Town notes on business and plans in Cheyenne
Weekly Leader reports a busy Cheyenne scene with new offices, real estate dullness, and a stamp mill to produce bullion. Mentions telephones, ice conditions, power lighting plans, a forthcoming bicycle ball, grand jury talk, and a 375000 hotel project by W S Warren. Also notes Fort Laramie stores, jail visit of a forger, and rural Denver publication debut.
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Mass
District Court
Cummings
Laramie
Electric Light Company
John Linden
Fort Laramie
Jacobson
Cheyenne
Sidney Smith
Omahas Isl
W. S. ‘Warren
Omaha Republican
W.S. Warren
Fort Cameron
Utah
Rocky Mountain Rural
Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Mesere, Johnson & ‘Outhill
Wyoming News Roundup From Evanston to Laramie
The Evanston Chieftain notes a three company fire brigade and a Chinese community building a Masonic temple. Rock Springs coal output reaches about 100 cars daily with Carbon about 75. Laramie plans a second Gramm Hose masquerade for Holliday's opera house dedication. River City eyes a building boom and hopeful prosperity.
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Evanston
Laramie
Gramm Hose Company
Holliday
Opera House
Colorado Hail Insurance Company Formed in Fort Collins
Wealthy northern Colorado gentlemen organize the Colorado Hail Insurance Company to cover crop losses from hail. Capital set at 150000 dollars with principal office in Fort Collins. The company aims to insure at least several thousand acres of crops next year.
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Colorado
Colorado Hail Insurance Company
Fort Collins
Yellowstone Park Improvements Underway for Summer Visitors
A large force is at work in Yellowstone Park preparing timber, lime and brick kilns, and general facilities for the hotel company's plans. Work aims to be ready for visitors by June 1. Billinges Herald reports the project as spring preparations for enhanced tourism.
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pRellowstone Park
Yellowstone Park
Billinges Herald
Madame Nilsson on Train to San Francisco
Madame Christine Nilsson the renowned contralto travels by train from the east to San Francisco with twenty in her party and manager Henry Abbey. She goes unseen by many passengers, walking the depot platform and speaking English with a soft foreign accent.
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Madame Christine Nilsson
Henry E. Abbey
New York
San Francisco
Madame Nilsson
Miss Glenn
Fort Collins ward plans and wheat prices noted
COLORADO NOTES reports Berthoud farmers getting eighty cents a bushel for wheat at the railway station. A Fort Collins census proposal could create wards if 2000 residents are shown. A church gable collapse damages the Episcopal building at Fort Collins.
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Berthoud
Fort Collins
Fort Collins Episcopal Church
Man and sheep clash ends with kill in Whisky Gap
Adam John, driving through Whisky Gap in Carbon county, approached a large mountain sheep and caught it by a hind leg after a spring. The sheep escaped but was knocked down and killed with the help of a bystander. Horns measured thirty six and a half inches long and fifteen and a half inches in circumference.
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Adam John
Whisky Gap
Carbon County
Adam
Territorial Board of Canvassers Meets in Cheyenne
The Territorial Board of Canvassers met December 6 1882 in Cheyenne to open and canvass the November 7 returns. Sweetwater county was missing a proper copy of the abstract. the board adjourned to December 27 1882 to obtain the correct return without affecting outcomes.
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Territorial Board of
Cheyenne
B. S. N. Morgan
Territory
Jesse Knight
Territorial
J. D. Freeborn
Sterling Birmingham
Sweetwater
Sweetwater County
Territorial Board
Tom Sun's Ranch Described From Far Wyoming Frontier
The account outlines Tom Sun's ranch about sixty-five miles north of Rawlins with a two day wagon journey, sparse settlements, and striking ridges. It details the Sweetwater river crossing, a protective fence layout, the rugged landscape, the main log building with boarding, five rooms, animal hides as rugs, multiple outbuildings, a 5000 head herd, and brand marks Sun & Johnson and Sun & Co.
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Tom Sun
Rawlins
Sun’s Ranch
Seminoe Mountains
Ferris Range
Sweetwater Range
Sweetwater
Tom
Cheyenne
Smith’s
Sun & Johnson
Sun & Co
Artesian Well Strikes Water at Akron Depth Thirty-Eight Feet
At Akron an artesian well reached water after passing through sod and gravel eight feet thick. An exhaustible stream of water is reported, signaling a promising breakthrough. The Denver Tribune notes prophets of Colorado foresee the desert east of the Rockies blossoming as a result. Groundwork on artesian wells marks the start of expected prosperity.
