15 May 1869
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1869
Page
1
In a lively Omaha column, editors critique George Francis Train’s visit and speeches, lampoon Alaska governance under Jeff Davis, and question Senator Sprague’s wealth and rhetoric. The piece also notes Bryant’s Spain appointment doubt and teases Chicago suffrage paper’s name changes.
The Laramie Sentinel recounts John Donahue entering a Bryan home and assaulting a woman, then hanging himself from a telegraph pole as local vigilance committee investigates. It also notes a Cheyenne society scandal over a private home mirror demolition and a San Francisco Bulletin editor visiting Cheyenne. An Omaha paper jokes about Miss Fanny Price stirring spoons in public.
A clipped portion from the Daily Leader includes an Express Tribune style opinion from Sumner's Dean and Bodian News From Sweetwater Indiana plus a note on the Constitutional Amendment.
Reports across cities describe the death of J J Bowman a noted humorous writer. The piece notes his pen name Hans Patrick LeConnor and his death at Sisters Hospital New York with references to Fenian demonstrations and remarks at Cooper Institute reaction from Irish groups and speakers.
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