Weekly Leader in Deadwood Notes Regional Happenings
The column covers planned ventures in Deadwood including Sisters of Charity and a hospital, local business movers Flood & O’Brien of San Francisco, and Denver Tribune ties. It records long Cheyenne to Deadwood coach trips, court actions in Yankton, and territorial governance gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of Charity
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Luke Voorhees
Flood & O’brien
San Francisco
Exterest
Burglaries Bring Sheriff Carr to Chicago for Capture
A wave of city burglaries targeted Melander’s hat and fur store and Smith Gutterman Warrington’s clothing shop. Sheriffs, detectives, and federal lines traced two primary suspects to Chicago, with one captured and goods recovered. A second suspect pursued. more arrests expected by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melander
Smith, Gutterman & Warrington
Pease & Taylor
Carr
Smith, Gutterman & “Harrington
Union Pacific
Omaha
Express
Kearney Junction
Chicago
Clark Street
Army Order Approves Barracks Furnishings and Pay Overpayment Action
A general army order from the Secretary of War sets that enlisted men in barracks receive one plain wooden chair per non commissioned officer above corporal and six chairs per twelve enlisted men of other grades. It directs Paymasters to stop pay when an officer is overpaid or owed to the United States, or has failed to account for money, property, or supplies, with an appeal right to the Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
United States
Tobey Named Agent for U P Express in Cheyenne
Mr. W S Tobey who has served as express messenger for the U P A R Co for years has been promoted to agent of the U P Express company in Cheyenne His promotion honors his long faithful service and his standing as a courteous and diligent business man in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Tobey
Express Messenger
U. P. Express Company
Tobey
Cheyenne
Hank Breem
Reynolds
Piedmont
Union Pacific
Evenston
Pepper
Breem
Ogden
Jivanston
Dan Crapp
J. Franklin Crawford
Crazy Horse’s Final Command to Followers
Indian sources recount Crazy Horse telling followers before his death that helonged to go to the land of the white mother. He urged them to join him to escape the Great Father and American killing, saying there is no peace in this country and they must seek the white mother’s land to raise families.
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Crazy Horse
Pat
Union Pacific
Laramie
Cuny
Blackburn
Laramie City
Ife
Western Wyoming News Briefs From Rawlins and Green River
Rawlins citizens plan a live weekly paper as John Sheettier returns with 400 fossil fish specimens. A January 1 1878 race in Rock Springs offers a $500 purse for Bryan’s challenger. A $1500 wager looms on Brown’s Park races between Billy Titts worth’s mare and the Walla Walla horse run by Indians. A Union Pacific pay car derailment near Green River follows a track repair mishap caused by misreading orders to Chinamen.
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Rawlins
Bryan
Rock Springs
Billy Tittsworth
Walla Walla
Brown’s Park
Union Pacific
Green River
Fillmore Station
Green River Courier
Christmas at Fort Laramie amid festive scenes and toast
Fort Laramie on Christmas Eve lit up every window with candles and evergreen decorations. The old cavalry unit performed with energy as dancers filled the band quarters and toasts were raised to friends in Cheyenne. At Congregational Church Rev. C. M. Sanders spoke after an August exhibit.
