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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1883
Page
1
The readable parts describe a river range and a ranch in Wyoming with partial details. It mentions a left side feature and a loiled element, but critical names, dates, and locations are missing, leaving an incomplete note on property or land listings.
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Chicago and Pittsburgh dispatches report Senator-elect T M Bowen of Colorado, the bonanza king, backing high protective tariffs and skeptical on demonetizing silver, while Senator-elect Manderson of Nebraska cites a high license plan boosting Omaha revenue and curbing saloon proliferation amid New York school disaster notes.
Uncle Rufus Hatch reports from London that European floods and the grain shortfall threaten Europe with poverty as seed planting falls sharply. Bankers estimate European acreage down about fifty percent, increasing reliance on American grain for 1883 profits.
Wall street sees pressure on Union Pacific from potential forced rate cuts and reallocation of Montana traffic to Northern Pacific. Analysts expect Pacific railroad commissions to urge a suit over a guaranteed 10 million dollar Oregon Short Line stock and a demand for 25 percent of net earnings.
The gorge broke this morning and fast water moved out the masses opposite Toledo. By daylight five feet of water fell, the river shed ice and kept dropping. The wagon bridge at Cherry street and the Pennsylvania and Union bridges were wrecked or extended by the flood. Damage extends two miles to Wheeling and Lake Erie bridge with minor ship losses inland. Heavy losses expected for the city and railways from bridge destruction.
In Springfield Missouri a young wife Tillie Schouden shot her three months old baby in the head then killed herself with a forty four caliber pistol while her husband Frank Schouden was away. No motive is known. Nearby in Peekskill New York barber A Benshaw abruptly cut his own throat after stopping a shave.
The New Albany relief committee urges citizens to donate money clothing beds and utensils as flood and mine calamities devastate households. reports include the Diamond mine disaster near Wilmington Illinois where 68 men and six boys perished and the Braidwood area undertakes rescue and pumping operations with multiple pumps and organized crews.
The report recounts the Seguin family tragedy with the doctor’s wife killing the three children and herself, and the father’s decline and sale of his practice. It also notes Baron Wordenskiold’s Greenland expedition plans, Oscar Wilde’s return to New York for Vera rehearsals, a possible European visit by General Grant and wife, and Terre Haute river levels beginning to fall.
A February blizzard grips Minnesota including St. Paul with temperatures dropping to fifty degrees below and heavy snow and winds. Railroads face delays and blockades across Manitoba, Red River, Sioux City branch, Hastings and Dakota, and Northen Pacific sections near Jamestown.
A buyer seeks to negotiate with cattle owners to purchase or take on shares well bred stock. Has large well watered range with feed year round. Contact Oliver 8 Teals Tucson Arizona or C Hudson & Co Bankers for details.
The river at Cairo is six and a half feet below its yearly high and rising rapidly. Officials say no serious damage is anticipated as waters advance toward higher levels and emergency measures remain on alert.
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