, 1885-12-04
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

ing by the city band.
Keefe's skating rink was a very lively
place yesterday afternoon.
A ''delicatessen'' is to be opened in the
vacant room in the Odd Fellows block in
a few days.
Some Of the electric wire poles are being
taken down and more substantial ones put
in their places.
The case of the Territory of Wyoming
vs.. James Rogan will be tried in the dis
trict court to-day.
One or i've of the mail routes in the
northern part of the territory will prob
ably change hands soon.
Sheriff Sweeney returned from his Off
cial trip to Laramie City yesterday and
took the Denver train for home.
The water works at the court house are
u of gear. and workmen were engaged
in putting them in trim yesterday.
John Dobyns, of Cheyenne, represents
the Wyoming cattle commission business
at the st. Louis cattle convention.
The Phnnix market yesterday received
from Rawlins eight Of the largest black
tail deer ever brought to Cheyenne.
Surveyors on the Sioux City & Pacific
are at Fort Caspar. They will continue
the survey west up the Swcetwater.
There was an immense amount of dust
in the air yesterday, and it was a bad day
for hats on account of the high wind.
The grand lodge of A. F. and A. NJ.
of Wyoming Territory sent this week
800 to the relief of Masons in Galveston,
Tex.
Considerable work is accommodating at
the county clerks office for the brand
commissioners when they get together
again.
The Wyoming delegation to the st.
Louis cattle convention have been pre-
sented with a handsome hand painted
banner.
Some of the parties recently in from
the north report hat the cattle are doing
finely, and that the feed this winter will
be excellent.
John Doe was arraigned before Judge
Lee yesterday on the charge of creating a
disturbance and breach OF the peace, He
was fined, and paid up.
"Who shall decide when doctors disa-
gree is an old question, and in the case
Cheyenne now has on hand the answer is,
Coroner Moore and a jury.
The members OF John f. Reynolds post
are to elect officers tonight. The two
leading candidates for commander are T.
NJ. Fisher and ]. II. Goddard.
Quite a number of parties are In town
from Fort Laramie attending court as
witnesses, etc. Among them arc Richard
Whalen. John Owens and John (Posey)
Ryan.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
59.s0; lowest, 1872; mean temperature,
50. / mean humidity, 49, per cent. high
est velocity of wind, "a miles per hour.
There are probably 200 children in
Cheyenne within school age who do
not habituslly attend school. Many of
them go Just long enough during the year
to conform to the requirements of the
law.
The session OF the First Presbyterian
church last evening passed a vote of
thanks to Mr.. Buechner for the gift of
two collection plates, and to Mr.. NJ. p.
Keefe for the gift of three dozen chairs
for the lecture room.
One of the small children attending the
west end school has of late been quite
badly maltreated by some of the older
ones-through no fault of the teachers,
however and yesterday the child's father
took it out aud will not send the child to
school again.
The second quarterly meeting of the
Methodist church will be held in the
church on Eighteenth and Ransom streets,
beginning tonight at 1870 and embracing
Sunday. Rev. j. II. Merritt, presiding
elder of the district, will preach this even
ing. Love feast Sunday morning at 10
o'clock. Short sermon by the pastor and
administration Of the Lords Supper at l.
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