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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1875
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from 1974 era advertisements mentioning Brazier St Sats LY all, line fires and licenses. Readable items are sparse, with incomplete names and dates, offering no clear event or outcome to describe.
In a curio of names a Stalian named O'Brieno insists he is not the O'Brien who sued a reaper proprietor for five thousand dollars, narrowly reaching twenty five. Reports on rail consolidation from Union and Kansas Pacific deny any such union.
On June 28 1875 Judge Fisher presided over the Territory of Wyoming versus Milner and John Dick alleging cattle killing. The jury deliberated till 5 o clock and found the defendants not guilty. The case of City of Cheyenne versus Converse and Wastren was dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff as district court costs are concerned.
The sixteenth and Endly corner sports Montgomery Queen posters for a grand show. The banners praise his success in printer ink lore and claim a champion world act. G. W. Snell notes cattle in his corral at Nineteenth and Reid, soon to be sent to Red Cloud Agency. The westbound passenger train ran two hours late and the city swarms with Black Hills-bound travelers.
G W Long and F R Curran, once of Dawson County Nebraska, now reside in Cheyenne. W W Maiden of Bliss Moore Co Chicago visited the city. H H Clark U P R E general superintendent headed west to Laramie. T J Freece of St Louis stayed at the Railroad House. Dr J B Gibson and companion arrived and secured apartments there. E W Eldridge of Detroit is in town. Dr D Percy of London, renowned clairvoyant, is at Dyer’s Hotel and invites calls for readings.
Readable fragments describe a Fourth of July event near a city with dancing racing and boating. Arrangements aim to accommodate many attendees with meals and weather contingencies. Some lines refer to stalls and sales at a fair or market.
Commissioners depart Cheyenne and outline a treaty meant to cede the Black Hills and surrender Northern Wyoming. The proposed boundary runs from the Missouri Niobrara confluence west along Nebraska lines, then south along meridians to the Powder Yellowstone area, tracing the Forty seventh parallel to the 102nd meridian and returning to the Missouri through Beaver and Cannon Ball rivers. If adopted, Custar Black Hills lands in Wyoming and Dakota and much of Northern Wyoming would open to settlement.
A June 19 1875 letter from Custan's Park describes miners establishing camps in the Black Hills with 10 to 15 cent pans and claims of 300 feet each for two men. It notes rumors of soldiers en route and urges preparedness with flour bacon and tools for three, while reporting cavalry redeployments and concerns over Indian raids and livestock theft along forts and the railroad line.
An itemized midweek advertisement lists an experienced cook at the Planters' House and various local businesses. Corlett & Stevens handle conveyancing and warranty deeds while a grain dealer operates at 10th and Reid, plus rental inquiries and room offers appear. Pirates and city residences for sale are noted along with miners tools and a printer's office policy on employee debts.
A collection of mid 19th century classified notices advertising for sale or exchange of stock and property. Items include a bulla collection in J Abney’s quire, a five dollar gold piece reward for a lost item, Dwight Fisk selling pumps, land for sale on Ferguson street with warrantee deeds, Casiel McLaughlin real estate offer, P Fr Fisher sewing machine agency, and a wood for sale opportunity at Red Cloud with a spokesman at the Railroad House for next Monday afternoon.
Ext available from Flatt's Post Office Newsroom at 10 o'clock in the morning.
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