Acquittal for Colorado Springs Lawyer Wilkes
Weekly Leader notes Wilkes acquitted of forgery in Colorado Springs. It reports other items: Madam Foster called a widow, Mrs Charless sent by county commissioners, Col Patrick visiting, firemen skip Chicago, Gen Pope on McLane death, Mrs Rogers returns from Omaha, Gen Sam Mields under arrest for murder, Maurice alias Dr G L Thomas convicted of forgery, Potter the wheelbarrow lunatic nearing Evanston, and progress on the new Catholic church using Crow Creek stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Shake- Speare
W. A. Wilkes
Colorado Springs
The
Laramie
Col. Patrick
Omaha
Chicago
Gen. Pope
McLane
Rogers
Pittsburg
Sam Mields
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Collison
Maurice
G. L. Thomas
Laramie City
Potter
Evanston
Oakland
Union Pacific Railway
Crow Creek
Hat loan leads to burglar arrest at Fort Russell
A robber who tried to break into G A Coffman’s house was captured and jailed at Fort Russell after Meserole’s hat found on the scene led to the suspect. Meserole had loaned his hat to a soldier on Saturday, revealing the culprit’s clue. The tale ends with a cautionary moral about lending hats to burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Coffman
Meserole
Fort Russell
Tramp Robbery Leads to Nebraska Jail Commit
Clay Campbell robbed fellow tramp Scott Krieger of 31 dollars while traveling through Nebraska. Krieger filed a complaint in Omaha and the case went to Justice Slaughter, resulting in Campbell's commitment to the county jail for transport to Nebraska. Krieger is noted as the only tramp with any money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Campbell
Scott Krieger
Nebraska
Omaha
Krieger
Justice Slaughter
Campbell
Allan's Anti Fat Promises Rapid Weight Reduction
Physicians and physiologists labored to curb corpulence. Allan's Anti Fat claims to reduce flesh by three to six pounds weekly without harming health and is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All
Allan
Gallant Captain Rogers dies in lightning strike
The officer Captain Rogers of the Fifth Cavalry, a Maryland native, perished when lightning struck as he sheltered in a tent with scouts near Rock Creek. His death follows a long record of frontier service under Gen. Crook in campaigns against Apaches. His burial plans and funeral arrangements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Maryland
United States Army
Arizona
Crook
Department of the Platte
George O. Eaton
Fifth Cavalry
Rock Creek
Gillis
Camp Carlin
Laramie City
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Geo. O. Eaton
Wham
Pittsburg
Dreams From The Opium Den In Oriental Dreamland
A Leapers reporter visits a Chinese opium den between Ferguson and Hill streets to observe use of gum opium. The room carries a strong smoky odor and people, including Americans, puff pipes as a few minutes reveal the effects of the narcotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaprer
Ferguson
Hill Streets
Sixteenth
Escape at Liberty Jail Sparks Mountain Pursuit Recapture
Break for liberty at the Liberty jail ends with prisoners breaking free as jailor Manning opens the main cell. Deputy Maban and constables pursue into the mountains, recapturing all but one within an hour. White and Kieser horse thieves, Dale and Martin cattle thieves, and Bell, accused in Charles Lee’s murder, were caught. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derapwoop
Maban
White
Kieser
Dale
Martin
Bell
Charles Lee
Berthoud to Lead Yellowstone Park Survey Expedition
Berthoud chief engineer E L Berthoud of the Colorado Central starts from Helena Montana with his engineer corps to survey the Utah and Northern railroad extension from Helena to Yellowstone lake in Yellowstone National Park. The expedition follows routes used by Cook Folson and Washburn and faces hardships and possible hostile encounters with Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Berthoud
Colorado Central Railroad
Heléna
Montana
Corps of Engineers
Yellowstone Lake
National Park
Utah and Northern Railroad
Helena
Park
Missouri
Madison Rivers
Cook and Folsom
Bennett Nominated for Congress Delegate in Dakota Race
The Territorial Republican Convention at Yankton nominated Judge G. G. Bennett of the First Judicial District on the eighth ballot for Delegate to Congress from Dakota. Col. W. H. Parker of Deadwood chaired the meeting with 139 delegates in attendance, amid a strong contest among Kidder Moody Taylor and Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Deadwood
Territorial Republican
Yankton
Congress
Dakota
Col. W. H. Parker
Remains of Capt. C. P. Rogers Moved to Pittsburg
The body of Capt. C. P. Rogers killed by lightning was borne from Fort Russell to the depot on Sunday afternoon and placed on cars for conveyance to Pittsburg for final interment. The solemn procession included the Fifth Cavalry, mourners, and citizens, with the Dead March in Saul as the coffin was placed aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Rogers
Fort Russell
Pittsburg
Fifth Cavalry
Saul
Rogers
Bold Attempted Burglary At Coffman House On Twentieth Street
