The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07
Aailu Eeansr,
FRIDAY DECEMBER 7, 1883.
INC MENTION

Good music well sung will be heard
at the opera house tonight.
''The Chimes of Normandy" will be
played tonight, having been postponed
from last evening.
The hotels are doing a rushing bust.
ness nowadays. One of them had only
two rooms vacant last night.
There is no prettier light opera on
the stage than the Chimes of Norm andy
which Will be given tonight.
Notwithstanding the change in the
weather, work is still progressing on
the new block on Sixteenth street.
The Cardiff gfanteis still 4 resident OF
Cheyenne. How would 1t do to run
the old gentleman for congress next
year2 >
There will be a meeting OF the ladies
connected with st. Marks Guild this
afternoon at the residence OF Mrs. A.
7. Kent, at 2 O'Clock.
The Spearfsh Register Is authority
for the statement that tin ore has been
discovered at Warren's peak, in the
Bear Lodge mountains.
The city council seem adverse to the
request of Idelman Brothers to move
their old building into the street while
building their new block.
A well known citizen talks of start
ing an ice rink on a vacant lot on Sew
enth street in the near future, in op-
position to the roller rink.
Highest temperature yesterday, 800;
lowest temp, 1872; mean temp, 24c;
mean humidity. SO per cent; highest
velocity of wind, Is miles per hour.
If Mrs. Hays, from Rock creek, will
kindly return the lady's cloak taken
from the Inter-0cean hotel through
mistake, she will confer q favor upon
the owner.
There are nearly eight hundred regu-
lar members of the different churches
In Cheyenne. This will do for the
"~wlckedest city in the world,n as Ell
Perkins once called it.
Said a fellow yesterday who was try
ing to saw wood with a dull saw In tho
rear of the Simmons house, well OF
all the saws I aver saw saw, / never
saw a saw saw as that saw saws
AT the Presbyterian prayer meeting
last night they sang. ''The Great Ply
stefan. y in which the words 'ssweetest
carol ever sung'' occur. Our reporter,
who was present, thinks that means
him.
A grand fancy carnival, unique and
attractive in every respect will be given
In Keefe hall December IL, a benefit for
Professor Boule. As the professor
will have the personal supervision of
the affair something new and enjoyable
may be expected.
The Philadelphia Record sagely re-
marks: 1t is estimated that thirty-two
million dollars is invested in cattle
raising In Wyoming territory. A
slight reduction of the protective duty
on salt will hardly cause alarm to the
business interests of that region.
Roller skating is undoubtedly a
healthful and %invigorating pastime, but
n man who put on the rollers yester-
day and went down all in a heap. tax
ing two ladies with him, says he'd
rather mount the worst bucking bron-
cho on the plains than tackle them
again.
Will Hosford, deputy sheriff, started
out the other day to serve a summons
on a party, who it was after wards as
certained was dead. Among other
things stated in the return which he
made on the summons was that "the
defendant was very much mortified on
being sued"
Our local stockmen are deeply inter-
ested in the prospective price Of range
cattle. but none of them seem able to
give more than an approximate guess
on the subject. Many Of them intend
increasing their herds largely, but are
holding back from purchase on account
Of the prevailing uncertainty.
An Omaha paper recently had the
gall to appropriate W. P. Carroll's
poem entitled, my Old Pipe,n with
out giving the authors name or giving
credit 70 the paper which produced it.
If the paper in question ever contained
anything worth stealing we might be
tempted to give 1t q dose of its own
medicine.
The recent storm was much more &C.
we're north of us than in this section.
Beyond Pole creek tie snow was twice
as deep as here, while at Kelly's 1t
drifted ver the tops of the fences.
Numerous freight trains are showed In
On tho Fort Laramie road, and the
snow has caused great loss and incon-
venience.
The Presbyterians are holdingi a
series of meetings this week prepare
tory to communion services, which will
be held next Sunday. They are meet
ing with very good success, mainly
through the efforts of the Rev. DIR.
Chapman, pastor Of the church. A
very interesting meeting Is expected to-
night and all those whe desire to join
the church by letter or profession OF
faith are specially invited to be pres.
emit.