, 1885-09-29
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.
The weather is just right.

The weather is just right.
The drug store gags in the Rag Bah
were great.
Ten or twelve Cinnamon left yesterday
frightened away by the placards of Satur
day night.
The men of the Raq BaJy party were
Boardman's last victims Oh. thai
wicked, wicked mani
The alarm of fire about II yesterday
was caused by the burning of some old
ties in the railroad yard.
The bell of the central school is moi
rung now on account of Miss Jennie
Shows illness, as it disturbs her very
much.
One Ct Jake Esselborn's eagles is dead.
1t got its leg broken during the encamp.
ment and was killed to put it out of it.
misery
The company here last night had one
woman 'homely enough to wreck a train. "
but it had several who made up the dc.
~ficienay the other way.
The man sent to set up the organ at the
Presbyterian church has arrived and is
putting up the immense instrument. The
church will be open next Sunday as usual.
ii. j.. Tibbits returned from Denver
yesterday with two horses that were re-
Gently stolen. One of them was his per.
sonal property and the other belonged to
the Ak outfit.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
66.4'; lowest, 1922; mean temperature
5S.9i mean humidity, 55.3 per cent; high
est velocity of the wind, 20 miles per hour.
A man named Mcbride, whose face was
badly hurt last Saturday by the falling Of
an iron door against his cheek, is getting
along all right. He wouldn't do for a life
insurance agent, never. His check isn't
hard enough.
Mrs. Glafcke, the florist, has a large
number of roses in bloom. Call and get
them. The buds are fresh, being cut
from the bushes every morning. Green
houses corner Sixteenth street and War
rem avenue.
Mr.. Il. A. Pritchard, of Richmond,
Mo, writes a long letter in the Conscrr-
dtor Of that city, in which he speaks in
high terms of Cheyenne and numerous
citizens whom he met while visiting here
a few weeks ago.
j. NJ. Lanard and Michael Barren, two
soldiers charged with robbing Mr.. Coors
on Friday morning of last week, were be-
fore Judge Fisher yesterday morning and
were sent back to jail to wait further ex-
animation, which will be held on Thurs
day,
Six cars of a train load of cattle belong
ing to Pratt & Ferris were derailed Sun
day morning near Point Lookout on the
Union Pacific, and eight or ten head Of
cattle were killed. The accident delayed
the passenger train from the west about
five hours.
At the morning services in the Presby-
terian church last Sunday fourteen new
members were taken in, ten on confession
and four by letter. Five received bap
tism. 1t was an impressive scene when
the ten stood up in the act of confession
before the pulpit.
1t is probable that the time card of the
Union Pacific passenger train from Omaha
to Ogden will shortly be changed so as tc
reduce the time between those points ter
hours. This will make Cheyenne five
hours nearer to the east, but the proba.
bilities are that the train will leave Omaha
in the morning early, which will bring il
into Cheyenne about midnight, and tina
will be bad for the platform brigade-alsC
the reporters.
The Evanston Chieftan says, Tn,
Chinese consuls with their military eseori
came in town in a special car on Wednes
day and stopped over until yesterday, ex,
aiming some witnesses, after which they
departed westward. They examinoc
about 500 witnesses at Rock Springs, anC
find that thirty.nine of their e%ountrymer
rnrtahaA -, 81. ~....s nj.
The young widow whom Halsey Rhoadi
married last Sunday in Denver was tn,
daughter of Thos. Linton and sister o.
Chas- 7. Linton of the city named. He
frst husband was joseph r. McCutcheon
OF Weld county. Halsey has known hei
ever since she was a child, and the DenveI
papers say she is pretty and accomplished
We offer warm congratulations TO Mr. an,
Mrs Rhoads. Halsey is a splendid goot
fellow and deserves all the blessings tina
may ever fall in his way, and more too.
1t is now stated that the notice of warn
ing given to the Cinnamon in this cit,
last Saturday evening was a joke perpe
trated by a number of the boys" out "or
a lark, and who are consequently a littl,
short of funds and unable to meet theil
wash bills on the first of next month
This is well enough so far as it goes, bu
it will not do to carry the joke too far, 70
the civil authorities and the law and orde
loving people of Cheyenne will not PERM
the city to be disgraced by any unlawful
proceedings, coming from whatever sourcr
they may.
A special telegram to THE LEADER from
Rock Spring, last evening reports tina
gradually the affairs in that now celcbrat
ed town are assuming their former con
dition. Up to Monday morning seventy
nine passes had been issued to the dis
CHARGED mon mosflv fnr Tho oost Th;rt,