The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-29
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came in on time In spite OF the winds.
The overland train from the west was
retarded somewhat by yesterdays gale.
Officer Ingals is out again, although
not yet strong enough to resume his
beat.
The numerous cowboys about town
remind us Of the near approach OF the
spring round-ups.
The meeting of the Wyoming Stock
Growers association Is called for the
Bird OF the coming month.
Some johnson county officials are
amused" by the last letter from our
correspondent in that new county.
The D. P. train came in yesterday
afternoon somewhat delayed by tue
high winds which prevailed all day.
One cannot go over a block in the
business portion Of the city without
hearing the ting .a.ling Of the telephone
bells.
Every day brings the announcement
VI hV" aiu LiVu ttilhco III bOult One VI
the several mining districts OF this
county.
In the night the round windows of
the telephone central office In the east
tower of the opera house look like the
full red harvest MOON.
The Black Hills people are still agi-
tating the railroad question, and al
parently ''fUr a consideration" they
can get the line they want.
Workmen have the shelving in, and
the store on Sixteenth street nearly
ready for the occupancy Of jenkins u
Ross boot and shoe stock.
II there is any soil left in your door
yard you may commence your flower
gardening as soon as you wish. The
first spring month Is about Marched out.
A smelling mill for the northern
mines is expected in this city within
the next six weeks, having been Or
dered from California parties. 1t will
create a genuine boom for the new min
ing districts.
+. E. Warren has let the contract
for adding the third story to his Six
teenth street stores. 1t will bring up
the row eve with the Inter Ocean,
and the third story after a Mansard
fashion, will be quite ornamental.
Tho nn1ira ba1 hat 1ftt1a mora 30. a.
yesterday than to hold on to their hats
and keep their feet On the ground. If
there were any eyil-doers abroad they
must have got wind of the peelers and
staid at home, as Paddy might say.
We acknowledge u call from ]. c.
Hodges, Of the firm OF Hodges g.
Welsh, manufacturers of FIRE brick and
ware at Golden, Colorado. His de-
scription Of the present and prospective
advantages of the district he represents
is very glowing.
Musical talent is making itself quite
prominent in this city through orches-
ira, band, musicals, etc., etc. The
"harp that once through Tara's halls"
will have to play on the banjo too"
or harp OIL other than musical subjects
in these "latter days"
The classical old gent who totes the
winds around in q gunny-sack, wan
dered up north the other day and got
lost. The sack become rotten by e1.
ceeding old age was unable to re-
tain the lusty crowd from within, and
it well, it busted, judging from the
uneasy condition Of the atmosphere
during the past few days.
Deputy Sheriff Hosford bagged an
offender for for stealing grain sacks and
other articles from the barn of the
Cheyenne transfer company. Coats,
boots, etc., have been found-missing
continually during the past few weeks,
and the prisoner is thought to know
something about "the why and where
fore.n
Cheyenne has an admirable system
Of water works-as soon as the bitches
begin to be filled, and a system of illu-
mination equally effective, SO long as
kerosene remains in plenty. The one
is wonderfully effective in a dry mid
summer, and the other looms up like
an unused light house In a fog, on our
streets in a dark, stormy night.
The winds which have prevailed dur
ing the last two days have been more
annoying than dangerous. The dam
age has been thus far confined to a few
dlslocated gates, demoralized signs and
C infused bill boards. The flying dust
has been a continuous %aggravation to
eyes, and flying theatrical bills have
served to remind us hat "llfe is but a
ieeting show"
Work on the opera house is progress.
ing slowly but surely. Workmen have
been drawn of from the theater to fin
ish the rooms in the third story, and ct
the store and library rooms for occu-
pancy, which will account for the slow
progress; but the workmen are back
again and carpenters and plasterers are
bringing the auditorium toward the
finish.
Highest temperature yesterday, $50;
owest, $40; highest velocity OF wind, SO
miles per hour; mean temperature,
44o; mean humidity, "a per cent. Else
at 1:O9-Folt Washable, W. T.,
temperature, $40; wind, west; cloudy.
Denver, Temperature, $40; wind, west;