Deadwood gains civility with new district attorney
A Douth Dakota weekly notes Deadwood's rising civility as banks close Sundays while Theophilus Gaines is named U S District Attorney for Montana. The piece covers rail time to Deadwood, local elections in Lawrence County for a $20,000 bonds issue, gas works plans, stage line changes, and local disputes between Cheyenne and Sidney routes, with comments on press and public notices.
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Deadwood
Theophilus Gaines
U. S
Montana
Nottage
Tom ‘Alsop
Lawrence County
Dakota
J. J. McGreavy
Red Cloud Agency
Cheyenne
North Platte
Washington
William Ware Peck
Supreme Court of Wyoming
Hilliard, Lumber O
Hilliard
Wyo
Thomas Mitchell
Fort Laramie
John Featherston
Charlie Hecht
Department of the Platte
Gen Miles Narrow Escape After Rosebud Battle
After the Rosebud engagement General Miles gave orders for spared surrender. As he rode through the camp two Indians approached with carbines, shaking hands with Miles and Lieut. Baird. Miles signaled to disarm, but Lame Deer fired, killing Private Springer as Iron Star also opened fire. Both were killed within a hundred yards. Iron Star’s bonnet with eagle feathers was captured and a rifle bullet pierced its center. Iron Star died on the field with a bullet in his forehead. The deed was avenged at the mountain base near the Custer battlefield.
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Miles
the Rosebud
Lame Deer
Lieut. Baird
Fifth Infantry
Iron Star
Lieut. Long
Long
Gen. Miles
Springer
Second Cavalry
Rampant Horse Thieves Plague Nebraska Frontier
An editorial condemns a bold gang stealing horses and mules along the stage line between the railroad and Buffalo Gap Nebraska. It cites eleven horses taken in two weeks and calls on Wyoming Nebraska and Dakota authorities to act, warning that vigilante action may follow if crime is not stopped.
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Buffalo Gap
Nebraska
Red Cloud
Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
A Good Man to Deal With and Terman Haas Goods
The old reliable wagon and agricultural implement house of Terman Haas remains the popular outfitting point for ranchmen and freighters. Haas stocks Schuttler wagons in all styles and sizes and sells large numbers weekly. He handles Champion Mower, prize winner at the Centennial Exposition, offers hayseed grangers the best mowers at low figures, and provides skilled repairers and horseshoers with prompt blacksmithing services.
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Terman Haas
Haas
Col Moore Married in Chicago Journal Notice
Col James M. Moore, attached to Gen Sheridan's staff as depot quartermaster, was yesterday married to Mrs Annie Wertheim of LaSalle Illinois. The ceremony occurred at Mrs Lindley home with Reverend Meyer officiating.
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Col. Moore
Chicago Journal
James M. Moore
Gen. Sheridan
Annie Wertheim
LaSalle
Lindley
Rey
Meyer
Noted Indian Chief Red Cloud Real Name Scarlet Cloud
During a visit to northern agencies a TH LEADER representative learned from authority that the famous Sioux chief known as Red Cloud bears the name Scarlet Cloud, a translation of Mah pi ya lu tas, while Red Cloud in Sioux is Mah pi ya sha.
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Red Cloud
Scarlet Cloud
Rash Road Agents Halted Near Hat Creek
The Fort Laramie report details an 8 mile north of Hat Creek stagecoach encounter. Three armed road agents blocked the road, but passengers drew arms and forced them to flee, with public condemnation of the passengers for sparing the attackers. Superintendent Voorhees ordered two armed messengers on every treasure-carrying coach and to shoot any approaching armed man.
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Fort Laramim
Drake
Hat Creek
John Featherston
Voorhees
G. M. Brown
Deadwood
Stampede at Fort Russell Sparks Cavalry Recall on 16th Street
A Fort Russell stampede of Company F cavalry horses sent riders tumbling as they charged up 16th Street with their mounts veering right and left. Soldiers pursued, while another division escorted toward the U P depot. Also noted is DrADWoop, June 4, reporting Pierson's 10 stamp mill at Central City yielding 359 ounces of gold from 157 tons crushed, value $7,100, tied to the Aurora shaft injunction and Fairview ore.
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Fort Russell
16Th Street
Ferguson
16Th Streets
U. P
Son of
Mars
Black Hills
Dradwoop
Pierson
Central City
Stebbins, Post & Co.’s Bank
Fairview
Aurora
McLaughlin
Judge Bennett
Sheriff’s Confusing Statement On Roadside Death
Sheriff Carr told a leader reporter last night a man was found dead by the road near the lake between the city and the lake but could not specify which lake. Major Balcombe, a witness, suspects drunkenness while freighters brought the body into town and Goldacker reportedly sat on him.
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Sheriff Carr
Leader
Lake Mah-pi-ya-luita
Lake Minnehaha
Goldacker
Carr
Jeff Carr
Major Balcombe
Don Juan Dolores Seeks 500 Men for Ranch Post Holes
A fragment from Don Juan Dolores calls for five hundred men to dig post holes on shares at a ranch. Applicants must provide good references. The speaker mentions reactions to a housekeeper and an insistence on marrying and settling down before meeting the described woman again.
