, 1886-06-03
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

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depot.
The Wyoming Sunday School Asso'
citation closes its labors this afternoon al
4 o'clock.
-Four carloads of blooded fillies arrived
yesterday for the Post ercheron ranch,
on Pole creek.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
transferred to Frank Washek, for $3.50,
lots l, 2, 6, I, 8, in block 209.
The trustees Of the Cheyenne Building
and Loan Association held a meeting last
evening and completed the first loan
Two carloads of Chinese cigarnakers
from San Francisco, passed East yes
terday for the New York work shops.
1t has rained almost continuously in
Cheyenne for over fifty hours, and at this
writing, 3 a. NJ, is still steadily coming
down.
This is Ascension day and it will be APP
propriately observed in the Episcopalian
church, Rev. DIR. Raftcr will preach at
III a. IN.
DR.. Cameron, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church, Denver, delivered an interest
ing address before the Sunday School
convention last evening.
A number of the officers of Fort Rus
sell are ploughing up the grounds attached
to their quarters and sowing them in blue
grass, timothy and clover.
In the case of Herman Stoehr, indicted
for forgery and obtaining money under
false pretenses. the jury returned a YER
dict Of guilty on second charge"
The NJ. +, church lyceum will hold a
regular meeting in the Methodist church
to- morrow evening at s o'clock. All the
members and friends are requested to be
present.
a numerously signed petition is being
circulated on the West side asking for the
retention of Mrs. Fannie Ollerenshaw as
principal Of the school in that part of the
city.
Highest temperature yesterday, SO,
lowest, il.0'; mean temperature 47.50;
mean humidity, SO; highest velocity of
wind - miles per hour; total precipita-
ton, 80 inches.
Mr.. Chas. Witham is getting together
an outfit of men to drive the Crow creek
cattle herd OF Mr.. G. w. Baxter to that
gentleman Big Horn range. Consider
able preliminary work is to be done, and
the herd will probably not take the trail
for a week.
To the westcrnbound passenger yester-
day was attached three carloads of blooded
Kentucky horses for the ranchero Del
Paso, Cal, the home ranch of j. B.
Haggin. The horses are seventy in
numb,r and are valued at 500, 900. Mr..
Haggin accompanied his valuable pur-
chase in a special car.
In conversation with Mr.. Lawrence
Barrett the reporter learns that, under
his management, Mr.. Booth has signed a
thirty weeks engagement. The tour will
begin on the 18th of September, and be
general. extending from Bangor. Me-, to
San Francisco, and from st. Paul to Texas.
This is the longest engagement Mr.. Booth
ever signed.
The present rains reach in an unbroken
sweep along the Union Pacific, from Raw
Inns to North Platte City, and from Chey-
enne to the Black Hills. From every
quarter comes pattering echoes of a bounti
full %downpour, the precursor OF a season
of prosperity which will pour into Wyo.
ming's Golfers the full measure of her
grazing and agricultural wealth.
Stock men generally express great salts
faction over the present bountiiul rains.
They say that it has come just in the nick
Of time and that now there will be a fine
winter range as well as fat beef this fall.
Questioned by the reporter as to the fear
expressed By some that the extraordinary
heat Of May had partially cured the grass,
thus causing de;riment instead of benefit
to the ranges by the rainfall, a prominent
stock man said the fear was entirely base
less. The grasses gather their curing
qualities as the season advances, and no
May sun, however fierce, can cure grass
not ready for the process.
Register Wilson received yesterday
from Washington a Geographic order
conveying the instructions contained in
Commissioner Sparks circular published
in our press report on the first page.
Upon receipt OF the order Mr.. Wilson
suspended operations at once, and several
land entries offered during the afternoon
were endorsed by him as declined, in ac-
corlance with orders from the commits
sioner Of the general land Office. THE
LEADER understands, however, hat any
such rejected applications bearing the en-
dorsement Of Register Wilson, will be
vahd-in case congress should fail to pass
the bills providing for the repeal of the
presumption timber culture and desert
land laws.
Pure fruit syrups only used in Ellis
soda water.