Weekly Leader highlights and city oddities
Fifty miles east of Cheyenne the Berthoud surveying party nears Fort Laramie while the postal service spends 150000 dollars yearly for Black Hills mail. The column ponders Beecher, Tiltons, Kidd, and humor notes on coins and fashion. Public schools take a one week break starting May 13 to attend the Wyoming Teachers Institute in Laramie.
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Berthoud
Cheyenne
Ft. Laramie
Black Hills
Theodore Tilton
Col. W. R. Steele
Wyoming Teacher’s Institute
Laramie
Death of C. S. Dunbar Damps Laramie After Drowning
A dispatch from Laramie reports the drowning of Mr. C. S. Dunbar in waters at least seventy feet deep. The body has not yet been recovered, causing great excitement and business disruption in Laramie. When found, the body will be sent to Boston for burial.
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C. S. Dunbar
Laramie
Dunbar
Boston
Maley Injured After Trip On Hotel Stair
Monday night M F Maley slipped on a staircar pet at the Metropolitan hotel and fell to the floor unconscious. Dr G W Corey treated a badly bruised right shoulder with no bones broken and he is expected to recover within a week. Also reported is the death of C S Dunbar of Laramie a prominent citizen whose loss is deeply felt by business and social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Maley
Metropolitan Hotel
G. W. Corey
Mr. Maley
Deadwood Tragedy: Mr. C. Hoffman Fatally Violent Death
The Deadwood tragedy reports Mr. C Hoffman killed by violence. He was known in Cheyenne where he arrived from Leavenworth Kansas over two years ago and entered liquor business near the LEADER Office. He moved to Ferguson Street brick building and about a year ago went to Deadwood where he resided until his death.
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C. Hoffman
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Leavenworth
Kansas
Tr Leader
Cuthbertson & Young
Ferguson Street
Metropolitan Hotel
Bresnahen
Ireland
America
Phelps
Ontario County
New York
Julesburg
Colorado
Moore & Stanton
I. C. Whipple
Fourth Legislative Assembly
Heck? Reel
Jacksonville
Ilinois
Reel
Pittsfield
Ills
Pike’s Peak
Missouri River
Salt Lake
Denver
George G. Masten
Mr. Masten
Ulster County
Eightieth Regiment of
New York Infantry Volunteers
Stars and Stripes
New York City
de Hose
Railway Mail Chief in City to Inspect Lines
Major R P Eaton Superintendent of the Railway mail service and Mr I Meserve of Boston arrived yesterday from Dead wood after inspecting the mail route from Sidney to the Black Hills. Eaton will soon tour the Cheyenne route toward the Black Hills and, on return, proceed west to review fading mail routes.
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R. P. Eaton
Railway
I. Meserve
Boston
Deadwood
Sidney
Black Hills
Pencil Sketches of Cheyenne City Officials
The city government of Cheyenne is praised for intelligence and enterprise as a council sits in session. Observers are invited to visit City Hall on a Tuesday evening to see the members seated according to a diagram, illustrating municipal affairs and personal appearance.
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Cheyenne
Prominent Cheyenne Leaders Highlight Early Local Figures
The feature profiles Cheyenne leaders including Mayor Bresnahan, TY A. Caswell, Heck Reel, J. W. Hammond, George G. Masten, and others. It outlines their origins from New York, Illinois, Germany, and Ireland, their wars and trades, and their service in the council, livery, freighting, and military roles shaping early Cheyenne governance.
Watchdog of the Treasury praised in Cheyenne remarks
The council lauds Hon. Elihu B. Washburne for faithful service and names F. Is. Addams as the vigilant guardian of Cheyenne's best interests. Addams, about 185 pounds and five feet ten, is married and well regarded, though his appearance amuses the ladies.
