The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-28
Aailu Eeaner.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2s, 1888.
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Wednesday evening next promises to be
a recherche affair.
Tickets for the Spanish Students go
on sale at Rhodes & Troxell's at 10
O'Clock this evening.
M. M. Towne, Of Laramie, has
bought a half interest in the ranch of
F. II. Berry. of Pinkhampton.
The ladies guild OF st. Marks Epis-
copal chufcn will be held at Mrs. Kuy-
kendall's this afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
sharp.
1t was reported yesterday that two
of the cattle thieves at Powder river,
for whom warrants were Issued at But
falo, had escaped.
The town corporation of Caldwell,
Idaho, offers to deed a lot to each child
born in the town between the 18th Of
May and the 18th of June, 1884.
The Boomerang its In
t%ention of shortly enlarging to an eight
column folio. and evidence of deserved
success which we are glad to note.
No. 2 did not get in until 4 O'Clock
Yesterday. The delay was caused by a
wreck on the Short Line, necessitating
a walt In order to make connections.
Highest temperature yesterday, 500;
lowest temp, $40; mean temp, 4lc;
mean humidity. % per cent; highest
velocity of wind, 80 miles per hour.
From the number of tickets sold for
the Locomotive Firemen's ball, to take
place Wednesday evening, we would
say that the affair promises to be a
grand success.
1t is expected that the steam heating
apparatus for the county hospital Will
DO finished and ready for use this week.
The furniture for the building is now
being put in.
The meeting for organizing a wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union for
Wyoming territory opened at Laramie
yesterday, sessions being held both af-
ternoon and morning.
II the funny man of the Boomerang
would have a map prepared in explain
alton of his jokes, they might be more
Ineligible to the average reader. The
same map would probably serve for
all.
Court adjourned on Saturday until
December l, when Judge Blair hopes to
be able to effect final adjournment for
the term. He will on that day render
a decision In the case of Holiday VS..
Kennedy, ct. al.-Boomerang.
The proprietors of the Emerald copper
mine have just had a shaft house fin
ished over their mine, preparatory to
spring work on that claim. The EN-
erald is located on the pass between
Government farm and Wharton cahon.
P. ]. Dater is about making some
valuable improvements in his recently
purchased Grow creek ranch, putting
up a new house, barns, etc. He has a
Percheron stallion and several mares
of the same breed and proposes to raise
mucn improved STOCK.
Jake Esselborn is a practical 'jok-
list" The other day he tackled a pock-
ct book tightly to the floor amidst the
sawdust in front Of his bar. 1t was
amusing to see an honest man slyly
reach after the pocket book, and it was
still more amusing to see his disap-
pointment when he found it wouldn't
lift.
A petition is in circulation asking
the re-appointment of E. W. Mann to
his present position as register Of the
land office. 1t is receiving many sig
natures, as could not well help being
the case, when 1t is considend that Mr..
Mann has made a faithful and efficient
officer and attended strictly to his du-
ties.
THE LEADER last evening was in
communication with Mr.. Foss, at Hun
toms ranch, about twenty-five miles be-
yond Chugwater. Seventeen miles of
this distance was through a strand of
wire fence, yet we heard as distinctly
as though it had been but a block
away. Ills is truly new and valuable
utilization.
Pete Bergensen received a telegram
last night stating that a lot of pigeons
ordered by him will be here this morn
ing. In consequence there will be a
sweepstakes shoot ct Major Talbot's
grounds tomorrow. The amount of
entrance fee is not yet decided upon,
but all necessary information can be
obtained Of Mr.. Bergensen.
There has been during the past sea-
son a large emigration to the White
river country, via Rawlins. The val
ley Of the White is not so large as some
of the other agricultural sections of
Colorado or Wyoming, but possesses
many advantages, and there is room in
it for a large number of Industrious
families. There is already some talk
about cutting 1t off from the eastern
part Of Garfield county and creating It
into u county by itself, at the next SEES.
sion of the Legislature
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: The
Lotus club Of the south side gave a
supper at Major Hammel's garden, Mt.
Oliver, last evening, the menu consist
ing principally OF the monster elk
which District Attorney Baird, of
Cheyenne, sent to the club a few days
ego. Nearly two hundred persons sat