The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-18
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without fail.
Elitch's celebrated pan roasts at the
Oyster and Chop House corner 18th and
Eddy streets.
The county clerks office is as pretty
as a little red wagon with Its rearrange-
ment and new coat Of yarnish.
Fresh eastern clans and blue point
shell oysters Just received at Elitch's,
corner 18th and Eddy streets.
The 9th infantry band will be in at
tendance at the skating rink on Tues
day evening the 22nd inst.
Treasurer Bergman settled the sewer
accounts yesterday, paying John Ryan
s433.36 and E. ]. Smith Sc Co.,
SO, 655. 20.
To-day is Donovan's day; not all
day, however, for before 2 O'Clock he
will be somewhere else. The way Of
the transgressor is hard.
The will of the late John Phillips
has been proved and allowed. Mrs. H.
j.. Phillips Was appointed executrix
and her bond fixed at $50. 900.
The amount of taxes upon the ASSESS
ment for johnson county for the year
1888, was S4S, S58. 80, and less than
$1,000 of that sum remains unpaid.
Go and hear the evening concerts at
Quincy & Pierce's Delta club rooms.
The highest temperature yesterday
was 32o; lowest -12o; mean temper
AZURE 220; mean humidity, SO per, cent.
highest velocity of wind 10 miles per
hour.
The Sun, with its usual enterprise,
dated the governors message January
1, 1888. That fairly represents its
usual position ,on affairs of public In
terest.
The damage to the Opera house
block in Denver does not show up much
from the exterior. 1t is calculated that
$4,000 will fully cover the loss sus-
sustained.
A unique urn out yesterday was
composed of a dog attached to a sled,
on which a small boy proudly sat,
arousing no small amount of envy in
the breasts of his young compeers.
Piano, flute and voice make pleasant
music nightly at the Delta club rooms.
Why don't some Of our citizens get
Bob Ingersoll to lecture hereP The
last time he lectured here there wasn't
e hall large enough to hold the
audience, and there are many citizens
who would like to hear him.
1t is claimed that a bright little
colored girl was recently Informed by
an official of a Sunday school which
she attended that her presence was no
longer desired, rs the parents of some
of the children objected to their asso-
ciating with one of her color.
The lien law should receive the early
attention Of the legislature. AS it
stands at present the statutes, as the
courts hold, do not apply to implied
contracts for work done or material
furnished In the erection Of buildings,
so that a lien can be enforced. 1t can
be easily remedied and should be at
once.
Hot refreshments at the Delta club
rooms are a cheering contrast to the
cold without.
The following department order has
just been issued: The telegraphic in
structions from these headquarters of
the 18th instant directing the COM
handing officer Fort Laramie, wyo.,
to order Acting Assistant Surgeon W.
G. Borden, U. s. A, to proceed to Fort
Bridger, Wyo., and report for duty
thereat, are hereby confirmed.
Bob Ingersoll is to lecture in Denver
on Sunday night and is stopping at the
st. James in the meantime. Peter
Morahan, whom our readers all re-
member, was yesterday sending notes
to his room trying to get him to answer
some theological questions which he
had propounded in a categorical form.
Whether Bob will answer them or not
yet remains to be seen.
Everybody, a%pperantly, goes to the
Delta club rooms for a little amuse-
ment.
The Cheyenne delegation to the G..
A. R. department convention returned
to the city last evening, (Messrs.
Whipple and Goddard returning in the
morning,) and were accompanied by
Col. Schnitger, who represented the
Thornburg Post at Laramie City, who
went west to Rawlins, where he has
some United States official business to
attend to.
A part Of the Cheyenne delegation to
Denver started to return home yester-
day morning at $40 O'Clock, but by
some mistake Of the railroad official
were directed to the wrong train, as
there were several standing in the depot
yard. The result was that they rode
out six miles on the Kansas City route,
and were obliged to walk back that
distance on the coolest night Denver
has experienced this winter. So much
for incompetent railroad officials.
\ A company has been organized at
Cheyenne for the purpose of publishing
D daily paper to be called The Demo-
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