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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
6
A Wyoming commission report outlines 1882 Denver exposition receipts from Laramie Albany and Carbon counties and lists disbursements for glass cases decor and labor. It notes broad public interest, capital inquiries, and calls for future reimbursement by the legislature.
Dispatches report Senator Anthony is about the same in Providence Rhode Island while Fairfield Iowa loses its business district to a fire valued at fifty thousand dollars. Vermont tracks organized cattle thefts. Boston authorities take charge of the Tewksbury almshouse. A Syracuse soda fountain blast fatally injures one and seriously wounds two. Marshfield plains blaze endangers homes as two hundred men struggle to halt the fire. John Walsh, Texas murderer of Theodore Galvan, is lynched near Lordsburg. A San Francisco elevator crushes a woman. her remains are unrecognizable. In New York seven hundred cigar makers strike for higher wages, and custom house workers seek raises. Buffalo hosts a hotel fire driving guests into the street. a concert saloon is destroyed. The San Francisco Chronicle praises crop health. grain pests denied. Chicago cigar makers accept a one dollar per thousand rise, no strike. Post–Raum resignation prompts quick ex-congressional applications for internal revenue head. New York aldermen urge moving Brooklyn Bridge opening to Decoration Day. Boston’s Glindon hotel arsonist child confesses. Nashville wife fatally burns herself amid derangement from child’s death. Columbus Supreme Court denies Watson bribery appeal. sentence remains imprisonment. New York approves underground wiring for Western Union at one cent per line foot. St Louis distillery firm run by Alfred Bevir suspends. assets unclear. Jay Gould journeys west with sage and others. Brownsville customs sweep gains authority to arrest smugglers. yearly losses near five hundred thousand. Vermont wins back two hundred thousand from Canadian bequest for common schools due to Abraham Huntington.
The Berlin labor action expands to demand wage increases from carpenters and masons while various political tensions rise across Europe. Reports note arrests of officers in St Petersburg amid Nihilist suspicions and legal cases in Dublin and London as Whitsuntide recess nears.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy. It claims rapid healing for burns bruises ulcers fever sores cancers piles corns and other skin ailments. Sold by Dare & Voliva at 25 cents per box.
Fragment describes a testimonial of improved mood and strength after using Brown's Iron Bitters. Mentions general ill-health and muscular weakness as conditions claimed to be aided by the tonic. No other named entities are present.
Galveston April 29 two convict guards John Leonas and S Boudreaux fired on Jim Wright a colored man nine shots no effect Wright fired back killing both guards News Benton four miles north of here a terrific storm wrecked houses killing four and two killed in a church shelter seven sought refuge in a church four missing and unascertained loss final tallies pending
Colonel Mapleson signs a contract with Colonel Mann for a special Mann boudoir car train to tour the United States next winter. One car will be named after Madame Adelina Patti and used by the opera troupe. The train aims to reduce fatigue for the artists and will use Brush-Swan electric lighting.
An immense crowd in Florence Alabama overpowered the jailer and hanged Ge Ware the prisoner who killed a boy named Robert Bethune at Muscle Shoals last week Ware confessed he killed the boy for five dollars and a plug of tobacco and then threw the body in the river.
The Times in London dismisses the Philadelphia Irish convention as claptrap and ridicule, noting the only practical suggestion is for Ireland to buy nothing from England. In St Louis Jay Gould and party depart by special car toward the west. no route info given, cars ready for twenty days, with a possible Mexico trip on the International.
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