Busy scenes and figures from Deadwood in January 1878
The column highlights reflections on fashion and music, Sitting Bull’s indigenous customs, a telegraph pole stunt, and the Denver Pacific depot nearing completion. It notes Honorary Commissioners to Paris from Nebraska, a humorous printer debt ditty, Dudley’s army suspension, Omaha smelting profits, a $3,000 blooded jackass bought for a Los Angeles farm, stock market chatter from Balch, Bacon & Metcalf, wind-driven cattle, light snow, and a counterfeit $50 note warning from the Central National Bank of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Pacific
Dodge and
11Th Streets
Garber
Nebraska
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
G. W. E. Dorsey
Fremont
Soul BO
Union Pacific
Omaha
Salt Lake
Utah
E. J. Baldwin
San Francisco
Louisville
Baldwin
Los Angeles
Cal
Slack
N. G. Balch
Balch, Bacon & Metcalf
Albany County
Central National Bank of New York
Justice
New Coal Fields in Wyoming Territory Attract Attention
A Cheyenne correspondent reports extensive coal deposits near Hay Creek 28 miles NW of Cheyenne with cost estimates and plans for a narrow gauge railroad. Iron ore prospects near Beaver Creek are also noted with high assay potential. Bobtail Gulch gold results spark optimism for the Reno mine and local mills. Annexation to Wyoming or Montana is debated, with Cheyenne as regional capital logic cited. Postal issues and Western mail regularity are briefly discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Black Hills
Hay Creek
Wyoming Territory
Beaver Creek
California
Wyoming
Bobtail Gulch
Reno
Bobtail
Weber and Casey’s
Washington
Dakota Territory
Yankton
Supreme Courts
Cheyenne
United States
Europe
Montana
Telena
Marriage Announcement in Cheyenne on Jan 28 1878
In this city on January 28, 1878 Reverend J Cowhick officiated as Mrs Catherine Beno wed Mr E Bescher erer, both residents of Cheyenne.
Sitting Bull's Camp Fort Keogh Threatened Move
Fort Keogh monitors report Sitting Bull's camp at 2300 warriors and 56000 dependents, superbly armed with Sharp rifles and government stock. Chiefs Black Moon Four Horns Long Dog Red Bear have joined. Red Bear resigned from the Agency with 2000 lodges. Miles orders two companies to Fort Peck. potential Custer-like clash or strategic retreat feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Keogh
Montana
Sitting Bull
Sharp
Black Moon
Four Horns
Long Dog
Red Bear
Washington
Death of Sergeant Moore at Fort Russell Hospital
Sergeant John Moore of the Fifth Cavalry died at 5 o'clock Monday morning after being shot on the night of the 21st by Philip A. George. Coroner Goldacker summoned a jury and an inquest was held, the verdict aligning with facts previously reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Fifth Cavalry
Philip A. George
Fort Russell
Goldacker
Brutal Murder Reported in Council Bluffs Iowa
A woman named Mrs. Sarah J. Smith was murdered last Thursday in Council Bluffs Indiana with her throat cut during her husband’s temporary absence. Suspect Charles Fisher, described as a half breed Indian formerly employed by the family, was in the house around the time of the crime and has vanished. Authorities fear mob violence if he is captured and efforts to locate him continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Sarah J. Smith
Charles Fisher
Smith
Court Martial Orders at Fort Cameron Utah Fort Bridger Wyoming
A general court martial is ordered to meet February 4 at Fort Cameron Utah and Fort Bridger Wyoming. The officers detailed include Lieut Col Douglass Captains Cowdrey Kennedy McConibe Lieuts Austin Lloyd and others from the 14th Infantry. Major Burt returns to Omaha after witnessing Buffalo Bill play May Cody with Sioux chief Two Bears accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Cameron
Utah
Col
Douglass
Cowdrey
Kennington
McConibe
Austin
Lloyd
14Th Infantry
Fort Bridger
Wyo
Willian
Collier
John W. Brewer
Horace Neide
Fourth Infantry
John Scott
Lewis Merriam
Albert B. Crittenden
Theodore E. True
Adjutant Fourth Infantry
A. S. Burt
Omaha
Chicago
May Cody
Major Burt
Two Bears
T. B
Bill
Burt
Yankton
Spotted Tail Agency
Cheyenne Votes Yes on Rail Road Bonds by Big Majority
Cheyenne reports a strong rail road bonds victory with 1299 votes cast. Precinct totals show Cheyenne leading with 409 78 38 31 and 715 97 618 in No 1 and No 2, while other precincts add to a county majority of 952 for bonds. Five precincts remain to report. overall county majority projected at about 800 in favor. A telegram from Omaha praises the clear mandate and pledges to fulfill the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Ag’st Maj
Pine Bluffs
Egbert
Fort Laramie
Hat Creek
J. T. Clark
Omana
Supposed Road Agent Captured in Deadwood
