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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1882
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text advertises a medical remedy for nervous dyspepsia and other ailments with promises of cures and mail payment. Mentions distillery references and a satisfaction guarantee but details are garbled and names are incomplete.
Scoville resumes argument in the Guiteau trial noting perversions in Dr. Hamilton's testimony and challenging head diagrams. Guiteau signals plans to deliver a published speech, with Judge Cox allowing a future address two hours long, court adjourns until tomorrow.
Diorycio Garcia of Lar edo Texas and Fernando Garcia of the Laredo Zimes office were arrested for robbing the mail. In Graves murder case the judge instructed the jury that irresistible impulse pleas fail if the defendant could distinguish right from wrong. The stallion Harold, sire of Iroquois, died. owner had refused $15,000 last summer.
Guiteau enters the witness box and reads his defense to the jury, arguing insanity at the moment of shooting the president. He defends his conduct with references to a New York appeals decision and appeals to providence, breaking down briefly and then continuing with dramatic rhetoric before adjournment.
Charles Colne reports A Reelus will lead the Panama canal project with 1882 plans approved in Paris and by the French academy. Eight excavators work near Colon while dredges clear the canal mouth and 1,000 workers mobilize as French contractors Couvreaux and Iersart send equipment. Hersant expected before spring to inspect.
January reports from Sawanoe Lake Plattsburg Keesville Port Henry Ticonderoga Whitehall Glens Falls Lake George and Saratoga show temperatures ranging from 22 to 40 degrees below zero. Poughkeepsie and river counties report an average of 16 degrees below zero as the Hudson freezes solid from Peekskill north.
The lord lieutenant of Ireland will permit the presentation of the freedom of the city to Parnell and Dillon inside Kilmainham jail on January 24.
New York report says Clarkson N Potter was dying with disease worsening and relatives rushed to his bedside. He died early this morning after the unfavorable turn in his condition.
Advertisement for Rough on Rats claiming to cure urinary irritation and vermin and Wells Health Renewer for sexual weakness. Sold at druggists depot D. D. Dare with a one dollar price listed.
The notice describes a long standing educational and charitable incorporation with a capital of 1,000,000 and a fund of over 450,000. It notes a February 2 December site constitution adoption and monthly drawings with a caped prize structure including a $50,000 prize and 100,000 tickets at two dollars each. It emphasizes full ticket sales for each monthly drawing and that all prizes are drawn and paid.
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