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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1878
Page
10
A sprawling digest reports on European and Atlantic affairs with Russia Britain and Austria in focus. Domestic notes include Minnesota salary figures and Maryland political maneuvering amid national party unity talk. Nearby items reference the Turkish question and planned transit of a Mercury event.
An April report cites only 1400 troops available to confront Sitting Bull's rumored 10000 warriors. The piece urges wiser troop distribution or recall, noting past failures against Indians and urging action to prevent massacres. Also dated dispatch from Bismarck notes Black Catfish with 300 lodges arriving at Poplar River Agency and Uncapapas en route, claiming friendliness.
Business leaders hail a new freight agreement between two major railroads. The pact aims to stabilize rates and improve shipments for merchants, signaling faster service and potentially lower costs for regional commerce.
The accused, after a Denver murder attempt on E. S. Fryer, tells a long account to a Denver Times reporter. He says Fryer threatened him over his wife Fanny, and he shot in self defense. He traveled widely, worked little, and disputes theft but claims funds were insufficient to rebuild the church.
The Boulder Platte and Republican Valley Railway Company filed articles with Secretary of State W. M. Clark to build a line from Boulder to Greeley and along the South Platte to the Republican river valley near the Nebraska line. Capital stock is $300,000. projected daily coal shipments exceed 600 tons with potential revenue of at least $2,000 daily. Directors are the Marshall coal road builders.
A Thursday blaze in Golden consumed Jarvis Hall the Episcopal seminary for boys. Firefighters saved the two lower floors including the library of about 1,500 volumes and laboratory contents. The east wall collapsed as efforts to control the fire failed, leaving only three standing walls.
A man named Walsh, a railroad worker and stranger to Denver, shot himself in his room at the Colorado House on Thursday afternoon. A note on the wall said he was tired of life and had only ten dollars in his pocketbook. County authorities took charge of the body and burial followed.
Electric breevities report a slate of live items including Chas H Eddy nominated for Toledo postmaster. Other notes cover Hereford steeplechase winner Filbert, Holt & Bugbee suspension with 150000 liabilities, and multiple fires, bankruptcies, and fatalities across cities.
A wide selection of inexpensive new fifty cent novels arrives at the Postoffice stationery store. Popular authors contribute a variety of titles, offering readers affordable entertainment options.
This advertorial promotes Sozodont as a safe and effective tooth preservative that keeps teeth white, cleans specks, and brightens gums. It claims to impart coral-like tint and hardness to gums, leaves breath fragrant, and notes availability from druggists.
An advertisement offers a free receipt claimed to cure nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. It attributes discovery to a South American missionary and directs readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman at Bible House New York for details.
Special notice outlines four regional round-ups in 1878. Foremen Mitchell Oxarart W C Lykins D E Brown and the Laramie County Stock Association announce schedules meeting May 2nd to May 20th at Loomis ranch Lone Tree Pole Creek Durbin crossing and other landmarks to cover land from North Platte river to Fort Laramie and beyond.
The notice lists C. M. Stebbins of Stebbins & Porter Denver CO GEO I Stebbins Denver W R Stebbins Atchison KS M E Post Cheyenne WY as involved parties in the public record.
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