Cheyenne Leader Highlights 1879 Local Affairs and Trials
Cheyenne Leader reports a mix of national, regional, and local items. Notes Canada’s stance on Sitting Bull, Lincoln’s birthday plans, convict Stratton for manslaughter, and postponed Olive gang prosecution due to Nebraska funds. Details on telegraph deaths, Fort Hall officers, counterfeit money, and Knights of Pythias plans. Lodges and Masonic events slated. railroad talks with President Loveland. school mischief and a Chinaman’s body to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive
Custer County
Nebraska
New York
J. R. Bochman
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Club
Suicide Attempt Read in Fort Sanders Soldier
Fort Sanders Wyoming February 8 1879 Har ry Brooks a private in Company B Fourth Infantry attempted suicide at target practice using a Springfield rifle. The ball struck his left shoulder causing severe lacerations. No cause is given. recovery depends on medical aid and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sanprrs
Wyo
Leader
Harry Brooks
B Company
Fourth Infantry
Brooks
O.B. J
Cheyenne Moves to Build Narrow Gauge Railroad
Cheyenne prepares to construct a narrow gauge line northward this season. Hon. F. E. Warren reports the bill chartering the company and granting public lands rights will pass next week in Congress. He expects the Cheyenne Black Hills and Montana railroad to operate one hundred miles north of Cheyenne within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
F. E. Warren
Magic City
Denver
Congress
Cheyenne, Black Hills
Montana
Denver News
Bald Mountain Mines Sold to Eastern Investors
The Deadwood Times reports Hamilton and Co sold a Bald Mountain silver mine for 40000 to eastern parties who plan a 40 stamp mill. The nearby Elkhorn mine in Nevada Gulch sold last week for 30000 to the same buyers. Eastern capitalists and New York mining interests are active in the Hills, with more properties negotiated for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton & Co
Bald Mountain
Elkhorn
Nevada Gulch
New York
California
Business Like Courtship Ends in Marriage at First Meeting
A sixty year old Lara mie City man with property pursued a marriage with a woman he had only heard of. He proposed a home with her and she agreed. They met at her residence and later wed at a minister's, having never known each other before. The bride is about forty.
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Charles A. Johnson
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Robinson
Nebraska
George W. Baxter
Third Cavalry
W. A. H. Loveland
Colorado Central Railroad
First National Bank
Loveland
Laramie City
Utah Southern extension to Frisco to boost mining region
Salt Lake correspondent notes Utah Southern Railroad will extend from York to Frisco about 130 miles passing the Sevier valley. Frisco lies in a rich mining region on the western slope of the Rockies. The Great Horn silver mine is vast with an ore in sight estimated at about twenty five million pounds, not the full total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Southern
York
Frisco
Sevier Valley
Rocky Mountains
Great Horn
Rail line to speed ore transport from mine owners
The planned railroad to move ore to markets faster is mainly funded by mine owners. Timber shortages in southern Utah and Bearlake have raised tie costs, but if ties can be laid at $1.50 each to the end of the track, the project may proceed. The piece notes Utah's sparse timber due to ancient lake beds and contends mining growth will outpace Mormon influence as capital flows in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Sevier
Wasatch Range
Bearlake
Union Pacific
Utah Northern
Utah Southern
Arizona
Wyoming
Ranger
Hog
Wild Hog
Kansas
J.C. B
Pistol Fight Over Debt Wounds Man on Sixteenth Street
Jacob Fuhrman and John Dunn clashed at the corner of Sixteenth and Eddy as Fuhrman threatened to kill Dunn and fired a 22-100 caliber revolver. Dunn seized the weapon and another shot failed. Fuhrman was jailed and the case heads to a police court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth and
Eddy Streets
Jake Fuhrman
Jack Dunn
Fuhrman
Dunn
Pacific
Fifteenth Street
Our New Secretary Worth Spates to Leave for Cheyenne
Gov Hoyt reports A Worth Spates will depart Baltimore for Cheyenne on the 18th to assume the Wyoming territory secretary role. The National Republican in Washington endorses his confirmation praising his Maryland roots and Republican work on the stump in the Greeley, Hayes campaigns and recent eastern contests.
