The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-03
Bailu Esaner.
OCT. 8, 1883.
MENTION.

The funeral of George L. Parker will
take place from his residence, on Fiji
teenth street, to-day at 3 p. m.
The ruins at the site of the late fire
are being rapidly cleaned away.
Tobacco has made an advance rang
ing from two to four cents per pound.
The county commissioners were in
session yesterday, occupied principally
in routine business.
The printed copies of the city rules
and ordinances will soon be completed
and ready for distribution.
st. Marks guild will meet this after
noon at 2 O'Clock at the residence OF
Judge Carey. Business of Importance.
Searight Bros. shipped twenty-four
carloads of cattle from Rock Creek yes
terday, and will send off as many more
to-day.
Fort Collins had two fires and a bur-
glary in one night last week and is in
clined 70 take to itself airs in conse-
quence.
B. Hellman is making preparations
for the erection of a new block on he
site of his recently burned building on
Sixteenth street.
The highest temperature yesterday
was go; lowest, 1899; mean tempera-
ture, 500; mean humidity per SO cent. I;
highest velocity of wind, 20 miles per
hour.
There is talk of an amateur billiard
tournament in Cheyenne. Some enter
prising room keeper might put dollars
in his pocket by carrying out some such
scheme.
Contractor Stubs has gone TO Raw
has a contract with the Union Pacific
to dig a ditch and lay a water pipe
from Dana Springs to the railroad
track.
The insurance companies, 1t is said,
are trying to induce Mr.. L~indenmeyer
to repair his building damaged at the
recent fire instead of putting up a new
one. 1t is to be hoped they will not
succeed.
Over fifty feet of pipe were laid in
the new sewer yesterday. The pump is
working well and by its aid the ditch is
kept comparatively free from water, so
that the work proceeds without serious
difficulty.
Mr.. Charles Kuster, with several
assistants, has gone out into the noun
tains to continue the search for the
missing Mrs. Bath. They took three
days provisions, and will not return
before that time unless successful
Boomerang.
A minstrel company was organized
in town the other night with j. w.
Whitmore, president; w. r. Swan, sec
rotary and treasurer, and H.. Conrad,
stage manager. Much talent has been
secured and the members think they
have the material for a first-class troupe.
They will be heard from to more pur-
pose later in the season.
The judges charge to the grand jury
was a very able me-. While there had
been no special crime committed in
this county to which he desired to call
the attention of the jury, he wished
specially to call attention to the fact
that it wa time a stop was put to mnr-
der by l~ynching, and appealed to all
good citizens in this county, district
and territory to put an end to RAW
Inns Journal.
Mr.. c. r. Leroy had a rather close
call for his life last night. He started
for bis ranch in a light spring wagon,
and in crossing the track had the rear
end of his vehicle taken off by the pony
engine, which came down the track and
ran into him before he could get out of
the way,-Boomerang.
The Denver exposition is a thing of
the past. II wasn't much of a circus,
but it made a pretty fair side show. 1t
should have been termed the "Wyo-
ming and Colorado" exhibition. Wyo-
ming had the best display of mineral,
agricultural and other resources, while
the state of Colorado took a back seat
not from necessity, perhaps, but from
choice.-Boomerang.
A Prohibition.