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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1876
Page
14
A digest from Cheyenne reflects on persistent dog numbers, opium, and travel hazards. mentions robberies near Las Vegas NM and Sidney station frauds. Reports snow depths on the Laramie plains, mild midwinter temps, and sleighing. Medical Bow mines show limited work with Centennial mill plans for spring.
A Fort Fred Steele note reports Oregon residents favor large feet and rugged style, while one farmer wears out fences as he moves gates daily. The piece also notes conservative voting patterns in some counties and details army staff reshuffles including Stembel taking command at North Platte and Starr relieving Pease at Fort Russell.
General Crook's force left Buffalo Springs on the 6th and arrived here the 9th and now camps in the area. A supply train departs to bring rations and forage. The march route is rough and Crook has no exact location of hostiles. He will rest several days before heading to the mouth of Little Powder river. Weather has been mild with little snow.
The excerpt cites Sioux ministers urging that annuities may help at times but do not civilize Indians, and notes Jolin translations for Nez Perces. Sheridan critiques agency control, suggests missteps led to Indian war, and describes summer campaigns as limited in success while stressing hardship on tribes.
The Denver Tribune recalls a Colorado cow with Texas horns that blocked a D. and R. G. train at twenty-five miles per hour. The engineer vented the throttle, the cow leapt from the pilot, and the engine sustained damage while the cow escaped with a small tail cut.
A tall would-be burglar was pursued by Officer Howard after a clerk changed his mind and helped corral the suspect. The report then shifts to a description of the proposed boundaries of the Territory of Black Hills, detailing coordinates along parallels and meridians from Washington.
Salt Lake resident William Dix reports a shaft fifty feet deep yielding about fifteen gallons per day of high quality lubricating oil at forty cents a gallon. Indicates potential for larger flow and plans to deepen tests. Also found a thirty two foot coal vein comparable to Rock Springs. Whence They Come notes Danes provide most recruits to Utah missions while Danish press operates in Salt Lake City amid Mormon outreach changes.
A telegram reports Louis Richard, veteran scout, left Red Cloud Agency on December 10 with 250 Sioux scouts enlisted by Col. Mason for Crook's Powder River expedition. The band will accept regular army rations and plunder from hosts as payment, and are well armed and mounted for service.
The City held a special session to close negotiations with the Union Pacific company over the town site title. John R. Duff of Boston holds a trust warrant deed and resists surrender, but the railroad offers a city guarantee against the deed. The Council approved the railroad guarantee as the most satisfactory solution and hopes for no further complications.
A Black Hills gold shield badge made by Jos lin & Park for James Mc Daniels honors Baby McDonald a fairy star who recently shone here. The star badge bears the word littlé and names donor and recipient. It will be sent to Denver by special messenger today.
Fanny Brown writes from Deadwood to The LEADER denying a prior marriage to Edward Shaughnessy and claiming she lived with him three years while supporting herself. She admits guilty pleas for a notoriety charge and asserts her rights to marry Dick Brown. Dick Brown seeks public fairness by noting he checked that Fanny was not married to Shaughnessy before their nuptials. Tue LeAprr presents both sides for readers to judge.
In this city on December 16, 1876, Mrs W C Irwin gave birth to a son who along with her husband and parents was reported well. In Laramie City on December 14, 1876, Charles D Roberts and Mattie Davis were married by Rev W E Hamilton, both of Laramie City.
A race between Thompson and Hammond is scheduled at Deer Lodge on December 16 for 100 yards with a $2,000 purse. The story also notes the Arctic death of John B. Thomas, a Helena Independent correspondent, found on a Rosebud tributary, likely due to starvation.
Notes from Northland report Mr. W. H. Hibbard’s return from Deadwood where the line was completed and celebrated by Hills citizens. James Halley named Deadwood office manager. Beaver Creek and Wolf mountains mines attract riders. Sioux delegation quarrels erupt after Indian Territory trip, Brules and Red Cloud factions clash over relocation, and Spot faction resists.
An editor declines all but the concluding stanza of a poem titled Goodnite by Aveliats. The final lines express tenderness as the speaker bids farewell and mentions wearing loneliness and weariness. The moon imagery accompanies the farewell mood.
In December 1876 Laramie Wyoming provides a column of local wit and anecdotes. It sketches drought affecting business and religion, social entertainments at Baptist, Methodist, and Episcopal societies, and a theatre scene attracting mountain workers seeking wine and merriment. It notes police fundraising failures, a livestock pound episode abandoned after public resistance, and quirky tidbits about local manners and chatter.
Churches prepare holiday events on Saturday with Christmas trees at Methodist Episcopal and other societies. The Methodist tree rises 20 feet and funds fund presents to recipients. Congregationalists plan a Santa Claus sleigh gift distribution. Also notes rail progress to Wahoo with opening by the 20th.
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