, 1885-10-30
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

N" q itOou
Cloudy weather.
The land Office is very busy.
The Knights looked gallant.
The minstrels will arrive from the west
this morning.
There is war on the color line in the
west side school.
There was not a case of any kind yes
terday before either of the police jus.
tees.
Peter Morahan has retired from litera-
ture and is booming a new furniture pol
isher.
Scandinavian Lutheran service tonight
at 8 O'Clock in Mr.. Simmons house,
by Rev. II. p, Hansen.
There is a real live earl and a lord Of
fair dimensions in this city, who arrived
from England a few days ago.
A number of sisters of charity arrived
on the train last night from the east, and
were met at the depot by Father Nugent,
who escorted them to his home at st.
Johns church.
A deputy sheriff from Deadwood is
here with a requisition for Ward and
johnson, the two horse thieves captured
in this county a few weeks ago by Deputy
Sheriff McGonigle.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
63.20; lowest, 33.O9; mean temperature
50. : i mean humidity, 400 per cent; high.
est velocity of wind % miles per hour.
The charter members OF the camp Of
Sons of America will meet tomorrow
night at Masonic hall for the institution
Of the camp and the perfection Of the or
ganization. The instituting officers and
visiting brothers from Denver will arrive
on the evening train.
Yesterday a soldier named John Wa.
lace was arrested in this city charged with
being the man who, some weeks ago,
robbed Mr.. Coors Of the Golden brewery
at night on one of the Main streets. The
alleged thief is in jail, and will be exam.
ined before Judge Fisher tomorrow.
Last night at the Congregational church
entertainment, Rev. {. NJ. Sanders pre-
sented the city editor of the LEADER some
ferns from Whittier Brook and somt
sumach leaves from the trees which stood
about the school-house immortalized in
his poem, In School Days -
Around 1t still the sumachs grow"
Register Wilson has got fairly into the
harness in the land Office, and is rapidly
catching up with the work which was be-
hind. Business is done decisively and
with dispatch, and altogether the new
register seems to have been an exceeding.
ty happy selection for the appointment
lie is, moreover, gaining in popularity
every day among our people, being a thor
ough and eourtly gentleman.
In New Mexico and Texas there is Q
strong sentiment among the cattle men il
favor of holding the meeting of the Ma.
tional Cattle and Horse Growers associa.
ton for 1856 in Denver. A gentleman
who has lately been among the leading
stock men in those regions say they al
favor such a move. An effort will be
made to adjourn the meeting next month
in st. Louis to meet in Denver.
The author of the popular novel, THE
Bread Winners" is in Cheyenne. He i,
a tall young man, of conviyial habits anc
splendid manners, and this reporter coulC
give his name, but at his earnest request
refrains from so doing. He is engaged il
writing another story, which will probably
be published anonymously also, except
that it will be published as coming iron
the author of The Bread Winners.
The winter consultations are now ad-
vancing up the eastern sky, and some o.
them can be readily seen at early bedtime
First comes Aries, her the Pleiades (ht
seven stars, the Hyadcs 1.-THE figure V
denoting the bulls head with Aldebara1
as the eye), the Twins, Orion, Cancer.
the planets Saturn and Mars, and the
beautiful stars Capella in the northeast,
and a little later in the evening, Sirius il
the southeast.
Yesterday the body of Hugo Stein wa.
placed in a neat coffin and will be given q
respectable burial by a number of gentle.
men of this city who knew him. Iii,
body had been turned over to the city
sexton, and would have been buried a
the expense of the county, as Stein dice
without money and had no relatives here
Deceased was a native of Germany, ant
was of an obliging and gcntlemanly dispo
sition. The disease from which he dice
was consumption, with which he hat
long been suffering.