The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-03

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four.
Denver has n new bank-the State
national.
The new Walker opera house OF Salt
Lake will be opened Monday.
No, there are no picuiCs announced
as yet. Its too cold June Oh!
The organ grinders have struck Oma-
hr. Summer is en- route, sure.
Workmen are engaged in erecting II
cupola upon the opera house roof.
Belle Williams, Il noted town ~clIaraC-
ter. was taken in charge by the police
last evening.
One of Wyoming's leading stock
growers carries a life insurance in n
company for $4,000.
Coal has been found about thirty
miles from Hartville which excels in
quality anything else in the west.
The occasional straw hats seen upon
the streets these days seem about as
comfortable as hot punches in July.
Laramie City is fattering itself over
the prospect OF immediate erection of
soda and glass works by the L. p. Ry.
Nearly all the east bound trains carry
through empty emigrant coaches to
accommodate the heavy tide Of western
emigrant travel.
Some of our bicyclers out to the party
at Mr.. Riggs, made the return trip IN
the night in 80 minutes. Distance,
about seven miles.
Twenty-four emigrants and railroad
graders arrived from the south yesteT-
day, following thirty-fOur by Fridays
train, all en- route west.
A new Ave foot face of very rich rock
has been struck in the Green Mountain
Boy mine, Copperopolis, and shipments
Of it made to Chicago arc yielding a
very rich return.
Strangers passing through Cheyenne
remark upon the activity shown On III
streets. This is apparent to the casual
observer but surprisingly so to one who
will take the trouble to look about
town.
Boomerang: Lou Miller returned
from the North Park las. night. He
reports considerable snow in that region
that is, they get six inches of the
beautiful every night which melts the
next day.
Two tramps, named Conner and
Kelley, were brought before Justice
Bean, plead guilty to the charge of va
grancy, and will receive their sentence
to-day, lodging meantime In Sheriff
Sharpless' commodious hotel.
A little item in yesterdays issue
stated that two Swedes were arrested
but these Swedes were no Swedes, so n
Swede says, but were Danes. Officer
ingalls, gave the reporter the item of
the arrest. but Bob's Irish ears couldn't
tell a northern isthmus man from u
south isthmus man, you know.
The funeral Of Zoe Watkins, the
Denver girl who so mysteriously disap-
peared in st. Louis, took place We'd
nesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, in st.
Louis. Zoe Watkins was born in st.
Louis on July %, 1867; therefore she
would have been Is years old on the
ODD day of next July. Her father left
st. Louis and removed to Denver in
1874, and Miss Zoe had never been back
to that city until the fatal visit of two
weeks ago.
Some of our business houses evidently
think that men never die or change
their residence. Circulars are con-
stantly coming to the Laramie postonice
addressed to f. A. Slack, j. II, Triggs,
William Crawford, S. S. Wing, Paul
Fuhr and dozens of others, who have
either died years ago or removed to dis
tant parts Of the country. Times.
Neighbor Slack has n pretty good appe-
title for n corpse, and so miles is not
much a distance in this country.
One would think from the number of
stray paragraphs like this from the
Collins Express that Wyoming and
Colorado are loored with mineral.
Well perhaps they are The owner of
Dirty Woman's ranch, whose sheep
herder made the recent discovery of
valuable mineral at that point, has, 1t
is said, bonded his claim to Tabor for
5000 Shortly after bonding it he
was offered $50, 600 cash for his proper
ty. The above find created considcra-
bic excitement in the northern part of
the state, and a number of persons have
already visited the vicinity, and the
surroundings are being rapidly staked
out.
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