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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1878
Page
14
The issue compiles short items from Laramie and surrounding areas noting railroad mileage in Laramie and Sweetwater, mining yields at Miner's Delight, Bear Paw excitement fading, and the Colorado Republican convention. It cites trials, bonds, hydrophobia, women fashion, and local anecdotes about people and places including Denver and Omaha connections.
Michael J. Mooney, a 26 year old night switchman from Scranton, was instantly killed when he fell under the drive wheel of switch engine No 1 near the water tank at the Union Pacific depot. The coroner impaneled a six member jury. witnesses testified the engine moved slowly as Mooney signaled to back up before his fatal fall. Mooney, longtime member of the J T Clark Hose Company, leaves a wide circle of friends and colleagues in grief.
A saloon encounter ends with a weathered tramp offering his bag for fifty cents. He shows an old pair of drawers a sack and half a loaf, claims missionary aims, and jokes about seeking Frisco while evading clothes and shelter questions.
A freighter nicknamed Tex, known for hauling from Rock Creek northward, stabbed another freighter three times in the back after a quarrel. One wound near the spine is deemed dangerous. Tex was arrested, jailed in Laramie City, and awaits further charges.
Thomas of Rawlins recounts his role in a Union Pacific train robbery with W A Gibson after exhausting his means in Colorado. He pleads for leniency as a first offender, noting his respectable family and intent to reform. The article also mentions local court terms and a new brewery project by Fisher near Hatch’s canal.
Cattle rates from Kansas City to Chicago fall from 75 to 67.50 per car as nearly 95,000 head are driven east from Oregon Idaho Montana and Utah this year. Most will be eastern market steers with some stock ranches in Wyoming. Eastern markets dip to multi year lows while Colorado half breed steers fetch around two cents per pound in Chicago. Colorado stockmen consider drifting beef to Kansas and Nebraska to cut freights amid Texas fever debates and calls for new lines to prevent contact with Texas drives. Meat must be top quality at home and abroad with farm stock improvements prioritized.
The Carbon county district court term at Rawlins ended with the train robbery cases resolved and the other matter heard. A teenager named Henry Carman faced horse stealing charges. the jury found him not guilty after about thirty minutes deliberation.
Ben Butler plans to procure a history of Greeley and its use as a colony to advocate forming colonies for men seeking employment. A Cheyenne citizen received his letter on the subject, warning that the tactic won’t win the presidency.
Hayden's Survey and Prof. Wilson have triangulated locations of several peaks while Prof. Hayden of the United States Geological Survey remains in the Wind River mountains. Capt. James Stevenson of the Hayden surveying expedition heads to Ogden then Boseman and Yellowstone Park with expedition supplies. C. E. Blydenburg of New York, a School of Mines graduate and assayer for this Territory, leaves Rawlins and captains a New York Rifle Club team that posted a record long-range score in 1877.
Mr F C Wilkie writes to The Leader on wool production noting Merino bucks carried yolk sand and burs last year. He cites a year with ordinary bucks under 15 dollars whose fleeces weighed 26 pounds and contrasts with a sheepable 26 pound fleece that could fetch 15000 dollars, urging accurate wool reports for a fair market.
James A. Brennan, cousin of the late Martin J. Mooney, corrects errors in yesterday’s Sun. He notes the deceased’s father was dead ten years and not telegraphed about the demise, denies a telegram was sent, and says Union Pacific did not pay burial expenses. Brennan states he paid all costs and calls public attention to the corrections.
In a dispute between cattleman Taylor and ex convict Frodsham at Laramie City the pair drew revolvers and fired. Frodsham received four shots in the abdomen while Taylor was hit in the neck shoulder and arm. Both lie in a precarious condition and a woman is said to be at the bottom of the trouble. Frodsham had been pardoned from Wyoming penitentiary after killing a man at Evanston years ago.
The funeral for Martin J Mooney aged 25, chronicled in Tom Leader, was held yesterday afternoon under the city Fire Department. The procession included firehouse crews, bands, and carriages as rain fell. services were at the Catholic church before burial. Mooney was born in Olyphant Penn and widowed mother resides there. no reply from her to a dispatch sent after the accident.
Report highlights multiple residents including Mr 8 A Bristol Prof Stark and Mrs Jenkins with extensive gardens in Cheyenne. It notes Bristol's large garden with clover grasses greens and more, Stark's near neighbors abundant plantings and 3000 young cottonwood trees, plus Mrs Sterling O’Brien Phillips McGinn and Major Talbot tending diverse plots supplying produce and vegetables for locals.
A heavy browed man entered the Leader office demanding his paper stopped for insulting his daughter Sarah. The manager ignored him while handling a letter from the Emperor of China about advertising rates. The subscriber left angrily for Col Murrin's after Budweiser. Waffles recipe and tobacco ads follow.
A female book agent visits a office and tries to sell a book amid a deafening farce. The MaGilder and staff mime deafness to mock her, denying proposals due to bigamy rules and domestic roles, then she storms out, slamming the door as onlookers laugh.
Capt. Guy V. Henry of the Third cavalry is named on the general court martial at Omaha barracks. Capt. G. Collins, Fort Sanders post chaplain, has a one month leave of absence due to ill health. Private George Henckel of Co D Ninth Infantry is detailed as messenger at headquarters Omaha Barracks.
Frodsham, shot four times in the abdomen by Taylor at Laramie City Thursday evening, is reported likely to die though a recent dispatch says both men survive with a chance of recovery. The jeweler had served in prison and supported his wife and children with silver jewelry sales.
Louis McLane, brother of the slain man near Cheyenne Wells, arrives in Denver for consultation with Gov Routt. Body remains unfound though attack traces are visible in a ravine twelve miles northeast of the station. Utes spotted nearby and a Ute band camped near the scene. Indians have since disappeared. Search for the body to continue.
An old advertisement touts Sozopont as a premier dental preservative. It claims to whiten teeth, improve gum health, refresh breath, and leave a pleasant mouth taste. It asserts superiority over ordinary powders and pastes and notes sale by druggists and at the post office news stand.
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