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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1883
Page
7
The weekly leader reports Hanlon defeating Hosmer and Lee by several lengths in a boat race at Fulton in nineteen minutes and forty five seconds. Other items include a collision at Fast Shamokin Pa injuring five laborers, and multiple legal and civic notes from across the region.
New York July 26 A decree annulling the ten year marriage of Marienna Conway to Jules Levy the cornetist was entered in the supreme court. The application was made by Mrs Levy who asserts Levy is the husband of another woman.
Reports note Bismarck's lingering illness after jaundice. Lake Logans boat capsizing near Geneva leaves seven women and children drowned. Mulligan in Dublin sees fourteen people go on trial for Mrs. Smythe’s murder. Rostov cholera cases reported with several deaths. In Bombay the cholera toll reaches 111 in the first week of June. A British volunteers banquet honors the American rifle team at the Criterion. Pedro Cardo proclaimed chief of Guayaquil government with full powers. Ghizeh area reports fifty six deaths yesterday, mostly children, with large tolls at Mehalla Tantab Mansurah and Kafr el Hamza.
Advice to mothers promises instant relief for teething pain in children. The ad claims the syrup cures dysentery diarrhoea regulates the stomach and bowels relieves wind colic softens gums and energizes the system. It cites a female physician’s prescription and lists 26 cents per bottle.
Captain Matthew Webb, famed English swimmer, perished attempting to swim the Niagara River whirlpool rapids this afternoon. Reports say he believed he could hold his breath and ride the current, weighing 190 pounds but confident the extra flesh could aid cold endurance.
Denver reports a grand parade by the Flambeau club Lincoln post Topeka Kan drawing about twenty thousand spectators. Commander in Chief Paul Van Der Voort cites extensive travels and addresses while departments list large membership gains through March 31 1883 with Kansas leading and new departments organized in the year.
Washington reports that a call for all outstanding 3 per cent bonds not yet offered for exchange will be issued this afternoon. The move aims to streamline debt management and provide holders with exchange options.
Baltimore on July 25 held numerous funerals for North Point disaster victims. The Crouch family funeral drew special sympathy with four hearses. Catholics across the city participated, especially in the northern and northwestern parishes, which suffered most.
A freight train with one passenger coach derailed on the Wabash railroad near Tawaston. Seven passengers were aboard. one man from Lathrop was killed. Miss Ward of Richmond suffered a broken arm and injured shoulder blade. A Lawson resident in delicate condition was seriously hurt. Four others, including a Kansas City drummer, were seriously injured.
Reports from Baltimore New York Philadelphia Chicago Montreal and Pittsburg reveal a tentative compromise between the Brotherhood of Telegraphers and the American Rapid Telegraph company. Workers ordered to resume tomorrow with a 10 percent salary raise and extra pay for overtime Sunday work.
A $500 prize bout near Nianticotte last night between Paddy O'Brien and Mike Breeze, conducted under Marquis of Queensbury rules, lasted eleven rounds before a mob of women rushed the ring with knives and pistols and halted the fight.
A Morgan Confederate reunion runs through July 25 in Louisville with several hundred attendees in Henry Clay estate tents. Jefferson Davis declined to attend due to ill health. speakers include Frank Waiters, General Preston, General Duke, ex-Governor McCreary, General J. S. William, and Rev. W. H. Jones. The event continues today.
Chicago July 25 Richard Conver a private watchman shot and mortally wounded Myer Frank 13 years old after saying the boy stood too close to a railroad car carrying watermelons The watchman was arrested A Rosebud agency special reports Sioux sun dance held near the agency with about 1000 attendees fifteen warriors danced four days Their bodies were reportedly lacerated under tribal customs and authorities may seek to bar the practice
Eugene A. Clark of Nantucket Connecticut confessed to involvement in a tarring and feathering incident in Sandisfield and implicated others named White and Sackett.
In Nashville on July 26 the jury found ex-Treasurer Polk guilty of embezzlement and fixed the penalty at twenty years in the penitentiary plus a fine equal to the embezzled amount.
Denver July 26 Robert B Beath was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the second ballot with 158 votes out of 271. Corporal Tanner withdrew two days earlier. Many cite General Barnum’s Porter case stance as key to defeat. Other officers to be chosen tomorrow.
A party of masked men overpowered the jailer, seized Rigney a bartender jailed for disorderly conduct, and hanged him near a culvert by the railroad. Two hours later a fire destroyed the theater Cosmopolitan and six other buildings, including Savage drug store and Buasinok Bros. The First National bank brick wall stopped it from spreading. Loss estimated at $60,000 with incendiary suspicion.
More than 100 people at a Joliet Illinois lawn party fell ill after consuming ice cream suspected to be poisonous. None have died, but several remain in critical condition as authorities investigate the disaster.
A massive jam of logs stretches up Grand River and traps the Detroit and Grand Rapids railroad bridge, causing its collapse this morning. The Grand Rapids, Indianapolis and Chicago bridge soon followed, sending millions of logs downstream toward Lake Michigan and risking widespread damage and losses feared to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. The disaster is described as unprecedented in the region.
Reports from Niagara Falls say Captain Webb failed in his daring attempt and is presumed dead. Wagers on his return faded as locals believe his life ended in the rapids and his body was likely carried away by the great eddy, with recovery unlikely.
The Grand Army of the Republic national encampment closed in Denver at Camp Van Der Voort with music parades speeches and fireworks. Colorado delegates embark on a five day mountain excursion visiting Greeley Fort Collins Longmont Boulder Manitou Pueblo Gunnison Leadville.
Sheriff Miller reports the arrest of Edward Shears alias Shatto in Minnesota for the July 5 murder of Martin Knight in Omaha. The assailant fatally beat Knight at his boarding house after a drunken quarrel and threatening remark.
Great excitement in Alexandria as the khedive, recently returning from Cairo, is reported stricken with cholera and in critical condition. Court physicians warn his illness is severe while the city awaits further word.
Historic claim states brown iron bitters made from colorless iron and Peruvian bark with aromatics as the best medicine. The text emphasizes a renowned formula and its reputed efficacy.
An old newspaper advertisement by Dr. Henry Wagner of Denver guarantees cures for urinary and sexual weakness in men, promising full restoration of health. The notice touts a free consultation, priced exams, and a mail order men’s health guide. It targets men around 30 and older, with references to bladder issues and semen balance.
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