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[[Michael Kirche]]r's fine French coach stallion was brought into town yesterday to be weighed.  He is a beautiful animal, dark bay, with black points, and showing good breeding.  He tipped the scale at 1050 and is not in flesh. 

About noon yesterday the clouds that have been hovering around us for the past few days opened up for 20 minutes.  We had a heavy and refreshing shower, after which the sun came out warm for the rest of the day.

A number of the boys around town are putting in their spare time fishing and as a result catch a good string of small channel cats, which look very inviting. (FYI...channel cats are cat fish...ab) 

A family from the [[Black Hills]] pulled into town yesterday overland and spent the day with us.  They are on their way to the National Park.

[[L. W. Stacy]] came in from Pumpkin Creek yesterday.  Mr. Stacy says he has some 550 cattle on his ranch.

Flies and mosquitos are more numerous this season than can be remembered by the oldest inhabitants.  Wonder if this importation came with the numerous boxes of tanglefoot that are being sold about the city? (FYI...tanglefoot is axle grease, a sticky compound placed around the base of trees to prevent insects)

[[Lewiston]], [[Fergus county]], is to have a race track, and in order to be right up with the times it is to be kite shaped and a mile long. (FYI...kite shape tracks were for horse races) 

$3.00 buys a first-class 8-day clock at [[Stein]], the jeweler's nickel clocks for 80 cents.

An exciting foot race was reported to have been at [[Fort Keogh]] last evening between a soldier and a citizen, in which the soldier won.

Boston - July 28 -  There is a well authenticated rumor here that Edwin Booth is dying from the effects of too much smoking.  Though he is aware that it is killing him, he cannot shake off the habit.