, 1886-05-23
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

They are dairy maids, but have any of
them made a dairy?
All other entertainments must pail
before the Dairy Maids festival.
Prayer meeting at the First Presby-
terrain church on Thursday evening.
Gen. Mason expects to be absent some
little time on his Omaha and Chicago
trip.
The regular monthly meeting of the
school board occurs on Thursday next, the
9th.
Mr.. Tod Brannor yesterday sold to NJ.
f. Post 1853 head of mares and young
stock.
Sergt. Weeks and escort returned from
Omaha yesterday, whittier they went in
charge Of a desorter squad.
His Excellency Governor Warren is in
Boston. 1t is possible that the governor
may obtain an extension of his leave of
absence.
The Germans of the city will find spe-
cial interest in the services at the First
Congregational church to-day. See the
church notices.
Twelve hundred head of Mexican . and
3 year. old steers arrived in the city yester-
day. They will be held on adjacent
ranges for sale.
Highest temperature yesterday, 10;
lowest, 44'; mean temperature $50;
mean humidity, co; highest velocity of
wind 10 miles per hour.
Twenty soldiers belonging to the Fort
Laramie garrison came in on Yesterdays
morning train, and departed for their post.
They have been stationed at Rock Springs
since the Chinese troubles.
The valuable library donated to the ter
rltorial university by G. E. Clay, of Rock
Greek, was luckily stored at his residence,
and escaped injury from the recent fire
consuming Mr.. Clay's stock of goods
Laramie Boomerang.
b. w. Towner, the well known horse
dealer, is in the city. Mr.. Towner will
start next week to Oregon and Washing
ton Territory, where he will purchase a
large number Of horses for shipment to
Cheyenne and points east.
The county commissioners yesterday re-
voked the appointments of all road over.
seers, and divided the county into two
road districts, all south of the Platte to be
known as district No. !, and all north of
the Platte to be known as district No. ..
Mr.. c. +. Clay. of Rock Greek. came
in on yesterdays train. Mr.. Clay says
that his stock Of goods destroyed in last
Friday mornings fire wa worth Sl2, 900,
and insured for 80, 500. The report that
the goods had been moved since insurance
was a mistake, and Mr.. Clay anticipates
no trouble in collecting his insurance. No
explanation of the cause of the fire has
yet transpired.
About 3 O'Clock this morning the re-
porter witnessed an effort on the part of
one Of the genus bibulous to seek the pri-
vacy of retirement. With this laudable
purpose in view, he was endeavoring to
utilize the knob of the door of one of our
prominent business houses as a hammock.
Removing his coat. he carefully hung it
upon the sidewalk, taking especial pains
to smooth out the creases as he did so.
Elaborately arranging a nightcap by tying
his hat on with a handkerchief, the candi-
date for repose then proceeded to hang
himself up on the door knob. As he
struck the iron steps, rolled across the
faQstones, and sprawled in the gutter, he
received some very forcible impressions,
and it seemed to occur to him that there
was something wrong somewhere. Gath.
cring himself together, he took down his
coat and sought other quarters. When
last seen he was engaged in buslly ringing
the door bell of a telegraph pole.