, 1885-06-11
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About The City.
A large number of emigrants are
camped in the northern suburbs.
The Iowa editors will make another
stop in Cheyenne on their way back.
An effort will be made to institute in
this city a lodge Of the order Of Elks.
A great deal of lumber is being shipped
to the ranches on Chugwater and Horse
creek.
Pat Reagan was drunk again yesterday
and Judge Lee sent him to the calaboose
some more.
There is another thing which may be
said in favor Of Cheyenne. She has no
professional base ball club.
Assembly No. 1852, X. Of L., meets
in regular session tonight. The sociable
is postponed until further notice.
Go and hear the Rev. J.. L. Judson,
the accomplished colored orator, lecture
at the colored Baptist church tonight.
The Working Band of the Congrega-
tional church will meet at the church par
Ions this Thursday afternoon at , . clock.
The Iowa editors got IA fill" yesterday
in more ways than one. They were
pumped very full Of Cheyenne by every
patriotic citizen.
1t seems that there are two excursion
parties Of Iowa editors whirling through
the space. The other was last heard of at
Washington, d. G.
The fire department will not attend the
4th of July celebration at Greeley as a
whole, but the Alert team will go. and
probably the Clarks.
Two of the public drinking fountains
are being put in place, one in front of the
city hall and the other in front of the
Warren establishment.
The First National bank will be closed
tomorrow, the day of the funeral Of A.
II. Converse, at Three Rivers Mich, out
of respect to his memory.
When told that the water of Lake
Mahpalutah is carried up hill some dis
lance, one Of the editors wanted. to know
what did it, and was told light air"
1t is probable that Gen. Eugene X.
Stimson, of Denver, will lecture shortly in
this city upon 'Glittering Generalities. -
He will deliver a brilliant address if he
comes.
Mn- Ii. G. Brownlee, who left this
about six weeks ago, to reside in Lead
vile, died at the latter place on Monday
last after a few hours illness. She leaves
an infant child.
The Signal Service officer eports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
7S0. lowest, 42': mean temperature, COZ;
mean humidity, Sc per cent; highest We
ocity Of wind l6 miles per hour.
Mr.. Boardman. the opera house mana
ger, has secured a subscription of 5000 for
the Materna concert. and needs 800
more, as it takes an even 81 200 to bring
the lady and her company here without
losing money.
Frank Weaton will be tried before
Judge Lee to-day, charged with stealing
coat from Beck's tailor shop which had
been left there for repairs. 1t is said
that Weaton sold the coat to a second
hand dealer.
Peter O'Hara was fired $40 for getting
drunk and thought he ought to be let off,
as it was only a few days ago that he haa
paid $40 for the same thing. Judge Lee
couldn't see the force of that sort of argu-
ment, and in default, Peter went up.
A special train containing the directors
Of the Union Pacific railroad, who are en-
route to Portland to confer with the di-
rectors of the Northern Pacific, passed
through this city last night, making a
mile a minute, The time the train was
required to make was sixty miles an hour.
John Comings was before Judge Lee
Yesterday, charged with being a vagrant.
He announced himself ready for trial,
plead not guilty, and conducted his own
case. He was very promptly fined $100,
and might have been fined a million with
as fair a prospect of paying it. He will
90 to jail at the rate of a dollar and a hall
a day.
George Taylor has a stuffed parrot
perched on a swing in front of his place
Of business. Yesterday a happy darkey
passed that way humming a song and eat
ing peanuts as he swung along. Noticing
the stuffed bird he thought it alive and
began to talk to it. After a little while
he 'tumbled' and looking around saw
Taylor and others laughing at him. The
darkey shufled away to a distance OF
about fifty feet and then said; ''Say,
boss, | RELY 'spose de drinks is on me,
but | swan to goodness | amt had a d-n
cent scnce last lection, an under dat sort
of state er tribulation you'll have to
'scuse me, and lie skipped.