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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
4
The Che Cheyenne Leader lists office telephone 0 and house number 181 with editor A Slack and business manager Robert Mickel. George H Evans serves as city editor in this 1902 issue.
Short items from Wyoming and surrounding areas include pension arrivals for old soldiers in the city, railroad and mining news, a Rawlins to Hanna boxing trip, a St Patrick talk at St John’s hall, and plans for a Wheatland business block. The Buffalo militia, a racehorse purchase, and school reform followups are noted, with other local notes on dignitaries and families.
R. W. Bradley receives several carloads of fine monuments from Vermont and will open a monument yard near the Old Soldiers Home. A frame building will be moved from downtown to the marble yard site.
A Cheyenne married woman elopes with a railroad brakeman to Rawlins after months of courtship. The husband retrieves the trunk containing her belongings at the depot, and vows not to return the clothes, while the pair continue their life in Rawlins.
Peter Wilde is jailed in Laramie after boarding a Union Pacific train at Fort Steele on Saturday, refusing to pay fare, later paying at Laramie, and refusing to alight. An officer was summoned and Wilde was arrested. His profanity in the presence of ladies was prolific.
Sam Ellis returns to work following a two week lay off due to a hand infection from blood poisoning. A derailment near Lar am ie at Cooper Lake delayed traffic for a short time after a broken wheel on a west bound extra freight caused two cars to derail. A hotel lighting plant in Fort Laramie exploded, demolishing the acetylene gas tank, but no injuries occurred.
Madame Frederikke Neilsen the Norwegian actress evangelist delivered her farewell sermon in Woodman hall yesterday and today departed for Rawlins to conduct services there.
Rossknecht and his horses were swept 100 yards downstream while crossing the Powder River near Buffalo. He escaped drowning by quick action and luck, with the incident noted by local observers.
Three social entertainments set for tonight include a masquerade dance at Turner Hall hosted by the W R C a meeting of the Elks and a concert at St Johns Hall to raise funds for St Marys choir purchases.
Work on the Grand Encampment aerial tramway progresses with two miles of towers already up, totaling thirty in use. The large ore-carrying cables are due to arrive on the 26th instant.
A freight train derailed on Castle Rock hill west of Evanston after a broken journal on a freight car failed. No injuries were reported at the moment, though a workman sustained a broken leg while assisting to restore the track.
On Thursday March 20 MISS CONWAY invites Cheyenne and nearby ladies to visit 1715 House Street to inspect a carefully selected line of millinery for the season.
Denver capitalists push a $1.5 million Kuykendall Wilson plan to irrigate 160000 acres in Carbon County Wyoming via the Homestead High Line canal. Water rights secured on multiple creeks, surveys nearly done, with 18 miles of rock to be removed.
J N Whitmore sold his 12 000 acre ranch with 8300 cattle for 76000 dollars in what’s called the largest transfer of ranch property in Uinta county. Rawlins Wyoming reports a severe Sherman hill storm but train service remains unaffected. A Cody contract awards a wagon road to Yellowstone National Park. Three women in green promenaded the business district at 6 am as part of a lost wager.
Rev. H. H. McQuilkin departed this morning for Rawlins where he will conduct services through the week. He plans to return Saturday to resume his pulpit duties here.
J. D. Heywood of Cheyenne, cousin of Bob Heywood, surveys the district this week with an eye to investing in mining properties near Battle Lake Miner.
Philip Schoff longtime Union Pacific employee in Evanston died recently at 69. Other notes report Granger pits opened by Union Pacific with a steam shovel and ten men, track ballast between Green River and Echo, J C Costello set to become a real estate broker, Prof Clarence Johnston to return in June, F W Harmer top bowling score of 1005, J A Watson & Son formed after buying half interest in City Market for 1600 dollars, and charity masque ball costumes from Mrs George P Knight with tickets selling quickly.
Rosa Smith and Jim Gordon are jailed in Laramie after a Saturday quarrel in which Smith drew a knife and wounded Gordon in the shoulder. Smith may face felonious assault charges. The report also notes bounty records for coyote and wolf hides in Rawlins and freight-service staffing in the Seventh district with solid business levels.
Well known horseman Mr. W. B. Farnsworth departed this morning by the Northern to ship a carload of animals. He will pass through Cheyenne Friday night on his way to New York.
Casper plans reveal the F B M W railroad will build the state's largest stock yards on the west side near the round house. Casper trades lead in stock shipments, prompting demand for improved yards. In town for St Patrick's Day, green attire and Shamrock decorations abound as residents prep for Turner hall mask ball with cash prizes on Monday March 17.
In district court Judge Scott ruled Rutherford lacks title to restrain Lucerne Canal and Power Co from using a land strip for a ditch since 1894. Suit ended with dismissal and each side paying its own costs. Case had run since March 1900 with extensive testimony. Lucerne Canal operates along the Platte River in northern Laramie County.
Conductor James Mason was taken to the pest house Saturday with smallpox and is expected to recover soon. Conductor John Cahill, ill last month with bronchitis, is nearly recovered and able to be out. Harry McGinn, a popular young conductor, has become a father to a baby boy who already flags trains. Stephen C. Rash, former Metropolitan bar owner, also father of a baby boy. A small workforce began preparing the public building grounds for resuming work. Stone shipments delayed by a Rawlins storm are hoped soon. the stone saw mill will reopen. The W R C ladies will serve a New England dinner supper in Turner hall from 6 to 8 pm. Major Pebbles of the Salvation Army preached three sermons yesterday and leaves today for Denver with his wife.
Saturday the House approved Congress man Mondell s bill granting a pension increase to Abraham W Bradfield of Wyoming. Also W H Holliday bought the Laramie lot where Bill Nye once published the Hoomerang. Arbitration settles range dispute in Big Horn county with nominal damages to the sheepmen. Unity Temple at Douglas bids around 22 000 with multiple Cheyenne contractors expected.
The Rawlins National Bank will issue 15000 dollars in new currency next week to meet rising money demand during the upcoming shearing season. Many sheep will be shorn in the area, with the season starting about the first of the month.
Father Matthew Lenihan arrives to settle the Lenihan estate and oversee the effects of his late brother. The report notes activities at St Mary’s and mentions Father Delahanty in Laramie. A social event at the W A C Mack Ball offers cash prizes on Monday March 17.
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