The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-16
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Colorado strawberries are in the mar
ket.
The mining exposition at Denver will
open in six weeks.
Cooks world excursion will pass
through this city on the cath inst.
The Denver paper manufacturing
company is the latest. Capital $780,
900.
Yesterdays train from the east was
delayed two hours by the damage to the
track neal Sidney by Wednesday nights
storm.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give an ice cream and strawberry
festival in Keefe hall on Saturday even
ing, June Il.
All the eastern wires were down
again yesterday on the direct line, and
the associated press was received via
Kansas City.
Jas. East was awarded the contract
for erecting the new building for the
First national bank. 1t will be a hand
some structure.
The Sun puts forward Hon. Mr..
Friedly, of Belford, Ind, as the ''un-
known" who is to govern Wyoming for
the ensuing term.
City Engineer provinces has COM
pleted drawings for a wrought iron els
Tern to be used for feeding the new sys-
TEN Of water pipes.
Extra copies OF the LEADER in wrap
pers If desired) to non-subscribers, ten
cents. Regular subscribers al pur-
chase extra copies at five cents each. If
Mr.. II. G.. Balch left last evening for
Montana, where he goes to receive some
1000 head of horned cattle which he
has recently purchased. Il Laramie
Times.
Wednesday nights storm extended to
| Sedgswick on the Julesburg cut off
where the scene depicted in yesterdays
issue as occurring at Sidney was re-
peated.
In the graduating class of 49,, law
department, of the Iowa state univer-
sity, Cheyenne has two representatives,
f. S. TIebard and p. II. Forbes, both
young men well and favorably known
here.
Robinson's circus has three valuable
horses at Wightman's stables under
treatment by DR.. Hopkins, and they are
mending nicely. The company on their
way from Colorado west will come via
Cheyenne and take up the stock.
One of Cheyenne's old standby's in
police courts has come to the cooler in
Laramie City according to the Times:
1.-THE ~sylph-like form of Kentucky
Bell again adorns the inside of the city
cooler. She was run in last night for
being D. D. and D."
"Oh, these newspapers never do get
anything straight I" Well, we should
emphasize. Witness the following per.
sonal mention from the Denver News:
"Brlgadier General George Crook, Col
onel F. A. Slantern, Major General
Lord and wife arrived in this city last
evening. They are on a pleasure trip
to Georgetown"
The troop of the 9th cavalry from
Sidney, en- route to Fort Mckinney, ar
rived yesterday afternoon on No. 3,
under command of Capt. Chas. Rockwell.
The troops went into camp at Cheyenne
depot to await the arrival Of their
horses and equipments, and will prob,
ably take up their march across the
country this morning.
DR.. f. E. Edwards, formerly presi,
dent of the agricultural college, will
soon leave for Olney, ILL.,, to assume the
duties of his new office, which is that
of superintendent of public schools, in.
stead Of simply superintendent Of the
high school. He will at the same time
act as instructor of the senior classes in
the high school, and will have fifteen
assistants and over 1000 pupils. On
the 31st Of July he will open a normal
institute which will last four weeks
Fort Collins Express.