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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1883
Page
1
Milwaukee on January 23 a laborer’s wife on Sixth Street killed her three children aged seven years to eighteen months in a brutal manner and cut them to pieces. The woman attempted suicide in an outhouse but was restrained and arrested. neighbors described her as likely suffering religious insanity.
A Carson dispatch reports five men raided Clidovich’s store at Gold Mountain Esmeralda County killing the proprietor and a clerk while wounding a helper. The robbers fled to Silver Peak with loot, then struck another camp killing a proprietor and two clerks. A posse pursues.
A convoy of four customs guards and twenty ranchmen pursued a band of Indians terrorizing near Hermadillo. The attackers fortified themselves at Romero Mountain but the ranchmen stormed the works, killing five Indians and wounding many. Several ranchmen were wounded. no deaths reported among them. Eleven Guadalajara soldiers reportedly murdered a guard and deserted yesterday.
Milwaukee January 23 The inquest into the Newhall disaster begins with landlord Antisdell testifying that he found no cause for the blaze beyond suspecting incendiary work He noted a strong gas odor and extreme heat leading him to believe the fire was spread by a gas explosion set off by the arsonist.
In New York on January 23 a separated couple named Lynch faced tragedy as their 13 year old son died. The father with help took the body from the coffin just before burial, and police have struggled to recover it despite extensive efforts.
Rail officials in San Francisco assert Tehachapi wreck resulted from an express car robbery attempt. Hand brakes were set. two men seen near the wreck are believed dead robbers. New York and London reports follow of the Cambria and Sultan disasters with many lives lost. A Tehachapi inquiry notes air brakes and hand brakes, and a gale may have pushed the train.
Reports from Topeka Lincoln Detroit and St Paul detail early legislative ballots and caucus nominations for United States senators. Democratic nominations emerge in Topeka while ballots in Lincoln Detroit and St Paul show multiple candidates and varied tallies as sessions proceed.
A northward blizzard blankets northern Texas with record cold. Temperatures plunge from 60s to 0s, with sheep and stock suffering. The cold snap spans Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and southern Illinois, rebounding to 15 below in some localities.
Father Tom Asin along with Chippewa leaders Little Thunder and Leading Feather arrived to oppose Washburne’s bill moving Chippewas from Red Lake to White Earth and opening the reservation to sale and settlement.
In Pine Hill Kentucky on January 22 a blasting accident at a railroad project exploded Hercules powder cartridges. The blast demolished a blacksmith shop and killed Albert Reeves Louis Fortner and David Brown whose bodies were hurled about fifty feet.
Chicago January report from Northern Pacific superintendent Cush ing states the main line from St Paul to Portland spans 1950 miles with 2600 miles including branches. About 13600 men work, 8000 of them Chinese, near Yellowstone area. a Livingston branch will reach Yellowstone by June and full line expected open by October.
A January Denver report says an Atlantic & Pacific train trying to breach a blockade between Coolidge and Fort Wingate derailed, leaving four sixty ton engines wrecked. Rescue engines arrived in blinding snow, causing another collision with the wreckage and more injuries but no fatalities. The storm was described as the worst in years with signals obscured by freezing conditions.
Bandits mounted and masked, eight to twelve men, seized Chinese workers and others at Montello station 166 miles west of Ogden. They boarded the east bound express, fired on the train, exchanged about thirty shots with express messenger A Y Ross, then fled. No fatalities or injuries reported among passengers.
The coroner, returning from the site, notes life arriving at 2 p.m. and finds seventeen ash heap deposits, each likely a person. Many fragments are charred bones. death toll may exceed prior estimates. The forward sleeper carried fifty four passengers, with coins and jewelry recovered.
In Leadville on January 20, miner Charles Petergon shot and killed rival Thomas Haskins over Polly Gregory, daughter of a boarding house boss. Later Sullivan and Brennan argued about the Robert E. Lee mine. Brennan stabbed Sullivan in the neck after Sullivan likened the mine to Jesus Christ. Sullivan cannot recover.
Thursday night Harvey Taylor killed his wife and mother in law then hanged himself. Henry Smith shot his wife and died instantly. Mrs. Smith expected to recover. A block of business buildings burned in Nashville with $100,000 loss, the courthouse also lost but records saved. A Chicago Times dispatch notes various far flung events including a train wreck verdict and a large entry list for a Chicago driving park meeting. The report also mentions extreme cold in Regina territory and other scattered incidents in 1880s style.
An early medical advertisement touts a tonic claimed to cure nervous debility, exhaustion, weakness, impotency, and related disorders with warnings of fraud. It advertises a “Vital Restore” as a universal remedy and offers free consultation, urine analysis, and pricing for bottles and multiple quantities, shipping details, and a private delivery option.
Advertisement declares the best and cheapest dyspepsia and bilious cure offered by all druggists at 60 cents. Product emphasizes value and accessibility to customers seeking relief.
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