Moonlit sleigh rides and local notes in weekly issue
In the January 17 1878 Weekly Leader the second story of the Masonic Temple rises. notices include Davis resigning as land commissioner, a theft at J E Roth slaughterhouse, Burgess losing 650 dollars, fare cuts by Denver Pacific to Evans and Greeley, a mineral box gifted to J T Earl, the Carbon County News debut, the Alert Hose house contract awarded at 1029 with R W Jordan supervising, Indian tensions with Bannack and Shoshone groups, and several social and civic items including editorial sketches, a tramp poet, and freight figures at Union Pacific depot Omaha.
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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 exposed in post office bait scam
Special Agent Furay uncovering a trunk and baggage swindle in Sidney Nebraska. John C. Lee known as Captain Lee and E W Morgan arrested after letters and forged post office box ruse exposed. U S District Attorney Neville and Deputy Marshal Ball attend examination. defendants held for Omaha trial.
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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 Election Victory Declares Honest Governance
The Cheyenne victory story praises honesty and economy as the city elects a mayor and aldermen. Official figures show ward totals and majorities with Bresnahen winning the mayoralty by 151 votes and Hibbard and Fisk securing council seats. Names like A. H. Reell and J. Granger were on both tickets and campaigned despite expected ties.
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Tnr
Ringsters
Cheyenne
Masten
I. R. Bresnahen
Bresnahen
Messrs. A
Reel
J. Granger
R R Bond Question and Local Railroad Deals
The article reports progress on the Cheyenne Laramie county railroad bond matter. It cites an agreement among Gould Loveland and county commissioners to fund improvements in Cheyenne and notes improved cooperation from Union Pacific and Colorado Central Railroad officials. It also mentions two railroad workers severely injured on Colorado Central and a plug for Dooley's Yeast Powder as a household aid.
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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
Colorado Central
Penalties Pushed to Ex treme Law in Four and Half Years
The Omaha Bee reports cases aimed at total imprisonment of four years and a half in the penitentiary, with prosecutions seeking the extreme penalties of the law.
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Omaha Bee
Winter at Fort Sanders Fort SANDERS Wyoming
To the Editor of The Leader the writer reports extreme cold at Fort Sanders Wyoming on January 14 with a thermometer at thirty four degrees below zero. Four guards suffered frostbite ears and fingers as buildings creaked under the cold and six inches of snow lay on the ground. The sky is clear and calm today.
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Fort Sanders
Wyo
The
Leader
Leader Printing Co. advertisement in Cheyenne Wy
The notice promotes First and only Steam Printing House services in Wyoming offering book and job printing. Prompt execution and contact details point readers to Leader Printing Co. in Cheyenne.
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Steam Printing House
Wyoming
Call
Leader Printing Co
Dawtf
Cheyenne
Wyo
The Never Ending Demand for More Copy
A dreary sanctum tale shows a writer and a persistent visitor named Jinks demanding more copy. The scene shifts through memory and a foreman’s plea for further material, ending with the devilish nag of endless reporting and the foreman’s request for more output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Evans
Railroad Bond Question Fails in Omaha Talks
A. N. Swan and P. Hamma returned from Omaha reporting no agreement with Union Pacific on railroad bonds and a guaranty for Cheyenne shops and Colorado Central terminus. General Superintendent Clark refused written guarantees, noting Cheyenne voters’ likely opposition. He pledged future aid if bonds pass, while The Sun is criticized as biased and payment-influenced, not representing Cheyenne.
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A. N. Swan
P. Hamma
Omaha
Union Pacific
U. P
C. C
Cheyenne
Colorado Central
Clark
Tull
The
Sun
Sandwich Islands
Tar
Kansas Pacific
County Commissioners Set Election For County Bonds
Laramie County Commissioners order an election on 150000 bonds to Colorado Central Railroad, voting Jan 29 1878. Precincts and polling places listed with appointed judges. several precincts abolished. Also authorizes stock marks exam committee and approves Scott Davis claim of 400 for stage robbers.
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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
Election Notice for Laramie County Bond Vote 1878
Notice of an election to issue county bonds totaling 150 000 dollars for the Colorado Central Railroad, to be held January 29, 1878, across Cheyenne and surrounding precincts with listed voting places and the county commissioners' order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Colorado Central Railroad Company
Cheyenne
Recreation Hall
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Chugwater
H. B. Kelly & Co
Egbert
Fort Laramie
Ecoffey & Cuney
Fagan’s
Fagan
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
Board of County Commissioners
Louis LoEar
J. K. Jerrrey
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Gheyenne
Frodsham
Peasly
Evanston
Simon
Ormaha
St. Louis
Fort Yuma
Arizona
Union and
Central Pacific
Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
W. H. Robson
A. ‘Trabing
Medicine Bow
Trabing
Sidney Swindlers
Morgan
Black Hills
John F. Wilson
Citizens
Reid
Addams
W. H. Hibbard
Hibbard
L. R. Bresnahen D. Fisk
Seen
L. R. Bresnahen
D. Fiskee
T. A. Caswell
J. Braun
Caswell
Peewee Rere Tree Awe
T. R. Reid
Renee
E. Clark Seer
Fisk Smee
Fisk
A. H. Reel Weeveee
B. E. Addams
J. EE. Tuttle
Eeee Etree
M. Marks
Emer
Rena Wee
J. Talbot Peer
Hammond
G. G. Masten
John Ryan
Here
Norman Stone
North Platte
Ilis
Dooley
County Commissioners’ Proceedings
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