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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1887
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a railway time update or schedule change with a 7 a m reference. No clear event or entity details are readable enough to confirm origins or parties involved.
City meeting urged to form a board of trade while town cleans streets. Governor progress on tax rolls reports Cheyenne property valued near four million dollars. Tramps arrested, a runaway team scatters furniture, and a peddler’s goods theft is foiled. A Cheyenne excursion train departs Sunday. ticket outlets listed.
At the Dradoma, Mr. D D Dare returns from the Holy Land and tells friends of a curious episode near the Dead Sea. He hires a boatman who reads Arabic from a Jeru salem guide and offers a free ride back for twenty dollars, prompting a quip about Jesus walking on water. Three homestead patent applications pass Register Wilson, with Wyoming expected to accelerate patent filings as western offices report many patents still arriving.
The debut of Janish the Countess Arco in this city attracts great interest due to her praised artistry and elegant costumes. Acclaimed as a strong company and likely to draw a cultured audience, she performs at the opera house in matinee and evening shows on June 25.
Hon J H Crawford states Union Pacific plans a line from Laramie City to Dillon crossing North Park and Elk river, tapping coal fields and timber. The route would reach Steamboat Springs via Bear river Morrison Creek and Muddy Blue River, with survey parties to begin.
Warrants worth just over 500 dollars were issued for bounty hunters at the courthouse. From morning until afternoon visitors paid for gopher scalps in sums from fifty cents to one dollar. The brisk bounty business threatens to bankrupt the county if continued. Also advertised is Dr J H McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier claimed to aid stomach health and digestion.
Mecomive and Recamier products including cream balm and powder are showcased as celebrated names at Rhodes & Troxell's, highlighting the cosmetic popularities of the era.
A brief note reports arrival of canvas heel material and mentions J. F. P. Jon as the source or contact. The item appears in a local notice style, likely indicating stock update or shipment. No additional context or dates are provided in the fragment.
Reverend Fulton of Brooklyn urged Protestant evangelism toward Catholics in a long First Baptist address. He claimed mission success, attacked Catholicism, and urged cordial, fearless dialogue. The audience listened attentively as reports noted contrasting views on priestcraft and church authority.
Local notices advertise mining location opportunities at Leader utlige with references to Guunnn Kywonnen and Co. branches. The item emphasizes availability of soda water with syrup from Rhoder and Joxull's as a nearby convenience.
Twenty eight prisoners are confined in the county jail and were viewed by a reporter yesterday. Names include Chas Trumble awaiting sentence for a killing, and Wm McCoy indicted for murder. Two females are housed in a pleasant west side room. The jail is at capacity with inmates in cells and corridors. A backdriver recalls an anecdote about barbed wire fences. The Alert Hose company will send a team to the Nebraska state firemen’s tournament in Kearney next month with a 50 entrance fee and a hope to win the prize.
A general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort Russell on Thursday July 7. The court includes Col Henry A Morrow 1st infantry Lieut Col Nathan Wisburne 6th infantry Lieut Col Edward Collins 7th infantry Maj James Casey 17th infantry Maj Edward Butler 2d infantry Maj William J Lyster 6th infantry Capt Richard Combs 7th infantry Capt William Mills 2d infantry Capt Clarence E Bennett 17th infantry Capt Charles Keller 2d infantry Capt Charles A Dempsey 2d infantry Capt Thomas G Troxel 2d infantry Capt Cyrus B Roberts 17th infantry Capt Charles Porter 8th infantry judge advocate.
Nine patients receive care at the institution. seven men suffer paralysis rheumatism and erysipelas while two women contend with rheumatism. Attendance is unusually low for the season, versus the typical thirteen to fifteen inmates in summer. The hospital is orderly and well equipped. steward Mr Wilseck lives opposite, with an office and lab at the infirmary. A local writer praises Electric Bitters for his wife’s five year ordeal of helplessness, noting many testimonials and a limited price offer.
Local advertiseing note lists Rhoder & a offering a range of California fruits at low prices. Mentions codigren soreey mecite and sale terms with emphasis on money purchases. Details are fragmentary and unclear.
The Cheyenne city council orders the board of equalization to convene at the city hall on Tuesday June 28 at 2 PM to hear complaints and objections to valuations on the 1887 assessment roll. City Clerk W N Kurrienpane issues the notice from Ourvenne Wyoming Territory dated June 21 1887.
Notice from Cheyenne carriage firm inviting bids on grading contracts from one to ten miles on the Denver Texas & Gulf railway south of Pueblo. Listings show J J Brown Co as contractorsa with offices in Cheyenne Wyoming and Room 54 Block Denver. Real estate investments promoted as safer than stocks with Kelley additions ongoing. Ranch wagons advertised and cheap monthly payments touted. Free moves of houses offered at 206 Fifteenth Street.
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