, 1885-06-16
LOCAL m~AvERIcks.
Unbranded News Notes Picked Tn
atT About The City.

the excavation Tor the foundation of the
convent. O
]. Q. Shirley, sold, last week, 200 head
OF stock cattle to Donald Melee, of Pole
Greek, Wyo.
The Presbyterian choir has a very valu-
able acquisition in the sweet soprano voice
Of Miss Minnie Gillian.
Mr.. Brown was drunk again yesterday
and Judge Lee made it cost him Sl3 in
addition to the price OF his drinks. He
paid.
John Sparks received yesterday from
Nebraska, seventy head of grade cattle
which will be forwarded to his ranch in
Nevada.
Louis Shepard and Geo. Brady, a pair
of gentlemen who affect elegant leisure,
went TO the calabcose yesterday, labeled
tramps.
John Donnelly, assistant secretary of
the Omaha Stock yards, arrived yesterday
from Denver and is registered at the
Inter Ocean.
Michael Savage created n SI3 disturb
ance yesterday, and moi having that much
concealed about his person will work it
out in the calaboose.
w. W. Marsh has pol head Of stock
cattle from North Platte ii the yards of
this city. They will start to-day for the
ranch on Green river.
Mrs. Helen jenkins, who lives on Hill
street, lost on Sunday night about 500
worth of goods stolen from her house by
burglars. No clue to the thieves.
The pest house, east of town, is used
nightly by the tramps as a place of lodg-
ing. The citizens near that locality rec
ommend this fact to the attention of the
police.
John Miller used very unpretty hn.l
guage toward Annie johnson and Judge
Les thought his tone of voice and style of
expression were worth s22. John will
work it out.
Charley McGarvin returned yesterday
from Fort Casper where he is constructing
a ditch for the Carey Bros. The ditch is
to be twenty miles in length and eight
feet wide on the bottom.
j.. Q. Shirley left the city yesterday for
his home in Oregon. While here Mr..
Shirley contracted with Dater & Bro, for
1000 head of cattle to be delivered at
Medicine Bow by July LIST,
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
63', lowest. 80; mean temperature, 4s0;
mean humidity, IS per cent; highest We
ocity of wind "a miles per hour.
There was a big wiud storm yesterday
at North Platte which blew down chin.
neys, lifted a box car from the railway
track, tore down a lumber shed and scat
tered the fence which enclose the recrea-
ton grounds.
The people of Wyoming may console
themselves with one thing, no matter who
is nominated for office in this territory it
wont be a dark horse. Only Republican
administrations do that. Democrats take
white men every time.
Cheyenne will have a great treat when
the Ladies Ideal Opera company come
here on the Sth and 9th of July, to pre-
sent a Dress rehearsal, a comic opera
full Of fun Of a perfectly pure character
and replete with exquisite music
George Taylor has a robe made from
the skins of the Alaska grebe, a sort of
penguin or duck, which was bought for A.
r. Converse. 1t is lined with silk, richly
embroidered, and is one Of the most ex-
quisite things of the kind ever brought to
this city.
The national encampment of the Patri-
otto Order Sons Of America begins to-day
at Denver, and patriotism will be on top.
The 2, 0 S. A. is an order which has for
Its motive the cultivation of Americanid IDEAS
and is not a Know Nothing affair as is
sometimes supposed. The order has
about 10000 members in the United
States and hourishes more in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Colorado and California than
elsewhere, but it is growing very rapidly.
The children's service at the South
Congregational church last Sunday even
ing was a decided success. Music by the
choir and readings and recitations appro-
pirate to the day were given by members
Of the Sunday school. Miss Monroe's
solo, Must | go, and Empty Handed"
was highly appreciated. The pastor gave
a short talk on the fifth commandment.
Mrs j. Underwood furnished the floral
decorations. The floral cross which
graced the chandelier in front Of the pull
Dit and the one to the left Of the desk
added much to the appearance of the
room. The house was filed.
"Children's Day at the Congregational
church on Sunday evening was celebrated
In a very pleasing and appropriate man
ner. The church was filed to overflow
ing by a very attentive audience, and a
long programme was carried out under
the superintendence of Deacon j. S. Tay-
lor, after a few Introductory remarks by
Mr. Sanders, the pastor. REGULATIONS, in
terspersed with singing by the children.
were pleasingly rendered, and much
credit is due Miss Louise Kingsley for the
care and time she must have bestowed in
training the little ones Altogether the
day was one of great joy to all concerned
and especially to the children.
scandanavian-Lutheran Service.
Rev. II. p. Hansen from Denver will
nreaoh fnr the Scandinavian naonla The