The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-20
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division have arrived.
A new gutter of heavy stone flag
ging is being put in around the Phoenix
block.
Thomas Rutledge is pushing the
ditch business in a lively manner, hir'
ing all the teams he can get.
A driving snow storm set in las,
night from the north, the flakes com,
ing down with a steadiness and per.
s~istency which looked decidedly as II
they meant business.
Hon. Thomas Sturgis, Of Cheyenne,
Wyo., who has been chosen secretary
Of the National Animal Disease con.
yention, is certainly the right man in
the right place.-Drover's Journal.
Colonel Schwarringer came down
from Laramie canon Yesterday aud re-
ports a favorable outlook for the min,
ing district there. He has arranged
to work his mine through the winter,
Roller skating, the most popular
amusement, is now in vogue all ovel
the east.
Highest temperature yesterday, $50.
lowest temp, $50; mean temp, 40c.
mean humidity, 46 per cent; highest
velocity of wind, 20 miles per hour.
melted snow, .02.
There will be a meeting of the Phil.
harmonic society this evening in the
Baptist church at 8 O'Clock. A full and
prompt attendance requested.
W. t. HAINEs,
Secretary.
The county commissioners at their
last meeting decided to open a road
from Laramie to the site of the new
farming country on the Sable. Sur
veyor Owen and party will go out
about Wednesday to survey the route.
Boomerang.
The a of the United States fish
commiss Toner arrived yesterday with
some 49, 900 fish, nearly all carp, in
charge of. J.. F. Ellis. Some 1900
were given out in Nebraska, and the
remainder will be distributed in this
and adjoining territories and states.
A young man, well known in town,
got a little too much of the ardent on
board Sunday night, and amused him
self by firing shots from his revolver
through the windows of Kent's bank.
Efforts are being made to settle the
matter privately.
Horse talk is rife just at present and
races past and to come are topics for
lively conversation. A race between
Chase's and Pages horses, mile heats,
is on the taps, while a match between
Wightman's and Hinker's horses is al
SO talked of. There will probably be
some trotting Saturday,
H. N. Calender came in yesterday
from the Francenia mine, Copper
King district, and reports the prospects
of that mine as much brighter. There
are several hundred IONS of good ore
on the dump, and the grade is continu-
ally improving. AS a consequence AL.
Dunlap is several inches taller than on
Sunday morning.
A nice gathering last evening at the
skating rink, Notwithstanding the in
clemency of the weather.
The New York Times published
yesterday a sensational letter dated at
this city, saying that woman suffrage
in this territory is a failure and an in
jury. How far this is from being the
case is universally known. The sys-
tenn has worked satisfactorily in most
respects and our people have ne reason
to regret the innovation they made in
established customs.
From the records of filings and en-
tries upon the public lands located in
this county kept by Deputy District
Clerk II. r. Mann, we find that there
has been made 212 presumption filings,
covering 32,210 acres; 40 homestead FL
ings, covering 7,720 acres; SO timber
culture filings, covering 1920 acres; rs
desert claims, covering 1850 acres; l
coal claim entry of 40 acres. Total
amount of public lands filed upon in
this county under all the acts of provi-
sions of law governing the disposition
of public lands, s0,6s0 acres.-Buffalo
Echo.