, 1885-11-03
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

There are a great many tramps in
town.
The dockets of the District Court are.
made up.
The County Commissioners meet in
regular session to-day.
The marshal is having the city Jail rem
ovated, now that it has no inmates.
The returns from all the state elections
will be bulletined tonight at the Inter
Ocean Hotel.
Thee new members were taken into
the Methodist church Sunday night.
which makes eleven since the beginning
OF Mr.. RAIDER pastorate.
On last Monday evening a week no.
some stacks of hay ON the Hoy ranch. in
Pleasant valley, were consumed by fire.
1t is believed to be the work of an incen.
diary.
1t is reported that the Haight ranch.
four miles from Cheyenne on Crow creek.
has been purchased by DeCourcey
French. He is stocking it with chickens
of the finest breeds.
The Evanston Oil Company have sus-
pended operations on their well for the
winter. They will begin again with re-
newed yigor in the spring. Their well is
now down 440 feet and cased.
Rev. c. NJ. Sanders preached a SPLEEN
did sermon to w~orkingmen Sunday
night. The burden of his argument was
that by going into the church they would
iird much relief from their troubles.
A requisition from the governor of
Idaho for Teton Jackson, the famous
up country horsethief, arrived here yes
terday directed to Governor Warren.
Jackson is in Jail at Lander or Buffalo.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
67.l'; lowest, 1879; mean temperature.
47.5; mean humidity, 1873 per cent; high
est velocity of wind - miles per hour.
The special car 'Glazier. of the
Northern Pacific railway, was attached to
the train bound east yesterday morning.
1t contained Vice President Wilson. of
that road, his wife, a son and two daugh-
ters.
Treasurer Bergman did a land Office
business yesterday. 1t being the last
day for the payment of taxes without the
10 per cent. penalty, his office was
crowded all day, and he corralled about
$4,000 of the tribute.
Fred Schwartze did not purchase any
of the old government buildings at Fl.
Russell, as reported, for the very good
reason that they were not for sale, but he
did purchase some of the surplus ma
terial belonging to the contractor.
Constable w. II. Vaughn arrived here
yesterday from Fairbanks with Thomas
Mahr, who is now in jail charged with
breaking into the residence of Jno. s..
Burns, nine miles north of Fort Laramie,
and stealing thcrcfnm a shot gun and
other articles.
The Denver Times says: The time is
coming when Wyoming will produce oil
enough to supply the entire country.
Wyoming is one Of Colorado nearest
neighbors, and Denver should cultivate
close business relations with the people of
that territory.
A man named Croker, an cast bound
emigrant, was here Sunday with his
family, wife and thirteen children. The
oldest of the children is II years. The
husband is IS years old, and the wife two
years younger. They have one child
dead. There is a patriot.
The friends and members of the Meth
odist church are to have another Of their
literary aud musical sociables this evening
at the residence of Mr.. j. w. Snyder,
corner of Ransom and Nineteenth streets.
Every one who is interested in the church
is requested to be present and contribute
TO the enjoyment of the occasion.
In an article concerning the governor
ship, Mr.. Morrow, Of the Buffalo Echo,
winds up as follows: If a change is to BE-
made in the g%overnorship, no one stands
more prominently conspicuous as a rep
resentative man than Hon. NJ. T.. Post.
He has truly succeeded by merit and in
dustry, and will not be backward in for
warding the true interests of the territory.
The annual bal-masque of the typo
graphical union in this city is announced
for the evening Of Thanksgiving day,
Nov. Goth. These balls are always splen.
did affairs, %patronized by the best people
Of the city in compliment to ''the art pre-
servative of all arts, and the always in
t%elligent ladies and gentlemen who aIc
its deyotees. Buy a ticket the first
chance you get, lest you might not have
another.
Jno. Wallace. the soldier charged with
having robbed Mr.. Coors, of the Golden
Brewery, in this city some weeks ago.
was examined before Judge Fisher yes
tcrday, and sent to Jail in default OF 81 ,0Ot
bail Fred Collins, an cmployo of the
Gold Room, identified Wallace as tn,
man who did the robbery. Officer Die.