The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-11
U ~NEIGHBORs.
Notes OF News OF Towns Round
About Us.

The Denver fish commission has re-
ceived about 10, 900 trout.
The four days rainfall at Denver
amounted to al inch and a half.
Prof. II. s. Perkins will arrive in
Ogden Friday or his way east, stop
ping a few days.
Laramie City, the birth place of the
Forty Liars, will tolerate Eliar Per-
kins, Monday evening next.
The Ogden Pilot is now published by
the Pilot Publishing Co., capital stock
$40, 600, divided into 800 shares.
The mormons are scattering copies
of the proposed constitution of the state
of Utah about with a lavish hand.
The Utah & Wyoming R. R. is max
ing arrangements to commence build
ing their road from Corine to the Nam
moth coal mines in Wyoming.
D. o. Clark, superintendent of the
U. Z. coal department, has also charge
Of the Colorado fields until recently
under Supt. A. A. Egbert's care.
A company has just been formed
called the Western Texas ArtesIan
Well and Water company, to operate in
Uvalde, Crockett, Edwards, Bandera,
Medina, Frio, Zavals, Maverick and
Kinney counties. This company is to
bore wells for the purpose of supplying
plenty of stock water on ranches, where
there is a scarcity.
The Sisters OF Charity of this city are
trying all in their power to pay off the
residue of the mony due on the hospital
building. To help them in this laudable
undertaking, the ladies of the Catholic
church have determined to hold II church
fair in Blackburn's hall, commencing
on the night of the 23d instant and
lasting four nights. There will be u
grand ball on Thursday night, and a
drawing of prizes on Friday.-lLara
ME Times.
The fire at Fort Steele Tuesday
morning was discovered in the hospital
at that rost, and in a few minutes the
building was burned to the ground.
The fire caught from a defective flue of
the heater in the cellar, and ran up be-
tween the partitions in such a manner
that it could not be gotten at, which
with scarcity of water, rendered all eff
forts to extinguish it useless. Most of
the medicine, furniture and hospital
property was saved, though somewhat
damaged. The building was compare
lively new, and was the finest in the
post, costing over SO, 900.
Ed. Leiby has removed his store from
the opera house block to the new store
OF NJ. Vandewark. He has
formed a co-partnership with James A,
Brown, and the new firm will carry on
the business in their new quartz Frs.
They have one of the largest and finest
store rooms to be seen in the city, and
have one of the most complete stocks OF
groceries in the city. Mr.. Brown is
one Of the best known men in the
county, having come here in early days,
and has built up a reputation of which
he should well feel proud. OF Mr..
Leiby wo will not speak, as he has been
engaged in business here a consinder.
able length Of time. The new firm will
be known by the name of Leiby &
Brown, and a large share Of the public
patronage will undoubtedly fall to them
-lFort Collins Express.
Pat Coghlan, who has a good herd o.
cattle and ranch at Tulerosa, Lincoln
county, was long ago indicted for pur
chasing stolen cattle Finally, aftel
many delays in court, the matter wa!
recently compromised, Coghlan paying
a fine Of $50 for some slight offense
The cattle purchased by him wer,
stolen in Panhandle, Texas, by Billy
the Kid and his gang, a number of heat
being the property of D. T. Beals. A
notorious fellow, Tom Cooper, acted a;
mlddleman, and Coghlan is said to have
known that they we're stolen. He only
paid S12 each for four and five. year-olc
beef steers, when the ruling price a
the time was $25 to 1927. Coghlar
b%utchered most Of the cattle to fill {
government beef contract at Fort
Stanton, Here is another argument II
favor of wise territorial legislation. II
we had a good inspection law in New
Mexico, such offences as these could bt
punished in a way that would put II
stop to stock stealing .-lNews and