, 1884-12-13
LOCAL MAVERICKS.


appear at the Opera House on the 9th
instant.
Last night was the coolest of the sea-
son. At ] O'Clock this morning the
mercury stood exactly at zero.
The Mcfarland vs.. Moore dog case
was called before Justice Lee yesterday
but was dismissed on a technically.
TmE LEADER is under obligations to
the Telephone Company for courtesies ex-
tended and valuable services rendered
Hunt & Whipple have moved to their
new location and now occupy one of the
stores recently vacated by Craig, Davis &
Co.
A few sleighs were out yesterday but
the snow was hardly deep or firm enough
to make sleiehing a very successful re-
creation.
The Cowhick contested homestead case
was before the Register and the Receiver
Of the Land Office yesterday. Testimony
is being taken in the matter.
Mr.. A. Adamsky has moved his store
from the west side Of Eddy street to the
McDaniels block. and will occupy the
store room recently vacated by Hunt &
Whipple.
The Rawlins Tribune states that many
prominent citizens of Rawlins are writing
to Hon. NJ. H.. Post and urging him to
exert his influence in behalf of the Ian
der Rawlins mail route.
The newspaper men who witnessed the
hanging Of Cook have agreed that the
writer of any report of the execution who
refers to a dull, sickcning thud, will be
hanged next Friday by the Others.
The Rawlins Journal thus comments
''Tho Cheyenne San says Mr.. James
France will contest Mr.. Days election as
member from the Third Council district.
The SIN is probably slightly off its pedes-
tal."
Prof. Robinson will have dancing every
Wednesday and Saturday evening Mt 0
O'Clock. Private lessons any time at his
new academy in McDaniels' Hall, Eddy
street. between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets.
The Signal Service office reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
ICE; lowest, 10; mean temperature,
50, mean humidity, 81 per cent; highest
velocity of wind, s miles per hour.
Melted snow fall, .02.
A boy named Jim Mckay was danger
ously injured yesterday at Atkins, the
second station cast of this city on the
Union Pacific. He was riding on a coal
wagon when an axle broke and he fell be-
meath the wagon. DIR. Corey attended
the sufferer.
The Houck-B ettelyoun land contest,
which has been before the Land Office
officials for some time, is concluded so far
as the taking of testimony is concerned.
The counsel have thirty days in which to
submit written arguments and Il decision
will therefore not be made for several
weeks.
Next Monday a new fast freight will
be put on the road, leaving Cheyenne in
the morning and reaching Ogden at moor
the day after. The same rate of speed
will be maintained between Denver and
Cheyenne, as the new train is intended to
meet the spirited competition of the Den
yer q Rio Grande.
The scene at the Skating Rink last
evening was unusually animating and in
teresting. The City Band was in attend
anec and the hall was thronged with
skaters, many Of whom are acquiring a
surprising amount of grace and ability.
The amusement is a good one
and combines lots of fun with an abund-
ance of exercise.
What dreamy, dreary thoughts come
into ones mind with the advent of the
first snow The dying year; the shroud
of white; the soft blanket of sleepy ma
ture; and various other ideas of a sad and
somnolent nature. But the most terrible
thought of all is that only a few months
hence Will come the Spring-time, with a
whole raft of blamed poets and poetesses.