, 1884-05-13


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The city cases against NJ. A. Arnold
were dismissed yesterday on motion of
City Attorney Riner. The costs are to
be paid as we understand by the defend
ant.
There is some prospects of there being
union services held on the Sunday
before Decoration day in which the topic
for the occasion will be some national
theme.
Messrs. Jones x Moore have been re-
modelling, repaintiag and papering the in
terror of their barber shop on the corner
under Post & Co.'S. bank, and it is now
probably second to none in the territory.
The sage brush reporter is eight months
old to-day. Where are the parties who
wanted to bet the first of last September
that he wouldn't live three weeks. Crawl
out of the sage brush gentlemen and pay
up2
A great deal of work has been done at
the cemetery of late and many graves
have been moved. bitches have also
been opened in some portions of The
burial ground ready for the water as soon
as it is let in through the bitches.
The only instrument filed for record at
the county clerks office yesterday was Il
warranty deed from George l.. Durbin to
L. A. Slack and r. c. Morris, for lots ;
and G in block No. so, in the city of Chcy-
enne. The consideration paid was 81,
900.
At the land office yesterday there
were nine filings in all made, two desert,
two tree culture, one homestead and four
prescriptions, covering in the aggregate
1880 acres of land. There were thirty
filings in all on Saturday, some of them
having come in very late.
There has been a big work out west of
here and in the Bitter Greek country. All
trains from the west have been delayed
for the past W days. The passenger
train which was due here Sunday evening
did not arrive in Cheyenne until eleven
o'clock last night.
A party whose name it is unnecessary
to mention was arrested at one of our
hotels yesterday for getting drunk and
afterwards went slightly on the warpath
and was going to make it hot for the
policeman who arrested him on the ground
Of false imprisonment.
A poor, wild, disconsolate drunk came
in yesterday to see Judge Fisher at the
earnest solicitation Of an officer and was
fined so. Not having that amount of
money with him he had to be consigned
to the calaboosc and when he gets sufi-
emily sobered up he will be furnished with
a pick and shovel.
Thomas Chamberlain and John Nc
Donald got pretty well filed up with I'm
SEPARATION of rye" and were introduced to
the calnboose and yesterday forenoon they
appeared before Judge Lee in a very dill
apitated condition. The court redilapi-
tated the boys and when last seen they
had enlisted in General Deitrick's bri-
gade.
A very small woman with a great big
boy whom she said was her boy, came
into Judge Fishers office yesterday and
said that some man had sold her boy a
horse for $55 and the horse wouldn't
work. She wanted to know what to do
with him. The judge thought it might
be a good plan to give that horse a talk
ing to.
There is a very serious question as to
whether Plumbago canyon, where the
dead body was found, is in this or Albany
county. If the Albany county folks
should get possession of the body and it
should transpire hat the canyon is in
this county it is not at all probable that
Coroner Chafin would get out a writ of
replevin to get the body back as Goldacker
anne very near doing when he held that
Office.
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