, 1885-06-05
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Unbranded News Notes Picked Iip.
About the City.
Don't fail to witness the fun on rollers
at Keefe's skating rink this evening.

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The memberso of The, Irish Benevolent
society are requested to meet at the Cath
Ole hall, this evening, at s O'Clock, for
business of importance. 1#l5t
A detected looking party, Olive tramps,
passed through the city yesterday. going
west. No brass band received them when
they arrived in Cheyenne.
Aspdciai train, consisting Of -four Pull.
man sleepers, passed through the city last
evening, and will return soon with n mum
Der Of the Raymond excursionists-
The Catholic festival at St. Johns hall
last night was a big success. The straw
berries and Ice cream were delicious, and
those who attended spent a delightful
eveningaisa huusasfA rils. aNl
The Woman's Missionary society will
meet at the Congregational church this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. J. S. Tay-
lor, president. Mrs. p. F. lPowelson,
secretary.
A lonely and detected looking vagrant
named John McCarty was fined s. yes
terday by Judge Lee. That amount of
money he could not obtain, and in default
went to jail.
Two Mohawk Indian squaws who have
been in Cheyenne several days selling bead
work left on the west bound train yester-
day. One of them was so pretty as to at
tract general attention.
The Signal Service Office reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
76'. lowest, At; mean temperature, go;
mean humidity, Sc per cent; highest We
oeiteef wind 30 miles per hour rTa
Engineer Freeman, of the Central Pa
ciic, who runs to Ogden, passed through
yesterday with eevcral other comrades en-
route to the National Encampment of the
G. A. r.. at Portland, Me, which com
mences mthe 27th inst ANN
Mr.. NJ. Hayes, who is an old time
Union Pacific man in Wyoming, bought
the last one of George Taylor's curious
elkhorp chairs and sent it to a friend
named John Meehan- at Cedar Rapids,
Ia, yesterday
The boomerang of the 3rd says En-
gineer Evans sent WI men up to Major
Wolcott's Deer creek ranch yesterday to
lay out an extensive system of irrigating
canals. They were accompanied by Con-
tractor Allen, of D'Avignon & Allen. who
goesup : look the ground over, with a
view to doing the work. rfHHH
Mi. J. w. Collins has bought the bust
ness block at the corner of Seventeenth
and Ferguson streets, now occupied by
Hollis book store. and which also includes
the vacant store adjoining, formerly used
as a post Office. Mr.. Collins considers the
purchase a good investment, which it I'M
doubtedly will prove to be.
Yesterday Marshal Schnitger captured
two boys, Con Grainer and Harry Sincere,
aged respectively fourteen and fifteen
years, who had ran away from their homes
in Omaha. Mr.. Geenebaum, of the Bee,
recognized them in the streets Of Chey-
enne and the marshal locked them up and
telegraphed to their parents. They have
been away from home about three weeks.
The Warren hall, adjoining the post
Office, was beautifully decorated yesterday
with eyergreens and banners and immense
specimens Of the star spanGled flag, and
it was filed with tables that were loaded
in the most inviting manner by the ladies
of the Presbyterian church. In the even
ing the strawberry and ice cream festival
attracted a large and happy attendance,
and the receipts Of the evening were about
$40, Of which perhaps 800 will bethe
clear profit.
There is a hotel clerk in this city who
telling last night of his s%ojourn while a
youth in Kentucky, said that in the fam
iy he was visiting they had the good old
custom Of passing a tumbler of toddy
around just before retiring every night.
Not being up to the ways, he says the
first night that he spent in the hospitable
mansion, the todly came to him first, and
he drank it all up. He observed some
suppressed smiles but the lumber was
filed and went the rounds, and he Kew
better next night.
The Laramie Boomerang of Wednes-
day says: THE sensation of yesterday
has given rise to a great many reports,
among others being one that Tah had
stopped off in Cheyenne and hired Law
yer Corlett to begin suit against the city
and county for not afFording him protec-
ton. The best thing Mr.. Taft can do is
to get as far away as possible from Lara
mic and put a stopper on his mouth. If
he ever comes back here. and makes any
bad breaks, he is liable to meet with sum
mary punishment The men of this city
are not inclined to fool with that individ-
ual and have very little patience with his
sympathizers N..rN aA,..
The Army of the Potomac has agreed
to support San Francisco in the coming
Grand Army encappment as the place for
the next meeting of the national encamp-
ment, and that body will be supported in
this by all the Western delegates, San
Francisco ought to be the place and the
argument that it is far away doesn't hold
good. 1t is not near so far for Colorado.
Wyoming, Utah. Nevada, Oregon, Mon
tanan Idaho, Washington, New Mexico,
Arizona, and ever Kansas and Nebraska
delegates as Portland. Besides there is
something due'to the enthusiastic mem
bers of the G. A. r. in California and
San Francisco offers n big thing to the old