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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1883
Page
6
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Frank James on trial at Kansas City. Painter Gustav Doré dead. Liquor troubles in Indian Territory. Authoress Anna Eliza Bray dead. Sultan steamer officers jailed. Duluth thermometer 35 below. Guiteau bones to be paid 2000 dollars. Passion play court debate. Ex congressman DeLano dead. St Johns railway pier damaged by gale. Philadelphia sends 60000 marks to German flood sufferers. 15000 skaters in Central Park. Rioting at OpeVika Alaska. troops under orders. Ice bridge at Niagara for crossing. John Gilbert improving after Newhall disaster. Cleveland thermometer fell 62 in six hours. Northern Pacific Hospital Brainard burned. no lives lost. Van Wyck pension bill for disabled soldiers. Chicago Germans send 20000 to Berlin for floods. Pennsylvania legislature postage stamps for members. Hancock laments Mrs Downey death in Tebuchipi accident. Vanderbilt finances strained. borrowed 15000000. Mariposa brigantine sunk off Long Island. crew lost. Oakland blasting powder explosion kills about thirty. Gloucester achor near Halifax snowstorm tragedy. Falconer defaulter to artists fund. over 8000. Giant powder blast total dead 26. cause unknown. Cambria officer hero with torch. Grant Mexican treaty work. San Francisco suicides and stock speculation. Powell’s parliamentary cap found in Spain. Northern Pacific orders 100 locomotives and 2000 freight cars. Cimbria survivor claims Sultan captain fled. Treasury circular for transporting Chinese West Indies to China. Gen Sharpe inquiry for Newhall house aid.
In St. Louis Freddy Gebhardt and Col. Cunningham clash over a public dispute. Debates hinge on honor versus perception of rank, while rumors claim Freddy's hotel guards and carriage use. Langtry’s season thrives amid the turmoil, with promises to return.
Lincoln Neb January 20 results show Millard 15 Saunders 13 Brown 10 Morton 6 Livingston 4 Thayer 14 Ashley 13 Sticker 9 Boyd 6 Savage 5 Conner 3. strong probability of settlement tomorrow. Republicans 70 in legislature, 67 needed for election. St Paul Minn two ballots identical Windom 48 Wilson 32 Cole 17 Dunne l 16 Hubbard 9 Kindred 5 Hart 4 Davis 4 Armstrong Berry Gilman Castle Wakefield Srait one each Total 139.
The Times denounces the interior department’s park contracting. General Brisbin, who ran a steam boat on Yellowstone Lake for a decade, valued the passenger privilege at $100,000 and favored park hogging by hotels if allowed to retain his own concession. Brisbin, an army officer with Montana postings and Washington connections, has been linked to various speculation.
Weeksville Montana dispatch reports vigilantes cleared Thomsson River area then moved on to Sand Point. They captured two men known as Dick the Barber and Ohio Dan, hung them on separate trees within two miles of San Francisco. Both men confessed to multiple depredations warranting hanging.
A boiler at R. W. Hodgnes' eagle flouring mill in Portland Ohio exploded this morning. Herman Lewis aged 15 was killed and Ellsworth Lewis wounded seriously. A large section of the boiler blew through a brick wall and the nearby Cleveland and Pittsburg depot wall about 800 feet away. The supply pipe was frozen, suspected to have caused the disaster.
Berlin authorities confiscate an immoral pamphlet attacking ex-Empress Eugenie as a purported account of her private life. Emperor William reportedly intends to appoint the Prince of Wales as chief of the Deutsche Husars as a memento of his visit.
Ling Ah Dive found guilty of murdering Ling Quom by a jury after hours of deliberation. The court sentenced him to life in a penitentiary. Ling Ah You, tried as an accessory, was acquitted.
Washington notes report Jansen the resurrectionist has been re arrested. Two medical students are implicated with Jansen in robbing the grave of Shaw the boy executed for his sister s murder. The body was found in a cab with feet protruding from the window. National Woman s Suffrage Association convened at Lincoln hall with Miss Susan B Anthony presiding and speeches by Rachel Foster Ellen Sheldon May Wright Sewall and Lillie D Blake.
Blair presents numerous petitions for national aid to common schools. Voorhees backs transferring weather forest oversight to agriculture. Rollins introduces Emma DeLong relief. The House debates postal rate changes from January to July. Senate confirms Goward and Deland, and assigns Indian agency posts. District Attorney touts Edmunds bill to force testimony of first wives. Steele proposes suspending upgrade to top army command vacancies.
Hamburg reports 25000 pounds sterling demanded as surety for the steamer Sultan. The nautical court has taken the case. A passenger slit his throat as the Cambria sank. German press continues to attack Sultan officers for deserting the Cambria.
Foreign facts note the Paris arrival at New York from Havre and the Polynis e at London from New York. Bessaraba reaches Liverpool from Galveston while Adriatic and Periere arrive at London outward bound. Gambetta's death unsettles France as rumors of Phoenix Park arrests spread and ministerial crises loom. Ex Empress Eugenie in hotel Du Rhin says she supports Napoleon and offers family sentiments.
Denver January 22 Bowen leads in the undecided senatorial contest as caucus ballots shift. On first ballot Pitkin has twenty, later ballots show Tabor at twenty four and Bowen sticking near twenty three on multiple rounds. The last tally has Pitkin seventeen Tabor six Tammil ten and Bowen twenty.
A Wells Fargo dispatch from Carson reports masked raiders robbed a Gold Mountain store and killed the proprietor and two clerks. They then looted a Silver Peak store, killing its proprietor and a clerk. Two attackers are said to be in southwestern Nevada, cut off from telegraphic contact.
An advertisement claims Parker's Ginger Tonic prevents many ills by keeping the stomach liver and kidneys in good order. It states the tonic keeps blood rich and pure and offers good health at low cost with a reference to another column for more details.
Salmi Morse appears discouraged by authorities opposition to the Passion Play and has halted rehearsals to stage another original work. The venture consumed about $10,000 of unknown funding, making recovery uncertain. Also notes Colorado sheep in good condition.
A. G. Barnia of Lincoln Nebraska requests any information on the whereabouts or parts of Horace G Barnes reported drowned in Yellowstone last May. Parents urge assistance.
A run on the People's Twenty-Five Cent Bank in Bath Missouri prompted stoppage of payments to protect its creditors. Examiner Richards finds the bank solvent with a surplus and says there is no cause for alarm despite fears its Pacific National or Boston deposits may have expired.
An advertisement touts Skinny Men Wells Health Renewer as a cure for dyspepsia impotency and sexual debility. The pitch claims restored health and vigor with a price of $1.
An old household product advertisement promotes Don’t Die in the House and Rough on Rats showing claims to kill rats mice roaches bed bugs flies ants moles chipmunks gophers for 15 cents.
For sale a fine ranch on the Little Laramie river fourteen miles from Laramie City containing over 900 acres with 700 under fence plus substantial residences stables and corrals and grand water privileges. Includes 150 head of horses and mules in good condition. For terms, contact Bramer and Steele Attorneys at Law Laramie City Wyoming.
A vintage advertisement promotes Wells May Apple pills as anti bilious cathartic remedies for thick heads and heavy stomachs with 10 and 26c offerings.
A Victorian era advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a safe, pleasant tasting remedy for teething pain in babies. It claims instant relief, bowels regulation, and overall health benefits, priced at 25 cents per bottle and sold widely.
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