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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1877
Page
5
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A 1877 column links John Morrissey’s rise and death of his son to New York politics, recounts Morrissey’s battles with Heenan and Hyer, and his enduring popularity among the poor. It also reports on a trio of comets seen from Rochester to the Camelopard, plus sharp sketches of a Philadelphia literary scandal and a New York tramp bill. Boston murder case and a jocular castor oil anecdote finish the tour.
Corrected weekly by Whipple and Hay for Whole Case and Retail Grocers and Commission Merchants. Grain prices list States Corn per 100 lb sack at 1.20 to 1.25. Breadstuffs include flour Colorado and Western varieties. Provisions show potatoes onions cheese butter bacon ham pork and other staples with assorted unit prices. Case Goods cover oysters peaches canned fruits vegetables jellies and preserved fruits. Dried fruits, tea brands, coffee, sugars, syrups, and molasses are priced for various packages and grades.
Upper Round-Up meets May 1 1877 at W M Dailey’s ranch Labonti creek north of Laramie river to work cattle between Laramie river and Union Pacific with telegraph road Cheyenne Fort Laramie as eastern boundary. James Lane to be foreman after crossing Laramie. Lower Round-Up set for May 20 1877 at Carey’s ranch Pole creek to Potter station then north to North Platte to Horse creek. John Snodgrass foreman G B Goodell assistant. By order of Laramus County Stock Association. Cries of murder in the night and tonics advertised. Buckskin sale notice.
A few copies of the compiled laws of Wyoming are available for five dollars at the Leap office. Mail orders postpaid cost five fifty. Remit by P. O. money order or registered letter. The volume includes territorial laws and major acts and treaties.
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