Weekly Leader in Cheyenne Mixed News and Gossip
The column reports on England's forbearance toward Russia, a dull congressional session, and threats against the German Commune. It notes a murder case insanity plea in Wyoming, prominent locals traveling, and upcoming Fourth of July events with the Denver Denver, and Laramie clubs. It mentions financial details, editorial jabs, fire department plans, a death from kicks, and curious fashion notes. It highlights ore finds in the Black Hills and quotes Dawson of the Denver Tribune about the Woodie Fishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wyoming
General Crook
Maryland
Simmer
E. J. Binford
Denver
Boulder
Laramie
Durants
Leader
Laramie City
Cheyenne
J.D. Bilis
Albany
Fort Fetterman
Black Hills
James B. Sheridan
Welch House
France
Trial of Lon George for murder ends with manslaughter verdict
The district court heard the Territory versus Lon George after a January 1878 shooting that killed Jno J Moore. Testimony linked George to the fatal pistol fire at Ferguson street near the Union Pacific track. The jury found George guilty of first degree manslaughter and sentenced him to seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fisher
Lon George
Jno
Ferguson Street
Philip A. George
Moore
Union Pacific
Gibson
Fort D .A. Russell
J. Moore
Dr. Barkwell
A. Gueck
George
Lon
John Maher
Fifth Cavalry
John J. Moore
U. P
Metropolitan Hotel
Gueck
John A. Martin
Laramie County
Snell
John McKay
Ida Hamilton
H—L
Crow Creek
T. Jeti
Thomas M. Fisher
Son George
R. WH. Ingalls
Cheyenne
Little Jim Abney
Hamilton
San George
F. Melander
Fredendall
Addams & Glover’s
Jody Street
al. White
Ife
Len
Miller
Bramel
Carroll
Milley
Fisher
Tb Oelock
Open Letter Fight Over Army Officers and Indian War Fallout
Scattered notes recount Gen Gibbon scolding Banning for misrepresenting army officer ratios and the Seventh Infantry’s losses after the Nez Perces engagement. The column cites an open letter proposal, a Louisville Courier-Journal item, and a family plea about a missing brother believed dead or captured in the Black Hills region.
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Gibbon
Bounding Banning
Banning’s
Banning
Seventh Infantry
Nez Perces
United States House of Representatives
United States
Louisville Courier-Journal
Burke
Black Hills Pioneer
Burkes
Potter the Pedestrian Heading for Omaha to San Francisco
Potter the pedestrian aims to push a 45 pound wheelbarrow from Albany to San Francisco in 250 days. He averages 27.5 miles daily and is nine days ahead. The barrow bears the inscription and Potter’s plan includes Sundays off. The item notes a political aside about Sammy Tilden and fraud accusations linked to Louisiana elections.
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Potter
Omaha
Cheyenne
Frisco
Leader
Albany
San Francisco
N. Y
Sammy Tilden
Louisiana
Hayes
Sherman
Lost Son Justus Emmeruth Sought by Afflicted Family
A San Francisco reader seeks news of Justus Emmeruth a 24 year old printer last heard from near Cheyenne after a 1870s move toward the Black Hills. The letter from his family notes his past roles as editor of the Audubon Journal and connects his disappearance to Cheyenne and the Black Hills venture.
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San Francisco
The
Leader
Cheyenne
Justus Emmeruth
Audubon (Minn.) Journal
Black Hills
Burke
Bismarck
Justus
Incensed Indians threaten hostiles and murderers pursued
Capt. Dougherty reports seventy Yankton dissenters arrived opposite the Joener Brule Agency seeking to join Brules but were refused. They may head north toward Sitting Bull, while troops are limited. Gov. Garber asks Gen. Crook for soldiers to accompany D. R. Sutton in locating and capturing four murdered trappers near Dismal River and bringing them to justice.
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Idaho
Lower
Missouri
Dougherty
First Infantry
Brule
Yankton Agency
Brule Agency
Sitting Bull
Nebraska
Kearney City
Garber
Crook
Fort Bandall
Methodist Conference Plans and District Meetings
The Colorado annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will meet in Golden on August 7 with Bishop Simpson presiding and likely spend time in Colorado. The northern district conference will convene August 6 at the Golden church for official business. Presiding elder appointments span Caribou June 9 to Arvada July 26 with multiple Wyoming and Colorado towns listed. There is little prospect of creating a Black Hills territory as previously hoped, as opposition and Senate stance led to the plan’s quiet death.
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Colorado
Methodist Episcopal Church
Golden
Simpson
Northern District
Caribou
Laramie
Wyoming
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Platteville
Black Hawk
Georgetown
Nevada
Central
Greeley
Arvada
Jess
Black Hills
Senate Committee On Territories
Old Man in Jail of Jim Jams Causes Early Wakeup
A Northwestern city district woke at 6 am to shouts of murder by an elderly man in pants and shirt chasing a wagon. He later calmed, explained he suffered a severe jim jams from drink and thought a crime had occurred. Deadwood court opened with the Hunt Tappan homicide on the docket.
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Deadwood
District Court
Barnes
Governor commutes Clough sentence to life hard labor
Special Telegram to The Leader from Lincoln Nebraska June 6 Governor Garber commutes Warren Cloughs death sentence to life hard labor in the state penitentiary. Clough had been scheduled for hanging tomorrow after conviction for murdering his brother. The governor cited possible innocence shown by petitions and a letter from Judge Geo W Post and notes over nine hundred Seward county signers.
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Lincoln Neb
Garber
Warren Clough
Clough
Geo. W. Post
Seward County
Turn LeaprEr
St. Louis
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Weekly Leader
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Bannock
Idalo
Clarkson
N. Potter
Sidney
P. Olsen
Earth
Dawson
Denver Tribune
Magic City
Jay Gould
Sidney Dillon
Union Pacific Road
Chicago
Seventeenth Street
Abe
H. M. Bond & Co
Shipping and Commission Merchants
Ogden, Utah
Sergeant Moore
Methodist
Jim Jams
Law
Denver Democrat
D. T
Dime Ist
J. F. McKenna
U.S. Land Office
Sturgis & Lane
Sturgis
Gov. Garber
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