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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1878
Page
14
The issue notes plans to extend telegraph from Deadwood to Rapid City, local development including construction on R B Horrie’s building and new houses, cattle shipments by Dowlin and Hackney, a Colorado railroad project, and various social and political items across Wyoming and nearby areas.
A letter to The Leader dated August 11 1878 describes relocating Fort McKinney to Clear Fork near its mouths with Keogh and Custer posts. The writer extols fertile grazing land and timber resources, notes limited mineral finds, and discusses construction challenges and labor by troops amid possible desertion concerns.
In Lake Sar Aug 20 1878 a special note reports Congressman Luttrell of California plans a visit to study Utah polygamy. He favors dismembering Utah by Congress and attaching western Utah to Nevada and eastern portions to Wyoming and Colorado to end church sanctioned prostitution.
In Castle Creek forty miles from here two workers were buried when an embankment collapsed last Monday. One victim was identified as Troas. the other unnamed man died in the mine accident near Deadwood.
A guide to enjoying hammocks as a common luxury. It explains that hammocks suit most spaces with shade and low installation, gives price ranges from $2 to $5, and details ideal hanging heights and rope lengths for comfort and proper swing.
Mr. Gus Terry reports at Old Spotted Tail Agency that men are tearing down old quarters to be moved in teams to the new Spotted Tail Agency about 150 miles away. After completion, buildings at Old Red Cloud Agency will be dismantled and shifted roughly 50 miles west to New Spotted Tail for new Red Cloud Agency quarters.
Colonel John E. Smith is named special inspector at Camp Douglas Utah to examine unserviceable quartermasters stores under Lieut. George T. T. Patterson. Major George A. Gordon commands Sidney barracks Nebraska as special inspector for serviceable subsistence stores with Lieuts. John A. Baldwin and Lewis Merriam responsible. Fourth Infantry Fort Laramie will dispatch to Ramp Robinson Nebraska for temporary garrison court martial duty then return to station.
Three stage robbers stopped the northbound Cheyenne stage between Cheyenne river and Lightning creek, ninety miles south of Deadwood, at about 2 am. They forced passengers to surrender valuables, opened mail sacks, and took registered letters and a small amount of money before scattering the rest of the mail on the ground.
An incoming report from Spotted Tail agency states a clash among moving Indians 125 miles out with two killed so far and about 800 youths splitting north. Major Pollock went to intervene but the group rejected counsel. A separate note: Moses McGurk, jailed for unlawful presence in the Indian country, escaped, then captured in Bonhomme county, was lynched but survived after confession.
An officer named James A. Bean carried an intoxicated man in a wheelbarrow along Sixteenth Street to City Hall during a storm. The public cheered as they passed landmarks, and Bean was offered $7000 for the wheelbarrow. Also reported is a new mining discovery in Wyoming near the Big Horn river, with Burke and the Black Hills party discovering rich gold fields and forming a mining district amid excitement anticipated across the region.
News from Friday reports the instantaneous death of Captain C. P. Rogers of the Fifth U S Cavalry near Rock Creek station on the Fort Fetterman road. He had just testified in a Fort Rungell court martial matter and rode with two Indian scouts when a severe storm struck a tent, killing him instantly. The two scouts suffered no injuries.
Reports state Capt Rogers, about 35, died while riding in a carriage. An ambulance was dispatched from Rock Creek station to bring the body to Cheyenne. He was a gallant, brave and popular officer, a kind husband, and highly regarded for his social qualities and strong friendships in the community.
A letter from Governor John W Hoyt dated at General Merritt's camp near Fort Phil Kearney describes a recent expedition into the Lodge Pole Powder River and Crazy Woman valleys. He will join General Merritt toward the Tongue and Little Big Horn rivers before returning to Cheyenne and to the city after September 1 with news of Northern Wyoming.
The Deadwood Times portrays a man known as Professor living in Cheyenne as a murderer with other crimes. He is said to have two wives, one in the Black Hills and another in Rapid City, and to assume new names after crimes. The woman he married recalls his earlier medical practice and alleged poisonings for wealth, labeling him an escaped convict.
An advertisement offers a cure for nervous weakness and early decay claiming a missionary discovered the remedy in South America. It directs readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman at Bible House New York for receipt and further details.
The larger share of Utah’s surplus wheat is expected to market in Europe, with California grain merchants eager to handle it. Rev Henry Ward Beecher will lecture in Cheyenne on September 17, arranged by his agent C H Pratt and Jervis Joslin. Colorado Central extension work is doubled under Superintendent Henry with protection rails planned at curves. J A Cox and Mortimer Cox are under arrest in Omaha for alleged involvement in a Kansas City line express car robbery near Winthrop and Sugar Lake. Warren & Miner report severe hail on Cache la Poudre injuring over two hundred head. cattle growers prepare cattle inspections for the shipping season, urging broad participation.
An advertisement promotes Swayne's Yar and Sarsaparila Pills as remedies for headaches constipation inward piles torpid liver and indigestion among other internal derangements. It claims they do not irritate the stomach with frequent use and help expel poisons via bowels and kidneys. The text cites 25 cent price and availability at leading druggists and adds Kinnear's Cocoanut Laundry Soap claims.
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