, 1885-11-14
SHORT STORIES
Gathered by Asking Everybody
What Do You Know"
Things Which are too Little to
Carry a Head.

Inc storm nag mas been hauled down..
School children's matinee this afternoon
at Keefe's rink.
The jury in the last case tried yesterday
in the district court didn't get in until Q
O'Clock at night.
The law library will be open at 9 in the
morning instead of 10, for the accsmma-
dalton Of the lawyers.
The regular winter dose of live strych-
nine and dead antelope is being prepared
for the hungry coyotes.
The Baptist sociable at MIR. L. c.
Whipple's last night was largely attended
and was an exceedingly pleasant affair.
H.. B. Rice and Frank Gillespie propose
to ride seventy miles on their bicycles next
Sunday. They will go to Bard's ranch
and back.
One of the most enthusiastic OF Wyom-
ingites locates the future great city of the
territory near the mouth of Deer creek,
west Of Fort Fetterman.
The soda works at Laramie are being
enlarged blythe construction o~fwarehouses,
tank house, packing house, fumes, etc.
They intend putting in forty-six more fur
naces.
New York's Mrs. Grundy," says
Fashionable wives and fashionable hus-
bands rarely know where to find each
rother." But the sheriff manages to find
the husband at last.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
56.7'; lowest, 26.le; mean temperature.
400 mean humidity, 40 3 per cent high
est velocity of wind % miles per hour.
The wild Texan, George Berry, who
made the welkin ring and who carminated
the town on Thursday, was fined yester,
day by Judge Lee. and having no money
rent back to jail. He is very tame now.
The strike of miners in the Hooking
Valley has resulted in the closing of all
the furnaces, and, to save expense, the
Columbus, Hooking Valley and Toledo
road has discharged several hundred train
men and shop hands.
Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Mcdonald
had another circus yesterday in Judge
Lees court. Mrs. Mcdonald was fined
SIS for calling Mrs. Fitzgerald uncanny
names, but she has three little children
and no money, and Judge Lee let her off
with a reprimand.
On Thursday, II. +. Brown, of Fort
Collins, who was bondeman for j. NJ.
Dewey. who had got into trouble down
there about gambling, telegraphed to
Marshal Schnitger to arrest Dewey, who
was here. This was done and Dewey
spent the night in Jail. Yesterday morn
ing the marshal received instructions from
Fort Collins to release Dewey, which was
accordingly done.
Thos. j. Benton, the new editor of the
Buffalo Echo, makes this brief and sensi-
bic salutatory: Gentle reader, it is lot
our intention to expend either time or
space in telling what we propose to do.
Neither will we make reference to what
we will not do. Blu, in solution of both
these questions, you are respectfully re-
ferred to the coming numbers of the
Echo.
From the news agent who came in on
the Omaha train last night a LEADER re-
porter learned that the land.seekers who
were lost in the snow storm of last week
near Denver Junction came into Sedge-
wick station on the Julesburg branch
They had suffered terribly, and the feet
of one of them were badly frozen. Our
informant boots at the report that one OF
the men was found dead and another
crazy.
The Ladies Aid society of the Metho-
dist church will give an oyster and ice
cream supper at Keefe's hall next Tues
day evening. Every arrangement has
been made for a complete success at this
supper. Those who like oysters will find
them served in the most delicious styles.
For those who will prefer other dishes the
ice cream, cake, etc, will be abundant.
Now let everyone who is interested in the
success of the city and its public build.
ings, help these ladies' in their effort to
assist in building a new church,