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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
7
Tennnggon is noted as a shrewd bargainer who hides poems until price is set. The piece recalls Willard, once a hundred millionaire railway magnate, now broken in body and mind with fading glory and fortune.
The Washington dead letter office will start its annual sale on January 10 and run until all items are sold. A printed catalogue lists about 4,000 articles. General Neal Dow recalls a St. Louis tale that Alton, Illinois once mattered more, with letters sometimes addressed to St. Louis near Alton.
The piece recounts a New Year 1883 start with a dog fight and year end sharch fair with oyster stew, noting Kansas City’s growing piety. It mentions Corsicana Observer editor’s baby girl and a playful lament on evolving language for Texas readers.
Report says Sergeant Mason will receive $1,000 a week for exhibiting himself and his family in a Philadelphia dime museum. He hopes this will help him live the quiet life, though public notoriety still carries strong appeal and value.
A local legend tells of a con tractor who defrauded the government of 60000 in gold buried his loot near an old lime kiln during the war. After brief residence he returned east and died in a Washington hospital before removing the treasure. The land has changed hands many times and every owner has sought the treasure without success.
Gresham's latest order bars postmasters from using ordinary postal funds to pay for extra help in the money order service. Likely some officials will be called on to refund. If Gresham becomes president it would be despite postmaster opposition.
The New York Times leads the bear campaign predicting Jay Gould will collapse next year as Willard did. It also accuses Gould of selling his stocks at peak prices, leaving others to bear the downturn. The survey ties these charges into a broader view of the current business situation.
The Rawlins Journal notes Democrats lead in both houses and will control organization. It praises W. H. Holliday of Albany County as president of the council and suggests N. N. Craig or John Conn of Laramie County as possible speakers, praising their qualifications and county honor.
Details emerge of a brutal assault on Miss Mary Parkinson at a Cheyenne ranch. The story recounts repeated affronts by Logan, her failed escape, and subsequent pursuit to obtain medical care and testimony. Parkinson lies in critical condition from injuries and nervous exhaustion while the community calls for justice.
Department orders assign recruits Charles Mickel and William H. Kelly from Fort Omaha to the 4th and 6th infantry respectively. Recruit Kelly will be sent to the station of his regiment at the first favorable opportunity. Recruit John H. Youngblood from Fort Douglas is assigned to Company C of the 6th infantry.
The Daily Leader lists cases for the Supreme Court at its current session with C. W. Holden versus Territory of Wyoming and Charles F. Cornish versus Territory of Wyoming among others. The court will convene at 10 o'clock with a full bench and hear five cases, including Cornish versus Wyoming, while proceedings from prior day note calendar calls and a postponed Cornish argument due to counsel illness.
The article notes that few challenge the lottery’s integrity and asserts betting and prize payments are fair. It argues that those opposing lotteries do so on principle, while informed individuals and Generals Beauregard and Early receive monthly fair drawings and prompt prizes.
The Wyoming Supreme Court has decided in favor of the Union Pacific Railroad in a long running dispute from 1879. Dwight J. McCann as United States agent freighted goods valued at $694.02 and the railroad seeks payment via a mandate to collect from the United States or McCann. The decision was filed by Clerk J. W. Bruner along with the mandate to lower courts.
The Presbyterian church was dedicated on Sunday with dedicatory services led by Rev. Dr. B. S. Chapman. The choir included Miss Kate Graham Miss Silvia Chapman and Messrs Whitcomb and Heath and the singing was well received by a large audience. The pastor’s sermon praised the joy of giving and shared a shipwreck tale of a mother and a man choosing life over gold.
The bank held its annual stockholders meeting and elected directors A B Converse F E Warren A H Swan J E Wild and T B Hicks. A R Converse was chosen president F E Warren vice president J E Wild cashier and T B Hicks assistant cashier. Capital stock rose from 100000 to 200000 with a 20000 surplus. The year was highly prosperous and the bank is described as the leading financial institution of the territory.
Boston veterinary surgeon Mr C B Hollis certifies St Jacobs Oil as the sole remedy in his practice for horse ailments and claims it is superior to any cure he has known in forty years He also reports using the remedy on himself for rheumatic pain and being completely cured.
A physician laments dull practice until a druggist explains that Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar dominates coughs and colds. The doctor’s rival, Dr F on Main Street, gains patients by prescribing it, and the druggist’s counsel helps the physician become successful. Sold by all druggists. Price 60 cents and 1 dollar. Pike's Toothache Drops claimed quick relief. Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's hair dye advertised.
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