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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1876
Page
6
Local leaflets chapter reports days and jokes about weather, holidays, and temperance. It mentions a petition against Gov. Thayer pardon for Woodruff, court trials in Cheyenne, Denver bulldozers marching on Washington, and Maj. Swaim arriving for a court-martial in January.
James Martin received a Denver telegram announcing the death of John C. Spencer a veteran theatrical manager. He attended the funeral in Denver as friends mourn him across the west. Conclave officers for Wyoming Commandery No. 1 were installed at Masonic Hall led by Past Commander E P Snow. Thomas Ryan of Co B 2d Cavalry died after being crushed between freight cars on U P No 6 near Laramie and his funeral was held at Fort Sanders.
Wm. J. Mason was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. J. F. Brannon’s trial ended with the jury deliberating. Gold Dust Ryan pleaded guilty and received 30 days in jail plus a 25 dollar fine for false pretenses. John C. Elsner was granted a divorce from Mary Elsner. Tim Lamar Denyerite confessed to forgery and faces penitentiary time after issues with a $75 note. A note on a bachelor’s treatise on Married Bliss closes the report.
A severe storm began Friday morning affecting a vast area from Green River Wyoming to North Platte Nebraska about 655 miles and reaching Fort Fetterman 185 miles northwest of here and southward into Colorado with heavy wind and drifting snow.
Leave of absence for one month with possible two month extension granted to Major Geo A Gordon Fifth cavalry. Cap tain Frederick Van Vliet 3d Cavalry Camp Robinson Nebraska granted leave not to exceed one month. Acting Assistant Surgeon Chas B Stephens ordered on duty at Fort Russell relieving Acting Assistant Surgeon BB McPhail who is ordered to Fort Fred Steele.
Our American holiday practices seem lighter beside old English customs. The yule log holly and blind man's buff evoke a bygone season. Boar's head flaming fligons and mistletoe dances blend with our calendar, leaving a nostalgic, warm recollection of vanished traditions.
A Kansas Pacific eastbound passenger train derailed four miles east of Hayes due to a broken axle on the rear tender. The express car and two passenger cars burned with the bridge, while the engine advanced and the sleeper detached. All passengers escaped unharmed. express messenger Webster was killed. Estimated loss runs into thousands as mails baggage and express goods were destroyed.
Report notes a wagon wheel sighting of eleven white tailed deer on the 7th and two elk brought in days earlier with antlers touching the ground. Pleasant weather continues with warm days and light frosts. a dusting of snow appears on the th.
The Cheyenne Leader notes an expected immigration surge as people from all regions move toward Wyoming and the Black Hills. The piece cites distant reports of numerous hopeful settlers, capital and labor coming together, and predicts over fifty thousand newcomers settling in Wyoming, with prospects of rapid growth and prosperity.
News item notes Indian ponies captured from Sioux at Standing Rock arriving in St. Paul for sale. Of 1300 captured, about 400 arrived. many died, others were stolen or sold by herders. Thieves followed the journey nightly while some ponies were run off. Additional items praise a local newspaper and promote a silver Elgin watch offered at fifteen dollars.
A Deadwood correspondent extols Black Hills fruits. Raspberries flourish near Garden City, blackberries and strawberries abound, wild gooseberries and currants thrive, plums grapes and cranberries are plentiful, with excellent potential for cultivated varieties. The author notes dry air favors vine quality and foresees apples thriving though peaches fail due to short season.
Holiday presents include silver and plated ware new designs diamonds superbly mounted necklaces with pendants elegant cameo sets and French traveling clocks with bells attached sounding like distant church bells Any gift would be a desirable Christmas present.
A Christmas tree program at the A. M. E. church Monday delighted the audience. The city editor received a pair of infant shoes placed on the tree and plans to forward them to Africa if someone covers express charges.
A Thursday night blaze on 17th Street between Thames and O'Neil engulfed an old frame structure. Firemen arrived slowly, saving interior furniture after walls collapsed. The lamp explosion sparked the fire. owner M A Arnold leased to G W Stone who sub let to Frankie Leslie Ella Spriggs and others, who face heavy losses.
A Denver judge's son chased and captured a full grown antelope near the city, tied it to a tree, and plans to keep the animal as a family pet after procuring a wagon. The drive reflects frontier life and curious local happenings amid broader war department orders and western emigration talk.
Henry Nelson of eastern Mc Lean county Illinois traveled to the Black Hills last summer and fall. He left Bloomington last spring with 200 dollars from selling a trotting horse and returned with nine thousand dollars profit after a few weeks away.
Readable fragments describe a Slavia match and actions by players, but key names and outcomes are unclear. The text hints at cards, jetlor, and a banking or adv action, yet specifics like teams, scores, or dates are missing.
Fragmentary text mentions a writer’s waste and a commission role. The readable lines reference a local notice and per line wording, without clear events, dates, or names.
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