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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1876
Page
8
Union Pacific timetable lists arrivals from east and west with passenger mixed and freight times. Denver Pacific shows arrivals from south and departures with passenger and freight slots. Railroad time runs thirty five minutes faster than city time.
Open daily a.m. to p.m. except Sundays with Sunday hours after Western mail arrival. Money order office 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Western mails close 1 10 p.m. Eastern 3 19 p.m. Denver Pacific lines close 8 p.m. Mails arrive from east 1 20 p.m. west 3 20 p.m. from Denver 8 37 p.m. Fort Laramie Red Cloud Spotted Tail Agencies mail times vary Sundays Tuesdays Thursdays 6 p.m. Davis Ranch mail Mondays 8 a.m. Davis Ranch arrivals Tuesdays 6 p.m. Fort Collins Longmont times vary.
Reports saying the country is full of Indians are unfounded. Lieut Chase and Major Norths Pawnees have not located any savages. It is believed Chase’s trail was mistaken for an Indian trail, triggering the scare near Fort Laramie.
The Cheyenne Leader reports a bizarre incident where a man died after a horse fell over a calf. The piece questions who or what caused the death, noting uncertainty and winding to a pun on a double sum and the chaotic outcome.
The November term of the District Court convenes Monday with a lengthy docket of 82 civil and 2 criminal cases. Criminal counts include assault, keeping a bundy house, illegal voting, mayhem, several forms of larceny, assault with intent, conspiracy, burglary and larceny, and related offenses. Remainder described as unimportant cases.
A thief snatched a $35 overcoat from a hook outside Polack's clothing store in the Leader building. Polack chased into an alley but lost track. the coat was later found in a wagon. Clerks searched fruitlessly, prompting warning to residents against city swindlers.
The city teems with activity as a coal dealer thrives, auctions blaze away, and travelers and soldiers pass through. Notables include Piegan Baker visiting, Indian concerns loom, and a new sidewalk benefits walkers as town life buzzes around Dyer’s bath house and the LEADER office.
Col J W Donnellan declines as a Republican candidate for Albany county probate judge and county treasurer. He told reporters in this city last evening he was en route to Denver and leaving Laramie City to pursue business elsewhere, citing his reasons for the move.
A woman riding a baby carriage down Hill Street yesterday hit a sidewalk crack and stopped suddenly. She leapt over the carriage in a dramatic move, leaving blue smoke from her nose along a plank, then rose, steadied herself, and continued, tears in her eyes and a sore nose, muttering under breath.
A Douglas Creek mining district report from Carbon county notes discoveries by Beagle and Foley. They sunk forty feet to strike free gold bearing quartz, a seventy foot tunnel found substantial ore, milling works are planned, and Stevenson also reported a rich lead with fine ore. More details promised soon.
A citizen walking on a street yesterday morning carried a paper bag of eggs. A snowy sidewalk caused the bag to break with yolk streaks on his breeches. He swore loudly as he slipped into a mess of about two dozen eggs and searched for a boot black to clean up.
A Cheyenne physician visits a barber candidate for coroner and questions the value of the office. He dismisses politics and urges the candidate to stay in his legitimate business. The barber retorts that if corpses he handles make him a millionaire in a year.
Democratic sheriff and county clerk candidates Carr and Loeb flee from an ambush while traveling the Laramie valley. The pair are propelled to safety by a swift dash on horseback as blood curdling yells echo behind them. The episode ends with them in safety within their families and their election prospects seemingly secured.
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