, 1884-08-08
LOCAL MavERIcks. "A"
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Real estate is beginning to boom again.
There was a regular meeting Of the
Sons of Veterans last evening. a m r.r.
The new addition TO the Inter Ocean
hotel is to be but one story high.
Cheyenne ought to have more electric
lights in the outskirts Of the city.
The passenger train from the East last
evening was unusually well filed with
passengers.
The frame work of the second and third
stories of the west division Of the Warren
Pavilion was put up yesterday. ~
Two emigrant cars passed through go
ing West last evening. There were sew
ernl Mormon passengers aboad,
J. c. Abney, day before yesterday,
while down to Kingman's ranch found a
ten dollar gold piece lying in the dirt on
the picnic grounds csS3
Willie Mast is getting 10 be a very e1-
pert player on the hArmonica. He plays
all sorts of tunes for the cdifcation of the
other young Americas.
Henry GaBelman, of Carbon, arrived in
Cheyenne yesterday, having sold out at
that place and comes here with the inten-
tionfof engaging in business.
There are t~wenty-nine places in Chey.
enne where liquor is sold and the parties
have A license for so doing. In July 1876
there were sixty-kve saloons here.
II. A. Alden was yesterday appointed a
Notary Public by Governor Hale, and the
certificate o fsuch appointment was filed
in the Office of the County Clerk
The work on tH4 foundation for the new
block on Seventeenth street is being
pushed very last, and the foundation will
be completed by Saturday evening.
An important replevin suit was com
menccd in the District Court yesterday,
which involves the right of possession of
property amounting in value to 5000
The highest temperature yesterday was
74'. lowest, 520; mean temperature, 90. Q
per cent mean humidity, Sc per cent.
highest " y Of wind, is miles per
hour.
There are to be some more boats placed
ON Lake Minnehaha, and there will be
quite a little feet of crafts of all kinds on
that sheet of water before the season
is over. im
James A. Morrison has opened a tailor
shop N Eddy street below Sixteenth.
Mr. Morrison is a very competent tailor
and will doubtless do well shop keeping
for himself SOB am
There are a great many buildings being
put IN south OF the railroad track, and
the people Of that part of the city are
anxious to have the water system ex-
tended to them.
Judge Slaughter is having some new
shelving put up in the Territorial Library
room. The books are accumulating so
fast that there is no proper place to keep
them without this additional shelving.
The County Commissioners have not
yet made a levy Of the taxes for the en-
suing year. They are waiting for the
official statement and figures from the
Territorial Auditor before they can act in
this matter,
Chief Justice Lacey has visited the jail
and taken a look at the prisoners therein.
The Judge is fast becoming familiar with
the situation of affairs of a public nature
in the Territory, and is creating a most
favorable impression. rtNW
NThe Buffalo Echo has improved won
derfully since Mr.. j. b. Morrow took edi-
torial charge. 1t is learned from Mr.. @.
L. Holt that Mr.. Morrow is not only Civ
ing good satisfaction to the people of Buff
falo, but is much better satisfied with his
new position than he anticipated,
Ex-Governor Hoyt and Hon. A. r.
Converse are with the Boutwell, party on
their tour of inspection in the oil regions
in northern Carbon, and will probably be
absent for some days yet When they re-
turn something definite may be learned in
regard to the building Of the new railroad.
The bridge across Crow creek on the
Happy Jack road, gave way yesterday
and became a perfect wreck John Peter
son was driving over it at the time but,
although the bridge was quite a high one,
he escaped without injury to himself and
his team was equally fortunate.
On the tirst day of August H. w. Rot
hert, the new Register Of the Land Office,
telegnphed from Keokuk, Ia, to Mr.,
Mann, stating hat he would not return to
Cheyenne under ten days from that date.
NJ Mann autographed back to him induir-
ing asto whether he was certain that he
could return by that time and intimating
that he desired 70 vacate the Office as soon
ans Inc could coAveniently Since that
time. however, he has not heard from Mr..
Rothert. ~
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