Deadwood to Denver Dispatches and Local Notes
A collage of items from Deadwood and western towns includes opium penalties, scarce Bibles in Rawlins, Mrs. Iliff moving to Chicago, a postmaster appointment at North Fork, and partisan commentary. Also notes on freight lines, lemonade in all seasons, and a mobile veteran performer named Jampana with details of his height weight and career.
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Louisiana
Denver
Rawlins
Rev. McCandlish
Edward Alton
North Fork
Sweetwater County
H. Mealman
Lincoln
Nedd
Enoch
Mexico
Colorado
Routt
Massachusetts
Mme. de Bassanville
Thanksgiving Day 1878 and American restlessness
The piece argues Americans overwork for wealth and honor and urges gratitude on Thanksgiving 1878. It reflects on rest, homes, and moral culture, praising the home as society’s foundation and urging continued observance of holiday traditions. It also notes Wyoming’s Snake River farming and gold mining prospects, and recounts Harris's jailhouse death as a cautionary tale about crime and bad associations.
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New England
America
Snake River
Wyoming
Court notices and prison sentences from the era
The session adjourned with cases continued including Draper & Hammond v Hunt and Territory v Edwards. Several prisoners were sent to the Nebraska state penitentiary after sentencing, while a lengthy feature recounts Mary Cotts the female tramp and her tragic tale of a lost child and a broken thigh from a railroad accident.
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Draper & Hammond
J. S. Hunt
Territory
H. J. Edwards
A. Simmons
W. W. Corlatt
Dr. M
John Dubois
Dr. Schultz
Robert H. Ham
Henry R. King
Texas
A. Townsend
C. I. Crawford
Thirteenth Street
Eames’ Hotel
Chas. B. Smith
al. Spears
Carson Springs
Dubois
King
Mary Cotts
Union Pacific Road
Morris
la Grange
Mississippi
California
San Francisco
Elaine
Cotts
Leavenworth
Limes
The Snake River Mines Location Note
The Snake river rises in the Medicine Bow range and flows southwest. Its source lies about one hundred thirty miles west of Cheyenne in the mountain region. The valley of the stream is described in early geographic notes.
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Snake River
Medicine Bow Range
Cheyenne
Cattle Exports From Wyoming Surpass Million-Dollar Marks
The year sees over $3,000,000 in cattle shipped from Wyoming to eastern markets. Swan Brothers total about $230,000 and Carey Brothers over $100,000. Seasonal shipments will exceed 4,000 car loads, with value more than $200,000 over 1877, and the season is nearing close.
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Wyoming
Swan Brothers
Carey Brothers
Ilon
J. B. Adams
Carbon County
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Wm. Winton
Uinta County
Beaver Creek
Lander City
Miners’ Delight Company
James Kime
Kague
Utah
Thomas Trial
Miners’ Delight
Crow Agency
Camp Brown
Oregon
D. J. McCann
W. G. Bullock
Luke Murrin
Syn
Local Births and Marriages in Cheyenne 1878
In Cheyenne Wyoming two births are recorded on November 26 and 28 1878 both in Cheyenne at the 11 30 p m and Presbyterian parsonage. The couples wed include Mollie Meath and James Convery in Laramie county, and Mrs M J Wentworth with Geo E Parker in Laramie City. A church ceremony unites Alice Slaughter with Chas W Russell at the A M B church in Cheyenne.
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Miiasa
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank Miller
A. M
Navy
M.J. Lucas
Alice Slaughter
Chas
Russell
Thanksgiving in Cheyenne and regional notes summarize
Thanksgiving is described with bright sun and fine air. Church services are held across denominations including St Marys St Marks Union services. Hotels offered turkey dinners while homes discussed the feast. Local crime notes include Cook murder case updates and Reddy the stage robber captured and jailed. Other items report rail shipments and regional anecdotes.
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Presbyterian Church
C. M. Sanders
Congregational Church
W. H H. Gillam
Methodist
J. Y. Cowhuck
Presbyterian
Cheyenne
Nutritious Cookery Promotes Health with Dooley’s Yeast Powder
A homemaker’s guide extols light easily digested nutritious cookery using Dooley's Yeast Powder. It promises elegant white bread rolls biscuits cake and corn bread waffles muffins buckwheat delights achievable in every household.
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Dooley
Denver woman of beauty linked to San Francisco forgery case
A man named G Saville, once in Denver with a wife who joined Lost society circles, is arrested in San Francisco for forgery. He allegedly caused RE Baldwin of San Francisco to buy mining stock worth 25000 with a forged letter of credit from the Union Bank of London and two ten pound notes. He denies guilt and claims threats from C Joy of the Rocky Mountain detective association.
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G. Saville
Denver
San Francisco
RE. J. Baldwin
Union Bank
London
Bank of California
Saville
New York
St. Louis
Boston
C. Joy
Rocky Mountain Detective Association
Trial verdict in Deadwood murder case of Mrs Callison
The Deadwood jury, described as composed of reputable business men, acquits or convicts M. L. Cook in the Mrs Callison homicide trial. A distinguished defense team led by top Deadwood lawyers argued the case, highlighting the defendant's prior community standing before suspicion arose.
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Cook
Deadwood
M. L. Boughton
BE. B. Miller
Cheyenne
Letter to the Editor Criticizes Sun Over Language
An Cheyenne reader labeled ICONOCLAST decries the Sun for misquoting and distorting his statements about editorials. He denounces the paper’s tone, defends another editor, and vows to end public controversy if misrepresentation continues.
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Sun
Lesber IL
The
Cheyenne
W. T
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Wheely
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
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J. W. Iliff
Iliff
Chicago
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Telegraph
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Salt Lake Tribune
Brigham Young
Congress
Washington
P. S. Reed
Colorado Central
Golden Round-House
North Table Mountain
Jampana
O' Leary Tnth Walking
Wetersburg
Jawkins
Zouaves
Barnum
Bridgeport
Tie
Harris
Laramie City
New Jersey
Tleve
Young Me
Bate
Steven Wother
LAW
A. M. Hieburch
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Cusson
Father Hayes
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
O' Ceillotson
W. G. Elliott
Inter Ocean
T. Dyer
Dyer
Railroad
Key City House
Delmonico Hotel
Metropolitan
Simmons
J.T. Clark Hose
McDaniels
New Hall
Eddy Street
T. A. Davis
J. N. Keller
A. 2B. Kingsbury
OC. G. Dickenson
J. N. Deitrick
A. M. Baker
Joseph Grainger
J. E. Davis
A. M. Ladd
Joseph McGonigle
J. 0. Kimball
Samuel Sterley
T. A. Burke
Hriszoro
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Simm
Robert Meinney
Reddy
J. R. Marshall
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Tts
Toledo
A. T. Babbitt
Laramie
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Cheyenne Pass
Bard
Egbert
Fort Laramie
Hat Creek
Lower Horse Creek
Upper Horse Creek
Laramie River
Pine Bluff
Pole Creek
Albany County
Shermin Peace
North
South Fork
Albany
Arbon
Downey's
St. Mary’s
South Bend
Iconoclus
Leader
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Minager
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Imoney
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