Weekly Leader notes Cheyenne travel and local doings
The Weekly Leader reports on a Maine company heading to the Black Hills and a New Hampshire prospecting party near Laramie Peak. It notes Cheyenne weather talk, a Davenport group departing for Deadwood with a 20 stamp mill, and various local incidents including horse theft arrest, a wounded prospector at Camp Brown, and the death of M. F. Fagan.
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Supreme Court
Maine
Black Hills
Postoffice Department
New Hampshire
Laramie
Peal
Denverites
Brade
Underwood
Davenport
Iowa
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Livamie
Camp Brown
Sweetwater County
Wyo
Barney Tall
M. F. Fagan
Fagan
Slack
Evening Democrat
Ife
Tie Leaper
General Crook Praised in Omaha Republican Endorsement
The Omaha Republican lauds General Crook as uniquely successful against Indians. The remarks praise his yearlong effort to settle the Indian question, predict lasting peace, and foresee regional prosperity from peace with Sioux and broader frontier development.
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Omaha Republican
T. Leaprr
Crook
Pacific
Black Hills
Big Horn
Black Hills do not back separate Wyoming territory
A Custer City mass meeting signals opposition to a new Black Hills territorial movement. Miners and residents favor delaying action until the U S survey settles the eastern boundary of Wyoming Territory. If the line shifts west, support may grow. locals urge following Custer City’s example and preserving local self government. A Black Hills emigrant complains in the Chicago Tribune after a long, frustrating trek east.
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Custer City
Black Mills
Hills
Black Hills
Wyoming Territory
Dakota
Wyoming
Friends
Blackills
Crook and
Pease
Tills
Big Horn
U. S
Congress
Deadwood
Captured on the Fly Stock Recovered by Detectives
Detectives of the Rocky Mountain association recovered stock stolen from the U P corral in this city. They found the stock near Grenada on the Santa Fe road in the possession of Ed Thayer Charles Pierce Thomas Wright and D Boyer. The quartet were wanted in Weld county Colorado where a penalty of 1000 dollars each was set.
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U. P. Corral
Rocky Mountain Association
Grenada
Santa Fe Road
Ed, Thayer
Charles Pierce
Thomas Wright
D. Boyer
Weld County
Colo
Black Hills gold rush seen through Eli Perkins eyes
Eli Perkins recounts a Cheyenne to Deadwood journey profiling Black Hills mining. He notes $2,000,000 shipped east, hundreds daily going in, 12,000 to 15,000 folks in Deadwood area, many miners earning from $5 to $100 daily, and rapid growth with steam mills, saw mills, and armed stage guards amid bandit threats.
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Eli Perkins
N.Y. Sun
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Salisbury
Union Pacific Express
Marsman
Stebbins, Post & Co
Post
Cushed
New York
Kountze Brothers
Wall Street
Concord
Deadwood
Sun
Fort Laramie
Tat Creek
Red Cation
Custer City
Battle Creek
Trench Creek
Rapid Creek
Custer
Deadwood Gulch
Croton
Williams Brothers
California
Big Horn
Gayville
Billy Gay
Sam Gay
Johnny Slaughter
Johnny
Er Perxkins
Dick Davis Scrape Reveals Deputies Shoot in Laramie City
The Sentinel reports Sheriff Cook deputized William C. Million and Richard Davis to hunt criminals in Laramie City. After a bagnio incident, Schnell tried to draw a pistol as Million and Davis chased him from an alley. Shots were fired. Schnell was wounded and escaped, later found near the railroad. Both deputies were jailed awaiting coroner’s inquest.
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Dick Davis
Sentinel
Carr
William C. Million
Richard Davis
Schnell
Million
Davis
Fagin
Nicholls
Himself
Sheriff Nottage
Robinson Mining Company elects officers at April meeting
At Simmons' hotel on April 27 E L Tan of Lisbon N J was chosen President Joseph Dow Norrisville Vt Treasurer Wm Robinson Omaha Neb Secretary and John Wallace Grinnell Iowa Vice-President The company lists a long roster of Vermont Iowa and Nebraska members and plans mining near Harney's Peak after securing locations last year.
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Simmons’ Hotel
E. L. Tan
Lisbon
N. J
Joseph Dow
Norrisville
Wm. Robinson
Omaha
Neb
John Wallace
Grinnell
Iowa
R. D. Somers
Barnet, Vt
Andrew J. Slayton
Worcester
C. P. Wallace
Green Mountain
Towa
William Dow
Wiram L. Emerson
Francis X. Felix
Marshfield
Daniel B.tibbetts
W. G. McAffee
Ollman
Ills
R. OB
Laird
Green Aountain
W. D. Somers
If. G. Hunter
Castillion
G. FE. Crampton
Dallow
Mich
Hills
Harney’s Peak
Olden Time Reminiscences Letter From 1877
A satirical reminiscence from Short Tract New York recounts a longtime feud with Stephe Nuckolls. TY F Hows Jr recalls unpaid telegraph charges from 1869 during a Colorado Wyoming Utah congressional race, vows to pursue justice, and asks for a photograph and biographical sketch for a future history. The letter laments perceived political treachery and urges continued admonition.
