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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1878
Page
6
The Weekly Leader reports an addition to the Fort Sanders hospital to be built this month. It notes Wyoming’s wet season, a forecast of about five thousand visitors for the Fourth, and other local items including postmaster appointments, fire department visits, school cornerstone ceremonies, and a fatal shooting near Omaha with J. L. Wheeler as the killer.
Salt Lake City 1878 readers press for General Crook to lead a campaign against Bannocks in Northern Utah and Eastern Idaho. The letter praises Crook’s prior frontier successes, argues sound handling will yield peace and security for settlers and Indian and white interests, and urges prompt command. It notes railway routes, military presence, and the region’s economic stakes.
Jonas Hellawell and a companion nicknamed Slim Jim set twenty four alarm clocks to ring at 5 am. Abe Hershfield, owner of the Diamond Loan Office, woke terrified thinking the building would collapse. He fled into the street before realizing it was a prank.
Report describes arrests and charges involving Mr. Tonn at Bismarck, with his wife pressing accusations while he languishes in a Dakota hospital. The deputy sheriff, poor and weary, accompanies the pursuit, as Mrs. Town resides in a luxury hotel amid mounting strife.
The passage notes a woman’s arrest linked to a kidnapping charge pursued by her husband. It contrasts her with a man who claimed happiness from taking five or six orders a day for safes in Deadwood.
The eminent poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant died at age eighty four. He was the oldest editor in the United States and a longtime editor of the New York Evening Post, renowned for his pure diction and nature poetry.
Two seven year old boys were playing with a loaded pistol when it fired this afternoon injuring one boy who was struck in the left cheek and exit behind the ear. He is very weak from loss of blood though the physician does not deem the wound fatal.
Dr Russell left Ketcham's house to aid a injured young man. His team and buggy disappeared on the prairie and city streets. They were recovered near Crow Creek south of Fort Russell at daylight. Neither the animals nor the buggy were harmed after roaming the night.
The Potter investigating committee questioned Gen. Smith about Anderson's claim to a better appointment, suggesting Anderson’s aid in electing presidents may be overstated. An Fort Custer officer reports soldiers' remains uncovered at the battlefield, criticizing neglect and the need for proper burials to honor fallen heroes.
Marie Benning, about fifty, appeared for disorderly conduct in Justice Fisher's court. Once married to a prosperous Des Moines businessman, rumors of domestic strife followed by separation led her to Cheyenne in a degraded state. She expressed reform ambitions after years of dissipation and poverty.
A young man employed by Frank Ketchum, living four miles north, broke his leg when a cow kicked him during milking. The animal knocked him under a second cow which trod on the limb. Dr. Russell treated him and he is progressing well.
A call for a ladies committee to care for public school pupils during the Fourth of July celebration. They should arrange a picnic space and oversee flag material funded by a fifty dollar school appropriation. The writer urges ensuring the children's comfort and pleasure at the event.
Charles Lawrence a Union Pacific brakeman slept with a lit cigar in the Railroad House room. The smoldering clothing set bed coverings and furniture alight. Fire detected by odor in the office, door broken in, Lawrence found asleep amid smoke. He escaped unharmed as flames were soon controlled.
An extract from the Philadelphia Inquirer dated the 6th instar will interest army circles and local citizens who value military affairs and current events. The notice outlines connections between Jennings and Kingman with potential implications for national defense.
The Woodie Fisher hose company forms a team to contest prizes at the 4Cheyenne tournament. The lineup mirrors the Central prize winners with one or two new members, and the squad accepts Cheyenne department’s switch from medals to cash as prizes.
The Mandamus case of the Colorado Central Railroad company against the County Commissioners of Laramie County was heard by Judge J W Fisher. Col W R Steele, attorney for the railroad, began the plea but the court adjourned until morning to resume the proceedings.
The case was resumed yesterday morning. Judge Miller and Bramel instructed the jury, which retired about four o'clock and returned a guilty verdict around ten. Handley was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. The jury valued the stolen property at two hundred thirty dollars.
English prospectors sought to purchase the Seminole Gold and Silver Mining Company after it declined an offer. The company bought machinery in New York and ships it to Rawlins to assess value before stamping mills. J R Brown and Isaac Ludlum of New York travel to the mines as assays reach up to 1000 dollars per ton with a low of 27 dollars. officials optimistic about a vein family. Public school commencement exercises planned for Saturday at Recreation Hall with Gov Hoyt expected to attend and deliver a brief address and music. This marks Wyoming’s first commencement exercises in the Territory’s educational history.
Bold ad touts Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry as a universal cough remedy. It claims to cure coughs hoarseness sore throat bronchitis weak heart and lung diseases with a 25 cent trial bottle and a larger size for sale by leading druggists.
A poem by Julia Clare expresses beauty and mortality of flowers gathered in morning light. The page also lists leaves of absence for numerous U S Army officers, with delays and resignations to take effect July 1 1878, including First Lieut. F M H Kendrick and Second Lieut. A C Tyler.
District court sat with Judge J W Fisher as Territory v Handley proceeds amid a contested continuance motion and a lengthy cattle theft trial. Witness testimony fills the record as Judge Miller prepares to open for the Territory and a mandamus suit against the County Commissioners waits. Dr Spinney faces trial in Salt Lake on multiple offenses. The Laramie Plains hay crop is set to exceed prior years. The Denver Democrat notes a shifted Fourth of July focus to events here while locals chase a firemen fever, climbing roofs and sheds with speed.
Notice is given for final settlement of the J. K. P. Clark estate and the S. A. Megeath estate in the Laramie county Wyoming Territory probate court, with hearings set for the second Monday of July. Administrators Whitney Megeath Cockran announce the actions. A separate notice states a brown horse strayed or was stolen from Andrew Ryan in Cheyenne with a reward offered for return. an Ogden ship merchants order is noted.
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