Great 10 show and Robison Exhibit Rally in Cheyenne
The item notes John Robinson’s 10 show in Cheyenne on June 10 with 50 cages and 20 tableau wagons daily, plus a world exposition menagerie and three circuses in eight rings. It also mentions a major Robison event alongside local notes on fire damage, bank construction, and theft in Denver.
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Daily Leader
John Robinson
Cheyenne
Addams & Glover
Eddy and
Sixteenth Street
Leadville Offender Millen Caught in Cheyenne
City Marshal Carr arrested Frank Millen alias Curley Mack in Cheyenne on Leadville sheriff orders. Millen, tall and pale, sought in a Leadville robbery involving a gold watch and valuables. He awaits papers for possible transfer over the scenic line of America. Cheyenne may not be safe haven for fugitives.
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Marshall Carr
Frank Millen
Curley Mack
Leadville
Durance Vile
Millen
America
Cheyenne
Supreme Court Denies Motions in Cook v Core y Case
The supreme court met yesterday at 8 30 in the morning with Chief Justice Sener and Justice Parks present. Motions in Cook v Corey were overruled and denied with written reasons. The court adjourned to 4 30 and Sept 1. It certified the U S supreme court mandate in Boughton v Hecht to the district court of Laramie county. J W Bruner accounts approved.
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Supreme Court
Sener
Parks
Cook
Corey
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Boughton
Wyoming District Court Proceedings May June 1882
District Court sessions under Judge James B Sener cover May 31 to June 2 1882. Cases include Hersh vs Barkwell demurrer, Strand indictments and arraignments, Gates and McMillin trials with not guilty verdict, Hall murder trial with jurors sworn and prosecution led by Potter, and Van Housen divorce with court adjourning to resume next morning. Arnold-Kenosha Wisconsin note ends report.
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James B. Sener
Hersh
Robi. McMillin
McMillin
C. N. Potter
J. C. Baird
James B. Sewer
Territory of Wyoming
Mattison Hall
Potter
J.C. Baird
H. O. Elliott
Messrs
J. M. Cary
A. Gilchrist
H. E. Buchner
James Droney
Job Herrick
F. A. Meanea
Geo
van Housen
Mattison
Notable Cheyenne resident passes after long illness
The article honors a respected Cheyenne woman who taught school, aided suffrage efforts, and engaged in social and literary circles. A victim of dropsy she sought Kenosha water cure last fall, improving briefly before decline. Mr Arnold traveled to Kenosha and will bring the remains home. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Cheyenne
Kenosha
Wis
Homestake plans 33 mile extension to Rapid
Surveyors began an extension of the Homestake railroad from its current terminus to Box Elder and through to Rapid. The 33 mile line would curve down to the foothills and connect with the Sioux City and Pacific, aiming for use before snow. Observers say the project may make the road the local end of a larger Rapid east survey.
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Homestake Mining Company
Black Hills
Homestake Railroad
Box Elder
Rapid
Sioux City
Pacific
Rapid East
Homestake Company
Telephone line proposed between two cities
The Boomerang reports an effort to raise funds for a forty two mile telephone line linking the two cities. Estimated cost is about four thousand dollars, at one hundred dollars per mile, with plans to secure business men’s script within months to enable easy long distance calls.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific Delays Denver Train For Sacred Union
UP officials extended a 24 minute delay to welcome a Denver clergyman and wedding party to Greeley. The couple married aboard and rode west to Ogden, the ceremony witnessed by the conductor. The article notes the railroad’s fondness for bonds now applied to matrimony.
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Union Pacific
Denver Pacific
Denver
Greeley
Devine
Ogden
U.P
Fast Kansas Pacific train cuts Kansas City to Denver time
A Sunday schedule introduces a fast Kansas Pacific train reducing travel from Kansas City to Denver to about twenty one hours. The Ogden sleeper departs Kansas City in the morning and reaches here by noon the next day, with further reductions on the main line expected to shorten Ogden travel by nearly half a day, per the Ledger.
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Kansas Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Denver
Ogden
Lmsper
Change in local grocery ownership on Seventeenth street
Yesterday Mr A Underwood took possession of the stock in trade and goodwill of Chas Webb's grocery establishment on Seventeenth Street opposite city hall. Webb departs for New Mexico. The successor, formerly with Underwood McGregor, is expected to grow the business at the new stand.
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A. Underwood
Chas. Webb
Seventeenth Street
City Hall
Webb
New
Olh
Mexico
Underwood & McGregor
Under the Wheels Shocking Train Accident Injures Passenger
A passenger on the west bound emigrant train No 7, A P Macy from Indiana to Dayton Oregon, was struck by a tender while on the yard track. His hip and thigh were severely injured but spared major bones. He was treated by Dr Gray and sent to the hospital at Laramie City for recovery. The piece condemns passenger carelessness around moving trains and urges caution to prevent repeat accidents.
