, 1886-05-04
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

Cheyenne now has a strike of its own
on hand.
Read the jury list which appears in
another column and sec if your name is
there.
Petty thieves are abroad on evsiy hand,
and should be closely watched by the
police.
Rumors of elopements are in the air
but there is nothing of them worth men
tioning.
The new bids for the erection of the Pr
oneer Hook & Ladder building will be
opened to day.
The annual school meeting yesterday
was one of the most quiet and well CON
Quoted of any ever held in the city.
1t was almost summer again for the
greater part of the time yesterday aud
p%arasols on the streets were numerous.
Cheyenne is about to be afflicted with
the Nickel Plate circus much to the de-
light of the small boys and some of the
older ones.
There were no exercises at the Central
School house yesterday, which gave the
efficient corps of teachers at that %institu-
ton a day Of rest.
The sum of s24 vas paid in for poll
taxes yesterday by parties who wanted to
vote and who had forgotten that import
ant matter until then.
The ladies' who are interested in the
charitable work Of the city are requested
to meet at the FIRST GGSGnssregalional
church this afternoon At 3 o slock.
Several votes were cast for L. A.. Abry
yesterday for the full term as school trus-
tee and as he was not running for that
position they could not be counted.
A well known gentleman who attended
the Congregational church Sunday was
taken suddenly i'll while the services were
in progress and had to be assisted home
Highest temperature yesterday, 66';
lowest, 26'; mean temperature 44';
mean humidity, 75'; highest velocity of
wind 26 miles per hour, rainfall in.ppre-
ciable.
Several COWS and Other animals effected
entrances into some Of the north Fergu-
son street yards night before last. Some
of the animals jumped or stepped over
the fences.
The Granite Canyon school district
owes the Cheyenne district a small SUN
for seats sold 20 the Granite people. The
Cheyenne school authorities are now look
ing the matter up.
The bill poster and his bundle of bills
was struck by a young cyclone near the
court house yesterday. In about fourteen
seconds the poster was still there but the
cyclone aud bills were missing.
The recent extension to the water sys.
ten which was put in by Lawler &
O'Brien was tested yesterday under the
supervision of Superintendent Nolan and
being found all right was accepted By the
city.
kilograms are at the Western Union
Office for the following persons: c. Cof-
fee, Isaac Bann, G. McKensie, Lieut..
Wilkinson, &. Gingrlch, f. p. Cook, J
and R. Anderson, A. L. Terry, Ed.
Boyle.
The ladies Of the First Methodist
church will give a sociable in the parlors
of the church this evening. All the mem
bers and friends of the church are re-
quested to be present. Strangers are
specially invited.
''When the Mists Have Rolled Away"
was sung at the Congregational church on
Sunday evening by a qua-tette consisting
Of Miss Louise Kingsley, Mrs. Bees
Williams, A. b. Sanders and j. s. Tay.
lor. 1t was one of the finest things
heard in any Of our churches for a long
time.
Mr.. c. +. Cook, manager for Nef,
Prentice & Co, grain and general com
mission merchants, has removed his office
to Rooms 3 and 4, Phoenix block, over
Baker & Johnsou's store and directly OPP
posite the utter Ocean hotel. Mr.. Cook
has put in a special wire and engaged an
operator; his customers will Therefore re-
ceive the market reports in Mr.. Cooks
office, over the special wire from Chicago
hereafter.
Bicycle Ciub Election.
The memhera of the Biexcle club hold