, 1886-05-11
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.


Sprinklers in active use yesterday.
A great many commercial men are in
the city.
The Runningwater mines are reported
booming.
There was m insurance on the old
Catholic church Of 81, 900.
During Mayor Reels eastern absence
he will purchase valuable blooded stock.
The retiring Chinese embassy were pas
scngers on Sundays westbound over
land.
A number Of specials on duty at Lara
ME were eastern passengers on Mondays
train.
Chas. Trumble placed yesterday on rec
ord a location certificate in the Running
water district.
County Surveyor Roy will be absent a
week on professional business among the
bitches Of Horse creek.
Deputy Surveyor Eitel is doing work
on the extensive bitches of the Wyoming
Development. company.
The Cheyenne and Black Hills stage line
now extends to Hat creek, crossing the
grade of the Sioux City & Pacific rail-
road.
Mr.. j. W. Collins. of the Cheyenne
National bank, expects to build during the
summer on some of the lots of his recent
Lander purchase.
Highest temperature yesterday, 650;
lowest, $50; mean temperature $50;
mean humidity, 650; highest velocity of
rs miles per hour.
The hammer and saw were busy during
the hours OF last night fashioning a ladies
entrance from the street to the Inter
Ocean dining room.
Messrs. Goodsell. Mcdonald and 0. B.
Smith will take a hand IN the forth
coming alterations and improvements at
the Inter Ocean hotel.
The various ditch owners and compa-
MES are rapidly complying with the re-
quirements of the late legislative enact
ments for perfection of titles.
L r. Bresnahen, the well known pic
neer butcher of this city, has been award
ed the beef contract for Fort d. A. Rus
sell during the ensuing year. The Fort
requires about sl2, 900 worth Of cattle.
The three new iron bridges on the
Union Pacific between Rock Springs and
Green River, and also the iron bridge at
Green River itself are near completion.
William Ashby. the old time foreman
of the Union Cattle company on their Co
shen Hole ranges has pulled out of
Cheyenne fully prepared for the spring
work.
T. NJ. Fisher and Rev. RAIDER, went to
the Silver Crown district yesterday. MIR.
Fisher will bring back some hundred
pounds of ore from his mines for assay.
The surveyors of the Cheyenne & North
ern road. under Maj. Clark, last night
were six miles from Jack Hunton's s, work
ing down the Chugwater. Their maxi
mum grade has been sixty-six feet to the
mile.
Superintendent Deuel. informs the re-
porter that everything is quiet along the
line of his division. The most active and
aggressive strikers have all been discharged
and their places filed by new men. No
further trouble is anticipated.
The Celia Alsberg company left Sun
day morning for Denver to fill a weeks
engagement at the Tabor Grand. They
leave behind them the remembrance of
the most artistic Shakesperian rendition
ever placed upon the Cheyenne stage.
Davis. Creswell & Co, of Denver, the
well known manufacturers and dealers in
pipings and fittings, pumps, gas, steam
and water goods, have a handsome adver-
tisement in The LEADER this morning
This firm is the largest OF the kind in the
West; its trade is immense and increasing
from year to year.
Mr.. J.. W. Donnellan, of Laramie. was
in the city Saturday and Sunday. As
chairman of the university board, Mr..
Donnellan was in consultation with the
chairman of the capital commission and
the territorial treasurer in regard to the
placing Of the university bonds. 1t was
decided to advertise them until June /.
Mr.. Charles Furguson, foreman for
Swan, Hunter & Co., left the city for the
North Yesterday morning with ten men
and one hundred head of horses. This out.
fit will gather and drive the cattle for the
July delivery at the Rosebud Indian agen-
cy, thus finishing up the last year contract
of Messrs. Swan, Hunter 4 Co. The
cattle for this delivery will be mainly fur
nished by the Ogalalla Land K Cattle
company.
Subscriptions taken for all daily and
weekly papers and magazines, delivered
to any part OF the city. Seasides exchan-
ged at Cheyenne News Depot, opposite