Local Leaflets Report Weather, Crime and Commerce
January 28 1877 notes warn of slippery sidewalks and coal thefts while noting plans for moves by Gottstein Idelman to Cheyenne and Maj Woolley selling out at Fort Russell. Items mention a soap factory, court martial in Cheyenne, veteran reunion in Denver, and a loophole on newspaper retrenchment with lively local chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottstein & Idelman
Laramie City
Cheyenne
Maj
J. D. Woolley
Fort Russell
Messrs. C. A. Weidman & Co
Vale sought by home folk over missing relative
Scout for Home Mr Vale faces inquiries from Rice's Landing Greene County Pennsylvania where Stiers Blackledge asks if Amos M Vale has reached Cheyenne. The letter notes the grandmother will cut him from her estate and urges immediate departure to claim his share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Tom Cheyenne
Stiers Blackledge
Rice’s Landing
Greene County
Pennsylvania
Amos M. Vale
Vale
What Does Bramel Mean Card Backward Read
C. W. Bramel writes to readers about the Chronicle and denies plans to move it to Cheyenne or start an evening paper. He states editors have no decision power. proprietors decide. He hints at possible future move to Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Cheyenne
The
Sun
Leader
C. W. Bramel
Destructive Grasshoppers Prompt Patents and Feats
A patent application proposes coal oil mixed with water in irrigation to wipe out grasshoppers, claiming one pint destroys half a million insects. A Colorado woman reports collecting fifty bushels, drying and scalding them for winter chicken feed. The insects feed grizzly bears in mountain summers, while birds, Indians, bears, farmers, and entomologists seek effective controls to avert recurring damage.
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Colorado
Wheeler's Wiles and a Missing Man Notice
W. E. Wheeler editor of the Evans ton Age and Uinta County school superintendent is hinted as to be about to marry. The clipped notice describes a tall slender man missing since about the 6th of next month 1875 with distinctive clothing and a carpet box and wooden bag. anyone providing information will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Abraham
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Col. C. W. Fisher
Denver
The New Gold Diggings Found Near Wind River
Prospector Barney Hughes and partners John R. Murphy and Henry Leywell report ten dollar diggings on the upper Big Wind River fifteen miles south of the government road to Yellowstone. The basin spans eighty miles with abundant gold yet deep bedrock, in granite and porphyry country with rich water and game nearby. Camp Rawfacaboo lies east of Bull Lake, an agricultural Wind River valley site noted for timbered river bottoms. Germania club announces a masquerade ball on February 1 at Recreation Hall with two dollar tickets from members.
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Barney Hughes
Montana
John R. Murphy
Sweetwater County
Wyo
Henry Leywell
Big Wind River
Camp Brown
Yellowstone National Park
Lander City
Franklin
Idaho
Utah Northern Railroad
Two Ocean Pass
Wind River
Bull Lake
Judgment in draw poker loan case in Laramie City
Bill Nye presided. J. P. and P. Jr. of Laramie City rendered a decision in a case where the plaintiff sought repayment of money borrowed to continue a draw poker game. Nye ruled that money loaned to stake an illicit game is nonrecoverable where the game is prohibited, but poker is not prohibited by law in the Territory, so the defendant must repay the full loan plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nye
J. P
P. Jr
Laramie City
Nye
Patent Office
Billy Steele
Snipe Hunting at Russell Post Guard House Tales
A humorous sketch describes soldiers in Russell hunting cigar stumps dubbed snipe for tobacco while confined in the guard house. With ground swept by the police party and brooms and shovels used as equipment, the "snipes" are shared among jailed men, producing a smoky, rum-shop aroma as discipline drives the pastime.
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Russell
Valdis Twin Sisters headline Cheyenne audience
A large Cheyenne audience praised the Valdis Twin Sisters at McDaniels Theatre last night calling it one of the most memorable performances in local theater history. Go tonight to see this startling act and join the talk among theatergoers. District Court Doings on Wednesday January 21 recorded overruling motions in Hecht v Boughton and Beary, judgment for Epps v Kab is by stipulation, jurors excused and summoned, Fisk v Green verdict for plaintiff, Gervais v Fisk trial begun, adjournment set for Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniels
Cheyenne
Valdis
District Court
Chas. Hecht
Boughton & Beary
Chas. Epps
L. Kabis
Jos, Lowe
F. D. Anthony
E. R. Ruthven
A. D. Shakespeare
Petit Jury
Peter Smith
Geo
Durbin
Whitney
Chas
Lediard
J. IT. Bishop
Sarah M. Fisk
O. E. Green
M. A. Gervais
Scraps and Scissors at the Cheyenne Daily Scrap-Book
The Cheyenne Daily Scrap-Book showcases editor Poulton with twenty eight scrap books and rival Slack’s diatribes. News notes report Black Hills prospectors in the Denver Hydraulic Gold Mining Co electing officers and planning work in spring. A Reynolds court martial decision awaits Judge Advocate General review. Also covered are John W. Smith’s $100000 liabilities against $400000 assets, Mark Twain impersonation at a lumber yard, Samuel Holmes killed by a train in Salt Lake City, revival meetings at M E church, and a business directory push for Cheyenne merchants.