A daring break in occurred at Mr. G. A. Coffman’s residence near Tracy’s red stables last Sunday around two in the morning. The burglar tried both windows, broke glass, and fled after Mr. Coffman fired his revolver, sending the intruder running, losing his hat in the front yard. The government marked hat is now with the police, who continue the hunt with limited leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Coffman
Twentieth Street
Tracy
Red Stables
Mr. Coffman
Meserole
Recapitulation at Presbyterian Church on Stewardship
Reverend J Y Cowhick presented a three year report detailing fifty one members received, twenty seven baptisms including twenty three infants and four adults, fifty one marriages, twenty eight funerals, and Sabbath school enrollment of one hundred fifteen with weekly attendance above one hundred for five weeks. He noted two weekly prayer meetings and his absence from September seventeenth to November first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Cowhick
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Pastor Cowhick Praises Cheyenne Congregation
The Cheyenne Presbyterian church notes Mr. Cowhick’s return from absence with praise for the ladies of the congregation. Statistics show 1,474 members received, 44 infants baptised, 62 Sabbath school members, and $8,281,956 in contributions overall. The denomination grew nationwide, with 10,181 new members and 116 new churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
Eee
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Cheyenne
Cowhick
A Sewer Plan Proposed By Property Owners
City cellars are flooding threatening brick foundations. The piece urges owners to fund a private sewer ten to fifteen feet deep from opposite the post office west along Seventeenth Street to Crow Creek. Estimated cost around fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars shared by affected properties.
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Seventeenth Street
Crow Creek
Raid by Horse Thieves The Stolen Property Recovered
A raid by stock thieves near Deadwood disrupted J. M. Wood s mule train eight miles from town. Ten mules were driven off but recovered as Wood and his party pressed the thieves. A mining accident at the California mill injured two workers, with one fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
J. M. Wood
Centennial Prairie
Wood
California
Rather de Smet
Robert McCarl
Sweet
McCarl
Sigler and Stiles Wed in Cheyenne Union
At Dyer's Hotel Cheyenne Wyoming on Monday August 26 1878 Rev C M Sanders officiated uniting Miss Lillie B Sigler and Mr Elwood Wellington Stiles both of Boulder Colorado The bride the elder Napoleon has met her Wellington and been captured May success attend the newly married pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigler—Stiles
Dyer’s Hotel
Cheyenne
Wyoming
C. M. Sanders
Congregational Church
Lillie B. Sigler
Elwood Wellington Stiles
Boulder
Colorado
Sigler
Napoleon
Wellington
Two Carbon Citizens Feared Dead After Train Robbery Pursuit
In Carbon Wyoming a posse hunted seven mounted robbers who attacked passenger train No 3 near Medicine Bow. Deputy Sheriff Robi Widdowfield and Tip Vincent led the pursuit and vanished after following a trail toward North Park. A surveying party later heard gunfire and seven strangers were seen fleeing southeast toward Elk Mountain. Authorities dispatched 20 men to search the mountains as anxiety grows for the two missing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon
Wyo
The
Leader
Medicine Bow
Percy
Tip Vincent
Rawlins
Elk Mountain
North Park
Dickenson
Laramie
Widdowfield
Military Visitor and Staff Changes Reported
Gen Bradley visits Deadwood as Lieut Lemly suffers brain fever at Hay Creek camp. Capt Keorper reassigned to Fort McKinney to relieve Maj Notson. Acting AS Le Compte ordered from Camp Douglas to report at Fort Hall to relieve Capt Keoper. Maj Mason of the Third Cavalry named special inspector for subsistence and stores at Fort Laramie under Lieut Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Lemly
Third Cavalry
Hay Creek
Keorper
Fort McKinney
W. M. Notson
E. P. le Compte
Camp Douglas
Ort Hall
I. A. Keoper
J. W. Mason
Fort Laramie
Bainbridge Reynolds
Judge Geo G Bennett Nominated by Dakota Republicans
The Dakota Republican convention nominated Judge Geo G Bennett for Delegate in Congress. Support cites his unblemished citizen character, high talents, and broad popularity as the most available candidate. The writer, acquainted with Bennett for sixteen years, notes his integrity and prior rejection of a Congressional nomination in Iowa to move west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Dakota
Iowa
Congress
Tried Remedy for Billiousness Promised by Bitters
A column extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable treatment for liver dysfunction. It claims decisive relief from jaundice signs, indigestion, and headaches, contrasting it with unsafe calomel and podophyllin. The ad notes endorsements from diverse social classes and mentions Kinnear & Co soaps for Colorado waters.
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Weekly Leader
Leadville
W. I. Hogan
Carson City Avalanche
Sidney
United States
Oriental
Dreamland
BREAK
Berthoud
C P. Rogers
Gen. Bradley
Kinnear & Co
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