Eighteen Seventy Eight Cheyenne Notes and Local Happenings
The Whekty Leader reports on a Chicago Times call for Mollie McCarthy’s confession, delays to Joe Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle in Denver, and a lively cattle sheep war in Albany county. Drownings and eclipse chatter mix with local crime, weather, and Utah Mormon obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Jefferson
Denver
Albany County
Charles N. Festner
Missouri River
Omaha
Princeton College
Durant
the Sentinel
Laramie
Sullivan
George Crawford
Elkhorn
Neb
Morning Bungler Fun Sparks City Critique
The Sun prints a string of misprints and errors about local figures and events. It notes Will Hosford’s health, the true location of Eames’ store, incorrect theatre plans, Van Zandt’s travel, and Thayer’s route, while correcting police court and street-work details amid city talk that the paper rarely gets things right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hosford
Eames
McDaniel
van Zandt
Oregon
Idaho
Gav
Thayer
Rock Creek
Fort Fetterman
Herbert Thayer
Burglars infest Deadwood and town news expands
The Deadwood district court met on Monday and Laughing Sam is said to be inelimbo at Deadwood. Hon W L Kuykendall is foreman of a Deadwood hook and ladder company. July celebrations, church organization efforts, and fire department praise fill this issue with notes from Cheyenne and Harney's Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Sam
E. K. Lessel
Jenny Stockade
Rumning
Hat Creek
Harney’s Peak
Galena
Lightning Strikes Laramie City Livery Barn
A severe storm struck Laramie City when lightning hit the J. W. Collins livery barn, setting ten tons of hay ablaze. Firefighters and heavy rain confined the damage to that building. estimated loss about 3000 dollars with 500 dollars insured. Horses and carriages were saved. The Alert hose company held a meeting with resignations, dues, and new members discussed, and a jumper purchase committee formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
J. W. Collins
Laramie City
Lr. Hayford
the Sentinel
Alert Hose Company
H. W Foglesong
W. M. Massi
Durant Fire Company
Massi
W. F. Hosford
Dr. Barkwell
Richard Durbin
G.ay-Draper
Mr. Stenskey
Durant Fire Company elects new officers
The Durant Fire Company announces its newly elected officers led by foreman P. Hamma and assistant foreman D. Smith. Secretary John Xx Jeffrey, treasurer John EB Wild, steward Morris Waterman, and hose captains Edward Rose and G Bescherer complete the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant Fire Company
P. Hamma
D. Smith
John Xx
Jeffrey
John EB
Wild
Morris Waterman
Edward Rose
G. Bescherer
Police nab two alleged robbers after night pursuit
Two well dressed men were captured after officers Martin and Hall pursued them through an alley near Eighteenth and Ransom streets. Each had navy and pocket pistols with wax candles and gags, and five cents was found on one suspect. The pair were taken to the calaboose for search and will face a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth
Ransom
Martin
Hall
Calaboose
Indians Going Northward Movements of the Cavalry
Hank Clifford of Running Water reports forty Indians crossed White Clay river yesterday afternoon heading north. The Indians are believed to have deserted their agencies. Lieut. Simpson with about twenty five Third Cavalry men left camp this morning in pursuit of the party that fired on the mail carrier at Dead Horse Creek yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
Hank Clifford
Running Water
White Clay River
Lieut. Simpson
Third Cavalry
Deadhorse Creek
Plucky Travelers Walk West for a New Start
A young man and woman arrived in the city yesterday after walking from Pennsylvania. They plan to reach Nevada to take a homestead and said they chose the west to grow with the country. Both are intelligent and unable to earn a living in the east and travel without funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Young man buys coat and heads west to win life
The narrative shows a young man purchasing a coat from a clothing dealer and departing toward the setting sun with energy and a clear will to prevail in the battles of life. The tone suggests optimism about the couple's future success.
