, 1884-07-17
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Unbranded News Notes Picked UP
About the City.

About the City.
Yesterday Wal quite busy in Cheyenne,
in some respects.
New hay has made its appearance in
the Cheyenne market.
Work has been commenced by ]. Z.
Tuttle on painting the public school build
ing.
Bids for the erection of the new school
house will be opened by the School
Board to-day.
A stone pavement is being put down in
front of the Union Mercantile establish
menG, on Ferguson street.
A steam laundry is soon to be startedin
an old building formerly used as a hotel,
in the western portion of the city.
Two John Doe DRINKS put in an APP
pearance in Judge Fishers court yester-
day, and when they left they were minus
$40 each.
Vernon McCandlish on yesterday ship
ped n part of his cattle to Sherman, near
which place they are to be kept on a
ranch until next season.
The Buffalo people are said to be quite
rejoiced over the fact that j. b. Morrow
is to take charge of the Buffalo Echo.
SO says Sheriff Canton.
George A. Keeline will commence
shipping cattle east from Pine Bluffs on
the first of August. Other shippers will
follow suit in quick succession.
The County Commissioners were hard
at work yesterday on their task of equal
izing the county assessment Of property.
Next Tuesday will be their last day.
The highest temperature yesterday was
79'; lowest, So; mean temperature, &C.;
mean humidity, 90 per cent; highest
velocity of wind, "a miles per hour.
The Southern Wyoming Railway Com
pany ought now to come to the front and
show some signs Of activity, inasmuch as
the others are beginning to m~aterialize a
little.
The meeting of TIE City Council on
next Tuesday evening will be for the pur-
pose, among other things, of opening the
bids for the construction of an addition to
the City Hall.
j. Q. Abney is about to put down a
stone pavement, twelve feet wide, on the
south and west sides Of his livery stable
on Sixteenth street, The walk will be
2S0 feet long,
Leon 4 Cushinan's great colored com
bination appears in the Opera House to-
morrow evening, and a fine entertainment;
may be expected. Reserved seats may be
secured at once.
Some of the members of the City Coun-
oil talk occasionally with some seriousness
in regard to the proposition of buying the
Court House for the purpose of using ii
Is a City Hall.
There was considerable talk around
town among the tiremen yesterday in re-
gard to the Omaha tournament, which
may eventuate in sending a team to thai
place on the 22d of July.
From present prospects there will be
but very few, if any, OF the members OF
the q. A. r., of Cheyenne, who will 60
10 the Grand Encampment to be held at
Minneapolis July %.
By the way, isn't it about time to an
nounce the advent of Charles Francis
Adams again? 1t is just possible that he
may arrive in the city tomorrow, but f
he doesn't arrive he wont be here.
1t was Deputy Sheriff Smalley instead
Of Officer Nolan, who arrested the three
parties who escaped from Lees office on
Tuesday. Judge Lee in giving the name
Of the officer mentioned the wrong name.
Mr.. A. Tracy, from near Pine Bluffs.
called at TuE LEADER office yesterday,
and reports everything in Il d%ourishinP
condition in that part of the county. The
people of Pine Bluffs talk OF having that
place surveyed and plated as a town site,