, 1886-09-30
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

The window and door frames OF the
new depot. are being set.
The Gardner Bros. ship a lot of beef
cows to-day from Pine Bluff.
The Knights OF Pythias made a fine
display in their parade yesterday afternoon.
The Cheyenne & Northern bridge
builders are working in aud beyond Fort
Russell.
The W. C. t. U. will meet in the
Presbyterian church psrlors this afternoon
at 3 O'Clock.
The political pot heaveth up. This re
Election is induced by Cheyenne present
plurality of drunks.
The Judge Bergman Cattle company
shipped a train load OF heeyes yesterday
over the Northwestern.
All Of the s%uh-contracts on the first
eighty miles of the Cheyenne & Northern
are about completed.
The capital stock of the Plymouth Live
stock company has been increased from
5000. 900 to $3.50. Ou0.
Track was laid yesterday across the new
trestle work at Camp Carlin, This work
is eighty feet in length
The Knights Of Pythiss ball last night
at Keefc's hall was well attended and was
a successful and brilliant affair.
The circus man injured in the Rawlins
cutting affray is now in our county hos
pital. His injuries will detain him about
a week.
D. Rich has returned 10 Cheyenne with
his outfit, after finishing the large Chug-
water ditch of the Swan Land and Cattle
company.
1t is reported that the lady delegates
to the coming Rawlins convention are a
unit for the nomination of pr, Garrard
for congress.
Deep sea oysters and clans received tri
weekly direct from New York city, at
Held's Masonic Temple dining hall.
Telephone %.
The drum major was glorious in the
parade of the Knights of Pythias ycster-
day. The major part of this military
BUNDLES title is supposed to he derived
from the size of his hat.
Cheyenne's IRE department is prompt,
energetic and efficient. The least the city
can do in recognition and appreciation of
its faithful and willing service, is to hasten
the introduction of a complete and effec-
tive fire alarm system.
Mr.. Harris. the gentleman who will lay
the track Of the Cheyenne & Northern,
is getting everything ready to tack right
on as soon as the r~emodeling of the Camp
Csrlin track is finished.
Now that the haunting fear of an earth
quake is over. the city council will proba-
bly, pull Itself together and take active
measures for the introduction of an
effective fire alarm system.
Henry Blakely OF the Northwestern
stage line is at the Inter Otean. lie
says that the stage line between Fort Fet
terrain was abandoned solely on account
of lack of business. There is no route to
the north like the one with Cheyenne for
a southern terminus.
Stone orders for the new capitol building
have begun. Contractor Greenlee wants ten
carloads OF Fort Collins stone for %fooiing,
and " OF Rawlins stone for trimmings.
Both orders have been given to agent
HANNA, and will soon be filled. The en-
ergetic stone contractor will not long allow
the capitol site to be vacant.
Auditor Grant is said to be here to at
tend the Republican county convention 10
be held on the 2nd of October at the
court house. This must be a mistake, as
certain official correspondence Of the audi
tor published not long since, has created
a public impression that Mr.. Grants eff
forts should be strictly primary
The Dykeman Barrett case in Green
River promises 10 be an interesting one to
the people OF that town. 1t appears that
Dykeman denies shooting Barrett, saying
he struck him with his fist. Barrett says,
hoSever, that the ugly scalp wound he
bears, was caused by nothing less than a
pistol bullet. The difficulty occurred in
the presence Of only the Barrett family,
and as Barrett himself is determined on a
vigorous prosecution. and has the money
to carry it on it will probably 20 hard
with his assailint