, 1884-04-10
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Prayer meetings were held at the vari-
Gus churches last evening. s
Fresh radishes have made their appear
ance in the Cheyenne market.
Large numbers of those attending the
Stockgrowers' meeting left the city last
night.
The G. A. R. of Cheyenne now num-
bers SO members; and still there are more
to follow"
The plains and hills around Cheyenne
are nearly bare of snow, and are beginning
to look green.
Acting Governor Morgan yesterday
issued a notary's commission to S. B..
futile, of this city.
Hay is getting scarce in the country and
the price of the same is consequently
going up in Cheyenne.
Business was very dull at the court
house yesterday, and the county officers
were consequently very unhappy.
The police courts we're very dull yester-
day, nothing occurring to ruffie the judi
eial serenity of Judges Fisher and Lee.
The freighting business is beginning to
revive again and large quantities are being
shipped out to the northern country every
day.
More than 100 men have secured jobs
on ranches and gone out to the country
north of Cheyenne within the past five
days.
A literary, musical and dramatic enter
tainment will be given this evening in the
Congregational church parlors. See pro
gramme.
The streets about the city have begun
to reappear once more from under their
coating of mud and pedestrianism has re-
eeived a great impetus in consequence.
Mr.. H. ]. Edwards came in from his
ranch yesterday, and reports the snow fast
disappearing in the vicinity of the foot
bills and the grass beginning to start a
little.
A large collection of old traps taken on
execution were sold at auction by Const-
able Smalley on yesterday. The sale took
place on the corner of Seventeenth and
Eddy streets.
There are 700 pupils in attendance at
the Twentieth street school house, and
nearly 100 at the Southside school house.
This is a pretty good showing for a city of
the size of Cheyenne.
The following is the only conveyance
fled for record in the office of the county
clerk yesterday warranty deed, Catherine
Blake to D. G.. Smith, lot number 4, in
block number l04, in the city of Chey-
enne consideration 5000.
The sidewalk on the postof6ce corner is
being torn up and readjusted in accord
ance with the official grade fixed by the
survey of some years ago. There is a
large number of the sidewalks in the city
that ought to share the same fate.
Brother Jones of the Colored Baptist
persuasion, was asked yesterday by a re-
porter when they proposed to begin the
erection of their new church. The answer
was, mot afoah the bricks am made.
The reporter would have been cross if the
good brother had not told him.
Governor Hoyt will probably very soon
~reorganize and get in running order the
literary and dramatic society which has
slumbered so long. At all events he has
been urged to take some steps to this end,
and II 10 Doubtful if the society ia ever
heard from again unless he attends to it.
1t is said that Miss Forbes is the lady
teacher who is endowed with poetical tai
ents. Miss Laura Stroud, one of the
young lady pupils, is gifted in this respect
also, and a short production of hers en-
titled THE Old School Bell is indicative
of this fact. Miss DeCou excels as an
elocutionist.