, 1896-07-25
E MENTIONED.

Cnolce cut lower received every day
at Mrs. Hassett's.
For fresh cut flowers and ice cream
go to Mrs. Schalk's.
Drexel cigars 5 cents, worth 10 cents,
Eggleston & Desmond, the druggists.
Get your dinner at Browns. Cheap
er than home cooking and Just as good.
Eggleston & Desmond, the druggists,
best soda in town, also Drexel-Ameri-
cas- best 5 cent cigar.
For the finest table board in the city
try Browns. Short orders at all hours,
Everything in season.
Mr.. c. E. Crysler is figuring ON a
seven-mile ditch to be taken from near
the head of Rock creek.
From all the reception CIV
en- to Senator Teller at Cheyenne last
evening was a very weak one.
Mrs. hannah Durlacher is entertain
ing a number of her lady friends this
afternoon at a euchre party. This lady
'i'o I 'aiheu d party wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Downing, wife of l.. l.. Downing,
formerly chief dispatcher at Laramie,
but now western freight agent at Den
yer for the Northwestern. is visiting
Conductor and Mrs. r. G. Shingle.-
Cheyenne Tribune.
h steam shovel at Sherman is
keeping up its lick of scooping out rs to
50 cars Of gravel per day. On the 18th
inst, l03 care were loaded. which is the
largest number yet loaded in one day.
Mike Wright. a Denver Pacific engi-
neer, was held up the other night by
some men who attempted to rob him
and a friend at a road house near Den
YER. Wright put the whip to his horses
and was shot through the legs by the
thieves.
Bessie Cummins of Denver has writ
ten to Mr.. E. P. Snow asking for infor-
nation concerning her father, John
Cummins. formerly of this city. Any
a. ilal a Dt given SHOULD
be forwarded to Mr.. Snow and will be
thankfully received.
While drawing water for his horse
yesterday afternoon. Prof. Soule dis
covered in the water a leech fully an
inch and a half long. 1t was brought
to this Office and will probably be sold
| tn the nnyt nirpIIS TN ac ralorr Co.,
an aquarium curiosity.
The catalogue just issued by the Wy
oming university is a handsome vol
ume of more than a hundred pages. Its
store of Information is complete for
those who desire to place their children
in the institution. 1t will be mailed
free to all applicants.
Thomas Lemon, a sheep herder for
Fred Waegel, was struck by lightning
last week in the camp tent on Canyon
creek. The lightning made a hole in
Lemons hat. tore off one boot, and
temporarily paralyzed the lower half
of his body. He is all right now.-Cas-
per Tribune.
The entertainment given by the Jun
ior Epworth League last night brought
forth a large audience. the Methodist
church being filled. So successful were
the ladies that their supply of ice cream
and cake was exhausted before all had
been supplied. The little ones did re-
markedly well and received meritsd
applause.
E. w. Scott. clerk Of Sheridan coun-
ty, who confessed last week to having
issued fictitious county warrants and
forged Endorsements upon them, has
been sentenced by Judge Metz to three
years imprisonment In the state pen
itentiary. He was brought to Laramie
on No. 8 this morning and placed in the
p%enitentiary,
While coming to the city this morn
ing, Andrew H. johnson Of Antelope
creek stopped at the artesian we'll to
water his horses. By some chance Mr..
johnson failed to ~unfasten one of the
tugs. his team became frightened and
bolted, throwing him to the ground
and giving him several bad scalp
wounds. The tongue to the wagon was
broken.
After making a big splurge over the
Bryan ratification meeting at the capt.
tai, advertising Teller, Mantle, Du-
bois and others to speak, and securing
a n fare rate for the round trip, less
than a half-dozen people from Laramie
went over to the meeting. W. H. Holli-
day, C. P. Arnold, VIM, Manasse, c. ".
Bramel and r. ]. GARDINER were the
gentlemen who composed the crowd.
One OF the pleasant features of the
trip to Cooper Hill made by the Kansas
editors was the comfortable mode of
conveyance. Liveryman Pennington
supplied the party with stage coaches
which were as easy riding as a rock
ing char and attached horses thereto
which were almost as speedy as a rail-
way train. The party was profuse in
their thanks for his excellent service.
A railroad man who attended
the Bryan ratification meeting at Raw
Inns h other evening says it was a
rank fizzle. and that the only thing that
appeared to draw any crowd at all was
the dance that had been advertised to
take place after the ratification meet