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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1876
Page
8
A quirky weekly note notes vacancy rates and frosty weather, ponders leap year fashions, Santa Claus inserts, and turkeys fearing Christmas. It reports cold snaps, snow receding, and warns about diary prefaces and frugal living while listing local social events and oddities from Moritz Meyer to Tim Dyer’s breakfast thefts.
Old settler Benjamin Ward dies in harsh winter. He vanished after leaving for E. W. Whitcomb’s ranch and was found dead on the prairie near Fort Russell, likely thrown from a horse and left to the cold. Coroner to hold an inquest. funeral to be paid by local friends. The piece mentions Ward’s son Seth and the family’s Colorado link.
General Order No 8 presents Crook praising troops for hardship, endurance, and discipline in Indian warfare. The text analyzes the Broken Treaty of 1868 with Sioux, notes federal restraint, and discusses Red Cloud Agency loyalties and Black Hills occupation. It cites troop reinforcements and military control of agencies to monitor peaceable Indians.
Leave of absence granted to Capt. J. D. Devin. Lieut. Taylor's company moves to Sage Creek. Major Thornburg transfers to the Platte. Generals Smith and Flint with others attend court martial duty at North Platte. Recruiting to Fort Sanders and Fort Laramie schedules issued. Idaho Statesman favors territorial dissolution with land realignments. Fire in Council Bluffs destroys multiple rail offices and a hotel. one carpenter perishes. Ore samples from John Cummins report high silver yields. claim details and property ownership outlined.
A clipped excerpt explains bull-dozing as a practice by Democratic secret groups in Louisiana and Mississippi, notably the White League, to coerce Black voters. Suspected individuals received three notices to join, then were whipped with a bullwhip if refusing. The term bull-dose evolved into bull-doze and bull-dozers as slang.
A private letter from Gen. Crook's command credits Indian allies led by Lieutenants Clark Delaney and Schuyler as first to engage in the Cheyenne village attacked by Gen. Mackenzie. It praises Old Sharp Nose from Red Cloud Agency and commends Mackenzie's bold leadership and courage in the field.
The wedding joined Rudolph Glover, junior partner in Addams & Glover, and Anna Hurlbut sister of a local merchant in an 11:30 a.m. St Mark's Episcopal ceremony. Rev. D N Allen officiated, with Prof Moran leading Strauss' Wedding March as guests toured a lavish reception and gift list with silver, glass, and framed mementos from families and friends.
An incendiary fire Monday morning in Sidney Neb burned down Smiths Germania hotel a small building. Loss estimated at 7000 with 1000 covered by insurance. If wind had been stronger the hotel out houses and railroad building nearby might also have burned.
The Laramie Sentinel reports a Cheyenne man fell from a great height in front of the Union Pacific water tank at 3:45 p m and was killed instantly. Telegraph inquiry confirmed identity while the man stood earlier at 8:40 before the Inter Ocean hotel preparing a corn on the foot of an impulsive mule.
The Montana board of canvassers counted the territorial vote for delegate to Congress. All counties except Beaverhead-Maginnis backed Maginnis Democrat over Leavitt Republican. Majorities ranged 4 to 207, totaling 6,807 votes with Maginnis ahead by 847.
A Boise City resident described as the best specimen of the noblest work of God writes to Union Pacific agent Kimball in 1876 admitting a ten mile freight car ride from Shell Creek to the Platte fork without paying. He offers to settle the $21.50 fare, noting 1867 rates about ten cents a mile, and the officials respond with the bill and a copy of George Washington's hatchet.
District Court hearings cover People versus Walter Parks where jurors split four to eight on conviction versus acquittal. Upton versus Kent allows a motion for a new trial. Upton versus Woolley ends with a plaintiff verdict of 1875, plus a grand larceny conviction for George Gray and a pending Wilson versus Knight docket. Divorce Elsner versus Elsner nods to master testimony. court adjourns to 9 a.m. Thursday.
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