, 1889-09-01
MARINE NEWS.

NheSlidluClo hNIt sOInG MIS-
souri, people who revealed in wealth, own
lrg no less than twenty dogs and the best
rifles in the country. The host and his
two grown daughters appeared in the
banquet hall sans shoes, but the mother
was the proud possessor of gaudy foot
gear ola style in vogue before the war.
One of the guests was the editor of the
paper published in the strange town. His
costume was a blue flannel shirt, o~veralls
to match and government shoes. Mr..
Dana says dancing continued till daylight
and that the party was a great success.
HB- Sam .Raley, a colored boy known
to most Cheyenne people is in the county
Jail, but manages to keep informed on
local news. When a reporter visited the
prison last week Sam was heard to speak
~enviously of lucky lottery patrons. What
would you do if you had 5000 Sam?"
asked a fellow prisoner. "Do?" respond
ed the darkeY, showing his teeth and los
ing control of his big eyes, DO? Why
| wouldn't stay hyar nor nowhere else.
I'd JUS go back to Lexinton. Kaintucky,
and exercise race hosses." Everyone here
calls Sam a boy, but he is more than 80
years old. He came to Cheyenne In 1880
with a shipment OF Goodell horses.
BS- According to a cowboy who can
not be disbelieved, about as valuable
a piece of horse flesh as the territory con-
tains is a wild stallion ranging near Pine
Bluffs not more than fifty miles from
Cheyenne. The animal is a dark bay
with long name and tail, beautifully arched
neck, strong but slender limbs, magnlfi-
cent chest, perfect barrel, small head and
bright eye. In short he is pretty nearly
a fiawless type. The grand savage is
very compactly built and will not weigh
more than 600 pounds but looks as
powerful as the heaviest Norman. There
Is u standing reward of 800 for the cap
ture of the animal, but so far all efforts
to entrap have been futile. This cowboy
says the wild horse has never been forced
out of a trot, although he has been
chased every season for ten years.
B7~ Monte Cutler, who was city editor
of the Sun the first half of this year was
what the slangy rounder would call "a
pretty cunning duck" One night in the
hurry and rush incident to closing the
columns of a morning newspaper Cutler
wrote a big scare head that MORALLY of
Tended every Irishman it town. An anony
nous writer handled Monte without
gloves in a rival journal. This made Cut
Ter so mad that he nearly lost his head,
and after roundly abusing his assailant
offered to contribute $40 to the Parnell
fund il tho correspondent would establish
his right to champion the Irish cause.
Proof was promptly furnished but the for.
felt did not materialize and some rather
rough things were said about the city ed.
itor by interested parties. This writer en-.
ioyed an intimate acquaintance with Cut,
Ter, but did not learn for several months
that he had sent the $40 to a prominent
Parnellite at his old home in Buffalo, N.
Y, and that every paper in that town
had given him a fine notice on account of
it. Monte kept his word and at the same
time set a trap for the anonymous man.
Ba5~ Tot0n Topics is a New York so.
ciety'' journal that does not hesitate to
call a spade a spade. Its awful wicked
but mighty newsy and decidedly clever.
A great many people read this paper on
the sly and to buds 1t is forbidden fruit.
The suggestiveness contained in the short
dialogues and brief paragraphs make
these especially atrocious. The other
day the young daughter of one of Chey-
enne's society women quoted something
rather spicy from the paper in the pres
ence Of a lady who notices things of that
sort. DO you read 9oun 7opics2"
gravely querriei the hearer. No" said
the little one, my mother hides it, but
get,a chance to read the short stories"
ma" Pitt Covert's home near the cor
ner of Eighteenth and Capitol avenue is
a handsome residence with trees in front
of quite a pretentious house. The prop
erty has a nice little history. As the hold.
ing of Charley Kreitzer, a barber, it be-
came very valuable during a boom. N.
r. Davis offered So, 400 for it a few minutes
after an employe of this office had of
fered $4,000. Charley wanted SO, GOO
cash and was pretty independent about it.
The boom went the way of all inflated
visitations and the barber placed the
property in the hands Of an agent for 9
stated period. In the meantime Charley
was on the look out for n purchaser and
made a trade with Pitt Covert, accepting
81, 900. The agent sued for his com
mission and secured judgment. Kreitzei
has since looked more %forlorn than ever.
BsS~John Dyer has a very peculiar
sign behind the bar in his ''gilded den o.
vice" at Rawlins. 1t is the iawbone of 9
horse on which is printed the two words,
Don't Co" In the verbiage-shorr
language of the glorious West this signi
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