, 1885-09-25
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

The King David mine is taking q
boom.
Saturday night at bath time the little
ones are undressed kids.
Tramps should be treatel severely in
order to drive them away,
The trains both ways are uncommonly
long and crowded these days.
The j. T. Clarks had a jolifcation at
the city hall Wednesday night
This is the anniversary OF the estab-
lishment of the first American newspaper
in 1890.
The heat has been more oppressive dur
ing the past few days than any time in
the summer.
Watermelons are getting so cheap that
a irst-class case of stomach ache is now
in reach of the most INDECENT.
Anthony Heenan and Mary Heenan
have sold to Amanda Mills, lot G in block
52s, city of Cheyenne, for $3.50.
Plenty Of fun at the West End rink.
open to the public every night except
Tuesday night. No questionable charac-
tiers admitted.
The soldiers are fixing their quarters at
Rock Springs as If to stay. Carpenters
are putting plank floors in the tents, and
other suggestive Improvements are being
made.
The Alert hose company and team will
hold a special meeting at the hose house
at s o'clock sharp this evening on business
of Importance. A full attendance is de-
sired.
The agitators have overlooked the TACT
that the last time Governor Warren re-
turned from Rock Springs he came on a
tea train. More evidence of his Chinese
proclivities.
Trainmen from Green River state that
the Chinese have been ordered out of
that town. Only a few Celestials have
been engaged in the past, mostly as cooks
and walters at hotels.
The }. T. Clarks have challenged the
Alerts for a hub and hub race, 200 yards,
for $500 a side. The challenge will
doubtless be accepted. The Clarks have
deposited a forfeit of $50.
Matrimony seems to be epidemic in the
Rocky mountain region. There were four
weddings in this city Wednesday, and the
Denver papers tell of five marriages in
high life in that city on the same day.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
s4.s0i lowest, 4s.9'; mean temperature:
obs mean humidity, $40 per cent; high
est velocity of the wind, is miles per hour.
Judge Fisher had two Migrants before
him yesterday, both of whom were sent
to jnil. One of them was a tramp who
assaulted a man in this city Wednesday
night because he wouldn't give him some
money.
A lady with a poodle and a little girl
going along a street yesterday suddenly
missed the dog, which had Jagged behind,
and with an appearance of alarm, she
said; Jennie, go and get Poodle or he
will eat some poison weed and die,
Quite a number of Cheyenne bicyclists
will go to Denver to-day to take part in
and witness the bicycle tournament to be
held there to-day and tomorrow. The
prizes are elegant and numerous, and our
boys will bring a good share of them
back.
John Burke, a noted p%ugilist, is going
to attempt to knock u John Glow ii
four rounds at the exposition building il
Denver on the 10th, and he has chal
lenged Dominiek McCaffrey for any sun
Of money to fight him in Colorado, Wyo-
ming or Texas.
The attention Of our readers is directed
to the well displayed advertisement OF
Truekey q VanDyke, hatters and dealer.
in gentlemen's furnishing goods, They
are sole agents for the patent chest shield
undeishirt, which is fully described in
the advertisement
A couple of young colorod women were
going along the stone walk which leads to
the depot, when one Of them, looking at
a bill board across the way read the show
paper and then exclaimed. n Rag
Baby. ills know dat's puifeckly splen-
did Don't you think so Jinny2' Her
companion raised herself haughtily about
six inches and hen in a tone Of offended
dignity said Mss jimmy, eff you please.
when you kin find de time.
4. ID. Brandt had a hearing in his
habeas corpus case yesterday and Judge
Lacey took the matter under Amusement,
Brandt was represented by c. n. Potter,
and the territory by County Attorney
Mann. Brandt was arrested a few week:
ago on the charge of making a check fel
500 on George Fast. A preliminary ex.
animation before Judge Fisher resulted ii
his being bound over in thesunl of 81 800.
Failing to procure bond he was committed
to Jail.
W. r. Swan & Co., plumbers, gas and
steam filters, como to the front this morn
ing with a handsome advertisement
lley have the best facilitiea and ma
ehinery for turning u irst-class work
and also keep in stock a large assortmen
OF gas and steamftters' supplies, chan
delicrs, globes, etc. They are ready t,
furnish estimates Of the cost of all kind.
of work in their line, and under tn
management Of Superintendent Cool
guarantee the best of work and materia
/ AZ thp l.uaai noqoible hpurpa