, 1885-12-24
BY THE WAY.
Waits Caught on the FLY from Busy
Men.
Good Natured Gossip on General
Matters.

The calaboose is getting a few inmates
again.
The bicycle brigade was out Tor a good
portion Of the time yesterday.
Buy your boy a pair of those red-top
boots for Christmas at s. Bon's.
A. NJ. L. church will have a Christmas
tree and sociable on Christmas eve.
Religious services were held in the
various church of the city last evening.
The finest and largest assortment of
Christmas slippers in town at s. Bon's.
The B. L. L. Society will give another
entertainment on the evening OF Dec. 20.
Nine. Nevada received $1,000 for her
two weeks engagement in San Francisco.
Judge Lacey was very busy hearing
and disposing of matters at chambers yes
terday.
[ say, boys, don't forget to take in the
Alerts masquerade ball at Keefe's rink
to- might.
The gale on Wednesday blew a good
many of our neighboring ranchmen into
the city.
Fifty turkeys will be ratified off at the
Germania hall on Christmas eve. Time.
9 o'clock.
Monday evening, Dec. %. the Second
Baptist people will have a Christmas tree
and sociable.
There was a big rush of people both
great and small again yesterday for
Christmas gifts.
Canvassers were around the city quite
numerous yesterday selling tickets for the
Christmas ball.
The preliminary examination in the
Mcintosh alleged murder case will be held
in the district our room.
Small trees and other Christmas shrub
berry are being brought in from the foot
hills in large quantities.
The girls all say, well dance all night
till broad daylight and go home with an
Alert in the morning"
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.
The days will now begin to grow longer
and the nights shorter, and will SO con
tinue doing for the next six months.
Look all over town and then give
Heath's City Market a call and purchase
what you need to enjoy your Xmas feast.
An addition to the beer hall at Lake
Mlnnehaha is being built, and it will be
large enough for dances and other kindred
gatherings.
T. j. Shaughnessy is a candidate for
member of the city council from the
first ward, subject to the ratification of
the primary meeting.
A bucking broncho with an expert
rider created some little excitement on
Sixteenth street yesterday morning. The
broncho got the worst of it.
G. b. Goodell sold yesterday to the
Phoenix market-a grade Of Short Horn
steers raised on his ranch near Cheyenne,
whose gross weight was $50 pounds.
At the Alert hose masquerade this
Thursday evening masks and skates
will be taken off at 1890 o'clock and the
regular order of dancing will commence.
A drunk was all that enlivened the
police yesterday, but business in
that line will probably be much better
from this time until the holidays are
over.
Keefe's rink: will be a lively place to-
night. The Alerts are on deck. Gay
masqueraders will skate until 1896
O'Clock. and then light feet will trip tc
gay music until the wee sma' hours.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday wal
4s.5'; lowest, 356o; mean temperature,
AIS; mean humidity, 10. per cent
highest velocity of wind, SO miles pei
hour.
The new barn being built on Seven
tcenth street by Thomas Conroy has beer
leased by a gentleman from Louisville
Ky. who will bring from Kentucky mex.
spring some fast driving horses and gooC
teams for the purpose OF starting a liver
stable.
The committee of ladies' having il
charge the charitable work In behalf =
the poor of the city, request that all thos,
who have toys, books, shoes or clothing
old or new, to donate TO the needy peopl,
Of Cheyenne. would send their gifts Il
the Congregational church this morning
The distribution will be made by tn
ladies' without reference TO sect, color o
condition, excepting the pressing need 0
the recipients.
EverKrerns nnd Flowers.
Christmas wreaths, holly, mistletoe
%festooning, rose buds, carnations, hya
I, cinths, %violets, etc. to be had at
Mrs. NJ. j. CHAFFIN's
Greenhouses, corner Of Eighteenth an
Ransom streets.