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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1878
Page
6
Dispatches from Kansas City Omaha and Deadwood cover crime trials political talk and rail projects. Mentions Hunt and Duff cases, a possible morphine scare debunked, and Wyoming Governor Hoyt comparing 1776 libraries and schools to modern times.
Rawlins notes reveal a self confessed murderer Mercer or Duff, claiming Tex Jackson shot dead. Sheriff Lawrie doubts the confession while officials prepare tomorrow's examination. Local events include a Catholic fair and Presbyterian missionary plans for July 7.
A local cautionary note urges residents to avoid peddlers claiming deep discounts. It says traveling dealers are swindlers who will cheat buyers and that customers should support home merchants to protect the community and ensure fair pricing.
The writer observes over years that nine of ten patrons favor foreign dealers in hopes of a bonanza, but such expectations fail. Home merchants now offer goods at low margins, leaving traveling peddlers unable to undersell.
June 26 1878 Deadwood reports hostile demonstrations by about fifteen Indians near Redwater and Bear Buttes. Gen. Bradley and command are nearby and expected to engage roaming hostiles. The piece also mocks romantic genre with Cheyenne mother-in-law tale and a suitor facing a church conversion demand, unresolved.
Through the consolidation of Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific interests the express operations of both lines are transferred to E. M. Morseman who has previously managed related services. This move consolidates control of freight and passenger express flows under Morseman’s supervision.
The report outlines the reassignments under the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific merger. W F Bechel becomes auditor for both lines with Omaha headquarters, K J Johnson becomes assistant to Morseman, Major James Potter named Roadmaster Kan 628 Pacific, Col J J Ball appointed joint ticket agent for the pooled lines in Dehyex, and General Manager Clark notes Ball remains a veteran railroad figure amid the changes.
The Cheyenne Public School holds commencement at Recreation Hall on Friday June 28 1878 with afternoon music including The Star Spangled Banner and many recitations and songs by students such as Lulu Smith Gertie Ellis Nellie Stanly Katie Murray and Frankie Logan. Evening program features prayers essays diplomas and speeches by Gov Hoyt Judge Fisher and Rev My Sanders plus a travel note about William Hoynes from Chicago.
Cheyenne's Recreation Hall hosts Friday afternoon and evening commencements at the public school. Gov. Hoyt Col. Steele and others witness student recitations, essays, and choruses. Diplomas awarded to Miss Ella Hamma and Miss Frankie Logan, first Territory graduations.
A man at the Whitney concert endured obstructed views as a lady wore a regulation head-harness. Frustrated by the hat's bobbing between his eyes he offered a large reward to remove the offending headgear from sight. He left lamenting a millennium when women must remove hats at shows.
A fireman on a construction train for the Denver Rio Grande was fatally injured Wednesday afternoon near Washing ton Springs when his neck struck a water spout as the engine backed up at the Alamosa extension work. He was found dead by the engineer and the body was sent to Alamosa for family notice.
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