A Bright Outlook for Cheyenne in Wyoming
The Cheyenne editorial notes a cheering Wyoming outlook after President Grant signed the Sioux treaty ratification. It predicts a rush of settlers via Cheyenne route as Black Hills mail service expands, with up to 100000 visitors by January 1878. Cheyenne shows growth with new stores and residences, funded by local citizens, avoiding Credit Foncier and external mortgage schemes.
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Wyoming
President Grant
Black Hills
Cheyenne
el Dorado
Big Horn
Cubyenne
New England Loan Association
Sidney Route Abandoned by Order of General Crook
General Crook orders immediate withdrawal of troops from the Sidney route to the Black Hills. The weekly stage line between Sidney Red Cloud and Custer is withdrawn. A smallpox epidemic at Sidney plus no preventive measures lead the railroad to stop trains there only for essential wood or water, and only briefly.
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Crook
Sidney
Black Thills
Red Cloud
Custer
Railroad Company
Blue glass and sun baths promise new cures across many systems
A sensational 19th century note reports blue glass and sun baths touted as a universal curative. It cites experiences from Providence to New York, mentions Dr Bayard and Prof Butler, Chicago orders cases, and notes skepticism from doctors while believers press on with claims of electro magnetism and enhanced poultry health.
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Violet Bue
Arkansas
Florida
Gen
Pleasanton
Peoritugent
Cairo
New York
Jersey
Bayard
Prof
Butler
Chicago
How Gov Hayes Saved His Arm
Gov Hayes was wounded in the arm at South Mountain. Surgeons planned amputation, but Middleton physician Dr Bare took charge and prevented the procedure. The General recovered with both arms, a fact noted by the Springfield Republic.
Quit It or Beat It A Man's Fight With Tobacco
A man resolves to quit chewing tobacco after trying many aids and cravings. He resists by challenging the tobacco as a foe, speaking to it and resisting its pull. He finally discards the habit, finding victory costly but ultimately triumphant and rewarding.
Jealous Husband's Armor Trap Ends With Elopement
An Englishman in Oakland suspects his wife’s faithfulness and hides in armor from Albion’s coat collection. The plan misfires when a butler fires a blank in a comical burglary scare, doctors, neighbors, and a blacksmith aid the bewildered man as his wife elopes the next morning.
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Oakland
California
Globe
Benedict
Sacramento
Albion
Inauguration Attire of Mrs. Hayes Reported
At the inauguration moment Mrs. Hayes wore a black silk dress in princesse style with a long train, trimmed with black velvet blue satin and Valenciennes lace. The outfit cost $500. For the reception she wore a Quaker gray dress with corsage waist square neck and full train, trimmed with Valenciennes lace fringe and flowers costing $300.
Kansas Pacific ad promotes route to Black Hills
Advertisements in the east tout the Kansas Pacific Railway as the bonanza route to the Black Hills. Flaming posters label the Denver Pacific as the Black Hills branch. Migration along this route already appears sizable.
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Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Black Hills
Denver Pacific
Black Wills
Tlills
Old Frontiersmen killed near Stillwater Montana
An Independent dispatch from Bozeman Montana reports Sioux forces killed Irvine McClure Lowry and Muggins Taylor Yankee Jim Zeb Daniels and Bill Randall from Deer Lodge Bozeman and several others at or near Stillwater Montana with further casualties unspecified.
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Helena
Bozeman
Montana
Irvine
McClure
Lowry
Deer Lodge
Muggins Taylor
Yankee Jim
Zeb Daniels
Bill Randall
Stillwater
Washington Whispers on Funeral Bans and Hayes Inauguration
An 1877 Washington correspondence reports the Hayes Wheeler victory by 185 to 184 over Tilden Hendricks, the Capitol count scenes, and plans for a modest inauguration. It notes Democratic filibustering, cabinet speculation, and assassination rumors. It also highlights Wyoming delegate Steele’s late-session wins including the Black Hills treaty ratification and boundary survey funding, plus Cheyenne land sale measures and Black Hills air routes.
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Washington, D. C
Ferry
Hayes
Wheeler
Tilden
Hendricks
Rutherford B. Hayes
William A. Wheeler
Capitol
House of Representatives
Joint Commission
Cheyenne
Robert M. Ingersoll
Illinois
My. Banning
M. D
Ohio
Yeates
North Carolina
Tewitt & Co
Sunset Cox
Slewitt
White House
President Grant
Dublin
John O' Mahoney
Charles J. Nickham
Thomas Bellew McManus
London
Sayes
the Times
Mayes
Telegraph
Edinburgh
United States
Great Britain
Officers arrive at Fort Russell as mail line planned
Col. W. B. Royall Inspector General Department of the Platte arrived Monday and went to Fort Russell. U P railway mail service head clerk Paul Vandervoort and postal agents traveled here Tuesday to help establish a Deadwood daily mail line and investigate mail misrouting. Deadwood Daily Times publishers Porter Warner and Perry Newhard arrived from Denver to begin publication and canvass the ferry for ads while Timm LeADar endorses their venture.
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Col. W. B. Royall
Department of the Platte
Fort Russell
Paul Vandervoort
U. P. Railway Mail Service
M. P. Bailey
Postoffice Department
Geo. L. Leyholt
Daily Mail
Deadwood
Porter Warner
Perry Newhard
Deadwood Daily Times
Denver
Warner
Timm Leadar
Congress opens with oath for new Senate lineup
The 38th Congress begins with President pro tempore Ferry sworn in, and Wheeler as Vice President, as senators from Michigan and other states take oaths. Objections delay Kellogg of Louisiana, Lamar of Mississippi, and others. adjournment and debate set through March 7 with plans for future credentials review and state-seat contests.
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Senate
Hayes
Grant
Morrill
Howe
Committee of Arrangements
Gorham
Sunderland
McDonald
Hamlin
Timothy O. Howe
Thomas W. Ferry
Michigan
Terry
Henry B. Anthony
James B. Beck
James G. Blaine
George F. Hoar
David Neagis
Henry G. Davis
Samuel J. Kirkwood
John R. McPherson
Preston
Bogg
Kellogg
Louisiana
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Anthony
Thurman
Spencer
Alabama
Mississippi
John I. Morgan
L. Q. Lamar
South Carolina
Gordon
Corbin
Butler
Lafayette Grover
Oregon
Ferry
United States
Wheeler
McCreery
Christie
Morton
Washington
Wallace
L. Q. C. Lamar
Blaine
Lamar
Boutwell Committee
Yews
Dawes
Boutwell
Wadleigh
Merriman
Congress
Pennsylvania
Kerns City
Bateman
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A Mieckly Meader
H. Glafor
Steele
Lincoln Territory
Etc
Col. Steele
Wyoming Territory
Dakota
Tum
Red Cloud Agency
Lake Mahpe-ah-luta
Tyner
Black Tills
Fort Laramie
Messrs. Gilmer, Salisbury & Patrick
Cheyenne and Black Hills
Black Mills
U.S
Lincoln
Senate Committee On Territories
Congressional
New Orleans
Antoine
Packard
Republican Party
Democratic Party
House
Nicholls
Weber
Bayou Sara
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