, 1884-04-17
The Democratic Leader.
THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1884.
MINOR

McGovern 5 showers did not show up
Yesterday. Guess again, Captain!
There We're lots of beauty ON wheels a
the skating rink yesterday and last even
ing.
Inc weather just at present is about al
that could be desired for this season of tn,
year.
The prospects are that the land contest
between the City and Major Talbot will
be amicably adjusted
Prayer meetings were held in the yari
u churches Of the city last evening ant
We're, as usual, well attended.
Judging from the gorgeous handful.
and placards about the city, the 'Leavitt
Minstrels'' are quite an institution.
All of the secret societies of the city
will probably be invited to participate in
the Decoration Day exercises by the G.
A. X.
Judge Jones took formal possession Of
the Cheyenne P~ostofice yesterday and is
now in supreme command at that official
station.
There are five departments of the pub,
lie school yet to be visited by the County
Superintendent in making his tour of in.
spection.
Quite a number of ladies were out
horseback riding last evening, which CON
tributed much to the lively appearance of
the city.
There was considerable activity in the
%treighting line of business yesterday. A
number of teams loaded up and pulled out
of the city.
There is but little civil business going
on in the Courts at the present time,
much to the disgust of the attorneys and
Court officers.
Another party just from the Ceur
d'Alene mines was heard by the LEADER
reporter to express himself to the same
effect as Mr.. Herrick yesterday.
Mr.. Morahan is again on the warpath
with Notes on Ingersoll." Mr.. Mora
han is determined that IngersoT shall
build no stronghold in Cheyenne.
The colored Baptists have paid up for
their lot and will shortly commence the
erection of their church building. The
locality of the same is near the old Cath
ole church.
The County Jail is nearly full, only one
vacant cell being left. There must either
be a term of Court, or jeff Carr and Pete
HANNA will have to organize the old
Cheyenne Transportation Company"
Work commenced yesterday in earnest
on Sixteenth street in the way of cleaning
out the bitches and filling up the depres-
sions in the grade of the street to the uni
form and established level.
So many telephone, telegraph and cleo
tric light wires are being strung in the
city that it will soon be necessary to con
slider some underground mode of dispos.
ing of them as in more %pretentious places.
Prof. G. f. Bailey, Geologist for the
Territory of Wyoming, arrived at Rapid
by yesterdays Sidney coach, en- route to
the Harvey tin mines, in the interest Of
a New York syndicate. -Bldck His
Times.
The body of Louis F. Stahl, who was
killed at Spearish, Dakota, arrived in the
city last evening from Deadwood. The
funeral services will take place in the
Episcopal church to-day at II a. IN. In
terment will be had in the City cemetery.
AT the land office yesterday eleven filings
were received-two prescriptions. four
homestead and FIVE desert land claims,
were covered by three entries, aggregat-
ing in all 4, 100 acres. Ten new township
plats were also received from the Surveyor
Generals office.
1t will be quite an Inconvenience all
around to be deprived of the term OF
Court which is to convene next Monday.
1t will be Judge Jeffrey for three days,
and then the term must go by the board
until some one is appointed and qualified
to hold a term for the trial of cases.
A little boy in one of the departments
of the public school when asked by the
teacher the other day the name of the
county seat of Fremont County replied
very promptly, ''Gander City" Well,
that comes pretty near being the name,
anyhow, but Lander City" is the name
that it usually goes by.
Come to think of it, you know, Chey,
enne has another railroad which we had
almost forgotten, and that is the Southern
Wyoming. 1t is supposed to commence
at Cheyenne and run South to the Colo.
RADIO line, a distance of ten miles. Potter
is one of the magnates of this road, and
we should Ike to have him rise and ex
plain whether the modulated gradation'
of this road coincide with tho efiervescencc
Of the parallelogram or not.
The schultze Case.
Readers will recollect the account giver
in the LEADER of the robbery of a travel
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