War clouds and diplomatic notes o er across continents
The column surveys European tensions with Russia and England over Constantinople and the Danube. It notes American officers in the Khedive s service, judicial moves and political buzzing in Washington, and rising alarms about Indian hostilities on the frontier, with exhortations on neutral stance and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ross
Bessie Turner
Lady Macbeth
Mollie Maguire
Turkey
Russia
England
Danube
Ibrail
Salina
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Paul Cassagnac
America
France
Gran
Grant
B. Gratt Brown
St. Louis
United States
Missouri
Greeley
Sitting Bull
Owo
Constantinople
Sea of
Marmora
Austria
Congress of the Powers
Sitting Bull's Schemes Stir Rumors Of Sioux Confederacy
Chicago reports say Sitting Bull and Spotted Eagle lead a planned Sioux confederation roaming north of the border with scouts seen near the Missouri river and Fort Peck. Canadian authorities seek reinforcement of mounted police at Battle Ford to deter a rising native army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Northwest Territory
Gov. Laird
Ottawa
Major Walsh
Mounted Police
Dominion
Missouri
Yellowstone
Chicago
Sitting Bull
Spotted Eagle
Canada
Battle Ford
Cypress Mountains
Fort Peck
Fort Laramie letter defends Postmaster Ford against Sun critique
A Fort Laramie correspondent rebuts a Sun article accusing Postmaster Ford of misdeeds. The letter argues no official findings exist, defends Ford as honest, and notes legal rules prohibit postmasters or contractors from acting as agents. It also defends army officers as upright and reprimands the Sun’s tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Laramie
Ford
Postoffice Department
The
Sun
United States Army
Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Company
Chicago Stock Market Cattle Receipts and Prices Trend
Chicago stock market notes cattle receipts for the past week at 21 840 head with steady hardening prices and an 80 40 cent weekly advance. Prices show extras to natives from 4 75 to 5 25 and cows and calves from 2 50 to 3 50 with various grades listed. Receipts for the week include 7 369 head and 4 932 shipped with steady demand and well maintained prices across the ranges.
Lora’s Laramie Letter from the 1878 April Ledger
Laramie notes dull weather and rising spring trade with cattle drives planned by Rand Steadman Ora Haley in California and Oregon. Wheat oats and mining talk dominate as Reading rooms fill and local deaths and weddings are recorded amid weather shifts and railway rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Messrs. Rand, Steadman
Ora Haley
California
Oregon
Little
Grow
C. D. Motley
L. Fillmore
Wyoming
Odd Fellows
N. T. Webber
J. R. Brophy
Charles Strong
Evanston
Henry Wagner
Williams
Cheyenne Gazette
Deadwood
Lend City
Dan G. Bacon
Boston
Congregational Association Meets in Cheyenne May Day
The Colorado and Wyoming Congregational Association will hold its semi annual meeting in Cheyenne from May 1 to Monday. Guests include J A Sewell president of Colorado University Prof Kerr of Colorado Springs College Rev C C Salter Judge W S Decker and other Denver figures reading papers on topics of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Salter
W. S. Decker
Denver
Cattle Men Form Council to Advance County Trade
The leading stock men met at the Court House at 10 o’clock to discuss cattle trade interests. A three person committee was named to review applicants for the association and several new members were elected. An nine member committee was set to arrange 1878 roundups with details to follow in The Leader. E H Cowles was reimbursed for Sidney trial expenses and W C Lykins honored as stock detective. A Z Swan elected president Thomas Sturgis secretary and A TH Reel treasurer for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
A. H. Swan
G. B. Goodell
Messrs
G. A. Seuright
A. H. Rees
T. A. McShane
Association
Wm. C. Irvine
W. F. Swan
M. A. Arnold
Luke Vorhees
John Dowdell
W. C. Lane
Philip Dater
May Goldschmidt
Joseph Taylor
Thos. Taylor
Tho
W. C. Lykins
A. IZ. Swan
Thomas Sturgis
A, TH. Reel
Banning's Task Faces Military Moment at Committee
General Banning's committee weighs a relief bill for Private William Hinds of the Eighteenth U S Infantry after a fire at Aiken South Carolina cost him his pants and blankets. A member of Congress introduced the measure, urging swift action and national impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banning
William Hinds
Eighteenth
U. S. Infantry
Aiken
South Carolina
Congress
M. C
Hinds
Nation
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Ivenex
A Is
Itter
Eral
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Cheyenne
Khedive
Stone
Loring and Purdy
Netrkoff
Porte
Safvet Pasha
Layard
Nelikoff
London
Paris
New York
Jay Gould
Northwest Railroad
Sherman
Pacific
Nevada
Asia
Cincinnati Times
Montgomery Blair
Washington
President Hayes
David Dudley Field
Thurman
United States Circuit
Louisiana
Florida
Supreme Court
Vance
Ohio
Supreme Court of
New Orleans
Anderson
Ben Ingersoll
Bob
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Lord Derby
Samuel J. Tilden
Salisbury
Senate
Howe
Richard McCormick
Washington Monument
Mount Pelion
Telegraph
Marquis Salisbury
Iris
Theodore Tilden
Brooklyn
Great Britain
Nicaragua
Germany
Farner Becked
Society of Jesuits
Rome
Pennsylvania
Belenap
O@ iE
London Times
Volo
Macknitza
Athens
Ogle
Gen
Prussia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Sitting Bull's
Lora
Territorial News
Wester Wyoming
Tom Sun
Carbon County
Utah
Rocky Mountain Courier
Green River
Rawlins
Scott Vermillion
J. M. Tisdel
Rock Springs
Fraser- Chalmer
Tisdel
Laramie County
Stock Growers’ Association
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