Snow and crime mix in Cheyenne era dispatch
Snow two feet deep in Salt Lake City as Utah Legislature meets next week. Local items report a watch theft on an eastern bound train at Sidney, a murder in Canyon City, and political shifts. The Pioneer Hose Co seeks funds via a Thursday ball to buy rubber coats after losses at fires.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver Common Council
White
Sidney
Pioneer
Alert Hose Co
Week of Prayer Begins with Union Gospel Services
The Week of Prayer opens with union gospel services at the Y M C A Carey block in the city. Rev C M Sanders delivers a Bible reading on Prayer and a series of evening sermons and prayer meetings are planned throughout the week led by various pastors and lay leaders. A Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co meeting elects new officers for the coming year with M P Hannafin as Foreman and others listed.
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Carey
C. M. Sanders
L. J. Hall
J. 8. Taylor
J. Y. Cowhick
W. D. Pease
F. W. Tomkins
C. L. Wells
A. C. Snyder
J. J. Walsh
Geo. Wilford
Jerusalem
Pioneer Hook & Ladder Co
M. P. Hannafin
Morris Ap
Wyoming
Ben’s Hall
Thos, M. Fisher
A. J. Woodbury
8. T
E. C
Thos. M. Fisher
Rey. L. J. Wall
Marriage notices from Laramie county and Denver
JIANDLEY Montgomery Minnie Montgomery to Mgr Geo Handley all of Laramie county Wyoming January 5 1878 by Rev John L Lee pastor of the Catholic church Poulton TYNER J P C Poulton and Mrs R E Tyner Denver January 3 1878 by Rev C Salter pastor Congregational church of that city
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Jiandley-Montgomery
John L. Lee
Catholic Church
Minnie Montgomery
Mgr
Geo. Handley
Laramie County
Wyo
Poultton—Tyyner
Denver
J.P. C. Poulton
R. BE. Tyner
C. Salter
Congregational Church
Union Pacific Employment and Pay Scales Across the System
The Union Pacific employs about 65 000 workers nationwide with 8 969 on proper railroad payrolls. It lists engine counts of 168 and a large fleet of passenger and freight cars, plus shop and yard staff across Grand Island North Platte Sidney Cheyenne Laramie Rawling Green River Evanston Ogden. The pay scales show monthly and daily rates for baggagemen clerks switchmen engineers firemen and other roles with a capstone line noting these are maximum wages.
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Union Pacific
Laramie
Omaha
Grand Island
North Platte
Sidney
Cheyenne
Rawling
Green River
Evanston
Ogden
Artesian wells and Black Hills notes amid frontier report
The Omaha Bee notes Jay Gould’s pledge to build 100 miles of Black Hills railroad if Congress clears UP. Salt Lake Tribune reports productive artesian wells near Lehi and Grantsville water flows. Maj. Evans urges a Spearfish fort for ranch and freight protection. Workingmen’s Convention at City Hall nominates Fisk for mayor and ward aldermen tickets.
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Omaha Bee
Jay Gould
Union Pacific
Black Hills
Utah
Territory
Salt Lake Tribune
Lehi
Grantsville
Lyman Davis
Maj. Evans
Third Cavalry
Spearfish Valley
Spearfish
War Department
Custer Battle
Deadwood Pioneer
Fisk
D. Fisk
J. Braun
J. Granger
KE. Clark
W. H. Lee
J. 8. Taylor
Postmaster Glafcke to Seek Cheyenne Post Office Move
Postmaster Glafcke and Mrs. Glafcke left for New York and Washington to arrange with the Postoffice Department for relocating the Cheyenne post office to the corner store now leased by Mr. Polack in the new Masonic building. Laughing Sam, the U S Marshal, arrives from Yankton en route to Deadwood for a court term. Dooley’s Yeast Powder praised as essential for reliable baking products.
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Glafcke
New York
Washington
Dooley
Military moves detail court martials and assignments
The leave of absence for Second Lieut Robert London of the Fifth Cavalry is extended one month. Capt Samuel Munson and Second Lieut James B E Foster of the Third Cavalry are detailed for Fort D A Russell general court martial. First Lieut John Thompson of the Third Cavalry becomes judge advocate for the Fort Sanders court martial. Col Thomas C Devin of the Third Cavalry is assigned to inspect mule harness at Fort Laramie. Major C H Carlton temporarily joins the Retiring Board in Washington to cover Second Lieut John A Todd’s case.
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Robert London
Fifth Cavalry
Samuel Munson
James BE. H. Foster
Third Cavalry
Fort D. A. Russell
John ©. Thompson
Fort Sanders
Henry E. Robinson
Fourth Infantry
Thos. C. Devin
Fort Laramie
C. H. Carlton
Washington
John A. Todd
Eighteenth Infantry
Belle Fourche Coal Mines Progress in Deepening Tunnel
Work on the Belle Fourche coal mines advances with the tunnel reaching 150 feet depth. A 35 mile narrow gauge railroad from Deadwood to the mines will be built by San Francisco capitalists early next spring, enabling the use of high quality bituminous coal at about four dollars per ton.
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Belle Fourche
Deadwood
San Francisco
Deadwood Times
Not Out of the Cattle Business
County Commissioner John Sparks sold his herd and appurtenances to W. C. Irvine a month ago. Sparks plans to move to Lampasas Texas to buy a vast cattle herd and drive it to Wyoming, likely occupying a range north of the North Platte.
