, 1886-01-22
BY THE WAY.
Waits Caught on the Fly From
Busy Men.
Good Natured Gossip on General
Matters.

Omaha claims a population of $4,000.
Dissolutions Of co%partnerships appear
TO be in order again.
Early morning fires are now getting To
b. in fashion in Cheyenne.
An express team ran away Yesterday,
but without serious results.
Both houses of the Legislature will
r~e-convene at 10 o'clock this morning.
All kinds of weather was furnished to us
yesterday by the clerk of the weather.
The great Kearney canal in Nebraska
will have cost $l75,000 when completed.
The police are on the look out for
tramps and are picking up one now and
then.
The wind made sad havoc with small
signs in various parts Of the city yes
tcrday.
The colorcd BARRIERS of the city are pre-
pairing to give a grand ball on the 2Sth OF
January.
There appears to be no danger that the
mad dog craze will get as far west as
Cheyenne.
More than 100 buildings were erected
last year at Spokane Falls, Wyo., at a
cost of s250.O00.
Spirit thermometers indicated a tenn
perature of 4so below zero at Fort Keogh
on Monday last.
Joseph Magill will deliver a lecture on
the Irish question at st. Johns hall, Sat
urday evening, Jan. %.
The B. Il. l.. Society contemplate
giving a sociable next Tuesday evening at
the Congregational church.
The supreme court will convene again
tomorrow for the purpose of announcing
a decision in the Booth case.
C~heyenne's dancing academy is iourish-
ing, and has quite u large membership.
Library hall is the headquarters.
We are to have district court again on
the LIST day of February, and it will proba-
bly, be in session two or three days.
Business was quite brisk in the city yes
terday, Notwithstanding the fact hat a
very high wind prevailed nearly all day.
A window at the residence of P. J.
Nolan, in the northern part of the city,
was blown in by the wind yesterday morn.
ing.
j. X. Jeffrey and other Grand Army
men from Cheyenne will attend the de-
partment convention at Pueblo next
week.
The City hall rocked like a cradle yes
terday on account of the high wind.
Such was the case with many other build
ings in the city.
Valentines day is near at hand, and it
is about time to consider what kind of a
one you will send to your girl-or some
other fellows girl.
William Burke was arraigned before
Judge Fisher yesterday on the charge of
vagrancy, and the facts being rather
against William, he was sent TO the county
Jail for a few days
Don't fail to witness the novel exhibit
ton by Miss Tonic Bernau in fancy and
trick skating at Keefe hall this evening.
Music by the city band. Skating before
and after exhibition.
Many valuable hats took a trip in the
direction of the Centennial state yesterday
without being accompanied by their
owners, some of them went a block or two,
however, to see them off.
A warranty deed from Chris Mauss 10
Karl VANISHED foi lot 3, in block 1896, in
the city of Cheyenne, was filed for record
in the Office ofthe county clerk yesterday;
the consideration pail was 800.
Judging from present indications, the
spelling school mania is liable to break
out in Cheyenne again lust as it did ten
years ago, when everybody used to gather
at the court house and spell down."
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
44.4o; lowest, 3.3'; mean temperature,
.2G.5o; mean humidity, ST. per cent
highest velocity of wind, 50 miles per
hour.
Several of the members of the legisla-
ture drew their mileage at Secretary Nor
gan's office yesterday, which had a ten
dency to make them feel as though
they are not serving their country fol
nothing and paying the expenses them.
selves, as some Of them did on the first
day of the session.
The house Of representatives got liter.
ally smoked out yesterday afternoon and
had 10 adjourn before the usual hour ar.
rived. On account of the prevalence Of
the very high wind yesterday, the two
stoves in the hall of the house did very
bad service and got to smoking most
vigorously.
New Clothing House.
| have opened a new clothing store OF