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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1878
Page
18
Announcements blend mayoral talk for Cheyenne with far west reports. Prospective leaders, new railroad sleepers, court cases, horse thefts, Indian hunting, and holiday subscriptions fill a bustling page from the era.
Saturday sessions conclude multiple cases with judgments and sentences. Permelia Chini quy wins damages of 250 dollars. injunction in Cuthbertson and Landau case denied. Territory cases sentence defendants to prison terms up to 18 months with various prior pleas withdrawn. Court adjourns until Monday.
In Deadwood on December 22 residents sighted a large herd of Indian ponies without attendants wandering through the Spearfish valley. Ranchers pursued to capture them, believing they belong to a Sioux camp along the Belle Fourche river. Three companies of the Third Cavalry arrived at Centennial Prairie under Major A W Evans to scout for the Indians responsible for depredations on northern routes.
A Cheyenne paper cites a high railroad official promising no freight rate discrimination against Cheyenne. It urges binding the arrangement in a permanent pact between UPRR and the County Commissioners to counter chronic critics who claim promises are mere subterfuge until bonds are issued.
At Gen Mansfield Post No 4 G A R meeting the death of First Sergeant John H. Van Moll of Company A Third Cavalry was noted as a brave soldier and generous man killed near Silver Springs Wyoming Territory on December 15 1877. The post offers sympathy to his family and relatives and sends copies to the Grand Army Gazette Army and Navy Journal and other readers.
The Laramie Sentinel defends Gov. Thayer against Cheyenne Gazette charges as false. It recounts Kassner’s quarrel with Herbert Thayer, Kassner’s discharge, and Thayer’s efforts to reinstate him via letters to General Superintendent Clark and other officials. The piece labels the Gazette as untruthful.
The city’s sole public Christmas tree event filled the Episcopal church to capacity with many standing. Superintendent R. W. Jordan led the program with the rector and others assisting as students presented carols and recitations. The event opened with a prayer and featured nine Luke verses recited by scholars, each handing a letter to Jordan to complete the evergreen motto The Prince of Peace.
The program featured duets by Fanny Crook and Nellie Stanley with a chorus by Ference Hurlbut Nellie Joslin Annie East and Nellie Mitchell. Recitations and songs followed including six verses from St Matthew and The Ten Commandments. Nellie Stanley performed a solo and Annie East recited The Night Before Christmas as the Christmas tree lit up and gifts were distributed to Sabbath school children. Abenediction closed the event with the rector.
Col. John E. Smith of the 14th Infantry, assigned to Tort Hall Idaho, demands the surrender of the Bannock Indian who murdered Alex Rhoden at Ross’s Fork. Indicts that the Bannocks, well armed and mounted, refuse to comply and may cause trouble in the spring.
Major Charles G. Bartilitt leads Companies B E I and K of the 11th Infantry to Crook City from the Cheyenne Agency via Fort Pierre route. He reports hearing of Indians on the road but sees none and believes the raiders have gone toward the Little Missouri or Tongue river.
A general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort Fetterman Wyoming Territory on January 2 1878 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of prisoners. Detail for the court includes Captain Edwin M Coates Captain George I Price First Lieutenant Albert D King First Lieutenant John Van R Hoff Assistant Surgeon United States Army Second Lieutenant Charles H Watts Second Lieutenant Leonard A Lovering Judge Advocate.
Deputy Sheriff Martin escorted Duncan Blackburn James Wall Jessie Williams James Collins and Charles Austen to Laramie City. The group joined eighty three inmates already jailed in the penitentiary, crowding the facility and prompting calls to move offenders east to reduce Territory costs. Martin completed his mission without incident and returned home.
Reporters describe a grand festival held by the ladies of the African Methodist Church in the Fish and Snow block store-room. More than one hundred local African American men and women gathered for a sociable event with the quiet, thorough style characteristic of their community.
A party crowd danced and sang plantation songs around a room with long tables laden with oysters turkey fruit and cake. Couples lingered in corners as young suitors wooed damsels. Organizers praised the well managed event. Receipts totaled eighty six dollars and about 250 presents adorned the tree.
Eleven directors were chosen with three from the East J Gould Sidney Dillon and I L Ames of Boston and New York and eight from Colorado including C C Welch John Turck O H Henry T J Richman J O C Hummel H M Teller W A H Loveland and WB L Berthoud The board elected Loveland president Hummel vice president Berthoud secretary The executive board includes Loveland Gould Dillon Turck Richman Henry Abbott Nichols Armor Babcock Berthoud Scott and others Loveland plans no change in the presidency O H Henry named Superintendent and other key officers listed
Capt. Chas. Meinhold, Third Cavalry, died at Clifton Springs New York on the 14th inst. A Prussian native who fled political troubles and joined the U S military, he rose from second lieutenant July 17 1862 to captain December 1 1866. He served across New Mexico Arizona Nebraska Wyoming Montana and Dakota and had suffered from long service illnesses the past year. He was aged between 60 and 65, tall and well built, regarded as a capable and brave officer.
Weather favored excellent marksmanship as a few shooters competed at Major Talbot’s yesterday afternoon. The score at 21 yards rise and 80 yards boundary is listed. A herd of fifty buffalo drifted toward the Platte near Greeley before a energetic dog scattered them away.
The five great bands of the Sioux are the Ogallala, Uncapapa, Yanktonpise, Cheyenne, and Upper Santee with smaller bands like Sans-Arc and Wahpeton dwindling due to disease. Taken as a nation they total about fifteen thousand warriors roaming from the Platte south to the British line north and Minnesota east to the mountains west. They flee into British soil when pressed by government troops, the plains warfare failing against mountain Indians.
Judge Clements reports a Routt county letter warning of a possible Ute outbreak in spring with tribes allied to Sioux and Arapahoes at Whisky Gap. Settlers fear, some evacuate to Snake River country while others plan fortifications or departures. Denver snowstorm and local business notes follow with railroad, hospital plans, a jail breakout, and advertisements for soaps and baking powder.
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