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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
11
Rates for subscribers and advertising are listed for the Daily Leader of Cheyenne Wyoming. The text shows various prices per year, per month, and per line including contracts for daily and weekly editions and official notices. It names J. B. Morrow as publisher and proprietor.
London peers approve the marriage bill by 165 to 158 in a burdensome Lords session. In Cleveland a secret conference opens with about fifty executives from major European and American fire insurance firms meeting tomorrow at the Windsor club rooms to guard against intrusion.
New York report says Patrick Regan aged 44, owner of the Racket court and saloon at 404 Madison street, was killed tonight by Police Officer John W. Smith who had come to arrest revenue law violators. Regan resisted with a cavalry sabre and was shot. Smith is under arrest.
In Vincennes Indiana Joseph Pollock a wealthy miller and community figure faces a shocking tragedy. His son Charles Pollock who had married Clara Clendening six months earlier returned home after midnight and shot his wife in the breast then killed himself in the right side. Clara ran to the hall and died. Charles lived twenty minutes. Pollock was partly intoxicated on return. no prior trouble between couple reported.
The June 11 procession for John Bright in Birmingham stretched a mile and a half, with delegates from liberal societies. A gold medal was presented to Bright, and crowds lined the five mile route, resembling a royal progress.
A Tombstone special notes General Crook has encamped at Silver Creek at the Chiricahuas south end after recrossing the line last Saturday. Fifty miles southeast two tribes surrendered, including 230 hostile captives. Prisoners include seventy five bucks and many women and children. Crook plans new pursuit with a ready fighting force. Full details promised tonight.
Hon. John E. Lamb, congressman, narrowly escaped a fatal shooting by Samuel C. Davis outside Lamb’s office. Davis fired a revolver but Lamb deflected it with papers and a cane. the ball struck a wagon driver in the foot. The motive stems from a libel suit involving an express company.
Reports from Chicago and other cities describe multiple tornadoes and cyclones overnight. North Vernon and Calloway county suffered house and church destruction with unknown fatalities, while McKinney and Brush Creek faced widespread damage and crop losses.
Four young women named Yates Eddy Hawkins and Rease aged twelve thirteen fourteen and twenty three and a young man named Yates aged eighteen drowned when a boat capsized at Provo lake near Benjamin Sunday evening. Four others were rescued.
The first train on the Northern Pacific arrived in Helena Montana at eleven this morning marking a key milestone as track laying proceeds at about three miles per day toward the Oregon Connection. About one hundred forty miles remain to reach the linkage.
In Washington on June 12 Judge Wylie addressed the star route jury this afternoon. He thanked the jurors for their patient attention after months of trial and warned they should decide the case solely on evidence, not public demand, newspaper articles, or sympathy. He then began outlining the legal points involved.
In Hickman Kentucky a masked mob abducted Henry Colbert from the county jail between 2 and 8 am yesterday and took him to the woods with a rope about his neck. Colbert, charged with a March 5 attempted assault with Peter Hart on Lizzie Prather’s house, may have been hanged. Hart remains at large. a white man named Hazee Woodall allegedly gave orders.
After the Chen Yuen trial trip, Marquis T Seng met with China’s foreign minister. German minister Baron Von Brandt returned from China and went to Paris. Paris Temps warns France and Germany may detain the ironclad if war breaks out before sea readiness. The plan is to sail Chen Yuen to China under the German flag with a German crew.
The 156th grand monthly draw in New Orleans produced prizes led by ticket No. 17 189 selling to a Cuban in Havana for 5 dollars and first prize of 75000. Second prize 25000 went to a New Yorker. Third prize 10000 sold in fifths to multiple buyers. Fourth prizes 6000 each shared by several named buyers in St Louis and New York. Additional prizes totaling 265500 were claimed or withheld. The next drawing is set for July 10 with M A Dauphin providing information.
Dispatch from General Crook recounts Apache scouts under Crawford tracking Chiricahuas from Silver Creek Arizona to Sierra Madre strongholds. The village of a Chata chief was attacked on May 15, with the camp and stock captured. Chickas and women captured near Carmen report fear and surrender talks, while some Chiricahuas claim lifelong residence in the mountains. A white boy abducted earlier may be returned.
An Elkton Maryland resident named Mr. T. Deenen suffered severe rheumatic pains until he tried a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil and was completely cured, according to a report picked up from the Indianapolis Journal.
Paris reports the trial of Marquis DeRoys and seven others on charges of manslaughter for sending four old ships to an island near Port Breton with emigrants. Most died during passage or after arrival from hunger and disease. They face fraud charges for selling imaginary land in Port Breton.
A blaze started in shaft G in Braidwood Illinois at 7 30 last night and burned for hours. The fire department fought the blaze without success. Explosions were heard all night. Thirty two mules burned and several lives are rumored lost. The shaft was valuable and worked exclusively by colored men. The loss is believed large. From the Wilmington Republican.
An advertisement extols the efficacy of Sozodont mouth and tooth preparations, Hill’s hair dye, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Hale’s honey of bore hound and tar, and Glenn’s sulphur soap for skin care. It claims professional and press backing, notes prices, and lists C N Crittenton of New York as proprietor.
Advice to mothers promises immediate relief for sick crying children with teething pain. The syrup allegedly cures dysentery diarrhea regulates stomach and bowels relieves wind colic softens gums reduces inflammation and energizes the system. It is described as pleasant tasting and prescribed by experienced female physicians. priced 25 cents a bottle and sold by all dr ugists worldwide.
Advertisement describes monthly drawings with substantial prizes and a claim of honesty. It lists prize tiers including many $100, $50, and $20 awards, total prize value and ticket costs, and instructions to remit by bank draft to ARN at Courier Journal Building Louisville Ky. It warns against sent by registered mail or post office money orders and notes express delivery at company expense for orders $5 and up.
Daily joy to thousands as Dr. King’s New Discovery is touted as a positive cure for consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever loss of voice throat tickling and lung diseases. Free trial bottles offered at Dacé Collins' drug store with large size at one dollar.
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