, 1886-02-16
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

in the district, court yesterday.
There is to bea regular meeting of the
city council at the usual place this even.
ing.
There is considerable work on hand fol
the brand commissioners when they next
get together.
Important business is to be brought be
fore the meeting AT the Congregations
church Wednesday evening.
The 22nd of February is close at hand
and the fact that it is n legal holiday
should be remembered by business men.
Candidates for sheriff next fall have al
ready been heard from and there appears
to be no less than seven that have been
mentioned.
Died, in this city, Feb. Is. Charles w.
Foster, aged 10 years, 10 months. Flu.
neral at . p. IN. to-day, from st. Johns
Catholic church.
A bill providing for a territorial militia
will be prepared and introduced in the
legislature very soon probably during the
present week.
The cases of Keelc and Hawkins, who
were brought down to Cheyenne by Con
stable Smallcy Saturday, will be heard
before Judge Fisher to-day.
Corlett Downey, son of Col. Downey,
came down to Cheyenne from Laramie
City and will remain during the week to
see how he likes the legislature.
Minnehaha hall, near the lake by that
name, has been put in exceedingly fine
shape, is lighted by iucandescent lights
and is now a very fashionable resort.
The clipping party which recently left
Cheyenne went from Denver by a round
about way to Ogden from which point
they were to proceed to Butte City.
Warren Camp, Sr. is very i'll and
serious doubts are entertained of his re-
covery. Mr.. Camp is 10 years of age,
and is perhaps the Oldest man in Chey-
enne.
The Boomerang has Nv A." Campbell
as United States attorney. but here in
Cheyenne it is quite generally under
stood that A. Z. Campbell holds that
position.
At Seattle, w. r., every member of
the G.. A. r. post has volunteered in the
local military organization for the
purpose OF assisting to qnell riots and pre-
serve order.
A runaway occurred on Ferguson and
several other streets Of the city yesterday
afternoon. The horses were eventually
"roped' and the runaway stopped be-
fore any serious damage occnred.
There will be an exciting game of polo,
at Keefe hall this evening, being the
first appearance of the best young men
skaters, Of the city in the popular game
Of polo. Excellent music in attendance.
Pat McCann was arraigned before
Judge Lee yesterday ON the charge of va
graney and fined $50 and costs. Pat
thinks he would like to go west if he
could get the opportunity. and he prob
ably will.
The post office department has revoked
the recent order to discontinue service on
route No. 81, 1873, from Bordeaux to Fort
Fetterman, and the contract for carrying
the mails over this route has been awarded
to George Drake.
Mrs. +. b. Steaoy, wife of the manager
of the Barkalow Bros received the sad
news yesterday of the death of her father.
Mr.. David Barnes. a Colorado pioneer.
He was killed by falling off a hay wagon
at his ranch OF the Poudre,
The Prairie Cattle company bought
from Charley Fisher last Saturday one
car load of COW ponies. They will reacl
town to-day and, together with five cal
loads Of horses bought last week on La
ramie plains, win be shipped to the com
pany ranch in Southern Colorado.
An Individual who was so drunk tia
he could hardly stand upon his feet i'm
plored a gentleman on Sunday evening t.
pilot him to church. The party aske,
begged to be excused and passed on
whereupon the intoxicated individual fel
upon the sidewalk and was e%ventuall
taken in by the police.
One of the bills now before the legis
%lature provides for a bounty of FIVE cent
for prairie dogs. If this should becom'
a law the Industrious hunter might &,
out and kill ten dogs and would get jus
enough in bounty to pay for being sworl
to the affidavit which must in all cases b
made to the fact of killing.
Before any railroad bill is adopted b.
our legislature, that body should provid
by amendment 10 either one or the othe
of the two bills now pending. that an.
company applying to the board of count
commissioners of any county for an orde
of election on the bond question, sal,
company shall enter into good and sufi
eient bond TO the county to construct