15 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1877
Page
1
Paris presses praise the new Cabinet as peace and war factions clash in Constantinople, while Servia claims orders to cross Turkish frontiers. Reports note bridge costs, political shifts, frontier labor, geese hunts, a newborn death, and railroad rumors across California and Mexico.
Washington December 14 reports summarize Senate activity including a call to amend the Interior Department advertising law, suffrage petitions, railway settlement bills, bond payments in silver, and executive session outcomes. House actions cover Patterson seat, memorials, and large deficiency appropriations plus nominations and investigations.
A Times correspondent from Plevna reports Grand Duke Nicholas stating Osman Pasha’s force numbered about 27 000. The retreat followed an epidemic causing daily deaths and a lack of burying capacity, with sixty cannons and several hundred wagons captured as trophies.
The Philadelphia wool market remains quiet and firm with prices steady and supply light. A Turkish and Russo military engagement is noted by a telegram from Kamarli. The Senate confirms Henry L. Dodge as San Francisco mint superintendent and Justus Killian is named receiver of the German-American Bank of Chicago with a $50,000 bond. The Chicago jury convicts Frank Shepard of manslaughter in the Officer Arthur murder case, sentencing him to 25 years.
In Chicago yesterday receipts reached 2300 head with varying grades from choice to inferior and cows and bulls priced accordingly. In St Louis receipts were 800 head with market steady and fair demand for steers and cows across several weight ranges. A Floyd Georgia judge declined to move a hanging date after a prisoner demanded it.
In San Francisco on December 14 the Democratic caucus held six ballots with Farley leading 31 to 22 for Ryland, 15 for McDonald, and 13 for Mager. The state land commission criticizes Surveyor General Jardiner and Host administration, cites large public money mismanagement, and accuses fraud in state land disposal via dummy entries and act mutilation dating back to January 1870, while urging targeted reforms and amendments.
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