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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1877
Page
12
A London News correspondent reports from Constantinople that the Sultan rejected a 2 million pound bribe to oust Midhat Pasha. He claims the bribery reached the Grand Vizier and corrupted ministers with a tenth of the sum, aiding a powerful hostile power's aims.
The article argues that journalists pay for their privileges through hard work and costs to serve the public. It rejects the view of editors as a favored class, noting newspapers act as public property and must report and advocate for people, often at personal expense. It describes reporters as serving as the people’s record, facing demands from all sides while receiving little gratitude.
Washington politicians press for postmaster jobs in Deadwood and Custer City as the Black Hills open to occupation. They claim residence should not matter, while old pioneers and carpetbagger arguments surface. Until posts are appointed, mail service expansion over the Cheyenne route cannot proceed.
The Smith and Rogers silver plating works in New Haven closed and moved to Meriden. In the plating room floor was burned, ashes analyzed, producing 981 dollars worth of pure silver. The article notes volatile silver particles in heat and fine metal dust in plating processes, with employers often paying for worn work garments.
Lieutenant Payer recalls brutal cold on Franz Josef Land sledging trips. Rum poured into mouths to avoid freezing cups, bread frozen hard enough to blood teeth, cigars extinguished by icicles in beards, surveying instruments burning to touch, medals felt like hot iron on touch.
A Chicago and Northwestern delegation says 500+ men wait at Bismarck and Yankton bound for the Black Hills but cannot depart due to snow and Indian blockades. Stages run daily from Omaha to the Hills, with mail to Deadwood, guarded routes, and emigrants marching toward the land of gold. The Cheyenne route is marketed as safe and shortened to 230 miles from the city to Deadwood.
The Colorado Legislature abolishes the Grand Jury system and provides that the county judge and two justices of the peace serve as a court of indictment to hear testimony from both sides. In indictments under the new system only the prosecution’s testimony is received.
A telegram dated March 19 1877 announces R O Adams named postmaster at Deadwood City and Thomas E Harvey at Custer City. Both will qualify and take charge by April 1 as daily Cheyenne to Deadwood mail service begins, with Cheyenne Stage Company to run the mails daily. The piece praises Cheyenne as the best conduit to the Black Hills and notes Adams is Nebraska-born with Senate committee ties, while Harvey is a North Platte resident and lawyer.
Nasby vents deep sorrow over Hayes inauguration in a satirical lament. He mocks Democratic leadership, laments trust in leaders, and invokes biblical/historical allusions to condemn weakness and misrule. The piece mixes humor with political disappointment, reflecting 19th century postwar sentiment.
A stormbound group at Old Fort Reno funds and builds a Powder River bridge after the Post Sutler contracts for 200 dollars and furnishes two piers of cottonwood logs. Workers, who initially risked losses, donate time and reduce their wages to ensure the contractor earns equal pay, speeding progress to end Powder floods.
J W Bogert describes marching southeast along the Yellowstone from Fort Pease, noting deep ravines that channel water from northern hills, the fertile cottonwood river valley, sandstone bluffs, plateaus, and features such as Coy ote Butte and the Great Porcupine. He details terrain, water, timber, and weather effects on the route, including frozen death creek, Buffalo Rapids, and the impact of rains on the Bad Lands.
The Sioux chief Sitting Bull built a force by inviting reservation Sioux to join him while whites doubt his leadership. He recruited from outlaws who fled U.S. authority after crimes, offering shelter in his camp where deserters and wanted men could avoid punishment and enlist.
The Aurora Daily News sketches a trend labeled conversational abbreviations as a societal irritant. The piece mocks clipped chat with quotes about abbreviations, politics, and social outings, noting slang like cert, splead, and mag. It depicts a lively, tongue in cheek snapshot of informal speech among readers.
A Texas correspondent writes of the region’s drawbacks noting apples cannot be grown here while cabbages and potatoes flourish yet rot after harvest. He laments urban yards inviting pests, lack of well cooked beefsteak, and frequent milk shortages affecting coffee and daily drinking.
The vein matter in the Black Hills lodes shows horizontal veins with oxide iron cemented by silica and carrying free gold in dust, flour, and nuggets. Perpendicular lodes are quartz with silica and hematite, also containing free gold and sometimes arsenical iron.
Reports state Warrison, wounded by Levy on the 9th inst, is rapidly fading. The recent amputation of his leg is described as needless. death was likely from the outset.
The Greeley Sun laments that Kansas lawmakers broke the Sabbath with a trip to Cheyenne yet praises their sobriety, noting that they stand as better than Colorado’s prior legislature in restraint and conduct.
A calm conductor used a loaded revolver to drive away numerous tramps from a D. P. car last week. He faced no immediate violence as the intruders did not linger long enough to be shot.
General Sheridan quips he would rather command a cavalry charge than endure a tooth pulled, declaring he would rather be killed all at once than suffer a dental ordeal. The remark reflects his bold, blunt humor during wartime discussions.
A confidential court martial in St. Paul, Minnesota, examines Major Marcus A. Reno of the Seventh Cavalry for conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. The case centers on alleged amorous proposals to Captain Bell's wife, Mrs. Bell, with witnesses including Bell, Mrs. Bell, and a chaplain. Verdicts expected to dismiss Reno from the service.
The Denver Theatre on Lawrence and 16th streets burned last Monday morning in an incendiary blaze. Built in 1861, it was valued at $4,000 with $1,000 insured. The heat shattered the Daniels, Fisher & Co stone block front, causing over $3,000 in damage.
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