We have secured all the conces
sions that we need. The only thing
we want is the good will of the
people. We are rapidly gettirg
tilings in shape to begin active
operations."
Mr. Wedgewood is of the opin
ion that the railroad will be ex
tended from Casper to Ogden in
the near future, and he believes!
i that Casper will be some day one
|of the best towns in tlie state,
i Hr has gone to Denver for a
i few days, but will make Cheyenne
his headquarters for two or three
1 weeks before returning to Chicago.
-Cheyenne Tribune.
MEAD NEWS.
lee cream is ripe.
We notice that John Mead’s
wheat has commenced heading out.
A. J. Mead and wife are the
happy parents of an eight pound
baby daughter, born July 5.
Mother and baby are doing well.
E. G. Geiger, a relative of A. J.
Mead's, from Cedar Rapins, Neb.,
is visiting in these parts. He is
ion his return from quite an ex
tended trip through Oregon and
California. He reports everything
in as flourishing a condition here
as anywhere in his travels.
The people of Mead and vicinity
congregated at John Bower’s
grove, and celebrated the nation's
j anniversary. After partaking of
: a sumptuous basket dinner they
* tripped the light fantastic until
dark, when they had quite a dis
play cf fireworks; thence to the
ball room, where they all joined
in the merry dance until broad
daylight.
It Didn’t Wait.
