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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1877
Page
10
By mid May the 3 cent green stamp will be replaced by red or brown issues. The redesign keeps Washington’s medallion with a white background to resist washing, and marks possible moves toward a Liberty head and coin like designs on the 5 cent stamp. International use and counterfeit risk drive this shift.
The Galveston News asserts Grant secretly sent emissaries to Mexico to set up a U S protectorate amid revolutionists, aiming to act after leaving office. The Louisville Courier Journal finds it plausible and Democrats react with opprobrium as they claim the party seeks to insult a leader who kept them at bay for twelve years.
A Santa Fe correspondent reports Socorro county mines twenty seven miles west of the Rio Grande in the Magdalena mountains yield carbonate of lead with 40 to 60 percent lead and 18 to 100 ounces of silver per ton. Large quantities of lead bullion have shipped to St Louis and Chicago and silver is recovered with satisfactory results. Mines are extensive with hundreds opened and shafts 40 to 160 feet deep. ore smelts easily and tonnage runs into thousands.
The passage defends ranchers stockmen and miners against all critics. It claims enduring representation of frontier interests and vows not to flinch from condemning anyone harming hardy pioneers and public opinion supports their stance.
Omaha editors urge passage of an ordinance requiring municipal sidewalk cleaning. They argue clean sidewalks improve safety and curb street debris, stressing the need for formal citywide standards and enforcement.
A rising opposition within the Republican Party protests a plan by a joint committee for counting electoral votes. Gov. Hendricks reportedly supports the plan, while Washington Republicans say it may fail Gov. Hayes. Dispatches note mixed reactions with some urging amendments and others backing the current form as a necessity.
Capt Swan of the Cheyenne Rangers orders immediate active service. A squad guards the high court martial and protects officers from bull dozing by hostile tribes. Mounted pickets along the road to the Chug deter Indians before they reach Department Headquarters.
Articles of incorporation filed Friday in Colorado list the Black Hills Gold Mining Company with headquarters in Denver. Directors are George J. Sherman Moses Anker George F. Jones William Parker and Robert Connelly. Capital stock set at 600000 dollars divided into 120000 shares of five dollars each.
The advertisement touts Deadwood City’s Miners and Mechanics Bank with Jus M Woods as cashier. It portrays a pioneer Black Hills bank solidly established and trusted by the community, with connections to eastern institutions and prompt handling of customer business.
H C Bennett, formerly editor from Denver, was tried and convicted in California. He faces a state prison term up to five years and a fine equal to the money involved. The remark condemns his conduct and notes he would have avoided arrest with proper behavior.
A weary youth asks how to rid himself of the washerwoman’s importunities. He has heard paying up might help, but the writer notes he is not speaking from experience.
By direction of the President and on the Judge Advocate General’s recommendation, Major William R. Price of the Eighth Cavalry has his sentence remitted and is restored to his former relative rank, effective from his commission date July 28 1866.
Reports from the southern district of Utah speak of goose eggs that assayed eight thousand dollars per ton in silver. One nest found in petrified state contains eggs that also assay largely in silver, stirring much excitement among observers.
The source notes a shift in tactics as a woman leads the fight for liberty, using whatever is at hand rather than traditional weapons. It contrasts male approaches with a decisive, resourceful improvisation by female participants in the struggle.
The Dakota papers report that residents of the territory will offer no objections to the proposed establishment of a new territory embracing the Black Hills. The stance signals broad local support for redrawing territorial boundaries.
In a Nevada district, miners replaced a would be juror after he admitted he had not read the newspapers and still claimed intelligence. The unusual exchange highlights the trial's juror selection drama and concerns about informed reasoning.
Citizens of Custer City push for a chair factory as two or more presidents take oaths. Law permits an eight step process. officials say nothing harmful follows. Local officials weigh manufacturing plans amid constitutional questions.
The article praises the conduct of Crooks Indian allies the Sioux Arapahoe and Cheyenne while noting tensions among factions early in the campaign. It describes fighting methods, Clark's leadership near Mackenzie, frigid December weather, and a Sioux chiefs axe demonstration near Crook during the campaign.
An old Texan recalls using rawhide traces that stretch in wet weather. He tied the traces to a post and waited while the sled crawled home as the hides shrank back to length. The tale ends with a boast that Texas is a great country.
A Boston Courier reprints a slip proposing a depth remedy for small-pox measles and scarlet fever. It describes powders of fox-glove and zinc to be made into a syrupy paste and dosed every two hours, with jalap powder as needed, touting rapid convalescence and anti fever action. It claims endorsement by Mr Larkin of the Royal College of Surgeons and urges press publicity and shipping protections for emigrants.
The article notes a severe lack of transport for General Crook's forces, Indian allies, and Black Hills trade. Freight availability is limited, and high rates persist despite good roads. daily corn needs reached 29 000 pounds with 1500 soldiers and 363 Indian allies, plus pack trains and ambulances, making mobility the campaign's greatest burden.
The text ponders naming a proposed new territory Montenegro deriving from Latin for Black Hills. It draws parallels to Turkey’s Black Hills and America’s Black Hills and suggests Montenegro as an appealing alternative to El Dorado.
A poetic plea bridges faiths with Bedouin mercy and divine compassion. The speaker invokes Allah and Christ, urging hospitality to the wandering poor, from a Bedouin tent door in a desert night. The verse blends Islamic and Christian appeals to help those in need.
A 26 year old Texan, J W Boyles, fled after killing W M Williams in Milan County Texas. Tracked through Colorado Wyoming and the Black Hills, he surrendered when Sheriff M Livingston pursued him back to Texas, confessing to the murder. He had previously been jailed for horse theft and was known as W J Mason or W J Lee during parts of his travels.
The writer recalls freezing a large toe in 1838 and thawing it by immersing in cold water with occasional snow. A coating of ice formed around the toe, which thawed without swelling or peeling. The method delayed thawing until blood could thaw and keep life, warning that surface thawing before blood flow causes death and suffering.
The passage jokes about the rarity of Christian charity that leaves icy sidewalks strewn with ashes. A man slips in from an ashed path, engaging in a grimly comic scene as his wife sweeps up with a dust pan, prompting him to backpedal in discomfort.
Alber Bright of Mazeppa pursued a wounded deer after a shot near the Zumbro River. He clung to the animal through water and turns, finally killing it with a hatchet as the deer tried to shake him loose. Bright then towed the prize ashore and planned to haul it home.
Ed Cuthbertson and H B Young presented a five pound gold paper weight found near Deadwood following the Home Stake lode discovery by Manwell Brothers and N C Harney. The Cheyenne visitors describe early mine work at Gold Run, with bandastra-like operations paying expenses as Young profits from the Hills.
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