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Akron
Denver
Denver Tribune
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Hair Thread Recalled From Historic Plea Fragment
A fragmentary line from a historical plea describes a woman's hair as a fragile, single thread. Found today, the text evokes memory and loss with imagery of a hair’s thread linking past and present. The readable portion hints at themes of identity and fleeting time.
Military Matters and Courts Martial At Fort D A Russell and Fort Laramie
Leave of absence for one month to take effect about the 16th inst is granted First Lieutenant Charles G Penney regimental quartermaster 6th infantry Captain Walter Reed assigned as attending surgeon at Omaha A general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort D A Russell Wyo on December 11 for the trial of Private John J Lusk and other prisoners The court detail includes Captains Mears Pollock Coolidge and Augur and Lieutenants Woodbridge Reed Noyes Baldwin and Frederick Also a general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort Laramie Wyo on December 11 for the trial of Private John O Howard and other prisoners The detail for this court includes Captains Sanno Williams Augur London Young and Frederick and Lieut Danial A Frederick
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Charles G. Penney
6Th Infantry
Walter Reed
United States Army
Omaha
Fort D.A. Russell
Wyo
John J. Lusk
9Th Infantry
Frederick Mears
Edwin Pollock
Charles A. Coolidge
Francis Woodbridge
Wm. I. Reed
Charles R. Noyes
John A. Baldwin
Fort Laramie
John O. Howard
5Th Cavalry
James M. J. Sanno
7Th Infantry
Constant Williams
Jacob A.augur
Robert London
George S. Young
Daniel A. Frederick
Sun Dance Murder Trial Set for January 16
The district court judge set the trial of Cornish for January 16 in Cheyenne. Prosecutors insisted the murder occurred in Wyoming, not Dakota, despite venue rumors. A Wyoming polling place ten miles east of the crime scene was noted, and the venue change gossip was dismissed.
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Cornish
District Court
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Dakota
Laramie Hopes for Soda Works and Local Industry
The Laramie Sentinel extols prospects of soda works in Laramie and argues benefits for soap works glass making and other industries. It notes available resources including fire clay coal sand and flux grade soda and predicts rapid succession of related enterprises such as paper mills woolen mills smelting works and other factories spurred by soda production and its uses.
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The
Laramie
New Arrivals Bring Ten Girls to City Hotel
Fred Parsons of Beloit arrived Friday to serve as steward of the Union Pacific railroad house. He brings ten girls to work in the dining room and other areas. It is understood all but two will vote the democratic ticket next fall. We welcome Parsons and the party to our city.
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Fred Parsons
Beloit
Union Pacific Railroad House
Parsons
Wool Market Falters as Buyers Hold Back in Boston
The Market for Wool by Walter Brown Co reports a dull period with little trade activity despite weekly sales. Territorial and western unwashed wools sell in liberal amounts with values easing, while fleece wools are retained for potential improvements. Copper fields emerge as valuable discoveries in Adams and Franklin counties, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Walter Brown & Co
Boston
Territorial
Texas
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Adams
Franklin Counties
Cheyenne Rail Center Vies for Growth as a Queen City
Cheyenne officials and residents debate transforming the city into a major rail hub. Rail expansions at Union Pacific facilities, new machine and engine shops, and a growing roundhouse are underway, with hundreds employed. A crucial water irrigation plan is urged to sustain future growth and attract northern emigration.
Revenge at Railroad House Sparks Waiter Dismissals
A party of girls brought to the city for the Railroad house dining room led to white waiter dismissals. Two men known as Doc and Billy, unhappy with the outcome, dumped the stove and stove-pipe on a bed in a shared room before going to the bar. Officer Thompson arrested the involved parties.
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Billy
Thompson
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Uinta County
Oregon Short Line Railway
Frank Hewitt
Laramie City
Dan Sharpe
Rock Springs
Cummins
Tivanston
River City
Central Pacific
Ogden
the Herald
Colorado Notes
Greeley
Denver Express
Hayes
Samuel Marsh
Fairplay
Territorial Board of Canvassers
Wo. Hale
N. Morean
Wyoming Territory
Per J. D
Freeborn
J. Sterling Birmingham
Tom Mun
Mis
Chexenne
Union Pacific
R. M’dougall
Round House
Laramie County
Phila
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