Local Leaflets and Cheyenne News The Leader 1877
Cheyenne weekly notes local items from 1877 including printing ads, a Black Hawk butcher James Dostal shooting himself, and Eli Perkins lecture plans. It reports on Philadelphia Times praise, Hayes presidency, Freund Bros sign, and a round-up plan from Cheyenne county stockmen. It also cites editorials on ads value, a Kansas legislature visit, and a humorous potatos anecdote.
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The
Laramie
Tweed Turck
Sioux threaten Crow Agency as 1000 to 2000 lodges approach
Advices from Bozeman Montana dated March 6 report Sitting Bull Crazy Horse and Dull Knife near the Crow Agency forty five miles away with 1000 to 2000 lodges of hostiles. The Crows stampeded at the approach. A white man was killed on the Yellowstone River. Companies F and G of the 2d Cavalry were sent to the rescue. Fort Ellis will march on the 14th to join Gen. Miles.
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Crow Agency
Bozeman
M. T
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Dull Knife
Yellowstone River
2D Cavalry
Fort Ellis
Miles
Mc Daniels Dramatic Theatre Presents Lady of Lyons and Our Boys
Last night a full house praised Sir Bulwer Lytton's Lady of Lyons with a perfect corps and complete western-stage scenery. Tonight Byron's Our Boys debuts with Mrs Forrester as Mary Melrose, a performance in high demand as the company stays briefly in Cheyenne.
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Bulwer Lytton
Mourning for Oliver Ames on Union Pacific
Oliver Ames dies in Boston prompting Union Pacific to suspend work and close the general offices and machine shops at 1 pm on Monday. The entire line is draped in mourning with passenger trains and freight engines wearing crape as trains pass through Omaha on Monday.
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Oliver Ames
Boston
Union Pacific
Clark
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Monay
H. H. Clarx
Small-Pox Epidemic In City Pest-House Reports
Mayor Fisk announces ten small-pox cases at the pest-house with four seriously ill and the rest convalescent. City physician says all will recover. No new cases recently and a physician committee found no active cases citywide. All fatalities involved patients from elsewhere who carried other diseases, worsened by small-pox. Residents are told the epidemic will soon end.
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Fisk
The Black Hills Railroad Awakens Cheyenne Interest
Quiet on the Union Pacific as surveying parties slated for Cheyenne Sidney and North Platte have not begun. No committees have been sent to county or town authorities to fix pond requirements or initial point funding. The public waits for decisive action while rivals, Denver, Kansas Pacific, and Omaha papers weigh in. Cheyenne and nearby towns appear dormant, with only sporadic booster notes urging a rail line to the Hills.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Sidney
North Platte
Denver
Kansas Pacific
Omaha
Law for Levy in Eddy Street Shooting Case
Levy the gambler who shot Harrison on Eddy street Friday evening was brought before Justice Fisher for a preliminary examination. The testimony indicated Levy fired the first shot and he was held in 1000 to await Harrison’s wound outcome. Hon. W. W. Corlett conducted the defense.
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Eddy and
Sixteenth Streets
Levy
Harrison
Tie
Eddy Street
Fisher
W. W. Corlett
Newson Urges Cheyenne Route Over Sidney for Hills Travel
Maj T M Newson president of Webfoot Mining Co at Custer City and veteran frontier journalist criticizes the Sidney Telegraph editor after lecturing in the east about Life in the Black Hills He endorses the Cheyenne route as superior citing larger stages better service and safer travel while condemning Sidney for crime and poor roads based on reports from travelers and locals He praises Cheyenne as active and courteous and mocks Sidney as unsafe and attractively corrupt.
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Maj
T. M. Newson
Webfoot Mining Co
Custer City
Black Hills
Sidney
Cheyenne
Telegraph
Lees
Mr. Voorhees
Union Pacific
Sidney Telegraph
Deadwood
Custer
Hills
The
Ignan
Mayor Fisk Promises Spring Street and Sidewalk Improvements
Streets and alleys will see extensive work in spring and summer under Mayor Fisk. A new sidewalk is likely on the south side of 16th street east of Hill, with a walk planned from Hill to the Y on 17th. Hope for a sidewalk from Hill and 17th to the school building before further work, and general street improvements to follow, aiding children to reach school during the mud season.
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Fisk
16Th Street
Hill
Hill Street
17Th
17Th Streets
New Military Wood Reservation at Fort Fetterman
A new Fort Fetterman wood reservation is designated with described boundaries. The initial point lies 357 feet from La Bonte creek on its east bank, about nine tenths of a mile above a rocky gorge, and the perimeter runs east 4 miles, south 2 miles, west 1 mile, north 2 miles, and east 1 mile to the start. Posts and blazed trees will mark the boundary.
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Fetterman
Army
Fort Ifetterman
la Bonte Creek
Fort Fetterman
Fort Laramie
Resolutions Adopted by Kansas Delegation in Denver Trip
At a Sunday meeting in Denver the Kansas legislators and correspondents adopted a long list of resolutions. One stated that the Railroad Hotel in Cheyenne Wyoming Territory can prepare a four course dinner on an hour’s notice fit for a king or a female justice of the peace.
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Kansas
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
Cattle Thieves Captured and Brought to Denver
Special deputy L. Cole from Denver arrived Tuesday from Shelby Junction Neb in charge of three cattle thieves recently arrested there The men sought habeas corpus but failed They were taken to Denver yesterday afternoon to await trial Stock men vow to pursue harsher enforcement and pursue writs of hempus corpus if needed
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L. Cole
Denver
Shelby Junction
Neb
Hostiles Reported Moving South Into Agency Lands
Passengers by stage from the north, teamsters and freighters recently arriving from the Hills describe bands of Indians crossing the road from north to south toward the Agencies. They say the tribes have been hunting in the Big Horn, Powder and Tongue river valleys and forests, then returning home. They appear reserved and sometimes sullen but do not threaten travelers, suggesting peaceful intent. The record questions Gen. Crook’s claim that the Indian war is ended on this frontier.
