28 Mar 1877
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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1877
Page
1
A chaotic dispatch reports the forthcoming execution of John D. Leo alias the Mormon murderer. The piece notes he has sixteen wives and children, with dates and places scrambled in the OCR. Authorities and prosecutors push ahead under heavy political and sensational interest amid national press coverage.
The report mixes details of John D. Lee’s death sentence in Utah linked to the Mountain Meadows incident with a separate Black Hills stage attack near Deadwood. It recounts a drive-by fire, fatalities and injuries, and notes political and military chatter about posts, education, and regional developments along with local business prospects and railroad station planning.
J W Watson returns from Boston and New York with one of the largest stocks of dry goods clothing and ladies furnishing goods ever seen in the market. The 25 by 100 foot store with two warehouses displays a vast assortment including prints ginghams silks and millinery. They offer low prices and claim readiness for military mining and river trade with extensive lines in boots hats and groceries totaling at least thirty five thousand dollars in new goods.
Col Buell of the 11th Infantry will oversee the new military post at the mouth of the Big Horn. Buildings will use square logs and paper board construction inspired by Standing Rock, aiming for greater comfort and better appearance than Lincoln plan. The St Paul papers say 600 carpenters will leave for Bismarck as river opens for war on Tongue River post. A mail route from Bismarck via Tongue River posts to Sarpy Tallack Ellis to Bozeman, Mont., will likely be ordered into service soon.
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