The Meeker herald., 1897-12-25
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THE MEEKER HERALD.
Mceker. Colorado.
A Merry Christmas!
Dance at the court house hall TO-
night.
Twelfth annual masquerade next Fri
day evening. Tickets at Saltmarsh's I
and at Hay & JoHantgen's.
Boyd Walbridge is on the sick list.
Hardly had the grip got q good hold OF
him when tonsilitis set In. He is now
OH the mend.
In coming over Yellow Jacket pass
last Sunday Henry Wilson, Of Milk
creek. had to buck through some five
feet of snow.
Rev. Ostenson filed st. James pulpit
to large and appreciative audiences last
Sunday morning and evening. He left
on Mondays stage, but will again be
here in about a month.
The Masonic fraternity gave the first
of series of socials at their lodge room
last Saturday evening. Light refresh
ments near the midnight hour wound
up very enjoyable time for all who
participated.
Ragged Jack the Vagabond" at the
opera house next Monday evening. Two
hours and fifteen minutes Of fun and
pathos BY home talent under the man.
agement Of Richard Cloherty. Don't
miss this great treat.
NJ. Bowman one of the cattle barons
who made shipment Of cattle with
others to the Omaha market. returned
in the fore part of the week. Although
he did not get the prices he expected to
get, Mart will make it up next year.
There is an effort being made to have
the sheep and cattlemen join hands in
making the stock-growers' convention q
success, but the Rifle Reveille man ex-
presses pretty well grounded fear that
1t vent work, for they never could run
on the same range without getting into
ascrap.
LAS the days begin to lengthen the
cold begins to strengthen" is the way
the old saw reads. Since Tuesday last
the days are getting longer, but one
can hardly discern 1t yet. And IL it's
going to get any colder, as the saving
predicts, our orange and banana cror
is apt to be a failure.
Simon Mootz returned Wednesda,
from q brief visit to his old home In
New Jersey. Although he expected tc
stay longer, he couldn't stand 1t more
than q month. He says there wasn'
room enough for him back there; the,
are 50 crowded that they have to wall
on top Of one another-two deep, so t.
speak.
At the turkey shoot Thursday Bel
Nichols carried of first honors. H,
got six turkeys out OF the fifteen. DR.
French captured three; Simp Harp two
and the rest In singles. Only doze1
shooters participated; and the targe
was too close for some Of them, whil
for others it was too far away or to,
small-they didn't know which.
A railroad from the west. is now re
eeiving more or less attention in tn
newspapers. Tho promoters want t
get to the immense asphaltum deposit
on the Rio Blanco- Utah lins, and whe,
this is accomplished the yroad will b
pushed on up White river and through
to Denver. A sboet line between Sal
Lake and Denver Il bound ito Be bull
some day.