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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne City Market offers choice turkeys chickens ducks and fresh oysters plus Morrells bacon and Lily brand pure leaf lard for Christmas meals. Local shops J F Jenkins and Palace Pharmacy showcase slippers shoes and tasteful gift items for friends and family with value and style.
Short notes from Cheyenne report pay day at Union Pacific with large checks and new hires. Judge Bramel calls special grand jury on smallpox in Fremont County while court sees dull business.
Miss Mary Ashley known as Mary Masten has run away from Mrs. George Masten in Denver. Lyceum Theatre manager Lemon says she left to become an actress, driven by a desire for notoriety to make a sensational departure. Officers search for the missing young woman and note a link to Miss Du Phreyne.
Secretary of State Chatterton moved to Rawlins to arrange workshop contracts needed before moving state convicts from Laramie. Four thousand to four thousand six hundred dollars will fund frame workshops to be built this year with plans to award the work to Rawlins firms.
A list of people coming to or leaving the city for holidays includes EB B Wilson from Lusk George Nagle returning from Denver A Van Dredel from the omust Fred Nash family heading south Cornelius Mannix back from Laramie Hector Reel from LaBarge Wm Gilereat Ralph Friend Eben Black and others arriving from various regions W E Epperson Robert Morris Colin Hunter H P Hynde William Doody John Moran Will Bartlett Stitz party visiting Denver Clarence Houck Morris Wasserman at funeral G Rainsford Mrs H G Turner E B Wilson W Blaine Mrs Bert Appergon Janitor Wright Anna Johnson Henry Sweet Tolson sister Mattie Barrow Helen Barrow northern home. Cheyenne plans. university ties.
Fort Colina learns typhoid fever epidemic stems from a Bellvue case on the Poudre river. Dr. W C Mitchell reports 130 patient treatments between November 10 and 26. Five Bellvue cases identified. a nurse disposed of patient stools into a ditch feeding water reservoirs.
The old Zéb ner block at Sixteenth and Ferguson changed hands twice in a month. Adolph Coors sold earlier for 6000 dollars but a correct deed was not issued. Charles Beales in Boston held title until final papers transferred to Mr. Popp, who plans to remodel and open a first class saloon on the lower floor. The 68 by 48 foot building sits in the central business district and is tied to Krug Brewing. Popp denies sole ownership claims.
President McKinley has assured Beott of Union Ironworks San Francisco he will attend the launch of the Ohio next May. The exact date is not set. His itinerary may include Cheyenne and residents could have a chance to see the famed statesman on the trip.
Union Pacific surveyors run preliminary work for a new coal line from Muddy Creek to the main line at Aspen. The project aims to start immediately to facilitate coal shipments from recently opened mines.
Utle reports among railroad men that on January 1 passenger trains Nos 101 and 102 will be exclusive mall trains and that train crews now running to Green River will run through to Ogden. East end crews on mall trains will operate from Cornell Bluffs to Cheyenne, dividing the Union Pacific system into two mall train divisions as in years past.
Petro Costa the Italian who was thought insane and detained in Cheyenne for hours on December Sth arrived in New York safely. Colangelo notified the Italian consul Brank to watch him on arrival and protect him during Costa's stay before sailing for Italy on the 13th. Troop A plans a Christmas Eve military ball in full uniform with governor and staff invited. Henry Oaks, a machinist apprentice, injured a leg after falling into an ash pit in the yards. Dr. Bennett treated the injuries.
A Saturday morning wreck at Sidney involved engine 1700 driven by Engineer Bill Apgar which jumped the track after striking a frog near the depot. The engine turned over on its side but both Apgar and the fireman escaped unharmed. Also noted are brief items about two deaf men named Rowan traveling to Lead City, a Woodmen of the World smoker addressed by Prof. C W Wheeler, and new membership applicants.
A lively feud broke out last evening in front of the opera house between two well known young men. They struck each other in a brutal brawl over a city society damsel, leaving both with bruises and facial injuries. The quarrel arose from their competing attentions to the same coquettish young woman.
Governor Richards reports from San Francisco that he will travel to Cheyenne arriving on the 24th. In the past two weeks the shops repaired thirteen eloon, a pace surpassing the average monthly output.
Troop A now numbers forty six members with new recruits flooding in and being refused as the unit remains limited to artillery. Treasurer reports the company in flourishing condition. Christmas gift worthy Indian pictures at Stimson's. Turkey raffle at South Side saloon Wednesday evening continues until depleted.
A man named Alfonzo Jackson recently arrived from Salt Lake was found dead in his bed at Fromtier Kemmerer with a morphine vial nearby, suggesting self harm. Another incident reports Andrew Macks and a companion severely injured by a powder keg explosion in Mine No. 1 Gay. neither injury is expected to be fatal.
The Colorado and Southern Railway announces a one fare round trip to all Colorado and New Mexico points for the Christmas holidays. Tickets go on sale December 24 25 and January 1 with return valid until January 2.
West Cheyenne youth Will Erickson broke his right arm above the elbow after falling from a bridge over Crow Creek yesterday afternoon while playing with friends. He sustained the injury at the scene and received aid locally.
A Cheyenne Steam Laundry representative will attend the Cheyenne Cigar Factory two or three evenings after railroad pay day to collect laundry bills. Also notes that Stimson's Indian photos are original photographs printed on specially prepared paper.
The Fast Mail company has arrived in the city and will stay until after Christmas to repair scenery fixtures and make improvements. The play is billed at the opera house on Christmas.
Walter E McQuary and Lottie Nickerson, both of Colorado Springs, were married this morning by Judge Martin. They woke the judge before daylight and were wed just as the sun came up.
Twenty five percent discount on ladies capes collarettes and trimmed hats children jackets offered this week. Attend the Durrant Fire Company Ball to be given December 31st New Year Eve.
The funeral for Hazel Free man two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Free man was held this afternoon at 2 o clock from their residence at 1622 Snytor. Hazel died yesterday from pneumonia.
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