, 1884-04-04
The Democratic Leader.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1884,
MINOR

Spring suits are numcrous-in clothing
stores and in court.
Drummers from abroadare commencing
to flock into our midst.
A temperance mass meeting is an
event Of the near future.
The old Georgia Minstrel troupe will be
with us ON Tuesday evening.
Easter Sunday will be a week from next
Sabbath. Gather your eggs.
The Alert Hose company secured large
number of new members last evening.
The counting connected with divorce is
not as pleasant as that preceding mar
rage.
The colored Baptists of our city are
seeking funds for the erection of A taber-
nacle.
Building is going to make matters
brisk for our industrious mechanics, and
this very soon.
The whitewashing, st~oveblacking and
house cleaning season will soon bud IA
into full f%ruition.
William Jeffrey, county assessor of
Laramie county, is busy taking assess
ments in the city.
Be on the alert for Uncle Toms
CABIN Tomorrow two performances,
afternoon and evening.
Some of our residents have slight
attacks offspring fever, but no serious
results are anticipated.
Clean up your back yard and throw
your old tomato cans over the fence. Be
kind to your neighbors.
To-day Justice Fisher moves his office
to the room formally occupied by the re-
ceiver in the land Office.
A number of freight teams in town
loaded for the north cannot move until
the roads are in better condition.
The colored Methodists are looking
~anxiously forward to IA summers camp
meeting about watermelon time.
One of the best locations in town for an
electric light is ON the cupola of our public
school When are we to have it?
The popular lecturer, Joseph Cook, of
Boston, will honor our people with his
presence and voice early next month.
The clouds are still in mourning and
weeping for the departure of winter.
They have been crying a great deal of late.
j. w. Bruner was the happiest man in
own yesterday, he having moved into the
Commercial block, where he can be found
in all his glory.
The man or boy who takes a paper from
a subscriber door, and unauthorizedly APP
propriates the same, is a thief, and a
very paltry one, too,
The Jersey Lily" with her entire
company, is going to San Francisco about
the LIST of June, playing en- route at
Denver and Cheyenne.
This beautiful weather causes n grin to
illuminate the face of a snob and the
loafers of winter brace up and begin, to
sOltly inquire Tor a JOD.
All the hotels and boarding houses are
well filled with guests, and are likely to be so
until after the Stock Growers convention
shall have met and adjourned.
Charlie Coffee was made happy yester-
day by the birth of young son, and he
received the congratulations of his friends
with a pleased and triumphant air.
The chaps who last fall predicted an
open winter are now lying about the
coming summer, claiming it will be wet.
Go tol prognosticators, go to thunderl
The following land office entries were
made yesterday: Richard Hennsey, 40
acres; Arthur j. Spill, 40; Timothy Nc
Carthy, 1856, and George Hitshin, so.
A copper lightning rod is going up the
side and across the roof of our court
house. This precautionary measure may
avert the evil consequences of the electric
fluid.
When Patti and the rest of the opera
singers passed through here on Wednes-
day night, the fair diva said that the
troupe is pleased with Cheyenne and will
sing here next year.
English noblemen are buying our cattle
ranches by the hundred thousand acres,
and other foreign capitalists are swarming
all over the grazing regions buying what
ever appears best. At the rate our lands
are going off we will soon have to go
abroad for spare acres.
The stockholders of the LEADER Print
ing company held a regular annual meet
ing last evening and reelected the board
Of trustees. The trustees, in turn, re-
elected the board of officers. A financial
statement was submitted which showed a
very gratifying condition of the company.
The Woman's Missionary society will
meet at the Congregational church this
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. An interesting
letter has been received from its mission
airy, Miss Mary L. Brooks, which will be
read at this meeting. Mrs. j. S. Taylor,
president, Mrs. p. F. Powelson, score
tary.
There is going to be "A good time at the
skating rink tonight. Brother Keefe is
back from his eastern trip and the city
band have resolved to give him a night OF
it. Mr.. Keefe will receive a special sere-
made. The rink will open at the usual
hour and after skating there will be