, 1886-09-09
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

The grade of the Northwestern is forty
miles west of Douglas.
The railway passenger traffic has been
exceptionally heavy lately.
THE LEADER enters its twentieth year
on the 18th of this month.
Three or four train loads of cattle are
being daily shipped Fast over the North
western.
Parties Just in report a heavy rain
along the grade of the Cheyenne & North
ern on Tuesday night.
NJ. A.. Walden, of Denver, yesterday
brought to the city six head of fine race
horses to be entered at the coming fair.
DR.. Crook says the general health of
the city is very good. immunity is be-
ing enjoyed from any prevailing disease.
From Van Tassell. on the Northwest
rem, in the Runningwater valley, cattle
are being shipped to Chicago at sll2 per
car.
The Cheyenne clnb play the soldier
nine on the fair grounds Sunday afternoon
at . o'clock. for a purse of 500. Game
called sharp.
Nearly all the lighter contracts on the
grade OF the first seventy six miles of the
Cheyenne 4 Northern are rapidly ap-
preaching completion
A Nebraska man has ordered nine
double stalls on the fair grounds for the
accommodation of blooded stock cattle to
be placed on exhibition.
A heavy rain to the westward day be-
fore yesterday, caused a washout on the
Union Pacific, a short distance this side
of Rawlins. The train was delayed until
the damage was temporarily repaired.
City Clerk Richards was all broken up
by his wagon and stage trip to the north.
This is probably the foundation of the
malicious report that Mr.. Richards was
billed through by the stage company in
sections.
Some magnificent blocks of red sand
stone are being now received in the yard
of the new union depot. Several looked
at by the scribe Yesterday, measured
eight feet in length, by two feet in width,
and were one foot, eight inches in thick
ness.
Day before yesterday Il heavy snow
storm was raging in and around Butte.
Mont. This side of there mingled snow
and rain fell, accompanied by a piercing
wind. Red hot fires were kept up in the
passengers coaches of the Union Pacific
all night.
1t is reported that an old time wharf
rat has been seen in the city. The web
footed ~visitant has doubtless been attract
ed by the fame of Cheyenne ''schooners."
The city council will now probably seri
ously consider the questions of wharfage
and tonnage.
One thousand head of Texas cattle
were unloaded here yesterday for Richards
& Seymour and placed on tho trail for
that firms northern ranch. Mr.. Sey-
mour himself was With the stock. This
is the third shipment Messrs. Richards
K Seymour have received this season.
Expense accounts, SIP in excess of the
Legislative appropriation for the travelling
expenses of the teachers attending the
territorial institute, have already been
received by the territorial superintendent
of public instruction. This will necessi.
tate the cutting down ofthe accounts, and
thereby force the teachers to pay a certain
proportion of thei. expenses out of their
own slender purses.
A great many carriages and buggies are
being overhauled preparatory Tor the
coming fair week. The most of the re-
pairs consist in the placing of new tires,
and it is singular fact hat the vehicles
thus retired, are the very ones that will
be 10 most active use. y. S.-Those who
have no carriages or buggies to tire will
keep up with the procession by firing
themselves.
\ great deal OF female stock cattle has
been spayed this season in Texas. The
stock thus treated will. it is said. be put
on the range market of the northwest
next season. The custom itself has been
ranges. Other interests beside those of
stock will be benefited by the process. as
a "spayedn has before now Leen known