boswell has been suffering with
neuralgia.-lBoomerang.
The Rocky Mountain News "sized
up" Oscar Wilde in just about the way
that a LEADER reporter did. He had
a large audience in Denver.
The gubernatorisl conundrum re-
mains unanswered. But Gen. Law
enc doesn't seem to have got the po-
sition so much as he had a short time
since.
There is already considerable discus.
sion in regard to who the new school
trustees are to be. There will probably
be no lack of candidates when the time
comes.
If we should happen to have a first
class storm just now the cou t house
would be left in a very dilapidated
condition. However, there is but little
prospect that such an event will occur.
Good Lord. deliver usl the boss liar
is coming again-we mean Eli-Eli
Perkins. He is booked for a lecture in
Fort Collins shortly. BY the way we
might add that besides being a big liar,
Eli is also a big fraud.
A large number Of cattle and sheep
now in Colorado will brought up into
Wyoming this spring and turned out on
ranges in the northern part of the ter
Ali right; send them along, for
somebody will have to pay taxes on
them.
They talk now that Hon. Henry NJ.
Teller, secretary of the interior, will be
the republican candidate for vice-presi-
dent in 1884. We shall all be pleased
to have it that way, but who the deuce
will head the ticketp That is what will
mostly agitate the mind of the court.
Distractions are bad things, but
when they are on the sidewalks, dark
they are repulslve to aesthetic
sense and shin bones of the people. A
number Of complaints are heard of
and bruises occurring last night
@ lestion: who regulates such things?
We have seen specimen quartz from
the silver Grown district on a claim
by Rude & Mentapie, of this
place. The quartz is copper and silver
and its real value has not yet been de-
termined. though 1t is believed to be
good. One hole has been discovered
and all indications point to a God lead.
The professors entertainments are
unique, and he holds the audience spell
bound To the last. He displays greater
versatility than we have ever observed
in artists of his class. Prof. Price is a
superior dramatic artist, a man Of true
and a pleasant, genial gentle.
man; and the public appreciate his ar
tistic ability lBurlington Hawke,e e.
There is some sensation among the
advocates of the manly art" occa.
stoned by the fact that a set to of the
most approved style has been pending
in this place. From what we can learn
Jerry Mahoney, of London, Eng has
challenged John Mckinney, Of this
place, 10 fight according to the rules OF
the ring, and has deposited fifty dollars
as security for the performance Of his
part of the programme. Take 1t with
gloves, boys.
FoHT LYON, Col, Mar. 10, 'S2.
We take great pleasure in commend.
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. F. Price 10
the favorable consideration of any COM
munities they may visit on their profess
sional tour. The entertainments they
give are everyday unobjectionable for
old or young to hear, and possess unu-
sual merit in their specialties-recita-
tions and music. Professionally and
socially they command respect and ad.
miration. Signed, S K. Stafford, cap
tain; t. B. Briggs, first lieut.; VIM. F.
Blaurette, second lieut.; G.. NJ. Brown,
post trader.
While our people are preparing to