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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
6
Advertisers are informed that THE Leader enjoys the largest circulation of any Wyoming newspaper, signaling strong reach for ads and promotions statewide.
Mrs. Charles Jones of Washington county Iowa and her 15 year old son survived a massacre and captivity after emigrants were attacked near Fort Kearny in 1878. They escaped with help, reached Iowa then Nebraska, and are now home with support from local citizens while authorities plan investigations into agency involvement and killings north of Kearney.
A roster lists United States prisoners at Wyoming penitentiary and territorial inmates with details on each person’s crime, sentence, age, nativity, occupation, family status, religion, habits, and education. Names include Hicks Ackerman Wilbert Borris Brown Sweet OBrien Collins Smith May Garnier Shaw Golden Shankland Lessman Scott Brown and OBrien among others.
Telegraphic reports from London show iron manufacturers in northern England pressing for a five percent wage reduction amid weak business. Workers claim labor costs have fallen compared with the past two decades and widespread distress is noted across the country.
A recent storm disrupted communications between this city and Aspinwall for several days. Repairs restored service and residents awaited full restoration of usual facilities.
Report from Little Rock dated December 24 states that four horse thieves were lynched at Corning in Clay County last night, with details of the mob action and location.
In Montgomery Alabama on December 24 Judge Bruce ruled that section 820 of the revised U S statutes had been repealed and is not in force.
A Mason Texas dispatch reports at Junction City Tom Doran and Louis Temple fought with pistols. Doran killed Temple. Temple's father pursued Doran shooting him twice fatally and stabbing the body eleven times, then slitting the throat from ear to ear.
In Wilmington on December 24 the steamer J. P. Underhill burned at the wharf fueling a blaze that spread to the steamer Northeast and adjacent stores. Half a square consumed five stores five warehouses two vessels extensive cargo losses include 100 hogs heads of molasses 700 tons of coal 100 barrels of rosin and other produce with total damage about 70000 dollars and 35000 dollars insured.
Reports from Mexico City describe a revolt in Guadalajara caused by an onerous tax with multiple casualties and arrests of prominent citizens. The piece also notes that American railway concession petitions before Congress are expected to be refused while English bondholders gain recognition and oversee an inter oceanic railway project.
Canada Montreal December 24 A boiler at the Dominion company's paper mills in Kingsey exploded today nearly destroying the structure. A number of workers were injured and two men are reported missing in the aftermath of the blast.
Heavy gale at Halifax N C damages ships. Funeral of Representative Williams held in Washington. Naval academy head bars cadet holiday leave. Blaine committee blocked for funds awaiting House and Senate action. Duke of Cumberland and Princess Thyra wed in Copenhagen chapel. Gen D C McCallum gravely ill in Brooklyn. former Erie Railway general superintendent and wartime government rail head.
The article reports the deathly accident of Dick Allen, editor of the Leadville Reveille, in Denver on Sunday evening. While fooling with a garland, his neck got entangled in a hanging noose tightened by Rev. Mr. McClelland, leading to a fatal outcome. Miss M. Lt. Merriman was involved as a wife.
The article reports on railroads facing investor scrutiny and policy moves. It notes repairs to Pullman cars on the Santa Fe line, Terre Haute car works producing 1500 box cars this season, and western railroads considering halting half fare for ministers starting January 1. It mentions a Supreme Court ruling affecting municipal aid bonds and the recital about election requirements.
The Kansas Pacific earnings for the first week of December totaled 77 492, up from 74 442 last year, a rise of 3 050. A side track at Lawrence serves ice shippers with about one hundred car loads daily. The Colorado Central train arrived 30 minutes late, and no snow-related issues are reported.
A 94 degree shade scene on Broadway shows a portly woman clinging to a thin wiry man as spectators stare. A witty boy remarks the tug to tow the cargo while Allan's Anti Fat promises weekly weight loss of two to five pounds, sold by druggists.
Dooley brothers sue Royal Baking Powder Co for libel after Mott claimed alum in Dooley's Yeast Powder. Bellevue Hospital Medical College confirms biscuits made with the powder contain no alum. Secretary A Bell notes no such Indian department office exists.
District Court in Laramie County Wyoming declares a divorce bill filed by Lewis Orlando Ball against Mary Irene Ball. Respondent must answer by completion of service or risk judgment by default. The notice dated December 21, 1875, lists dissolution of bonds of matrimony and abandonment as grounds.
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