Weekly Leader highlights and local notices from January 1878
The itemized column reports on the Masonic Temple story front, the UPRR land commissioner resignation, and social notes including sleigh ride thoughts and a thief at a slaughter house. It covers rail fares, a mineral box gift to Mr Earl, the Carbon County News launch, the Alert Hose contract, Bannack tensions, and civic commentary on local publishing, rates, and a county commissioner resignation with nominating suggestion.
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Masonic Temple
QO. F. Davis
J. E. Roth
Solon Burgess
Denver Pacific
Evans
Greeley
J. T. Earl
Rocky Mountains
Dan O Crapp
Earl
Carbon County News
John C. Friend
W. T. Shaffer
T. W. Rutledge
R. W. Jordan
Montana
Idaho
Fifth Cavalry
Ninth Infantry
Fort Hall
Sidney Swindlers Tracked in Nebraska Post Office Case
Special Agent Furay uncovers a trunk and baggage swindle in Sidney Nebraska involving John C. Lee Captain Lee and E W Morgan. Arrests followed and both men were held for trial in Omaha with severe penalties including fines and up to eighteen months in prison.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Furay
John S. Wilson
Wilson
Tennessee
Ohio
Sidney House
J. F. Wilson
P. S
Seybolt
Chicago
John C. Lee
Omaha
Pattee Lottery Fame
Capt
Lee
E. W. Morgan
United States
Neville
Marshal Ball
United States District Court
Cheyenne Celebrates Honest Victory in City Elections
Citizens praise honesty and prudent governance as Cheyenne returns a trusted mayor and a strong alderman slate. Official results show Mayoral winner Masten and Bresnahen leading in multiple wards, with total votes 1013 and Bresnahen securing a 151 majority in the final tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masten
I. R. Bresnahen
Bresnahen
Messrs. A
Reel
J. Granger
Bond settlement urged for Cheyenne and Laramie county
The Cheyenne Leader reports progress on the railroad bond matter with Gould Loveland and UP and Colorado Central officials. an agreement includes a $25 000 allocation to Cheyenne for machine shops and city improvements. Notices of local accidents and a Dooley's Yeast Powder plug follow, ending with praise for its baking effects.
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Clark
Omaha
Messrs. Gould and Dillon
New York
Major Glafcke
Tom Leader
Washington
Cheyenne Leader
Messrs. Gould and Loveland
W. A. H. Loveland
Colorado Central Railroad Company
Jay Gould
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Laramie
Wyoming Territory
H. Glafcke
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Union Pacific
W. A. H. Lovenand
Colorado Central R. R. Co. I. Glafcke
Penalty Stated at Four and a Half Years in Jail
The report notes that sentences are to total four years and a half in the penitentiary, with cases to be pushed to the extreme penalty of the law.
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Omaha Bee
Fort Sanders Weather Report From Fort Sander Wyoming
Winter at Fort Sanders Wyoming reports extreme cold with the thermometer at thirty four degrees below zero and six inches of snow. Four guard duty men suffer frostbite to ears and fingers as buildings crack from the cold. the night remains calm and clear today.
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Fort Sanders
Wyo
The
Leader
Leader Printing Co. Cheyenne Wyoming Ad
First and only for Steam Printing House in Wyoming offers all kinds of Book and Job Printing promptly executed. Call on or address Leader Printing Co. Cheyenne Wyo.
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Steam Printing House
Wyoming
Call
Leader Printing Co
Dawtf
Cheyenne
Wyo
The Sanctum Door and the Everlasting Bore
In a dreary sanctum a weary writer wrestles with a memorandum of items once gathered amid wintry days. A knocking at the door reveals Jinks the bore, but the visitor proves nameless. The foreman demands more copy as the devilish figure flits outside the door, tears in his eyes, voice crying for more.
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Jinks
Evans
Cheyenne Bond Talks End in No Accord with Union Pacific
Messrs A N Swan and P Hamma and others returned from Omaha reporting no agreement on railroad bonds. General Superintendent Clark refused any guarantee that Union Pacific and Colorado Central would build shops in Cheyenne or make Cheyenne the terminus. He warned the city’s bond vote would drive decisions without a formal pledge while criticizing the Sun as biased and funded by Kansas Pacific.
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John Ryan
Union Pacific
Here
Omaha
Colorado Central
Norman Stone
Sidney
North Platte
Ilis
A. N. Swan
P. Hamma
U. P
C. C
Cheyenne
Clark
Tull
The
Sun
Sandwich Islands
Tar
Kansas Pacific
County Commissioners Proceed Over Bond Election in 1878
The Laramie county board set an election for January 29 1878 to vote bonds of 150 000 for the Colorado Central Railroad. Precincts and polling places were listed with appointed judges. A committee was named to review stock marks and brands. A claim against stage robbers was audited and paid, others withdrawn. The board adjourned after certifying the record.
County Election to Approve County Bonds in 1878
Laramie County to hold an election on January 29 1878 to issue bonds of 150000 dollars to the Colorado Central Railroad. Precincts Cheyenne 1 at Recreation Hall Cheyenne 2 at Inter Ocean Hotel Chugwater Egbert Fort Laramie Fagan Granite Carson Hat Creek Lower Horse Creek Laramie River Pine Bluff Pole Creek Upper Horse Creek with specified voting places. Board of County Commissioners L S Louis LoEar and J K Jerrrey deputies.
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Cheyenne, Laramie Co
Wyo
Board of County Commissioners
Said County
Swan
A. H. Swan
E. Nagle
Laramie County
Colorado Central Railroad Company
Legislative Assembly of
Wyoming Territory
Cheyenne
Recreation Hall
T. A. Kent
L. C. Stevens
W. D. Pease
Inter-Ocean Hotel
J. Y. Cowhick
M. H. Arnold
Phebe Pickett
Chugwater
H. B. Kelly & Co
Colin Hunter
al. Gaines
H. B. Kelly
Egbert
U. P. R. R. Section House
John Wallace
J. M. Culver
William Dolan
Hart Laramie
Becoffey
Cuney
J.J. Hauphoff
George Anderson
Isaac Batteryonn
Fagan
D. C
Scott Davis
Board of County Commissioners of Said County
Louis Lorn
J. K. Jeffrey
Fort Laramie
Ecoffey & Cuney
Fagan’s
Granite Carson
Hat Creek
J. H. Bowman
Lower Horse Creek
Wm. McMinns
Laramie River
Tobias Miller
Pine Bluff
D. C. Tracy
Pole Creek
F. W. Schwartze
Upper Horse Creek
Leander Davis
Old Ranch
Louis LoEar
J. K. Jerrrey
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