, 1896-12-23
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

For fine watch repairing go to Carter.
Go to Braidwood's for the finest cup
Of coffee in town.
Get Xmas dinner al Thornburgh ho-
tel. Special menu. ct
Cutfiowers, Holly and Mistletoe, at
Mrs. Schalk's. POS Thornburg.
/ J. W. Browns restaurant sets the
best table in the city. Try 1t.
Gov. Richards has issued certificates
Of election to the Bryan electors.
Fresh bulk oysters, direct from New
York, at Browns, served in all styles.
The ball to be given by the Laramie
Fire department will occur on the night
of December %.
Bob Fftzsimmons, the pug. will give
an exhibition at the Cheyenne opera
house Saturday night.
Pocketbooks, a fine assortment; Just
the thing for Christmas gifts and very
reasonable at Charles N. Settele's.
1t has been some time since the Lar,
annie fire department has spread itself
on a ball. Look out for it on Christmas
night.
Tickets for the greatest musical
event in the history OF Laramie can be
secured at Settele's. Remember the
date, Wednesday, Dec. both.
Remember the ball of the fire laddies
on Christmas night. 1t will afford a
grand time for those who desire a little
terpsichorean exercise after a Christ
mas dinner. ,
The Cheyenne and Fort Russell foot.
ball teams will have a game on Christ,
mas day at the fair grounds. Mr.. Fred
Hesse of this city has been asked to
umpire the game.
Someone will get that elegant real
sealskin cape OF Christmas eve, at the
Wyoming Dry Goods c,mpany's store.
so get your holiday goods there. Ones
chance is as good as another's.
Services will be held in the Swedish
Mission church on Christmas at 4:30 a,
m. In the evening at 1880 a Christmas
festival will be held. Rev. Jonas John
son will conduct the services and all
Scandinavians are cordially invited to
be present.
h Phantasmagorians are not going
to be outdone by anybody. Before the
opening of the ball Thursday night
they propose to have a musical and
minstrel program which will alone be
worth the entire price Of admission.
If o miss their party tomorrow night
you will miss something which you
may everlastfngly regret.
The children of st. Matthews ca
thedral Sunday school will have their
Christmas tree and service this even.
ing alt Z O'Clock. There will be a short
service conducted by the dean with
brief addresses by the bishop. Carols
will be sung and the children will
march over to the old church building,
where each one will receive a present.
The charity rabbit hunt was quite a
success-if 1T did begin at home. The
nimrods who enjoyed the sport were
Chief DISPATCHER E. T. Duffey, Dis
patoher C. L. Hinkle, Harry Maynard,
Henry johnson and j. c. McRae. The
scene OF their sport was in the vicinity
of Rock Greek and farther west. They
bagged upwards of so cottonttails and
could have secured MO end OF Jacks,
but did not shoot more than they could
conveniently carry to the railroad.
They report thousands of rabbits IN
the section visited.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon Bishop
Talbot, in the presence of small cor.
%gregation, formally secularized and
handed rel to common uses, the old
wooden church of st Matthews, which
was the first place Of worship In this
city. 1t was c~onsecrated by Bishop
Randall on September 21st, 1869, and
has thus sheltered the Episcopal con-
gregation for more than ~ years. The
form OF se~cularizatfon was that au-
thorized by the bishops of the Amen-
can church, and the fzst use to be made
Of the unconsecrated building will be
for the Sunday school treat and Christ
mas tree this evening.
To the aged, with their poor appe>
title, feeble circulation, and Empower.
ished blood, Ayers Sarsapartih IL \
boon beyond price. Its effect u TO check
the ravages Of time, by iavteoratins
every organ. nerve. and tissue Of tho
body. See Ayers Almanac Tor the new
year.
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