Sheriff Manning arrested George Healey last Thursday evening in Morton's exchange. Healey, alleged to be part of a road agent gang that attacked freighters last summer, was identified by I M Proctor as involved in a train robbery attempt in which a robber was wounded and a man killed. Healey denies involvement, claiming his foot wound came from a mule. He faces grand larceny and highway robbery charges. Another witness later identified him in a related transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Morton’s
George Healey
Myers
Healey
Deadwood
I. M. Proctor
Larer
Deadwood Times
Mountain Lion Quartz Lode Bonded For 30000 Dollars
Custer City South Dakota January 26 A local mining burst reports the Mountain Lion quartz lode located seven miles from town owned by African American miners. An assay from a Salt Lake City lab valued ore at 102 dollars per ton and the claim has been bonded for 30000 dollars to Voorhees Gilmer and Rought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Deadwood Times
Custer City
C. T
Mountain Lion
Salt Lake
Messrs. Voorhees, Gilmer & Rought
Wyoming Gold Mines Near Rawlins District
In Forest City Rawlins District miners use rockers earning eight to ten dollars daily. Hughey Johnson started a claim in Negro Gulch on the 22nd and retrieved seventy five dollars that day. The Spearfish and Bear Creek Ditch company has completed about three and a half miles of work and aims to finish by May first if weather cooperates and no unforeseen obstacles arise. Recent investigations reveal Rawlins District borders the territorial boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Rawlins
Hughey Johnson
Negro Gulch
Spearfish
Bear Creek
Rawlins Distrigt i
Quartz claims in district span Dako ta and Wyoming
The notice notes many quartz claims lie in the district within Dako ta and Wyoming, promising higher costs and delays in securing patents for the mines. Sand and Spotted Tail creeks hold good placer claims along with valuable quartz leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Wyoming
Spotted Tail
B. H. Pioneer
Sheridan weighs Sitting Bull crossing border and future action
Military men doubt hostile crossings to US soil. if Sitting Bull leads 2,800 warriors he could move at will. General Miles commands about 1,000 troops, Sheridan says he could field 800. Sheridan and Sherman discuss unconfirmed crossing rumors and potential troop dispatch to Fort Keogh. Canadian police leader Col McLeod is in Montana with no confirmation of hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Black
John J. O’brien
Fourth Infantry
Missouri
Deadwood
Friday
J. P. Welch
Daniel McLaughlin
Placer
Sheridan
Frenchman’s Creek
Canada
Dominion
England
Miles
Custer
Congress
Gen. Sheridan
Sherman
United States
Col
Fort Keogh
Gibbon
Montana
Fort Shaw
McLeod
Petroleum Discovery in Wyoming Hills Draws Attention
A Deadwood Times correspondent reports oil springs eight miles northeast of Jenney's stockade with six wells producing 20 to 40 gallons daily. The oil benches and gray sandstone geology stretch north to south over twelve miles, possibly spanning 100 to 150 miles. The piece notes rising locations, youth prospecting on City Creek, and a conflict over a claim, ending with a local account from Deadwood Pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood Times
W. G. Keller
Pennsylvania
California
Jenney
City Creek
Yellow Rock
Deadwood Pioneer
The Champion Flopper and Odd Depot News
A quirky column mocks the “champion flopper” Straddlebug Slack before noting the Denver Pacific depot completion around February 10. Reports cover road walks, dam work contracts, Homestake mine upgrades, a Cheyenne murder detainee, Nugent’s death, Captain West’s travels, Black Hills ore, a cattle and sheep feud in Southern Colorado, Union Pacific timber depredations, and alleged peonage of contractors along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Ogden
Mexico
United States
Leader Printing Co. Cheyenne Wyoming advert
KarSteam Printing House in Wyoming offers book and job printing with prompt service. Call or address Leader Printing Co. in Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Callon
Address Leader Printing Co
Dawtt
Cheyenne, Wyo
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Wheely
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Our
Postal Matters
Chicago Times
Sidney
Th& Bull
Black Catfish
Fort Peck
Wolf Point
Sergeant Moore
H. H. Grarx
Wyoming Gold Mines
Gould
J. A. Banning
Big Thompson Cafton
Cafton Creek
Prescott, Scott & Co
W. L. Kuykendall
D. WY. Barkalow
Seventeenth Street
Denver Times
Joseph Maron
D. P
Howe
Nugent
I. M. West
Boulder County
Colorado
John Thompson
Pueblo
Ana
Yic
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