The Daily Phoenix

In Cheyenne, when anything happens, the people consider it a duty to hold a meeting, and pass resolutions upon it. The other day, a woman fell into Crow Creek and sank. A large crowd of men were standing upon the bank at the time, and they instantly proceeded to organize a meeting, for the purpose of devising means for rescuing the woman. After a spirited debate, M. A. Arnold was elected chairman; and on taking his seat, Mr. Arnold not only thanked the meeting very warmly for the compliment offered him, but made a long speech, in which he discussed the tariff, the coal product for 1871, and the Alabama claims. A series of resolutions was then offered, and, after a prolonged discussion, and the acceptance of several amendments, they were passed. They embraced a protest against the depth of Crow Creek, regrets that all women were not taught to swim, and a resolve to rescue the particular woman who had fallen overboard. A committee of one was appointed to dive for her. None of the women in Cheyenne can hold their breath more than an hour at a time, so when this one was recovered she was dead.