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SoaprEr
Merritt
Col. Stanton
Egan
Leib
5Th Cavalry
Reynolds
John Hi. King
9Th Infantry
Cheyenne
Poulton
Cheyenne Daily Scrap-Book
Americus
Daily Scrap Book
Slack
Knights of the Scissors
Capture of Volin and Papinaus Train by Crazy Horse Band
Telegram from Fort Randall reports Crazy Horse band captured Volin and Papinaus' train on the Little Missouri river last Thursday morning and killed twenty men with the train crew. Details pending, Fort Randall believes the report. The engagement occurred about thirty miles east of the Hills.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Fort Randall
Volin & Papinaus
Little Missouri River
Crazy Horse
Sioux report on Red Cloud’s post and Sioux meeting
Crook's Sioux Pets Bull Dozed at Har Creek Wyoming on January 23. A mail carrier between Red Cloud and the post was attacked by four Indians but escaped. On the return trip he met fifty friendly Sioux en route to deal with Crazy Horse for surrender.
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Crook
Har Creek
Wyo
Red Cloud
Crazy Horse
Indian Creek
The Buford Burglary and Local News Highlights
Cronan and Kennedy were captured in Laporte Colorado after robbing Chris Quig ley at Buford station. Shanks and a picked team recovered most of the stolen money and goods but not the watch and clothing. A wagon accident led to Shanks being struck in a confrontation with Cronan. Other items note smallpox in Omaha, a negro chaplain Rev B I Watson in the Colorado Senate, Yanktonai Sioux tensions, Cheyenne business listings, record cold in Evanston, a Denver financier’s failure, a Rock Springs saloon fire, and eastern Oregon survey funding petition.
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Cronan
Kennedy
Chris Quigley
Buford Station
Laporte
Colorado
Henry Shanks
Buford
Shanks
Shank
A Word to the Wise
The LEADER urges Cheyenne merchants and professionals to use its columns to reach readers seeking information about Cheyenne and the Black Hills. Specimen copies of Tre Luci?er are mailed to correspondents to satisfy demand and attract trade from miners and travelers en route to the mines.
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Cheyenne
Black Hills
McDaniels Theatre showcases a towering troupe and prodigies
The McDaniels Theatre company features the Valdis Twin Sisters and other acts such as McDonald the vocal prodigy and Mlle Cerito in a lavish program. Walter Parks, Billy Diamond, and a large list of performers deliver graceful, daring performances with elegant costumes and refined diction. A.M. Campbell provides stage artistry, while local revival services and a missing boy alert close by.
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West
Missouri
James McDaniels
Valdis
Maine
Pacific
Tiny
McDonald
Price
Rose
Willie Gill
America
Jas. McDonald
Christendom
McDaniels
Louise Lee
Lizzie Warren
Flora Bell
la Petite Lizzie
Master Harry
A. M. Campbell
Shakespeare
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Frank Hurlbut
Baby McDonald
Star
New Dramatic Theatre
Salt Lake
Second Colorado Regiment
England
Mr. Vale
Germania Club
Recreation Hall
Variety
the Scissorer
Pleasanton
Alderney
Alphabet Po
Denver Black Sills I Hydraulic Gold Mining Company
G. W. Sherman
M. Anker
Wim
Parker
Whitewood
Deadwood
Chicago
Gen. Reynolds
Capt. Moore
Judge Advocate General
Army
Washington
Maj. Swaim
John W. Smith
Centennial State
Thompson’s Lumber Yard
Annis
Mark Twain
Louisiana
Samuel Holmes
Salt Lake City
Utah Central Railroad
M. E
Crystal
Relentless Redskins
Fort Pierre
Valin
Omaha
Colorado State Senate
B. I. Watson
African Methodist Church
Age
Evanston
Wm. Wale
Rock Springs
Houses of
Congress
Oregon
Blue Mountain
Laramie
Fort Sanders
McDaniels’ Theatre
Mass
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