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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1877
Page
15
Fragmentary OCR shows city hall discussions on mayoral terms and treasurer roles with voting references. Mentions committees, street IDs, and possible sale actions tied to city finances and notices. Names and precise details are unclear in the damaged text.
The Cheyenne Leader announces new type and presses and offers economical printing for cards bills letters posters and notices. Rates include 10 cents per line for local notices with six insertions 6 cents per line and weekly rates 25 cents per line for transient ads with discounts for longer runs, dated January 1876.
The Black Hills fever prompts a budget of information. gold is abundant in Deadwood and Whitewood creeks and along nearby mining towns. Rail routes from Chicago to Cheyenne and onward offer cheaper special rates. Cheyenne serves as a gateway with bi and tri weekly stage service to Custer and Deadwood.
A dated 1870s style guide lists equipment and provisions for a four man mining party lasting ninety days. It names flour grain coffee tea syrup vinegar dried apples beans bacon salt and spices, cooking utensils, mining tools, clothing, blankets and pack gear, plus price ranges for teams and wagons near Cheyenne. It also describes a Cheyenne to Deadwood route with station changes and a March 31 completion target. Legal notice follows urging Henry Wolf to answer a divorce bill filed March 6 1877 by Wiebke Wolff with April 30 1877 deadline.
Paulina L. Percival, wife of Willi M. Percival, filed March 19 1877 in the District Court of the First Judicial District Wyoming Territory sitting in Laramie County on the chancery side seeking dissolution of marriage claiming habitual drunkenness and willful abandonment for over a year. Respondent must answer by May 14 1877.
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