, 1884-01-19
The Democratic Leader.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10. 1884.
mINOR MENTION.

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Monday. the 2sth.
Walter S. Hurlbut has been con-
hrmed as receiver of public monies at
Cheyenne.
There is no snow at Denver, and yet
there is as much at Greeley as here in
Cheyenne.
More ice is being put up this winter
than during shy other winter In the
history of Cheyenne.
A new heading for the LEADER has
been ordered from Chicago. 1t should
arrive early next week.
Some Of the electric lamps about the
city are very uncertain in the light
they give, and much complaint is made
In reference thereto.
Those two ice-block distractions on
Evans street, hear Seventeenth, are not
yet removed. 1t is the duty of the
authorities to attend to this matter.
John Chase came out yesterday with
a unique sleigh. 1t is composed of a
frame work of iron gas pipes, sur
mounted by a plain seat and a half
floor.
The highest temperature yesterday
was 24o; lowest &C; mean temper
AZURE 16o; mean humidity, 76 per cent.
highest velocity Of wind "a miles per
hour.
Custer's last rally, as portrayed in an
elegant picture at Warren's, is a piece
of artistic work that is well worth hay-
ing by all the admirers of the fallen
American Murat.
There is a stirring demand for real
estate in the vicinity of the depot
grounds of the Cheyenne, Black Hills
& Montana railway. The transactions
promise to be numerous.
One Of the digniied members of the
legislature measured his length on the
pavement in front OF Warren's, yester-
day. We did not learn whether the
pavement was much hurt or not.
The CHEYENNE LEADER, the best
daily paper in Wyoming, has hoisted
the democratic flag, under which it
proposes to fight for democratic ascend
ency. Good for the LEADER.-Fort
Collins Courier.
Look out for a regular blizzard in a
very short time. Abe Underwood was
out yesterday with a straw hat on. If
he don't leave it off to-day somebody
had better remind him that Mosier's
liberty pole is still standing.
A meeting, as we are informed, will
shortly be called for the purpose of
organizing a literary and debating club.
There are several who would like to
join a society of this kind, providing
some public place a be secured where
the meetings car be held.
The new arrangement of desks,
counting, ETC., at the county clerks
Office is very much Of an improvement
on the old order Of things. Tuttle and
his men are at work painting and
granting the woodwork in the office,
and it will shortly be in apple pie order.
A special dispatch to one of the Dem
yer papers quotes Secretary Teller as
saying that the contest for the surveyor
generalship of Wyoming lies between
j.. w. Medium and Thomas, of Platts-
mouth. General David, according to
this, seems to have fallen out of the
race.
There are more dead ordinances to
the square inch in Cheyenne than in
any other city in the country. There
is apparently no attempt made to en-
force the ordinance concerning the
clearing OF sidewalks. Yesterday a
number of persons fell and hurt them
selves by reason of the unevenness of
the snow and ice on the sidewalks. Let
the ordinance be enforced, or repeal it.
The meeting of the literary society
last night, although it was somewhat
sparsely attended, was much enjoyed
by those present. Editor Slack read a
well conceived paper on Dickens, while
Prof. Bailey's account of his trip
through the Grand Canon was extreme
ly interesting. The other portions of
the programme were of a high order of
merit, music and readings being the
predominant features.