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Hoyt
A. Worth Spates
Wyoming
Baltimore
Cheyenne
National Republican of
Washington
Col
Wyoming Territory
Col. Spates
Maryland
Baltimore Saturday Standard
Greeley
Pennsylvania
Cattle Prohibition Telegram Sparks Government Response
Commissioner Le Duc relays a telegram from J B Sherman of Union Stock Yards Chicago denying west coast cattle disease claims and pressing for final investigation. The reply notes pleuro-pneumonia appeared in 1843, argues British objections threaten eastern coast cattle, and requests congressional action to remove objections to export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Duc
B. Sherman
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
England
West
Alleghany Mountains
Congress
Railway Plan Formed for Cheyenne Black Hills Montana
Prominent citizens formed incorporators and directors for the Cheyenne Black Hills & Montana railway at the First National bank in Cheyenne. The group includes A. R. Converse J. M. Carey W. A. H. Loveland T. Dyer E. Nagle F. E. Warren M. E. Post A. H. Swan Walter S. Hurlbut. Capt Milner presented cost estimates. Congress advocate W W Corlett pledged support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Cheyenne, Black Hills & Montana
A. R. Converse
J. M. Carey
W. A. H. Loveland
T. Dyer
E. Nagle
F. E. Warren
M. E. Post
A. H. Swan
Walter S. Hurlbut
Dope on Digestion and Bread Making Promoted in Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a non-griping laxative that regulates bowels and improves stomach and liver function. It claims prevention of fevers gout rheumatism and urinary troubles. The copy also touts Dooley's Yeast Powder for better bread baking and digestibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paracelsus
Brown’s Family Medicines Promoted by Medical Folks
An advertisement touts Brown's Cough Balsam for lung issues and Brown's Tar Troches for sore throat and voice. Arnica salve is praised for wounds and skin care. The ad claims extracts like Sarsaparilla and Iodide Potassium as blood purifiers. Sold by Addams & Glover Hurlburt Bros and G W Hoyt in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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West
Brown
Addams & Glover
Hurlburt Bros
G. W. Hoyt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Remnant Cheyennes Move Toward Leavenworth by Rail
Special correspondent details seven bucks four squaws and ten children consigned from Fort Robinson to Leavenworth under Lieut Foote guard. Wild Hog leads an array of captive Cheyennes, with Crow exonerated yet feared by Wild Hog. Detainees face Kansas trials after a perilous journey, amid reports of past killings and breakouts.
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Fort Robinson
Fort Leavenworth
Wild Hog
Crow
Porcupine
Lieut
Foote
B Company
Ninth Infantry
Sidney
Cheyenne
Dr. Pettys
Leavenworth
Wild Ifog
Wessel
Paleface
Artemus Ward
Buck
Hog
Waifs for Women and Notable Notes from Cincinnati
A column of miscellaneous remarks notes women gaining admittance to the Cincinnati Natural History Society. It recalls Mrs. Lucy Anderson’s death at eighty, Queen Victoria’s piano tutor. Princess Louise snowshoeing. ex-Empress Eugenia’s life at Chiselhurst. a Maine woman bearing twins and burying three children. a joke about stocking pulling. Maud Grubb as a one-handed gossip. Ruth and Boaz in romance. and Mary Anderson contrasted with Mme. Anderson, ending with a reflection on culture and dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Anderson
Queen Victoria
Princess Louise
Maine
Maud Grubb
Cincinnati
Ruth
Mary Anderson
Mme. Anderson
What is home without a mother says the old ballad
A midcentury home life theme praising mothers and wives as the sun of the house. The piece claims many women are weakened by illness but can regain strength with Dr Price’s Favorite Prescription, crediting it with restoring happiness to families.
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar cures coughs
Public notice urges preventive care for coughs colds and throat and bronchial issues claiming Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar can cure consumption related ailments. Promotes depot address Crittenton's 7 Sixth Avenue New York City and Pike's Toothache remedy with a self inking Columbian job press sale details.
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New York
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Wheely
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Canada
Whitewood
Black Hills
Stratton
Dan Farr
Carton City
Joseph Hall
Fort Hall
Idaho
Albany
John Taylor
Charles L. Davis
Ira l L. Fredendall
Wilson
Jacksonville
Indiana
Fredendall
Lee Ami
San Francisco
Oriental
China
Thomas M. Fisher
Order of Knights of Pythias
Golden
Colorado
Knights
Lodge of Perfection
R. C. Jordan
Grand Island
Jordan
Rawlins
Evanston
Co. E. P. Snow
Bald Mountain Mines
The
Deadwood Times
Jacob Fuhrman
John Dunn
Corlett and the Road
W. W. Corlett
Corlett
Converse
Dooley
Cincinnati Natural History Socity
Eugenia
Chiselhurst
Leaper
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