, 1885-05-05
LOCAL
Unbranded News Notes Picked Up
About the CITY.

The city band at Keefe's skating rink
this evening.
Interesting services were held at the
hospital Sunday afternoon.
Horsemen are improving the beautiful
weather by exercising their flyers.
I. Joe Fisher is becoming an expert
marksman. He shot seven snipes yester-
terday.
The drum corps ofthe Sons OF Yeter
ans met at their hall last evening for
practice.
Three cars of emigrants passed through
the city from Omaha, bound for Laramie
City, last evening.
An immense amount of freight was pur-
chased and taken to the northern portion
of the territory yesterday.
It commenced raining about ! O'Clock
this morning, the rainfall has not been
great, but still it has been raining steadily.
There will be a match of the Cheyenne
gun club at Major Talbot's, at . o'clock
this afternoon. Both clay and live
pigeons will be shot at.
Fred Yeager yesterday brought thir-
teen wolf pelts and nineteen hawk heads
to the county clerks Office. He received
his warrant for the full amount allowed
by law.
Charles McGarvey left yesterday for the
northern portion of the territory, where
he has a large ditching contract. His
teams and men left yesterday to com
mence work.
The Signal Service Office reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
GO. lowest 3Go; mean temperature, 49';
mean humidity, GO per cent; highest We
ocity of wind, 20 miles per hour.
The land contest between Charley
Seyer and A. Bristol was postponed until
> O'Clock to-day. The delay was occas-
Toned by one Of the witnesses not being
able to reach the city at the time APP
pointed for the trial.
The sheriff of Iinta county passed
through the city Sunday on his way to
Joliet with three prisoners, recently con
victed in the district court of that county.
Two of these criminals were convicted FOL
stealing cattle. They were fair looking
men, but were heavily ironed.
Mrs. Elsie II. Talbot nee Barnes, sister
Of Mrs. A. p. Van Duzen. of this city,
and who visited her sister here in 1875
aud 10, died recently in Waterville, Kan.
Her death was mourned by a large circle
of friends in Wateryille, where she was
universally beloved. Kind and amiable
in her life, she leaves with those who
knew her here a sweet remembrance o.
her many excellent qualities of heart and
mind.
The supreme courts of New York and
Massachusetts have settled the matter as
to who WINS a medical prescription. Tn,
substance of the decision is, that the ply.
stefan, in prescribing, gives the patient q
WHICH, oAhtA III uAubas anu thti hShfNil
terminates the operation. The druggist
may, on his own responsibility, renew The
drugs, for he is a merchant, and has {
right to sell drugs in any shape. He il
not bound to give a copy of the prescrip-
ton, nor even to keep it, though he
usually retains it as a protection in case
of error on the part of doctors or patients
The annual meeting of the electors O.
school district No. /, yesterday afternoon
was well attended, and a thorough dis
c~ussion of matters pertaining to the pub
lie schools was had. We regret that ,
majority of those present deemed it ad-
visable to cut down the directors esti
mate Of the moun required for tn,
teachers fund. The appropriations asked
for were none too large, rs experienc,
will demonstrate before the year is ended
The election of two directors to serve foI
three years, in place of Messrs. Holt anC
Slaughter, whose tern has expired, re
suited in the choice Of Messrs. Walter c.
Brown and J. c. Baird, two gentlemen
Of unquestioned ability, who will rende'
tax payers most efficient services. TIL
board of school directors now consists o
Messrs. VOORHEES,, Durbin, Hicks. Oliver
Brown and Baird.