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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1887
Page
3
Railway routing notice lists Pacific Mail and Northern Time Table services. The document shows daily schedules with arrival and departure timings, including line numbers and terminal names for intercity travel.
Various short items note an abandoned A U W picnic, a westbound train split into two sections, a high temp of 84 and the Dewl's Auction party touring the city. Reports cover jurors, interim city marshal, a wolf sighting, job moves, fines, a race at the fairgrounds, a murderer jailed, town-site plans, opera house receipts, naturalizations, seat sales, a veterinary scholarship, Y M C A dedication, and delays on Denver and Omaha trains.
A drunken gun threat at a Cheyenne tavern ends without a shooting as police investigate the incident. County Commissioners order a new set of abstracts to be prepared by Lou Atkinson in Denver under a simplified system, to take about a year. Col. Patrick arrived from waha to buy cattle stock for Johnson county ranches, signaling strong cattle market confidence.
A stream of arrivals and departures marks Cheyenne activity with ranchers Fudge Whitehead and Thomas Farthing in town from their ranches, J Stuart Smith of Horse Orsak ranch, Walter Glafoke from Bear Creek, and A B Carey of Carey Bros. Fort Caspar ranch figures in the social circuit as officials, engineers, and creditors pass through. The note also records the death of Mrs. Jax Whitney and services at St John’s Catholic Church with the Pioneer and Maccabean societies in attendance.
The case, originally before Judge Leo, will move to Judge Fisher’s court on change of venue for morning hearing. The dispute centers on whether Johnsop can be held responsible for debts alleged by Debra, with the specifics remaining partially unclear in the fragment.
A fragmented item notes a spring and summer underwear line presented in plain and fancy stripes. References to Davin isLarR Sakthnaen block appear as garbled text without clear context or additional facts.
W. N. Hunt is identified as a participant in a local matter involving Hiomach, with details limited to the readable fragment.
Yesterday filings include a quitclaim from Isaac W. French to First National Bank of Cheyenne for lots 3 and 4 in block 429 with nominal consideration. An amended Manville plat corrects railroad location and adds precise lot and quarter sections. A quitclaim from Warren Live Stock Company to Union Pacific Railway covers land in section 1 township 14 for $1 000.
A Cheyenne cycling enthusiast yesterday proposed standard rules for wheelmen to carry a bell during the day and a lantern at night to prevent collisions, runaways, and accidents, noting the plan would benefit all.
Fragmentary ad note mentions a soda water product and fruit drinks sold at Rhodes and The Harness Stock, with references to Myers offering an elegant bow with every purchase. Pending clearer text.
Rail laborers arrive from Omaha to join 350 tracklayers, aiming to lay a mile and a half of track daily. The project targets fifty miles toward the Plains with a two month finish, uncertain if Cheyenne & Northern reaches Albany county. Gen Joseph R. Johnston and Col Morgan accompany the government inspection team as routine checks begin.
Reports detail new stage coaches planned and oil country news. Deer Creek coal pleases railways, and General Manager Fitch borrowed a Union Pacific engine of special coal-burning design. Weather and range conditions are praised as Wyoming enjoys prosperity.
Trustees of the Standard Cattle Company announce they will pre-purchase twenty five thousand of first mortgage 7 per cent bonds on July 5 1887 at one thousand one hundred dollars each. Also public notices of stolen horses and local business ads mix with stockholders meeting details and clothing advertisements from Cheyenne and Boston.
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