, 1884-04-03
MINOR MENTION.

hen Will the grass De greenf
Slush and slop upon the streets.
Many teams upon our highways.
When will the last hummer be SEEM
A great demand exists for servant girls.
Ladies' summer hose will 1901 be in
fashion.
Hold-ups generally seek booty men for
their prey.
Tin horn gamblers toot upon the green
horn players.
Roller skating and social dancing are
alike popular.
Cast off listers and Arctics will soon be
upon the market.
The firm of Pettibone and Bartold will
hereafter be Jay Pettibone & Co.
There is one relief anyway-no grumb-
ling is heard about the dust flying.
Mud is good for a wasp sting, but Chey-
enne mud isn't good for newly polished
boots.
1t is war to the knife, and the knife to
the hilt, with the ms and outs of the Rio
Grande road.
A change in the moon last night, and
according to tradition, we may expect
settled weather.
The ways of the ~transgressors are hard,
but the ways of Cheyenne are soft, owing
to the prevalence of mud.
The auditing committee of the legisla-
ture find the books of the territorial audi
tor and treasurer all correct.
A gala day will be in our midst on Sat
urday, when two performances of Uncle
Toms Cabin are to be presented.
The prospectors are now talking up the
propriety of hieing themselves away into
the mountains in search of wealth.
A stone sidewalk for the Presbyterian
church was ordered yesterday. P. Ham
mer has the contract for laying the same.
The Presbyterian ladies are planning
for a fair, supper and other attractions, to
take place in Keefe's hall, Monday even
ing.
The +. +. Warren Mercantile mpan
have secured the old Congregational
church building in which to store furni-
ture.
The South Side schoolhouse opened on
Monday last with ninety-seven pupils, all
of whom reside on the south side of the
railroad track.
Real estate is active-that is, the moist
portion of it which moves Sticky, though
slyly, over our street crossings, much to
the annoyance of pedestrians.
Judge Perry has written to the county
attorney that he'll be here in time to open
the April term of court on the 2lst inst.
and perchance a few days o
The Mapleson opera troupe on their re-
turn from San Francisco and Salt Lake,
passed through the city last night en-
route to Omaha, where they next per-
form.
The surface exudations of our we'll
travelled thoroughfare occasionally excite
pent-up profanity upon the part of the
meek of heart who don't like to get
splashed and splattered as they pcaceably
pediculate.
Filings at the land office yesterday were
100 acres each for Frank Williams and
Joseph Reinman, whilst 800 were set
down to JohnIG reenlaw and 500 to Rob
ert Reeves.
The Colorado Cattle Growers a~ssocia-
ton will visit the Wyoming Stock Grow
ers' association at Cheyenne on April I.
They will leave Denver at 7 a. m, and
Cheyenne on the return trip at 7 p. m.
David Fischer and John Richmond are
two of Uncle Sans soldiers. Thirsting
for blood, David went furiously for John
and carved him in the hand. Had the
knife blade not stopped there it might
have penetrated the abdominal cavity.
Justice Lee issued a warrant for the ar
rest of the assaulter.
Travel on the main line of the Union
Pacific is heavier now than it has been for
years. Trains of eleven cars leave Omaha
twice a day, and standing room is often at
a premium. Western Nebraska, Colorado
and Wyoming get a large share of travel.
while great numbers are switched off at
Granger for the northwest, giving the
Oregon Short Line and Utah & Northern
lots of business.
Ex-Sheriff Carr received a letter yester-
day from Sheriff Turner, of Provost
county, Utah, saying that Fred Hopt,
twice convicted of murder, had been
awarded a third trial. He asked that
two important witnesses here, Messrs.
Carr and Baird, proceed to Salt Lake to
testify at the trial in May next The
crime for which Hopt was twice convicted
was the murder of Sheriff Turner'S son
in 1880.