, 1885-06-02

Tie city band at keefa rink this even
ing.
Judge Fisher disposed of the usual
number ofdrunks yesterday.
"A party Of 300 Mormon converts passed
through the city yesterday morning bound
for Zion. ofsfa
The-quarantine yards will be completed
and turned over to the association on
"Wednesday.
The ladies' of St Johns church will
give a strawberry festival at the new Cath
Ole hall tomorrow "Wednesday evening.
The foot race Sunday afternoon between
Schwalbe and MESSENGER attracted a large
attendance. The race was decided to be
attic.
James +. Harrison, Of Cincinnati, o.,
has been appointed Commissioner of
Deeds for this territory by Governor
Warren.
A solitary old drunk appeared before
Judge Lee yesterday and was given the
usual fine Oslo. In default Of payment
he went to jail.
George Goodwin passed through Chey-
enn yesterday with sixty five head of
stock cattle for w. b. Williams, of Sher-
man, Wyoming. .rl
There was a fair sized fight in the west
end Saturday night, in which a number
of prominent young men Of this city we're
the principal L. The officers are
looking for the parties.
The Signal Service Office reports that
the highest Temperature yesterday was
.7s9s lowest, 5s'; mean temperature, CO;
mean humidity, SO per cent; highest We
ociiy Of wind "a miles per hour, rainfall
.03.
Mr.. Barrow of the Tribune, published
at Rawlins. while in The LEADER Office
yesterday, saidthat the stamp mill which
is now being put up at the Deserted
Treasure mine, near Rawlins, will, in a
few days be using up twenty tons per day
of good ore. This is the mine which Tom
Sun sold to Mr. s senrns for ss5, 900
Mr.. J. W. Snyder, the well known
stock grover, has returned from Colorado.
He reports that the $4,000 head of cattle
brought by his firm from Northern Texas
have passed the line into Colorado, after
being Inspected and found in first class
health by the state veterinarian. The
cattle will be driven to the firms ranges
in Colorado and Wyoming.
A train-load of fat cattle from Wash
ington territory, numbering about 400
head and filling thirty cars, reached the
stock yards in this city this morning in
good condition. The distance travelled
was nearly 1000 miles, and they were
about eleven days on the way. This is
the second train-load of cattle received
here this spring from that far-off region.
Some people came to Officer Nolan last
night to tell him that burglars had gone
through a house on the south side. break
ing doors, furniture and glass, and that
they had beaten a woman almost to death.
The officer investigated and found that a
mischievous boy had thrown a stone
through a window. Only this, and moth
ing more. Even the mischieyous boy
could not be found,
p THE hEApER desires to, call attention to
the handsome new advertisement of
Messrs. Craig, Davis & Co, the furniture
dealers in the X. of P block. This enter
prising firm has recently. put in an i'm
mense new stock of the latest styles of
furniture, crockery and carpets. Their
large warehouse contains everything that
anybody may want in the house furnish
ing line, from the finest and c~ostliest par
lor set to the cheapest kitchen furniture.
A beauty on wheels, is the new delivery
wagon of H. II. Ellis, baker and confec-
toner, and johnson, the old f~avorite is
chief engineer. a lady asked johnson
yesterday for a dish Of lie cream, and
johnson said, ''Madam, this vehicle, by a
mistake of the designer, has not been
fitted up with an ice cream parlor, so you
will have to go to headquarters at Ellis,
and take your cream in his cosy little par
lor, in the rear of the confectionery store.
Yesterday when the smelter for the
Silver Crown was about to be loaded on
wagons, Mr.. Ferguson, the owner Of the
machinery, found that his working force
and implements were insufficient to re-
move the heavy castings from the cars.
He appealed to the Union Pacific officials
for help, and Superintendent Deuel. and
Roadmaster McGregor responded at once.
They ordered up the derrick car and with
a force Of workmen loaded the smelling
machinery on the wagons in a very short
tines The popular officials received the
hearty thanks of the honest miners for
their timely and efficient help.
John Rowels, who discovered a large
tooth along Clear creek, johnson county,
last fall, sent it to j. T. Allen, Of Ne
braska,, Mr., Allen showed it to Prof.
Hicks, Of the Lincoln University, who
said it belonged to the mammoth, now
extinct. Mr.. Alien wrote from the New
Orleans exposition and said among the
curiosities there YVES a stuffed specimen of
the mammoth, which he describes as be-
ing &c feet in length, l6 feet high and 4
feet across the soles, covered with long
hair. The specimen in all respects looks
like an elephant except the tusks, which
are II feet long, turned up. Just think