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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1883
Page
4
After a five day trial Charley L. Cornish was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The jury’s verdict follows a fair charge to the jury and a lengthy legal argument from both sides. A motion for a new trial will be argued on the 29th inst. The case marks the county's first murder conviction in six years.
A mob at the Novelty theater in Jersey City rioted after a strike over unpaid salaries. Manager Geo Sloan and Treasurer Moore were arrested after the audience forced entry to the treasurer’s office and police recovered the scene. Ten cent galleries paid extra for twenty five cent admission before funds ran out.
An interview with Griffin, book-keeper at the municipal yard, accuses street department theft via inflated payrolls and hidden time books. The Call reports a near exhausted city treasury with department heads planning workforce cuts. Ex-Supervisor Molineaux cites legacy deficits and $200,000 gas bill rulings as key factors.
Anson Farrington died after an explosion at the Milwaukee opera house caused by a calcium light cylinder mixing hydrogen and oxygen. Albert Seymour is critically injured. three others are recovering. The accident damaged the season and raised safety concerns about the venue.
New York report says Zerelda Garrison will not be taken to Bloomingdale asylum for treatment nor arrive in the city as alleged. Commodore K Garrison, her uncle, declined to comment further.
In St Paul on January 19 the worst winter storm of the season brought strong winds and heavy drifting. Railroads faced significant trouble with trunk lines running trains intermittently and delays mounting on branch lines throughout the storm.
The Temps says details of a reported legitimist plot may be exaggerated but general facts are correct. Authorities are watching restless royalists and will vigorously suppress any real attempt to carry out their designs.
Milwaukee reports sixty four dead with forty six bodies recovered at the Newhall house ruin. Scheller the incendiary is confined after being found in a deputy’s house. Names and totals of guests and employees saved or lost are released, with mass funeral plans advancing.
Washington January 19. Senator Vance presented calculations showing $114000 duty on imported window glass in 1882 and that tariff raised about $300000 in glass prices for domestic makers. He questioned protecting American labor and cited Indiana glass maker Depau hiring cheap Belgians. Depau allegedly imported machinery duty free. Harrison and Voorhees debated duties and foreign labor imports as the discussion moved to the labor question.
The Denver & Rio Grande will complete its Utah extension by March. Capt Budd reports the Greeley Salt Lake Pacific road ready fifteen miles up Poudre canyon. A Portland Kalama line will connect Oregon Washington territory and the Northern Pacific. Oregon Short line nears Wood River junction by Feb 1 and Bellevue Tailey line may finish in spring. Boise not on Oregon Short line route. Trains run Granger to terminus. depots rising with substantial modern designs.
An 1880s advertisement from Baltimore claims Brown's Iron Bitters cures heart disease paralysis dropsy kidney disease consumption dyspepsia rheumatism neuralgia and similar ailments by purifying and enriching the blood. A testimonial from Mrs Maxy E Brashear details regained strength after three bottles and urges use by women.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia Benson’s Capcine Porous Plaster won the highest medal for rubber porous plasters. The jury included Dr. Roth, J. H. Thompson, C. B. White, and Ernest Fleisch M.D. The award was confirmed by the Paris exposition medical jury. physicians increasingly adopted it, but buyers should beware of imitations bearing the word CAPCINE.
An advert claims Poo Choo’s Balsam of Shark Oil restores hearing using oil from Carcharodon ronda, a white shark. It attributes discovery to a Buddhist priest around 1410 and says the remedy cured deafness across China for 30 years with bottles sold at 21.00 per bottle.
An advertisement claims a remedy to restore hearing and cure deafness with permanent effects. It urges readers to mail $1 to Haylock & Jenney at 7 Dey Street New York or send by registered letter. Supplier is MAWLOOCH & JEN NEW as sole American agents.
The LEADER job office advertises prompt printing services at reasonable rates. It highlights quick turnarounds for job work, with emphasis on affordability and reliability for local customers.
A Sherman group has journeyed to Crystal Mountain for a planned outing or excursion. Details on participants and purpose remain limited in the accessible text.
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