, 1886-10-14
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

German church festival at Keefe's hall
Oct. IA.
The track layer laid itself off yesterday
afternoon.
Local news slow. Scarcely anything
fresh but the wind.
No city or county transfers to-day, ex-
cep. those negotiated on a campaign basis.
No cement work was done on the CAPT
tol foundations, owing to the heavy wind.
Stone cutting was active, however.
Half fare rates to Denver October l6.
Improve the opportunity to see the great
panorama-the Battle of Gettysburg.
The regular meeting Of the W. C. T. e..
will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock, in
the parlor of the Presbyterian church.
German church festival at Keefe's hall
Oct. IA.
The Union Cattle company have lately
been making repeated and heavy ship
ments to Gilmore. Neb., their feeding
point.
Deep sea oysters and clans received
tri-weekly, direct from New York, at
Held's Masonic Temple dining hall. Tele-
phone 30.
MIR. Tom Earnest has the contract for
the building of the large irrigating ditch
Mr.. j. NJ. Carey will shortly take out of
Horse Greek.
The frames for the first story of the
depot are on the ground, and those for
the second are finished, and awaiting
shipment in Omaha.
The liberal views so lately and gener-
ally developed by Republican candidates
is popularity supposed to be exemplifed
by the frequency with which the BOYS
arc called up to drink.
Republicans Indignantly deny the re-
port so prevalent on the city streets that
many of their candidates have taken to
the brush, and claim that the report origi-
mated in the smallness of the timber
from which the ticke. was manufactured.
Our Wyoming cattlemen entertain
strong hopes that one of the re-
suits of the national gathering of
stockmen at Chicago on Nov. l6, will be
the securing of rigid restrictive legisla-
ton in regard to stock epidemic diseases.
All remember the German church fes.
tival. Thursday, Oct. IA, at Keefe's hall.
Supper commences at 6 p. m. Music for
dancing furnished by Inman's orchestra.
Singing by the Cheyenne Maennelchor.
In their jealous and impassioncd ap.
peals for the painting of the fair grounds
fence, both our local contemporaries
have neglected to mention the par
ticular hue that should glow upon the
boards. This should be done, if only to
give color to the agitation.
MIR. Charles Croker, the railway mil
lionaire, passed east yesterday. Mr..
Croker had quite a large relinue with
him, being accompanied BY half a dozen
special cars, several mich tailed nags. a
portion of his family. a very choleric dis
position, and an imported coachman of
the latest English build and brand.
Last evening Mr.. W. NJ. Ferguson ar
rived at the door OF this Office from Sill
yer Crown, with something that looked
like a quarter section of our terrestrial
globe. With much labor and enthusiasm
MIR. Ferguson deposited his load upon our
Office table, and gravely remarked that
there was a small specimen from the new
find in the King David mine" After
Mr.. Ferguson's departure We removed the
small specimen and perspired freely.
We then reflected hat if we had strug-
gled with a fair sample, the new strike in
the King David must be a very heavy
one indeed.
All remember the German church fes-
tival, Thursday, Oct. "A, at Keefe's hall.
Supper commences at 6 p. M. Music for
dancing furnished by lnman's orchestra.
Singing by the Cheyenne Maennerchor.