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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1878
Page
7
A fragment notes the Leader Printing Company as the pioneer newspaper in Wyoming with price and delivery details. It mentions subscription terms as one year or six months and three months, with per week carrier delivery for a single copy.
The court adjourned after trial sessions on Wednesday and Thursday January 20 and 30 with several cases heard, including Equitable Insurance Co. v Gervais and J. M Brunswick Co. v Brophy. United States v Webb et al continued to March 25. Local notes report Bear Butte smelter restart, Custer City post office robbery, ore yields from Pecadho and Woolley mines, and the disappearance of Charles Adgate with $400 and a white horse.
D T Drapwood notes ten Keets mining company workers arrested for grand larceny after removing ore from Aurora claims. A Crow band’s ponies, seen near Spearfish, were returned to their owners in Powder River valley by order of Major Ivins. Reports of oil prospects in the Hills attract claims, with severe cold across Larimer County and Collins.
A St Louis dispatch described a seventeen year old girl named Sarah fleeing with a man on a train. Deputy Arnold chased clues across Kansas City Denver Cheyenne and Ogden with telegrams and a suspicious boy. parents and lover were detained and the matter ended quietly in Ogden.
An advertisement extols Mexican Mus Tang Liniment as a universal cure for sores burns sprains and pains. It claims to save lives and restore horses cattle and other stock to usefulness more than any other liniment.
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