, 1884-02-05
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The Carey block will be rtted VI
with sewer facilities.
The Union block looks better undel
a coat Of fresh paint.
1t would make a resident Of Omahs
feel at home to see the mud on oul
streets.
The funeral of little Frankie Shingl,
will take place this afternoon at s
O'Clock.
If the Sunday bill becomes a law you
can't 60 a fishing on the Sabbath day
any more.
Ex-Governor st. John. Of Kansas,
is expected to lecture here next Tues.
day night.
There was a goodly turnout at all the
churches of the city wherein services
were held on Sunday.
The legislature was well represented
In the opera house last evening. The
members seemed to enjoy the per.
Torrance.
The ladies Of the Congregational
society are to meet at the church par
lors this Tuesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
for business.
TheIe is al u~ndercurrent of feeling
here In regard to the newly discovered
mines in Idaho, which may break out
into an excitement before long.
The Boomerang credits Hon. H. v.
8. Groesbeck with the statement that
In this city there is a restaurant which
furnishes a pie and q piece of poetry for
ten cents.
The county commissioners will meet
this morning at 10 O'Clock. and the city
council at 8 this evening. Be on hand
everybody that has any business to
transact with either body.
In the account of the stone throwing
case across the track, which was pub
llshed In last Fridays LEADER, an
error occurred. the penalty was only SO
and half the costs, instead of S15.
The Congregationalists expect to OBJ
tain the services of some eminent
divine from the east to assist at the
dedication of their new church, which
will probably occur in about q month.
We shall have to present Sergeant
McGovern with a Iwheelbarrow and a
shovel, and make him clear away this
mud. He is responsible for the snow,
and the now is responsible for the
mud.
Constable Smalley is now \ full
nedged deputy sheriff, and is serving
In that capacity very efficiently. 1t
was Ben that ferreted out and un.
earthed the true inwardness Of the re-
cent scrimmage st Lake Mahpahlutah.
The meetings at the Methodist Epis.
copal church will be continued every
night this week. The meeting last
night was a very interesting one, and
many are being reclaimed. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to at.
tend.
The prisoners at the county jail are
enjoying themselves pretty well, now
that Cornish has gone. They were al.
ways heretofore a little suspicious Of
him, for fear that he wodld undertake
something desperate, and thereby gel
them into trouble.
The young peoples nesting at the
Congregational church on Sunday even.
ing was, as usual, quite well attended,
Miss Thomas led the meeting, and thai
young lady talked more earnestly and
Intelligently on the subject OF religion
than many occupants Of the pulpit do,
A Cheyenne man Is SO full Of cleo.
tricity that he lights the gas by merely
swapping his fingers. A Philadelphia
man can start a CONGREGATION by simply
touching any ~infammable substance
withhis nose; but this phenomenon is not
ascribed to electricity. Philadelphia
Call.
The county commissioners, at theil
last meeting, directed the putting in o.
a railing in the county clerks office 81
as to divide from the main office tina
portion to be used by them whenever
they hold a meeting. Yesterday thiI
was done, which makes 81 decided i'm
proyement at the county headquarters
A man named John Hill, whose ey,
was injured In a Rock Springs Goa
mine, has been at the hospital for sew
| eral days. DR.. Harris finally decided
that he could not saw the optic, an(
this morning performed a surgical op
GRAFTON by which 1t wal removed. III,
was assisted by DR.. Finfrock.-Boom
erang.
Perhaps 1t would do some dweller II
the low, damp, cold, far eastern state
good to know that while they havl
been fighting ice blockades and hugginI
stoves, with the mercury away below
zero, we Of favored Wyoming hav
been basklng in warm sunlight AM
scarcely thinking of putting on Al
o~vercoat. How would you "swap'
weather.
A Texas journal contains this apollo
gy: "The editor Of this paper Is sic
this week; and the management dc
wolves upon the devil. He has bee
compelled to pick up assistance her
and there from street l~oafers, broke
down merchants, briehess lawyers, one