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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1879
Page
8
The column reports a mix of local items from Laramie City and territory. It notes a saloon sale for 2700 dollars, postmaster appointment, Masonic bond signing, lectures in Denver, and various regional updates including a rare bird sighting near Greeley and Leadville sickness, with family notices and events across towns.
The 384 page volume reports on education and science from the Philadelphia exhibit. Gov. John W. Hoyt chairs the judges with eight others, including Sir Charles Reed and Andrew D. White. The work surveys global educational progress, government and foreign exhibits, and promises a broader follow up report. It notes Wyoming’s Snake River valley as fertile, irrigable lands with timber and water, plus growing ranch settlements and new county officers.
In Rawlins Wyoming on January 16 1879 Charles F Perkins arrives from Dixon to seal a contract with Minor Peck and Co to carry mail from Rawlins to White River agency. He previously held the route before July 1878. A prior bidder failed after a few months and Perkins proves reliability. Locals sign a petition to upgrade the weekly mail to tri weekly, hoping the Post Office Department grants the change.
On Sunday morning at Fremont Nebraska Harry Hafner of Omaha was run over and killed by a Union Pacific freight engine. He was at the rear end of the tender hanging to the top with one hand and attempting to pull the coupling pin when he slipped and fell onto the track. The wheels crushed his skull and injured other parts of his body. Hafner was well known along the line from Omaha to Cheyenne and Oden.
An old Western advertisement touts Brown's Cough Balsam for easing coughs without opiates and Brown's Tar Troches for voice clearing. It also promotes Brown's Arnica Salve for inflammation and old sores. Sold by Addams & Glover, Hurlburt Bros., G. W. Hoyt in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
A digest of church and social items includes Rev. Thomas K. Beecher’s Elmira cremation society presidency, Bishop Whittingham's illness, the Philadelphia church merger, St Peters aid to the poor, and broad church statistics. Also noted are Beecher, missionary societies, US church membership, school enrollments, and various civic tidbits from Dakota to Cheyenne.
Private Edward Santouse of the Third Cavalry is restored to duty after desertion without trial. Maj. John Hawkins is ordered to Chicago on public business and will rejoin the Omaha station. Capt. Smith acts as Fort Meade commander in Maj. Lazelle's absence as the fort grows toward ten companies of cavalry and four of infantry. Rumor says Gen. Sturgis may move headquarters to Fort Meade, possibly abandoning Fort Lincoln to infantry. Lieuts. Mann and McCormick from Fort Yates are at Bismarck, Maj. Hiderkin at Fort Lincoln for a court martial. Capt. Wheelan and sister post move east for navigation season. Maj. Lazelle, Lieut. Edwards, and Capt. Schindell of Fort Stevenson attend the Fort Lincoln general court martial.
A brief note extols Dooley's Yeast Powder as essential to baking good bread biscuits and pastry. It claims gradual improvements in food preparation are public blessings and credits the product with tasty digestible results.
In Deadwood at the Overland house Miss Mary B Merritt wed Frank Smith both formerly of Cheyenne now Crook City residents. In Cheyenne Miss Honora Motley married George Phillips at the bride’s father’s home on Fifteenth street. Harvey Claiter aged 42, a Wyoming stockman, died at Key City house Cheyenne with funeral at Presbyterian church the pallbearers listed.
Readers are urged to treat a simple cold early to avoid sunken eyes and wan cheeks. The ad promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a remedy available at drug stores, with a larger size offering greater value. Depot addresses include Brittenton's and Pike's Toothache drops are advertised for quick relief.
A plan urges Cheyenne citizens to organize a home railroad company to construct one hundred miles of track toward the Black Hills with local capital as Union Pacific shifts focus to Utah Northern. Leaders seek fifty to one hundred dollar contributions from residents to start the project and attract outside capital. Sermons at Presbyterian church praise Christ as the Poor Man's Friend and as King with notes on social principles and monarchic traits of historical leaders.
The article warns that torpor or inactivity of the kidneys endangers life by slowing substance movement and inviting disease. It praises Hostetter’s stomach bitters as a moderate tonic and diuretic to invigorate kidneys and bladder, aid evacuative function, reduce congestion, and strengthen the digestive system against malarial stress.
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