Show FORT DOUGLAS FACTS DA happy new year to all Muster and inspection on last day of the month Think of itMidsummer weather on the 28th at this military city It is expected that Major Creary will pay I the post a coindispensing visit on Janu uary 3d at the latest Bo among those to start the new year as a HEIULD subscriber Fritz will make all arrangements Give him your name One orthe Fort Douglas possibilities is tho Gazette a trimonthly paper The initial in-itial number is promised on J anuary 10 next Colonel M M Blunt commanding officer of-ficer Sixteenth infantry returned from New York city on the 20th and assumed command of the post Thought that electric road would be in running order by January lj 1891 Indications Indica-tions do not point to its final completion for a month hence Those who have subscribed for THE HERALD thorough Fritz will make their payments to him as usual He will receipt for all monies paid him The Post had more than its regular quota of visitors on Sunday the 28th The band did itself prouc on its excellent rendition of a choice programme at the open air concert con-cert About a bakers dozen thirteen represents repre-sents the sick of the command Our location loca-tion is indeed a healthy one when out of a population of all told over tiUO only thirteen are sick Several of the boys started up the ca on back of the fort on a hunt for deer grouse or rabbits and whilst tbey needed no six mule team or even a ono mule cart to bring in their dead venison they report wading through as much as two feet of snow One hundred CHISTMAS HERALDS wore disposed of in two hours at tile post The magazine itself is a tribute to tno HERALD management and proves only too conclusively conclu-sively the goaheaditiveness of those at tho helm of the paper The Indian excitement is about overat least tis our prayer yet tile order to be in readiness has > not been revoked The guiding guid-ing hand of General Miles is indicative of a speedy settlement of the trouble The death of Sitting Bull has evidently stayed a long and dangerous Indian campaign Many up here are sorry to know that Sergeant Lange will quit the police force of Salt Lake city Ho is an affable gentleman gentle-man and a good officer No tears would be shed if Prince Patricious McGinty the noblest Roman of them all would stop down and out I hear it seriously considered by a few whose love for Aiiheuser ranks next to their affection for their best girl that on New Years day the annual swearingoff time they will forsake for a twelve month allegiance to intoxicants A good and commendable move I will unite with them myself as aqua pura far excels hard cider etc from a standpoint of health Dr Sutherland has succeeded to tho vacancy va-cancy made by the sudded death of Sur geonGeneral Baxter The new surgeon general is native of Pennsylvania and entered en-tered the army in 1852 He was the senior officer of the corps when appointed to his present position Several other members of the medical department are also promoted pro-moted one grade |