, 1884-07-03
The Democratic Leader.
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1884.
Unbranded News No es Picked Up
Abnu' the City.

Abnu' the City.
Return your county assessments to-day.
The people of Laramie Guy will try and
C lebrate tomorrow.
The Warren pavilion will be 45 feet
high when completed.
Frequent explosions Of fire crackers
were heard on the streets last evening.
The Grand Army and the Sons Of
Veterans were out drilling last evening.
Judge Bergman is doing his haying, or
rather, he has hired another person to do
it for him.
The Methodists propose to have an ice
cream and lunch stand at the celebration
grounds tomorrow.
The streets were alive with people last
evening rushing to and fro Just as though
they were hunting for the Fourth.
Chris Mauss has removed his bakery to
81 Ferguson street, where he has better
facilities for conducting his business.
Messrs. Pierce K Murray have expend-
ep already over $3.50 in decorating their
place of business on Ferguson street.
The races which have been in progress
at Bolln's Park, near Lake Minnehaha,
came TO an abrupt termination last even
ing.
Small pine tree tops have made their
| appearance in the city, and this place is
destined to look like Greeley, for a time
at least.
The thermometer yesterday went up at
one time to 81 degrees, but it did not seem
that warm on account of a fair breeze all
the time.
The passenger trains were exceedingly
Light last evening, and in one car on the
westbound train there did n%otappear to be
a single soul.
Jim Beams teams have loaded and
started for Fort Fetterman. After I'M
Loading at that point they will proceed to
Rock Greek.
The fall Of rain in Cheyenne for the
month of June was one and one-half
inches. During the month of May more
than four inches fell.
The highest temperature yesterday was
So; lowest. $50; mean temperature, Co;
mean humidity, IS per cent; highest We
locity of wind, 2S miles per hour
There were foot races on Eddy street
list evening which we're witnessed by
many people. The racers were simply
practising for tomorrow.
The G, A. r. tents will be put up to-
day. They were to have been pitched
yesterday, but the committee did not get
around to attend to the matter.
Some of the nice young men who do
n t, however, keep very good hours, are
i dc to come to grief almost any night,
Tor the police are bent on business.
Should he return home in time Super
in enlent Duel, of the Union Pa;ific, will
probably at as one Of the aids to morrow.
He is expected home to-day from Omaha.
w. A. .Huasghmidt has filed on so
acres Of land out on Horse Greek. He
will shortly take steps to improve it and
wall eventually have 4 very desirable
ranch.
The G. a. r. posts at Laramie City,
Evanston, Greeley and Longmont have
oeen invited to be present and participate
in the celebration which is to occur to-
morrow.
One Of the attractions on Seventeenth
street yesterday was u fellow with a quart
bottle Of whisky sticking out of his pocket,
who said he was getting really for the
Fourth of July.
ESome people are rather opposed to the
stone paved water ways which are being
put in in several places in the ely, and
hey say that we shall all get sick OF them
in the course Of a year.
The Cheyenne Carriage Company has
just completed a beautiful new coach for
Russell Ihorp's stage line. 1t is named
Wyoming" and is u model of neatncss
and suitability for the purpose intended.
The employees on the gas pipe and
ditch works were relieved from duty last
evening until after the Fourth is over and
gone. Some of thccmployes live in Den
v-r and will go home until Monday next.
Walter II. Warehouse, n detective
from Denver, has been in the city for Il
couple of days for the purpose of hupti g
up some witnesses who are wanted to ties.
tify in a case now pending in the courts
o. that city.
The only real estate transfer instrument
filed for record in the office of the County
Clerk yesterday, was a warranty deed from
j. Ii. Black to S. Busbee, for lot No. lin
block No. 435 in this city, The consider
alton paid was 500.
Messrs. Gray K Pearse, druggists on
Seventeenth street, are patriotic all round
this year, and have purchased flags of
every nation in the world which are posi-
bic to obtain for the purpose Of decorating
their store for tomorrow.
The general opinion seems to be that
the school board, so far as known, has
made very good selections for their corps
of teachers in the puplic school for the
roming term Miss Elsie DrCou md