, 1899-12-23
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.
Merry Christmas.


Hot Chocolate at Settele's.
Don't forget the gun club dance.
Gun Club dance next Monday night.
The sleighing was spoiled today by
the warm wave.
Sheriff Shaver brought Cooper, the
Cheyenne fire bug over to the pen
yesterday.
G. A. Phillips is making some alter
ations and improvements in the Del
monico hotel.
Remember the Cantata, Santa
Claus Vision" at the Methodist church
tonight at 1880.
Albert Rosine is making a present to
his customers and friends of fine packs
of playing cards.
Elmer Lovejoy expects to receive a
horseless carriage soon, having placed
his order while east last fall.
Frank H. Clark, commissioner in
bankruptcy, arrived here from Chey-
enne today 10 hear the case of H. o.
Decker, jr.
David Farr, the engineer, has re-
signed and will go east on a visit and
will probably take a position on an
eastern road.
John Oracle, a laborer employed in
making snow fences here, had two fin
gers on his right hand badly crushed
by some lumber falling oil them.
Orders nave been posted that trains
shall not be run at a speed exceeding
thirty miles an hour over the cutoff
line from Howell junction to Hutton
junction.
The rattle for the embroidery work
took place this afternoon at Mrs. Cor
diners. George P. Foley won one
piece of work and Mrs. w. H. Lovett
the other.
Wolves are doing damage to stock
southeast Of Laramie near the fish
hatchery. Chris Kline lost a fine COW
and had two more head injured this
week. Other ranchmen in this vicinity
have suffered.
The funeral of Trooper Richard De-
Forrest was held from the Presbyterian
church this afternoon at 2 o'clock and
was attended by a number of troopers
and friends from the mine where de-
ceased worked and was killed.
The supreme court has remanded the
case of Patrick l.. johnson to the dis.
trict court Of Sweetwater county for
re-hearing. Johnson was serving a life
term in the pe%nitentiary from Sweet
water county for murder and was last
night turned over to the sheriff to be
taken back to his county.
Senator'S Clark of Wyoming, Shoup OF
Idaho, Carter Of Montana and Binger
Hermann, commissioner of the general
land office, left tonight on a tour of Ari-
zona and New Mexico with a view of
examining the conditions of the two
territories, both of which are seeking
to be admitted into the union.-Omaha
Bee.
Charles Kuster, jr., who is visiting
here from Chicago remarked that it
was balmy, mild winter weather to-
day compared to the weather this
month in Chicago and that while Wy
oming zero weather seemed severe that
it was nothing compared to zero wealth
er with the wind coming off the lakes.
He said that the light fall overcoats
worn here were like a linen buster in
Klondike.
J. C. SCISSOR, division engineer on the
Union Pacific cutoff line between
Lookout and Medicine Bow last sum-
mer and who is now at Green River on
that piece Of work, has resigned and
will go to Honolulu shortly after Jan.
1 to take a good place in the engineer
ing department of a railroad to be built
in the Hawaiian islands. Mr.. SCISSOR
has a number Of friends in Laramie
who are much pleased to hear of his
deserved promotion and wish him sue
cess.
The Republicans illustrated edition
was distributed about the city this
morning and many were the favorable
comments heard upon it. The sale at
this office today has been very large,
many people purchasing copies to send
to friends and relatives at other places
as well as to preserve as a souvenir for
future reference. The price was put
down to the low cost of Is cents to
insure the largest possible circulation
and that this is being appreciated by the
public is shown by the large sales al
ready made. The postage on the IL
Illustrated" is three cents.
AS a cure for rheumatism Chamber
laiu's Pain Balm is gaining a wide
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