, 1896-07-24
E MENTIONED.

For fine watch repairing go to Carter.
Drexel SC, at Eggleston & Desmond's.
The track to the plaster mill is COM
plete.
Choice cut flowers received every day
at Mrs. Hassett's.
For fresh cut flowers and ice cream
go to Mrs. Schalk's.
Drexel cigars S cents. worth 10 cents.
Eggleston & Desmond, the druggists.
Get your dinner at Browns. Cheap
er than home cooking and just as good.
Eddie Burke, Druggist Settele's
popular assistant, is yanking out
of Horse Creek today.
Eggleston & Desmond, the druggists,
best soda in town, also Drexel-Ameri-
cas- best 8 cent cigar.
For the finest table board in the city
try Browns. Short orders at all hours.
Everything in season.
A hearing in the matter of the set
tlement of the estate of Thos. Alsop is
being had in the district court this aft
ernoon.
A. cunningham became hilariously
intoxicated last night and replenished
he city treasury to the tune of $3.50
this morning.
A man and woman with -four small
children arrived in The city last even
ing in destitute circumstances. Today
The commissioners agreed to pay the
fare of the woman to Rawlins. but she
refused TO travel without the company
of her husband, and all are still in the
city.
At a meeting of the democratic state
committee held in Cheyenne yesterday
Rock Springs was decided upon as the
place of holding the democratic state
convention and August 13 was selected
rs the date. Chairman Corthell and
Wm. II. Holiday have returned from
he meeting.
Torrance Fee was tried in Judge
Fitch's court today upon the charge OF
malicious mischief. in killing three
Of John Alsop's horses. After hearing
all the evidence Judge Fitch bound Mr..
Fee over to the district court in 500
bonds. releasing him upon his own re-
~Cognizance.
Miss Minnie Sprague. the l2-year-old
daughter of Agent B. Sprague of Tie
Siding, had a tussle with a big trout on
the Poudre the other day which she
will probably remeber all her days.
Wlile fishing in that beautiful stream
she hooked a trout of monster size for
that locality and it was a question for
some time whether the girl would get
he trout or the trout the girl. After a
struggle of about 20 minutes the trout
gave it up and was landed. 1t meas
ured IS inches and weighed three
pounds.
Yesterday morning at the Sherwood
ranch on the Big Laramie. a young
man named Alfred Parker was show
ing some friends his idea of chopping
pine blocks when the ak slipped and
struck his left hand back Of the index
finger. nearly severing that member,
cutting IN ugly wound across the front
and back Of the hand and breaking the
bone. He was brought to the city with
all possible speed and DR.. Harris set
the bone, stitched up the cut and dress
ed the hand. The finger will be saved
and the hand will likely be as good as
ever again.
Mr.. A.. J. Wymore, the plasterer, left
a sample of the product Of the Stand
ard Plaster works at this office this
morning, showing just how the cement
will work in a wall. Its appearance is
excellent. Mr.. Wymore's only fear lies
in the fact that work once done with
this extraordinary material will last
so long that he will have no opportuni-
ty to do repair work, which has in the
past been an important item in his
business. But then he is honorable
enough to advise everybody to have
nothing but the best they can get for
their money. See his ad in this issue.
HE WORKED THEM