Rail and mining rumors mix in Wyoming frontier notes
A dated digest of regional chatter reports Ogden railroad clashes between Union Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande, questions about the Utah and Wyoming railroad, and local editorials. It notes Cheyenne fertility jests, Wyoming boom prospects from irrigation, Green River anecdotes, bread rations at Fort Bridger, and a May storm at Goodwin’s Ranch with washed bridges and stranded mule trains.
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Ogden
Union Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande
Union Depot
Utah and Wyoming
Evanston
Fort Collins
Fort Colling
Cheyenne
Goodwin
Goodwin’s Ranch
Wyo
Bluff
Wyoming Copper Company
Postoffice Mixup Sparks Cheyenne Scuffle Over Money Order
A Cheyenne official tries to mail a money order but a mixup leads to a missing payment claim. The recipient cannot find the order and the official confronts postoffice staff. The officical discovers the receipt in his pocket, prompting a tense exchange.
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Cheyenne
Ha—hiad
Charley Riner
W.o
Post Office
Accidents Slow Parade as Babbitt and Tenney Injured
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Babbitt and her mother Mrs Tenney were crossing a railroad track in a phaeton when a loose fire struck the horse. The carriage overturned, wrecked, and Mrs Tenney was hurt while Mrs Babbitt escaped with minor bruises. Both expect a speedy recovery from the shock. Also, Miss Margadaunt fell from a saddle when it turned but escaped serious harm. Nearby help stabilized her, and she rode away. Laramie City plans a city hall.
Hair Goods Opens Near Sun Office By Mrs Blackwood
Mrs Blackwood opens a hair store at the second door north of the Sun office offering all kinds of hair work. Ladies hair dressed and shampooed, all work in best style. Wigs and waves made to order and tailored to customer needs.
That Seduction Case Sparks Ogden Gossip and Court Notice
A Cheyenne harnessmaker case is aired with a printed letter from J A Drat of Ogden accusing a Cheyenne craftsman of bragging about crimes. The Cheyenne Herald notes the man may be Jenkins and urges public naming to curb rumor and protect the community. Military notices at Fort D A Russell appoint a general court martial for May 24 1883 and detail officers and duties.
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Dial & Co
Ogden
CapEn
Utah
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
W. A. Hodgman
J. A. Drat
Lhader
FR. Jenkins
Herald
Mr. Jenkins
Cheeley and bogus butter tale drift from Cheyenne
The Collins Express reports Cheeley of the Evans Journal fading on the bogus butter claim. He cites a dining-room girl who fell and stepped on her eye as the source, then hints John’s memory is confused from a Cheyenne trip. He says the girl claimed the dining-room girl who fell downstairs and stepped in the batter injured his eye.
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Cheyenne
The
Collins Express
Cheeley
Evans Journal
John
Lynching fears prompt sheriff to move Lake City prisoner
Sheriff Clair Smith spirited prisoner Al Packer from Lake City to Gunnison after rumors of vigilante action and a planned nighttime lynching. The Lake City jail was deemed unsafe, so Packer was awakened Wednesday night and transported by foot to Sapinero and then by train to Gunnison for safekeeping.
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al Packer
Lake City
Gunnison
Supreme Court
Packer
Clair Smith
Hinsdale
Smith
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Promise Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer as a modern marvel for nerve diseases claiming all fits stop free and urging readers to send for treatment at 931 Arch Street Philadelphia PA.
Tricycling Gains Pace Among London Social Circles
A New York Times cor respondent notes tricycling spreading across London's suburbs and main routes. The Prince of Wales children, the Wolmer vicar and wife, Bronson Howard, aca and spouse, Wyndham and Stirling parties, and Yates are seen enjoying the device. Residents praise its ease and social appeal on Hyde and Regent Park roads.
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London
Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Deal
Wolmer
Bronson Howard
St. John’s Wood
Hampstead
Aca
Finchley Road
Wyndham
Arthur Stirling
Young Yates
Hyde Park
Hyde and
Regent
New York Times
Monster locomotive shipped to Southern Pacific line
Yesterday a colossal twelve wheeler locomotive arrived in the city for the Southern Pacific railway of California. It measures thirty eight feet long, weighs about twenty five tons in operation, with four and a half foot drivers and four by two foot cylinders. The engine, nicknamed jumbo, will haul between Sumner and Mojave across Tehachapi mountain requiring great pulling power. A second similar engine will follow soon after as the first was refused transport due to its immense weight.
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Southern Pacific Railway of
California
Sumner
Mojave
Tehachapi Mountain
Deserters, Rain, and Survey Plans In Sidney Telegraph
Thirteen deserters reported from Sidney post since last Saturday pay day. Fort Sidney will see considerable building this summer with an appropriation available July 14. Rain has been general from the east and sweeps into Utah and Iowa. Sheepmen report wide variation in lambing yields, averaging low. G W Fairfield, US surveyor from Plattsmouth, arrived with eighteen men for a surveying expedition. Unsurveyed land on Snake Creek Niobrara and far northwest remains to be measured by the party, completing the Rea ment survey work in the state.
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Telegraph
Sidney Post
Fort Sidney
Utah
Iowa
G. W. Fairfield
Unite States
Plattsmouth
Snake Creek
Julies Spins and a Sozodont Smile
A playful verse praises Julies spins and a dazzling smile. It extols her fragrance and the whiteness of her teeth while claiming Sozodont keeps her mouth bright and charming.
Mountain lions stalk livestock and roads linked to new fields
Mountain lions in Salt Creek region feast on colts calves and lambs. Saguache Del Norte and Villa Grove claim direct road access to carbonate fields. Longmont Boulder and Fort Collins firemen plan Fourth celebration at the former place. Ouray notes a whisky example for tick eradication. North Park Teiler camps hopeful about Burlington road entry. Lake City youths lament few girls, but five of seven newborns were girls.
