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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
8
A Cheyenne correspondent notes Cheyenne as Wyoming’s commercial hub with strong cattle trade, rising wealth, and planned eastern immigrant colony. Settlers, rail traffic, Hartville copper mines, and new irrigation projects boost prospects, while cattle shipping and a booming real estate market drive rapid growth.
Ranchmen visiting Cheyenne are urged to shop at Jenkins and Ross for the largest stock of boots and shoes at the lowest prices, located at 367 Sixteenth Street.
A letter from C M White to R F Frazer reports that fifteen Cheyenne Indians visited Buffalo Johnson county last night. Whisky led to near murders as Little Wolf and Two Moons fought with knives, badly injuring each other. Little Wolf previously led a band in the Decatur county Kansas massacre of 1878.
Telegram from Des Moines reports Governor Hale of Wyoming very ill at Colfax Springs but with more hopeful signs, while in Ames Mayor Carey appoints W R Schnitger to replace Marshal Jeff Carr who declined to continue. Carr had held over since February 1 as term expired and deadlock delayed an appointment. Schnitger, a steady former deputy U S marshal, succeeds in office amid community support for Carr.
In Rawhide July 3 report to Cheyenne Leader, Prof H M Arnold oversees open cut work at the Deadwood mine progressing toward a tunnel as ore rich area is approached. Copper ore may be uncovered sooner than expected with a shaft sunk on the Wyoming mine south of Muskrat cafton. Wm L Hobbs, one fourth owner and supervisor, notes brightening prospects and nearby shafts on Little Bassie and Southern Cross mines yield good results. A famous American lady in Europe refuses portrait sales of her daughter.
Cheyenne friends of J G Mills dispute Denver reports naming him red handed killer in Grand Lake murders. They cite his Mississippi killings as self defense and question stolen funds, noting his recent money troubles and possible altercation with Grand county officials. The tale remains guesswork until full facts emerge.
In New York during the 1883 building season accommodations rise for over 50 thousand, while Virginia hosts remnants of presidential families. The Adams line is strongest, Jefferson descendants persist, and supreme court justices' fortunes range from modest salaries to hundreds of thousands, with several named values and a noted disparity in wealth.
A period advertisement urges mothers to obtain Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. It pledges immediate relief for crying and painful teething, claims cures for dysentery and diarrhea, regulates stomach and bowels, relieves wind colic, softens gums, reduces inflammation, and energizes the system. The syrup is presented as pleasant tasting and prescribed by a respected female physician, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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