Local notes on sidewalk, arson, stage mail to Deadwood
Cheyenne reports a new Hill street sidewalk from the Railroad house to Dr Corey's yard. The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co begins daily mail to Deadwood City. Manitoba council protects buffalo, Kansas settlers head to Black Hills, and Corlett is handling post office petitions near Gurley. Arson and murders stain Horse creek records. Mayor Fisk suspended.Veterans recall unpaid pay. Livestock improves. Hidden Treasure Gold Mine shows $7.58 per ton profit now, with 20 ton mill planned.
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Dr. Corey
Hill Street
Denver News and Tribune
Upper Horse Creek
Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co
The Coming Grasshopper War Among Farm Regions
Farmers in Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska and Colorado report excellent prospects for spring grasshopper invasions. Winter snows did not stop hatching eggs, and along with government scientific action locals plan to burn dead prairie grass in spring to harass and exterminate pests before they reach maturity.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
A Letter from Col Steele on Wyoming Mail Lines
A private letter from Col. W. R. Steele, dated in Washington, notes an order from the Postmaster General extending the Hat Creek to Custer and Deadwood mail route, giving Cheyenne a daily mail to Deadwood. He expects Wyoming duties to wind down and plans to travel via Ohio to Cheyenne in April.
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Steele
Washington
Wyoming
Hat Creek
Custer
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Hills
Andi
General Land Office
Dakota
Ohio
W. R. Steele
Mixed Juries and the Question of Female Participation
The article questions the fate of mixed juries and asks whose authority removes women from jurors lists. It recalls Judge Howe praising women jurors for intelligence and propriety, noting that he and other judges once supported the experiment. It asks whether current judges share that view or have come to a different conclusion.
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Howe
Kingman
Jones
Charm of Cerito Captivates Chicago Audience
The Chicago Times on April 3 1875 praises Malle Cerito now performing at McDaniels theatre. The European lady, shaped by nature, is billed as the Academy of Music’s prime attraction. Her unique transformation act is called an astounding novelty and may rival her New York fame.
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Cerito
Chicago Times
Malle
McDaniels
Academy of Music
New York
Readfield Men Form Black Hills Expedition Circular
A Maine circle reports a Readfield company of over one hundred men leaving for the Black Hills via Cheyenne on Monday, April 2. The plan details private trains to Deadwood, 100 pounds baggage, and clothing in sacks. No fees, each man his own cashier, tip-top party, three California miners, and a Black Hiller with two years in the field.
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Readfield
Maine
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Gold Fields
California
Black Hiller
Honest
Wen
Murder at Jackson Ranch Ends Two Lives in Cold Blood
A detailed report describes Norman McCuaig killing James P. Jackson and his son John at the Jackson ranch on Horse Creek. After the slayings McCuaig fled on a horse, pursued by Sheriff’s deputies and ranchmen, amid questions of motive rooted in a feud with the Jackson family and past threats.
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James P. Jackson
Horse Creek
Norman M'Cuaig
Jackson
McCuaig
John
Randis
Fagan’s
Mr. Chase
Clark
Clark’s
A. O. Loomis
Carr
McCraig
Hugh Jackson
Frank McMahon
A Man in a Glass House Notes Exchange Gossip
A Livamie Sentinel item laments repeated copying of jokes and stolen bits from newspapers like Detroit Free Press and Cheyenne Sun. The columnist mocks the reflex of local exchanges to repackage urban witticisms and jokes about recurring themes such as a man on Eddy street or a red headed woman on Ferguson street.
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Detroit Free Press
Eddy Street
Ferguson Street
Livamie Sentinel
The Wife Beater's Pillory in Virginia City
The wife beater’s post near the county jail stands eight feet high and eight inches square, a pine frame with two round pegs through which the victim’s arm is tied behind. It attracts daily visitors and features crude scribbles such as Stewart’s bill, The Widder, Fee the Judge, and Here’s the Place to get Well Posted, reflecting local sentiment.
