Cheyenne Real Estate Booms with Notable Moves
Wightman advances a Seventeenth street dwelling while Keefe buys two lots for 450 dollars in block 263. Sidney Dillon, U P Ry president, tours Omaha and may visit Cheyenne. Jenners & Ross prepare boot and shoe shop in Hoyt's former drugstore. Emigrants arrive, library planned, and local notices cover rail, theater tickets, and stock improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Dillon
U. P. Ry
Omaha
Cheyenne
M. P. Keefe
J.O
Richardson
Twentieth Street
Mr. Chase
Inter Ocean Hotel
Lieutenant Schwatka Praises Wyoming Memorial
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka thanks the Wyoming council for memorializing Congress on the leave and duty pay issue after his Arctic expedition. He notes the memorial’s passage was significant though he hopes the prayed-for change may be separate from the expedition’s outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territory of
Wyoming
Congress of the United States
Big cattle transfer from Laramie to North Park
Evans and Haas of Omaha bought Balch and Bacon’s herd near Laramie City. About 10 000 cattle valued at $200 000 will graze North Park this summer, with excellent spring feed after a heavy winter. The grazing ground draws wildlife and hunters, previously seen as doubtful for wintering stock but now proven feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Park
Mr. Haas
Evans & Haas
Omaha
Laramie City
Balch & Bacon
Messrs. Evans & Haas
Blaze destroys old slaughter house near cattle yards
A fire yesterday afternoon at about one o'clock razed the isolated old slaughter house once occupied by Breshnahen, located west of the cattle yards south of the railroad. No other property was harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breshnahen
Mining patent dispute over 160 acres near Jenny's stockade
In Cheyenne district court on the chancery side Daniel McMaster of the Homestake Mining Co seeks a patent for eight oil claims near Jenny's stockade totaling 160 acres. Joseph C. Spencer and Ralph C. Webster of Deadwood oppose, claiming 120 acres. The lands, valued around 150000, hold petroleum of superior quality. W W Corlett represents the claimant and J C Laird the adversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Daniel McMaster
Homestake Mining Company
Deadwood
Cheyenne Land Office
Jenny
Joseph C. Spencer
Ralph OC. Webster
Land Office
Pennsylvania Petroleum
W. W. Corlett
J. C. Laird
Vigilante mob in Rawlins executes two convicts
A large crowd of Rawlins citizens stormed the jail at around four AM and hanged Jim Lazy and Opium Bill after abducting three of five captured thieves. Bill Carter escaped the noose as vigilantes warned others to flee the town or face similar punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Bill Carter
Jim Lazy
Opium Bill
Supreme court grants longevity pay to retired officers test case
The 13th inst. ruling confirms that retired army officers may reckon service time for longevity pay as on active duty. Capt. R. W. Tyler argued the case. the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court. Similar navy and army principles will apply to all such cases. Also: military orders remitting a soldier’s sentence, a health transfer for Lt. Joseph F. Cummings, and wedding notice for Miss Belle Orr and Ernest Wilbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Supreme Court
R. W. Tyler
Court of Claims
Tyler
Platte
Omaha
Neb
Fort Washakie
Wyoming
Fort Omaha
Nebraska
Crook
J. P. Martin
Belle Orr
Ernest Wilbur
Cheyenne
Chaffee County Journal
Buena Vista
Gunnison
D.S. P. & P. Railway
Lake House
Bella Orr
MacDade
Miss Orr
Wilbur
Brother Wilbur
Allee Samee
Copper Strike Promises Rich Silver Crown Vein Prospect
J W Trevett of Mc Gregor Trevyett agreed to finance J Greenlaw’s Silver Crown claim in Cheyenne region. Professor Stanton, mining engineer, reports ore as quartzites with iron pyrites and copper glance containing silver from 2 to 5 dollars per ton in a 3 foot wide vein. The High land Chief vein is fissure-like and 18 miles from Cheyenne near Lime Kiln Ranch and Table Mountain group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Trevett
McGregor & Trevyett
Cheyenne
J. Greenlaw
Silver Crown
Stanton
Territorial
Highland Chief
Table Mountain Mining Co
Real Estate Transfers From March 13 to 16
A sequence of real estate and mining deeds records transfers involving U P Ry, W W Corlett, Colinunter, Edward and Thersia Kapp, David Miller, Inc K K Jeffrey, Mary A Richardson, J G & J P Rankin, Chas M Sweet, E Nagle, Daniel D McAlvan, S M Lehmer, Mary Louise Addams, W R Schnitger, J C Richardson, M P Keefe, and Jno O Brien. Property lots, blocks, sections and a large 820 acre tract are listed with cash and nominal considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 2
Railroad
W. W. Corlett
Colinunter
T. Dyer
Edward and
Thersia Kapp
U.P. Ry
David Miller
Mary Louise Addams
Mary Louisa Addams
W. R. Schnitger
W. RK. Schnitger
J. C
Richardson
J.C
Richardon
M. P. Keefe
N. G. Litchfield
Dyer
Jno
O’brien
Phil Sheridan Lode
Platte Cafton
A Sure Cure For Piles Kidney-Wort Promoted
An advertisement extols Kidney-Wort as a cure for piles and constipation with tonic effect to restore health to bowels. It claims both dry and liquid forms cure recurrence and urges purchase from druggists. Printing services offered by the office for samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dare & Collins
Addams & Glover
Globe
Anakesis
Silshee
Ramples
P. Neustaddter & Co
Hox
York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Leader
W. BR. Wightman
Seventeenth Street
W. C. Irvine
New York
Mrs. Irvine
Mt Irvine
George W. Hoyt
Jenkins & Ross
Walden’s
Laramie
Teller
Fort Bridger
Fort Thornburg
Young
Sweetwater
Board of County Commissioners
Territorial Library
Opera House
National Bank
Kansas City
D. P
I. C. Whipple
Norman
W. Gardner
Miller & Gardner
Chase
Inter Ocean
Holt’s
Gould
Denver & Rio Grand Railroad Company
Denver Republican
West
Jay Gould
Pettigrew
Dakota
Custer
Lawrence
Pennington
Posey Wilson
Kingman’s Ranch
Harry Oelrichs
Grand Duke
Charles H. Ete
Lieut, Schwatka
Fred’k Schwatkr
U. S. Army
Chicago
Texas Cattle
Texas
Lone Star
St. Louis
Drover’s Journal
Russell
Fort D. A. Russell
3D Cavalry
F. J. Stanton
Judge Lynch
Kale
Hale
Pike
Dr. Pierce
F. LE. Warren & Co
Hale’s
C. N. Crittenton
Stephenson
Cheyenne, Wyo
Burt
Leather & Findings
Teller City
Jacobs Oil
A the Great
Hmanremed
St. Jacobs Orn
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
U. S.A
F. Koch & Son
6Th Ave
West 20Th St
New York City
Womanklind
Clarke
Dr. Clarke Medicine Company
Broadway
City
Dr. Clarke
Dlarke Medicine Company
R. Clarke Medicine Company
Balmain Gilead
Patna
EB. Warren & Or
Hostetter
J. JI. Reeves
Chatham St
Dare & Collins’ Drug Store
Eddy and
16Th Streets
Warren & Co
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