, 1884-07-26
The Democratic Leader.
SATURDAY. JULY %. 1881.
G MAVERICKS.
Unbranded News Notes Picked Up
About the City.

in the Cheyenne market.
The playing Of the 9th Infantry band
yesterday was much enjoyed.
The Calender Ministries were out parad-
ing and playing last evening.
Picnics and fishing parties are the order
of the day all around just now.
The John f. Reynolds Post now num-
bers nearly one hundred members.
Work on the construction of the nddi-
ton to the City Hall has been commenced.
Constable Nolan, who has been on the
sick list for two or three days, has again
got around and is on duty.
The cowboys are not 80 numerous as
they were a few days ago. Many Of them
have now goue out on the beef round up.
Work on the extension Of the water
system is being pushed quite rapidly and
will be completed in less than sixty days.
Three prairie schooners passed through
the city last evening. The passengers
were bound for the same old place-Ore-
gon,
August / is the anniversary Of the
emancipation in 81. Domingo, and some
of the colored people talk of having a Gel
ebration.
MI. Wright's new residence on Warren
avenue is rapidly approaching completion,
when finished it will be one of the finest
in the city.
The travel still continues 10 be very
heavy from Denver TO this point gu ac-
count Of the shutting down Of the Rio
Grande road.
Sheriff Miller came down to Cheyenne
yesterday on official business connected
with the duties of his Office. He will re-
turn TO Laramie today.
General Gibbon when in Cheyenne, be-
fore yesterday, visited a soldier named
Rogers who is confined in the County
Jail on the charge of murder.
Little Willie Chase mounted his docile
Jack and rode around with the Calender
procession last evening to the immense
delight Of the other small Americas.
The highest temperature yesterday was
$50; lowest, 56' mean temperature, go;
mean humidity, "a per cent; highest
velocity of wind, 2S miles per hour.
All three of the lakes have Indian
names. Mahpahlutah means Rcd Cloud,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water and Absar-
racca in the Sioux tongue means Grow.
There was a meeting of the Episcopal
guild yesterday afternoon at which some
work pertaining to missionary matters
was done. Bishop Spalding was present.
The marriage license of James Hanni-
fan and Alice McKeeler was filed in the
County Clerks Office yesterday. Father
Nugent performed the ceremony on the
23d.
The Alerts propose to have u meeting
this evening at which time the prize late
ly won at the tournament will be received.
1t is expected that they will have a jolly
time.
Charles w. Beck is managing Will /.
Vischcr who will make a tour of Wyom.
ing during the latter part Of July and
first Of August.
1t was rumored yesterday that General
Schofeld would arrive in Cheyenne at
1915, and also that General Sheridan and
Secretary Lincoln were coming, all of
which proved untrue.
A civil action was commenced before
Judge Lee yesterday which will test the
question whether the pon-payment Of
purchase money is a good ground of at
tachment as against the property sold.
A fine quarry of excellent building rock
has been discovered BY Mr.. Robert TAFT
on his ranch about thirty miles north
west of Cheyenne. Mica has also been
found in large quantities in that vicinity.
Civil business in the Justices Courts is
getting better than it was, which would
seem To indicate that people are getting to
be more quarrelsome than they were. On
the other hand police cases are getting
scarce.
There are q good many people that
visit the depot when the trains arrive in
the evening and the old platform club
should be recognized. Although nearlyal u
the old officers are gone, new ones can be
selected.
The very tastefully planned cottage Of