, 1885-07-02
LOCAL MAVERICKS.
Unbranded News Notes picked Tn
About The City.

The circus was good.
The regular daily shower never fails
these times.
Now you can write longer letters at the
same price, but don't do it when writing
to busy men.
j. d. Knott was called hi of the cir.
u last night to be informed that fire and
water had been visiting his house.
Reserved seat tickets for the Frederick
Warde entertainment will be on sale at
the box office of the opera house TODAY.
Frank Thomas of Thomastown, Me.
was the man who died on the east bound
train near Laramie City last Monday
night.
Yesterday was a warm day but not too
warm for the moneyless man to stay on
the sunshiney side of tue street to avoid
the bill collector.
There was much fun at the fire last
night. The iremen in shifting the noz-
zles occasionally let a stream out upon the
crowd and their was ''hurrying to and
fro"
Judge Lee had one lone solitary
drunk before him yesterday, $40. Paid.
The city marshal arrested yesterday
two soldiers who were drunk and locked
them up.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
so. lowest, 530i mean temperature, 90;
mean humidity, SO per cent; highest We
locity of wind l6 miles per hour.
The following kilograms are atthe Wes-
tern Union office awaiting claimants, W.
L. Wilson. W. j. Smith, A. w. BENEFIT,
Frank Vim, j. c.. Burns, Mrs. Clara
Bowen, Mrs. Ann Hemstrat and W.
McLame.
jenkins 4 Ross were representa- d in the
circus procession yesterday. They had
their kangaroo mule team out with ban
ners on the sides .Of the wagon which
informed an anxious public that they sell
shoes of better quality for less money
than an other house this side of any
where.
Rhodes d Troxells new portable soda
fountain was used at the circus yesterday
and proved a big success. 1t will here
after be used at festivals, picnics and other
entertainments, public and private, dur
ing the hot season. Cool, delicious soda
and the purcst of fruit sYrups will there
be available to the people whenever and
wherever they may be wanted.
Charlie Goodsell undertook to arrest
two soldiers as they were coming out of
a saloon last night. but both of them
struck the enterprising officer at once and
knocked him down, and before he could
recover both wen. gone, running in differ
ent directions. Several people ran after
them shouting stopl' but they hadn't
stopped, to any alarming extent, at last
accounts.
The residence of L. II. Smith was en-
tered last night by bu. glars who carried
of about 5000 worth Of iewelry while the
inmates were at the circus. The light
fingered gentry were evidently displeased
with their haul having expected more, but
fortunately Mrs. Smith was wearing her
most valuable jewelry. The thieves left a
very laconic note which read, Tommy,
you are no good.
Tom, a II year-old, has been to the cir
Gus and has become an enthusiastic GYM
mast. Look here, he shouted to his
small sister, as he stood on his head and
waved his heels in the air. Don't you
wish you could do this, Hossie?" I'm
too little to do it now, said Flossie, with
an admiring look at the performance,
but when | get to be a great big girl l
bet | can The chances are that if she
can she won't.
"Pa, mayn't | 20 to the circus ?? said
a small boy yesterday to his paternal pro-
genitor. "No sir, said the old man Sc
verely, 'circuses are immoral things which
should notIbe encouraged Last night
the old man felt something tugging at his
arm az he sat upon a high seat in the
tent, and when he looked around that
boy o his said, PA, if you won't lick me
| wont tell ma about your being here, ~
and the interested parties struck = bargain.
A New York newspaper tells of the
round up there of forty-fve tramps by
a squad of police officers which is a
reminder.-of feat far ahead of hat which
was once performed in this city by Judge
James Bean when that gentleman was =
police officer here, One morning he
found fourteen tnmps asleep in one little
shanty down by the railroad track, TAX
ing out his revolver he made them put
up their hands and threatened to shoot
the first one who moved, then he went
along with his knife, cut off their suspen-
ders and cut their waist bands loose so
hat each man had to hold on to his
trousers to keep them from falling off.
Getting them in this shape he matched
them to the calaboose and turned them in
and when he threw theml the bundle Of
suspenders they fought over them like so
many dogs over a bone, each. one trying
to get the best pair and all were bad.
Rough on Rats
CLEARS ont rats. mice reaches flies