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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1879
Page
16
Notes from Colorado Springs water works to Denver revival, with Cheyenne antelope sightings and early snow in Reno. Reports include Loveland deaths from typhoid pneumonia, smallpox of cattle near Julesburg, a controversial Rawlins election result, a new Elkhorn town, and a Deadwood gold rumor.
A Plum Creek informant alleges Olive directed tortures and killings of Ketchum and Mitchell with Green Baldwin and Fisher aiding. Reports claim Olive, Green, and Baldwin traveled after Gilliam and Dufrane captured the pair, with bodies found south of Plum Creek. Other notes mention poison threats to witnesses and a new scheme by Wilbur Storey to publish San Francisco editions.
The Chicago Inter Ocean offers saber portraits of officers awaiting judgment in Reno’s court martial. It highlights Maj. Marcus Reno, Col. King, Col. Merritt, Cal Royall, and Lieut. Lee, noting their bearing, looks, and roles while recounting their service histories and battlefield actions along the Sioux frontier.
Union Pacific director Charles Francis Adams Jr resigns, a loss noted for his qualifications and public trust. Reports cover Kansas Pacific ticketing plans, a Reading passenger engine burning coal dust, Gov Fremont’s Arizona tour and Indian councils, a soda lake land case in Carbon county with many witnesses, Cheyenne election results, and the death of Cutler McAllister en route to San Francisco after an accidental gunshot wound in Jacksonville.
Yesterday Mr A J Crookham returned to Cheyenne from New Fort McKinney where he and a party of workmen had labored on the post buildings since last fall. Weather delays suspend work until May. The small number of erected officers quarters remain un plastered as they progress slowly along rough roads. Maj Verling K Wart commands the post with seven companies from the Ninth Infantry and Fifth Cavalry and others from the Third Cavalry. The party walked 297 miles to Cheyenne after two weeks on the road and faced possible road agents, narrowly escaping danger with stolen firearms. The party endured harsh weather and fatigue during the trek. The narrative also covers separate disputes over lake claims involving France Baxter Shaffer, Sun Warrington Ernest, andLL Du Pont, with litigation pending before Commissioner Williamson and local counsel, expected to close soon.
The dispute before the land office register and receiver progresses as cross examination of Tom Sun ends. Wm Jastro presents evidence and, by Tuesday or Wednesday next, all testimony is expected. Evidence will be sent to General James A Williamson, land office commissioner in Washington.
The railroad reports its eight driven wheel consolidation engine weighing 115000 to 120000 pounds will power a temporary track for the New Mexico and Southern Pacific line in the Rocky mountain region. It is designed to climb grades of 3000 feet to the mile. Vandalia will issue cler gymen permits at half fare this year with restrictions requiring surrender upon leaving a station for the new holder.
Reports say Henry B Hall left Fish Haven on July 26 with thirty five cattle bound for Green River City or Medicine Bow. His mother at Swan Creek Bear Lake County fears he was killed by a desperado near Green River. Anyone with facts urged to write to the LEADER office.
Benson of Cincinnati took a horse revolver and blanket from his uncle Geo S Benson during a camp near Schwartze s ranch on Pole creek on Wednesday night. He disposed of the outfit in the city yesterday while the uncle and nephew were bound for Fort Laramie. The old man refuses to prosecute.
The contest before the land office register concerns a small soda lake near the Sweetwater river, about 60 miles north of Rawlins. Experts estimate its carbonate of soda could fetch at least 10 million dollars for its owners. Litigation began in 1875, tracing back to disputes over ownership and value.
The Deadwood papers report the marriage of Miss Jennie Frazer to Mr Charles L Snow, a man well known in Cheyenne. Also noted are indictments, pardons, appeals, and various criminal and civic items across Denver, Pueblo, and surrounding regions.
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