, 1886-06-12
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

A night blooming cereus bloomed in
one Of Mrs. Chafin's green houses, the
rarest flower that ever bloomed in the ter
ritory.
The timbers so long expected from
Denver for the Copper King concenta-
tor have arrived and work will be actively
resumed.
Charley Allen, of Lander, was yesterday
appointed notary public by Acting Cover
ornar Morgan, in and for Fremont
county.
Mr.. james b. Arthur, of Fort Collins,
is in the city. Mr.. Arthur has just re-
turned from Nevada, where he has been
making a cattle deal.
The city engineer and the chairman of
the board of water works, yesterday made
an inspection of the iume connecting the
city and Fort Russell.
Strawberries are selling in Greeley at
fifteen cents a quart. This is about two
and a half cents apiece, taking John
lIplu . dNNOuut VI tut'i clLf-
The street rumor prevalent last evening
to the effect that orders had been re-
ceived to cease work on the Cheyenne &
Northern is entirely without foundation.
Highest temperature yesterday, So,
lowest, $50; mean temperature &C.;
mean humidity, 81; highest velocity of
wind le miles per hour; total PRECIPITATION,
90 inches.
Railroad men report a young tornado
yesterday in the vicinity of Pine Bluffs.
The train was almost brought to a stand
still, while in Pine Bluffs several cut
houses were unrooted.
Contractor Akroyd, of Denver, is daily
expected in Cheyenne. Mr.. Akroyd has
the contract for the cutting and putting
in place the red stone which will face and
ornament the new depot.
Three carloads of beautiful red sand
stone arrived yesterday from the Fort
Collins quarry for the facing and adorn-
ment of the new depot. 1t excited the
admiration of all who looked at it.
THE LEADER local acknowledges the
complimentary reference to himself in the
initial number of Bill Barlo,o's Budget,
and for once the Lander liar will stray
into truths sacred precints, sending back
word to William that the Budqet il bound
to be a success.
Morgen Pfngsttag deutscher Gottes-
dienst Ecke Hill and Nineteenth streets,
Nachmittag > Urh Pfnestpredigtbei
Henry n. Baumann. Der deutsche
Mannerchor wird uns nit %seinenn erweck-
enden Gcsang beehren. All Deutschen
sind freundlichst eingelader.
Mcssrs. Roy 4 McGarvey arc lying
with their teams on the edge of the mill
tary reservation awaiting the right Of
way. The bill granting the right of way
has passed the senate and is now in the
house. No work can be done on the
reservation until the passage of this bill.
All the arrangements have been per-
fected and the materials ordered for the
laying Of a street car track around the
new depot site, within the present in
closure. The track will be used in trans
ferring the cut stone and the prepared
tImbers as they are needed, to the differ
ent portions of the building.
Some $50 territorial township platts,
formerly lying loose in the land office, are
Icing mounted by order of Commissioner
Sparks, his attention being called to the
matter by Register Wilson. The commits
sioner has made an appropriation for the
purpose and the work is being done in the
office.
Mr.. Hellman has Just returned from a
visit to his Horse creek ranch. The ranch
consists of some 5000 acres of bottom and
bench lands, covered by fifty mills Of
bitches, including the l~aterals. Mr.. He'll
man has sixty acres of grain, chiefly oats,
in this season, and says it is growing
finely. His vegetable crop is also holrish-
ing.
The land Office is very busy with pass
ing on proofs and scrutinizing the new
filings which are daily pouring in from al
parts Of the territory. Everybody is kept Oh
the jump. The services oftwo extra clerks
have been found necessary to cope with
the increased business OF the Office. Mis-.
llcbarb is one of them, and the other i,
Mr.. Frank Lee, an accomplished steno.
grapher and type writer, From seventy.
five to 100 letters are frequently dictated
daily in the Office.
Mr.. Philip Dater's carriage team in.
dulged in a runaway yesterday afternoon
Escaping from the hostler while in the acI
of being hitched up, they came down
Eighteenth street at brcakneck speed
soon overturning the carriage. At Charl
ton's livery stable they were caught, bu
not until they had dashed among a lot o
buggics and carriages, causing severa
bad brcakages. The horses themselves
as they were returned to their stablei
showed some bad Commissions.
Choice Greeley creamery butter by The
tub at the Wyoming Commission House.