, 1886-09-01
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

Fair entries have already begun. a
Chinese laundrymen are going East.
e The local lumber trade Of Cheyenne is
very good.
A batch Of recruits for Fort Douglas
were on last evenings train.
The new rooms Of the surveyor general,
Office are about ready for occupancy.
The Sidney base ball club plays the
Cheyenne club here on Saturday next.
Yesterdays storm pushed the weather.
Itwss' cold enough for the reign Of
winter.
Union Pacific Roadmaster McGregor is
visiting Silver Crown in the interests Of
his mining claims a
On last evenings west bound passenger
were a lot Of Cinnamon en- route from
tCuba to the aowery kingdom.
Nineteen carloads of beeyes arr red here
from the west yesterday. fed, and passed
on their way to the Chicago market.
Mr.. Chase has again had the saw, chisel
and BANNER at work about The Inter
Ocean. This'time it was the rehabilita
ton Of the bar.
The laying of the track on the new
Union Pacific Y is only awaiting the re-
turn of hoadmaster McGregor from the
Silver Crown district,
Mr.. John Dobyns has recently sold to
Senator Hill, of Colorado, two carloads of
Shortborn bulls, The stock was shipped
to the senators ranch near Pueblo,
Work on the fair grounds is progressing
rapidly. Thirty FIVE men are at work.
The grounds themselves are being beauti-
fed and improved, and stalls and fences
finished.
To-day being the last day Of grace for
the fling of water rights, yesterday
they poured into the Office of the county
clerk in a continuous stream. Sixty-three
were placed on record during the day.
BILLY Gregory, well known on the
stock ranges Of Colorado and Wyoming
for many years, has passed through Chey-
enne on his way to Greeley from his Lance
creek ranch. Billy has a noble ranch and
a fine Herd.
Mr.. s. R. Gwynn. the well known
Idaho cattleman, is in negotiation
With Mr.. Elwood, a Nebraska feeder, for
the sale of $50 head Of young stock. Mr..
Gwynn left the city yesterday TO meet Mr..
Elwood at some Idaho point
A gentleman from the northern portion
of the county yesterday placed in the
hands of our stock inspector the descrip-
ton of. two missing horses. The last pos.
itively known of the animals, they were in
possession of the active and energetic Fred
Hagerman.
w. A. Doak returned yesterday from
Hat creek, where he has been delivering
over 5000 head of cattle from the South
ern trail. Two thousand head Of these
were the property OF Mr.. Thomas Swan,
and the remainder belonging to the Half
Bros, Of San Antonio, Tex, were turned
loose for the winter. Mr.. Doak says the
range is in fine condition.
Yesterday afternoon the committee on
water works. his honor the mayor and the
city engineer met at the Office of Riner &
johnson to consider the advisability Of
putting in an additional pump for the
water works. Mr.. Renshaw, agent of the
Knowles Pump works, New York City,
was instructed to prepare and present
estimates for a compound duplex pump Of
as neal the capacity Of the pump in pres
ent use as the company's patents would
allow. Mr.. Renshaw will probably pre-.
sent his estimates to-day.
In the recent competitive shooting al
Omaha, Lieut. Joseph Garrard, of the
9th cavalry, now stationed at Fort Nc
Kinney, was among the twelve winning
ones, being third on the list. This emit
lies the lieutenant TO compete in the com'
ing match at Fort Leavenworth. Lieut.
Jackson, Of the It'll infantry. was also 9
competitor at the Omaha meeting, but
faded out. Lieut. Garrard is a cousin Of
DR.. Garrard, the courtly and popular re-
ceiver of our land Office. Both Lieuten
ants Garrard and jackson are Kentuckt
ians, and as the young officers passed
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