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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1876
Page
16
A December 21 1876 local leaflets note scarce vacant houses amid cold and snow receding on bluffs and a hopeful ice crop. The piece quotes social quips on Santa Claus education and weddings while detailing minor local incidents including a District court non verdict in Parks case and a breakfast theft of overcoat items. It ends with praise for Mrs Corlett’s musical soirée and list of performers.
Old settler Benjamin Ward dies near Crow Creek after disappearing from his ranch trip. Coroner to hold inquest at 10 this morning. funeral to follow funded by local friends. Ward, age seventy, left Magic City with son Seth Ward years earlier and was found stiff and cold on the prairie, likely thrown from his horse amid winter cold.
General Order No 8 dated Oct 24 at Camp Robinson praises troops for harsh marches without food or shelter. It notes Indian warfare as dangerous and thankless while criticizing federal recognition and calling for military control of agencies to monitor loyalty and reduce unknown hostiles.
Leave of absence for Captain J D Devin is granted while Lieutenant Taylor’s company moves to Sage Creek. Major Thornburg retires to duty elsewhere. several officers on court martial duty to North Platte. Recruiting drives send 160 to Fort Sanders and 90 to Fort Laramie. Idaho Statesman calls for dissolving Idaho’s government. A fire in Council Bluffs destroys rail offices and a hotel injuring Daniel Duffrey. John Cummins returns with ore assays of 527, 825, and 237 silver per ton from Merrit Lode No 1 and other holdings in the Black Hills.
A clipped definition explains bull-dozing as actions by Democratic secret societies in Louisiana and Mississippi known as the White League. Members whipped suspected Black Republicans after issuing join-or-swear notices, with lashes ranging to hundreds. The term bull-doze evolves from this brutality into common slang.
Private letter from Gen Crook’s command praises Indian allies led by Lieutenants Clark Delaney and Schuyler for courage in the Cheyenne village attack led by Gen Mackenzie. It notes Sharp Nose from Red Cloud Agency as host and lauds Mackenzie’s direct, risky leadership and his valued service against hostile tribes along the frontier.
The wedding of Rudolph Glover and Anna Julian Hurlbut took place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. D. N. Allen officiating. The couple, connected to Addams & Glover and Hurlbut Brothers, received many elegant gifts and departed for a wedding breakfast with guests.
An incendiary fire Monday morning razed the small Germania hotel at Sidney Neb. The structure burned to the ground with an estimated loss of 7000 dollars and insurance of 1000 dollars. Had a breeze occurred the out houses and railroad building might have burned as well.
The Laramie Sentinel reports a Cheyenne man died instantly after a fall in front of the Union Pacific water tank yesterday at 3 45 p m A telegraph check confirmed his identity and that he had been at the Inter Ocean hotel earlier preparing a corn on the foot of an impulsive mule
The Montana board of canvassers led by the governor United States marshal and territorial treasurer reported the delegate to Congress race. Beaverhead Maginnis Democrat led Leavitt Republican in all counties except one with majorities from 4 to 207. Territory total 6 807 Maginnis majority 847.
A Boise City resident, described as the noblest work of God, sent a letter to General Ticket Agent Kimball in December 1876 confessing a ten year freight car ride from Shell Creek to the North Platte fork without pay. He offered to repay the fare, noting it totaled $21.50 in 1867.
Court proceedings include People vs Walter Parks with jury impasse likely as four favor conviction and eight favor acquittal. Upton vs Kent allows motion for new trial. Upton vs Woolley ends with plaintiff verdict of 1875. George Gray found guilty of grand larceny and sentenced to one year. Elsner vs Elsner default leads to master testimony. Wilson vs Knight et al on trial docket. various civil cases on trial docket. Court adjourned to 9 a.m. Thursday.
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