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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1877
Page
2
A late California paper states 1D. Tom Smith is in San Francisco jail for the murder of Major Lunt of Iowa at Deadwood last fall. He will be held until Sheriff Bullock of Deadwood arrives.
A Nebraska granger who warned a week ago that hopper eggs would winter kill and ruin the crop now reports ten million of the pests swarming his half acre garden. The vivid invasion underscores the severity of the grasshopper outbreak in the area.
A preliminary cattle roundup is planned for April 9 on the head of the Arickaree tributary of the middle fork of the Republican. The aim is to corrall cattle that have drifted onto the Republican and return them to their home range ahead of the regular roundup.
The passage notes Pittsburgh women manage household duties and market tasks at home while men and boys roam streets. women also appear well dressed while carrying heavy loads of beef and potatoes, contrasted with broader urban activities and street life observations.
A Victorian era paragraph declares that men and women before marriage hold 18 figures. The woman is a cipher until she gains a husband, then she becomes significant and increases his sum tenfold. This change only holds when she stands to his right. if she moves, he reverts to lesser status and she to insignificance.
A southwestern Colorado report claims Oregon Bill and Yappy Jack, noted scouts, were killed by Ute Indians as war chief Chayano holds a victory dance. The article notes skepticism about the scouts' deaths and mentions scalps of both whites and Apaches.
The Chicago Journal muses on quack doctors spirit mediums free-love advocates clairvoyants and law shysters being bundled like vegetables. It imagines a voyage where the whole lot sinks overboard and questions if anyone would mourn the loss, urging readers to stop supposing.
The Boston Methodist paper recaps Moody revival results noting little impact on daily life or worship. Rev Adirondack Murray sharply charges the evangelist with teaching heresy by substituting trust for faith, arguing trust is scarcely used in Epistles and absent from orthodox theology.
A bitter column lambasts Secretary Carl Schurz for receiving a flood of love letters from aspiring maids and widows who dream of a Washington cabinet romance. The piece lampoons the flirtatious correspondents, jokes about their poetry, and calls for naming the suitors.
The New York letter reports the sudden disappearance of Oakey Hall, once mayor and a famed Bohemian lawyer. Speculation runs from European exile to madness as searches continue, with his life described as a dramatic, yet failed, pursuit of fame and pleasure.
Reporter tours the Wind River Agency noting 200 lodges and 2000 Indians. Rations for about 1200 every ten days. Describes Dr Irwin and his management, the fertile 75 mile square reservation, abundant timber, and local shops. Observes Indian attitudes toward housing and work, and regrets Dr Irwin’s absence to discuss the Indian question.
In a March 15 message from Bozeman, Langhorn corrects a prior dispatch claiming Tom Irvine and party were killed. Irvine and party are reported safe at the mouth of Stillwater, while only Cox is known to be killed. Reports of Muggins Taylor and party being killed are unconfirmed though Sioux presence remains high.
Nevada observers describe a massive glowing rock that struck the diamond valley area on January 7. Rancher Wheeler found a large iron rich ore sample, tested it with a blowpipe, and sent portions to scientists. Assay suggests substantial value in silver and gold per ton, with the main mass estimated at millions of tons buried near Diamond Mountain.
The Hayden Geological Survey outlines next season's field plans north of the Union Pacific, starting at the fortieth parallel and extending into Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. Four divisions will map 10 000 square miles each with triangulation led by A D Wilson, topography by Henry Gannett, eastern work by George B Chittenden, and northern duties by G Q Bechler. The teams aim to reach field by May 13 for a five month session, expanding geographic knowledge of the Rocky Mountain region.
A domestic scene unfolds as a woman contemplates spring cleaning and imagines ants invading a sugar bowl, contrasting a dreamy moment with a chaotic pantry imagining three bushels and a half of ants.
In Reno a train delay allows a dramatic encounter as a Native Indiana Grizzly Dan proclaims prowess and threatens violence against a Jersey City car painter named Logwood. The painter retorts, challenges, and ultimately escapes as the crowd disperses, with both men leaving amid bravado and mock threats.
Gardening improves ground as Saml Wright offers 100 skunk pelts from Platte valley. Fort Collins expects a railroad soon though cars may lag. A Weld county round-up plan starts May 15 1877 at the state line, then routes via Beaver Creek Platte River and Crow Creek to Julesburg June 1 1877, with multiple party lines and destinies across Cedar and Pawnee creeks toward the Buttes, ending near Larimer crossing and Greeley fence.
An old Virginian recalls Civil War hardships in a blackly humorous reminiscence. A listening crowd hears his harrowing escape, lashings, and repeated identity switches as he avoids capture. He endures order darkly but ends by shouting Hurrah for Lincoln to escape again.
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