28 Jan 1869
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1869
Page
1
The Denver branch mint deposited 357 035 dollars in 1808, the largest since 184 when deposits reached 541 440 dollars. No coinage has ever been issued there due to lack of appropriations for presses and machinery. A bill before Congress seeks to downgrade the mint to a government office in Colorado, reducing staff and costs.
Articles filed record two companies the Cheyenne and Iron Mountain Railroad and Telegraph Company and the Iron Mountain Iron Manufacturing Company The railroad aims to run north from Cheyenne along Iron Mountain to intersect the Yellowstone valley with later Montana extension potential The iron company plans to smelt iron from Dakota and Colorado ores and says coal and iron are abundant and the venture feasible A Minnesota bill targets quack doctors and suggests broader professional penalties including lawyers and preachers as felons
The MuGiarrahan claim seeks a congressional patent for a land tract in Mariposs County California containing New Idra quicksilver mines. The area, tied to a Mexican grant, is now occupied by settlers who allege fraud in the grant and assert United States ownership and squatter rights. The land, once seen as valueless, is now valued in the millions.
Garibaldi writes of novelists and Dewitt’s boastful endurance feats. Miss Julia Clarke, fourteen, hanged herself near Mount Pleasant Iowa. Candy manufacture in Chicago reaches 1.5 million annually. Lincoln College in Topeka renamed for $25,000 to Washburne. Hernandez jailed fourteen years for shooting his wife in Omaha. John H. Surratt travels to Rio. Niagara Falls bridge tolls to strangers and locals. Harper’s Ferry engine house given to a college for colored men. Southern bonds gain demand in New York markets signaling peace. Six carloads of hops from Oshkosh sold in New York at ten cents. few sales.
Telegraph report details Senate discussions on the suffrage amendment and related reforms. A mention of phrenology links to contemporary curiosity alongside political maneuvering. The Central Railroad bill faces defeat, signaling shifts in legislative priorities.
Senate debates the 14th Amendment crime for holding office and a substitute bill on suffrage. Bills on Cherokee citizenship, federal pensions, and public funding clash with opposition. House proceedings pause on constitutional amendments as debates over voter rights and state control continue amid financial concerns.
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