Cheyenne Items From The Weekly Leader February 13 1879
News notes from Cheyenne including Lincoln's birthday events standings and arrests. Reports mention Stratton convicted of manslaughter with ten years to serve, trials postponed due to Nebraska funds, and a telegraph of Dr. Bochman’s death. Also details on railroad talks, a Knights of Pythias lodge planned in Golden, and Masonic Lodge ambitions in Cheyenne.
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Olive
Custer County
Nebraska
New York
J. R. Bochman
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Club
Lodge of Perfection
R. C. Jordan
Grand Island
Cheyenne
Jordan
Denver
Rawlins
Evanston
Laramie City
Co. E. P. Snow
Suicide Attempt by Soldier at Fort Sanpris Wyoming
Har ry Brooks, a private in B Company, Fourth Infantry, attempted suicide at Fort Sanpris Wyoming on Feb 8 1879 during target practice. The Springfield rifle ball struck his left shoulder. recovery depends on expert medical care and attentive treatment.
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Fort Sanprrs
Wyo
Leader
Harry Brooks
B Company
Fourth Infantry
Brooks
O.B. J
Cheyenne Plans Narrow Gauge Railroad Move
Cheyenne pushes a narrow gauge line northward with F E Warren predicting quick chartering of the company and early right of way grant in Congress. He says construction could start soon and the Cheyenne Black Hills and Montana railroad may run within a year, about a hundred miles north of Cheyenne.
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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 & Co sold a silver mine at Bald Mountain for $40,000 to eastern buyers who plan to erect a 40 stamp mill now. The nearby Elkhorn mine on Nevada Gulch sold for $30,000 to eastern capitalists, with more properties reportedly being negotiated by New York mining men as California and eastern money continue to flow into the Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton & Co
Bald Mountain
Elkhorn
Nevada Gulch
New York
California
Business Like Courtship Ends in Quick Nuptials
A 60 year old Lara mie City man, seeking a home and a wife, approached a woman he had never met. She agreed to share a home and soon they married after a brief meeting with a minister. The bride is about forty.
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Canada
Abraham Lincoln
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
Maine
Western Waifs. Railroad extension to Frisco boosts Utah line
Salt Lake City reports a Utah Southern extension from York to Frisco about 130 miles, crossing the Sevier valley. Frisco is described as a major mining center with the Great Horn silver mine, estimated at twenty five million ounces in sight, suggesting vast ore potential beyond visible reserves.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Southern
York
Frisco
Sevier Valley
Rocky Mountains
Great Horn
Utah Mining and Railroad Expansion Faces Timber Shortage
The railroad, funded by mine owners, aims to speed ore transport to market. Timber shortages in southern Utah and the Bear Lake region raise costs, while new metal discoveries promise riches. The piece criticizes Mormon influence while praising investment and development in central and southern Utah.
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Utah
Sevier
Wasatch Range
Bearlake
Union Pacific
Utah Northern
Utah Southern
Arizona
Wyoming
Ranger
Pistol duel on Sixteenth Street ends with gunfire
At Sixteenth and Eddy streets yesterday about four o clock, Jacob Fuhrman and John Dunn quarreled over an old debt. Fuhrman drew a 22 caliber revolver and shot Dunn in the abdomen. Dunn wrested the weapon and attempted to fire back. the shot missed. Dunn was taken to his room for care. Fuhrman was jailed pending a preliminary exam. The Pacific saloon owner formerly, Fuhrman faces police court today for the disputed assault.
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Sixteenth and
Eddy Streets
Jake Fuhrman
Jack Dunn
Fuhrman
Dunn
Pacific
Fifteenth Street
New Secretary Worth Spates Named for Wyoming
Gov Hoyt reports A Worth Spates will leave Baltimore for Cheyenne on the 18th to take the Wyoming secretary post. The National Republican of Washington commends Spates as a young Maryland republican and fit for the duties. The Baltimore Standard also praises his past political service in Greeley and Hayes campaigns and recent 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 Debate Between Officials
Commissioner Le Duc relays a telegram from J B Sherman of Union Stock Yards Chicago denying cattle disease in the West and urging a rapid British inquiry. The reply notes pleuro-pneumonia history since 1843 and calls for congressional action to permit export of cattle from the East Atlantic seaboard areas to ease objections.
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le Duc
B. Sherman
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
England
West
Alleghany Mountains
Congress
Cheyenne Black Hills Montana Railway Incorporators Named
A group of prominent citizens met at the First National bank to organize the Cheyenne Black Hills and Montana railway. Elected as incorporators and directors are 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 gave cost estimates. A congress letter from W. W. Corlett voiced strong support.
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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
W. W. Corlett
Congress
Corlett
Converse
Cheyenne
Dooley’s Yeast Powder and Bitters Promoted in Health Note
An 19th century health advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a non gripping laxative improving digestion and regulating bowels. It claims benefits for stomach, liver, fevers, gout and urinary troubles and praises Dooley’s Yeast Powder for better bread and digestion.
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Paracelsus
Brown's family medicines claim western superiority
An advertisement touts Brown's Cough Balsam for lung irritation and sore throat, Brown's Tar Troches for voice and throat relief, Arnica Salve for injuries, and a blood remedy with Sarsaparilla Dandelion and Iodide Potassium. 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 Transferred Toward Leavenworth Prison
Special correspondence describes seven bucks four squaws and ten children from Fort Robinson en route to Leavenworth. Lieut Foote commands a ten-man guard as the party travels by rail, the prisoners handcuffed, Crow spared, Wild Hog the chief.
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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 Anecdotes From Society
A column notes women admitted to the Cincinnati Natural History Society and comments on social mores. It mentions Mrs. Lucy Anderson, piano teacher to Queen Victoria, dying at eighty, plus items about Princess Louise snowshoeing, a minister’s daughter, ex Empress Eugenia at Chiselhurst, and various social quips about attire, reporters, and actresses Mary Anderson and Mme. Anderson.
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Lucy Anderson
Queen Victoria
Princess Louise
What is home without a mother score
The piece extols the ideal home led by a bright, healthful mother and wife. It vows that illness and fatigue dull home life, then claims Dr Price’s Favorite Prescription cures female diseases and restores happiness, turning weak invalids into hopeful women.
Hale's Honey and Tar Promoted for Coughs and Consumption Prevention
An advertising notice urges readers to prevent lung illnesses by using Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, claiming cures for coughs colds hoarseness and throat and bronchial afflictions. It promotes Depot address Crittenton's 7 Sixth Avenue New York City and notes other items including Pike's Toothache Paste and a self inking Columbian job press for sale at LeapER office oc20tt.
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New York
Leaper
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Wheely
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
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
Bald Mountain Mines
The
Deadwood Times
Jacob Fuhrman
John Dunn
Corlett and the Road
Dooley
Kansas
J.C. B
Cincinnati Natural History Socity
Eugenia
Chiselhurst
Maud Grubb
Cincinnati
Ruth
Mary Anderson
Mme. Anderson
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