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Cheyenne Weekly Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1877

Page

9

Washington dispatches on South Carolina Louisiana and What Next

A long telegraphic digest from Washington covers claims of president assurances on troop withdrawal from Louisiana and South Carolina, cabinet retirements rumors, military division realignments, Good Friday market closures, postoffice leadership, silver deposits policies, and Hampton Chamberlain negotiations with emphasis on conciliation and constitutional rights for Southern Republicans amid postwar tensions.

Washington Louisiana South Carolina Evarts Schurz England Germany Mississippi South Department of the Gulf Missouri Iowa Indians of White River Montana Commission Tyner Judge Key National Bank United States Chamberlain Treasury Department London Mint Secretary of the Treasury New York San Francisco Hampton Connecticut

Fight over Deadwood postmaster ends as Adams takes charge

Richard O. Adams, appointed postmaster at Deadwood City, overcame charges with a private telegram and received his commission. He left Washington and will arrive next Sunday to assume control of U S mails routed from Cheyenne through Forts Laramie and Hat Creek to Custer City Deadwood.

Yankton Sioux City Omaha Richard O. Adams Deadwood City Adams Washington Deadwood Cheyenne

Cattle recovered and prisoners surrender near Tongue River

Capt Heinshimer offered ten dollars a day to recover 29 cattle run off on the 16th. He and nine followers retrieved the stock and 24 Indian ponies overnight. Sioux and Cheyenne surrender at the post, with 32 cattle returned, amid earlier Wolf Mountain fighting claims. A new town near the Yellowstone begins to attract Bozeman traffic.

Tongue River Cantonment Tongue River Heinsheimer Miles Wolf Mountain Yellowstone River Bozeman

Railroad settlement and Colorado Central leadership changes

The Union Pacific and Colorado Central settlements end lawsuits and keep current Colorado Central management with minor board changes to reflect eastern stockholders. No annual meeting is planned. Loveland remains president. A Longmont to Cheyenne survey will finish by Saturday night, guiding new construction at about ten thousand dollars per mile.

New York Rockaway Atlantic City Europe Monroe Heath Chicago Senator Blaine Hudson Thatcher & Sons Darby Guv Chamberlain Washington Gov Hampton Columbia Guy Kimball Dalton N. H Boston Pacific Mail Union Pacific Shepherd’s Bush London Nebraska Sharps Omaha Edward Creighton Frederick Ford San Francisco London Offiers Judge Gorham Marshal Douglass District of Columbia Col. Mitchell Atlanta Mutual Protective Company Philadelphia St. Charles Patterson N. J William SI. Pelk Adam M. Simpson South Pacific Pacific Railroad Madrid N. Y E. B. Washburne France Galena Alfred Pickard Nes Colorado Central Eastern Loveland Longmont Cheyenne Denver Pacific Denver

Capture of Horse Thieves by Cavalry and Trappers

A special to the Omaha Herald from Custer City reports 30 Fourth Cavalry soldiers and 25 Arapahoe Indians under Lieutenant Callahan passing through Custer on the 25th with recovered ponies and the capture of three noted horse thieves named Fly Speck Billy, Rattling Jack, and George Smith. A Chicago telegram notes Black Hills fever spurring mobilization with 75 to 100 men forming in the city to head west in April.

Omaha Herald Custer City Fourth Cavalry Arapahoe Callahan Custer Fly Speck Billy Jack George Smith Black Hills Chicago Michigan

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