10 Feb 1879
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1879
Page
1
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The piece rails at Andrew Johnson as a benevolent pardonist forgiving crimes and political rivals. It discusses Milud, smallpox spread via clothing, and a caution about Grant's upcoming inauguration. It contrasts Democratic forces, the Cheyenne Argus, and a misdated ordinance, ending with a sensational note on a Chinese couple and a white man harming a child.
News notes from Santa Cruz to Nevada and the Pacific slope describe resumed California Powder works, a Nevada bill creating White Pine County, and various amusements. Banks ship bullion to Treasure City. Salt Lake City buys butter from the East. Helena aims for wagon road to Union Pacific, San Francisco Irish celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Governor Haight invited to a banquet. Water as beverage proposed in Austin Nevada, with opposition. Washington Oregon Idaho seek direct Chicago trade to cut eastern goods costs. Deseret News reports Sharp and Young workers earning a $100 bonus for tunnel completion in Weber Canyon. Pulver recently injured by an accident on the road, recovery noted.
At the January meeting a committee was appointed to report on the city printing for the year. Five weeks later the Committee on city printing has not yet made a report. The public has a right to know how contracts are handled and the matter should be called up at the adjourned meeting tonight.
The Philadelphia Post reports a new one wheel vehicle named the wheelecipede. It rests the rider on the feet and guides with bars, useful for construction and transporting earth and sand, promising to outpace bicycles. Madame Olympe Audouard praises American women as charming and refined, though she notes men’s roughness and the danger of love.
The governor presents figures on Illinois land use and industry. Of six million acres, 21 million are improved and 10 million under wet conditions. Woolen mills number 150 with 310 workers, and capital invested in machinery exceeds 25 million dollars.
A historic report describes the Pacific Railroad bill authorizing guarantees for multiple companies, bond security on land, and ten percent gross receipts taxes. It outlines government delays in dues, bankruptcy consequences, and a Southern Pacific and New Mexico line proposal, with follow up on international incidents and domestic court cases.
Five passengers from White Pine arrived in this city claiming about $100 000 each from Spoteuans in Silverado. Two veterans who served in China as captain and private, after war, became mine owners in California. The former private offered half his mining property to his old captain, and they were seen walking Montgomery Street together, says the Times.
A local note from Grass Valley declares that all newborns in the next three months will bear unique names including Therhardt Hidden Treasure North Aurora South Aurora Chlorite Pictor and White Time. The list shows a playful naming contest among families and community members.
A probate judge order directs the defendant in Dakota County to appear February 12 at 10:00 AM to answer a debt claim by Charles B Wilson for eighty dollars. If unpaid, the property may be sold to satisfy the debt under the law in force.
By virtue of a power of sale in a mortgage given October 2, to Wine BB Miller the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash January 2 at 2 PM at 17th Street J. J. Sumner, Cheyenne Dakota Territory the described property including one harness set and associated gear.
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