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A. P. Macy
Indiana
Dayton
Oregon
Jio
Macy
Companies
Gray
Laramie City
County Records Of Record Filed In County Clerk Office
Yesterday the county clerk recorded several deeds. T. Jeff Carr to G A Searight sheriff s deed covers lot 4 in block 355 Join. A Rollins to James A Bean transfers lot 1 in block 39. Wm Fr Swan and wife to Thos J Swan conveys lot 4 in block 886 Consideration 3000 dollars. J W Sanderson to J M Carey and R D Carey 160 acres with consideration 500 dollars. Erasmus Nagle to James Cater lot 14 in block 857 with consideration 500 dollars.
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T. Jeff Carr
G. A. Searight
A. Rollins
James A. Bean
Erasmus Nagle
James Cater
Cheyenne and Laramie to Link Telephone Exchanges
Arrangements advance to connect Cheyenne and Laramie City telephone exchanges by a line between the cities. Management advocates the move and asks citizen support to justify the significant expense. If approved, residents may chat with neighbors fifty miles away.
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Cheyenne
Laramie City
Goblin party fencing duel praised by Denver readers
The article notes Mr. Mitchell of the Goblin party and praises fencing skills shown in an exhibit at Gilmore's garden in New York. Colonel Monstery, a longtime fencing school founder, met Francis Wilson, a former pupil and champion, and the duo tested with foils and broad swords in a friendly contest.
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Mitchell
Denver Tribune
Colonel Monstery
New York
Denver
Francis Wilson
Wilson
Gilmore’s Garden
Monstery
Colonel Monstery Defends Versus Wilson In Mixed Exhibition
The report describes three bouts between Colonel Monstery and Mr. Wilson. Monstery disarms Wilson with a foil in one duel, then loses ground after Wilson seizes a sword and uses it as a dagger. Broad sword clashes favor Monstery but Wilson lands several hits including a sharp chest blow. The boxing match shows Wilson's youth and activity while Monstery relies on science to avoid defeat.
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Mr. Wilson
Colonel Monstery
Wilson
Personalities in Brief From Cheyenne and Deadwood
T Dyer returned from an eastern visit in good health. Capt Frank Heath of the Cheyenne ordinance department came back from posts inspection. Mrs Sheriff Sharpless learned of her father Chas Gellati s death in Omaha. he had lived in Rock Island Illinois and was visiting a son. Col W R Steele of Mc Laughlin Steele, prominent Black Hills law firm, is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Judge McLaughlin, Deadwood s first mayor, now chairs the board of trade and directs the Merchant s National Bank. Steele served in Congress with Garfield. The firm once had a large Cheyenne practice.
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Daily Leader
T. Dyer
Frank Heath
Ordinance Department
Cheyenne Depot
Sheriff Sharpless
Chas, Gellati
Omaha
Rock Island
Ill
Col. W.R. Steele
McLaughlin & Steele
Black Hills
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Judge McLaughlin
Deadwood
Board of Trade
Merchant’s National Bank
Col. Steele
Congress
Garfield
Cheyenne
Spirited Horse Napper Case Baffles Denver Owner
George A. Emory of Denver files complaint in Council Bluffs against Jacob Rogers and Denver rider Michael Howard for conspiring to swindle him of Napper. Also charged with larceny are Jack Martin and George Eldridge. Horse stopped in Nebraska. arrests made. papers pursued for extradition.
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George A. Emory
Denver
Napper
Council Bluffs
Justice Frainey
Jacob Rogers
City
Michael Howard
Jack Martin
George Eldridge
Nebraska
Gintar
Omaha Bee
Remarkable Somerville man credits lungs cure to balsam
The statement from William J. Coughlin recalls a 1876 lung bleed and 1877 hospital stay with a hole in the lung. After wasting away and feared dead, he credits William Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs for his recovery, saying two bottles improved his condition and cough nearly disappeared.
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William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
City Hospital
Wm. Tall
Druggista
Brown's Bronchial Traches and Bitters Ad
Advertisement touts Brown's Bronchial Troches as a cure for coughs colds and throat troubles with no stomach upset and claims broad relief for asthma bronchitis and singers voice issues. Also promotes A. & G. Bitters by Dare & Collins and a home-based earnings pitch from E.G. Rideout & Co. at 10 Barclay Street New York.
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Brown
Rawalpen R
Lansddawlyeod
E.G. Rideout & Co
Barclay Street
New York
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Pease
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Slack
Wyoming
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Ferguson and
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W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
B. B
Iowa State Sportsman’s Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hartville
Green Mountain Bay
Copperopolis
Chicago
Lou Miller
North Park
Zoe Watkins
St. Louis
Zoe
Laramie Post Office
E. A. Slack
J. H. Triggs
William Crawford
Wing
Paul Juhr
Collins Express
Colorado
Dirty Woman
Tabor
Arnnold
Wisconsin
M. H. Arnold
M. A. Arnold
United By Telephone
M. FE. Boveuton
A. & G. Bitters
Dare & Collins
Addams & Glover, aZzstt
Aking
Bon Buklog Powder Co
Wall Street
Dtogagrowerd National Bank
Territory of
U.S
Noles Sss
ULS
Dankesse
County of
Laramie
Henry G. Hay
Post Office
Geo. L. Holt
News Depot
Addrace Aply Bitinson & CO
Portland, Maine
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