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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1876
Page
11
A garbled OCR fragment describes travel and routes across Wisconsin and nearby towns. It mentions Western and King roads, a traveling passenger and maps, but the text is unreadable and lacks clear events or dates.
Washington rumors say a powerful railroad and steamship coalition seeks to influence the next Congress to reverse Florida and Louisiana electors, install Tilden, and launch land grants and subsidies for a Pacific railroad. Pennsylvania hosts the scheme as Democrats press investigations and subpoenas unfold in Congress.
A special telegram from Hat Creek Wyoming reports 248 Arapahoe and Sioux scouts from Red Cloud Agency, under Louis Richard, passed Sunday en route to Crook. In Battle Creek, Thomas Ellis accidentally shot himself December 7, losing arm and muscle. Dr. Flick amputated at the shoulder 48 hours later. Ellis survived eight hours afterward.
The Black Hills scene shows John Gordon lode at Bare Butte yielding richer ore as several mines including Rea Cloud Rutherford B Hayes Kentucky and Florence push shafts. Nuggets found on Gold Run and heavy activity on Battle Creek signal a spring boom with towns planned and roads to new diggings.
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