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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1878
Page
16
A collection of brief Cheyenne area items notes warnings about counterfeit Mexican dollars, poison in stockings, and social changes. It reports one prisoner in the calaboose, praise for the LEADER calendar for 1879, and various local updates from Cheyenne, Battle Creek, and nearby towns including post office closures and school make-up days.
A former Kentucky millionaire's wife, once known for beauty and social prominence, falls from grace after the 1873 panic. Unable to face poverty, she travels from Chicago to Burlington and Omaha, ending with a grim, hopefulless future as she wanders the continent.
Six men in masks robbed women of jewelry and took several hundred dollars from men in a Cheyenne dance hall during early November. A victim observed a masked man and one robber’s mask slipped, hinting at identity. Greene asserts an alibi for the man. Rev. W H Gillam visited the public school Friday, praising teachers and Cheyenne’s educational facilities and urging sustained effort.
A distressed youth in Ferguson Street entered a shop yesterday afternoon and begged forgiveness for his condition. He knelt before the proprietor and then the senior clerk, offering to sign his own death warrant. To calm him, the clerk devised a practical joke involving a death warrant.
The wounded road agent Tom Price at Deadwood is not under arrest and could leave the hospital at any time if able. His partners McLaughlin and Mansfield were hanged by vigilantes. Price had confessed to involvement in the Cariboo Idaho robbery as his expected death neared. Idaho officers are urged to act promptly if they want him.
Three Williams brothers from New York City fired at conductor Woodruff and baggage man Wesson in Pine Bluffs on Saturday. They appeared before Justice Fisher after a preliminary examination and were bound over, $1,000 each, for the district court term. All were found armed.
The article reports on varied religious developments and public notices: Sankey’s reception in England. Andover Seminary’s $50,000 gift. Geneva and France shifts toward Protestantism. new Baptist church in Rome near Valle theater. a life of Bishop Summins to be published. Sheffield hosts a Church of England Funeral and Mourning Reform association. Kentucky colored Baptists plan a Louisville normal and theological school. Southern Methodists fund debt on their publishing house. It also covers drought and public health advisories about diphtheria and sanitation, Indian bureau critique by Dr. McGillycuddy, wagon-train logistics, and military dispatches around Red Cloud post with Indian labor and transport issues.
The new Catholic church near completion stands as a handsome western temple. It measures 93 by 42 feet with 25 foot walls and 52 foot to roof, six 10 by 3 foot windows each side, granite steps, an 18 by 6 foot vestibule, and galleries 42 by 13 feet. Main room seats 500, chancel 42 by 14, sanctuary 14 by 14. contractors push work, 4000 tons reportedly destroyed, reward offered for local crime. Colorado Central train changes announced at Hazard with arrival Cheyenne about 2:50 and departure 3:15. Prof Jenney tours Rochford district deeming it central quartz belt, ore low-grade but abundant, predicting Rochford’s prominence in Black Hills mining.
Col J B Poland of the Sixth Infantry now commands Infantry Barracks at Fort Lincoln while Col Tilford and Capt Edgerly of the Seventh Cavalry go East for winter. Lieut Col Otis will command at Standing Rock during winter. Capt De Russy Maj Sanger and Dr Cerard have been at Fort Lincoln briefly. First Lieut John Harrold died at Fort Dodge on the 27th ult. Sunter of the US Army left for Ohio on leave. Acting Surgeon Flint and Hospital Steward Livingston at Camp Robinson ordered to Spotted Tail agency. Cass’s confinement term remitted after court martial at Camp Sheridan. Third Cavalry Companies H and M reassigned to Camp Robinson and Sid ney Barracks. Lieut Mason of the Fourth Infantry granted one month leave. Yellowstone troops pursue straggling bands of gods in that valley. A special from the region follows.
A post office has been established at Sturgis City Dakota Territory with Charles Collins as postmaster. Also noted a marriage license near-miss, a northern militia organized, and various local incidents including a death sentence for Carl Hanson and hay fires near Camp Keogh.
Edwin H. Byron, who arrived with his wife Madam Rita months ago and lived in Colorado Springs and Denver, has joined the Cheyenne Sun editorial staff. His first contributions appeared last evening. As a poet he shows merit, and the piece notes hope for reform in his past life and a more lucrative, less vexatious career in journalism.
Elizabeth Reynolds formerly of Newark N J wed John Chase of Cheyenne at the Episcopal parsonage in Cheyenne Wyoming on Sunday December 8 1878. The couple receive congratulations on their new partnership for life. Henrietta Deynick wed Henry Chambers at the bride's home in Cheyenne Wyoming on Tuesday December 10 1878 by Rev J Y Cowhick.
A homemaker highlights Dooley's Yeast Powder as essential for reliably light biscuits cakes rolls and bread, promoting wholesome nutritious results in the kitchen.
Major holiday stock includes majolica ware Dresden china Spade ware hand decorated china pianos organs music stands and racks chromos and paintings jardiniers flower stands wood carvings and luxurious furniture all offered at low prices to reduce stock before inventory January 1 by F E Warren at 874 876 and 378 Sixteenth Street.
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