, 1884-01-20
The Democratic Loader.
flsUNDAY. JANUARY 20, 1884.
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Go to church to-day.

ID most needed nowadays ia a
pair of skates.
The new city council will meet and
organize on Tuesday next.
There was lots of beauty on wheels at
the skating rink yesterday afternoon.
No legislation yesterday and many Of
the members have gone home to spend
the Sabbath.
You cannot do better from ) to 4 to-
day than to attend the bible class at
the Presbyterian church.
Prayer service in the lecture room of
the Presbyterian church this morning
from 1890 to IL O'Clock.
Sheriff Canton, of johnson county,
will start for his home at Buffalo, in
that county this morning.
Mr.. John Peck has a position as
copyist in the office of the county clerk.
He entered upon his duties there this
afternoon.
The police courts were as quiet yes
terday as a tombstone. Not even a poor
solitary average drunk disturbed the
serenity of Judge Fisher or Lee.
Lots of men are inquiring when oper-
ations are to begin in regard to the
northern railroad. That is what no
"fellah" can find out just at present.
The highest temperature yesterday
UQQ ORO. lpuauf n. ---
AZURE 16o; mean humidity, 40 per, cent.
highest velocity of wind, 26 miles per
hour.
Mrs. A. Underwood left yesterday
on a short trip for Belmont, Neb., to
attend the wedding of a young lady
friend of hers, by the name of Lille
Andrews.
The Drover's Journal of Wednesday
says: The arrival of hogs and sheep so
far this week show a slight falling off,
while cattle are increased three thous-
and over last week.
The music box rallied at Masten's
last night was won by Harry Oelrichs,
who threw AZ, and the silver Ice pitcher
at Quincy Sc Pierce's, by Gus Ander-
son, with a throw of 40.
The Sunday school lesson for next
Sunday-Living as in Gods sight.
James iv, Z, Twill be the lesson
taught by Rev. E. S. Chapman at the
Presbyterian church at 3 O'Clock this
afternoon.
The news In regard to the nomina-
tion and confirmation of W. s. Hurl-
burt for the position which he now
holds, that of receiver at the land office
at Cheyenne, came here by the way of
special telegram.
The following communication is res
p%ectfully referred: Editor LEADER:-I
From reading the governors message
in the SUM-" how could a stranger
know who the governor is-his name
not being mentioned from first to last,
and January 16, 1888, is pretty good for
wide awake" don't itp Hawk Eye.
Sheriff Sharpless received a dispatch
yesterday from the justice of the peace
at Fort Laramie, stating that a man
named Thomas Payton was held there
on the charge of burglary and grand
larceny, and inqulring what should be
done with him: Mr.. Sharpless tele-
graphed back to send him to Cheyenne
at once. He will arrive here tonight.
The New York Post Gradute Medi-
cal school will remove to its new quar-
tiers on or abont February l, 1884.
This change has been necessitated on
account of increased pressure. Six
teen thousand patients were treated in
connection with the school during the
year ending November 1, 1888, and
n hundred and forty physicians mat
REGULATED during the same time.
Twenty-Five entries were made at the
land Office yesterday on government
lands. presumption and desert lands, all
of them covering in the aggregate
about five thousand, one hundred and
fifty acres of land. Many of the filings
covered only fractional portions of the
legal subdivisions, Four hundred
acres was tie largest amount taken by
any n party under the desert land
act.
About the checklist thing that has
occurred in Wyoming of late, was that
of DIR. Magee, of Rawlins, negotiating
with Donovan for his body after death,
for dissecting purposes. This was not
quite equal, to the cheek of a reporter
in Vandalia. ILL.,, who went to a party
who was to be hanged al II O'Clock that
day and asked him If he would Just as
o o be hanged at 10 o'clock, as there
was to be a horse race shortly after
that hour n be was afraid that he
wouldn't ''catch on'' If he had to wait
until II O'Clock to see the hanging.