Territorial Officials Arrive as West Stretches Toward Capital
The recently arrived Governor Gen J A Campbell Chief Justice Hon J H Howe and Territorial Secretary Gen E M Lee meet locals. They praise Western character and readiness, with Cheyenne touted as the likely Territorial capital as Kansas Pacific Railroad offers free weed wheat aid to western Kansas sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Campbell
J. H. Howe
E. M. Lee
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Labor Strikes Viewed as a National Malady and Economic Force
The article argues that East coast strikes spread like a disorder, not from wage scarcity but from excessive pay and independence of labor. It claims capitalists suffer while workers demand higher wages and shorter hours, noting a growing labor demand and stable or rising wages. It criticizes parade culture and suggests labor efficiency should regulate value naturally rather than through disruptive actions.
Farewell to the old rails in a rugged empire ode
The text mocks a historic transcontinental railway clash with a colorful tribute to the era. It imagines Goldrick surveying the Western route and bidding farewell to the old teams, wagons, and the rough, ambitious era of railroad expansion.
Last Rail Delayed as Cheyenne Celebrates Today
The writer notes no final rail date for the Pacific Railway, delaying plans until Monday noon. Some editors seek sensational headlines for tomorrow while risk of disappointment looms for supporters who rushed gunpowder and fireworks. Cheyenne holds a local celebration today amid mixed anticipation.
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Pacific Railways
Pacific Railway
Cheyenne
Western stomes and mining news from the West
A robber was killed and another wounded during a failed attempt on a wood-chopper’s cabin in the Goose Creek Mountains. A rich ore strike at the Eberhardt mine, White Pine, depth 190 feet, claims 82,000 per ton, challenging surface-only ore notions. Other items note burglaries in San Francisco, Canary bird thefts, strong mine earnings near Grass Valley, and regional transport plans. An elderly man and a youth duel near San Francisco. a Salt Lake City boot makers co op forms. Walla Walla hosts an iron foundry. Chinamen trade on the Virginia and Truckee Rail. A San Francisco resident, Delinda Cook, drank arsenic to “tone” her color and died pale. two prospectors found dead in Goose Lake alley, Nevada. Virginia & Truckee Railroad foreman J. H. Sperling survived a 30-foot fall after a blast. Gov Haight’s staff receive silver mounts from White Pine mines. Francis Crosby, age 79, plans a San Francisco to New York overland walk starting in Plum, San Francisco.
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Goose Creek
Eberhardt
White Pine
San Francisco
Walla Walla
Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Central Pacific
Delinda Cook
Goose Lake
Nevada
J. HM. Sperling
Virginia & Truckee
Erwin
Gov. Haight
California
Francis Crosby
New York
Thief Stole Diamonds at Giles Brothers Jewelry
In Chicago Tuesday last a thief, while another looked at spoons, stole a tray of diamonds valued at 65000 and fled with the loot after aiding accomplice hid behind the counter.
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Chicago
Giles Bro. & Co
Gates' Restaurant and Hotel Mystery Notice
An OCR damaged fragment references Gates' Restaurant and Hotel with unclear details about a campaign or operation. The readable bits mention dining and a proceeding but lack coherent names, dates, or actions to identify a specific event.
Multiple 19th Century News Items from Across Regions
Reports of armament heists in Ireland with Fenian links in Belfast and Corn, Senate action on the Fifteenth Amendment and Prohibition, Omaha rail completion and parade, Sioux attack near Shell Creek, and a U S District Court case over prize proceeds from the Alabama era.
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Loxpon
Ireland
Belfast
Cor
Fenian Organiza Hantvonp
Senate
Augur
Columbus
Shell Creek
New York
Cushing
Owen
Laird
U. S. District Court
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Chord
W. 000K
Rat Door
Court House
Wyoming
M —Ao
George W. Ford
Efice
Rogers & Co's
Falmer
I P
Johmeos
Palmer & Johnson
de Peasy
J. W. Hutchinson
Gmice, Eday
Geo. H. Russell
Eddy Street
Old City Hall
W. H. Miller
THOR
Miller & Street
Attorneys At Law
Dakota
G. Adama & Co
South Side
Seventeenth Street
J. B. Wilson
Galbraith
Bixternth Street
Iim
G. W. Corry
M. D. Suargeen
Union Pacific R. BR. and
Wells, Weeme & Co
Driz Store
En Thuomes
Owe
BARK
BANKS
DRS. Owen & WI
T. W. Poole
Sore Cor
Iim & Fergueen
Hotels
C. J. Moore
Onpoaite
Germania Hotel
Bell House
Cormem
B. Bell
AVING
Ls Pre
Karns
O'Nail Street
Cheveree
Ead Homelite
Ford
Ul Buu Beas
B. L. Ford CO
Wel 4 Co
Bor Edvecio
API Dam
E. F. Stearns
New Temple of Fashion
Daily Leader
Wreming
N. A. Baker
Guo
W. Wanpman
Ferguson Street
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Geechtvenns
Suana
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Lowe
Howe
Lee
Goldrick
North Star
Grass Valley
Petaluma
Salt Lake
Corinne
Bear River
America
Salt Lake City
Gates’ Restaurant and Hotel
Ronnee
Telegraph
E. A. Allen & CO
Druccists
Corner Alley
Reventeeth
Speer
Union Pacific
Pliins Alon G Roceries
GEO, D. Fouleson & CO
Bellabie
Ani
Jacob Ulrich
Philadelphia
Boot& Shoe Maker
Ned
Klip
Eddy St
Star Brewery
Curtis & Co
Bunge
Dalara
Sulieted
Rogers &Co
Denver
Ekountze Bros. & Co
Heyenne, DT
Omatiac
API
Posey
Wilsor
Wroming
Mai
Stimpson & Barnard
Boots
Addea
Eddy & Fergus’s N. 1
Barnard
G. B
Stimpson
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