, 1885-08-30
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

Go to church.
Number the houses.
Yesterday was one of those cyetalian'
freaks.
This is the thirteenth Sunday after
Trinity.
Put the names of the streets on the
corners.
The teachers for the institute, which
begins on Monday, have begun to arrive.
Street cleaning is progressing very salts
f~actorily and it was much needed.
The Golden teams walked off with the
honos at the Boulder tournament.
1t is pretty near time to hear some
NOR talk about the street car line to Fort
Russell.
A neat little park could be easily made
south of the Warren emporium which
would be al ornament to the city.
The meeting of those interested in the
institution here of a p. o. S. A. camp
was postponed last night until some future
time.
A party will leave here this morning for
Nebraska to take advantage of the first
day of the open season in shooting prairie
chickens.
Judge Lee had one plain drunk yester-
day, which went to the crate. Judge
Fisher was not bothered with any of the
tortfeasors.
An evidence of the increase in a%gricult-
ure in this region lies in the fact that more
farming machinery has been sold in Chey-
snne this season than in any two years
previous.
The Sun has moved to the McDaniels
block, which has been fitted up in fine
style for a newspaper Office, and the
Stock Journal has moved to the old Sun
office.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
74.3'; lowest, 40.5'; mean temperature,
IS. 50; mean humidity, GO. 7 per cent; high
est velocity of wind 10 miles per hour.
Mat Crisp, who has been a brakeman in
Conductor Nottage's crew on the Union
Pacific, was taken to his home in Nebraska
yesterday, suffering from softening of the
brain. He is entirely demented.
Sheriff Jameson was here yesterday and
took back to Laramie with him two thieves
who robbed the station house at Sherman
on Thursday night of valuables to the ex-
tent of about $50. They were arrested in
Cheyenne on a telegram from the sheriff
named.
Mr.. Louis Loeb, the well known and
popular salesman, who has sold clothing
to the people of this section for fifteen
years, is now connected with the great
clothing house of A. Polack, Sixteenth
street MIR. Loeb will be pleased to meet
all his old customers at his new place of
business, and promises to treat them all
kindly.
The Laramie Seatiad says concerning
the programme for the Wyoming teach
ers' institute which assemblies here IN
Monday; at is a very good one, so far
as it goes, but leaves out some important
subjects. We would like to suggest that
among other things it discuss Reform in
Spelling The Importance of Teaching
Photography in Our Public Schools, and
How to Free Our People from the Extor-
ton of School Book Publisher
Yesterday the Stock Growers bank re
ceived a check from a bank in Omaha,
forged by Ed. Pagenstecher. who had
used the name Of. Jake Esselborn. He
left here a week ago, and had for some
time previous been in the employ of
Herman Kimme, of the brewery. He
stated upon leaving Cheyenne that he was
going to some rural tow of Nebraska,
Now that he has secured SIS on the forged
cheek he will doubtless continue his jour
ney with renewed energy.
Yesterday was a bad day for balky
horses. One baked in front of the court
house about 5 O'Clock, and a LEADER
reporter told the man how to make the
horse go and he went. The other case
was about 6 o'clock in front of Warren's
emporium, and caused a great deal OF
excitement. The animal was being led by
a halter tied to the back part Of a wagon,
and when at the point mentioned he con-
cluded not to walk any further and so pro-
ceeded to get into the wagon. He made
several attempts Of this kind but finally
becoming ~cntangled in the rope fell over
fiat on his side on the ground.
The East bound train yesterday morn
ing arrived here about three hours late.
1t was caused by an accident Friday night.
The passenger train ran into a freight
train at Medicine Cow. throwing the
caboose from the track and completely
demolishing a box car ahead Of the same.
The smoke stack of the engine Of the pas
senger train was torn of, and some other
slight damage done. Fortunately no one
was hurt, but the passengers were pretty
well shaken up. A heavy fog prevailed
at the time of the accident, and the pas
senger train could not be seen by the men
in the yard in time to close the switch
after the freight train that had Just been
side tracked.