The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-29
n MENTION.
District court to day.

to Collins?" is the popular question
just now.
Civil and criminal business is ex-
ceedingly dull, to the infinite dislike of
the legal fraternity.
or you dond wand dose %suspenders
p'raps you wants some collar buddens,
eh?-Saml of Posen.
The frame is up for Hammond's new
warehouse on the corner of Ferguson
and Ninteenth streets.
The emigrant travel west from the
south was very light yesterday, there
being but eight after noses were
counted.
Three DRINKS were disposed of by
Justice Bean yesterday, two at $40
each and one at $50 with costs.
Cooler.
Can the young girl who laughs so at
what the local telegraph is ticking out
to her be said to do so because she is
~"tick-led."
Conductor Stevenson, of the Kansas
City sleeper, reports that the mercury
stood at 94o in his car, Thursday noon,
down in Kansas.
Why does a Thomas cat singing on
the garden wall remind one Of a 60 grand
spectacular play?" Because there is
always a Tab-below.
The trees and grass in the city
cemetery are doing very nicely this
season, and the beauty of the silent city
is much increased thereby.
Carpenters have commenced the
work Of laying floor timbers in the first
story of the new First National bank
building on Sixteenth street.
A real, genuine count and countess
were passengers on No. yesterday.
These fellows generally are no count
and the countesses count less. G?
A baking horse attracted consider
able attention or Eighteenth street
yesterday afternoon for the animal
came near to kicking itself into pieces.
Poor Mrs. Grundy a y she's with
troubles to bear as n cross" while hor-
rid kGrundy, "he's with troubles
cross as bear" That's the difference.
There is not a grand rush of notables
across the continent nowadays. Now
and then n count, a horse jockey,
a Chinaman or a tanned Indian, you
know.
A new grocery store has been opened
upon Eddy street by Howard Halverson
with very nicely assorted stock neatly
arranged. Mr.. Halverson Is located in
the Whitehead building, next to Gold
acker's.
Judge Carroll called in last even
ing to tell us that his eyes are not as
bad rs the LEADER notice recently
would lead one to infer. He still has
an ''eye out for the main chance" to
run his legal quill.
The canvas for the electric light has
been that successful that Agent Tisdall
has sent specifications for estimates for
machinery necessary to run the affair,
and the prospects promise q fulhlment
Of the LEADERS prophecy, that Chey-
enne would have the electric light and
water works ut Just about the same
time.
There is some sort Of n poster hang
TO- n,nf-,N H. ..lN-. l.. A., o..
office, but what it is does not plainly
appear to one on the outside, because
Of the brilliant reflection of the win
dows. At any rate, the what-you-may-
call-it looks like a cross between an
Illuminated circus poster and q printers
towel.
The onice-holding fraternity in the
court house held several caucuses yes
terday over that article in the LEADER
IN aspiring ofice-seekers. Unfortu-
nately we omitted two very important
names-W. f. Hosford and T. j.
Fisher; their names should have been
mentioned in connection with the
delegateship.
The prospect for obtaining a success.
full electric light for Cheyenne seems
rosy at present. Man. lights have been
ordered for business houses and resid-
ences, and, If the thing becomes a sue
cess, the city will doubtless order some
street lamps. BY the way, the novel
l1tr-r ,ln,,N tIn aau, nInntriA lt.lN &.
that 1t is retailed by the thousand feet
just the same as gas.
They have bicycling down fine in
Laramie City, and every night there is
a motley collection of wheels upon the
streets, made to perform all imaginable
feats, while the riders accomplish all
kinds of grotesque and reckless trapeze
acts. Barrow of the Boomerang has
become an expert. He can ride his ma
chine and balance upon his head. The
latter part of it he does in the gutter,
however.
One lonesome vagrant was brought
up before Justice Bean and found
guilty of leading a parasitical existence,
fined 800 and sentenced to the county
jail for three months. As the constable
and his prisoner were going down the
stairway the sentence was suspended
for two hours as n special favor and
equally as a special favor the vag.
tsrted on a go-as-you-please over the
hills toward Laramie City.