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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1882
Page
2
From Daily Leader items report Wyoming grazing grass drought oil land disputes and a 150000 oil acreage dispute near Cheyenne. Stock growers meeting set for next month and mining districts see new strikes amid rail and phone line chatter.
A windy Cheyenne day sent debris and people airborne including a schoolgirl and hat as a crowd watched from the depot eddy. Woven chaos crossed telephones, signage, and stage figures while a juror’s hat and a bald gentleman’s wig drifted skyward amid theatrical drift and laughter.
Bronson arrived from the west yesterday afternoon. J S Hugus post trader at Fort Steele passed west yesterday. Surveyor General David arrived from the west on yesterday s No 4. P J McIntosh returned up west yesterday after a short call upon friends in this city. John Durbin went west to Rock Creek yesterday. Gen Nott superintendent of the rolling mills at Laramie City was a passenger on yesterday s train from the west. Chief Justice Sener went to Laramie City yesterday afternoon to render decisions in several cases. Lieut F Schwatka has been in Washington this week and revisits this vicinity before returning to Vancouver Barracks. Mr Will Visscher of Hello will deliver a Lincoln Post No 8 G A R benefit monologue. Gov Hoyt of Wyoming favored the Mining Review office with a call in Chicago last week. Capt A E Woodson will depart today for Fort Laramie after extended stay at San Antonio for his health. He will bring his family to Wyoming again when summer sets in.
Advertisement urges consumptives and lung sufferers to send two stamps for Dr. R V Pierce's medical treatise. Address: Buffalo New York.
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup calms teething cries and relieves suffering. It touts safety and effectiveness, stating it steadies bowels and comforts the child, with a pleasant taste, sold widely for 25 cents a bottle.
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association schedules its annual meeting in Cheyenne on Monday April 3. Secretary Thomas Sturgis posts official notice of the event with location and time details.
Do not waste money on useless preparations if you have a cold cough sore throat or hoarseness. Addams Glover Compound Cough Syrup is recommended as the best general remedy based on a physician’s receipt and wide trial. For sale by Dare Collins successors to Addams Glover.
In Laramie a display of twelve labeled dummy jurors hung from a building opposite the bank. The act mocked the Pirronnet murder trial verdict and referenced Judge Blair's notion of substantial justice, alarming local citizens.
A record of March 21 to 23 real estate and mining transfers lists multiple war deeds and quiet title actions. Names include Jno Snodgrass Henry Rincker R Reid Gillespie Quinn Staulcup Purtill Lewis Coleman Durbin Helphenstine McGregor and Durbin with lots and blocks in Cheyenne and mining claims such as the Bessie lode Kinder claim and the Jay Cook lode with various consideration amounts.
The Morrison ranch offers 168 acres with a nine room mine frame house suitable as a hotel and recently furnished. It produced 60 tons of hay and 500 bushels of potatoes last year. Additional stock, a stone milk house, spring well, 25 tons hay and farming implements are available. Two hundred head of No 1 stock cattle may be sold. Possession available. Contact Morrison & Christman at the ranch on Deadman Creek or the office.
The U S Supreme Court dismissed the writ of error in the Bondthon Hecht appeal, affirming the territorial high court's June decision. Mrs Boughton gains the corral at the southwest corner of Highteenth and Eddy streets and about $1000 damages.
Mining Review notes copper ore discovered in the porphyry near the bottom of the Ward shaft of the Terrible company at Iron Hill Leadville Colorado. Calumet & Hecla mine produced 1635 tons in February across 24 days. Knockmahon Ireland yields about 38000 tons per year. Copper Prince Mining plans a large claim development on the Bay of Fundy near Digby Nova Scotia.
In a humorous office scene, neighbor Jones avoids a modern telephone at the Railroad house. He pretends not to hear the bell, then sends his clerk to handle the device. He leaves the office in fear and returns only at night, leaving readers to judge the device's influence on his absence.
At a Deadwood board of trade meeting Judge McLaughlin and partner Mr. Steele shared private advice on the Union Pacific proposed north line. Prospects for a route to the Hills looked promising though destination uncertain. Management seeks Black Hills county support to build toward the Hills and to capture regional trade.
The Silver Crown district hosts W. M. Ferguson's Queen of Sheba claim with two intersecting leads. A shaft reaches 20 feet, rock shows true tissue veins, and assays run about 60 dollars per ton in silver as work progresses amid promising results.
The board met at Thos. Sturgis office to inspect the treasurer and auditor accounts and will continue Friday to verify both offices. Jesse Knight of Evanston succeeds Auditor Nason while Mr. Warren remains territorial treasurer. Both have long records of public service.
A devotional verse extols God's mercy and guidance. It prays for truth worship and direction away from wicked ones and careless paths, favoring the righteous. The piece emphasizes divine assistance on the day of judgment and moral steering.
The ways and means committee says its action does not clash with the republican caucus decree on whisky and tobacco taxes. The bill reduces taxes by 23,000,000 with 3,700,000 on special taxes and 17,000,000 on schedule A items. The president signed several commissions including Morrison for New Mexico and Van Arman for Arizona. The judge advocate general says Mason was unlawfully confined. war secretary questions congressional funding for tribes. About 500 troops remain in Indian Territory, Cheyenne risk assessed as low. Secretary Kirkwood to report on railroad land grants and other early grants as night work continues.
The house committee on territories moved toward a territorial government for Alaska. The sub committee report backed Representative George's bill while members Ball of Alaska and Petroff of were noted in discussion.
In San Francisco the New Mexico delegate and other members voiced approval for the bill. General discussion followed as the committee adjourned to resume Thursday with a probable vote on the proposition.
In Washington the final meeting before Judge Cox at Corkhill and Scoville to consider a bill of exceptions will be held this afternoon. There is no prospect of the bill being granted. Guiteau shows strong interest in reading executions and spoke of dying without fear if executed, while insisting he will get a new trial.
A Fort Assiniboine dispatch from Captain Jacob Kline of the 18th Infantry describes forces marching against half breeds and Indians on Milk River. They struck a village 14.5 miles below Medicine Lodge, destroying 80 to 90 dwellings and dispersing leaders, with the enemy moving northward while Cavalry close in at the lower village.
Deadwood March 25 jury convicts Crow Dog of murder in the Spotted Tail case. Crow Dog plans to appeal to the supreme court.
The bill repeals the stamp tax on bank checks drafts orders and vouchers and revises taxes on capital deposits of banks and bankers. It sets rates for rectifiers of distilled spirits and various liquor and tobacco dealers with specific annual thresholds for payment. Other taxes on matches perfumery and medicinal preparations are addressed.
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