, 1884-05-29
The Democratic Leader.
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Unbranded News Notes Picked Up
About the City.

He crawls alon. with feeble feet
To seek the friendly sun
But no kind eye his glances meet,
And not a single one
OF all the crowds that pass along
Bend down to hear him sigh.
Or listen to his plaintiye song
Alas for the poor fly!
-NeD York Journal.
In less than a month the days will begin
to grow short again.
The hail storm last evening was a close
call for some Of the skylights in the city.
Services were held in the various
churches last evening notwithstanding the
storm.
The approaches to the Sixteenth street
bridge were considerably damaged by the
late flood.
Twenty-seven miles northwest of Chey-
enne, in the edge of the foothills, they
have had scarcely a drop of rain for two
weeks or more.
Next Tuesday is the time when the
National Republican convention will be
held for the purpose of nominating Il pres
idential candidate.
No new developments have taken place
in the Alga burglary case, although efforts
are beng made to ascertain the true in
wardness of the affair.
The John +. Reynolds post met at
their headquarters in the Masonic temple
last evening, and quite a number of new
members were initiated.
Quite a number of tents have been put
up by the parties attending TO the stock
yards, and it looks very much like a mill
tary camp across the creek.
Little Fannie Masten, who has been Sc
rlously I'LL for some time with the measles,
is now convalescent, and on yesterday was
able to sit up for a short time.
The oats recently sowed by Sheriff
Sharpless, in the front yard of the Court
house, have come up in good shape, and
the yard now wears a green carpet.
A new hay stacker in the front yard of
the residence just west of the Court house
is quite an attraction for the curious, and
IS evidently quite a useful invention.
The highest temperature yesterday was
7O'; lowest, 4i'; mean temperature $40;
mean humidity, 10; highest velocity of
wind, % miles per hour; rainfall, II.
Judge Jones, the postmaster, says that
II the rain continues, there will be no
question about the corn crop this year. 1t
will be fully equal to that of last season.
Next Monday the school at Lone Tree,
to be taught by Miss Fannie Ollerenshaw,
will open. The old section house at the
station is to be used for a school house.
The LEADER acknowledges the receipt,
from Hon. Il, S. n. Morgan, Secretary of
the Territory, of the Council and House
Journals, respectively, of the Eighth
Territorial Legislative session.
A telegram was received from Governor
Hale, at San Francisco, on Tuesday after
noon, saying that he would be home in
about six days from that date, which will
bring him here about Tuesday next.
Judging from all the reports which have
been received from various sources. the
loss Of cattle during the past winter will
not exceed 3 per cent, which is less than
the average loss in stock for the past eight
years,
There will be an immense growth of
grass on the plains and in the creek and
river bottoms this summer, and there will
be plenty of hay next winter if the ranch
men cut one-half of what can easily be Sc
cured.
If the weather is pleasant tomorrow,
the different departments of the public
schools will form in line on Twentieth
street, with the right of the line resting on
Warren avenue, and join the procession
when it reaches that point.
Lake Minnchaha is rapidly filling up
with water, and already certain parties in
tend to place upon the lake several small
sail boats and row boats, the intention be-
ing to make it an attractive pleasure re
sort during the coming summer.
All of the material of the Nineteenth
street bridge, which was swept away by
the recent food, has been recovered by
James Talbot and Thomas Talbot who
had the contract for building the APP
proaches to the now nearly ruined struct-
ure.
Tomorrow will be Decoration Day, and
has been made a national holiday, as it is
to be observed here in Cheyenne in an APP
propriate manner, and in view of the fact
that clerks and employees generally, desire
TO see and hear what is going on as well as
other people, it has been suggested that
the people close their places of business
say from | until 8 o'clock, p. M, which
will give everybody a chance to attend who
desires to do so.