Local News Items From Cheyenne Feb 8 1877
Weeky Leader notes from Cheyenne include field reports on the Hills mill outfit demand for labor, stage company route changes between Custer and Deadwood, the roller rink popularity, a new six horse harness, and a burglary case with John Ackerman bound over for trial. It also reports on Wasatch County coal, Tongue River weather, and Cheyenne soldiers desertions, plus northern frontier dispatches from Fort Peck and Red Cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costello
Atchison
Kansas
Hills
Jack Frost
Hurlbut
West Point Military Academy
Frank Burgar
Black Hills
H. G. Clark
Greeley
Cole
Jas. McDaniels
Cheyenne
G. H. & J. 8. Collins
Schwartze
American Lead Pencil Co
Treboken
N. J
A Cool Customer Letter From Jack McCall In Jail
A letter from Jack McCall, Wild Bill’s convicted murderer, dated January 18 1877 from Yankton D T, describes health and spirits, mentions Jack Kelly and McCarty, notes an upcoming trial in April and McCall’s own trial set for March 1 1877, comments on cold weather and urges saving money and abstaining from whisky, signing farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jack McCall
Wild Bill
Yankton
D. T
Jack Kelly
McCarty
Jack McCaut
Mining town anger over failure of Sidney stage mail delivery
A Black Hills correspondent reports angry miners over the Sidney stage line not delivering mails. Letters from Nebraska to Custer delayed five weeks, mailed via Cheyenne, are routed to Sidney and back, with extra ten cent charges. Western mail is diverted far from Cheyenne. The piece also notes the Younger brothers resuming work in Minnesota prison and a playful aside about the Buck et al pile work and painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Omaha Bee
Hills
Sidney
Nebraska
Custer
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Stage Line
Minnesota
Cole
Jim
Bob
Cheyenne Hook and Ladder Company Elects Officers
A meeting at the truck house opposite City Hall appointed the foreman to seek city council support for long ladders and tools. J. W. Murray gains truck house occupancy until further notice. Next Saturday features officer elections and full reorganization. Knights Templar announce a grand ball at Inter Ocean hotel on Feb 22. Also notesponies stolen from Red Cloud Agency. two thieves captured with 26 ponies recovered. one thief escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Hook and Adder Company
P. Hannafin
L. Kabis
J. W. Murray
Knights Templar of
Wyoming Commandery No. 1
Inter Ocean Hotel
Seeley
Sharpless
Stevens
Red Cloud Agency
White Horse
Crook Campaign Under Fire From Finerty On Sioux War
Finerty defends Gen. Crook against charges of cowardice and poor leadership. He notes Crook’s parts in the Powder River campaign, the June 17 Rosebud engagement, and the Slim Buttes capture, praising Crook’s energy later while criticizing ally missteps and supply delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
John I. Finerty
Times
Gen. Crook
Finerty
Crook
Reynolds
Third Cavalry
Col. Stanton
United States Army
New York Tribune
Gen
Stanton
Henry
Royall
Depts
Goose Creek
Belle Fourche
Slim Buttes
Mackenzie
Custer
Chicago
Hannibal
Terry
The Tripartite Tribunal Names and Affiliations
The article lists the tribunal members counting the electoral vote. Associate Justices include Nathan Clifford Maine William Strong Pennsylvania Samuel F Miller Iowa Stephen J Field California Joseph Bradley New Jersey. Senators Geo F Edmunds Vermont Rep F T Frelinghuysen New Jersey Gerliver P Morton Indiana Rep Allen G Thurman Ohio Dem Thomas F Bayard Delaware Dem. Representatives Henry B Payne Ohio Dem Eppa Hunton Virginia Dem J G Abbott Massachusetts Dem James A Garfield Ohio Rep G F Hoar Massachusetts Rep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripartite Tribunal
Nathan Clifford
Maine
William Strong
Pennsylvania
Samuel F. Miller
Iowa
Stephen J. Field
California
Joseph Bradley
New Jersey
Geo. F. Edmunds
Vermont
F. T. Frelinghuysen
Gerliver P. Morton
Indiana
Allen G. Thurman
Ohio
Thomas IF. Bayard
Delaware
Henry 3B. Payne
Eppa Hunton
Virginia
J. G. Abbott
Massachusetts
James A. Garfield
G. F. Hoar
Lieutenant Kills His Horse by Accidental Revolver Discharge
