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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1878
Page
8
The weekly Leader reports new coal fields near Deadwood and notes on local church, temperance efforts, and crime. It mentions a robbery in Omaha, construction booms, railroad rumors, and a Deadwood jail cell air issue. Also covers cattle theft, a mastodon tooth find, and community events in Cheyenne and Fort Buford.
In a Cheyenne press letter J P Coulton accuses the Sun of misrepresentation and cowardice, details his firing, salary gains, and expects readers to see the editor as overbearing. The message ends with a firm pledge to ignore further personal attacks.
The Sidney Plaindealer cor respondent reports Camp Robinson remains generally healthy though uncertain long term security. Cowboys drop by causing lively skirmishes near old buildings while hay prices are expected to rise with winter demand. Cheyennes are guarded, dances occur, and both squaws and white gallants show enthusiasm. Sutlers anticipate a good season and stock up.
The article argues advertising sustains public patronage and urges liberality in spending. It notes twenty Nez Perce Indians from Fort Lapwai escorted by Captain Dempsey and ten soldiers on a westbound train to the Indian Territory.
A Cheyenne gentleman issued a public challenge to A. D. Balcom of Denver to a telegraph checkers match. Balcom accepted promptly. The game was played by telegraph with spectators in Denver and Cheyenne, Balcom taking the first move. Balcom won the contest.
General George Crook in an interview on the Indian question argues unsettled affairs persist. He says stock theft by whites threatens Sioux retaliation and foresees possible war after ponies are stolen and sold openly at Ogalalla and other places. He urges stock men to stop ponies from being taken to protect both sides.
A lively fight erupted near Eddy and Sixteenth streets in the early hours Sunday between two women. Hair and jewelry flew during the fracas until Judge Bean intervened and arrested both participants.
In Cheyenne the city council met at city hall with Mayor Bresnahen presiding and members present. The session approved minutes, referred a tax rebate petition to finance, approved bills including salaries for several officials, and passed the city election ordinance after minor amendments. The council adjourned to meet in two weeks.
The Leader defends its journalistic duty amid disputes with contemporaries including the Sun. It accuses the Sun of boorish attacks on Wyoming’s people and says the Leader corrected manners and grammar, while noting its own circulation growth and broad readership.
A concise history traces Thanksgiving from Plymouth 1621 through its evolving national status. It notes early regional observances, proclamations by governors and presidents, and the festival’s growth into a nationwide occasion. The piece cites Lincoln era proclamations and later federal and state observances, ending with a school program including solos and a benediction.
The performer known as Mazeppa and nicknamed the fiery untamed steed troubled Indianapolis crowds after trying to shoot Hogan McCarthy behind the Metropolitan theatre. Police sought her at her room but she fled through back doors into alleys and boarded a Kankakee train a few miles from the city.
A new corporation filed articles of association in Colorado aiming to build a railroad from Georgetown to Deadwood. Trustees for year one are Delaney Spruance Monti Fish and Weston, mostly of Georgetown, with capital stock set at 3 million dollars. The plan covers construction operation and maintenance of lines including depots shops and branches across Colorado and neighboring territories.
At a regular conclave of Wyoming commandery No. 1 K T held last night at their asylum in this city, officers were elected for the coming year. E P Snow was chosen E C, W B Trufant Generalissimo, W F Hosford C G, J Y Cowhick Prelate, W P Gannett 5 W, G B Stimpson J W, J S Taylor Treas, C F Miller Rec, C P Organ St B, W I Seeley Sw B, A If Reel Warder.
A large audience attended the Congregational church Sabbath school entertainment on Sunday night. The programme included a school song, recitations by Eddie Towse and Maud Wuerdon, and a quartet selection.
Velvet in demand and France employing 80 000 school teachers appear alongside new bonnet trims with fur and thick chenille boas indoors. A fan adorned with fresh flowers, linen collars for traveling suits, and gold ribbon bands describe Parisian fashion. Ann Eliza Young lectured at Port Huron Michigan on a cuff button design resembling parchment and a quill. A French belt buckle design shows a lizard with ruby roses.
The advertisement touts Brown's Cough Balsam for coughs colds and incipient consumption noting it contains no opiates and aids irritation and expectoration. It also promotes Brown's Tar Troches for voice hoarseness and sore throat with a 25 cent price. Arnica Salve and other Brown's family medicines are sold by local Cheyenne stores G W Hoyt Addams & Glover and Hurlbut Bros.
A Newark man visited store No 7 Sixth Avenue New York to thank the proprietor for Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar after his wife reportedly recovered from a lung illness. He said one bottle eased breathing and six restored her ability to work. Also notes Pike's Toothache drops and Wyoming Armory arms available.
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