Great John Robinson show headlines across Cheyenne
The Weekly Leader details John Robinson's grand 10 show in Cheyenne on June 10 with 50 cages and 20 tableau wagons daily, a $20,000 animal drive, and a world exposition menagerie in 8 rings. Also notes local obits, robberies, bank work, and mining finds amid city updates and mayoral praise.
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Daily Leader
John Robinson
Cheyenne
Addams & Glover
Eddy and
Sixteenth Street
Leadville Offender Fit City Arrested Here
City Marshal Carr arrested Frank Millen alias Curley Mack after Leadville sheriff alerts. Millen, a tall spare man, is held awaiting papers from Carbonate camp. Authorities say he may be linked to a Leadville robbery taking a citizen’s gold watch and chain.
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Marshall Carr
Frank Millen
Curley Mack
Leadville
Durance Vile
Millen
America
Cheyenne
Supreme Court Denies Motions in Cook vs Corey
The Supreme Court met at 8 30 yesterday with Chief Justice Sener and Justice Parks. It denied the motions in Cook versus Corey, adjourned to 4 30, and ordered certification of the Boughton vs Hecht decision to the district court of Laramie county. All appeal motions are overruled and denied. J W Bruner’s accounts approved. Court adjourned to Sept 1.
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Supreme Court
Sener
Parks
Cook
Corey
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Boughton
May Term Proceedings in Wyoming District Court
District Court May Term presided by Judge James B. Sener includes demurrer rulings in Hersh vs Barkwell and arraignments in Territory of Wyoming cases. A murder trial in Hall case proceeds with jurors sworn. proceedings span May 31 to June 2 with adjournments and scheduled sessions. Arnold of Kenosha noted.
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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
Early Cheyenne resident dies after long illness
The community mourns a longtime Cheyenne figure wife of Mr. Arnold who taught school and supported suffrage. A prominent social and literary presence she sought the water cure at Kenosha Wisconsin last fall but declined steadily. Mr. Arnold left for Kenosha and expected to bring home the remains with funeral plans to be announced.
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Cheyenne
Kenosha
Wis
Homestake Railroad May Extend 33 Miles to Rapid
Surveyors began extending the Homestake railroad from its current terminus to Box Elder and down the terrain toward Rapid. The plan covers 33 miles and aims to be usable before snow falls, potentially linking with the Sioux City and Pacific line. Local observers expect the new stretch to become part of the larger Homestake system.
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Homestake Mining Company
Black Hills
Homestake Railroad
Box Elder
Rapid
Sioux City
Pacific
Rapid East
Homestake Company
Boomerang Calls for Telephone Line Between Cities
The Boomerang reports plans to raise funds from business men in two cities for a 42 mile telephone line. Estimated cost is $100 per mile totaling about $4,000. Secretary Annett visited Laramie City to garner support with the aim of enabling easy long distance calls within a few months.
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Cheyenne
UP Officials Delay Denver Pacific Train for Wedding
Union Pacific staff showed hospitality by delaying the Denver Pacific as a clergyman from Denver rode to Greeley with a wedding party. The ceremony occurred aboard the train, witnesses included the conductor, and the couple headed west to Ogden after the reception. The piece notes UP’s fondness for bonds, now in matrimony.
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Union Pacific
Denver Pacific
Denver
Greeley
Devine
Ogden
U.P
Fast Kansas Pacific Train Cut Kansas City to Denver Time
A Sunday schedule will deploy a fast train reducing travel from Kansas City to Denver to twenty one hours. The Ogden sleeper departs Kansas City in the morning and arrives here at noon the next day. The main line may adopt a new timetable soon cutting Ogden running time by about half a day, per the lamp post report.
