The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-13


p~retence as alleged in the complaint.
An argument interviewed, aud the court
overruled the motion. The hearing
was adjourned until this afternoon,
when the defense will give testimony.
Pueblo county has been sued for the
payment of $3.50, 900 of railroad bonds.
Work, on the new Presbyterian
church will be commenced very soon.
We understand that the new church is
to he an elegant one.
Judge Beams office has been cal
cimined and otherwise improved. The
desks have all been changed so that the
Judge now has a convenient private of.
hce.
Carey, the shoemaker, left a ine pair
of boots hanging outside Of his door on
Monday night, and-stolenp-no they
were found hanging in their proper
place next morning.
We saw the fellow last night, (prob-
ably a cranky, who insisted that he had
seen a big band of Indians down OH
Crow creek. When closely questioned
he admitted that they might have been
coyotes or Jack rabbits. He is no
doubt a crank.
Regarding the appointment Of a sue.
cessor to Gov. Hnyt, it is probable that
nothing will! be done until after Secre-
tary Teller takes his seat In the cabinet
which will be Monday next. In the
meantime the g~overnorship of the ter
ritory is in a state-of uncertainty.
Will Visscher, you know the editor
If the Hello, has had his picture pro-
duced. and his paper, or somebody had
1t produced for him In a wood cut, and
we are compelled to assert that Wis
scher has a good cause of action
against his own paper for libel. 1t is
tle worst we have seen yet.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-Milton No
bles began his engagement and opened
the Grand Opera House season last
night in a most suspicious manner
The theater was crowded to standing
room in all parts, and THE Ph9nix'
was presented very successfully and de
lighted everybody in the large audience.
-lSt. LOUIS Globe-Democrat, Sept. 6,
1880.
In another column is presented the
first installment of a very interesting
sketch Of Gen. Crooks seven years mil
itary service among the Indians. 1t
deals justly with the general and is one
of the strongest arguments why he
should be promoted to a higher position
where he could do greater good for the
government and the Indians them.
selves.
There might have been a lynching on
the big ditch near Fort Collins the
other day, some of the men suspected
that one Woodbury., an under foreman,
was a United States detective sporting
deserters. The feeling grew so strong
that they ordered him to leave, on re.
fusing to do which they produced a
rope and made ready to lynch him.
Then he left. The men were discharged
by Carter-C Cotton, the owner of the
ditch.
Highest temperature yesterday, 27o;
lowest, ITO; highest velocity OF wind, 10
miles per hour; melted snow, 05;
mean temperature, 800; mean humidity.
70 per cent. Elsewhere at 1:09-Foit
Washakie, w. T., temperature, 33o;
wind, east, sleeting; Denver, tenn
perature, 2To; wind, north, light snow;
Salt Lake, temperature, 45o; wind,
northwest, fair; Cheyenne, tempera
ture, 80; wind, northeast, light snow.
Col. Murrin's place Of business was
closed at an early hour last evening.
Those who feared that the colonel
might be sick were anxiously inquiring
about him, but we have it officially,
that he is all right. He will be on
hand this morning with Il broader grin
and a bigger heart than ever. A pros
pective governor or senator arrived at
his house last evening. Indeed, the
colonel has enough prospective officers
at his home to run a good sized state.
1t was No. 4 who arrived last evening.
Or course the colonel wanted another
boy; he just dotes on boys.