20 Jan 1869
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1869
Page
1
The Denver Pacific Railroad bill, originated in the Senate, grants lands and right of way with no new public money or debt. It passed despite opposition and aims to finish the work in a few months, benefiting Colorado.
Democrats carried the Home City election. Snow on Sierra Nevada summits exceeds six feet. Mount Durer in Oregon has been smoking heavily. The Cosmopolitan hotel in San Francisco sold at auction for 375000 dollars. A poisoned fighting dog in Truckee was buried with an American flag. Santa Inez Mountain gains fame for wild bees and honey. Mail routes between Echo City and Wasatch sumit used sleighs. A man in White Pine bought ten dollars of hipper and carried it home in his coat. Smallpox panic suspends Jacksonville Oregon business. A San Francisco man drinks at a saloon, falls, then is robbed. Two boys aged nine and ten fight in Ban Fratmeen for over an hour. A Virginia Nevada physician sent vaccine matter to San Francisco in a wax scab. Galen vaccinating eight patients, surprised to find the scab contained material misread as matter.
The Denver News reports Indian crossings near the divide to Pueblo with about a hundred men involved. Border settlements suffer ravages again. Dover Pacific Railroad imposes an eighth 10 percent assessment. Claco and Voorhele victims buried in Denver with Masonio and Military honors and twenty four gun salute. Georgetown telegraph office reopened. Baker mine restarting pay. Georgetown mail facilities complaints persist.
The article warns of a chloride contagion in White Pine bringing severe cases and a rush of prospectors to Treasure City Chinride Flat. It notes wealth dreams from quartz mining, cautions about overinvestment and high living costs, and advises prudence as White Pine becomes crowded and dangerous.
Knobbs recounts his entry into a Masonic lodge room 36 666 and a chaotic initiation. He describes blindfolds goats tricks and mock trials with goats and banners. He vows to reveal nothing while humorously noting his wife’s presence and the surreal ordeal.
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