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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1882
Page
8
Readable fragments reference military terms, locations, and figures amid garbled OCR. Mentions include New York, Boston, Toledo, and references to races and winnings. Details are incoherent and cutoff, leaving multiple partial proper nouns and numbers.
In Graceville Minnesota a long spree ends with Marshal Noonan attempting to arrest John Callaghan. A blacksmith Morris intervenes as father and son flee. Four shots are fired. the father dies and the boy is fatally wounded. Crowds clash as Noonan and Morris are arrested amid lynching fears. The boy gives a dying statement but cannot name the shooter. Several arrests follow.
Fire at the Hall block, corner St Clair and Jefferson in Toledo, caused by 3 a m blaze. Losses exceed 650000 with about 500000 insured as wholesale houses and offices suffer heavy damage including Taylor Rodgers Co Wood Acklen and Ohio Central and Wabash offices.
In Chicago on December 15 authorities report Vanderbilt has emerged as the leading force behind a scheme from Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad, Youghughney and Mee- Keesport road directors to join with Philadelphia and Reading road officials. The plan calls for issuing twenty million dollars in bonds to build a new south Pennsylvania line running beside the Penna line from Pittsburg to Harrisburg and creating an extra through route from New York to Chicago.
John Redd, 22, was hanged for the 1881 murder of Lucy Lee amid a large crowd and lingering threats of lynching. James Leighton, from Ohio, was privately hanged for killing a Mexican in Dakota. his wealthy parents watched. In Chicago the Sturla case ends with a manslaughter verdict and a one year penitentiary sentence for the defendant. State troops prepare for possible glass workers riot in Malaga, Trenton.
Dublin reports that Myles Joyce and two companions were executed at 8 25. Casey and Patrick Joyce died from neck breaks while Myles Joyce perished from strangulation after a prolonged struggle. He denounced the hangman Marwood as reporters listened.
The steamer Nile Frankingston arriving from Jamaica reaches Plymouth with Westgate aboard, the man identified as the self-accused participant in the Cavendish and Burke murders.
The Post reports the Omaha company is under Northwestern control though details of transfer method whether by lease or consolidation remain unsettled. No officer resignations or new appointments are decided and Northwestern will not act for weeks. An Omaha meeting may outline preliminary steps while Northwestern 48.8 has taken no action.
The condition of Godlove Orth of Lafayette Indiana worsens daily with cancer of the throat and blood poisoning. Doctors fear he may die within days as his health declines.
New York report shows 208 business failures in the past seven days, up from 190. Eastern states 24, western 60, southern 41, middle 39, Pacific states and territories 14, Canada 18, New York City 12. Overall, weekly totals are not as large in liabilities or significance as the prior week.
In Chicago this morning the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Theresa Sturla for manslaughter with a sentence of one year in the penitentiary.
In Altoona on December 15 Parks Lemaine and two sisters died when struck by an engine last night. Police reported the victims as young people and an investigation is underway.
The steam boat St Francis Belle of the Ouachita river line sank in Bayou Bartholomew with a full cotton cargo. No lives lost. Vessel valued at 8000 dollars, insured for 4000. Cargo may be saved damaged. Fire from Kinney spread to nearby buildings. Loss estimated around 150000 dollars.
Chicago reports that after January 1 1883 no operator on the board of trade will relay market quotations to bucket shops. Col R C Clowry of Western Union confirms no quotations will be transmitted thereafter. About 2700 bucket shops nationally use Chicago figures, and the move could close them all.
Louisville December reports reveal 222 cases where the city tax collector and assessor’s books were defrauded in 1879. False entries occurred in the second assessment districts between July 1 and December 31, 1879, with losses ranging from two dollars to six hundred dollars.
Denver dispatch reports Private Patrick Murphy of Company E twenty third infantry drowned after slipping into the Mora river while en route from Watro ns to Fort Union. Mor a stream accident doubles as a fire early today with four houses burned and an infant killed.
The Tribune reports Commissioner Figk says the recent conference in New York restored rates but settled no points in dispute. The territorial question remains unaddressed and no understanding limits the roads' extensions.
The War Department reports two regiments of cavalry and two Indian scouts attacked a band of half-breeds and Creeks on the Milk River in Montana. The attackers seized horses and destroyed property, leaving behind fifty eight carts and harness, hides, and about 16,000 pounds of meat.
Dr Talmage denies address of Reverend Fawcett whose lecture on honesty in literature mirrors Talmage's nearly two year old work. Fawcett claims to ride down rivals with a sermon. The dispute centers on ideas and speech patterns borrowed by Fawcett.
Richmond police detained two medical students and two Black individuals after a late night grave disturbance at Oakwood Cemetery. Four bodies were recovered from the Virginia Medical College scene. The students are described as locally prominent.
