, 1885-12-26
BY THE WAY.
Waits Caught on the Fly From
Busy Men.
Good hatured Gossip on General
Matters.

The day after.
Docs your hair pull this morning2
A warm Christmas brings a cool Easter.
Santa Claus neglected very few chill
dren yesterday.
The train from the east was nearly an
hour late last evening.
Nearly all of the public offices in the
city were closed yesterday.
Several C~beyennites went out to Silver
Crown yesterday morning and returned
last night.
The school board will hold a regular
monthly meeting on Thursday night of
next week.
The juvenile drum corps was out early
last evening, making the welkin ring with
hideous discord.
The Bicycle club have put in a billiard
table at their rooms in the second story of
the Commercial block,
Scarcely a drunken man was seen On
the streets of the city yesterday. which
speaks well for Cheyenne.
The efforts of the ladies to provide
cheer for the poor of the city are worthy
of the highest appreciation.
Christmas is over, ami the next big oc-
casion in the Magic City will be New
Years, which is close at hand.
The police courts were not in running
order yesterday, and, consequently, there
is no news to report in that line.
John Chase, the ladies say, Is the most
graceful dancer in the city. He seems to
have no trouble in securing partners.
One gentleman in Cheyenne, in addi-
ton to making his wife a present of an
elegant satin dress, gave her a check for
s4O0.
Most of the business places in the city
were closed for the greater part of the
day yesterday, and some of them did
not open at all.
Even as late as 9 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon several forlorn- looking individ
usls might have been seen around hunt
ing for presents to send to their best girls.
The six c%onvicts which Deputy Sheriff
McGonigle took to the penitentiary ut
Joliet were safely delivered, without any
bad breaks having been made on their
part.
Among the numerous presents which
Tommy WATSON received yesterday was a
moustache cup. Tommy thinks he can
utilize the cup in about twenty years
more.
J.. NJ. McCreery, chairman of the
Crook county board of commissioners, is
IN Cheyenne on business connected with
the Laramie Crook boundary and tax
question.
The city was, of course, unusually dull
from a business standpoint yesterday,
although quite large sales of Christmas
goods were made at such places as were
open and had them for sale.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
$500; lowest, 24.l0; mean temperature.
$500; mean humidity, 1917 per cent
highest velocity Of wind, IA miles per
hour.
Santa Claus had his sleigh all loaded
and ready and his great big elks harnessed
for a start; but there was no sleighing,
and he had to pack in on bronchos all the
holiday presents for the little ones, and
they got them all the same.
The small boy was oat in force yester
day, with drum and horn. He paraded
the streets with all the dignity and style
of a drum major, and celebrated the holt
day in his own peculiar style. If there
is one thing more than another that de-
lights the small boy it is noise. and plenty
of it,
Notwithstanding the great demand for
flowers and ~evergrcens for Christmas day,
Mrs. Yictorine S. Glafcke, the florist,
corner Warren avenue and Sixteenth
street, is prepared this morning to fill all
orders for floral work and decorations.
Orders for New Years day should be
sent in without delay, as the supply of
flowers may soon be exhausted.
Denver is to have its second poultry,
cat and dog show in January. 1t is ad
vertised to open on the 18th and run until
the 22d The amount in premiums offered
will hardly, it would seem, induce many
to bring out their fine specimens. There
will be a nice circus Just before feeding
time, when the fowls cackle for their corn
and the pups and pussies begin to clamor
for a square meal.
Mayor Reel, we regret to say, was worse
yesterday, having had a severe attack of
coughing the previous night, preventing
sleep. The physician, however, tells
Mrs. Reel that entire quiet and good
nursing will restore her husband to his
usual good health. The mayor has the
best attendance and care, and, with his
wife as a nurse, could not be in better
hands. His many friends will anxiously
await his convalescence, but should not,
for the present, call upon him. as the
! doctor orders absolute quiet and rest.