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Virginia City
Stewart
Widder
Fee
The Other Side On The Jacksons Killing Account
A stranger recounts a confrontation at Jackson's ranch where McCuaig battled two men with a knife and gunfire. He claims self defense after being taunted as a Scot and attacked by John Jackson, then by the father. Mrs Jackson pursued him with a gun as ranch tensions trace to a schoolteacher feud and arson suspicions.
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McCuaig
Jacksons
Jackson
John Jackson
How She Fixed Him in Cheyenne Courtroom Strategy
A Cheyenne woman learns a man targets her with scandalous insinuations. She devises a plan to confront him, lures him with a secretive note, and when he arrives is confronted by her husband and two others who force him to kneel, confess, and surrender the letter. The scene ends with the trio warning him to cease speaking her name.
No Railroad Declined by Gould Dillon Co Says Telegram
A Telegram from B T Hauser states Gould Dillon Co will likely refuse the North and South railroad proposition. The Trelena Independent notes this is unwelcome and hopes Hauser is mistaken, but the probabilities favor rejection. The piece comments on Mr Tr has good judgment, suggesting acceptance is unlikely.
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Trelena
M. IT
T. Hauser
Messrs. Gould, Dillon & Co
North and South
Hauser
Mr. Tr
Stock Raising Prospects on the Laramie Plains and Cheyenne
A Chicago Tribune correspondent notes the Laramie plains and Cheyenne region offer rich grazing and potential irrigation driven cultivation. Cattle and sheep herds flourish, with buffalo gone from the prairies and domesticated stock moving toward Chicago stockyards. The climate aids animal health, profits grow with small initial capital, and notable figures like Iliff emerge as cattle kings. Sheep herding expands with large flocks guarded by a pony and dogs, while overall stock raising stands to become a major Illinois supplier in years to come.
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Laramie Plains
Cheyenne
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Illinois
Iliff
The
Plains
Julesburg
South Platte
Texas
New England
Standing Rock Agency Rock Story and Offerings
The Standing Rock rock, named for the agency, is a small two foot diameter stone said to be two feet high. A legend tells of a Avickaree squaw who left her lodge with their child and died of grief, both petrified into stone at the rock. Offerings are daily left at the rock, with its top painted and beads cloth arrows and other items around its base.
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Standing Rock Agency
Hardwicke Defends Record in Cheyenne Leader Letter
Orry Hardwicke replies to a Cheyenne Leader editorial insinuating his past with scouts. He asserts he was not in Wind River valley in 1868, defends his loyalty, and claims years of honest service and fair trade with Indians, asking for publication of his response.
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Deadwood Orry
The
Cheyenne Leader
Plains
Wind River Valley
A Friendly Testimony On Tom Hardwicke From Deadwood
J H Burns writes to Cheyenne Leader defending Tom Hardwicke amid rumors soldiers may return to Red Cloud. He cites long acquaintance since 1865, praises Hardwicke as a high standing, quiet gentleman, and notes rumors of him clashing with the Reds. He mentions a twenty six day trial where Canadian authorities refused to surrender him.
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Deadwood
Cheyenne Leader
Tom Hardwicke
Red Cloud
J. H. Burns
Development of the Black Hills Hinges on Labor and Mines
The Black Hills frontier grows slowly but surely as thousands of pioneers labor to develop quartz deposits. About 20,000 people are expected to settle, with new mines opening and existing claims like Nutless lode and Lead City district yielding rich ore and large dividends. The Deadwood Pioneer will become a daily paper, signaling permanent growth, and the region may soon gain statehood or form a new territory with Wyoming and Dakota.
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Black Hills
Lead City
Sioux City
Tenderfoot
Wooley
Central City
Deadwood Pioneer
Wyoming
Dakota
Omaha Herald
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Cheyenne Weekly Leader
United States
Manitoba
Leavenworth
Arion
Messrs
Potter
Unsug
Meyer
Altman
W. W. Corlett
Potatoe Gulch
Crook Co
Deadwood City
Gurley
Fisk
Monda
Ald. Davis
Camp Carlin
Laramie
Hidden Treasure
Col. Steele
Black Hillers
Norman McCuaig
Eumaa
Tliif
Cattle King of the
Hardwicke
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