, 1886-01-31
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

owing to the bad weather.
The district court will convene again ii
10 O'Clock to morrow morning.
Yesterdays snow fakes were amonl
the largest ever seen in Cheyenne.
There was some excellent skating done
at Keefe's rink yesterday afternoon.
Rev. s. A. Dykes lecture on MARI.
age" is to be repeated during the coming
week.
Acting Mayor Harrington is on the
sick list, and was unable to be around
yesterday.
Fred Landau is now located in New
York City, where lie runs a saloon and
boarding house.
Mr. C. b. Moore is very sick, and
Yesterday her husband, who is away, was
telegraphed for.
John Eames is canvassing the city very
successfully and sells large numbers Of
his fire kindlers.
American refrigerator beef sold last
week in the British markets at 81 to 100
cents per pound.
Judge Frank Foss, of the Chug, has
become the Western Union telegraph
operator at that place.
Some unknown person poisoned a fine
young dog belonging to b. F. DERRICK
early yesterday morning.
Mr.. Harry Hines has sold a one hall
interest in his saloon on Seventeenth
street to Fred st. Dennis.
The snow fall of yesterday will be a
good thing for cattle, as in many places
the water was getting low.
The quarterly water licenses have been
made out and are now being distributed
by City Marshal Schnitger.
Calico hop at Library hall, Wednesday
night, February 3, by Prof. Martin. Ad-
mission, seventy-five cents.
The revival meetings which have been
held at the Methodist church during the
past week have proved quite successful.
Hunters came in town yesterday with a
small load of Mountain sheep and Black
tail deer which they killed on south Pole
creek.
The fellow Comfy who is charged with
having stolen a quantity of clothing be-
longing to r. III. Kipp has not yet been
arrested.
Payment has been made by the insur-
ance companies of the sum of 81, 900 for
the old electric light house, lately des-
troyed by fire.
The remains of Margarctha Lohse,
who committed suicide on Friday, are to
be taken to Denver to-day for burial, her
father having come to Cheyenne for that
purpose.
The attendance of pupils at the south
side school is fast increasing-fve families
with a number OF children each, moved
into the limits of the school territory in
one day.
St Valentines day is fast approaching
and it will soon be in order for the young
men and old bachelors to be looking
around for a suitable valentine to send to
their best girl.
The recent opinion of the assistant
attorney general at Washington has un-
settled the minds of some and many
things which before seemed clear are now
shrouded in mystery.
A warranty deed for lot ! in block 1897
in Cheyenne from W. A. Whitcomb 10
Il. W. Whitcomb was filed Tor record in
the office OF the county clerk yesterday,
consideration 1900.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
~. 90; lowest. 26. 30; mean temperature.
33.1o; mean humidity, 91.7 per cent
highest velocity Of wind. 20 miles pei
hour; snowfall, IA inches.
j. b. Saffcll. who has a ranch neal
Fort Laramie, has about $50 head o
half and three quarter breed Angor
goats, from which he sheared last yea
375 pounds of wool. The wool brough.
in Boston $l.OO per pound. Mr.. Saffel
says this variety of goat does not requir'
herding, that they will go to the range il
the morning and return home at night
that they are hardy and will protect them
selves from coyotes and wolves.
John A. Riner and G. N. Potter had
terrible time yesterday. Potter was a
the court house waiting for Riner t
come up there and attend to a legal mat
ter, while Riner was at the city hall wait
ing for Potter to put in appearance there
They telephoned back and forth bu
could get no satisfactory answer. FINAL
Riner went to the court house, but b.
that time Potter, who had taken anothe
route, had arrived at the court house
Neither Of them were in the right moo
for preaching u sermon by that time.