Lightning Kills Herdsman at Camp Robinson
John Hancock in charge of cattle herd en route north was killed by lightning about three miles from Camp Robinson. His horse also died. Mail carrier John Tee, on the Camp Sheridan to Camp Robinson route, was fired at by Indians at Dead Horse creek twenty three miles away. a bullet hit the mail sack and saddle pommel, but he escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
John Hancock
John Tee
Camp Sheridan
Dead Horse Creek
Move on the D P Receivers In Denver Circuit Court
In Denver federal court Thursday attorney J Q Charles for Evans and Dahlman argued to modify the order appointing receivers of the Denver Pacific railway. The Kansas Pacific and its receivers through Judge Usher claimed money in trustees hands, about 8000 to 10000 dollars, to reimburse interest advanced by Kansas City court order, alleging Evans holds the funds and refuses to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P
United States Circuit Court
Denver
J. Q. Charles
Messrs. Evans & Dahlman
Denver Pacific Railway
Kansas Pacific Road
Usher
Kansas Pacific
Denver Pacific
Kansas Court
Burst of a Cloud Drowns Freighter in Rapid City Flood
The Deadwood Times reports a cloudburst near Rapid City thirty miles from Deadwood causing a river surge of fifteen feet in ninety minutes. The rapid flood wrecks farms and bridges, destroys freight passing to the Hills, and sweeps away a freighter camp. one man named Billings was carried away and presumed drowned. Pratt and Ferris freight train from Sidney suffers heavy losses. much freight believed destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Rapid City
Rapid Valley
Billings
Pratt & Ferris
Sidney
Col C W Fisher to Head Mountain Division UP Railroad
Col C W Fisher, formerly with the Kansas Pacific, will take over as Superintendent of the Mountain Division of the Union Pacific next Monday. Denver businessman Wolfe Londoner praises him as a superior railroad man and a gentleman, noting his long newspaper background and the craft’s regret at his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Fisher
Kansas Pacific Railway
Mountain Division
Union Pacific Road
Wolfe Londoner
Denver
West
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver Pacific Bond Case Ends in Circuit Court
Judge Dillon sustains Hallett ruling in Denver Pacific bondholders suit. Trustees cannot control road earnings before foreclosure or receive receivership benefits. Assignment of road proceeds to cover Kansas Pacific advances and bond interest upheld. lands sale proceeds assignment also upheld though trustees not parties to suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallett
Denver Pacific
United States Circuit Court
Dillon
Kansas Pacific
Denver News
Ogden Shipping Order From H M Bond Firm
An order is issued by H. M. Bond & Co., shipping and commission merchants, Ogden Utah. The document directs actions at the Ogden port and involves consignments and transfer instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Bond & Co., Shipping and Commission Merchants
Aprib of
Ogden, Utah
Denver Man Aiken Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound
The Denver News reports Charles Aiken shot himself in a planter area behind the Planters' House stable after wandering the city in a dazed state. He had recently arrived from Cheyenne and worked in the federal telegraph office, with no clear motive for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles Aiken
J. D. Gieson
Cheyenne
United States
Lis Jastins
Sheriff Smith
Palace Theatre
Blake Street
Smith
Buchanan
Edison
Co. Ball
Kansas City
Uis
Shanty Camp Testimony in Crow Creek Case
Witnesses describe a crude shelter on Crow Creek with clothing and belongings at a camp. Two defendants faced circumstantial testimony and refused to speak. Justice Fisher set $500 bonds each for the next District Court term. failure to post bonds would send them to the county jail.
