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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1882
Page
7
The Link reports Mr. Sickles will travel to meet Mr. Dillon on Wednesday to present the site choice for a soda works and plans to launch the new industry. A decision by Dillon could bring immediate work. regional soda supplies are ample and a powerful company plans to use nearby fields, twelve miles from Denver.
The Sioux City and Pacific railroad plans a northern plains link with the world. Surveyors in Nebraska and Wyoming map routes along Running Water toward Fort Fetterman as engineers seek desira ble lines this year.
The Denver Tribune comments on Jack Meldrum allies and Secretary Teller amid mining dispute talk. It lists Grand and Petit Jurors drawn by county officials, naming E. S. Bartlett Cheyenne Henry O. Schiltz Crow Creek J. D. Gardner Cheyenne and others for a pending term.
A Sun defender accuses the Sun of repeating an old false claim that the LEADER editor mortgaged his paper to the Democratic delegate candidate. The piece calls the accusation a lie and a fool’s tale, labeling it a compound lie and an artistic one.
Railroad men expect Superintendent Dickinson to succeed Mr Law as head of the Union Pacific Wyoming division. It is said the division would split with Mr Dooridge named general superintendent of the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern.
Tuesday at the Bluffs shows receipts totaling 136 cars from firms such as Evans & M and N R Davis with shipments listing buyers and consignors including Brown Price Co Chicago by lines like C M St Paul. Total shipments accounted for 78 cars across multiple consignors and buyers.
The Greeley Tribune marks its twelfth year as Wheat sells for 1.40 a bushel and flour 3.50 retail in Greeley while Boulder prices are 1.50 for wheat and 3.00 for flour. Secretary Teller speaks in Greeley Monday. The Oasis hosts the leading hotel. A temperance library of 300 books is established by L. S. Kauffman. Ward School No. 1 set to open around January 1. Henry Grosjean visits to study irrigation and U S agricultural resources. Basket social yields range 1.50 to 5 per item, net 120. Station Agent Abbott says half a million pounds of potatoes shipped in 24 hours. In three weeks Greeley exports 125 cars of produce.
In a Washington dispute the Democrat questions Hon. W. Downey’s sole role in securing water from Soldier springs for the city, asserting M. E. Post acted for him. The letter denounces Meldrum and Hayford, noting past friendships, endorsements, and alleged political shifting.
The Democrats advocate Thomas Swan for county commissioner highlighting the need for experienced leadership. The Sun opposes the GOP nominee and urges Republicans to fulfill their duty by supporting the alternative, arguing Swan has already served Wyoming well.
Rumors in railroading credit Superintendent Law of the Wyoming division with resigning after President Dillon’s southern visit and being wooed to the Chicago Burlington & Quincy as general superintendent of the entire system. Other names like Tybert Dodridge Dickinson and Col. Fisher are floated as successors amid debate over Wyoming politics and troop withdrawals.
The Blackfoot Idaho Register reports brakeman C. M. Brannon was killed in a Utah Northern railroad crash on the 20th. He stood in the engine gangway and, told to jump by the crew, was found dead nearby believed struck in the back. Brannon formerly served on the Union Pacific Lara mie division.
General Howard suggests some officers in his command may benefit from night school. A late order cites paragraph 655 of army regulations requiring signatures to be clearly written with the writer’s rank and regiment or corps attached.
Marsh and Cooper of Laramié City hold back shipments while cattlemen discuss returning to Chicago. L Voorhees shifts Pine Bluffs orders to today. Bale sheep from Balch and Bacon sold to G Brookins for Buffalo at 3 50 per head. Western stock news notes Dixon and Sturgis parties and a gloomy wool circular predicting cautious trade and winter losses in Sierra Nevada ranges.
The Sun is accused by the Leader of lying and inconsistency. The Leader claims The Sun dodges quotes misdates misrepresents and falsifies, exposing its alleged faults to the territory.
Last week J H and J W Lynder purchased about 1500 head from Eugene Thayer of Greeley for around 50000 while Thayer keeps this year's beef. Snyder Bros. buy 800 to 900 head for about 25000 and the Thayer herd nears 40000. Thayer flees with health restored. Thayer plans reinvestment in cattle. Ferris Mountain galena find shows lead content near 68-77 percent. Colorado Central traffic shifts teased but not immediate.
Col. Fred Sickles met on Medicine Row with Union Pacific officials to locate a soda works near the track at the stock yard junction north of the city. Superintendent Dickinson and Sickles will select the site and begin building early next spring. machinery will be procured this winter to avoid delays.
Letters patent were recorded by County Clerk Jeffrey naming the United States to Marshall House for portions of section eighteen in township twelve north range sixty-two west and for Henry Wheeler and Ellen D W Hatch for specified quarters in the same township and range.
Short, playful verse fragment describing an urchin and a poodle in whimsical sequences. It mentions a rosy apple, a happy farmer, a butcher, and surreal imagery with lines that rhyme in a light, nonsensical tone. The excerpt reads like a fragment from a Puck publication and evokes whimsical, childlike mischief.
Rumor circulates that J. C. Baird, Democratic nominee for county and prosecuting attorney, did not want the election. He confirms earnest candidacy and asks supporters to remember his true desire to win now that he stands before the voters.
The piece argues Jack Meldrum voted for extending life of lottery schemes in Wyoming due to alleged personal spite by Council President Garbanatti. It cites pre session knowledge of bill plans and widespread community view that lotteries profited a corrupt lobby, with lawmakers tied to lottery interests.
The New York Sun’s gossip column notes engagements including Miss Florence Bissell to Mr. Oliver Teall and Miss Mary Rhinelander Stewart to Mr. Weatherby. It also cites marriages planned for November for Miss Mary Wigham with Mr. William Livingston and Mr. Henry Eggleston with Miss Isabel. A quoted warning to Jack references a lottery vote question in conflict with recent replies.
The piece argues that Jack Meldrum voted against a Wyoming lottery crime bill due to personal spite rather than the bill’s merits. It suggests his future Congress would oppose laws with impure motives, praising his statesmanlike view and urging him to remain in his home to ponder the issue.
A garbled OCR pass mentions London and Glasgow topics, cultural discussions, and opinions on principle. It references Pensacola car deaths, a September date, military mentions Camp Smith, and Professor Pal with Cairo and Emerson. A Boston lad is linked to a deed of death and a Wendell Whitman line. The text notes a commission, a fire at a building, and bicentennial references amid scattered place names and events.
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