Local Notes from Cheyenne Weekly Leader 1877
A mixture of local items from Cheyenne touching court martial progress, stage company routes, ice and weather, and notices on residents and recruits. It reports a six-horse harness, new pencils, Wasatch coal fields, and movements of Frank Burgar and John Ackerman, with terse updates from the Northland about cattle drives and Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Mackenzie actions.
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
A letter dated January 18 1877 from Jack McCall inmate at Yankton Dakota to a friend in Denver reports good health and spirits. He mentions Jack Kelly and McCarty awaiting trial in April with his own trial set for March 1 1877. He advises thrift and avoiding whisky and signs farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jack McCall
Wild Bill
Yankton
D. T
Jack Kelly
McCarty
Jack McCaut
Mining town mails anger over Sidney stage delays
A Black Hills correspondent reports mining populations furious about the Sidney stage line failing to deliver mail. Letters from Nebraska to Custer sit five weeks, with routes via Cheyenne moved by postal clerks and extra fares charged. The note also mentions the Younger brothers in Minnesota prison bucket work and paint training commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Omaha Bee
Hills
Sidney
Nebraska
Custer
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Stage Line
Minnesota
Cole
Jim
Bob
Cheyenne Hook and Ladder hold meeting. council request
Gur Hook and Ladder Company met at the truck house opposite City Hall with P Hannafin as foreman and L Kabis as secretary. They seek council support for long ladders and other firefighting implements and J W Murray was allowed to occupy the truck house until ordered otherwise. The Knights Templar announce a grand ball at Inter Ocean hotel on Feb 22 and a party pursues ponies stolen from Red Cloud Agency with two thieves captured and 26 ponies recovered.
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 as a Campaigner and the Big Horn Campaign
John I. Finerty defends Gen. Crook against charges of cowardice and outlines Crook’s knowledge of Sioux warfare learned during the Powder River and Big Horn campaigns. The piece notes Crook underestimated Sioux tactics, highlights a treacherous march to Goose Creek and the Belle Fourche, and argues Crook was not badly whipped despite criticism from some officers.
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Big Horn
Pryor’s Creek
Tongue River
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
Names of the Tripartite Tribunal Members Listed
The article lists the members of the Tripartite Tribunal counting the electoral vote. It names Associate Justices Nathan Clifford William Strong Samuel F. Miller Stephen J. Field Joseph Bradley. Senators Edmunds Frelinghuysen Morton Thurman Bayard. Representatives Payne Hunton Abbott Garfield Hoar.
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's Revolver Kills Horse at Fort Russell
Lieut. King of the Fifth Cavalry accidentally discharged his revolver while directing a patrol near Fort Russell. The shot struck and killed his horse instantly, though the officer escaped with no serious injuries. Officers note frequent accidents with the Smith & Wesson cavalry pistols and prefer Colt for cavalry use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
King
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Smith & Wesson
Colt
The Fearful Ride of a Tramp to San Francisco
A tramp boarded trains from Omaha and Green River evading pursuit until hiding in a stationary engine on a flat car bound for San Francisco. The door was shut and he rode strapped inside for four days without food or water, surviving on a few crackers. He later attracted the conductor’s notice near Verde Nevada and was freed nearly frostbitten and starving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Green River
San Francisco
Verde
Nevada
Glittering Gold Treasure Tale From Civil War Era
A Civil War era tale describes a Federal gold stash moved to a camp near a Southern town then stolen during surrender negotiations. Twenty thousand dollars in twenty-dollar coins vanished while the rest was returned to banks. A blind man and a trusted friend later locate a chest of coins at a river bluff but vanish along with the treasure, leaving only suspicions and legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Sioux Refugees Reach British Possessions Near Montana
About one hundred renegade Sioux Indians have arrived in British possessions near the Montana border. They are without clothing provisions or ammunition and their ponies are weak. An English officer warned they must settle permanently or be driven back into the territories.
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British America
Sheridan
Montana
Reward offered for information on missing men Smith and Longear
Geo. B. Wilson of 11 Waterloo street Grand Rapids Michigan offers a liberal reward for information on Israel D. Smith described as an old man about 70 years old and 5 feet 7 inches tall. Smith was last seen with a companion calling himself William Longear about 35 years old and 5 feet 4 inches tall with 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 Elects Officers
The Arion Singing Society met at Meyers cigar store and perfected its organization. Jervis Joslin was chosen president Nugo Buechner vice president C N Potter secretary J I W Unfug treasurer Moritz Meyer librarian Prof C L Wells serves as conductor. The club aims to rent a rehearsal space and plan concerts once proficiency rises. The Sentinel notes Laramie rolling mills will install machinery for rails and axles, with eighty thousand tons of rails for Utah Northern and Union Pacific work. The Greeley to Julesburg stage halted two weeks ago due to snow, mail carried by horseback.
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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
At the Ball a Droll Exchange Over Drinks
In a social scene a gentleman offers various desserts and drinks to guests as they circulate. He asks Maria to choose between blancmange ice cream lemonade jelly or cake. She rejects the options and demands a glass of gin instead.
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Maria
Watchman fatally shoots self in bad aim at snow shed
Reported from Laramie area as Thomas Alton a watchman at the U P snow shed near Archer station discharged his revolver by accident. He was injured in the abdomen and died after an agonizing day in hospital despite efforts at medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Alton
U. P
Here
Archer Station
Alton
Davis
Laramie
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Omaha Daily Herald
New York City
Enterprise
Japan
Wasatch County
Utah
John Ackerman
Perry Organ
Thillsdale
Archer
Iotel de Carr
Northland
Red Cloud
Crazy Horse
Powder
Yellowstone
Big Horn Mountains
Gur Hook and Ladder Company
Hindoo
Sous
P. Shed Watchman
Bloomington
John Wilson
Geo. Wilson Jr
John
Sam
Tennyson
Nye
Eddy Street
Vaidis
Houston
Texas
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