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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1877
Page
10
The Pyrenees tunnel project aims to connect France and Spain by rail by January 1, 1878. The work, years in progress, will cut travel time between Perpignan and Barcelona by twelve hours. A July reorganization will move the post office to the building’s first floor with updated fixtures per department plans.
Dr. Rohlfs, the famed traveler, urges a rail line from Tripoli on the Mediterranean to Kuka at Lake Chad. The proposal would traverse about 1,200 miles of desert, but he believes adequate water will be found en route.
A New York Daily publication warns a young man that most marriages endure happiness while a minority are unhappy, urging him to wed promptly for better prospects. The remark frames matrimonial harmony as common, while cautioning about false appearances in legal unions.
A band of Sioux scouts under an avy officer reached Sioux City on the 17th from the north en route to Standing Rock Agency. Notable chiefs include Eagle Man, The Chest-Shot-in-the-Sioux-Nation, Lion Whirlwind, Tall Timber, and Blue Thunder. They will serve in Government employ this season.
The Herald argues Tweed must fully surrender and disclose every fact and name. It asserts Tweed cannot bargain to protect this man or that and that the public deserves complete information.
Military leaders foresee no broad Indian campaign this summer but expect cavalry under Gen Mackenzie to remain in the field patrolling the region between the Big Horn and the Black Hills to guard emigrants travelling toward the secured lands amid the recent Cheyenne village defeat by Mackenzie’s forces in November.
The New York judiciary remains under gamblers control as papers condemn a recent swindling case. A complainant in the affair was detained for weeks as a witness while the accused enjoy sun-baths, dining at fashionable restaurants, and strolling the city’s streets.
Acknowledges receipt of the invitation from the president and board of directors of the International Exhibition Co to attend the May 6 opening at the Centennial grounds in Philadelphia. The note states the invitation is declined due to failure to provide railroad passes and meal tickets.
The probability of war between Russia and Turkey grows daily with reported military moves suggesting inevitability. The Russian Ambassador in Paris says Russia is willing to accept further overtures for peace and will not declare war immediately, offering a slim hope that the impending conflict may be postponed.
The Lewistown Journal notes 30,000 acres of prime land in Maine’s Aroostook County open to actual settlers. 160 acre lots priced at 35 cents per acre, payable through labor on roads to individual homes. Land spread across multiple townships with good soil and heavy hardwoods including spruce and cedar.
The article recalls a series of crimes in Colorado including the Lake County judge murder, cattlemen attacks on sheep growers, Judge Stone kidnapping, brutal killings in Georgetown and Colorado Springs, and the Erie miners strike riot with law enforcement failing to act. It frames Colorado as lawless and nears a critique of justice.
The text argues for forbidding sale of poisons to prevent suicides, citing Austria's decree. It lists substances such as arsenic, antimony compounds, mercury compounds, phosphorus, bromine, prussic acid preparations and cyanides, plus dangerous plant and animal alkaloids, cantharides, and similar items under strict regulations.
A Prairie Farmer writer reports cures from raw potatoes for rheumatism and a buckeye remedy for piles. The anecdote cites a neighbor who stored raw potatoes for years and felt pain relief, and a physician whose pile remedy involved a buckeye carried in a pocket. The piece notes skepticism toward charms.
The Erie miners confine themselves to intimidation to force higher pay, threatening workers with vengeance if coal is mined for less than one dollar per ton. They demand two dollars a day for new miners, and letters with skulls and coffins warn against shipping coal priced under one dollar per ton.
Leavenworth Times editor Col D R Anthony vents disgust at South Carolina results. Telegraphic headers depict white supremacist triumphs framing Chamberlain’s departure and a shotgun victory. The piece rails against “White Liners” and echoes defeatist rhetoric amid sectional politics.
Deadwood’s new and remote camp hosts a remarkable number and quality of ladies. While other groups mingle, the proportion of noble virtuous women to the more audacious figures compares favorably with city norms, reflecting credit on Deadwood.
The surrender talks between Gen. Crook and Sioux leaders featured Broken Nose John presenting a stick and a pony to Roman Nose for friendship. Spotted Tail spoke for the Indians, urging peace, fair terms, and schooling for children, while warning of continued military action if tribes do not come in. The chiefs pressed for a defined agency, trading rights, and a future under the Great Father with a Catholic agent.
Gen. Crook responds to Thaye about fair beef prices and promises, urging all leaders to come in and sign agreements. He emphasizes consistent action and warns that eastern perceptions lump all Indians together. The talk aims to secure unity among tribes to obtain favorable terms.
The piece surveys 1877 fashion trends in silk and wool garments. It details long basques, demi trains, draped overskirts, polonaises like the Princess and Amantine, and new embossed trimmings in browns greens and blues. Gray dominates casual wear while dressy toiles feature silk headings, bows, fur, lace, and velvets.
Eighty lodges of Cheyennes under Dull Knife and Standing Elk surrendered to General Crook at 11 today. The village held about five hundred fifty people, eighty five fighting men, with six hundred ponies and sixty guns. They are destitute, lacking life’s basics after their village was destroyed in November. Many suffer frozen limbs. This brings total Cheyenne surrenders to seven hundred eighty since January.
An eye witness reports the Omaha dance by Spotted Tail Agency Indians on Tuesday April 17 at Camp Sheridan. Over a hundred warriors wore elaborate feathered headgear and bells while five braves rode in on horseback performing staged fights. Spectators, mostly northern Indians and squaws, watched as blankets and robes were spread then retrieved amid poverty and expensive beadwork.
A historical notice urges housewives to wage an early season war on bedbugs. It describes their rapid breeding and blood consumption, then prescribes a lethal home remedy using alcohol and corrosive sublimate to wash cracks and crevices weekly. Caution is given to label the poison and keep it away from children.
In this city on April 20 1877 the wife of A Snyder gave birth to a bon child, an event recorded for local notice.
George Lediard died in this city on April 20 1877 at age 21 He was a brother of the well known townsman Charles Le diard and his demise is noted by the community as a loss to the family and local residents.
A fragmented verse features dramatic feline yowls and exultation within a chaotic conference beneath slats. The speaker compares the cats to yellow greasers and Ebenezers and imagines a fierce, tumbling torrent of stanzas about their prowling, growling, and haunting incantations.
The Sacramento Record reports trains after dark attract many tramps and impecunious riders moving eastward. A conductor used a trap by locking a tramp car to deter them, but the group escaped at Emigrant Gap and pursued the train toward Truckee, keeping crews busy.
A man asks his wife why he is like a donkey and waits for an answer. She coldly replies that he was probably born. The exchange unfolds with humor as they discuss stubbornness and family habits during supper.
The Upper Round-Up meets May 1 1877 at W M Dailey’s ranch on Labonti creek to work cattle north of Laramie river between that river and the Union Pacific Railroad with Dailey as foreman. After crossing the Laramie James Lane becomes foreman. The Lower Round-Up meets May 20 1877 at Carey’s ranch on Pole creek to work toward Potter station and up North Platte toward Horseneck, with John Snodgrass as foreman and G B Goodell as assistant foreman. By order of Laramie County Stock Association.
Aggie Neilson files in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Wyoming Territory for dissolution of marriage to William Neilson. She alleges habitual drunkenness and wilful abandonment for over a year, seeking to terminate the bonds of matrimony and relieve herself from obligations. You must answer by June 11, 1877.
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