Territorial Library proposed for the Territory
The article urges the Legislature to establish a Territorial Library as a central historical collection and depository for state papers and federal documents. It outlines three departments the library should include the literary and science section the law library and an Historical Museum with cabinets of minerals plants and relics for public access and education.
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Territorial Library
Bar
Greece
Covernor
Tam
Interior
Law Library
Historical Museum
É&C
Union
Jurtlee
Western Storms and Nevada News Yearning for Stability
Notice reports Hon. William Parkinson lieutenant comptroller of Nevada is dead. Scarlet fever and snail pox recur. meat and jack prices rise in California. a California market ship is planned from Astoria. A Wells Fargo robbery suspect is captured. Manhattan mines resume work at Reese River for 3.50 a day. Threats against San Jose firms over Chinese labor spark alarm. Elko notes blacksmithing and wagon repair Oregon to Nevada freight costs rise. emigrant trains and busy freight traffic persist in the region.
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William Parkinson
Nevada
Virginia City
Montana
San Bernardino
California
Edguy
Washington Territory
Astoria
San Francisco
Wells, Fargo & Co
Snake River
Oregon
Manhattan
Reese River
Naglee
Burkett
Metcalf & Co
San Jose
Cal
Elko, Nevada
Elko
Cheyenne Council Minutes Highlight Orders and Proposals
The Cheyenne council met with the Chaplain leading prayers. Several bills and notices were introduced including establishing judicial districts, officers’ fees, and mining laws. Resolutions praised the Omaha Daily Bee and granted a special adjournment time for a John J. Ruze lecture.
English banker’s daughter and Mahomedan nobleman tale
A London girl sees a noble in the Commons gallery and marries him. They travel to Calcutta where she discovers a household with three other wives. She returns to England, while her husband is a Moon ahee who earns little. The piece hints at romance and tragedy amid fourteen murders and crises in the city.
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House of Commons
Calcutta
England
India
Moonahee
Wyoming Territorial Assembly Debates Election Bills and Offices
The Wyoming Territory House met on October 2 with Speaker presiding. Members discussed a general election date, creation of territorial offices, and staff roles, including Treasurer Auditor and Superintendent of Public Schools. Notices proposed bans on alcohol to Indiana and a civil procedure code. The session adjourned at 10:40 a.m. with debate on night sessions unresolved.
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Miller
Congress
Nebraska
Nevada
Colorado
Nerrick
Wyoming
Indiana
Sheeks
Sebree
General Items From the Nation and Abroad
A mixed digest notes Geary approves eight hours as a lawful day and Doolittle of Wisconsin in Washington. It claims English understood by 100 million, reports a London clergyman on Byron, and mentions Pennsylvanian majorities. Also covers a Mills/Miss Craig verdict, Chinese progress, Burlingame marriage, Maryland officers, Florida law order, Pomeroy leading the Woman's Suffrage group, a French chemist’s luminous house numbers, Banks family in Boston, Emma Webb’s anti suffrage lecture, a Union Pacific division reorganization, and rail HQ shifts at Laramie.
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J.T. Doolittle
Wisconsin
Washington
Byron
Craig
Burlingame
Maryland
Florida
Bhute
Pomeroy
Woman's Suffrage Association
District of Columbia
General Banks
Boston
Union Pacific Railroad
Bridger
Laramie
Fort Sander
Bryan
Utah
Promontory
Fillmore
Laramie City
Rawlings
Springe
Etka
Provisional Preamble and Weights Guideline From Territorial Wyoming
A historical document fragment outlines a governor's proclamation dated October 18, 1869 in Cheyenne, praising blessings, public worship, and law. It also includes guidance from Southern Cultivator on estimating animal weight using girth and length measurements with a conversion scale.
Brigham Young Jr Heads East After City Departure
The Deseret News notes Hon Brigham Young Jr departed from the city last night intending to catch this morning’s eastbound train. In Treasury of the White Line district on the 14th inst citizens celebrated water works completion with a reservoir ten thousand feet above sea level. A monumental project for a growing city.
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Deseret News
Brigham Young, Jr
White Line
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