, 1904-12-27
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

Warmer this morning-a little.
Twas a white Christmas, you bet.
A little snow melted this afternoon.
Games for Xmas, half price. Lovejoy.
Building association meeting tonight.
Cold as Greenland's icy mountain.
Snow enough to make a white Christ.
mas.
Assorted flowers il daily. The Col.
den Rule, Mrs. r. Wall.
Merchants say the Christmas trade
was entirely satisfactory.
Rev. Hogbin's thermometer register
ed 4 below yesterday morning.
Two brilliant sundogs were noted
yesterday morning, about 9 o'clock.
The eastern hills were in a snow
storm the mos of the day yesterday.
The Cheyenne railroad shops were
closed yesterday, on account OF Christ
mas.
DR.. McCollum was called last night
to the Blackburn ranch to treat Mrs.
Charles Boyd.
All the carpenters employed by the
w. H. Holiday company had a Holt
day yesterday.
The trains from the east were quite
late this afternoon, being scheduled
to arrive at 4:3O and 4:45.
a o was born yesterday to Mr..
and Mrs. Keller of this city, and moth
er n babe are doing nicely.
DR.. Rafter, who conducted services
at the cathedral on Sunday has re-
turned to his home at Cheyenne.
Bernie Featherstone and George
~Featherstone are home from Chey-
enne, where they spent Christmas.
Leslie Miller, a salesman in the
clothing department of the Three
Rules, has rendered his resignation.
Business was very generally sus-
pended yesterday afternoon, the
weather man taking a hand in the mat
ter.
The Misses Mildred and Marguerite
McIntosh are home to spend the holt
day vacation with their mother.-Raw-
ins Journal.
The ushers at the Opera House pre-.
sented the manager with a handsome
gold pen as a Christmas souvenir Sat
urday night.
A white Christmas after all, barely
enough snow falling Saturday night to
make good Much of it had melted
before shutdown.
Conductor Wolcott of this city is
looking after the passenger run on the
Wyoming division of Conductor kel.
ley, who is visiting in the east.
Cordiner & Patullo, who are putting
the heating apparatus in the library
building, worked all day yesterday, so
busy were they with the contract.
The annual report of the director
of the experiment station of the agri-
cultural college, Prof. b. c. Buffum, is
now in press and will be issued in a
few days.
j. T. Hickie was today held to the
district court in $1,000, being charged
with assault n battery to commit a
felony on Albert Rosin. He is in the
county Jail.
Prof. Stockwell of the University oil
Wyoming lectured on The Higher
Life at the Episcopal church at Doug
las last Wednesday evening, the lee
ture being quite highly spoken of.
William Kuhn, a rn%achinists' helper
at the shops, had his hand slightly in
jured yesterday, while at work at the
| shops. He was treated by DR.. Stevens,
he local surgeon for the company.
A marriage license was issued at
Cheyenne Saturday to Mr.. Albert Not
tage, a machinist at the shops here,
and Miss Susie Badly of Cheyenne,
and they were married there that ev-
ening. They will make their home in
this city.
John McLennan, a native of Scot
land, who has been a resident of this
county for several years, made appli-
cation this afternoon to become a citi-
zen of the United States, filing his de-
claration Of intention in the office of
County Clerk Dayton.
Niles Callahan, local agent for the
Boston and Wyoming Lumber company
and representing other interests of the
Van Horn. Miller syndicate, expects to
leave for Laramie today, where he will
spend a portion of the holiday season.
Centennial Post.
James Christensen, manager Of the
Gem City Grocery company, received
from the employees Of the store a
Christmas present consisting of a
handsome fountain pen. Jim's speech
of acceptance was one of the literary
features Of the occasion.