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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1882
Page
14
A Deadwood meeting discusses opening the Sioux reservation for stock raising with room for one million head. Plan calls for ten cents per Indian head for one year and driving one hundred thousand cattle in within a year. A committee will approach the Indians to seek consent.
A boiler blast at Goodwin Bros shoe factory in Lynn on March 15 leveled the building near Exchange street. Several men were killed or trapped, including engineer John Moore. four workers missing as pieces of the boiler flew across streets and toward Councilman Barrett’s house.
Deseret News reports Utah Mormons see the Edmunds bill as a scheme to place public affairs under gentile control. The concern centers on a broad provision altering constitutional limits, while politicians seek to break down religious power, a move the public feels they have been fooled by.
J A Shuckers former private secretary to Mr. Chase confesses he provided a copy of the Garfield letter to Dana of the New York Sun. He says he will not discuss motives or authenticity, noting other Chase correspondence remains in a safe and that Mrs. Chase asked him to keep the rest for writing her husband’s life.
Charles Athens of Decatur Illinois fell to paralysis and was laid out for burial when he revived at 2 AM Thursday reporting he felt better than in months. The note also mentions Saint Patrick's parade in New York being very fine and large.
Senate discussions in Washington cover non concurrence on a second amendment directing labor hire for levee protection, pensions for disabled veterans, a Terre Haute post office building, and whisky tax education proposals. Other actions include post office facilities funding, franking privilege restoration, and isthmus navigation inquiries. The House reports Mississippi flood relief needs and public lands for agricultural colleges while preparing for Chinese bill debate.
Washington reports Judge Blatchford has accepted assignment to the Supreme Court as the new supreme judge. The decision came amid ongoing discussions in the judiciary extending into March, confirming Blatchford's commitment to the high court.
About 2,000 letters in the incoming eastern night mail at the Madison Wisconsin post office were burned this morning. The fire destroyed all mail in the bundle and caused damage to the building facilities. No injuries were reported.
Five boys were entombed when a hillside tunnel collapsed near St. Louis. Their friends found the mouth blocked by earth after leaving the site at three o clock. Crews recovered the five bodies. Garrack showed a brief life signal that soon ceased. All victims came from well to do families.
In Philadelphia on March 16 a labor rally at Horticultural Hall drew about 3000 participants from local workingmen’s groups. Wm. Mooney of the Knights of Labor presided. Speakers included John Swinton of New York and Philip Van Patten with P. J. McClure. Brumm could not attend from Washington. Demonstrators carried banners opposing Chinese labor.
A 100 feet wide and five feet deep breach is reported at Storey’s place on the left bank eight miles below Canal Street. Reed the city surveyor notes another break at Live Oak Grove plantation on the right bank 25 miles below the city. The War Department orders 50,000 extra rations for Arkansas relief districts.
Crow Dog was arraigned in United States court in Deadwood on murder charges for killing Brule Sioux chief Spotted Tail last August. He pled not guilty and claimed a Sioux trial law defense. The day focused on jury selection.
Washington March 17 The senate committee on territories unanimously instruct Saunders to report the bill admitting southern Dakota as a state if the summer census shows enough population. The current territorial government continues and the remaining area will be called North Dakota.
The Lowell Massachusetts paper notes Mr. P. H. Short proprietor of the Belmont Hotel in Lowell suffered rheumatism for seventeen years. After trying many remedies he found instant relief from St Jacobs Oil. The Lyons Mirror reports the claim of remarkable effectiveness.
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