06 Sep 1869
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1869
Page
1
The article argues California laborers distrust the Chinese and oppose the XVth amendment. It notes the Democratic platform appeals to bias, helping their ticket win in California while the amendment may pass in other states. It concludes California likely will not endorse the XVth amendment, though others may.
The Democracy of Cheyenne paraded to welcome Non. S. F. Nuckolls from the west. A war wagon drawn by sixteen government mules, a brass band, and a cheering crowd marked the scene. Spirits flowed, but a mishap and a party downfall followed as the procession moved through town.
The message predicts tomorrow's Vermont state election will favor Republican candidate P T Washburne over Democrat Heaton. It asserts Republicans have topped Democratic rivals by ten to fifteen thousand in recent contests and expresses doubt about the Democratic ticket.
The article notes rumors of an election in the Territory a few days ago and states a delay in confirmation. Documentary evidence is at headquarters and may prove the calamity occurred recently. General Lee reports ongoing receipt of so called disgusting details as inquiries continue.
The column reports Flora Temple at 23 still healthy with two foals and a colt foaled last spring, a California gambler losing a bet on artificial teeth, Harvard defeat blamed on currants from Thames and Harvard table, Russia’s odd criminal justice, an editor publisher and carrier punished differently, Newark’s gaslight photography dome for night portraits, Professor Haughton’s lethal weight ratio for public hangings in Dublin, new California rail-era routes with multiple silver roads, Cape District’s rival White Pine nearer the Central Pacific line, ore from Cope mines yielding £3000 a ton, and colorless lightning striking a cliff near New Albany, Indiana, causing rock fragments to fall.
Telegraph report notes a box containing forty thousand dollars in valuable papers found last night on a street. thieves could not use it. Other items include updates from Washington on Indian affairs and Queenstown-bound ships and local health and oil well incidents.
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