Weekly Leader highlights city posts and western notes
The weekly column notes Chas H. Terry as City Sexton for the year, a full Denver small pox hospital and new facility, Omaha grocer William Gentleman, and alleged sugar tampering. It records appointments for Colorado Central route mail agents, coal oil springs discovery near Hat Creek, and R Blackstone as City Engineer. It mentions $20,000 in silver paid at the Union Pacific shop, a Cheyenne man’s death after a stolen mule journey, Keets mine sale to M E Post for about $17,000, and talk of a Lake City military company amid Ute tensions. It cites the Colorado Central extension as 1877’s third longest line, notes cheap print services, War costs with the Nez Perces, a Denver church collection theft, Cheyenne-Arapahoe hostilities at Camp Supply, a new tramp scam, and Western Union’s prepaid collect rule aimed at boosting revenue.
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Chas. H. Terry
Denver
Omaha
William Gentleman
G. H. Farmer
N. W. Lansing
Colorado Central
John H. Bowman
Hat Creek
Wyoming
R. Blackstone
Bresnahen
Union Pacific
John Mahar
Cheyenne
M. E. Post
Frank Whitney
Keets
Whitney
Mr. Post
Post
Lake City
Colo
Ouray
United States
Southern Pacific
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Steam Printing House
Secretary of War
U. S. Senate
Christian Church
Camp Supply
Indian Territory
Arapahoes
Bik
Powder Face
Big Monk
Western Union Telegraph Co
New York
Orton
Bannack and Shoshone Agency Capture in Idaho Raid
Special Correspondence reports the Fifth Cavalry and Fourteenth Infantry surrounded Bannack villages near Fort Hall Idaho at daybreak January 16 capturing the entire agency tribe. Warriors disarmed, 400 to 500 ponies rounded up, with Gen John TE Smith and officers praised for planning. News notes the arrest of McKenna alias Reddy in Deadwood and transport details for troops back to Fort Russell.
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Bannack and
Fort Hall
Idaho
Fifth Cavalry
Cheyenne
John TE. Smith
Fourteenth Infantry
Montgomery Bryant
Krause
Vanderslice
Trotter
Buffalo Horn
Medicine John
Smith
Bryant
Hart
Kellogg
Payne
Pokie
Corinne
Fort Russell
A Terrible Death at Grand Island Nebraska
Mrs. EB. VY. Clark formerly of Omaha was fatally burned when a lamp overturned at Grand Island. Her clothes burned off, she was visiting her daughter Mrs. D. Ackerman, who had just given birth, and also mother to Mrs. Ed. M. Bloomer of Fort Laramie.
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Grand Island
Neb
EB. VY. Clark
Omaha
D. Ackerman
Ed. M. Bloomer
Fort Laramie
Clark
Durant engine decision sparks city council clash
City Council members favor laying up the Durant engine claiming water works suffice for fire needs. The Chief Engineer supports continued service with many prominent citizens backing him. Opponents warn insurance costs would rise and a single blaze could exhaust savings, risking schools and homes without the Durant hydrants.
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New
Durant Gities
Reno mine near Gayville yields 250 ounces of gold
Deadwood reports the first clean-up from a three day run on ore from the Reno mine near Gayville produced 250 ounces valued at about 4500 dollars. Ninety three tons of ore were crushed at an average of fifty dollars per ton.
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Deadwood
Reno
Gayville
Fort soldiers plot to abduct and hang a suspect
Advices from Fort Russell report a large Fifth Cavalry party planned by night to free George from the county jail and hang him after shooting Sergeant Moore. An officer alert stopped the plot. soldiers were sent to quarters and leaders placed in the guard house. Our New City Officials. The City Council confirmed City Clerk J. K. Jeffrey, City Treasurer Isaac Bergman, Marshal D. J. McDonald, Attorney J. W. Kingman, and Fire Chief M. E. Waldragen. Kingman’s confirmation as City Attorney was rescinded and C. N. Potter confirmed. policemen still to be acted on. council to meet tonight. Only three policemen to be employed, a reduction from before.
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Russell
Fifth Cavalry
Moore
George
Bresnahen
J. K. Jeffrey
Isaac Bergman
D. J. McDonald
J. W. Kingman
M. E. Waldragen
C. N. Potter
Sheep boom described in Evans Journal for Weld county
The Evans Journal notes the Lower South Platte valley holds at least 50 000 sheep valued at 150 000 with wool income of 450 000 annually plus mutton sales and natural flock increases. It questions impact on famed Weld county cattle and horse industries but hopes pastoral and livestock sectors will coexist without harm and offers room for further profitable investment.
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Evans
Lower South Platte Valley
Weld County
Wyoming Oil and Salt Springs
Major J H Conkling returns from the Jen neys Stockade oil region reporting rapid claim activity with fifty two claims and cabins under construction. Bascom and Randall have claims nearby and praise the oil indications. Ten miles north six salt springs have been found and can yield salt from water.
