Junction of Union and Central Pacific Railroads
The act fixes the junction near Ogden but exact point and shops await agreement. Bonds withheld for five miles until settled, then the remaining 160000 dollars will be paid.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1870
Page
1
The act fixes the junction near Ogden but exact point and shops await agreement. Bonds withheld for five miles until settled, then the remaining 160000 dollars will be paid.
Reports detail Commander Joseph TH. Green ordered to prepare for command of the eastern squadron of the North Atlantic Fleet under Admiral Poor. Updates describe telegraph operators’ strike effects in New York Philadelphia and Chicago, with firms vowing to rehire and not employ strikers. News from Winnipeg Ottawa and Washington cover government talks on Red River unrest potential peace steps with Hudson Bay Co and imperial authority, plus a Cuban privateer tied to Charleston harbor and a U.S. revenue cutter deployed to oversee it.
The piece argues that Mormon dissolution and polygamy in Utah signal societal purification. It notes a secession within Brighamite ranks, a new reform organ with about ten thousand copies, and a platform advocating no dominant priesthood, charity for all, and civil obedience. It laments Colorado stage line delays and praises railroad prospects while reporting Hudson River navigation reopening.
Letters flood in from eastern states as Big Horn Mining Association prepares an expedition to Eldorado. Plans advance. emigration expected in spring. Also notes social tidbits from Paris and Washington, including a French ballooning method and currency issues at Des Moines.
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