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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1877
Page
10
An advertisement invites Black Hillers to subscribe to The Cheyenne Weekly Lampre or Daily Leader with annual and short-term rates. A schoolroom joke questions who Leonidis was, answered by a pupil: he held a pass with Spartan firmness.
The New York Herald notes a St. Louis author is writing a book titled On Pa per. The Cincinnati Enquirer jokes about possible topics and dates, suggesting the work could be on paper or under pressure. The Chicago Times quips about yesterday.
An officer uses rear spurs to push privates to noble deeds. his zeal has crippled two men and may lead to a court martial for excessive force.
Dialogue excerpt shows a mistreated tea scene with a mistress asking why tea is weak while a parlor maid complains the cook sabotages by diluting tea and adding extra water during service.
Haydon notes Keats distrusted himself after his friends praised him first. He describes six weeks of near-constant sobriety loss and an extreme episode where Keats used Cayenne pepper on his throat and tongue to mimic the cooling effect of claret, seeking relief in dissipation.
An ex Confederate colonel from Georgia handed to the president petitions and recommendations addressed to Samuel J. Tilden before the county count was completed. He aims to become United States marshal of Georgia and forwarded the documents through the Inter Ocean correspondent.
The dramatist Sardon claims his best work comes from supernatural collaboration. He describes writing in a hallucinatory state where imaginary actors dictate dialogue and give him plots. He says he transfers this stage world to the real boards that mean the world.
A Christian Union correspondent in Chicago notes Wentworth's dramatic interruption of the Nebraska bill debate. He recalls Wentworth drowning the Democratic party’s clamor, seizing the floor, and granting Benton a full hour, leaving a chalk-mark of approval that remains.
A Massachusetts man recounts a tale of a hotel guest who befriended emigrants by digging a mud hole at a road’s foot. He claimed to profit by charging relief to travelers stuck overnight while his hidden water source attracted teams and earned him twenty five thousand dollars before selling for three thousand and moving on.
The Windsor board seeks a high school teacher around May, offering 700 dollars per year, but the Globe quotes 2700 sterling or about 3500 dollars. Secretary Bartlett plans to address twenty job seekers on the town hall steps to explain the correct pay, as crowds overwhelm police efforts.
A London doctor and a Brooklyn pastor dispute claims that Spiritualism drives insane asylums. They quote vastly different totals from eighty to ninety U S institutions, ranging from fifty nine to over ten thousand believers. Both sides urge impartial statisticians to clarify the true facts.
The Cambridge Chronicle recounts a trial where Bill O'Brien acting as examining counsel asked witness Westphall about military service. Westphall confirmed service and replied he fought for the Republican side, drawing a smile from the court.
Helena civil engineer Geo B Foote is developing a new telephone instrument believed to surpass eastern trials. It will be tested on the 50 mile telegraph line between Helena and Deer Lodge.
The Chicago Journal denounces a San Francisco issued Chinese paper as an outrageous publication. It mocks the paper's unusual two color format and its serious tone aimed at counteracting opium use, warning against its humorless content and depressing effect on readers.
Travelers from the west reaching Cheyenne can choose three routes to the east as the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe gains direct Pueblo Denver connection. The new timetable, in effect Sunday, shows the fastest west of Kansas City with departure 11 30 a m from Kansas City and arrival Pueblo 3 p m next day, Denver by 8 p m.
Scene in Cheyenne river shows Black Hills stage line struggling uphill as passengers haul luggage. A band plays Bonaparte crossing the Rhine while editors Solis and others critique finances and the need for more money to sustain a proposed daily and weekly edition amid lost mail contracts in a Herald report.
A mixed column recalls Andrew Jackson in the Presidents room and a hot brick moment for Mrs. Eaton. It also parries with quips about closets, Laramie thieves, and Dakota districts. The item closes with a note that the Union Bank opens at Greeley Colorado with Johnson as president and Benedict as cashier.
A Nevada judge discusses a blue glass as a humbug yet reports it induces temptation and altered tastes. He recounts his wife admiring luxuries after exposure, claiming the blue glow inspires an exalted sense of beauty and prompts a bonnet replacement. He seeks scientific insight into counteracting effects.
The author notes trains do not run with steady speed and recounts how engines and baggage cars seem to improvise rhythms. He recalls misheard song fragments and hymn lines from various railroads, ending with a moment at a station where the car’s braking caused a metre jar.
The Crows accuse Sioux chiefs killed at Tongue River of bad faith saying a flag of truce is a ruse. They claim Sioux act as thieves on the move, stealing horses and mules then feigning peace with a white flag. The incident left officers soldiers and citizens regretful.
The May number of St Nicholas features essays and stories by John G Whittier Saxe Holme Celia Thaxter Richard A Proctor J G Tolland Lacey Larcom Sidney Lanier Donald Mitch ell J T Trowbridge Frank Stock ton Edgar Jaccett Mary Mapes Dodge Mary Treat G B Bartlett and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Children eagerly cry for it.
The Greeley Tribune notes cattle on various ranges emerge from winter in better condition than expected and losses are not as high as in 1872, despite deeper snow and a longer ground stay.
The piece argues for ending grand jury use, noting Colorado’s attempt to replace it with a county court and justices of the peace for indictments. It praises reforms as progress toward a free press, public courts, and transparent justice, condemning secret inquisitions as outdated and harmful to public justice.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes progress in railroad travel with the Chicago and North Western railway pushing a new line of hotel cars on the Omaha and California route. It claims these cars outclass dining cars in elegance and comfort, citing speed and smooth rides as key advantages and praising the line’s favorable grades and sturdy construction.
A St Louis journal pleads for poverty and tramps, arguing hunger fuels crime and desperation drives even mild men to wrongdoing. The essay defends the unemployed as abused, urging sympathy for starving families and the vulnerable in society.
A comic verse vignette in a dialect asks who the drummer is who roams a town, drinks, and brags about prices while sparking mischief. The speaker playfully questions the culprit as a refrain repeats, ending with a chorus line about the drummer and a character named Pfeffer.
A humorous monologue extols the mule as immortal and grand, comparing its size to the vastness of nature. The speaker mocks human frailty and urges the reader to seek wisdom through the poet’s phraseology.
A Virginia Enterprise reports a fountain atop a new Catholic church in Nevada that shoots numerous jets from a cross shaped pipe hidden within the steeple. Jets rise about twenty five feet, with a large cross at 170 feet, forming a fan of spray that glowed roseate when the sun set.
The article discusses Nebraska settlers planting trees as a standard practice after establishing farms. Arbor Day fosters a friendly neighborly rivalry to plant trees, notably cottonwood, which quickly shield winds and shade summers. It notes increased rainfall and climatic changes in western Nebraska linked to tree planting and settlement, urging Wyoming to follow Nebraska's example.
J H Beebe has shown wind powered irrigation is practical four miles south of Evans Colorado on a bluff by a railroad. His 23 foot well yields five feet of water after a $175 windmill $80 tank and $50 digging. An acre is well watered and 80 head of stock are sometimes watered, proving plains living with abundant produce and trees as cattle roam.
The readable fragments describe an official appointment procedure and selecting a representative by a voting or committee process. Key entities are missing due to garbled OCR, but the note mentions a departmental agenda and potential missteps in the selection.
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