Weekly Leader notes rail line service and stock outlook
A Cheyenne district column reports improved road conditions to Lone Tree and stock prospects after storms. It notes a coach test run from Cheyenne to Deadwood, lists travelers, and mentions a horse stealing case with bond set at $1000. The piece lampoons yarn stories and references editorials from Worcester and St. Louis papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Crook
Lone Tree
Cheyenne
Star
Black Hills
Slack
Deadwood
Voorhees
Cheyenne & Black Hills
Sanford Wallace
Jacob B. Power
John P. Fitzgerald
Nelson Fife
David Creath
United States
Fisher
ES. P. Johnson
W. P. Carroll
Steath
Liberty
Ohio
Worcester Press
St. Louis
Denver Probate Seeks Admin Papers for John W. Diff Estate
Cliff's Estate petitioned in Probate court to appoint administrators for the John W. Diff estate in Denver. Personal property valued around 250000 with a bond of 500000 signed by twelve Denver bondsmen. Administrators currently hold the estate which includes substantial cattle. no will or executors were left by the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John W. Diff
Diff
Thanks to Conductor Seeley for kindness during blockade
A Cheyenne card from March 12, 1878 lists thanks to Union Pacific Conductor W L Seeley for his attentions to snowbound passengers on Train No 3 at Sidney and Antelope Station. Also notes Dooley's Yeast Powder ad and a request for missing nephew Alfred Wood, son of Mrs Zilpha Wood, last heard near Rawlins, Wyoming in 1876. A news and stationery stand will open in the Postoffice building run by Pollard & Co. mars-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
First Section
Sidney and Antelope Station
W. L. Seeley
W. H. B. Stour
Alfred Wood
Zilpha Wood
Morristown
Montgomery County
Penn
Tor LrAban
Rawlins
Wyo
Postoffice
Pollard & Co
Mars-Tf
F. W. Tomkins
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
God
Christ
Swindling the Savages at Standing Rock Agency
A Chicago Times dispatch reports alleged corruption at Standing Rock Agency with the agent selling rations and wood to unauthorized people. Indians resist and some plan to appeal to Washington, while some youths seek to desert for renegades. Troops are powerless to stop departures and agencies report routine rations despite unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Affairs
Standing Rock Agency
Washington
Sam
Chicago Times
Custer
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Indian Department
Sitting Bull
Mysterious living ghost perplexes Cheyenne and western cities
A mysterious figure appears in Cheyenne and then in Denver Laramie City or Sidney, vanishing without a trace. Police describe him as a puzzler who does not steal yet moves freely, a modern enigma baffling western detectives. Luke Voorhees defends Mr. A B Cutler after a falsehood in the morning Glimmer prompts citizen indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Denver
Laramie City
Sidney
Tie
Luke Voorhees
A. B. Cutler
Black Hills
Luke
Democrat
Cutler
Slander and faith in a frontier town journal
Rejoinder from Gottstein Idelman Co. defends Harry Oppenheimer of Fort McKinney against false Sun allegations of theft, asserting the incident was self defense. The Cheyenne Leader also urges Lent services, local commerce grows with new stock and cattle trade, and warns of Ute tensions amid a shifting Carbon County economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Oppenheimer
Fort McKinney
Messrs. Gottstein
Epirton
The
Sun
Gottstein, Idelman & Co
Hanleys Trial Before Justice Slaughter
George W. Hanley foreman at Pratt & Ferris stock ranch near Fort Laramie stands trial for cattle theft with Henry Goodfellow and others. Judge W H Miller prosecutes. C W Bramel defends. Court adjourned at five with proceedings to resume this forenoon. Hanley previously held a good reputation among his employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Pratt
Pratt& Ferris
Thomas Lawrence
E. Bunson
E. Johnson
Henry Goodfellow
Hanley
Viewers Trek to Locate Rawlins Camp Brown Wagon Road
In Rawlins on March 6 1878 viewers George Gordon James G Rankin and John C Dyer departed for Camp Brown to join a Government survey party and locate the wagon road. A Camp Brown letter notes the survey was ordered but delayed two weeks by storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wro
Leader
George Gordon
James G. Rankin
John C. Dyer
Camp Brown
James France
Capt. Moore
Local merchants dissolve partnership and new routes planned
General merchandise partners announce dissolution with Byrne continuing in business. Porter, new mail contractor to Dixon Wyoming Hahn's Peak and Hayden Colorado, plans to stock and run route after July contract ends. District court term set for April 1 with expected short session. The newspaper Tu Leader is praised as the Territory’s best newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrne
Porter
Dixon
Wyo
Hahn's Peak
Hayden
Col
District Court
Tu Leader
Miraculous Escape After Freight Outfit Stranded in Snow
J K Williams and J C Higby fled Cheyenne for the Hills with a freighting outfit. They camped near Nine Mile ranch, faced a storm for two days with only two wheels in use, and survived after their new tent held firm. They lost one horse buried in snow and seven are missing. They reached daylight to find two wagons and stock alive, while the Black Hills coach was seen off the road nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Higby
Cheyenne
Nine Mile Ranch
Greeley
Black Hills
Railroad Racket Amid Snowbound Trains and Sanitary Efforts
Joyful relief spread as snowbound passengers faced delays with trains at Antelope and Sidney. Conductor W L Seeley organized an express car, provisioning passengers after provisions run out. Rail officials funded meals, and when food ran short, a roasted ox was used. Conductor Dickenson and Rush aided, with 165 immigrants housed at Cheyenne and 68 more later assisted in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.l.seeley
Antelope
Seeley
Dickenson
Sidney
Rush
Railroad Company
J. T. Clark
Cheyenne
Key
Death in Great Storm Claims Cheyenne Man John Lindsey
The Cheyenne community mourns John Lindsey a former livery stable worker who froze to death on Pole Creek during Friday's blizzard. His body arrived in Cheyenne Monday and a coroner's inquest labeled the tragedy a death by exposure. Lindsey's employer A. H. Reel funded the funeral, and another Cheyenne area herder Rays Gonzales died in a separate freezing incident near Orr's ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindsey
Cheyenne
Pole Creek
Fred Schwartze
A. H. Reel
Lindsey
Atkins
Reel
J. C. Abney
Sixteenth Street
BE. H. Merrill
Foreman
Messrs
Adamsky
Dare
Logan
Hord
Schooler
J. G. Craft
J. E. Rugg
Rays Gonzales
Orr
Gonzales
Egbert Station
Sioux chief near surrender rumor sparks charity call
The dispatch claims Sitting Bull’s band near starvation and ready to surrender if allowed to keep ponies. The item questions reliability and suggests humanitarian aid discussions. Correspondence from Ture Lespen urges news from all regions and invites updates from city readers. Notice states The Leader publishers disavow debts of employees without written orders bearing the publisher’s signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Sitting Bull
Ture LespEn
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Weekly Leader
Gheyenne
Cliff
Conductor Seeley
Union Pacific
L. Sabin
Dooley
Standing Rock
Bryan
Sweetwater River
Camp Stambaugh
Carbon County
Wm. Baier
Baier & Smith
Snake River
Colorado
Geo. Baggs
Baggs
Wm. M. Hawley
Jones & Hawley
Cass Creek
Jones
Wales
London
England
Mr. Hawley
Hawley
Fred Wolf
Wolf
France
Brown
J. Wagner
Laramie
Odd Fellows
Byrne & Murphy
Wyoming
Tom Leader
Leader Printing Co
H, Glaroke, Treas
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