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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1877
Page
10
A late California paper reports that 1D. Tom Smith is jailed in San Francisco for the murder of Major Lunt of Iowa at Deadwood last fall. He will be held until Sheriff Bullock of Deadwood arrives.
A Nebraska farmer who warned a week ago that hopper eggs would winter-kill and ruin his crop now reports ten million grasshoppers infesting his half-acre garden, creating a dire pest problem and potential total loss.
A preliminary cattle roundup is set for April 9 in Weld and Arapahoe counties Colorado along the Arickaree headwaters to drive cattle drifting onto the Republican back to their range before the regular roundup.
The piece describes Pittsburgh women shouldering market labor while their sons pursue arts in back alleys and street corners. Women, dressed elegantly, carry heavy loads of beef and potatoes on streets, highlighting gender roles and urban life.
The text argues that before marriage men are 18 figures and ciphers while women count for nothing. After marriage the woman becomes significant, adding tenfold to her husband's sum, but only when she is on his right side. If she shifts position, the husband reverts to lesser status and she loses significance.
A southwestern Colorado dispatch questions the claim that Oregon Bill and Yappy Jack, two famed scouts, were killed by Ute Indians. War chief Chayano celebrates a victory over the Apaches with a large dance, and scalps are said to be displayed with those of hostile natives. The report’s accuracy is doubtful.
The Chicago Journal muses on piling quack doctors spirit mediums and sharpers together like vegetables and imagines a voyage where a bundle of the “dead beats” is lost overboard provoking no real mourning. The piece ends by declaring a final supposition that cannot be supposed.
The Boston Methodist paper says Moody's revival failed to alter daily life or produce a communal sense of God. Rev Adirondack Murray charges the evangelist with daily heresy, claiming Moody replaces faith with trust, a word rare in the Epistles and absent from orthodox theology.
A satirical column pillories Secretary Carl Schurz chronicling daily notes from enterprising maids and widows who woo the widowed official. It mocks their boasts of musical gifts and quotes of Heine and Geibel, urging him to publish the suitors’ names.
The week’s sensation is the unexplained disappearance of Oakey Hall. Once mayor and a colorful lawyer, Hall mingled with bohemian circles, faced Tweed era politics, and briefly pursued acting. Speculation swirls about his fate, possibly Europe or a mental drift, with readers warned of a dramatic sequel.
The Green River Press reports on the Shoshone and Bannock Agency near Wind River, led by Dr. Irwin. The piece notes ~200 lodges, 2,000 Indians, and ration issuance of about 1,200 every ten days, praising food quality and quantities. It outlines agricultural setup, mills, and shops, plus Dr. Irwin’s residence in a wickyup and a critical view of household tidiness and “policing.” The writer regrets Dr. Irwin’s absence for a direct Indian question discussion and suggests his experience would shed light on the broader issue.
An ITelena dispatch from March 15 reports Tom Irvine and his party were killed but local updates now indicate they are safe at the mouth of Stillwater. Cox is the only confirmed fatality. unconfirmed reports say Muggins Taylor and party may have died as Sioux activity remains heavy in the area.
A Nevada rancher Mr Wheeler reports an immense glowing mass found at the foot of Diamond mountains. An assayer tests a hen egg sized fragment and detects iron nickel cadmium lead silver gold zinc cobalt silica phosphorus with a strange residuum. Prof Wacke and others examine it. theory spans $387 in silver and $42 in gold per ton. Wheeler estimates a possible 2,000,000 tons.
The Geological Survey under Prof. Hayden plans four divisions for the coming season north of the Union Pacific, starting May 13. Clarence King previously explored the fortieth parallel. teams will map 10 000 square miles across Idaho Wyoming Montana and near Yellowstone with leaders Wilson Gannett Chittenden and Bechler. The aim is to expand knowledge of the Rocky Mountain region through five months of field work.
A domestic scene unfolds as the home goddess ponders turning the sitting room carpet and later imagines the pantry chaos of ants overflowing a half-pint sugar bowl after a month’s cleaning. The playful domestic metaphor contrasts patience with a growing, comic mess.
A Reno depot tale shows a Native Grizzly Dan threatening a Jersey City car painter over dueling outfits. The painter taunts and the crowd egged on a comic bear fight, but Logwood backs down as the train departs, the two men trading boasts about past exploits and bravado in a chaotic scene narrated by Bret Harte.
The column notes warm weather and green growth as gardening begins. It outlines pelts from Platte valley, mentions Fort Collins railroad hopes, and details Weld county roundups starting June 1 1877 from Julesburg to various creeks, rivers, and crossings, with routes converging near the Platte.
A Virginian recounts Civil War episode and a prisoner capture, noting lashings, a torn loyalties crisis, and a trek home. He narrates Mary Ann’s sickness and the doctor, then switching sides to shout for Lincoln before returning to stay safe. The tale captures battlefield irreverence and personal peril in a rustic reminiscence.
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