Denver Era Scribbles and Wyoming News Bits
A crowded column reports on the Gould Dillon party in Kansas City and Gen. Crook returning to Omaha from Chicago. It notes crimes, trials, and political notes from Deadwood to Laramie, including arrests, libel cases, bridge construction over Bear River, and Gov Hoyt’s Wyoming school statistics comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould-Dillon
Kansas City
George Crook
Omaha
Chicago
Wyoming
Gimlet
Durham
Charles
Hunt
Deadwood
Detroit
Atlantic
Lander
Mary E. Walker
Denver
Laramie
Fred Nye
Fremont
Tribone
Richardson
Dick Duff
Rawlins
Texas
Dead‘wood
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Bear River
Evanston
Missouri
W. P. Davis
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Road
Kansas Pacific
Col
C. W. Fisher
Sixteenth Street
Gov. Hoyt
Laramie City
Rawlins Mystery Keeps Authorities on Alert in 1878
Reader report from Rawlins details a self confessed killer Mercer claiming to have slain Tex or Texas Jack after a late night encounter near Table Mountain. The body is not found, suspicions arise Mercer may be lying or plotting a jailbreak, and an examination is planned. Local church events and ministerial talks fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
The
Leader
Sand Hills
Table Mountain
Lawrie
Mercer
Dick Duff
Wyoming Penitentiary
Albany County
Texas Jack
Tex
Black Hills
Methodist Episcopal Church
Colorado
Sheldon Jackson
Presbyterian Church
Territories
Itinerant Salesmen Warned as Fraudulent Outsiders
The article urges readers to avoid peddlers claiming to discount prices and to support local merchants. It cautions travelers as swindlers and stresses the security of buying from home merchants who provide fair value to the community.
Trade pattern warns against foreign dealers undercutting locals
A long observation notes that in nine of ten cases patrons prefer foreign dealers hoping for a bonanza, but usually fail. It states home merchants now sell at low margins and traveling peddlers cannot undersell them.
Indians Open Hostile Demonstrations Near Deadwood
In Deadwood on June 26 1878 Indians fired on two hunting parties near Redwater thirty miles away injuring none while five hosts were seen. Gen. Bradley and scouts move toward Redwater as bands roam the region. The rest of the piece recounts a Cheyenne mother and daughter romance and a suitor pressed by a strict mother-in-law over church affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Redwater
Galena City
Bear Buttes
Bradley
Railway consolidation shiftsexpress business to Morseman
By consolidating the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific interests the express business of both roads passes into the hands of E. M. Morseman, who has previously managed related operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
E. M. Morseman
Union Pacific consolidation reshuffles high railroad posts
The article notes executive shifts under the Union Pacific merger with Kansas Pacific. W F Bechel moves from Kansas City to oversee combined auditor duties in Omaha. Major James Potter becomes Roadmaster of the Kan 628 Pacific as Col J J Ball secures a joint ticket agent post. General Manager Clark preserves Ball’s senior line role in Dehyex amid the new management. A separate local notice warns of a disruptive pedestrian-like peddler harassing residents on House and Fifteenth streets, described as potentially crazy and dangerous, urging residents to keep him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union, Pacific
K.johnson
Kansas Pacific
Morseman
W. F.bechel
Kansas City
Kansas Pacific Express
Omaha
James Potter
Denver Pacific
Clark
Col. Ball
Shis
Union
Pacific
Sandwlong
House Street
Fifteenth Street
Programme of Commencement Exercises at Cheyenne Public School
Commencement events at Recreation Hall on Friday June 28 1878 feature afternoon music and recitations by students including Lulu Smith Gertie Ellis and Nellie Stanley with songs and further performances. Evening program includes diplomas presentation by Principal N E Stark remarks by officials and an address by Gov Hoyt followed by more music and a benediction old issue notes traveler William Haynes from Chicago and a brief clipping about Wm Hoynes a journalist turned lawyer departing for the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Public School
Recreation Hall
Lulu Smith
Ida Bergman
Dots Pillow
Gertie Ellis
Nellie Stanly
Charlie
Charlie Leslie
Carrie Wells
Addie Stimp
L. J. Hall
Quartette Club
Far West
Frankie Logan
Ellie Hamma
N. E. Stark
Peter Hamma
Gov. Hoyt
J. W. Fisher
My Sanders
William Haynes
Chicago
Leaper
Chicago Daily Telegraph
Wm. Hoynes
Pacific Coast
Hoynes
Cheyenne
Stark
Wells
Ferguson Street
Eddy
W. QR. Steele
Nellie Stanley
Charité ‘Leslie
Addie, Stimpson
Lulu Jordan
Katie Murray
Annie East
Harry Russell
Bertha Spoor
Florence Hurlbut
Margarita
Hamma
May Jillich
Guv. Hoyt
Col. Steele
Hon
Cheyenne Public School Commencement at Recreation Hall
The Cheyenne Public School held afternoon and evening commencement programs at Recreation Hall. Students marched with flags, performed songs and recitations led by Prof Wells, with Gov. Hoyt Col. Steele and others in attendance. Diplomas were awarded to Miss Ella Hamma and Miss Frankie Logan, the first graduations in the Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaughter
BE. P. Snow
Peter Hamma
John W. Hammond
J.M. ‘Garey
Stark’ and Wells
Miss Logan
Miss Hamma
Quartette
Megers
Joslin
Whitcomb
Whipple
Inman
L. J. Hall
Quartette Club
Frankie Logan
Far West
Hamma
Prof. Stark
Ella Hamma
Hoyt
Fisher
C. M. Sanders
Dilemma Over Hats At Whitney Concert
A man seated behind a woman wearing a large hat at a Whitney concert complained that the obstructive headwear ruined his view. He moved multiple times, endured interruptions, and offered a reward for the hat to be removed. He left lamenting that women should remove hats at shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Hall
Accidental death of Denver & Rio Grande fireman on construction train
A fireman on the Denver and Rio Grande construction train was killed when his head struck a water spout near Washington Springs. The accident occurred while the engine backed toward Alamosa after a stop. The identity of the deceased was not released. The body was sent to Alamosa for notification of family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver’ & Rio Grande Railway
Alamosa
Washington Springs
Denver News
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Cheyenne Weekly Leader
David
Charles Morgan
Snake River Country
Freund
Clarkson N. Potter
Clarkson N
Tilden
Dr. Miller
Cronin
America
United States
Boulder
H. Sanders
Gillis
J. N. Keller
P. Hamma
Durant
Georgetown
Col. L. Murrin
H. W. Foglesong
Alert
Central City
P. Hannifin
Pioneer, Hook and Ladder
Lulu Gardner
Harrie Russell
Paul Reveres Ride
Willie Pyper
Hazen Capron
Margaretta
May Gillich
Denver & Rio Grande Road
H. M, Bond & Co.,Shipping and Commission Merchants
Apriotf Ogden, Utah
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