, 1886-01-01
1885.
A Happy New Year to You and
Yours.
The Day to Make Calls and Good
Resolutions.
Happenings the Last Night of the
Old Year.

Ul0 year.
One of the most welcome of all the
days Of the year-the day for good wishes
and good resolutions, the day for dedicat-
ing new diaries and discarding old hats
was ushered in last midnight at the NJ.
4. church by the usual watch night
services, and by those who were up till
the wee small hours, by the complimen
tary wish you a Happy New Year.
The new face at the door" bears a strik-
ing resemblance to the one that appeared
a year ago. Indications point to a quiet
observance of the holiday. as there will
be little to distract people from the com
forts of home. The average man will
. oct. read. eat a good dinner, and proba-
bly, call on / .cv friends, where he feels
sure OF a warm welcome. The distinctive
feature of the day will be the observance
Of the good Old custom of making
calls. There will be a number of well
known houses in the city open, and thus
there will seem to be opportunity for the
young man to SOW in the morn his
New Years card, and at ''eye hold not his
hand"
Governor and Mrs. Warren will be at
home to callers after IL O'Clock.
Mrs. B. Hellman will receive calls with
Mns. +. T.. Warren, at the residence of
the latter.
Mrs. William +. Guthrie will receive
to-day, from . to I o'clock, assisted by
Mrs. Hale and Miss Kate Graham.
Mrs. Creary and Mrs. r n. Heath. Of
Camp Carlin, will receive from 2 to I
o o'clock to-day, at the residence of the lat
ter.
Miss May futile, assisted by Miss
Wulfgen, of Greeley, will keep open
house from . to G o'clock to day.
Mrs. Helen MeNutt. assisted by her
sister, Mrs. J. X. Jeffrey, will receive to-
day at Fort Russell.
The illness OF Mrs. Foster will prevent
her receiving to-day, but Capt. Foster
wishes his friends to understand that his
latch string is ont, and he will be glad to
see them at the Pacific, at any hour.
AT KEEFE's RINK.
The Ladies Vassar Polo club, five young
with astonishing agility and short
skirts, met five deluded young men be-
longing to the lawn tennis club. The
ladies won the game, five goals to two,
demoralizing their antagonists by their
alert movements and skillful lodges.
Daniels, the colored dude" kept the
audience in a good humor by his extraor-
binary attire, wonderful contortions and
astonishing tumbles. Between two and
three hundred people enjoyed the enter
tertainment, and will be glad to see the
troupe on their return from the Pacific
coast, which will be in about six weeks.
Til DUPANT BALI
Fully 800 people during the evening
paid a visit to tho masquerade ball given
by the Durant Engine company. Over
200 couples occupied the floor and thread
cd the dizzy mazes of the dance in every
conceivable character. In one corner
Brother Jonathan balanced with Marie
A%ntonnette, who inturn promenaded with
John Chinaman. while the rest Of the
set were made-up nondescript characters.
The taste of the masqueraders plainly ran
to devils. There were red devils and
blue devils, little devils and big devils.
The unmasking came at IL O'Clock, and
there were many surprises, but the most
complete was in the case of the character
Of John Chinaman. All had admitted
that his disguise was perfect, but a per.
feet shout went up when he removed his
mask and disclosed the familiar face Of
Charlie Wong" He had danced with
all the pretty girls and had the incest
kind of a time. He had enjoyed himself
and so had the girls, until be unmarked.
The whirl Of the dance was kept up until
early this morning. when the jewellers
sought their homes.
II NJ. f.. LYCEUM.
A fair audience was in attendance at
the Methodist church last evening to
listen to the programme presented by the
members Of the NJ. E. Lyceum. The ex-
e~rcises were of a general character, aud
consisted of readings. Rotations and
singing. Mr.. Mitchell opened the exer-
cises with a recitation. which was followed
by the reading Of Jennie O'Niel, " by
Miss Rishel, which was well executed.
VIII L Visscher CANT next with a recita-
ton, which was finely rendered, and be-
ing called u for the second time he fav-
ored the audience with one of his original
humorous Rotations. Mr.. Holland then
read some humorous Rotations, among
which was a dialogue between Mark
Twain and Artemus Ward, which tickled
the youngsters. aud older ones too, for
hat matter. Other Rotations and read
inls followed which were highly appreci-
ated. Mrs. Sadie Fisher made an excel.
lent report as critic.