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Gabriel
Don Juan Dolores
Miners Arrive in Cheyenne With Gold Dust Belts
Two sun bronzed miners arrive by Friday’s coach in Cheyenne. They sign the hotel register with nearly indecipherable autographs and reveal a heavy gold dust stash. One opens a bag weighing six to seven pounds, the other a belt with over ten pounds of gold. The clerk secures the valuables in the safe as they are shown to the best rooms.
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Chayenne
How Are You Sidney telegram from Deadwood
A telegram from Deadwood reports that the Cheyenne and Sidney coaches left their points Saturday morning and arrived at the hotel together this evening, showing Cheyenne ahead by seven hours due to a new road from Hat Creek to Mountain City. Our stage leaves at 4 a.m. and Sidney at 9 a.m., five hours later, keeping us seven hours behind in running time.
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Evanston Age
Seattle
Crawford, Thompson & Co
E. Tillotson
Ali
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Custer Herald
Wyoming
Dakota
Daily Leader
Sidney
Deadwood
Hat Creek
Mountain City
Laramie Rolling Mills to Recast 8000 Tons of Rail Steel
Supt. Brazier reports Union Pacific has bought eight thousand tons of steel rails to lay track for the Black Mills railroad project. Re rolling the worn iron will proceed at once to provide rail for a year s work. A new set of rollers will be installed and operations run day and night to maximum capacity.
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Laramie
Sentinel
Brazier
Union Pacific Company
Black Mills
The Narrow Gauge in the Skies
A Southern Colorado dispatch reports the Denver and Rio Grande railway has reached its highest point at the La Veta pass in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. The summit stands at 9340 feet as the line aims toward the Montezumas.
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Colorado
la Veta Pass
Sangre de Christi
Denver and Rio Grande
Water Works Proposition For Cheyenne From Union Pacific
The amended plan by Union Pacific for Cheyenne water includes laying a six inch pipe from Crow Creek to near the Railroad House with pumping works to supply 150 pounds per square inch, erecting at least three hydrants, a six inch branch pipe across the right of way, night duty engineers, and water for fire extinguishment. The city may connect to extend water to portions of Cheyenne, and hotels may be supplied with water upon agreed terms, with payments including coal, engineer salary, and interest on extra pipe. total annual costs and a $120 cap on railroad electric work. If accepted, J T Clark says the works could begin within two months.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cheyenne
Crow Creek
Fowth
J. T. Clark
Dooley's Yeast Powder Promises Lighter Baked Goods
An advertising snippet extols Dooley's Yeast Powder claiming lighter, more appealing results across bread, biscuits, pies, and puddings. It contrasts ocean foam's lightness with the powder's noticeable baking lift, urging use for pleasing texture and appearance.
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Dooley
Spotted Tail Agency Mission Impresses Sioux Work
A Sunday at Spotted Tail Agency Nebraska details the Episcopal mission led by Rev. W. J. Cleveland with Sisters Pendleton and Lee and Cleveland’s wife. The report describes the church school and ongoing Dakota language services, baptism rites, and the hope for branch missions at permanent camps to improve Indian education and industrial training amid mixed attendance and discipline observations. The piece praises local hospitality and notes the author’s future articles to cover additional insights into Sioux education and culture.
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Spotted Tail Agency
Nebraska
Episcopal Society
W. J. Cleveland
Pendleton
Lee
Camp Sheridan
Little Brown
Jie
Goldsmith
Maj. Sully
Spotted Tail
Dakota
Cleveland
Tom Leader
Mission Chapel
Miss Lee
Miss Pendleton
John Cunningham
J. I. Mills
Sensational Humbug from Utah Depicts Stillson Assault Drama
The telegraph reports Jerome B. Stillson of the New York Herald was attacked twice in Salt Lake City this week, first with a pistol and then in a knife attempt at the Walker House. Critics label the tales as bosh, accusing Stillson and Allison of drunken sensationalism while urging honest men to migrate from Utah.
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Telegraph
Jerome B. Stillson
New York Herald
Salt Lake City
Walker House
Utah
Alllison
Stillson
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Union
Clinton
Deadwood Dispatch Denounces Murder Rumors as Lies
A Deadwood column denounces sensational reports of daily murders as false, noting only one pistol shot heard during three weeks, fired by a boy that killed a dog. It argues Deadwood is orderly, cites reliable local correspondents, and mentions a B B H coach trip Cheyenne to Deadwood in 54 hours. EB Bennett of Carbon County visits the capital for legal business and stays at Dyer's hotel.
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Deadwood
Omaha
Denyer
Cheyenne
EB. W. Bennett
Carbon County
Dyer’s
Anebled sued in hl. dept day
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a legal action filed in a department day with unclear party names and terms.
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Ed Wagner
Bro, Warner
Deadwood Times
United States
Times
Bismarck
District Court
Fisher
J. E. Schooler
M. J. Wertheimer
Rascals
Water Works
Sabbath School
Bea Dart
Devi
Ial
Yvul Vei
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