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Saguache
del Norte
Villa Grove
Longmont
Boulder
Fort Collins
Ouray
Teiler
North Park
Burlington Road
Lake City
Bailiwick
Rock Springs Yard Engineer On The Road Between Towns
Green River News reports Jack Keeler, long time engineer in charge of the Rock Springs yard engine, is now traveling the line between Green River and Rawlins. The death of E R Foley near his Sweetwater county cabin six miles from Lander is noted with unknown cause. Max Idelman of Cheyenne heads north to preach cigars and whisky to customers in South Pass, Atlantic, Miner's Delight and Lander. A May 10 Montpelier Oregon Short Line letter says Montpelier is hemmed in by rope for four to five weeks, business paralyzed, but smallpox fears fading and freedoms anticipated soon.
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Collins Express
Elmer Stevenson
the Express
Wyoming Ward
Green River
Green
Sweetwater Gazette
Jack Keeler
Rock Springs
Rawlins
E. R. Foley
Sweetwater County
Lander City
Max Idelman
Cheyenne
South Pass
Atlantic
Miner's Delight
Lander
Montpelier
Oregon
Annual Round Up Of Cattle Market Opinions From Westwide Stockmen
The Drover's Journal prints five columns of stockman commentary on cattle business conditions across the cattle country. Contributors from Granite Canyon to Cheyenne report lighter cattle, mixed range health, variable calf prospects, and shifting shipments.
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A. W. Haygood
Army Department Orders Include Escort for Insane Soldier
Under 840 provisions and general orders 85 11881 the Fort McKinney commander will send an insane Private Nils Larson with one sergeant to Washington. A battalion of 9th and 7th Infantry will assemble at Carter station Wyoming by June 1 1883 to repair a wagon road to Fort Phonburgh Utah. Major DeRussy 4th Infantry to command the battalion for two months.
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Adjutant General
Fort McKinney
Wyo
Nils Larson
9Th Infantry
Washington, D. C
Adjutant General of the Army
Carter Station
Fort Phornburgh
Utah
I. D. DeRussy
4Th Infantry
J. J. Moreton
DeRussy
A Wonderful Increase In Wyoming Rainfall Figures
Sergeant McGovern provides a weather summary for the first nineteen days of the month noting eleven stormy and eight dry days with 2.85 inches of rain and 0.38 inches on the last storm. The period April through May 19 shows 5.61 inches, exceeding the last thirteen years. Total for the year to May 19 is 7.59 inches, near the 12 month total of 8.64 inches in 1882, with 1872 the highest twelve-year rainfall at 13.78 inches and 1875 at 5.71 inches, suggesting moisture increases and Wyoming plains may blossom.
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Wyoming
Land and mining claims transfer in Arizona region
Recorded yesterday shows a quitclaim deed transferring land, ranch and appurtenances in township No 14 from Joshua Stroud to Chas F Fisher for 2500 dollars. Also Elbe mining claim in Plattecarlon from Chas Rial Charles Frederic and Christopher Henne to John B Kent and William Call for 250 dollars.
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Township No. 14
Joshua Stroud
Chas
F. Fisher
Elbe
Plattecarlon
Rial
Charles Frederic
Christopher Henne
John B. Kent
William Call
Weather Report and Forecast Mentions
Yesterday's high 68 and low 46 with 24 mph wind. Mean temp 56.5 and humidity 60 percent. Readings at 1 09 pm include Denver 69 and fair to cloudy conditions in North Platte Omaha Yankton Billings Cheyenne St Louis with frost expected tomorrow morning. Advertisement for Brown s iron Bitters included.
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Denver
North Platte
Omaha
S. E
Yankton
Billings
Cheyenne
St. Louis
Cevere
Barb Wire Litigation Questioned by Journal of Commerce
A quotation laments litigation over barb wire pricing and monopolistic tactics, urging rejection of overcharges and excessive patent technicalities. The piece calls for decisive action akin to a General Jackson veto to curb maneuvers, reflecting industrial policy debates of the era.
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Jackson
Journal of Commerce
Proclamation Honoring the Nation's Dead in Wyoming
Acting Governor urges suspension of ordinary business on Memorial Day May 30 in Cheyenne. Recalls soldiers and sailors who defended liberty, with many risking or giving lives, and emphasizes teaching future generations the cost of American freedom.
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Wyoming
Republic
Cheyenne
Territory
N. Morean
Fortune tellers claim lunar signs give $150000 prize
Prognosticators predict celestial events at birth will align to place a fortunate man in the $150,000 prize of the Louisiana State lottery company. Details available from M. A. Dauphin in New Orleans, La, with the next drawing scheduled for June 12.
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Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
M. A. Dauphin
Louisiana State Lottery Comp’y Incorporated
Legiislature
Arts
Bupsnyablom
G. T. Beauregard
Louisiana State Lottery CO
B. Frank Moore
la Salle Street
Chicago
Broadway
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D. A. Russell
Fort D. A. Russell
Thomas M. Anderson
Richard 8. Vickery
Frederick Koch
Max Arendt
Fort Bridger
Forts Bridger
Thornburg
Sidney News
Colorado Notes
Salt Creek Region
Green River News
W. T. Clarke
Buffalo
Ora Haley
J. B. Moore
Fort Fetterman
Raik
Luke Voorhees
Hay Putuy
Babbitt
Crayenne
Charles R. Barrett
Weather Report
Brown
Ron Bitters
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
New York
Adiresa
Myat
Razor
Old Farmer Meeting
Louisiana
Jubal A. Barly
Irginia
M.A. Dauphin
Washington, D.C
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