Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-05

ceiving ladies' were elegantly attired
and the receiving rooms looked very
pretty in their decorations as oatlln
ed yesterday In addition to those
who kept open house as announced
in The Herald. there were quite
number OF ladies' who were at home
to their friends and it took several
hours for some of the gentlemen TO
make the rounds.
That was a gay crowd strolling up
the street from the Capitol resort yes
terday afternoon, with the long slim
yeazle-looking naked carcasses
tucked under their arms wrapped IN
newspapers Thunder exclaimed
one of the gents, with deep-seated
wrinkle on his brow. I'D like to
know what I'm going to do with this
thing; | don't want it" me. Meth
er." replied companion. rms
darned critter cost me two and haIf'
and | wouldn't eat piece of 1t Tor
hundred The looks of the pesky
thing is enough for me-turns my
stomach" We'll. let's go in mere
and brace up" said a third, and then
they all had to tell their troubles To
the mixologist, and he advised them
hang the corpses out at his Dack
door and let them freeze up stiff
only way to make em good Care
ful investigation proved the parties
had been the unlucky winners at the
great 'posSum raffie,
From Saturdays Daily:
r. VI. Pringle of Washington, d. c.,
stopped at the Strater last night, and
went ont to Fort Lewis on govern
ment business.
The wedding bells will ring again
in Durango in the near future.
popular young lady and a well known
railroad man will pull together in the
same train.
Conductor Willis, of the SiIverton
bran. h. went out on the eastern this
morning for Los Angeles, California
on three months lay-uif, accompan
led by his wife.
The Schumaun Lady Quartette, the
next number Of the Methodist lee
ture course will give their concert at
the church ON Thursday. January 10.
| Announcements next week.
j. G. Pike a Denver boiler maker
registered at the InterOcean last
night H comes to accept a situa-
tion with the American Smelling &
Refining company at this place.
The Odd Fellows have requested
Mrs. Matte A. Bridge to deliver her
lecture on The Necessity and Mis-
sion of Odd Fellowship, in this city.
The exact date has not yet been de
cided upon.
The Herald labored under the be
lief that it was leading all southwest
publications in the matter of turning
out job work. but here comes the
Pennington Hustler and says it
turned out SIS. 900 worth of work for
the First National Bank OF Farming
ton in December.
c. c. Peitrat, wife and three child
night Mr. Petrat's family arrived
yesterday over the eastern, and they
all left by stage this morning for
their new home at Pennington. whore
Mr.. Petrat is erecting a -four mill.
Machinery for the mill has arrived
at Durango and is being shipped out
as rapidly as possible
Prof Blakeley returned Yesterday
from Cripple Creek. where he has
been spending the holidays with his
family He reports that city as being
pretty badly Crippled" sure enough
in fact exceedingly dull. 1t is report
ed that there are fifteen hundred va
cant houses in the city. Wish we had
few hundred of them here in Du-
range. They wouldn't be vacant
long.
Attorney General-elect ~ c. Miller
departed this morning for Denver
where he will make his home for the
next two years. Mr.. Miller will make
the state a painstaking officer and
with able assistants we expect the Of
flee to be run right up to the standard
OF course Mr.. Miller will visit Du-
range occasionally to keep up ac-
quaintances and look after a few
business matters needing attention.
The best wishes of The Herald go
with Mr. Miller
We'll. Durango is all right enough
for me, especially in the winter time,
said "Curley" Knight to Herald
scribe. Il am just back from a trip
through Routt county and southern
Wyoming Think of snow six feet
deep on the level and the thermome-
ter at 81 below, They have winter
for seven months in the year up about
Steamboat Springs, and about all the
people up there can do is to eat, sleep
and have a good time But they are
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