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LmnAprer
N. Y
W. W. Corlett
Cheyenne
Wyo
Smn
F. Nuckolls
Congress
Utah
Nuckolls
Evanston
Murrin
Ben
Gallagher
Wyoming
TY. F. Hows, Jr
Impending Changes at The Leaper Office in Cheyenne
May brings retirements and new appointments at The Leaper. HH W Moore will leave the local business agent post. George W Hawes to oversee Tim’s Datuy Leader circulation and outdoor printing operations in Cheyenne, a longtime Wyoming resident with strong local ties. J Burleigh Pollard becomes bookkeeper and handles the mail-list for the Damy and Werkly Leaper. A familiar New York letter writer joins the editorial staff and will arrive in Cheyenne in May, signaling renewed effort to keep the pioneer Wyoming journal at the front rank of western papers.
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Leaper
HH. W. Moore
George W. Hawes
Tims Datuy
Leaper Printing
Hawes
Wyoming
Cheyenne
J. Burleigh Pollard
New York
Tim Leaper
Pioneer Journal of Wyoming
West
Supreme Court disposes cases yesterday
The Supreme Court yesterday disposed of several cases: Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. D. J. McCann with reverse of the court below, J. J. Kien v. Territory of Wyoming with affirmation, T. A. Keat v. City of Cheyenne with affirmation, L. R. Freeman v. Wm. Crout with reverse, Susan McCartney v. Wyoming National Bank with affirmation, Territory of Wyoming v. Ritter et al. with affirmation, Wyoming National Bank v. T. B. Dayton with affirmation. Court adjourned sine die.
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Supreme Court
Kansas Pacific Railway Company
D. J. McCann
Fisher
J. J. Kien
Territory of Wyoming
Blair
T. A. Keat
City of
Cheyenne
L. R. Freeman
Wm. Crout
Susan McCartney
Wyoming National Bank
George W. Ritter
Dayton
Rapherty on the Wing from Har Crunk Wyoming
A Cheyenne Leader correspondent travels by C and B H stage from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie and Fort Custer. The group, including Studebaker, Casement, McLaughlin, Whitehead, Brown, and Robinson, encounters light snow, extensive cattle pasture, and a camp scene with 800 men and 100 teams. The narrative notes diverse riders, meals by Phillips and Montgomery, and lighthearted social antics as the party heads toward Custer.
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Har Crunk
Wyo
Cheyenne
J. M. Studebaker
Studebaker Bros
Dan Casement
Judge McLaughlin
Whitehead
G. M. Brown
Robinson
Montana
Chugwater
Fort Liramie
Clhug
Phillips
Fort Taramie
Frank Montgomery
Rawhide Buttes
Jack Bowman
Dan Cuasement
Studebaker
Judge Whitehead
Brown
John Featherston
Laramie
Custer
Rapherty
Red Cloud Redeemed Signals Cheyenne Movements
Dispatch from Red Cloud reports Crazy Horse across the South Cheyenne and due in eight days. Sioux and Cheyenne bands mass near 246 lodges, with Sitting Bull north of the Yellowstone and 200 to 500 lodges. Nine Cheyenne warriors surrendered, with thirteen lodges to follow and twenty lodges arriving since the Cheyenne surrender. Agreements indicate forty lodges heading to Tongue River to surrender to Gen Miles.
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Red Cloud
Red Cloup
Neb
Crazy Horse
South Cheyenne
Black Hills
Yellowstone River
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Miles
Dooley's Yeast Powder Promises Pure Quality Bread Boost
The article extols Dooley's Yeast Powder as a pure product aimed at households. It claims a reduced quantity suffices while preserving flavor, producing delicious bread and pastries.
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Dooley
Fragmentary OCR Note Sparks Education Aid Tease
A garbled OCR snippet hints at a local education aid discussion or event with mentions of TEAC Smil exci host and 4 cony rece 30m. Names and places are mostly unreadable, but the fragment suggests a planning or aid allocation note with references to Black M and Qua.
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Avai
Assis
TEAC
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C. W. Jones
Byers
Sheriff Carr
D. P
Democrat
G. Brown
Wilson
Rocky Mountain
Hotel de Carr
W. McLaughlin
Fred. Schwartze
Brack Hills Stage Co
Eagle’s Nest
Stage Co
Chicago Tribune
Yankton
Fort Pierre
Wilbein
the Robinson Mining Company
S. F. Nuckolls
Stephe Nuckolls
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