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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1877
Page
12
In JHEYENNE WYOMING April 26 1877 issue editor H Glafo re prints a rumor that Samuel J Tilden seeks David Dudley Field’s seat in Congress, suggesting two men plotting chicanery yet dismissing any real danger from senile malice and ridicule.
New York Comptroller Kelly says the published abstract of Tweed's confession is correct up to the point, except regarding Judge Folger. He believes the information may help the Corporation Counsel resist lawsuits tied to old Tammany ring transactions. Kelly notes 250 to 300 people may be implicated.
A visitor from Charleston reports a Civil War scene near Shiloh involving the Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteers. A Confederate Georgia battery found a dead lady and a child, cared for the child, and the breastpins of both the lady and a gentleman were taken for potential return. The writer seeks the child’s fate and the regiment’s origin details for surviving Ohio and Georgia veterans.
Phelim Toole, a Dublin native and Hook and Ladder No. 3 fireman, rescued the Reese family and others from a sixth story window at the Southern Hotel. A longtime sailor, he served five years with the St. Louis Fire Department and gained a reputation for calm courage at fires. Miss Johanna Halpin thanked him at her North Seventh Street home.
Official papers in Austria state the government will keep neutrality only while its interests in the East are not menaced. The note implies a belief that a general war looms and Austro-Hungary will have to take an active role, given its southward ties and anticipated Turkey-Russia conflict. France reportedly plans to pursue vigorous neutrality on the Eastern question.
A second large blast is planned today at Mineville, seven miles from Port Henry, Issex county New York. The Port Henry Trona Ore company has spent about 125000 removing the mine roof and now intends to blow down two or three huge pillars towering 140 to 170 feet high and 90 to 150 feet in circumference.
The ore beds, pure iron ore, are estimated to hold 79,800 tons gross and valued near $1,800,000. Blasting will use vigorite, claimed to outperform nitro glycerine and reduce danger. Numerous scientists and engineers will witness the explosive action on the rock, a sight not observable at Heilate.
Bishop Lynch recalls a forty year old observation showing English welfare failures and American charity. A poor widow with two sons faced starvation until a neighbor helped one boy join his family, enabling both sons to prosper. One son becomes a U S army general and the other a treasury secretary.
A Washington dispatch reports Gen. Ulysses S. Grant plans a book on his Civil War service and his presidency. The work, titled under his name, will be edited by Afr. Smith, Mrs. Grant's cousin, who handles official records and is aided by several literary men.
Northwest Iowa faces a grasshopper outbreak with soil in fifteen counties harboring eggs. Prairie fires planned for June 1 across the region aim to curb the hoppers, but success is uncertain and many residents cannot flee economic hardship as land and homes drop in value amid the infestation.
A Clay county observer recalls a wagon arrival at a rail station where a creditor with a mortgage on the entire settlement accompanied the party. The creditor took leave with the wagon while they returned to the car platform, leaving the team behind. Food shortages and scarce money persist but grasshoppers plague prospects, forcing hopes of abandoning farms and fleeing.
At a Saturday tryout in San Francisco Mme di Murska depicts a dramatic duet with Mr. Mueller while her husband, Maestro Strauss Illa ne Hill, and Mme Fabbri clash in a chaotic scene. The incident ends with the Maestro being led away by a lady friend as the company erupts in shouts and spanks.
An exhibition in Manchester showcased a two part air tight fire diving suit invented by a German captain. The inner India rubber layer fits inside an outer moleskin shell and water circulates to cool the suit while air is supplied by bellows. A helmet covers the head with a breast piece, and water runs over the outer dress to keep the wearer cool allowing longer operation inside flames.
The piece recounts a legend of a pious Mussulman aided by Mohammed and goats leading to coffee’s energizing effects. It notes coffee’s 16th century spread in Cairo, including a 1538 raid where customers faced punishment, yet within two decades Cairo boasted over 2,000 coffee shops.
Perley recounts a Boston Journal anecdote about John Covode in the House of Representatives basement. A demijohn stash under a marble wash stand was repeatedly pilfered by a committee member, who was caught with Covode laughing at the setup and declaring, I see now how I am in the wholesale liquor trade.
A description invites visitors to Deadwood Gulch to view newly discovered rich gold deposits. The Alpha and Omega mine, also known as the Woolsey mine, owned by Mr. Pinney and Mr. Woolsey, yields free gold in honeycomb rock. Gold splinters appear in quartz gravel and mud, suggesting widespread diggings.
On Strawberry gulch Bear Butte a tour to these mines offers pleasure and profit for visitors seeking rare curiosities, yet they are only a tithe of what remains to be discovered according to the Black Hills Times.
A collage of snatches from a Detroit Free Press page traces culture, politics, and social quips. It includes remarks on Rex ships, Austrian capital life, a Rhode Island incident, riddle lines, and jokes about fashion, brides, and ethics, with brief notes on Jenny Lind and Brigham Young. The items reflect era topics: crime, race, manners, and public figures, stitched into a miscellany.
Mrs. President Hayes hosted the Duke Alexis with wine at table but then announced a house rule. No Dukes, Princes, Potentates nor Powers may tip ple, and the rule states the house does not keep wine on the table. The rule applies to all occasions, private or public.
An account describes the Great Salt Lake’s extreme salinity with a quarter inch worm thriving only under magnification, thousands of worms washed ashore and eaten by gulls during storms, and fish dying on contact with the briny water. Observers aboard dive into buoyant waters, noting eye and ear irritation, featherweight buoyancy, and salt crusts on bodies, while nearby Mormons visit for bathing and health beliefs.
The piece argues the bed functions as a clothing item, essential for all, shaping warmth and airflow during rest. It explains how horizontal rest alters heat loss, how bedding materials compare to garments, and how a lack of rest disrupts body heat and blood economy, citing April issue of Popular Science Monthly.
Deputy Sheriff Smith and his squad came back to Denver Monday evening reporting everything quiet at the mines. The return follows a patrol from Erie with no incidents noted, suggesting stable conditions at the mining sites.
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