Deadwood sees new ventures and court actions listed
The itemized column notes Sisters of Charity and a hospital proposed in Deadwood while Cheyenne to Deadwood coaches set a 50 hour record. It covers legal suits over a dog, marriage gossip, Territorial stenographer appointment, and a fire fatality in Central City with accompanying rail travel disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of Charity
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Luke Voorhees
Flood & O’brien
San Francisco
Wevoanecte
Burglars Bagged After Citywide Thefts
Police traced a series of burglaries in the city including Melander's hat and fur store and Smith Gutterman Harrington's clothing shop. Two suspects fled eastward, one later captured in Chicago with stolen goods recovered. Sheriff Carr organized pursuit and plans to bring captured men to trial this week.
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Melander
Smith, Gutterman & Harrington
Pease & Taylor
Carr
Union Pacific
Omaha
Express
Kearney Junction
Chicago
Clark Street
Army order on barracks seating and pay overpayments
The Secretary of War issues a general order authorizing one plain wooden chair for each non commissioned officer above corporal and six chairs for every twelve enlisted men of other grades. The Paymaster is directed to stop pay to any officer found overpaid or indebted to the United States for money property or supplies, with appeal rights to the Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
United States
Tobey Promoted to Agent of U P Express in Cheyenne
Mr. W S Tobey longtime express messenger with U P A R Co receives appointment as U P Express agent in Cheyenne. His friends praise his faithful service and business conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Tobey
Express Messenger
U. P. Express Company
Tobey
Cheyenne
Crazy Horse Death Alleged Last Words to Followers
Indians recount Crazy Horse stating before death that he wished to go to the land of the white mother and urging his people to follow him to escape U.S. hostility and find peace with their grandfathers in a distant homeland. He warned there was no safety or peace remaining with the Great Father.
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Crazy Horse
Western Wyoming Waifs and Race Notices of 1877
Rawlins hosts plans for a live weekly paper as leading citizens publish in town. Rock Springs accepts Bryan’s challenge for a five hundred dollar purse in a January 1 1878 foot race. A Brown’s Park race between Billy Litts worth’s mire and a Walla Walla horse, run by Indians, is set for the 29th with at least fifteen hundred dollars at stake. An accident near Fillmore involved a Union Pacific pay car and a misread order by Chinamen repairing the track, causing derailments but minimal details available.
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Rawlins
Bryan
Rock Springs
Billy ‘Littsworth
Walla Walla
Brown’s Park
Union Pacific
Green River
Fillmore Station
Green River Courier
Christmas at Fort Laramie Remembered in 1877 Letter
A Fort Laramie Christmas report describes Fort Laramie lit with candles and evergreen decor. Co. K of the 3rd Cavalry helped create a merry scene with dancing and toasts to Cheyenne friends. The Congregational church service featured exhibits by Rev. C. M. Sanders.
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Pere Laramus
Leader
Fort Laramie
Co. K
3Rd Cavalry
Cheyenne
Congregational Ghayeh
Congregational Church
Sunidiy
C. M. Sanders
Airust
Growth of church community and revival efforts noted
In 1875 the church, shut for two years, has about 40 families and nearly 200 members. Ladies and Sabbath school raised $2,000 first year and $2,400 second year, totaling about $5,000. In September 1875 the Sabbath school reorganized with 113 attendees. Pastor details a year of work, and evening music by the Quartette, Mrs. Charles Masten, and Miss Lottie Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Masten
Lottie Smith
Brotherhood Ball brings engineers and guests to Grand gathering
The Rocky Mountain Division No. 103 B E and guests from Denver Laramie Sidney and Cheyenne held a New Year’s Eve party at the Outer Ocean hotel. A special Denver Pacific train carried 34 guests and a larger delegation from Laramie attended. Over 200 attendees danced to music in the Inter Ocean dining room then enjoyed a generous supper.
