, 1888-01-08
TOW TALK.
Cosby Little paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City.

The maximum temperature yesterday
was 1O0; minimum -19o.
The Catholic festival will be held in
Keefe hall on the 23rd, oath and 25th
insts.
There seems to be a frightening up in
the real estate market. A number Of
transfers are made daily.
The six %convicts who left this city
Thursday morning were placed in the
Joliet, ILL.,, prison yesterday.
The board of penitentiary commission
ers were in session all of yesterday. The
three members were present.
To-day is a return to the ordinary Sab.
bath which occurred weekly prior to The
advent of Christmas and New Years.
The storm has somewhat interfered
with the arrival of Union Pacific passen-
ger trains at this point during the past
few days.
Harry Leech, formerly of the staff of
the Lire Stock Journal, is writing very
readable letters to that paper from Old
Mexico and Texas.
THE LEADER Inadvertently neglected
to mention the excellent address delivered
by Capt. N. j. 0'Brien at the G. A. r.
entertainment Friday evening.
Some rubbish was discovered on fire in
the basement of the Delaware block last
night. The flames were promptly ex-
tinguished by a couple of officers.
An unusually large amount of ice is
being stored in Cheyenne this season.
The surplus will be marketed in Denver
at advanced figures next summer.
Hundreds of people now visit the cap
itol building daily. All are pleased with
the appearance of the structure and the
furnishings of the Legislative halls.
VIM, Seaman was beaming with smiles
yesterday. The hilarious aspect of his
countenance will not wear away for some
time. 1t is q fine baby girl and all are
doing well.
From the notified appearance of the
box sheet, UnknoUn will be greeted by a
a crowded house to morrow evening. The
Nellie Boyd company will present Pas
SONS Slave Tuesday evening.
# a little girl should come around
within the next ten days, asking a quar-
ter Tor sweet charity's'' sake, give it to
her. Twenty of them will give her a
chance in a rattle for a twenty dollar gold
piece, and help the ladies who have charge
of the Catholic festival.
About the 18th inst. Ira Frcdendall
will sever his connection with the Union
Mercantile company, for the purpose of
assuming the management of the great
Laramie house of the Trabing CONNER
clal company. Laramie and the Trainings
are gamers by this change.
j. w. Foster, alias Bill Christ, the
lynx-eyed.detective who conducted his in
vestigations under the guise of being a
respectable desperate and horse thief, has
left the city. To his credit be it said that
he l%iquidated his hotel bill before depar-
ture. Elan has returned to his ranch
near Laramie and Pasche, who seemed to
be a pretty decent sort of a fellow, has
also shaken the dust of Cheyenne from
his feet.
The report circulated by interested par
ties that Mrs. V. s. Glafcke, the florist,
has retired from business or is about to
do so, is without the slightest foundation.
Her greenhouses contain a full stock of
the choicest blooming plants, from which
artistic floral designs are made up on
short notice. Being a great lover of
flowers and, as is well known, an expert
enced artistic in floral work, Mrs. Glafcke
proposes to continue supplying her many
patrons in Cheyenne and elsewhere in
Wyoming with flowers and plants on the
most reasonable terms.
Fortune Telling
Mime. French has Just returned from
Europe and will spend a few DAYS only in