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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader lists BE Slack as editor and proprietor with H A Clarke as business manager and A Richardson as city editor in the masthead.
Local items report Cheyenne Lodge will work on the Old degree tonight. City and county boards meet for equalization. D Miller lists a new children's clothing line. Reports of Sharkey and frontiersmen events loom as plans for a Fourth of July ball unfold. Packing company Hammond grows to 20 workers, weekly kill 200 hogs and 40 steers.
McArthur Brothers railroad contractors open an employment office at 108 Went Sixteenth Street. The agent cites a shortage of reliable workers and claims many applicants are tramps who quit after a day. Foreign and black labor are used to fill gaps, while some capable men seek steady work. Also notes Manila cigar gift exchange and June cigar sales event.
Hon T F Burke and wife rode into Yellowstone from the north on a largely amusing tour of the park. They witnessed cranes, geese, swans, elk, bears and wolves and described the bear chase of a park employee trying to capture a cub.
The Burkes enjoyed a very pleasant visit, expressing that the trip proved beneficial and left them centered in both the game and the surrounding scenery.
The program for the convent commencement features medals awarded by Rt Rev Thomas M Lonthan for Christian doctrine and Rev M D She han for superior answering in study, with others from Rev M Terns and Rawlins. The schedule includes marches, choruses, Mendelssohn pieces, vocal solos with violin obligato, and a cantata with floral titles.
Olls Swanson and Miss Nora Branni gan will be united in marriage by Father Shehan at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. The ceremony will be followed by a wedding breakfast after which the couple will depart for a Colorado honeymoon. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brannigan and the groom is a well known shopman.
Major Wilhelm traveled through Saturday night heading to Chicago. He has served on the Pacific coast for over a year and, since leaving Wyoming, retired from active duty. He declined the University of Wyoming offer to be military instructor, a decision viewed as a loss for the university given his strong teaching record.
The McKinley Club reception to the ladies will be held this evening in the club rooms on Seventeenth Street. It is expected to be well attended and pleasant with music refreshments and parlour games for the ladies.
Dr Alexander and three miners from a Denver firm arrived this morning to begin work at Silver Crown. The doctor will supervise and prepare for tomays. Work extent depends on success as they go down. Fishing parties forming. Fishing in nearby creeks is good and Cherokee Park reportedly excellent this year with Dr Crook and Pit Covert to fish there tomorrow.
Joe Lokine the elf faherman suffered a severe finger laceration while flashing at the third lake today. The injury caused intense pain and raised fears of blood poisoning as medical aid was sought.
The case of Millie Peters versus Frank Peters is being heard in district court this afternoon.
A marriage license was issued today to Sam H. Qeason and J B. Grows, both well known in Cheyenne.
Confirmatory information arrived at Pocatello that J. A. McConnell retires as superintendent of motive power and machinery. The office may pass to J. F. Dunn, currently on the Oregon Short Line, who is to assume similar duties on Union Pacific. Departure of Short Line officials to Omaha noted as significant.
Nels Perry from Pine Bluff and Ralph Friends from the west arrive in the city. Nat Baker comes in from the west today. C. B. Richardson returns home from a business trip to New York. Mise Purcell of Colorado City visits her sister Mrs. Prenger. Mrs. Skiler Hobbs leaves for the south. Walter B. Frazer of Omaha takes a position with A. E. B. Hoe. Ex-Superintendent EB. C. Harria of the Wyoming division is in Omaha. Mrs. L. Knox, née Cloye Lane, formerly of Cheyenne, is visiting today. J. P. Heme and N. K. Boswell of Laramie are guests of the Inter Ocean. Harry Hynds and nephew Mr. Hart head south this afternoon. Deputy Warlaumont takes Burgett the insane man to his Iowa home today. Mrs. J. N. Embery and daughter depart for Frusta, Colorado, where they will reside. Jack Roembaum, Idaho stockman, falls from a train and breaks a leg. Mrs. Smith and Miss Gibbs, visiting Mrs. Manning, return to Omaha this afternoon. Dr. White leaves for Oakland and California points. may visit Yellowstone Park on return. Judge Bramel returns from Casper and Lander after sentencing three horse thieves, one year each. Daingerfield of the Mikaeffe weather office returns from two weeks’ temporary duty at the North Platte.
A 17 year old, B T Welse, working for contractor Callahan two miles west of Green River, drowned while bathing on Sunday. Body not recovered. Graders collected pay yesterday amid a lively scene along the river. Judge Craig holds court at Green River. A benefit for a deserted wife with a large family raised about a hundred dollars. Walsh and Bare shear a large sheep herd near Green River.
In Martin Court the Nichols and Miller families dispute over a fence. Miller pleads not guilty to cutting. Nichols case set for July 10. A shoplifting suspect at Golden Rule remains unidentified by the clerk. Rent actions rise with three fresh suits heard. Surgeon Gus Clansey treated a sick man with salts after noting headaches back and other pains.
Struck by lightning last Sunday night on Reynolds Prairie near South Daleraine, two McNicholas boys about fifteen were killed while riding with their parents who were stunned. The Thompson boy was buried in Newcastle Wednesday with Catholic services. the McNicholas boy was buried in Hill City, S. D. on the same day.
A reminiscence heavy clipping notes Sharkey Ruhlins scheduled bout at Hynds tonight. The piece mixes boxing chatter with a tale of Sir Nye praising past acting, and quotes a performer about stage roles and past tours. It ends with a nod to Ben Franklin and Longhurst upholstery.
Police seek a man who allegedly forged the name of J. Markel on two checks for twenty dollars each. The checks were cashed by Popp & Noble. A Boys Great Removal Sale is advertised. A cryptic line about the hen Franklin appears.
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