, 1884-02-09
nrNoR nExrIoN.

MINOR MENTION.
Our comet has disappeared entirely.
Jeffrey has an editorial this morning.
Lots of snow up around Granite
Caaon.
Tatro thinks policemen should he
suppressed. en-
Still the fences are down nearly all
along the line.
That goat is all right now, If he don't
get used up in the house.
A good many people want trees set
out around u lakes in the spring.
r. H. Homer, of the council, was
excused yesterday and went home to
Laramie City.
DON'T get too excited about the cmur
d'Alene mines. They may turn out to
be nothing but a myth.
Ex-Sheriff Boswell came down from
the west yesterday, whittier he went
on inspectors business.
There is considerable talk of organic
ing a glee club, but, as heretofore, it
will probably end in talk. 4Ia
Judge Lees court will be electrified
with outburts of oratorical fapdoodle
to-day, and all about a $13 case.
B. Wldersen has sold out his saloon
and fixtures on Ferguson street, below
Sixteenth, and retired from the bust
ness.
The school is prospecting finely, and
the attendance is the largest of any
term heretofore in the history of Chey-
enne.
At the land office yesterday three pre-
emption filings were made on tree cul-
ture, n desert and one under the
homestead laws.
The indications point to the fact
that Bill Maverick will soon go on an
other round up. If Bill don't go him
self, it will be his cousin, at all events.
Petitions and letters are being re-
ceived by the bushel, ''as it were," by
the members that belong west of Chey-
enne, on the subject of temperance,
etc.
The session of the legislature is now
more than half gone, and work has
only begun in real earnest. The ex-
cursion will eat quite a hole into the
legislative lease OF life.
An attempt will be made as soon as
spring opens to either fence In the old
cemetery, Or have the bodies Of those
that are buried there removed and re-
inferred In the new cemetery.
The bill for the creation of the office
of attorney general for Wyoming ter
ritory, made its appearance in the ter
ritorial council yesterday, and was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. The
bill is a very lengthy one.
The case Of the city of Cheyenne vs..
Henry Clouse, charged with creating a
disturbance and breach of the peace,
will be heard before Judge Fisher this
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, unless the case
is continued until some future day.
The Ease of the territory of wyo-
ming VS.. Nelson is set for trial in
Judge Fishers court at 10 O'Clock this
morning. AS the defendant seems to
want a jury, it is doubtful whether
the case is determined to-day or not.
1t may be continued however, as Judge
Fisher has other cases which take
precedence of this.
A pair Of unruly bronchos, not yet
broken fully to harness, were hitched
in front of a span Of balky mules at
tached to a light wagon, on Sixteenth
street yesterday. 1t made a pretty bad
mess, taking it altogether. but in the
end the mules had to go, and the ponies
had to stay, to some extent, at least.
This was quite a novel way of killing
two birds with one stone.
An organization known as the
young Peoples Gospel Guards" has
been effected by the younger members
Of the Baptist church and others for
work in Zion's field. The had a meet
ing at the Baptist church last evening,
and appeared to be quite earnest in the
cause. Rev. Brown led the meeting.
Hereafter meetings will be held on
Friday evening Of each week.
Quite a debate took place in the
house of representatives yesterday over
the bill to prohibit the selling of
liquors to minors and drunkards. There
were two bills before the house com
mittee of the whole, but no Roadway
was really made with either bill. The
great question with some of the mem
bers was how it is to be determined up
on when a man is drunk. That is
easy enough told. When a fellow can't
lay on the ground and hang on to the
grass, then he is drunk.
The Weather.
The highest temperature yesterday