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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1879
Page
15
The notice lists advertising pricing for the Weekly Leader with rates for various ad types and durations. Details include card printing services and per line charges for local notices and transient ads. The date shown is October 1st, 1877.
A rapid-fire collection of witty observations and curiosities mentioning Moody on babies in church, ex-soldiers in legislature, Italian murders, Indiana titles, Madame Anderson’s travels, and varied cultural snippets. It surveys politics, society, travel, and famous names with a humorous, scattered tone.
Special correspondence reports a grand gala season for Italian opera in Chicago with Col Mapleson and stars Etelka Gerster Maria Rose Minne Hauk and Campanina at Haverley's theatre. Also told is a Pittsburg Telegraph tale of a reformed youth who, after charity from a poor girl, raises over $40 for others by recounting the act.
Salt Lake city reports at a meeting of the anti polygamy society call for congressional laws to arrest spread of polygamy. They argue Utah’s polygamy problem lies with polygamous juries and demand exclusion from juries and proof of polygamous marriages by civil evidence to push polygamy toward extinction. They attack Gentile and Mormon leaders and cite Brigham Young era distillery ties and alleged adultery among priesthood members.
The city council meeting at city hall notes Mayor Bresnahen presiding, new members sworn in, and Hibbard pushing an officers salary ordinance. Debates continue on fire department bell purchase and budget items while a deadlock over marshal nominations delays action.
A sprawling Cheyenne market listing catalogs provisions and goods from canned fruit to dry goods. Entries include flour, butter, lard, bacon, pork, apples, corn, tomatoes, pineapple, lobsters, berries, prunes and nuts with varied prices. Also shows dried fruits and beverages such as cordials and wines with per unit and case prices.
Washington January 20. Mr Springers bill would apportion states by districts after the 1880 census so districts of three members prevail while larger districts adjust. It argues Republicans would gain in the South and Democrats in the North, with four million colored voters potentially deciding 22 seats in nine states.
Richards the Nebraska killer was sent to Lincoln after a death sentence. He remained cheerful en route, claiming his body would be sold to a medical college for comforts until death. He was convicted of one murder, that of Peter Anderson, while denying others.
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