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John Sparks
W. C. Irvine
Wyoming
Sparks
Lampasas
Texas
North Platte
City Ward Divisions and Voting Conventions Notice
The city is divided into wards by street lines and voting rights depend on where residents sleep. Ward conventions meet at 8 o'clock city time. First and only jr Steam Printing House in Wyoming offers printing services from Leader Printing Co., Cheyenne, Wyo.
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16Th Street
Ferguson Street
tavIn Wyoming
Leader Printing Co
Heyenne
Wyo
U P Battalion Leaves for Idaho to Quell Bannock Threat
Special U P trains departed carrying companies B F and I of the Fighting Fifth Cavalry under Maj Verling K Hart with Captains Payne Kellogg Montgomery and Lieut Swift to Fort Hall Idaho. Gen John E Smith aims to quash Bannock uprisings while pay disputes and rationing pressure tribes. Officials anticipate peaceful resolution, though risk remains.
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U. P
West
Fifth Cavalry
Verling K. Hart
Payne
Kellogg
Montgomery
Lieut
Swift
Fort Hall
Idaho
John E. Smith
Leader
Smith
Stanton
Howard
Major Stanton
Bannock
Bannocks
Maj. Hart
Hart
Tophet
The Pardon of Frodsham.
The article discusses Frodsham, convicted of killing a gambler and pimp after a dispute, and the broad local support for his pardon. It notes petitions signed by Evanston citizens and officials, praising Mrs. Frodsham’s efforts, and questions the Governor’s decision while defending clemency.
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Frodsham
Evanston
Peasely
Territory
Jesse Knight
Whittier
A. Phelps
Board of
White
H. Garbanati
Judge Thomas
Col. Downey
Col. Donnellan
Pease
N. L. Andrews
Brown
Henry Wagner
Edward Ivinson
Blair
W. W. Corlett
IH. Garbanati
Disturbance Over Homestake Mine No.2 Near Lead City
A clash at the Homestake mine No.2 near Lead City as J. C. Ottinger & Co of Chicago, the buyers, defend possession against former owners who claim missed payments. Many men from both sides are arrested and tensions rise as Ottinger & Co. hold the property amid ongoing trouble.
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Deadwood
Homestake
Lead City
J. C. Ottinger & Co
Chicago
Ottinger & Co
Ottenger & Co
Diamond Fields of the Black Hills Discovery
Our townsman E. Preble reports a large deposit of diamonds in the Black Hills. Specimens show good hardness and clarity, though not as brilliant as African stones. Development is minimal, but the sample suggests potential riches. viewable at the Deadwood Times office.
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E. Preble
Sidney Specimens Scheme Arrests in Mail Fraud Case
Special Agent Seybolt of the P O Department arrested E W Morgan and Jno C Lee in Sidney Nebraska on charges of devising a mail fraud. They allegedly wrote to eastern recipients claiming a local man named Sidney had died, promising a valuable trunk containing a gold watch two silver mounted revolvers and papers would be sent if $25 50 was sent to John F Wilson Sidney.
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Sidney
Nes
Seybolt
P. O. Department
E. W. Morgan
Jno
John F. Wilson
Mr Taylor declines candidacy for Cheyenne council
To the Editor of The Leader, Mr Taylor withdraws his name as a candidate for Councilman. He says he is not an aspirant for public honors and knew nothing of his nomination until seeing it in the paper. He requests to be consulted on such matters.
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Jean Clara Walters
Pennsylvania
Jean Clara
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Grand Opera House
Ferguson Street
Wyo
The
Leader
Gold and coal discoveries spark activity in Black Hills
In the Galena district Elk creek quartz mining surges as many men sink claims and a Bear Butte smelter venture readies operations. Rapid City sees coal finds two miles southeast promising rich development, plus a Father DeSmet ground strike near Capt. Nichols’ Golden Gate house. A Rockerville style gold cement find lies northwest of Rapid City, stirring excitement. The Sidney coach spill near Spring Creek injures N Newbanks with a broken collarbone. Black Hills Gold Mining Co trustees elect Dyer as President and Thompson, Murrin, Whipple, Chase to officer posts with the same executive committee. You Jong faces arrest during a local dispute with Jolly Son over a debt. language barriers delay proceedings until Ah Say’s arrival from Evanston. Celestials hire American-lawyer teams for the case.
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Galena
Elk Creek
Bear Butte
Rapid
Father DeSmet
Capt. Nichols
Golden Gate
Rockerville
Rapid City
Sidney
Spring Creek
N. Newbanks
Deadwood Times
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Wheely
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Carbon County
M. F. Leech
J. M. Thayer
Rock Creek
Whipple & Hay’s
California
Col. Vandervoort
Laramie City
Frank D. Yates
Red Crowd Agency
W. H. Brown
Henry Altman
Fisher
John Allen
Carson City
Cafion City
Colo
J. A. Simpson
Allen
Cation City
Simpson
Thom
Hook & Ladder Boys
James Talbot
L. Kabis
L. R. Bresnahen
Colorado Central
Colorado Central R. R
Union Pacific Railroad
Black Hills Railroad
Sam
U.S
Raymond
Dakota Territory
Yankton
Black Hills Coal
Diamond Fields of
Mr. Taylor
Black Hills Gold Mining Company
Board of Trustees
Dyer
Thompson
You Jong
Jolly Son
Mr. C. N. Potter
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