, 1886-05-12
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

i'l 9NoNNAae1r
Judge Fisher had only one drunk yes
terday.
Il. r. Hurd will renew his bid on the
Lander court house.
DR.. Crook says hat the health of the
city was never better.
Judge Lee fined John Smith yesterday
for being too drunk to find himself.
Usual prayer meeting this evening at
1870 o'clock at the First Presbyterian
church.
Contractor Coots is daily expected from
Omaha by the railroad officials, to begin
work on the new depot.
Contractor McSwain yesterday finished
the fine residence of Marshall Smith, cor
ner Of Twenty first and YanLennan streets.
Water is being taken from the city cem-
etery to the Catholic ditto. The city fur
nishes the necessary pipe to cross the
boulevard.
There has been. within the last day or
two, a heavy press of business in the land
Office. Entries from all portions of the
territory are crowding in.
1t is stated that another large body of
lead bearing ore has been discovered with
in fifteen miles Of the city. The new find
is said to run IS per cent.
THE LEADER kindly acknowledges the
receipt of an invitation from the Love
land board of trade to attend Market
Day" in that hourishing town..
City Engineer provinces yesterday sur
veyed the site of the new Pioneer hook
and ladder building, and Contractor Nc.
Swain will begin work to-day.
The Fort Russell branch of the city
conduit is in active operation, and the
gardens and grounds OF the military are
receiving a bountiful water supply.
Messrs. Annis, Run1el, Harvey and
Riley, Denver architects, passed through
Cheyenne last evening en- route for Raw
lins, to bid on the $50, 0oO school house of
that town.
The Michigan mine, Whalen canyon,
Rawhide mining district, is being exam
he by wealthy California parties, with a
view u purchase, and the erection Of large
smelling works.
Deputy Sheriff Newell, of Uinta county,
passed through the city yesterday morn
ing, on his way to Denver, with a To-
year old boy, to be placed in the reform
school of that city.
The members of the FIRST Congrega-
tional church are specially requested to be
present at the meeting this "wednesday
evening, as matters, vital to the interest
of the church, are to be brought before it.
C~heyenne's charitable ladies relieveda
case of extreme and unmerited destitution
On Themes street evening before last.
The recipient was a lady deserted by her
husband, and having several small chill
dren to care for.
The establishment of Messrs. Rhodes &
Troxell narrowly escaped being blown up
night before last. The soda water gene
rator took on a pressure beyond its regis
tered capacity, and an explosion, wrecking
the generator, was the result
Mr.. D. G. Campbell, of Evanston, and
Mr.. James tisdell, OF Rock Springs, have
gone to Omaha on business connected
with their oil claims in the Sweetwater
fields. 1t is on the cards that the Sweet
water oil is attracting Eastern capital.
Agents in the interest of Chicago and
Omaha capitalists are said to be examin
ing the Rawhide mining district The ex-
animation looks to the purchase of all the
ore in the district. and-its future shipment
over the Sioux City& Pacific to Omaha
smelters.
Mr.. j. II. Appersop, Of the Swan Land
and Cattle company, returned yesterday
from a business visit to the company 5
lands in Carbon county. The Bates creek
ditch is just completed. The ditch covers
some 1000 acres of land. The Little
Medicine ditch, in the same county, but
sixty four miles north, covers 5000 acres.
On both these tracts considerable expert
mental grain culture will be carried on
this season.
The coaches Of the Rlaek Hills Stare