, 1885-01-02

new store IN the Masonic block. big rush
to take up public lands.
April %. j. A. Breckons becomes bust
ness manager of The LEADER. Frank
Ketchum charged with numbering Nc
Fadden lodged in Jail here. Grow Greek
Ditch Il Reservoir Co. incorporated with
$4,000 capital stock.
April 26. Meadow Land 4 Cattle Co,
capital stock 100000, filed articles of in
corporation 80. Calland x Culver Ditch Co.
Incorporated with $25, 900 capital stock.
Frank Ketchum discharged from custody
ON a verdict of justifable homicide by the
coroner jury.
April 81 and 2s. N. j. O'Brien ap-
pointed street commissioner Assessor
Jeffrey starts ON his annual tour.
April 90. Joe Stratton, charged with
killing one head of cattle owned by the
CY outfit acquitted by a jury. Born, a
daughter, to Mr.. and Mr. Ed Kapp...
Royal Marionetts at the opera house.
April 80, Plans for the Warren Empo-
rum in readiness, Mr.. and Mrs. f. w.
Ransom take up their residence here.
Joe Rogers held for unlawfully branding
cattle.
May l. Meeting of shopmen and train
men Of the Union Pacific to protest against
a reduction of wages. The Republican
territorial convention meets at Evanston
Jones barber shop burglarized. Stand
ard time goes into effect.
May .. Incendiaries fire a building on
Seventeenth street, belonging to M. A.
Arnold. Strike OF Union Pacific employees,
n meeting held, and wages restored by the
company.
May 3. The new officers OF Fremont
county commissioned by acting Governor
Morgan.
May 4 and 8. j. T. Chafin and j. w.
Bruner appointed deputy assessors. John
f. Coad purchases the commercial block
of F, 4. Warren. Mrs. L. l.. Fredendall
shoots at a burglar. IT. B. Hicks and
Luke Voorhees, elected school directors.
May 6. Birth Of a daughter to the wife
7. Dyer. The temperance ticket defeated
at the election in Laramie City...C. w.
Brown resigns as county surveyor. Harry
Oelrichs appointed county fish commits
sioner. The Irish benevolent society and
the CALIFORNIAN club elect officer.
May I. Fred Welcome convicted of
murder in the first degree at his third
trial at Salt Lake. Marriage of Charles
B. Bush and Miss Annie Sheppard.
May 8. Meeting of the literary at the
Congregational church. DIR. j. j. Marston
appointed county physician vice DIR. II.
j. Maynard, who resigns,
May 9. $4,000 acres of Union Pacific
land sold. Mrs. j. X. Mcclure becomes
insane. Bicycle club ball at Library hall.
Warren's sidetrack to the u. p. built ia a
single day.
May 10. Arbor day. Trees planted by
school children. The body of a dead man
found in Plumbago canyon.
May II and ~. Rev. Joseph Cook
lectures at the Presbyterian church. j.
W. Collins and d. D. Dare purchase G.
p. ORGANS hardware store.
May 10. Miss Lydia Bell and Miss
Ethel Howe give an entertainment at the
Congregational church.
May IA. A. c. Snyder resigns as man
ager of the Western Union office. The
Wall street panic occurs. =. Incendiaries at
tempt to fire Stanley Bros. warehouse.
May Is. Mrs. ]. X. Mcclure taken to
the insane asylum. The Territorial Demo-
cratic committee meets at the Inter Ocean
hotel and elects delegates.
May l6. The Swan Land & Cattle com
pany organized. Herne's Hearts of Oak
given at the opera house.
May II. Cards received announcing the
marriage of Mr.. w. r. Swan and Miss
Kate Troabing in Scotland. Bill Slower
brought in for horse stealing. Marriage
of Charles W. Norton and Miss Julia
Barnum.
May Is and 10. The Knights of Labor
hold a mass meeting in Library hall and
organize. The Athletic club organized.
The Laramie City rolling mills close.
May 20. Announcement OF the killing
of George Metcalf on the Sabille and the
lynching of William Maloney, the muir
derer. Death of Mrs. Sumner johnson.
May 81. Nat Goodwin appears in Con-
fusion at the opera house. Methodist
festival at Keefe's hall.
May %. Robert and Walter Miles, two
Texas desperadoes, captured by Deputy
Sheriff Hosford. "A large meeting of the
Literary society held at the Congrega-
tional church.
May %. First preliminary meeting of
the Sons of Veterans. %. Coles circus APP
pears in a rain storm.
May "a. The new library of the Pres
byterian Sunday school received. William
Pittman and three children upset into
Grow creek and little Sarah Pittman
drowned. Miss Oliver, of California, and
Miss Williams, of Topeka, have an eques-
TRAN race at the Driving Park. Edward
Caesar dies at the hospital
May 25 and 26. Grow creek overAows,
the bottoms flooded and bridges swept
away. Union memorial services held
at the Congregational church. Mr..
and Mrs George s. Knight appear in
Otto.
May 81. The coroner's jury returns
from an investigation of the Sable
tragedy.
May IS. George G. Meade camp, S. of