Weekly Thader Gy Frenonts push for Territorial Governorship
Frenont and friends advocate his bid for territorial governor while discussing Nelson era politics. The item also notes a visiting card fashion with a photo vignette and reports on several political and parliamentary items from across the nation, including Nebraska House representation, European diplomacy, and potter investigations.
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England
Grorae
Alfred Townsend
Gettysburg
House of Representatives
Nebraska
Remarkable Cave Near Table Mountain Described
A party led by William Lannan explores a vertical cave mouth near Table Mountain between North Crown and South Pole creeks. They descend eighty two feet to an inclined plane, proceed through vast vaults with stalactites and stalagmites, and suspect the entire mountain is honeycombed by subterranean passages.
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Ciqsyenne
Hdidoy
William Lannan
Table Mountain
North Crown Creek
South Pole Creek
Capitol
Washington
Darwin
Huxley
Cope
Agassiz
Tappan Murder Trial Ends in Manslaughter Verdict
Territory jurors convict C. W. Hunt of manslaughter in the first degree for the March murder of Chas. W. Tappan after a brief deliberation. A motion for a new trial will be argued before the 11th as Ed. Durham’s murder case proceeds with jury selection. Echapsenta the Sioux chief faces trial at Rapid City for 1872 soldier Francis A. Haines’s death, with testimony linked to a motive tied to the chief’s loss of his papoose.
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Territory
C. W. Hunt
Chas. W. Tappan
Hunt
Ed. Durham
Chris. Hoffman
Echapsenta
Francis A. Haines
Rapid City
Papoose
Mormon Colony Proposal Prompts Colorado Lands Inquiry
Gov. Routt reports a Utah envoy seeking Mormon settlement lands in Colorado New Mexico or Arizona with help in arranging purchases. He notes land sales must wait for public auction next March and would prefer not to invite Mormon settlement due to state stigma.
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Fire wood mill accident at Fort Fetterman
At Fort Fetterman on June 7 1875 private Louis P Bauer of company C fourth infantry was killed when a saw broke while cutting fire wood at a steam saw mill. J W Burns formerly of Henry & Burns is jailed in Laramie City after an attempted killing at Brown’s Spring Ranch.
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Louis P. Bauer
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Fourth Infantry
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Scofield
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Round-Up Notes From Chugwater Work At Ranches
A correspondent reports on roundups dated the 4th in Chugwater area. Lykins' crew at H W N Orr's ranch notes health good but two minor injuries occur as a horse accident breaks one man's arm and another bruised. Searight's ranch visit scheduled for the 5th. G B Goodell leads the Sidney Bridge roundup at Coffey's ranch with about 5000 cattle being sent up today.
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Wulfgen
Saloon Quip Sparks Question of Communist Affiliation
Cherokee Bob sprayed tobacco juice on the saloon floor while arguing that capital oppresses labor. Bill Fullington asked if he was one of them Communists, prompting a sharp exchange in the barroom scene.
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Cherokee Bob
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