, 1885-09-22
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

h night.
Autumn begins to-day by special order.
from the almanac. q.
Within the last few days native lumber
mas advanced s.. 50 ON the thousand.
One Of Mayor Reels line black carriage
horses died Sunday morning FROM collie.
The race between Laramie and Chey
enne eauis continues to be talked about
The Mannerchor picnic at Duck creek
on Sunday was a Jolly success. Over lou
persons attended.
The Cheyenne foundry has cast four
large columns to be used in the building
. u be occupied by the First National
bank.
Mr.. A. Martin recently sold his lumber
ytrd to Calland and Hurd Of this city.
Mr.. Calland takes the lumber and Mr..
Hurd the real estate.
A Glee club is being organized in this
city. 1t will have handsome rooms and
a piano, and will furnish some jolly good
music the coming winter.
The damage done to the track by the
snow shed fire at Archer on SATURDAY
List has been repaired, aud trains are
again running regularly,
An afrAy occurred Yesterday at New.
Mans stables in which one man slashed
another across the stomach with a knife.
The wOnnd was not a serious one, but
came near being SO.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
SO %; lowest, as "; mean temperature
64.0; mean humidity, 4O.7 per cent; higl :
est velocity of the wind, l4miles per hour.
a. b. Clark, cook for Addoms & Clio
vcr's ranch outfit, fell from "a wagon while
caossiug a rut in the road near Fort Fit
terman last Thursday, aud u wheel ran
over his head, crushing it so that he died
shortly afterward.
A horse which Mrs. Frank 5%ieanea WAS
driving Sunday forenoon ran away an
threw Mrs. NJ, her mother aud child out.
Mrs Meanea received some cuts about
the head and face, her mother SUSTAINED
a broken rib. The child was unhurt.
The view Of New York harbor, with
the siafue OF Liberty EnlisLtenu ny the
World. On Bedloe' Island. is a II m rk-
ably fine piece Of scenic work which Ar.
Mobiles shows in Loue aud Ld,o, and was
Il delight lat night to the old New York.
ers in the audience.
We have the Sunday edition of the
Denver Tribune Republican corded up
in this Office aud will 90 through it neat
holiday. 1t is a big output, los columns
full of attractive stuff, aud rich in pay
ore Our old friend Hayward is super
intendcnt Of the mine.
1t is said that a lot of Rock Springs
Chinese have zone TO Denver, and the
old-timer pig tails there are going to boy
colt them aud make it too torril for them
altogether. Now, that's jolly. Here's a
solution of the chinese question. Let
them get together aud drive each other
cut.
There was an alarm OF FIRE Sunday
night at II O'Clock, caused by tae burning
Of some ties north vest ofthe round house.
There ID an immense pile Of tics there,
but the fire department saved them by
quickly extinguishing the blaze. The fire
boys had sums fun turning the hose on
each other aud the chief had 70 stop it.
One of Henry Hvffman's horses fell
dead while returning FROM the Manner
cher picnic Sunday, Wm Hartman. wife
and child were thrown from a buggy, but
escaped unhurt, and Fred Hansen, while
reaching over to catch a rein which be had
dropped, fell u of his buggy, and was
run over, sustaining such bruises that he
will be kept in his room several days.
Information was received in this city
yesterday that the horse aud wagon re.
Gently stolen from V. Baker had been
found neal Denver. The description oftLe
man found with the team does not cor
respond with that given OF the suspected
party. Sheriff Craig went to Denver
thus morning to sec if the evidence
against the man was sufficient in war
nnting his being brought TO Cheyenne.
The Union Pacific snow shed burned
last Saturday was located over u deep cut,
about five mi,es east OF Cheyenne; it was
nearly II mile long. The FIRE was discov-
cred by the Waterman when it first
started, but the lumber being old and dry.
the fire spread with great rapidity, and he
could do nothing to prevent the destruc.
ton Of the whole shed. An intense heat
was generated by the burning mass which
fell on the track, burning the ties and
warping the rails In a wonderfully short
tune Superintendent Deuel. and Road
master NJ .Gregur had a force of men ut
work removing the burnt timber and ii, 5
and the warped nails, aud by continuing
their L,bor> all night, the track was ie-
stored in good order early Sunday morn
ing. Thus in twelve hours a mile Of
track VAS laid aud further delay pre-
vented by first class wuIk unler the 1T
rectiun of frt class railroad men. Who
is ahead nOw2
Stock Cars Ordered.