, 1886-02-13
NEWS NOTES.
General lettings Gathered Around
Town
Condensed for the Benefit of the
Hasty Reader.

A part of the street brigade was out on
duty yesterday.
The train from the east was two hours
late last evening,
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church are still in progress.
The raid organized by the police upon
"vags' is to be continued.
Sam Butler paid a fine Of $l3, includ-
ing costs. for a slight disturbance yester-
day.
The ice has mostly all disappeared from
Lake Minnehaha and also from all of the
upper lakes.
Judge Lacey has gone up to Laramie
City to hear a case at chambers in the alb
sence of Judge Blair.
As will be seen by the official report,
the Legislature will work to-day notwith-
standing the fact that it is Satur lay.
The present session of the l. gi Stature is
now half gone, and yet some OF the mem
bers have not made their maiden
speeches.
This evening occurs the "Valentine
Folly at the Presbyterian church, and it
will in all probability be a very fine enter
tainment.
Hats off was the enforced mandate
of a great many people on the streets yes
terday, whether they were in the presence
Of ladies or otherwise.
Valentines arc being sold like hot cakes
at a colored camp meeting, and somebody
is going to be very mad or greatly pleased,
judging from present Indications.
Nina McGonigle, the little daughter of
Deputy Sheriff McConigle, who has been
unwell for some time, is about to go East
as far as Ohio for a change Of climate.
1t appears to be generally understood
that there will be n legislative excursion,
but that it will not take place until after
the final adjournment of the Legislature.
Cheyenne is quito a manufacturing city
and has ever jewelry and cigar manufact-
urers. Some of the jewelry manufactured
in Cheyenne finds market in the East.
1t certainly would have been a good
plan to have started out the street sprink-
Ter yesterday, for the dust. by that
means, would have been kept down a
little.
Some of the small boys who are dis
posedto get into mischief have dropped
on a new scheme for making a nuisance
of themselves, and that is to besmear the
writing counter at the post office with ink.
The Signal Service officer reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
56.40; lowest, 36.9'; mean temperature,
ATT; mean humidity, 600 per cent
highest velocity of wind, A miles per
hour.
John Brown $50 he gave his namel was
fined $40, including costs, by Judge
Fisher for the unlawful discharge of fire
arms. lie is the chap who is said to have
fred the shot at Nip" but he claims
that it was accidental.
Moses Wakeman, of Denver, was in the
Cheyenne stock yards yesterday with four
cars of fine beeves which he bought from
Whitney & Chamberlain, of Evanston.
These cattle have been fed hay all winter
and will average l,3OO pounds The
cattle were reloaded and shipped to Den
yer.
Stockmen in this section will regret to
hear chat Vim. II. Parker, late of the
firm OF Paxton & Parker, stock growers of
0galalla, Neb,, died at Carlisle, Pa, on
Feb. I. Mr.. Parker sold his interest in
the Ogalalla Land and Cattle company
about a year ago, owing to i'll health, and
retired to his former home in Pennsyl-
vania.
The Rev. S. A. Dyke has received a
telegram from Toronto granting him fur
Their leave of absence until March l.. The
arrangement between the Baptist and
Presbyterian churches will therefore be
continued. and Mr.. Dyke will preach for
the united congregations for the next
three Sundays-in the morning at the
Baptist church and in the evening at the
Presbyterian church.