, 1884-03-23

citizens early next month.
The new opera house at Laramie is
rapidly approaching completion.
Little avalanches slid off the roofs yes
terday, much to the annoyance of passers-
by.
With the exception of about two days,
March has thus far been a very decent
month.
People should keep their r%evolvers and
shotguns ready for burglars and sneak
thieves.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Tuttle will preach
in the Episcopal church on Tuesday even
ing at 1880.
Train No. l, from the east, which was
due here last evening at $50, was reported
for 2:l5 this morning.
The Boomerangp publishes an account of
a patent incubator which matches out
most approved cocktails.
The snow reposed heavily upon some of
the roofs. but fortunately none of them
caved beneath the weight.
A citizen remarked f~acitiously yesterday
that there were a great many cattle only
awaiting an excuse to die.
Colonel Emery has a new windmill that
furnishes a good deal of amusement. For
particulars see d. Fisk, Joe Apperson
and others.
The land Office entries for yesterday
were Thomas Kent, 4sl.ll acres; David
H. Gordon, 800, and Joseph H. Ken
nedy, 100.
The stage which got in last evening,
nearly on time, had to take a roundabout
course of thirty miles to gain eighteen,
distance from Pole creek.
The funeral of Christ. Peterson will
take place to-day at 2 p. m, from the
Baptist church. The friends of the de-
ceased are invited to attend.
An amateur punster informs us that
some houses have wings, and he has often
seen a house fly. We thought no part of
a house a v the chimney fue.
What has become of our manly men?
asks an exchange. Well, some of them
are the husbands of womanly women and
are engaged in raising childish children.
A man by the name of Rich was re-
ported badly frozen somewhere in the
north in the recent blizzard. but our re-
porter was unable to get particulars in the
case.
The Raymond Holmes company highly
amused the audience at the opera house
last night with THERMOMETERS in "Whims."
Numerous local hits were happily intro
duced.
Now that the excitement over the cattle
disease is rapidly abating, the people wait
with bated breath for something else 70
place them on the tip-toe of anxious ex-
pectation.
H. S. Oliver, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, having returned from his
northern trip, will be at his office on and
after Monday tomorrow ready for any
revenue or stage business.
THE Lord loves a generous giver, "
and, this being the case, remember the
collection box, to-day, by dropping into it
something that has more heft than a
punched nickel or a sweated dime.
The belief is now general in our midst
hat the cattle disease prevailing to the
east of us instead of being the dreaded
foot and mouth disease, is the foot rot,
the result of the severe cold weather of
the winter, which froze the hoofs.
The school board has concluded not to
open the johnson school, across the track,
until Tuesday morning, on account of the
building not being quite ready, The pu-
pills are requested to attend the central
school on Monday as usual.
A IN makes a bungling mess of il
whenever she tries to carry an umbrella in
the street. She can no more carry an
umbrella as 1t ought to be carried than she
can throw n stone without those indescrib-
able gyrations, or catch a ball when she
doesn't wear an apron.
A Laramie preacher who detests cur
papers, quantity says that he never could
see why any white woman should find ii
pleasant to look like the devilin the morn.
ing (having in mind the paper horns pro
jecting over the forehead) for the sake Of
resembling a negress in the evening.
Imagine the anguish ofthe distinguished
patriot who attends a church blowout
with his young lady and awakens mex
morning to find that the newspapers have
overlooked him in the list of guests pres
ent. He must feel small, very SMALL o
course the gentler sex doesn't notice any
thing Of this kind.
The statement made in the LEADER tn
other day that General David was a can
didate for the position Of postmaster, j