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Kansas Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Denver
Ogden
Lmsper
Change in ownership at Webb's Grocery on Seventeenth Street
Yesterday A Underwood took possession of the stock in trade and goodwill of Chas Webb's grocery on Seventeenth street opposite city hall. Webb departs for New Mexico. The successor, formerly with Underwood McGregor, is expected to grow the trade 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 Railway Accident Injures Passenger
A passenger, A. P. Macy, was struck by a tender on No. 7 emigrant train yard in Dayton Oregon, suffering a six by two inch hip injury though the limb was not crushed. He was treated by Dr. Gray and sent to the hospital in Laramie City. The report condemns careless passengers around moving engines and urges caution to prevent further fatal accidents.
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A. P. Macy
Indiana
Dayton
Oregon
Jio
Macy
Companies
Gray
Laramie City
County Records of Recorded Deeds and Land Transfers
Yesterday in the county clerk’s office instruments filed include T. Jeff Carr to G A Searight sheriff's deed for lot 4 in block 355 Join A. Rollins to James A Bean for lot 1 in block 39 Wm Fr Swan and wife to Thos J Swan for lot 4 in block 886 Consideration 3000 J W Sanderson to J M Carey and R D Carey 160 acres Consideration 500 Erasmus Nagle to James Cater lot 41 in block 857 Consideration 500
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T. Jeff Carr
G. A. Searight
A. Rollins
James A. Bean
Erasmus Nagle
James Cater
Cheyenne and Laramie Plan Intercity Telephone Line
Arrangements move forward to connect Cheyenne and Laramie City telephone exchanges by a line between the two cities. Management seeks citizen encouragement to justify the expense, promising residents the privilege of chatting with neighbors fifty miles away once built.
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Cheyenne
Laramie City
Fencing Notables Showdown Between Monstery Pupil and Veteran
The Goblin party host notes from Denver recount Colonel Monstery once ran a New York fencing school and trained many top athletes. He met former pupil Francis Wilson, a six year champion in Gilmore's Garden tournament, now skilled with rapier and broad sword. They staged a friendly foil and sword display highlighting speed and skill.
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Mitchell
Denver Tribune
Colonel Monstery
New York
Denver
Francis Wilson
Wilson
Gilmore’s Garden
Monstery
Boxing and sword duel ends with mixed fortunes
The report notes a boxing exhibition following a sword contest. Colonel Monstery twice disarmed Wilson and briefly seized a foil before regaining control. Broad sword scoring favored Monstery, though Wilson landed solid hits. The boxing match favored the younger opponent, while Monstery relied on skill to withstand blows.
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Mr. Wilson
Colonel Monstery
Wilson
Personalities and notices from the Mining Record
T Dyer returns from an eastern visit in good health. Capt Frank Heath of Cheyenne depot ordinance department returns from inspection tour to up country posts. Mrs Sheriff Sharpless learns of her father Chas Gellati's death in Omaha, aged 58, while visiting a son in Rock Island Ill. Col W R Steele of Mc Laughlin Steele, a leading Black Hills law firm, stays at Fifth Avenue hotel. Judge McLaughlin, Deadwood's first mayor, now chairs the board of trade and sits on the Merchant's national bank board. Steele served in Congress with Garfield.
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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
A Spirited Horse Napper Case Stirs Council Bluffs
Denver owner George A. Emory sues Jacob Rogers and Michael Howard alleging conspiracy to defraud over the Napper stallion entered in Council Bluffs races. Jack Martin and George Eldridge charged with larceny as the horse is stopped in Nebraska. deputies pursue papers as a muddled case unfolds.
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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
Statement by William J. Coughlin of Somerville recounts a violent lung bleed in 1876 and a hole in the lung. He credits Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs with his recovery after hospitalization and multiple remedies, claiming the cough nearly vanished and work soon.
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William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
City Hospital
Wm. Tall
Druggista
Brown's Bronchial Troches Promise Quick Throat Relief
Advertises Brown's Bronchial Troches as a remedy for coughs colds and throat irritation. Claims they do not upset the stomach and help with asthma bronchitis and other throat troubles. Mentions thirty years of use and sale at 25 cents per box. Also references A. & G. Bitters by Dare & Collins and a home earnings pitch from E.G. Rideout & Co.
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Rawalpen R
Lansddawlyeod
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