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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
18
Fragmentary OCR text mentions IER and powder and condition, unclear specifics. Likely a brief item noting a product issue or furniture related note, but readable content is insufficient to confirm entities or a clear event.
A fire at 2 o clock this morning wiped out Londoner’s grocery, Horsnyder’s dry goods store, and several smaller shops in Leadville. Total loss estimated at 27000 dollars with about half insured on goods and property.
Firefighters raced to Cape Vincent as the St. Lawrence hotel burned, a high wind fanning the blaze and threatening the whole block. Loss is estimated at 75 000 dollars as crews fight the blaze. Ottawa reports Canada’s cattle and sheep exports surging with 55 674 cattle and 113 725 sheep shipped to December 31.
The capture of Khartoum is unfounded. Turkish officers ordered for service in Soudan consent to join Baker Pasha's expedition. All English non-commissioned officers in Egypt volunteer to go to the front amid strong troop enthusiasm.
In Chicago on November 28 the representatives of the five Iowa pool roads discussed Milwaukee & St. Paul’s demand for a percentage increase. Authorities say the parties have agreed on the main issue and the pool’s continuance is assured, though details remain undisclosed.
An explosion in the basement of Meyer Brothers wholesale drug house at about 5 PM started a fire that gutted the building. Fire engines confined the blaze but contents were nearly a total loss. Damage estimated over 200000 dollars. the watchman is reported missing.
General Passenger Agent Abbott of the New York Lake Erie & Western received from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe a forged letter pretended to be from the Erie line superintendent seeking a pass for Captain John Marsden. The letterhead and stamps were faked to appear authentic, indicating an extensive attempt to abuse western railroads. Abbott warns all lines not to honor such applications.
A car on the rear of the Boston Barre and Gardner train plunged down a sixty foot embankment after leaving North Worcester station. Between twenty and thirty passengers were aboard the car, and thirty seven were seriously injured. Surgeons rush to the scene and the wounded are being brought to Worcester for treatment. Some victims are sent to homes as the investigation continues.
Strikes ripple through Bradford with 2500 workers thrown out as 60 spinners walk out. In northeast Lancashire 75000 cotton operatives vow to resist a 6 percent wage cut, raising fears of a large scale strike.
A mob planned to tar and feather Tru man J. Smith of Watertown after he assaulted his wife over having only daughters. Smith fired at the crowd, injuring two, and dispersed the party.
Tokyo foreign minister says Japan aims to open its interior to foreign trade and have only foreigners using privileges under Japanese courts. The plan requires revising existing treaties and abolishing foreign legal jurisdiction in open ports.
In Lake, Illinois, Frits Rummel, a local butcher, shot Emma La Veuve in the head after an altercation and then killed himself with a revolver. The motive cited is La Veuve’s desertion for another man who was married with four children in California and recently divorced.
In Toronto on November 28 a Globe special reports non elected officers circulated complaints as shareholders largely abstained from voting. New directors were elected by one proprietor, Donald Smith, with the old directors ready to bow to the decision if the changes satisfy the proprietors but deem an explanation necessary.
New York reports Senator Anthony suffering a severe illness last night described as arsenic convulsions tied to Bright's disease. He regained consciousness and showed marked improvement, with doctors hopeful for a quiet night and a speedy recovery barring further convulsions.
Chicago reports the state legislature’s habitual criminal act allows maximum penalties for each offense after prior convictions. William Sullivan, already jailed for shooting at an officer and burglary, faced trial for burglary and received twenty years from the jury.
A disastrous blaze in Rat Portage yesterday destroyed much of the business district of Ontario and Manitoba. Rival factions united to save property. A keg of gunpowder exploded to hinder the fire, shattering glass and injuring many. Dozens face destitution as relief committees and donations rise.
A retired physician claims a simple vegetable remedy cures consumption bronchitis catar rh asthma and all throat and lung afflictions as well as nervous debility and nervous complaints. He offers to mail the recipe free in German French or English to any reader who writes with a stamp and names the paper to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
The London Truth notes Mormon missionaries from Utah have worked six months in western counties, converting many rural residents. Many converts reportedly go to Utah while others await departure to the promised land. The piece denounces Mormonism as a hoax still attracting recruits from Europe and America.
The New York illustrated paper endorses the Titusville Herald plan for holding the Republican national convention next year at Chautauqua. It argues the location is central and convenient with adequate hotels and a hall able to seat 10 000 attendees.
A section gang of five men on a hand car returning home on the Indiana Bloomington and Western railroad near Bethesda was overtaken by a construction engine running wild. William Clay and Michael McCormorick were killed, William Mortimore severely injured and others slightly hurt.
Jacksonville report states the Ocala blaze was more destructive than first believed. Two thirds of the business places and five residences burned as daylight lamp toppled in a store and a northeast wind drove flames around the public square. Losses cited: Joss 200000 Burnice 80000.
Mary A. Green, a wealthy recluse, was burned to death in her Louisville home last night. Investigators believe a candle ignited her clothing since no one was present. she was found seated in a chair amid a room showing signs of a fierce struggle.
In Macon Georgia November 30 an 18 year old negro Am brose Weat convicted of murdering James Monroe in Worth county on September 19 was hanged before about 2000 people. He was taken from the Albany jail to Isabella. The first execution failed when the rope broke. after an hour the noose was reset and he died as the trap fell.
Richmond Stuart a colored man was hanged in Shreveport Louisiana in front of about four thousand spectators many traveling from great distances. He led in prayer sang a hymn and proclaimed his innocence to the end. The drop was eight feet breaking his neck.
Joseph Jewell, among three who killed M. P. Benowden in March for his earnings, was hanged in San Jose. He claimed the act was a mystery beyond money. The drop did not break his neck, he struggled briefly, and died ten minutes later. Two accomplices' fates differ: one testified and received a light sentence, the other faces death.
Store advertises new men’s hats at Cowhick and Whitcomb’s with legal blanks featured at the Liranxi office. The notice highlights fashion offerings and a location tied to the hat shop.
In Memphis on November 30 a skiff carrying nine Little Rock railroad hands capsized after hitting a coal fleet in fog. Eight were rescued by nearby skiff men. Fred West died soon after rescue. Harry Myers remains missing.
Reported in New Haven that Winchester Arms Company of New Haven Union Metal Cartridge Company of Bridgeport and a large Lowell Massachusetts company have formed a syndicate to control United States cartridge manufacturing. Bridgeport plant employs about 1500 operatives and Winchester employs a nearly equal number with many more on gun production.
A fire in the Windsor theatre on the Bowery in New York destroyed the structure before midnight. The blaze quickly spread to adjacent buildings, threatening Cristie Street tenements. The theatre, opened about eighteen years ago, seated many from poorer eastern city districts and was deemed unsafe by fire and police officials.
The co partnership between James W Hanna and William McCaulley under HANNA and McCAULLEY is dissolved by mutual consent. William McCaulley assumes all rights of the firm and its members. Denver, Colorado. October 31, 1883.
Notice records in Cheyenne Wyoming dated November 15 1883 that the partnership Hanna Anderson Campbell dissolves by mutual consent and the firm McCaulley Anderson Campbell is organized to succeed to all the properties and interests of W McCaulley Anderson Brothers C A Campbell in Cheyenne.
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