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Elihu B. Washburne
Congress
Illinois
United States Treasury
F. Is. Addams
Cheyenne
Addams
Religious Intelligence Semiannual Meeting at Congregational Church
The organization began its semiannual gathering at the city Congregational church on Wednesday. Activities listed include 1:30-2:30 organization and devotional exercises, a 2:30-8:30 paper by Professor I. H. Kerr of Colorado College on Obedience before Science, and an evening program featuring Rev. A. J. Chittenden and J. A. Sewell discussing the relation of public schools to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
C. M. Sanders
I. H. Kerr
Colorado College
A. J. Chittenden
J. A. Sewell
University of Colorado
Community church schedule of services and meetings
Morning devotional and Sunday schedule list with times and speakers including Dea Mead Rev Packard Rev Holbrook and Rev Salter. Evening preaching, missionary meetings, and Sabbath events noted with multiple addresses and participant names. Saturday events feature youth paper, Sabbath school discussions, children's meeting and prayer services.
Abandoned husband criticized for neglect of dying wife
The piece condemns a man living with an abandoned woman on Seventeenth Street while his wife lies ill on Ferguson Street near Fifteenth. Friends urge fair treatment and support her, calling his behavior shameful and vowing to speak more plainly if he repeats the cry of shame.
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Seventeenth Street
Ferguson Street
Fifteenth
Wyoming's New Marshal Major Gustav Schnitger
Major Gustav Schnitger, a Prussian native who came to the U S in 1851, is appointed United States Marshal for Wyoming Territory. A former Second Iowa Cavalry lieutenant, sheriff of Scott County, and Deputy U S Collector, he is noted as firm, capable, and highly influential in Republican circles. Citizens are urged to welcome him.
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Gustav Schnitger
United States
Senate
Iowa
Prussia
Second
Iowa Cavalry
Scott County
Schnitger
Wyoming
Circus Arrival Promises Oriental Pageant and Adventure
Advance agent R. 8. Dingess previews Forepaugh's circus and menagerie visiting town pending license approval. A brass band parade will showcase animals from elephant to kangaroo and a dancing monkey act with a new clown for boyish thrills.
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Dingess
Forepaugh
India
Property Transfers in Cheyenne and Nearby Towns
Louis Loeb transfers lot 5 in block 294 to R B Horrie for 600 dollars. James Talbot conveys multiple Cheyenne parcels plus 38 acres in township 14 north to Thomas Talbot. City of Cheyenne deeds convey two parcels to Martha and James M Lucas for 20 and 8 dollars. Martha Lucas to Charles Reynolds and W Riner to Pietini Giacomo involve quit claim deeds for small parcels with 10 and 90 dollars. Sylvester Moyer sells lot 8 in block 887 for 1000 dollars. R B Horrie to Louis Loeb transfers south half of lot 1 in block 826 for 1600 dollars.
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Louis Loeb
R. B. Horrie
James Talbot
Thomas Talbot
Cheyenne
City of
Martha Lucas
James M. Lucas
Charles Reynolds
W. Riner
Pietini Giacomo
Paola Pietini
George Kabis
Joseph Dillman
Sylvester M. Moyer
Albert F
Richey
Drowned Laramie City Merchant at Hutton Lakes
C A Dunbar a leading Laramie City businessman was drowned at Hutton Lakes eight miles from town while duck hunting. He stood up in a small boat and fell overboard after firing at ducks, sinking before assistance. G B Grow was in the boat. a search party with another boat and grappling hooks has begun recovery efforts.
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Laramie City
Dunbar
Hutton Lakes
G. B. Grow
A Heartless Husband Exposed by Local Citizens
A man in this city faces widespread condemnation for eighteen months of brutal treatment toward his wife after their Denver move. Friends urge publication to reveal his disreputable acts and stop his neglect of support as the case draws public scorn.
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Denver
End of the Freight War Aims to Restore Rates to Denver
Kansas Pacific official R Ainslie reports a telegram from John Muir stating rates will be restored once a key contact is reached. The Denver rate basis is Cheyenne. The arrangement is believed to involve IT F Oakes H S Clark and H B Morse of three railroads.
