, 1885-12-23
BY THE WAY.
Waits Caught on the Fly from Busy
Men.
Good hatured Gossip on General
Matters.

Buy your boy a pair of those red-top
boots for Christmas at s. Bon's.
A. M. Il. church will have a Christmas
tree and sociable on Christmas eve.
The finest and largest assortment of
Christmas slippers in town at s. Bon's.
The train from the east was several
hours late last night, owing to the high
wind.
There was an immense amount of real
estate on its travels through Cheyenne
yesterday.
Monday evening. Dec. 2s, the Second
Baptist people will have R Christmas tree
and sociable.
The dancing academy was in running
order again last evening. Notwithstanding
the bad weather.
Yesterday was II pretty dull day for
business, although 1t was EXTREMITY lively
in some other respects.
Special meeting Of uniformed rank, *.
of p, at armory this evening. Dec. 90,
1885. BY order of S. X. G.
For a useful Christmas present buy a
pair of fine shoes or slippers at S. Bon's.
His prices are the lowest in the city.
Warren Richardson yesterday sold TO
P. Barry lot No 10. in block 474, in
Cheyenne, for a consideration of $4,000.
People cannot be too careful with their
fires these windy days and nights. Every
precaution should be taken to prevent a
confagration.
There was considerable diminishing
around for Christmas presents yesterday,
Notwithstanding the high wind, and many
investments were made.
One drunk was sent to the calaboose
and one civil case was tried in Judge Lees
our yesterday, which was the sum total
Of all the business transacted.
The movement inaugurated by the four
ladies, and OF which mention was made
in THE LEADER yesterday morning, will
undoubtedly result in relieving the wants
of many poor families.
w. s. MESSENGER, late captain of the
George G. Meade camp of Sons of Vet
Grams, has been promoted and now ranks
as a major in the Colorado department,
to which Wyoming belongs.
The Episcopalians have concluded to
have a Christmas tree, and are decorating
their church in the finest and grandest
style possible. The Christmas exercises
at that church will be very fine.
A years subscription to the DAILY or
WEEKLY LEADER for an absent friend
would be a most suitable and valuable
Christmas present. 1t would be a con-
slant reminder for a year of your friend
ship.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
54.3 80; lowest, 2S.2o; mean temperature.
800; mean humidity, All per cent.
highest velocity of wind, 81 miles per
hour.
The street sprinkler was GU again yes
terday, and it was a straight issue between
the sprinkler aud the blizzard (the flag
wasn't out. The sprinkler got the best
of the fight, SO far as the dust was con-
cerned.
Lake Minnehaha is now well frozen
over, and lots of skating is being done
there, although it is hazardous, as there
are, doubtless, many air holes through
which skaters are liable to slide into
eternity.
A warranty deed from j. NJ. Culver
and M A. Arnold to NJ. II. Nicholson
for lots l and 2, in block 563. in Chey-
enne, was filed for record in the office of
the county clerk Yesterday. The consid-
Grafton mentioned in the deed was $3.50.
A man named Peter Gill, of Minneap-
oils, Mimi. and who is supposed to be
insane, has wandered away, and yester-
day City Marshal Schnitger got word
from there to watch for him in Cheyenne,
it being supposed that he was coming in
this direction.
Fire bells sounded the alarm at 5:30
o'clock Yesterday morning, and the FIRE
laddies made quick time to the point of
alarm, which was May Vests establish
ment at Eighteenth and Bent streets. The
fire, which was slight, had been extiu-
guished before the department arrived on
the ground. No one was hurt, but all
the inmates were badly scared.
CONSERVATION was created in uptown
bagnio at an early hour yesterday morn
ing by an attempt to burglarire it. A
window pane was smashed in. but the
would-be thieves became alarmed and
decamped. An examination by daylight
revealed a number of footprints on the
ground outside the window, indicating
that more than one person had been en-
gagged in the attempt.
David Gordon, of Horseshoe, is at the
Inter Ocean. Mr.. Gordon is raising from
some high grade Shorthorn cow and
thoroughbred Hereford bulls some very
fine young stock. From an extensive ex-
perience in cattle raising, Mr.. Gordon is
satisfied that a cross between Shorthorns
and Herefords makes hardy, active and