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Outer-Ocean Hotel
Rocky Mountain Division No
Denver Pacific
Laramie
Denver
Col
Red I. Griffin
W. W. Prugh
Ed. C. Bradford
J. McNaughton
J. A. Myers
Marshall
M. P. Nay
Howard
I. F. Conant
J. F. Wilbur
G. A. Reals
J. B. Simpson
C. C. Meekman
HW. Ander
J. K. Thompson
Jne Hill
J. G. Furniss
R. V. Miller
Wm. Mockley
J. N. Keller
Nick Weeks
Griflin
Davis
Epizootic Hits Box Elder Horse Breeders
Denver Times reports an epizootic among horse stock along the Box Elder and Kansas Pacific vicinity. The virulent disease caused several deaths and losses of multiple horses but is now under control with no further serious results expected, barring a harsh snowfall.
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Box Elder
Kansas Pacific
Denver Times
McGlinchey Nogha nuptials noted in Evanston
Rev John Kimball officiates the McGuinchy Nogha wedding in San Francisco to May 2 at Evanston Wyoming. The newlyweds arrived December 22 and lodged at Mountain Trout house, with many of the bride’s friends welcoming her back to Hyanston after a prior residence with sister Mrs Chas Rich in that city.
War Path Warning From White River Indians
Private letters reveal Indians from White River Agency encamped on Snake River, stealing horses and cattle and threatening citizens. Locals demand relief, alleging the Department and White River agent have repeatedly failed to provide provisions or relocate the group. Citizens vow action to protect property amid alleged governmental blunders and lack of ammunition.
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Department
White River
Capture of Thomas Nixon ends Texas manhunt near Sherman
Thomas Nixon, one of six robbers from the U P express robbery at Big Springs Nebraska last September, was captured at his Sherman area home after a long Texas chase. Nixon, about 30, with a wife and three children, surrendered at dawn and was jailed in Sherman then Omaha-bound. The report notes Nixon’s poor Texas honesty and guarded money, plus a partner still at large.
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Thomas Nixon
U. P
Big Springs
Neb
Omaha Republican
Kennedy
Pinkerton
Tony Waits
Ogalalla
Texas
Nixon
Sherman
Omaha
Account of threat and intimidation at a local scene
A fragmentary report describes a man threatening violence with a pistol and eye injury. The language references a confrontation and demands for surrender or fear, indicating a menacing incident at a specific location. Names and precise details are illegible in the OCR fragment.
Newly Found Petroleum Springs in Wyoming Territory
Maj. Conkling and Wm Baldwin report discovery near the South Cheyenne River in Wyoming Territory. Two wells yield crude lubricating oil at about two barrels daily. Squatters have begun claims. Baldwin, experienced in Pennsylvania oil, deems the signs superior to any he has seen.
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Deadwood
Maj. Conkling
Wm. Baldwin
Wyoming Territory
Cheyenne River
Baldwin
Pennsylvania
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Denver Tribune
Colorado
Tribune Ofnce
Phil’s
Townsend
Duncan
Samuel Goldstein
Bir Dana
Fannie W. Wheeler
Ed. Duffy
Hazard
Lawrence County
Dakota
Yankton
Dakota Supreme Court
Fort Russell
Goethe
Fisher
Blair
Court House
Messrs
Bartlett
Hooper
Central City
Colo
Telegraph
June Terrell
John Terrell
Robert Jeffrey
Colorado Central
Fort Lincoln
D. T
Fifth Infantry
Sturges
Nez Perces
Board of Inquiry
Col. Blunt
Engineer Corps
Lake Erie
Wyoming
Big Horn
John Sheettier
Fontenelle
Brotherhood
R. M. Division No. 103
Snake River Valley
Rawlins, Wic
Snake River
U. P. Express
Dunk Black
Pat
Cuny
Blackburn
Laramie City
Ife
Far West
Luke Murrin
Rocky Mountain
Murrin
Col. Murrin
China
East Indies
Wakantanka
Hank Breem
Reynolds
Piedmont
Evanston
Pepper
Breem
Ogden
Sivanston
Dan Crapp
Franklin Crawford
Old
Red Cloud Agency
Missouri River
C. Hecht
Mohammed
Dooley
Pawdey
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Ted
Ers
Ma Mc Pre
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