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R. Ainslie
Kansas Pacific
John Muir
Strong
Denver
Cheyenne
F. Oakes
H. H. Clark
Union Pacific
H. B. Morse
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Denver News
Murder at Deadwood claims Hoffman killed by Durham
Ed Durham shot and killed Christian Hoffman in Hoffman's place of business in Deadwood following a business dispute. Durham is jailed amid local talk of lynching. Also, mail lost in the Cheyenne river on the Sidney route was recovered in a demoralized state.
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Christian Hoffman
Cheyenne
Ed Durham
Deadwood
Durham
Sidney
Big Springs Robbers and Sheriff Everheart Accusations
The Grayson County sheriff W C Everheart, famed for capturing Union Express robber Underwood, claims he tracked Union Pacific robbers to San Antonio. He alleges deputy Tom Geren betrayed him by showing a roll of $100 bills to Walter Johnson. Eight hundred dollars in California $20 gold pieces, linked to Bass, dispersed through Dallas from Denton traces.
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W. C Everheart
Grayson County
Texas
Underwood
Union Express
Kearney
Union Pacific
San Antonio
Tom Geren
Denton County
Bass
Everheart
Geren
Walter Johnson
Sam Bass
California
Dallas
Denton
Green Eyed Monster
Deadwood reports another homicide attempt last night. James D. May fired three shots at Mollie Mickey a frail daughter of sin. one bullet hit her corset another severed a finger. Jealousy is named as the motive. both parties are long time Cheyenne residents.
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Deadwood
James D. May
Mollie Mickey
Mollie
Cheyenne
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promised Revival and Digestion
A period advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for weakened vitality, digestive regularity, and blood nourishment. It claims relief from biliousness and constipation, boosts digestion, and purifies the body's channels through the kidneys and bladder, noting botanical, gentle action and wide popularity.
Sozodont Promoted for Healthy Teeth in Youth
A 19th century exhortation urges parents to polish children’s teeth with Sozodont to prevent toothache and later digestive issues. It claims early neglect leads to poor chewing, dyspepsia, and poor health, urging immediate use of the product as a preservative of supreme excellence.
Brown's Liver Pills and Other Brown Remedies Ad Broadcast
Old and New West ad list promotes Brown’s Liver Pills for headaches bilious liver issues Brown’s Blackberry and Ginger for diarrhoea dysentery and bowel complaints Arnica Liniment and Arnica Salve for sprains rheumatism swellings cuts and bruises Cough Balsam and Tar Troches for coughs colds sore throat hoarseness and lung infections SARSAPARILLA DANDELION and iodide of potassium blood and liver tonic Great Blood Purifier and RheMed y for chronic rheumatism Sold by Hurlbut Bros Addams & Glover and Geo W Hoyt.
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Brown
Hurlbut Bro’s
Addams & Glover
Geo. W. Hoyt
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O. S. Dunbar
Ty, A. Caswell
First Ward
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St. Claire
Michigan
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Indiana
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Hoosier
Newport Barracks
Kentucky
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J. W. Hammond
Third Ward
Hammond
York County
Ashland County
Ohio
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Mdist
Silas Reed
Territory
Geo. A. Draper
Henry Housman
Maier
Germany
Long Island
Utah
Nevada
Montana
Marks & Myers
Marks
Rudolph F. Glover
Cheyenne Lodge
A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge
Order
Masonic Order
Sixteenth Street
Mr. Addams
Religious Intelligence
Colorado and Wyoming Congregational Association
Dea. Mead
A. K. Packard
A. K. Holbrook
Christian Home
C. C. Salter
R. Dimock
Woman’s Missionary
A. By
Kellogg
Woman’s Missionary Societies
R.T. Cross
R. T. Cross
J. W. Sanderson
Big Springs
Green-Eyed Monster
James D
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