Lieut. King of the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Russell was guiding a patrol when his holstered revolver fired by accident. The ball pierced the horse’s kidneys and killed it instantly. King was thrown but escaped serious harm. Officers note cavalry revolvers cause accidents more often with Smith & Wesson models, suggesting Colt for cavalry use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
King
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Smith & Wesson
Colt
The Fearful Ride of a Tramp on a Moving Engine
A tramp boarded trains from Omaha and Green River and hid inside a stationary engine on a flat car to flee pursuers. He rode four days without food or water until Verde Nevada, when a conductor noticed him scratching inside the engine. He was rescued nearly exhausted by cold and hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Green River
San Francisco
Verde
Nevada
Glittering Gold and the Lost Treasure Tale
A Civil War era account describes a Federal gold hoard removed at risk of capture, later split, and part recovered by a blinded steward who told a friend. Two men tracked a river bluff site and unearthed a thousand twenty dollar pieces, hidden in tin boxes, then vanished with the treasure amid river currents. The fate of the seekers remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Sioux Renegades Arrive Near Montana Border
Sheridan is notified that about one hundred renegade Sioux Indians have reached British possessions near the Montana border. They lack clothing provisions and ammunition and their ponies are frail. An English officer warned they must settle permanently or be driven back into the territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British America
Sheridan
Montana
Reward for information on missing Israel D. Smith
Geo. B. Wilson of No 11 Waterloo Street Grand Rapids offers a liberal reward for information on Israel D. Smith described as an old man of about 70, 5 feet 7 inches, last seen with a companion named William Longear about 35, 5 feet 4 inches, light whiskers and moustache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. B. Wilson
Waterloo Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Israel D. Smith
Smith
William Longear
Arion Singing Society Forms Leadership and Plans Rehearsals
The Arion Singing Society held a meeting at Meyers' cigar store electing Jervis Joslin president Nugo Buechner vice president C N Potter secretary J I W Unfug treasurer and Moritz Meyer librarian Prof C L Wells serves as musical conductor. The club aims to rent a rehearsal space and soon offer concerts as proficiency grows. The Sentinel notes Laramie rolling mills plan to install machinery for rails and axles including eighty thousand tons of Utah Northern rails. The Greeley to Julesburg stage was halted by snow two weeks ago with mail carried by horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion Singing Society
Meyers
Jervis Joslin
Nugo Buechner
C. N. Potter
J. I. W. Unfug
Moritz Meyer
C. L. Wells
The
Sentinel
Laramie
Utah Northern
Union Pacific Railroad
Greeley
Julesburg
Dancing at the Ball and a Gin Request
The scene follows a formal dance where gentlemen escort partners to seats. Refreshments arrive as guests choose from ice cream jelly cakes and fruit, but Maria rejects the spread and asks for a glass of gin.
Watchman’s accidental self inflicted gunshot death
Late Friday evening Thomas Alton watchman at the U P snow shed six miles east of here near Archer station heard a noise and went out to shoot a supposed marauder. The hammer struck something and fired causing a fatal abdominal wound. He crawled outside by nine thirty and was taken by train to Laramie hospital where he died in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Alton
U. P
Here
Archer Station
Alton
Davis
Laramie
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Weekly Leader
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Omaha Daily Herald
New York City
Enterprise
Japan
Wasatch County
Utah
John Ackerman
Perry Organ
Thillsdale
Archer
Iotel de Carr
Northland
Big Horn
Pryor’s Creek
Tongue River
Red Cloud
Crazy Horse
Powder
Yellowstone
Big Horn Mountains
Gur Hook and Ladder Company
Hindoo
Sous
Maria
P. Shed Watchman
Bloomington
John Wilson
Geo. Wilson Jr
John
Sam
Tennyson
Nye
Eddy Street
Vaidis
Houston
Texas
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