Weekly Leader Yarn and Storm News From Cheyenne
A Cheyenne weekly notes storms disrupt travel and stock outlook improves after calmer weather. It reports Dr W W Crook’s Cheyenne Lone Tree survey of road and cattle, a Cheyenne Star denial of moving to Black Hills, and a storm affecting the Deadwood coach line. Also mentions horse stealing case of David Creath and a $1000 bond, plus satirical yarn chatter 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
Estate petition seeks letters for late John W. Diff Denver
In probate court Denver the cliff's estate requests administration of the late John W. Diff. Personal property valued around 250000 with a bond of 500000 signed by twelve Denver bondsmen. Administrators now hold the estate with cattle dominating its assets. Diff died intestate with no will or appointed executors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John W. Diff
Diff
A Thanks Card to Conductor Seeley on Snowbound Train
A Cheyenne notice dated March 12 1878 thanks Conductor W L Seeley of Union Pacific for kindness during a four day snowbound blockade at Sidney and Antelope Station. It lists officers W H B Stour chair and L Sabin secretary. Also notes a Dooley's Yeast Powder ad and a plea from Mrs Zilpha Wood of Morristown Penn seeking information about her son Alfred Wood in Wyoming in 1876. Postoffice Newsstand Pollard Co to open in the Postoffice building with latest papers and stationery.
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
Irregularities at Standing Rock Agency Spark Indian Grievances
Reports accuse the Standing Rock Agency agent of selling rations to non entitlement holders and of selling chopped Indian wood to steamboat men. Chiefs seek audience with Washington. many youths plot to flee to renegades amid dissatisfaction with civil agents. Sioux camps near Red Cloud and Spotted Tail see departures. troops powerless to stop them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Affairs
Standing Rock Agency
Washington
Sam
Chicago Times
Custer
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Indian Department
Sitting Bull
Mysterious Wandering Figure Baffles Western Police
A living ghost type figure haunts Cheyenne and appears in Denver Laramie City and Sidney, baffling police with no crime seen. He travels unseen, pays hotel bills, interacts with residents, then vanishes leaving investigators puzzled while he supposedly runs with a hard crowd. Luke Voorhees defends Mr. A B Cutler against a false report by the morning Glimmer prompting citizen outrage in Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Denver
Laramie City
Sidney
Tie
Luke Voorhees
A. B. Cutler
Black Hills
Luke
Democrat
Cutler
Rejoinder to Sun slander and local notices spread
The Glimmer’s allegations about Harry Oppenheimer are denied by Gottstein Idelman & Co as false and defended as self defense with Oppenheimer described as honest. The issue includes Lent services at St. Mark's, commercial outlook for Carbon County, stock market moves, Ute tensions, and town building plans in Rawlins with new blocks and firmer firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Oppenheimer
Fort McKinney
Messrs. Gottstein
Epirton
The
Sun
Gottstein, Idelman & Co
F. W. Tomkins
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
God
Christ
Camp Brown
Rawlins
Bryan
Sweetwater River
Camp Stambaugh
Carbon County
James France
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
Messrs
Byrne & Murphy
Hanley's Trial for Cattle Theft Near Fort Laramie
George W. Hanley foreman at Pratt & Ferris stock ranch near Fort Laramie faces theft charges. Judge W H Miller prosecutes with C W Bramel defending. Henry Goodfellow connected. Court adjourned at five, case to resume this forenoon. witnesses include Pratt, Lawrence, Bunson, Johnson, and Goodfellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Pratt
Pratt& Ferris
Thomas Lawrence
E. Bunson
E. Johnson
Henry Goodfellow
Hanley
Wagon road survey party sails to locate Rawlins Camp Brown route
Western Wyoming Rawlins March 6 78 viewers George Gordon James G Rankin and John C Dyer depart for Camp Brown to join the Government survey team. They will locate a wagon road from Rawlins to Camp Brown in coordination with government surveyors. Delays due to storms postponed the start by two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wro
Leader
George Gordon
James G. Rankin
John C. Dyer
Camp Brown
James France
Capt. Moore
Local Business Notices and Court Schedule
General merchandise will dissolve part partnership while Byrne remains in business. Porter, new mail contractor to Dixon Wyoming Hahn's Peak and Hayden Colorado, plans to stock and operate route after July contract ends. District court term starts April 1 with little civil business. criminal docket appears heavy on paper. Tu Leader praised as best newspaper in the Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrne
Porter
Dixon
Wyo
Hahn's Peak
Hayden
Col
District Court
Tu Leader
Miraculous Escape After Rocky Hills Freighting Trip
J K Williams and J C Higby fled Cheyenne with their freighting outfit for the Hills. They camped north of Nine Mile ranch, dug out after a two day food and fire shortage, and saved their stock with a windward tent. One horse buried, seven missing, drifts up to 25 feet. They spotted the Black Hills coach nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Higby
Cheyenne
Nine Mile Ranch
Greeley
Black Hills
Railroad Racket and the Snowbound Passengers
Joy marked yesterday as trains arrived from the east, led by W L Seeley who had veered into Antelope snowbanks Friday. Passengers exhausted provisions by Saturday night, a sanitary car fed them, and ox roast aided. Dickenson and Seeley aided by Rush helped, then many lodged in Sidney. The company provided meals, 165 evacuees to Cheyenne hotels, 68 more during the second group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.l.seeley
Antelope
Seeley
Dickenson
Sidney
Rush
Railroad Company
J. T. Clark
Cheyenne
Key
Deaths in Cheyenne Storm Claim Local Herders
The Cheyenne area reports two frost deaths from the recent blizzard. John Lindsey, a former livery stable worker, froze near Pole Creek while four men with a wagon and four yoke of oxen searched for poles. Another herder, Rays Gonzales, died seven miles from Cheyenne at Orr’s ranch after staying with his herd until exhaustion. Both bodies were found and buried locally. Lindsey’s funeral was funded by employer A. H. Reel.
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 pleas for aid while near starvation
A Sioux leader from Sitting Bull's camp told a scout that his band faced near starvation and would surrender if allowed to keep their ponies. The dispatch may be true or not, prompting calls for humanitarian help or migrant aid efforts. Correspondence urged from Ture Lespen and readers for news and progress updates. Notice: publishers of The Leader disavow liability for employee debts without prior written authorization. The Leader Printing Co. H. Glaroke, Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Sitting Bull
Ture LespEn
Leader
Tom Leader
Leader Printing Co
H, Glaroke, Treas
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Weekly Leader
Gheyenne
Cliff
Conductor Seeley
Union Pacific
L. Sabin
Dooley
Postoffice
Pollard & Co
Mars-Tf
Standing Rock
Wyoming
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