Local Items From Daily Leader Highlights
From March issues the Daily Leader notes A H Swan installing a gas machine for light at home and offices, Mrs J A Hamilton moving millinery to Opera house block, and O Wilde may lecture on return from the coast. Fire chief buys a lot on Eddy street for investment, a petition to make the man who shot at Guiteau a free Mason gains momentum, and Cheyenne adopting tramp issues from nearby towns.
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Daily Leader
H. Swan
J. A. Hamilton
House of Representatives
O. Wilde
Pacific Coast
Fire Department
Eddy Street
Guiteau
Cheyenne
Laramie City
Rawlin
Colorado
J. W. Collins
Hill
Nineteenth Streets
Fort D. Russell stables prowlers spark nocturnal alert
Report of night intruders near Fort D. Russell stables who fled after guards fired on them. Mention of possible continuation of depredations by Rawlins gang. Also notes a Table Mountain mining loss by fire at Idonia claim and ongoing copper mining yields and regional production figures. Includes local advert and miscellaneous copper data.
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Fort
D. A. Russell
Rawlins
Table Mountain Mining Company
Idonia
Table Mountain
Med
Oscar Wilde Passes Through the City En Route to San Francisco
Oscar Wilde, the famed estheticist, was seen at the city depot yesterday on his way to San Francisco to begin a lecture season. A curious crowd gathered, admiring his unkempt hair and white slouch hat, as he dined, conversed, and discussed poetry, art, and western readers with reporters aboard the train.
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Associated Press
Oscar Wilde
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Railroad House
Barton Opera Company
Omaha
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Wilde
Military Matters Reports and Board of Survey at Fort Omaha
Special orders No 26 dated March 18 1882 assign Corporal Thomas S Lamb to Fort Omaha Nebraska as hospital steward of the third class. A board of survey at Fort Douglas Utah convenes March 22 1882 to inspect 641 pounds of damaged potatoes belonging to the United States and report responsibility.
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Fort Douglas
U. T
United
Local residents depart for mail and new assignments
Mrs W W Corlett returns from Leavenworth to place her niece Lillie Andrews in school. M Idelman of Idelman Bros. returns from a western trip. Dr George W Corey arrives from Butte City. Henry Swan heads east to Council Bluffs after a visit. Ed Lehman and bride depart for Laramie City where he partners in Hellman Co.
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Daily Leader
W. W. Corlett
Leavenworth
Kansas
Lillie Andrews
George W. Corey
Cheyenne
Butte City
Henry Swan
Council Bluffs
Ed. Lehman
Bride
Laramie City
Mr. Lehman
Hellman & Co
Conductors Promoted on U P Line Fright Division
Promotions to conductor on freight trains fill vacancies and discharges. The list includes Albert Fisher J C Furgeson L H Woodmansee J Flynn Rabt Shingle A 8 Nash F 2 Lincoln BF Fuller Dave Moore E J Rice J F Ryan L 8 Patterson J O Adams Wm Entricker J B Scott T Rincker E Nash I H Davison L W Waterbury. Freight conductors reassigned include W W Houston D M Fisk H Rincker D Finn A R Powell W L Park.
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U. P
Albert Fisher
J. C. Furgeson
L. HH
Woodmansee
J. Flynn
Nash
Lincoln
Bf, Fuller
Dave Moore
E. J. Rice
J. F. Ryan
Patterson
J. O. Adams
Wm. Entricker
J. B. Scott
T. Rincker
E. Nash
I. H. Davison
L. W. Waterbury
W. W. Houston
D. M. Fisk
H. Rincker
D. Finn
A. R. Powell
W. L. Park
The Word Wyoming Origins and Wyoming Valley History
The piece notes Wyoming derives from the Delaware word Maughwawaame meaning large plains and recounts the Susquehanna Valley massacre and its link to Campbell’s Gertrude of Wyoming. An ad touts Allen's Brain Foop as a cure for nervousness and sexual weakness with mentions of a New York address and Cheyenne retailing.
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Wyoming
Susquehanna River
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Col. Butlers
Campbell
Gertrude
Allen
First Ave
N.Y
Cheyenne
Geo. W. Hoyt
Surprise badge honors Cheyenne fire chief Fredendall
A special Alert hose company meeting surprised chief Fredendall with a silver badge symbolizing Chief status. Foreman Smith and Mr. Landau led the presentation, detailing Fredendall’s long service and roles from fireman to assistant chief. The badge, designed by Buechner and made by Zehner, Jackson & Buechner, bears the inscription Chief and Cheyenne I.D. March 28, 1882. The gathering then hosted refreshments at Mr. Landau’s.
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Alert Hose Company
Fredendall
Foreman Smith
Landau
Baird
Fire Department
Cheyenne I. D
la L. Fredendall
Alert Hose Company No
Zehner, Jackson & Buechner
Buechner
Sealed Beef Supply Bids Sought for Army Posts 1882
The Office of Chief Commissary of Subsistence in Obama Nebraska invites sealed proposals in triplicate for Fresh Beef and choice cuts for issue to officers at posts including Forts Bridger Cameron Douglas Fetterman Hall Laramie McKinney Niobrara Omaha Robinson Russell Sanders Sidney Steele Thornburgh Washakie Cheyenne and Omaha depot. Proposals due 12 noon April 20 1862 with separate bids for each post and instructions to bidders furnished on request. Contracts do not guarantee payment beyond Congressional appropriation. government may reject all bids.
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United States Army
Forts Bridger
Cameron
Douglas
Fetterman
Hall
Laramie
McKinney
Niobrara
Omaha
Robinson
Russell
Sanders
Sidney
Steele
Thornburgh
Washakie
Cheyenne
United States
Congress
ThoMas Wilson
Laramie County Miners Report Rich Whitlon Canon Area Prospects
Regular correspondent describes mining progress in Whalen Carton and Musk Rat Canyon. McCoon & Roberts Benita shows a 25 foot shaft. Riah & Co tunnel yields rich silver ore. Louk & Stein tunneling near by. prospectors arriving. a smelter could enable small operators to profit. Current surface ore pays 75 to 110 dollars per ton.
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Government Farm
Cheyenne Leader
Whalen Carton
Benita
McCoon & Roberts
Riah & Co
Louk & Stein
Leadville
Laramie County
United States
Whitlon Canon
Death of Three Year Old Son in New York
Sad news from the city reports the death in New York of the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J Hellman, aged about three. The child was bright and active and succumbed to scarlet fever. The Hellman jewelry store was closed upon the news and crape hung at the door. Mrs Hellman has been ill in New York but was recovering until the loss.
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New York
B. Hellman
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