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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1876
Page
16
A 1876 Cheyenne notice lists transient advertisement rates per line for daily and weekly publications, with pricing per insertion and time plans. It also includes editorial guidance requiring writers to sign with their name for correspondence and states unsigned or dual-sided submissions will be discarded.
Mail arrivals and departures schedule for the Post Office with opening hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Sundays and Sundays one hour after Western mail arrival. Mails close times listed for Western Eastern Denver routes and agency mail. Postmaster H Glafcke signs the notice.
A patchwork of items from Ogden to Wyoming. Stowe dies of smallpox. Bramel’s rye-full club fail. election costs $599.40. Sioux delegation returns from Indian Territory. Teller and Chaffee shuffled on committees. county board closings. Bold claims of gold claims on Deadwood. Black Hills territory bill introduced.
The Evanston Age reports a telegram received at Green River last Thursday evening stated that the hotel owned by Mr. Kime of Miners Delight and several other structures at South Pass City were burned.
The Sioux delegation led by Dr. J. W. Daniels and E. A. Toward arrived Sunday morning after a southern trip. They traveled west by noon train toward Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Agencies and expressed satisfaction with conditions in the Indian Territory.
The report outlines a one month leave for Second Lieutenant F W Sib ley of the Second Cavalry at Fort Sanders and duties for Privates Robt Berkmire and F H Burgess of the 5th Cavalry with the band at Fort Russell. It also notes army transportation cuts and local court actions after a fatal shooting on Main Street. A letter from Paris mentions Black Hills gold dust and potential shipments to Stebbins Post & Co. Personal items mention Mrs Warren returning home from the East and Frank Ecoffey visiting LEADER amid his brother’s funeral news.
Confectioner Mr IL Hr Ellis debuts a five-cent cigar in Eddy street store. The Havana tobacco filled smoke, wrapped in domestic leaf, allegedly rivals fifteen or twenty cent brands. Ellis, Baltimore firm’s agent, offers five dollars per hundred or forty five dollars per thousand for orders.
Gen. Crook’s entire command departed Fort Reno and heads to the Little Powder to establish a supply camp and pursue hostiles as needed. Sitting Bull reportedly commands about 400 lodges and Crazy Horse roughly 70 lodges, a fighting strength of 1500 to 2000. Rations extend to about January 1.
The record notes a court martial for Col. Joseph J. Reynolds with a detailed list of officers, plus North Star Lodge No. 19 elections, installation and a Masonic address. It also covers official vote canvassing in Wyoming Territory with Corlett and Steele race results across multiple counties and a detailed list of advertised letters at Cheyenne post office.
An advertisement warns against trifling with a cough and claims to heal the lungs and relieve breathing. It touts Harm’s Henry or Harmound and TAR as a quick cure, promising a perfect result after a few doses. It also touts Pike’s toothache Drops and H Kennedy’s Hemlock Dip for skin disease and vermin with dubious guarantees.
A notice touts The Perfection sewing machine as superior, simple, cheap and durable with a three year warranty. J W Sanderson is named as Cheyenne agent for pricing and attachments and also represents White Sewing Machine Co patent street lamps. letters to him receive prompt attention.
A displaced phrase records a meeting where chairpersons and sheriffs took oaths as part of a regional committee's proceedings. The text references the Oregon area and a postponed action, with emphasis on formal commitments.
A fragmented report outlines a committee discussion on reducing counts and submitting amendments. Names like Ed and Philad appear amid references to a Bay position and a cancer presid entition, with mentions of orders, commissions, and electoral procedures.
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