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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1882
Page
7
Weekly Leader items note Mrs Langtry's wardrobe costs eight thousand dollars and Chicago's fountain at fifty thousand. A Newark teacher finds pistols on a pupil. a Pullman policy blocks locks in ladies rooms. Reports on smoking in Boston schools, eccentric fashion, and a maritime boardinghouse death. Also mentions Hansom cabs, a sea captain severed from a crew, and a Corea king’s confession of sins with broad social observations.
The article discusses how refrigerated cars could offset drawbacks of meat shipping by rail. Refrigerators enable westward fruit, fish, eggs, vegetables, and beer to move, not just dressed beef. The Northern Pacific has built ten refrig erator cars for winter beef shipments, proving feasibility.
The article surveys imitation stained glass, square tables on central columns with carved lion motifs, mingled mahogany use, lambrequins in terra cotta plush, raw silk bedrooms with colored satin, blue filoseille embroidery, and new tea-table cloths with timepieces set to 5 o'clock. It notes Moorish designs, damask transom decorations, 25 cent single figures, and esthetic hat-stands with glass centers and ebonized frames.
Antelope remain plentiful in the North park with an estimated value up to 250000. A wholesale sheep shearing outfit will open in Laramie with sheds and 2500 to 3000 sheep daily capacity. Texas cattle losses on 3 year olds reach 50 to 70 percent. calves lose 15 to 20. American work oxen from Deadwood to Pierre now offered as beef cattle. Wool prices show choice medium 27 to 80 cents, fine 25, lower grades 20 to 24. Total sales 216900 pounds. Farmers urged to sell small clips locally. manufacturers refuse lower prices.
The Pottsville coal mine in Pennsylvania is the deepest in America at 1576 feet. From the bottom, a daily hoist lifts 200 cars of four tons each on a platform, taking just over a minute per car. Regulations limit men on the platform to ten at a time under heavy fines, though accidents cannot be entirely prevented.
Curated snippet collection features foreign commentary on fashion, law, humor and society. Notes mention Allgood clothes, Boyle’s law curiosity, women’s wit, rubber rings in New York, jury independence, bonnet gossip, a novelsake joke, art losses, and a Chinese minister’s wife adapting American dress in Washington.
The fading comet remains of interest to astronomers worldwide as it nears the sun. Observations from Dudley Observatory place the tail at 18 degrees and a head over 100000 miles long while brightness dims. The object may stay visible until January and its return within any present lifetime is uncertain.
A description extols the enduring fragrance and rich flowery odor of Florestan Cologne as a beloved addition to ladies’ toilet tables. The piece highlights its lasting scent and decorative appeal for personal use.
On a southern train a group of men crowded a young woman’s seat and a Cincinnati drummer fell for her tales. She charmed him into sharing stories and her address before slipping away with his ring and watch after he learned of the ruse. Police search fails.
The article argues for transferring management of Yellowstone to private leaseholders under government oversight and condemns animal slaughter in the park. It discusses extending the park east to Cedar Mountain with a north south line, increasing area by 3344 square miles and adjusting boundaries to the forty fourth parallel, affecting the southern limit.
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