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Big Horn
Powder
Tongue River
Crook
Glittering Gold at Stebbins Post and Co Bank
The Stebbins Post and Co banking house showcases a lavish gold display with gold bricks buttons nuggets dust and panned gold. Tuesday two large retorts of fine gold from the Hidden Treasure mine owned by the Black Hills Mining Co arrived valued at three thousand dollars. N R Pinney brought a gold button worth two thousand dollars from his Alpha mine and mill.
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Stebbins, Post & Co
Black Hills Mining Co
N. R. Pinney
Wolsey
The Cost of a Black Hills Railroad
Journalists overstate ease of building a Black Hills line from the Union Pacific. Cost estimates show a road to the Hills would not be less than four million dollars, with twenty miles adding about a half million. Cheyenne and Denver likely offer best bonuses, while studies must weigh routes, gradients, and regional backing. The Union Pacific aims for an initial hundred miles this year, relying on future returns.
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Black Hills
Union Pacific
Jay
Sidney
Cheyenne
Jane
Denver
Kansas Pacific
Omaha Ee
The Coming Railroad From Longmont to Cheyenne
Denver and Golden to Cheyenne rail link under survey with Captain Berthoud leading an eight man party. Route from Longmont via Fort Collins to Cheyenne envisages 125 miles Denver to Cheyenne, crossing the northern divide, with coal deposits nearby boosting traffic. Probable effects point to business and a broad gauge line as Union Pacific plans advance.
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Longmont
Colorado
Cheyenne
Fort Collins
Denver News
Union Pacific ‘Company
Denver
Golden
Berthoud
Plains
Denver Pacific
Colorado Central
Union Pacific
New York
E.L. Berthoud
W. A
St. Louis
Big Thompson
Box Elder Creek
Lone Mound
Lone Tree Creek
Natural Fort
Box Elder
Northern Divide
Wyoming Line
Greeley
Williams heads to Castle Creek mines with placer plans
Roger D. Williams, son of Hon. B. F. Williams of Lexington, Ky., left Cheyenne for Castle Creek near Castleton to operate extensive placer claims. With two partners he aims to employ hydraulic mining pumps and machinery. He notes rich pay dirt averaging 65 cents per pan and expects Castle Creek mines to surpass Deadwood gulch.
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Roger D. Williams
B. F. Williams
Lexington
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Castleton
Castle Creek
Williams
Deadwood Gulch
Castile Creek
The Removal of the Stony
A Sidney resident relays a Washington report that Congress allotted 80,000 dollars for moving the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies to the Missouri river. The note calls this news sad for Sidney and others claim Pratt and Ferris plus saltpeter cannot save the hamlet.
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Washington
Congress
Missouri River
Sidney
Pratt & Ferris and
Saltpeter
Bunko
Grand Reception for McDaniel troupe in Denver
Grand reception greeted McDaniel's dramatic and variety troupe on arrival by a large crowd. The company toured Colorado towns including Denver Georgetown Central Golden and others receiving praise for high quality performances and star talent. Agents Campbell and Hallowell credited for diligent management while McDaniel expands to Cheyenne and Deadwood with two theatres offering top shows west of New York.
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McDaniel
Mile
Cerito
Valdis
Rose
Willie Gill
Baby
James McDonald
Denver
Colorado
Georgetown
Central
Golden
McDaniels
A.M. Campbell
Jonas Hallowell
Cheyenne
Deadwood
New York
Deadwood Theatre
Langrishe
Not Paying Debts by Moving Baxter Springs Town
Baxter Springs Kansas plans a novel approach to its debt by depopulating and disincorporating the town and relocating houses to form a new town nearby. With $200000 in owed debts and a U S court judgment, residents hope to avoid payment by shifting location rather than paying creditors. Legal experts are expected to address the unprecedented case.
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Baxter Springs
Kansas
U. S
Return of Col Stanton After Crow Agency Mission
Col T H Stanton returned to the city yesterday after a six week mission at the Crow Agency Montana to pay Crow scouts who helped in the Centennial Sioux campaign. He reports a grueling journey with 1100 miles of rough mountain travel amid storms and cold. The trip began March 2 from the Agency, with stopovers at Bozeman Virginia City Ogden and a homecoming yesterday.
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Col. Stanton
T. H. Stanton
Crow Agency
Montana
Wilds
Crook
Bozeman
Virginia City
Ogden
California Bull-Dozer Tripp Runs Amuck On Emigrant Train
A California man named Tripp boarded the Central Pacific emigrant train at San Francisco and tried to run the ride himself. He insulted a passenger, pulled a revolver when asked for his ticket, and was arrested in Laramie City after the conductor threatened to stop the train. He paid a $50 fine and was released.
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Tripp
Central Pacific
Frisco
Laramie City
Laramia
Charlie Roberts
Charlie
Roberts
Supt
Davis
California
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Quaker City
United States
R. B. Hayes
Ben
Freund Bros
Fox
N. Wood
James Donahue
Atchison Democrat
J. 5. Hallinger
Aberdeen Republican
Taylor Fleck
A. B. Bradish
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
North
South Platte
Big Springs
Julesburg
Weld County
McDaniels’ Dramatic Theatre
Forrester
Black Hills Railroad
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