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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1877
Page
7
The Salt Lake market sees wheat offered at fifty to sixty cents per bushel. Evanston's Wheeler heads to the House with retrenchment aims. News covers local candidates, railway surveys, mica finds, and political shifts in a frontier region with notes on businesses and incidents alike.
The Albany county owner of the Lanunie Independent switches to the Democratic party, betrays former buyers, and triggers a cascade of political kissups and rivalries. In Cheyenne, The Leatorer gains influence as machine politicians seek control, while the Independent Sun and Cheyenne Sunshine face entangled alliances. The city council discusses Durant fire steamer incompetence, a Louisville pipe bid for 4200 dollars, and adjourns after sending the offer to Mayor Fisk.
Assignment of troops to vacancies across Fort McPherson Camp Brown Fort Sanders and Omaha Barracks triggers immediate movements. Second cavalry companies G K E and H and C D Fifth cavalry relocate. C to Fort Sanders. D to Omaha location. Deadwood man shoots intruder after finding outhouse open. suspect Frank Miller from Chicago, aka Smith, wounded with two stockings found on him. Rosengarden reports.
A lively shooting scrape erupted in Pioche Nevada last Saturday between Pat Nolland traveling correspondent of the Virginia City Enterprise and Geo T Gorman local editor of the Pioche Record. Six shots were fired with Nolland wounding his left hand and side while Gorman escaped unharmed. The skirmish stemmed from mutual abuse and threats.
The article advocates building and loan associations to help workers buy homes, citing Philadelphia’s success with 450 associations and $70 million in investments. It explains shares of $200 or $5000, monthly installments, and auctions of funds to fund loans, enabling owners to live in houses built with borrowed money and avoid rent. It notes potential political and legal tangents in unrelated passages.
Secor a Livermore resident left baggage at the depot then grabbed a trunk and chased his runaway wagon. The horses bolted, furniture flew, pedestrians dodged, and a Lee’s transfer box and wheels separated. The wagon halted after a crash at Bent Street and the team recovered. Secor’s team continued to Crow Creek bottom with minimal injuries.
Charles George Masterson, jailed in Albany county Wyoming in February 1874 for assault with intent to kill and murder, received a one year term. He returned on February 24 to serve a second one year term for forgery after a two and a half year gap. The article reflects on the rarity of repeated penitentiary confinement and critiques the misdoned tendency to linger inside.
Voters learn the nominees favor tax cuts and reduced county fees to lower public spending. The survey shows broad support for retrenchment among listed candidates, though one declined candidacy due to time constraints. The issue gains unanimous backing from the group if elected.
The Workingmen's organization gains influence as party lines blur in the Territory. In the county, toil-hardened voters resist the Republicans while Albany county absorbs part of the Democrats by endorsing two Republicans. Downey and Pease reportedly join Democrats for good, foreshadowing a broader reorganization before next Tuesday night.
On August 20 at the Cheyenne River crossing near Red Carton a man named Bradley of Utah or Rapid City shot and killed Thomas Powell, a 25 year old stable worker for J C Abney. Powell allegedly fired first. Bradley fled with a stolen horse after joining a companion from the Cheyenne river ranch.
The Workingmen's Council lists a six member county legislative ticket led by Hon A H Swan a county commissioner and cattleman. I J Kelley and J Taylor also seek seats with G A Draper and M Preshaw on the slate, plus House nominees Davis Hammit Tracy Conley McKay Weeks Stelphenstine Swift Hecht. The article praises character experience and broad support while noting a roughly even party mix and urging voter confidence.
On Thursday night seven youths gathered on 17th street at 7 30 with four wearing blue badges. They discussed drinking beer before heading to the church and decided to hide their badges in pockets. They entered a saloon and each drank two glasses before moving toward the Murphy meeting.
A Sidney coach from Deadwood was halted near Buffalo Gap by five road agents who fired on the stage. Ed Cook, division superintendent, was shot. Robbers took twelve dollars from passengers with about a thousand dollars aboard. A passenger drew five hundred dollars in response. Indian fighters later repelled Cook and his party back to the Agency.
City Hall proceedings report Republican delegates elected for the county convention led by Dr. G W Corey as chairman with L C Stevens and WW Conley as tellers. The Workingmen's County Convention nominated a council slate including A N Swan Hi B Kelley J S Taylor G A Draper and S M Preshawy among others.
The Albany county Democratic Convention in Laramis last Saturday announced legislative slates. Council nominees include W. TH Solliday Stephen W Downey and LL D Pease. House nominees are Robt Homer N bh Andrews Fred Bath J P Caldwell duo Congdon and N I Spicer.
The Uinta County Democratic Convention held in Evanston on August 21 nominated E. L. Pease and J. W. Myers for Councilmen and Jno McGlinchey W. J. Sloan K. J. Carter M. Farrell and Jas Daey for Representatives.
The Albany County Workingmen's Convention met at Laramie last Saturday and nominated councilmen L Fillmore S Downey Robert Homer and representatives Robert Marsh N J Andrews J L Murphy Charles Klingerman John Congdon C I Sodergreen.
Three road agents plying the Cheyenne stage route were jailed after sheriff deputies spotted them in town. One robber resisted, firing on Officer May, but the posse wounded the attacker and captured him after he fell from a horse. The suspect was shot through the body and is likely fatally wounded.
The text notes two tickets for the Wyoming legislature in Laramie County, a working men’s ticket nominated yesterday and likely endorsed by the Republicans. It asserts both tickets comprise first class men and urges calm as residents prepare for next Tuesday’s election.
A Bismarck correspondent describes local society as rough yet with genuine gentlemen, while women are said to drink and smoke in the streets at night. The piece then praises GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP as a cheap skin remedy and mentions a Glen’s Sulphur Scar product as an affordable alternative to sulfur baths, claiming similar results.
Unscrupulous dealers are warned against selling counterfeit Yeast Powder. Dooley Brothers insist their powder is always sold in cans with full weight, promising reliability and value for households and purse.
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