Held for Trial in Robbery Case of Charles Moorman
James Wilson and Charles H Crawford were arraigned before Justice Fisher on charges of robbing Charles Moorman early on the 9th. Moorman testified he woke during the theft at a Hill and Fifteenth streets lunch stand and handed over $6.60 under threats. Detectives Martin Hall and Bean testified to sightings, weapons, and rope at the suspects' camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
Charles H. Crawford
Martin and Wall
Justice Fisher
Charles Moorman
Moorman
John Eames
Hill
Fifteenth Streets
Martin
Wilson
Army
Hall
Bean
The Alerts Controversy Over Hose Cart Use
Letter to the editor disputes a prior report on the Durants and Alerts. It clarifies that no vote or denial occurred, only a decision to prevent use of the hose cart until properly returned after a rash of unauthorized uses. Foreman P Haa of Cheyenne dated July 12 1878 supports the correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durants and Alerts
Leader
THE
Imat
Durants
Cheyenne
Military Movements and Assignments From Omaha
Lieut John A Augur of the Fifth cavalry will join his company at Fort McKinney without delay. Post Chaplain Gamaliel Collins is assigned to Fort Sanders W T and will proceed there. Maj A H Nickerson assistant adjutant general is directed to report for duty in the department of the Columbia with headquarters at Fort Vancouver Washington Territory and will leave Omaha soon. A board of survey at Omaha barracks has convened to determine responsibility for delays in freight transport between Sidney and Camps Robinson and Sheridan and between Bryan or Green River and Camps Stambaugh and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Augur
Fifth Cavalry
Fort McKinney
Gamaliel Collins
Fort Sanders
W. T
A. H. Nickerson
Department of the, Columbia
Fort. Vancouver
Washington Territory
Omaha
William B. Royall
Third Cavalry
John Livers
John G. Bourke
Omaha Barracks
Nebraska
Sidney
Robinson
Sheridan
Bryan
Green River
Stambaugh
Brown
Mountain Lodge Installations and Local News from Carbon Wy
In Carbon Wyoming July reports include Mountain Lodge No. 3 I O F installing officers for the new term led by D D G M Daniels. Local stock men return from Utah, with cattle waiting near Green River and Brown's Hole due to high water. A foot race for $25 per side stirs excitement with Purdy and Kinney as contestants. Coal miners work four days weekly as trade remains fair.
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Jens Hansen
V. G
D. R. Clay
James Ross
Utah
Green River
Brown’s Hole
Louisville
Kentucky
Messrs. Purdy
Wyoming House
Kinney
Union Pacific Coal Department
Scrrpo
Installation of Officers at Cheyenne Lodge No 2 K of P
At a July 11 1878 Cheyenne Lodge No 2 K of P convention officers were installed by P G O T M Fisher including P C H Kimme C C J K Jeffrey T O B M Preshaw Prelate Fr Brandis K of R and B T M Fisher M of F G L Durbin M of A J Kabis I G Geo A Coffman OQ G A J Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Lodge No. 2
T. M. Fisher
P. C
H. Kimme
C. C
J. K
Jeffrey
T. O
M. Preshaw
Fr. Brandis
G. L, Durbin
Special Notices Publicizing a Youth Cure Remedy
An advertisement offers a free receipt to cure errors of youth nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. The remedy is claimed to be discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self addressed return to Reverend Joserh T Inman Station D Bible House New York.
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É&O
South America
Joserh T
INMAN
Station D
Bible House
New York
Replfeod&wly
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Chicago Times
Mollie McCarthy
Grandprew
Post
Bessie Turner
Kansas
Illinois
Davis County
Lot Smith
Porter Rockwell
Arizona
L. D. Young
Brigham
Joseph B. Hyde
England
Logan
T. Dyer
Pole Creek
Albert Yale
P. A. McDonald
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Denverites
Fire Department
Fort Russell
A. H. Swan
Davenport
Iowa
Gracie
Jas. A
Billa W. Wood
Black Hills
Wiitary Watters
Miles
Slim Butte
Bradley
Terry
Tongue River
Gen
Thos. C. Devin
Devin
Missouri
Redwater
Spearfish
Bathy
Spotted Tail
Tongue Rivers
Dakota Territory
Martin and
Col
Allan
Crow Creek
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