The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-25
MINOR MENTION.

Strange that the circus should leay'
town without the usual rain storm.
Disturbances and hilarious drunk!
were numerous in an inverse ratio
yesterday.
e. A. Sack's residence is progress
sing nicely and promises to be a very
attractive one.
The three cottages being built OIL
Sixteenth street by Jno. Roberts art
nearing completion.
Why Is it that toy balloons and cir.
cuses are as inseparable as rain storms
and Decoration day.
There was a lack of the usual casual,
ties and hilarties yesterday usual in.
cident to circus holidays.
I. A. Kent is having a patent side
walk build about his place on the
corner of Hill and goth street.
A. II. Swan is e%nlarging and i'm.
proving his residence by adding a
second story to a large rear addition.
Workmen are engaged in cleaning
and dressing the front of the Atlas
block on Sixteenth street, largely i'm
proving it there by.
Evidently the squawking VIII istle
vendor and the circus officials couldn't
affiliate. Probably a natural jealousy,
lest the former should discount the
caliope.
A deadwood local notice H. W.
Beecher's late sermon on Progress OF
Thought" will be read in the Ingersollis
Love Feast, in Court House, Sunday
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Some of the soldiers at the late de-
partment tournament, at Omaha did
work which is said TO be better than
that of eastern military teams for in
ternational representation.
The ambitions small boy was up be-
fore dawn yesterday to catch the first
glimpse of the event of the day for him.
A Ruben's cannot ''hold a candle'' to
circus canvas in the eyes of the small
boy.
Despite all the building doing this
season it is a very discouragIng task to
attempt to rent one. Builders of cot
tages find no trouble in renting before
work has been commenced on what
they rent.
The park has had a wonderful popu-
laTiZing influence upon the northern
part of town. 1t even drew the circus
over there, and the circus drew the
people. and tue people drew in out OF
the sun which drew out all the starch
in Beck's collar and
This man is not a married man but
he is leading a child. Who Is he ? He
is a church deacon. Why should the
church deacon lead the child 7 Because
it is circus day and he believes in
taking the children the show. This is
called a circurious fact.
The American woman suffrage As.
ISOLATION will hold its thirteenth an
nual Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska,
September II and 10. The Woman
Suffrage Constitutional amendment
now pending in Nebraska makes the
present occasion of special interest and
Importance.
Says one of our Omaha exchanges
Mr.. Robert Foote, of Buffalo, Wyo.,
last week bought goods amounting il
all to over $40, 900, buying from Pax
ton & Gallagher alone seven car load.
of groceries. 40, 900 pounds, making
the largest shipment ever made to an,
one individual from this city.
The Omaha Herald says "The but
tons for the uniforms of Union Pacii
conductors and brakemen have beei
received from the Waterbury buttol
company. The large ones have in tn
center the letters ~. p" surrounds
by the words Railway Service" TIL
smaller ones have simply the initials
They are all gilt and very shiny.
Greeley Tribune A pyramid O
soda, from the soda lake of Wyoming
attracts much attention at the Denve
exposition. This pyramid is about fou
feet square at the base and twelve fee
high. The soda lakes from which thes
samples were taken comprise an area G
exceeding one hundred miles, and th
deposit is often fifteen feet in thickness.
Denver Tribune: Wyoming visitor
have been surprised at the extent an
value of the Wyoming exhibit.
greatly exceeds their expectations. A
though there was no concentrated effol
made, the exhibit is complete, and a
tracts the attention of visitors. Fc
the system and completeness of I'll
arrangements the people of Wyomin
are indebted to their late Governo
Hon. John W. Hoyt. Although NJ
Hoyt's time had long since expired an
he had given up all thought of a rea'
pointment, he labored zealously ar
faithfully. The result is that yisito
see samples of Wyoming's products
coal, iron, gold, silver and copper or
and manufactured iron, besides, tho
handsome specimens of soda and 9th
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