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Fort Laramie
The
Leader
Old Cavalry
Old Port
Cheyenne
Growth of Patterson Church After Long Closure
In 1875 the church, once closed for nearly two years, grew to about 40 families and nearly 200 persons. Ladies and Sabbath school raised $2,000 in year one and $2,400 in year two, totaling about $5,000 by now. The Sabbath school, reorganized in September 1875 with few members, now averages 113 attendance. Music by the Quartette and Mrs Charles Masten and Miss Lottie Smith accompanied the evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Masten
Lottie Smith
Brotherhood Ball ends year with large Denver and Laramie turnout
The Rocky Mountain Division No. 103 B of L E K hosted a New Year’s Eve ball at the Inter Ocean hotel drawing 200 plus guests from Denver Laramie Sidney and surrounding points. Special trains carried 34 from Denver and a larger party from Laramie. Guests included Col. Red J. Griffin and several division officials. The event ran until about 4 am with lavish supper and music and high praise for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outer-Ocean Hotel
Rocky Mountain Division No. 103
B. of
L. EK
Denver Pacific
Laramie
Inter-Ocean
Brotherhood
Denver
Col. Red J °. Grifin
W. W. Prugh
Ed. C. Bradford
E. McNaughton
J. A. Myers
W. S. Marshall
Nay
Howard
Li. P. Conant
J. F. Wilbur
A. Reals
J. B. Simpson
C. C. Heckman
WT. Wader
J. K. Thompson
Jne Hill
J. G. Furniss
R. V. Miller
Wm. Mockley
J. N. Keller
Nick Weeks
Griffin
Davis
Epizootic hits Box Elder horse breeders near Kansas Pacific
The Epizootic spreads among stock along Box Elder and Kansas Pacific region with several deaths reported. Several herders lose multiple horses and many lose one or two. Disease is now under control. further serious losses expected only if snowfall worsens conditions. Denver Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box Elder
Kansas Pacific
Ozxie
Denver
McGuinchy McGlinchey Nuptials In Evanston Wyoming
In San Francisco on December 18 1877 Rev John Kimball married Hon John McGlinchey of Evanston Wyoming to May Alvord daughter of Mon David Noggle of Wisconsin. The couple arrived in Evanston December 22 and lodged at Mountain Trout House as friends welcome the bride back after a prior residence and brief visit with sister Mrs Chas Rich in Evanston.
War Path Frontier Tensions From White River Indians
Private letters report encamped Indians from White River Agency on Snake River stealing horses and threatening citizens. Locals demand relief as destitute natives cannot obtain ammunition. They fault the Department and White River agent for failure to provide provisions or relocate the group.
Nixon capture ends Texas manhunt near Sherman
A posse led by Pinkerton Detective Kennedy and Texas sheriffs traced Thomas Nixon to his home near Sherman after a chase from Big Springs Nebraska. Nixon, tied to the U P Express robbery of September that yielded 65000 in gold, surrendered at daylight after a standoff. He is jailed in Sherman awaiting trial. his partner remains at large.
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Thomas Nixon
U.P
Big Springs
Neb
Omaha Republican
Kennedy
Pinkerton
Tony Waits
Ogalalla
Texas
Nixon
Sherman
Omaha
Pocketed threat from the shoalpeen Doonk Blackburn
A crude ominous remark appears in the text as an unnamed speaker threatens violence. The line mentions a figure named Doonk Blackburn aiming to intimidate and force a confrontation with the addressee, implying potential harm if resistance occurs.
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Blackburn
Petroleum Springs Found in Wyoming Territory Near South Cheyenne
Maj. Conkling and Wm. Baldwin return from newly discovered petroleum springs near the South Cheyenne river in Wyoming Territory. They report two wells yielding crude lubricating oil at about two barrels per day and note several squatters have claimed ground. Baldwin, experienced in Pennsylvania oil regions, calls the indications 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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Weekly Leader
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Gwson
Denver Tribune
Colorado
Tribune
Phil’s
Townsend
Duncan
Samuel Goldstein
Afr
Fannie W. Wheeler
Ed. Duffy
Hazard
Lawrence County
Dakota
Yankton
Dakota Supreme Court
Fort Russell
Fisher
Blair
Court House
Messrs
Bartlett
Hooper
Central City
Colo
Telegraph
Jane Terrell
John Terrell
Robert Jeffrey
Colorado Central
Jaror
Summerfield
Fort Lincoln
D. T
Fifth Infantry
Sturges
Nez Perces
Board of Inquiry
Col. Blunt
Engineer Corps
Lake Erie
Wyoming
Big Horn
John Sheettier
Fontenelle
R. M. Division No. 103
Snake River Valley
Rawlins, Wyo
White River
Snake River
Agency
U. P. Express
An Wishman
Dunk Black
Far West
Luke Murrin
Rocky Mountain
Murrin
Col. Murrin
China
East Indies
Wakantanka
Old
Red Cloud Agency
Missouri River
C. Hecht
Mohammed
Dooley
Repc
Ers
Chi
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