, 1885-11-01
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
what Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little TO
Garry a Head.

AL Raihto ud1.
Winter is here with his overcoat on.
Nothing before the police court yester-
day.
This is the twenty second Sunday after
Trinity.
Hill & Wild's freighting outfit is in
from the north.
Sunday school at the South Side chapel
at 3 p. IN. to-day. All are invited.
The teachers of this school district held
their regular monthly institute yesterday.
Locations are being rapidly made in the
Silver Crown district since the late devel-
opments.
There was quite a heavy fall. of snow
before daylight yesterday morning, but it
was nearly all gone before noon.
Custer station, on the Northern Pa
cihc, has been quite a shipping point
this season for Northern Wyoming cattle
men.
Bowling 4 Blackmore, contractors.
have completed the carpenter work on
Frank Bon's new house on Nineteenth
street.
The LEADERS report, yesterday, of the
sale of Mr.. Guiterman's share of cattle to
ii. b. Kelly, was an error. No such sale
has taken place.
The Rock Springs Independent SAYS:
Ed. Rife had his thumb ierked off last
week by getting it caught in a turn of a
lariat while lassoing cattle.
The election of officers of the Irish
Benevolent society will be held in st.
Johns hall, Tuesday evening, at 1870
o'clock. All members are requested to
attend.
i. w. Schwartze has purchased the
lumber of the old buildings at Fort Rus
sell. He will take the material to his
Pole creek ranch and with it erect sheds
and buildings.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
400; lowest, 2S.9'; mean temperature
S2.5 mean humidity, 74.3 per cent; high.
est velocity of wind % miles per hour.
snowfall, .0S.
Old Jim Baker, the famous hunter and
frontlersman, on Snake river, a few days
since shot and killed an ancient elk COW.
~
The wild bovine had upon her side the
famous pony express brand that has
been obsolete these five and twenty
years. The COW was probably a pet at
one of these stations in those days of 80
and 60.
VIM. CASTER, the man mentioned in
yesterday LEADER as having been kicked
in the stomach by a horse at Posts ranch
last Wednesday, died at the county hos.
pital Friday night. The deceased was in
the employ Of County Surveyor II. A.
Roy during the past summer. Mr.. Roy
telegraphed the unfortunate man mother
yesterday morning, She resides at Rec
Heights, Da.
John Nofit, who has been freighting
to the northern portion of the territory
from Rock Creek, arrived in Cheyenne
Friday. He has decided to draw his
teams from hat point and will at once
put OF freight teams from this point to
Fort Laramie and other northern points.
The superiority Of Cheyenne as a starting
point to supply the northern country has
been fully appreciated by the freighters,
and although to reach some points the dis
lance may be greater, the route is open
throughout the year, the storms which
are so frequent scarcely interfering with
travel.
Rock Springs hudependcHt-Our cs-
teemed contemporary, the Sun, is quite
mistaken in supposing that the hudepald.
eat has Topped on the question o.
Chinese labor. We think now as we al
ways have thought, hat the Chinese are
a detriment to this country; that they in
jure every species of industry, and tn,
sooner they are got out the better it viii
be. But we are opposed t. violence
We have seen some Of its results, and W,
shall not be afraid to oppose every attempt
at violence, or to criticize the ill-adviseC
actions of the men. If our esteemed con
temporary had taken as Independent
course, and had been more honest anC
moderate in its presentation Of the labo.
troubles. 1t would not have been waiteC
upon by citizens of Cheyenne with re
quest to discontinue its infammatory talk
as it was i%niuring business, stirring VI
strife and melting riot