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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1883
Page
4
An unclear OCR fragment references a medical case involving aly arbocele and a caustic substance. Mentions an examination and imaging plans, a box number 2359, and a Dr. rado at an unknown company. Context remains garbled with several incomplete phrases.
Electric lighting begins trials with Brush arc lamps in city stores and hotels. The system undergoes tests for about an hour before lights are turned off. Full operation may take up to a week as daily tests proceed. Rufus Hatch denies Yellowstone Park hotel company monopoly claims and outlines park area and leasing limits.
In a Sunday morning wreck near Evanston the switching crew failed to warn the tea train as cars rolled toward Almy. Brakeman De Mandel and Fireman Quigg were killed. Engineer Carr suffered a broken collar bone. Weekaville is described as a rough town on the Northern Pacific. A mob reportedly shot the outlaw Dick the Diver.
The Milwaukee disaster at Newhall House prompts mourning and warnings. Experts say escape routes fail in blazes. officials urge strict after midnight surveillance and a law demanding vigilant watch for boarding lodgings to prevent similar tragedies. A separate Pueblo Chieftain notice warns against a man calling himself Prof. B. B. Miner as an untrustworthy lecturer.
A Leader paragraph advising drivers to use the human voice over the whip is recalled by a citizen who cites a Colorado mountain incident. A carriage with two men faced a severe hailstorm and frightened horses that would have crashed, but obeyed through the owner’s familiar reassuring tones.
To the wife of Conductor Ed Nash in this city yesterday morning about 6.8 pounds nine pounds weight. The infant cried and grabbed Dr. Crook by the beard. The father calls him a fine Nash. All parties well.
A deers twelve antlers killed near Trinidad. Denver & Rio Grande railroad employs about 2,000 men. Pueblo endures a $10,000 fire on the 9th. A Fort Collins Swedish laborer Albert Bergner took his life. Pueblo trapeze performer Lizetta Maynard broke a leg after a fall. Coal sells for $16 a ton in Ouray. Agricultural college forms two military companies under President Ingersoll. Leadville to get a 2000 pound fire alarm bell in a 60 foot tower. Leadville postmaster in arrears. Rice’s Surprise Party achieves Denver success. Many prize fighters linger near Leadville. Wheat markets nearly empty in Fort Collins. Little Pittsburg consolidates Leadville ore, shipping 656 tons 1,605 pounds in December. cash $5,859.97. average $6.23 per ton.
J W Snyder returns from Texas with 6000 more steers, boosting total bought since season end to 9000 for the D Hi and J W Snyder Co. The cattle will stock the fliff range along the Platte from near Cheyenne toward Julesborg, on the north bank, bringing head to about 30000.
A humorous fable tale depicts a singing frog bragging about his songs in a brook. A fish, then a hawk, and finally a hunter appear, each scene illustrating the warning not to feel overly important, with a playful regional rendition throughout.
Senate in executive session discussed Grant's Mexican treaty and a favorable report on Logan's army efficiency bill. Ways and Means cut fence wire rates, and postal notes for under five dollars gain approval. Shiloh smallpox and snow across the North are reported, with cabinet action on the revenue cutter to British Columbia and a proposed six year term extension.
The Princess Louise and Marquis of Lorne with their suite arrived in Las Vegas New Mexico from California by special train. They plan to depart east via Kansas City tomorrow evening after a brief stay tonight.
The Brush and United States electric lights competition will be staged in Louisville on January 10. The loser must pay $1,000 plus expenses and donate $4,000 to the Polytechnic Institute.
Territory of Wyoming Laramie county notarized bank balance figures show capital 100000, deposits 906001.85 and total liabilities 1,253,181.06. Cashier Jonathan E. Wild attested January 6 1883 with notary and officials names.
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