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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1883
Page
6
Fragmentary text references witnesses, piracy, revolt, and a court proceeding. Names and places are garbled, making specifics uncertain. The readable elements suggest a legal or criminal notice but details remain unreadable.
Last night about 11 o'clock John Reilly employed at Camp Carlin in a saloon on Eddy street fought Fred Black, also of Camp Carlin. Reilly drew a knife after a dispute over ham, wounding Black in the forehead and back, while Black struck Reilly with a shin knife. Black was sewn up by Dr. Barkwell and taken to the county hospital with concerns of internal injury. Both men were partly intoxicated. The incident drew in witnesses and a LEADER reporter who helped document the injuries.
In Fort Worth’s account the origin of the word maverick is linked to Samuel A. Maverick of Matagorda Bay who left cattle unmarked. When Beauregard bought and released them, others adopted marking to identify unbranded stock, giving rise to the term Maverick used for such unclaimed cattle.
News notes from the region report Gunnison's opera house ready for occupancy on the 26th. Other items include a murder suspect jailed at Weiz Las Animas, Central banks shipping bullion, Georgetown indebtedness, and local incidents in Trinidad Leadville Boulder and Clear Creek. The Garfield Daily Mentor plans to publish in Carbonate, starting in a tent with sledged type and a modest press.
A horse and cattle ranch near Cheyenne Pass offers abundant water and one of the country’s best ranges. Includes considerable improvements. Prospective buyers may contact Dav Tannen in Walbach, Wyoming.
The Cincinnati to New York fast line aims to cut travel time by seven hours while new rail innovations draw plans across the era. Oregon Short Line shifts its business terminus twenty miles closer to Wood River mining country. A Kentucky court finds a railroad negligent for lacking air brakes and awards damages. Union Pacific controls four coffins for cross‑range passage and plans a future scenic secondhand shop expansion.
An advertised wool house announces it will finish shearing by the 18th of the month and invites growers to drive their flocks there. Buyers can sell wool at market value or store it until sale. It charges about ten cents per sheep for shearing and handling, with storage available on the premises in a large, well equipped wool market claiming to be the largest in the United States.
Rates listed for daily and weekly subscriptions, advance payments, and per line advertising charges. Includes contract rates for local notices, official ads, and transient notices. Publisher contact: J B Murrow, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Telegraphic brief reports Senator Anthony had a comfortable day with friends hopeful. Other items note widespread cigar maker strikes in New York with firm stances from both sides, a Salina homicide, cyclone tolls in Mississippi, and political moves in Massachusetts on women as justices.
Berlin April 24 The North German Gazette sharply criticizes Sargent the American minister for his report to the American secretary of state on Germanys actions in pork imports. The paper questions Sargents signature and argues the report would justify reprisals against American pork.
Report from Utica says Lewis a lime burner, intoxicated, killed his infant with a club and struck his wife with an axe causing fatal injuries. He was arrested and jailed in Jeffersonville.
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