, 1885-10-23
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

F
stakcd.
Emma Howard was sent to jail ycster-
day for drunkenness.
Jack Sanders paid Judge Lee a fine of
$40 yesterday for being drunk.
The body of Horace W. Baldwin was
shipped to Kenosha, Wis, yesterday.
VIM. Woods, stock Inspector, will leave
the city this morning for his home in Gus
ter city.
Pools are selling on the Walkup trial.
That the lady will be discharged has the
most supporters.
1t is not probable the Bergman quo
Wdrranto case will be decided until the
November court.
The odd Fellows of Cheyenne who at
tended the Grand Lodge at Laramie are
all at home again.
Bankers or merchants having financial
dealings in the East will will find the card
Of the Maverick National bank, Boston,
of interest.
The Union Mercantile company have
stopped work for the season on their
ditch which takes water from Horse
creek to Goshen's Hole.
Joe johnson, the individual charged
with attempting Wednesday night 10
steal a coat from Alderman Harrington's
store, will be tried by Judge Lee to-day.
Connie Goodwin, Gladis Osborn and
Mrs. l.. Wicks were arrested yesterday
charged with being inmates of houses of
prostitution. They will be tried before
Lee o -day.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
GG.G'; lowest, 26.G';, mean temperature,
44.9; mean humidity, 4l.3 per cent; high
est velocity of the wind, s miles per hour.
Mr.. William O'Brien, of the firm of
O'Brien & Lawler, did some excellent
shooting at the lakes on Sunday. lie
fifty ducks in an hour. With a little
more experience Mr.. O'Brien will make
himself famous.
The casket containing the remains of
the famous humorist, Josh Billings,
which passed through this city last Tues
day, was taken off the train at Omaha to
be reboxed, the box having been damaged
in transit from California.
Mr.. Keefe is improving the rink nate
The floor is to be filed under
meath to keep it from making so much
noise, the posts that stood in the hall
have been removed, and in many ways
the improvements are excellent.
Clara Belle tells of a young lady at
one Of the watering places who is such a
monomaniac about waltzing that she has
to have a stuffed arm fastened about her
waist when she retires in order to be able
to sleep. That's too bad-the stuffed
arm. She ought to be able to obtain II
real one
At the annual meeting of the Work
ing Band" OF the Congregational church
the following officers were chosen for the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. Hopkins;
vice presidents, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs.
Guiterman; treasurer, Mrs. Gleason; sec
rotary, Mrs. A. D.. Sanders. The above
named officers, with Mrs. G. NJ. Sanders,
Mrs. Ballou and Mrs. Ransom, constitute
the executive committee; purchasing ON
mittee, Mrs. Potter and Mrs. A. b. San
ders; cutting committee, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs.
A. Underwood, Mrs. Douglass and Miss
Stanley. Comtortables for sale at the
church parlors on Thursday afternoon.
A party of gentlemen rom Boston and
Cheyenne went ont to the Silver Crown
mining district yesterday, and inspected
the new carbonate belt recently discovered
there. The belt extends from Mrs.
Adams claim on Middle Crow creek to
the Table mountain on North Grow, and
is probably fifty feet wide. Wherever the
miners have opened their claims, good
mineral hearing ores have been uneoy-
cred and the indications are that .bese
now discoveries are the most important
vot made in tLc cnmp. The Silver Crown
district is to-day a far more promising
camn than if ever has been. and il will
MT he many months before the output in
silver and lead from the recently diseoy-
cred mines will convince the most skepti.
cal that we have A most productive min
inc district within A few miles of Chey-
enne
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lhey are those VINO are 80 pri'lant, III
their W estimauoni that they couldn {