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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1882
Page
5
The column discusses the New York World and poly gamy claims, Gen Skobeloff's challenges, Oscar and William stories, Blaine and English affairs, British arrests, Canadian issues, and Annie Dickinson's stage critique. It surveys political factions, trade debates, and cultural events with a satirical newspaper voice.
A correspondent offers a biographical note on Oscar Wilde, tracing his lineage to Sir William Wilde and Speranza. The letter recalls Wilde as a gentle boy, his sister Isola, early grief, and a youth shaped by poetry, with praise for his esthetic talents and potential refinement of faults noted by a reviewer.
In a June meditation the author notes the deaths of Bryant and Longfellow, venerable poets whose passing leaves a gap in literature. The piece reflects on aging, enduring art, and how new voices will rise to carry forward the heart’s songs beyond these losses.
A report notes J H Haverly assigns his property to McConnell of Chicago and the theatrical manager plans a grand new theater at the Hub. The article also cites the right of citizens to ride railroad cars in shirt sleeves and notes Henry Hill receiving 5000 dollars from a southern company after being ejected for not wearing a coat. ladies share the same privilege.
Following Kansas adopting a prohibitory clause, the Good Templars of Illinois urge Congress to amend the Constitution to prohibit liquor manufacture in the national domain.
Pitkin will run affairs solo in Colorado and rejects Washington dictation. Don Cameron, who steered Judge Davis into the Illinois Senate in 776, will not fare as well in Colorado. The aspiring blood of the mountains forbids.
The article notes President Arthur extended an invitation to Blaine for dinner, suggesting a tactful gesture toward the Maine statesman. It implies Blaine accepted, contrasting political maneuvering with simple sustenance.
The passage through Cheyenne noted by the Leaper recalls Sir Sidney Waterlow the Englishman who recently traveled the country and now plans to marry a American woman he met in San Francisco as his second wife.
The description notes growing protection for catchers as the shield becomes tougher each year. This season boiler iron will be used for the shield and players may wear gloves for enhanced handling and defense.
Laramie Times quotes a Fort Collins article that slanders Cheyenne and Wyoming by accusing local society of moral laxity and intermarriage with Chinese and Black people. The Wyoming rebuttal calls the piece an unmitigated lie, praising Cheyenne's social standing and denouncing the Colorado writer as ignorant.
Prior CULBERTSON and Mr Han ley, owners of the sorghum factory east of town, have taken delivery of a new boiler and engine. The note raises a query whether the boiler serves the factory or reflects a personal anatomical joke.
An exchange notes Alfred Lord Tennyson’s continued ill health after harsh criticism of his latest work the Heavy Brigade. It suggests the Light Brigade, by contrast, is the heavier of the two compositions and tests him further.
The Denver exposition opens August 1 for 60 days with Wyoming mining interests expected to attend. The piece asserts Wyoming’s mineral wealth rivals neighboring states and calls for energy, perseverance, and prudent capital to unlock regional potential.
The Deadwood daily Times notes public opinion would likely acquit Crow Dog if the case were voted on today, showing overwhelming sympathy due to his trial by his own nation and punishment under their laws and customs.
A testimonial letters from Baltimore Maryland praises Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo New York for curing a wife who had been an invalid nearly twenty years with his Favorite Prescription. The missive expresses gratitude to the physician.
An early spring tragedy strikes a wealthy New York family when a New Jersey mansion becomes the site of a diphtheria outbreak. Investigators uncover a garbage-filled fresh air box near a furnace as the entrance for malaria, blamed for three young deaths, with Princeton College similarly affected. The article then explores Bright's disease, warning signs, and promotes Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a purported remedy, urging readers to seek cures and prevent the fatal neglect.
Dr ER C West offers a nerve and brain treatment for hysteria dizziness convulsions nervous headache memory loss impotence and other disorders from overexertion or self abuse. One box cures a month and costs one dollar with six boxes for five dollars prepaid by mail. A six box package comes with a written guarantee of money back if no cure, from George W Hort, druggist, Cheyenne.
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