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Wyoming
Deadwooop
J. H. Conkling
Jenney’s Stockade
Messrs
Bascom and
Randall
Auction Sociables Sell Ladies for One Evening at Fundraiser
The Waukesha Democrat recounts an auction sociable to raise money for the church. Women, including an old lady of seventy five, are described as being sold to the highest bidder for an evening. After attendees assemble, ladies retire to a private room, don disguises, and are presented for bidding. Each winner then provides full attention for the night.
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Pat, Carney
Waukesha Democrat
cAfter
Masked Ball Revelations Among Courtly Guests
Report describes a masked ball where husbands discover they have courted their wives and sons pursue their mothers or married ladies. Women reveal their identities after dusk and the evening unfolds with social reversals and playful shock.
Expressman Attacked by Billy Goat at Stable
An expressman delivering baled hay in the First Ward was paid by the ranch mistress when a goat charged him knocking him into a manure pile. He plans to sue the billy goat for assault and battery as neighbors applauded the incident.
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Expréssmann
Sitting Bull At Fort Keogh With Thousand Lodges
Dispatch from Fort Keogh Montana reports Sitting Bull and a coalition of over one thousand lodges at Frenchman’s Creek. Eight hundred warriors plus Sitting Bull’s twenty three hundred camps, armed and backed by hostile chiefs Black Moon Four Horns Long Dog and Red Bear. Two infantry companies sent to Fort Peck to deter potential attack as Miles commands only five hundred men.
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Milés
Fort Kéogh
Montana
Sitting Bull
Frenchman’s Creek
Peck
Keogh
Miles
Back From the Big Horn Ex expedition member returns
Tom McDermott, a member of the Big Horn expedition, arrived in town recounting a July departure, a pistol threat on Charlie Lyons, and a stampede plot. He was captured by Nez Perce, rescued by Crow Indians, and later warned against seeking gold on that journey.
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Tom McDermott
Big Horn
Deadwood
Charlie Lyons
Corinne
Utah
Nez Perces
Crow Mission
East Fork
Yellowstone River
McDermott
B. H. Times
Send It In Newsroom Notice Encourages Local Tips
A plea urges readers to report all notable happenings such as deaths marriages injuries or big events by postal card or word of mouth to keep the home paper well supplied with local news and fresh items of interest from the neighborhood.
Greenbacks at a Premium in Denver
Denver witnessed greenbacks trading above par as gold's Denver discount narrowed. A $20 gold piece valued at $19.90 locally when New York quotes were 106, implying regional premium. With New York at 101, Denver carried a one half percent discount, elevating greenbacks above par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
New York
City Council Committee Appointments Announced
Mayor Bresnahen has appointed council committees. Finance includes Addams as chairman with Marks, Reel, Reid and Hammond. Fire Department committee lists Reel as chairman with Masten, Caswell, Reid and Hibbard. Police committee names Hammond as chairman with Masten, Hibbard, Addams and Granger. Streets and Alleys panel has Marks as chairman with Caswell, Hibbard, Granger and Masten.
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Bresnahen
Addams
Marks
Reel
Reid
Hammond
Fire Department
Masten
Caswell
Hibbard
Granger
Military Discipline at Fort Sanders in Court Martial
Colonel Henry of the Third Cavalry enforces strict restraint at Fort Sanders as a general court martial tries petty offenders. A case shows four soldiers fined for a concert outing and damages, with $28 each plus $8 discipline fines.
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Henry
Third Cavalry
Fort Sanders
John Wright
John
Wright
Rantankerous Redskins at Spotted Tail Agency
Joseph Bosler reports Sioux bands led by Spotted Tail and Red Cloud plan to leave the Missouri river under spring, fearing the river as bad medicine. Contracts supply beef to twenty thousand Indians. guards enforce discipline. two white camp followers banished, with guards escorting them across the river.
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Joseph Bosler
Chicago
Spotted Tail
Times
Red Cloud
Missouri River
Bosler
Sheridan
Crook
Texas
Union Pacific Earnings Report Mixed For 1877 And 1876
Union Pacific reports gross earnings for the past year at 12 63838776 with a prior 1876 figure of 12 88885 84 marking a decline of 24851708 Freight earnings for 1877 reach 7581268238 versus 780412350 for 1876 a gain of 27714478 Passenger earnings for 1877 total 368170201 against 430766253 a drop of 62596052
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Dooley's Baking Powder Promoted as Pure and Full Weight
An advertisement extols Dooley's Baking Powder as matchless for bread and pastry. It claims the purest cream tartar derived from grape juice and asserts each can is exactly full weight. It argues healthful, delicious results beyond mere economy.
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Dooley
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Reddy
Luke Voortees
Cheyenne and Black Hills
Hillsboro
Ohio
Seth Bullock
McKenna
Black Hills
Bullock
Durant
South Platte Valley
Auction Sociables
Zambezi
Gant Bey
Taw
Cache-la-Poudre
Judge Carey
20Th and
Ferguson Streets
Rock Springs
The
Colorado Coal Co
Boulder Valley
R. H. Johns
Redskins
Jos Bosler
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