A Boston correspondent reports Senator Logan denies taking the land held by Amt. Indians in New Mexico. He says if land is public then it may be pre empted and he would consider taking it if possible after reviewing the parcel.
Philadelphia December 13 The national council of the Union League of America held its annual session. Resolutions favored harmonious action by means of the Union League and planned an extra meeting early next year with prominent Republicans invited to form a genuine campaign union. Confidence voiced in the party's vitality. A series of meetings in the south would aid political education.
Report from Washington on December 13 hints at a policy of faction reconciliation within the Republican Party. Ex Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania reportedly influences talks. Potential appointments include Brewster as supreme court justice, Lincoln as minister to England, Hartranft as secretary of war, and a western attorney general candidate.
Severe storm rages in Quebec on December 18 with over a foot of snow and heavy drifts. Weather conditions disrupt travel and daily life as crews work to clear roads and restore services.
News from Coffeyville Kansas reports widespread Cherokee suffering from smallpox in Indian Territory. One family has five members ill. The territorial government has allocated $2,000 to fund care for the sick and to try to halt the outbreak.
A twenty car freight train on the Iron Mountain road broke on the Poplar street grade. Fifteen cars ran toward the river, killing a team and wrecking Kuels drug store. one car derailed into glass and chemicals. Another derailed car damaged a saloon as five additional cars caused a massive wreck. Damage estimated at $15,000.
In New York on December 14 the Sun notes W H Vanderbilt appears in public more often, frequenting the Windsor hotel at night. A broker says Vanderbilt earned twenty million dollars in the stock market last year. A railroad man claims Vanderbilt sets his New York Central president salary at 35000 dollars annually.
New York December 14 W H Van derbilt testified before a senate committee on grain futures. He said he knew little about futures, never traded them, and did not ruin railroad business. He disputed rumors about stock speculation and margins and criticized sensational newspaper reporting. Jay Gould to testify later.
An association described as unusually strong and significant, named the American Land and Cattle Syndicate, was organized in Kansas City. It includes influential business leaders, bankers, land and cattle owners, and both U.S. senators and the state governor. The group plans to control large interests in the southern and western territories.
Washington December 13. Rumor places railroad lobbyists joining CO P Huntington to save the Texas Pacific land grant from forfeiture. The grant, once to Tom Scott’s Pacific road and transferred to Southern Pacific, faces a near certain forfeiture under a house committee bill. The measure declares the lands forfeited to the United States and denies patents to Southern Pacific. If taken up, passage in the house appears likely by a large majority.
In Washington on December 13 Brown of Georgia critiques civil service reform agitation. He says Democrats gain little patronage, warns Republicans against preserving officeholders after a public change, and argues for a future time to enact civil service measures once Democrats hold the presidency and offices.
A bitter 25 below zero night saw the Canadian Pacific hotel and the Johnston house burn in Winnipeg. Firefighters faced a difficult, slow blaze with losses estimated at 15 000 for the Pacific house and 45 000 for the Johnston house.
A Texas border family tale unfolds from 1865 to 1880 as Abraham Hall is hanged for unionist defiance, sons and notables kill for revenge, and the Hall sisters are slain in a mob attack after an explosive decades long feud across Texas and Mexico.
The report covers varied items from politics and finance to transportation and industry. Notes include a 1 percent Western Union dividend, a Philadelphia trial on body snatchers, a suicide in Washington, expulsion threat at Ohio Wesleyan, tariff discussions, Dakota statehood hearings, Chicago rail plans, rubber factory shutdown, grain receipts decline, Baja California Sonora railroad project, and English-financed capital for the line with Santa Fe stockholders involved.
Morristown New Jersey reports the death of Mrs. Maria Ayplay aged 104. She passed away yesterday in this city after a long life.
Lord Derby accepted the secretaryship for India while the bishop of Winchester declined Canterbury due to age. Davitt Healey and Quinn facing possible dismissal. Gladstone’s 50 years in public life praised. Patrick Higgins convicted of two Huddy murders and sentenced to hang next month. Cetewayo signs the Zulu settlement and will return to Zululand to be crowned king after Ulundi escort.
Dickson's case sits in Washington police court. Robert Ould, former Confederate war assistant secretary, is dead. A Japanese prince arrived in New York. J. Bancroft Davis nominated for judge of the court of claims. Tom Allen arrives in Chicago for a planned match with Elliott. Raum to Illinois until late January. Baltimore and Ohio elects John W. Garrett for 25th term. Ling Dhe arrested in Laredo for Moi Sing Gom murder. he faces about ten years. Bishop Palo of Ayacucho killed by Indians returning from a peace mission.
To Be Kept for a Year New York December 14 Presidents Keep Porter Mitchell and Riddle signed a contract this morning to maintain railroad rates in the northwest for one year from date heading into the winter season.
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