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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1876
Page
2
The Weekly Bender prints a rural verse by B Burton about Jennie at the pasture and Ned the farmer. A rustic courtship unfolds as the reaper’s work blends with shared promises and the harvest of wheat and affection.
Harry Brown, a young lawyer, falls for Zaide Buckley, a quiet schoolteacher nicknamed Sweet Brown Zaide. After years of romance and a wealth twist from a long-lost relative, Zaide learns she inherits substantial funds from Robert Moore, making her rich. Harry’s rival, White, is left to envy his friend’s wealth gained through love.
The Pandora returned to Portsmouth after an Arctic voyage marked by crossing Melville Bay in clear water and forging Barrow Strait under heavy ice. At Becky Island the crew found a ruined storehouse and evidence of polar bear damage, with Franklin’s gravesites standing upright. After King William’s Land they faced an impassable Bellot Strait pack, choosing to return rather than winter in ice, and recovered Nares dispatches upon safety at Carey Islands.
Ms Hoyt of Lewiston Missouri asserts she has completed a perpetual motion machine after fifteen years of work. The device features a large wheel with four iron tubes guiding two cannon balls inside, arranged to move as the wheel turns. A layered system keeps the weights at the circumference to withstand gravity, allegedly preventing the wheel from stopping.
A historical column critiques the Black Hills deal with Indians noting the implausible bids of $70 million versus $6 million offers and arguing the region’s value is modest. Prof Jenney's view places genuine value near $500,000 for outright purchase, with mining rights potentially profitable to buyers.
Fragmentary report notes an inducement offered to Native Americans to relocate deeper into a region described as more suitable to their needs, with wording suggesting twelve timed a financial incentive and broader strategic aims.
A historical account contrasts the riches and pomp of Indian rulers with British royal ostentation. It describes Jehan Gheer’s lavish gifts including gold encrusted swords, elephant processions, jewel encrusted thrones, and vast banquets. Akbar’s wealth is cited with colossal coin reserves, immense gold and silver stores, and a famed treasury said to hold tens of millions in silver, gems, and other riches.
The Tahoe and Carson Narrow Gauge railroad is described as a costly, crooked project. It climbs from a lakefront bed into a rugged gorge, crosses granite walls on long trestles, and ascends to a mountain summit via a zig zag graded by Mr. Anderson. From the summit it crosses Spooner’s Station and a 480 foot tunnel to a flume station, near Placerville.
A collage of aged observations on life expectancy from ancient Rome to Geneva, noting 30 vs 50 years for elites, and a century’s rise to 70 with an 800 year ago 48 benchmark. plus a Bloomington Illinois inheritance case where a daughter’s share went to a half-brother despite a 18 day gap between death and birth. a Iowa couple’s swing incident ends in a brutal quip about a young man and a grasshopper.
A farmer sits content in his rural retreat as harvests and livestock prosper. The piece blends domestic calm with market strains, noting shifting cattle, grain, and stock prices while offering practical farm tips on fencing, leather, glue, and stump removal. It closes with farming anecdotes on grass crops, plaster use, and clover yield.
A compact fragment of domestic notices and recipe snippets describes several old time kitchen tips and dishes. It lists methods for removing stains, cooking onion dishes, cheese pottages, and meat preparations, alongside guidance on keeping ants away and avoiding lamp explosions.
A recipe notes to soak items in milk and add one egg, mix thoroughly and bake in a form. It promises an admirable tea or breakfast dish suitable for a simple, wholesome meal.
Washington correspondent reports strong progress on converting the Washington Monument into a national symbol. State pledges amount to ten thousand dollars from New York and smaller sums from New Jersey Connecticut Minnesota, with appeals reaching about forty thousand societies. Illinois Grand Lodge contributes one thousand dollars and urges lodges to follow. Monument Society funds are subscriptions only, to be sent to J. B. Harrison Smith. The monument stands 174 feet high, planned at 485 feet, with a $500,000 finish cost. Congress may be asked to honor prior 1799 appropriation for a Washington statue.
A Clyde letter in the Rochester Democrat reports a fatal threshing accident on Widow Kettles farm in Junius. Theodore Bodine’s head was caught by a coil of fence wire on a rapidly turning cylinder, pulled into the machine, and torn apart, with his brains seen exiting the grain. He leaves a wife and two children.
The piece notes China’s coast fortifications and Peiho river earthworks as it anticipates a Western naval conflict. It highlights China’s navy growth with ten torpedo boats built in Thames yards and Armstrong guns sold to China, with American officers in Chinese service ready to direct fire. The author argues future Chinese war will differ from prior ones, aided by breech-loading weapons despite questions of material quality.
The Rural New Yorker suggests bees rarely venture far from home. An older flour-dusting experiment failed due to pollen confusion. Observations indicate bees may travel up to three miles, with starving colonies found four miles away, though this is about queens and mating, not foraging workers.
A collage of comic vignettes and quips from the Detroit Free Press and London Fun, with jokes about misheard phrases, household misfires, and a farmer baffled by a Merrill Block office mix up. Notable bits include a boy reciting tables, a mother scolding a boy for forgetting lard, and a preacher’s horse anecdote.
A Connecticut governor named Jonathan Trumbull aided General Washington during the Revolutionary War. The story says Washington often said, We must consult Brother Jonathan. The phrase spread as a byword and came to designate the whole country, much like John Bull for England, while Yankee remained applied to a part of it.
A Newfoundland dog swam away from its owner in a canal and failed to exit at a tall wall. Smyth's shepherd dog summoned help, but none came, and the big water dog’s paws were used to haul him out, landing him high and dry to the delight of all. In New Orleans a married woman publicly horsewhipped a predatory admirer, bringing her husband to witness.
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