Denver and Colorado News Highlights Across the Line
A mix of market notes and regional updates from the Colorado Central line. Cattle feeders in Johnson County Missouri. Denver musical acts Kellogg and Cary in Noy. land investment along the Longmont extension. the 26th stage between Central and Idaho Springs retired after seventeen years. Reports of cattle shipments, local legal actions in Weld County, and staffing changes in telegraph and military departments accompany weather observations and school governance notes.
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Colorado
Johnson County
Missouri
Kellogg
Cary
Denver Noy
Denver
Longmont
Central
Idaho Springs
Colorado Central
Snyder
United States
North Platte
Nellie French
Billy Ford
Greeley
Department of the Platte
George A. England
Department of Missouri
Elliott
Fort Collins
Weld County
Evans
James Doody
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Office
J. A. Hard
Denver Pacific
Longmont Road
Cheyenne
Tragic Longmont Line Death of William H. Jones
William H. Jones, former Inter-Ocean barber shop owner and later an employee of W W Hardin, was killed on a boxcar at Box Elder station 28 miles southwest of Longmont. The train conductor halted the run after a fatal mishap as Jones slipped from the car while riding the flat. Coroner Goldacker held an inquest with a verdict confirming the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longmont
William H. Jones
Inter-Ocean
W.W. Hardin
Box Eldex Station
Fort Collins
W. L. Condit
Suongmont
Box Elder
Jones
Colorado
Robinson
Goldacker
Fearful Tornado Wrecks Ogden Mill and Town
A fierce tornado struck Ogden Utah on Monday evening causing widespread damage. Chimneys toppled and signs and awnings torn loose as a rolling mill under construction near completion was leveled to the ground leaving only the tower standing. Builders from Milwaukee suffered heavy losses as the blast furnace had earlier exploded and the plant now lies in ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ambiguous Verse Snippet On Injin Scalping Theme
A fragmentary poem verse expresses a desire to become an Injin to learn the scalping art and to provoke involvement from a clergyman. The speaker contemplates begging and theft while contrasting the safety felt by a white man with the implied risks of their role.
Rich Mining Happenings Across Hills and Deadwood
Hinds and Purmart start a 20 stamp mill at Bobtail Gulch with a $2.50 pan yield reported at Montana City. Deadwood shows excitement over Rapid Creek silver finds as campaign fever heats up before next Tuesday’s sheriffs election. A Newark youth, Wink, about 22, died in a cave in on Philadelphia Bar, Rapid Creek, Oct 22, with a mangled body.
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Hinds & Purmart
Bobtail
Deadwood
Rapid Creek
Wink
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Death of Green Russell Founding Prospectors Leader
Green Russell, a pioneer of Colorado and Montana, died recently in Indiana Territory. He led the Georgia colony of prospectors who first claimed gold at Pike's Peak, located his initial discovery along Cherry Creek, and in 1850 found the gulch near Central City now named for him. His 1860 expedition toward Yellowstone was halted by Indian resistance at Sweetwater. He was renowned across the West with many friends.
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Colorado
Montana
Green Russell
Indiana
Georgia
Pike’s Peak
Cherry Creek
Central City
Yellowstone
Sweetwater
West
Corlett Seeks Railway Postal Clerk Post for Wyoming
In a letter to a Laramie friend, Hon W W Corlett says he was told by Railway Mail Service Superintendent Vaile that the Territories have no appointments and all belong to the States. He plans to approach the Postmaster General and the President to back a bill removing Wyoming’s political disabilities.
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W. W. Corlett
Laramie
Vaile
Railway
Wyoming Territory
Drum's Discoveries on Frontier Life and Sioux History
Gen. BR. C. Drum returns to Chicago from frontier posts with notes on Indian life. He recounts Crazy Horse dreams surrounding his death and a Sioux view that his demise aided peace. A Crook staff officer reports a buffalo robe history of the Sioux with ten year cycles and pock marks marking smallpox eras. Crook moves to preserve the relic.
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Crazy Horse
Drum
Crook
Death at Denver Flour Mill in Tragic Accident
A mill worker, John Hansley, died in J. W. Smith's West Denver flour mill on Tuesday night. The body was found suspended from a wheel in the bolting room after his coat tail caught in a running shaft, pulling him into the machinery and breaking his neck. No witnesses to the incident exist per The Denver Tribune.
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J. W. Smith
8Th Street
West
Denver
John Hansley
Denver Tribune
Hansley
Chase's Charge and Pursuit of Robbers near Fort Laramie
Lieut Geo F Chase with a cavalry detachment pursued two armed robbers from Deadwood to 26 miles from Fort Laramie. The pair, identified as Webster and an alias, abandoned a gun and heavy items before surrendering at the guard-house. The stolen horses and cash, plus two overcoats, were recovered along with other passenger property.
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Fort Laramie
Deadwood
Blackburn and Wall
A. S. Marshal Sweesy
Webster
Cuny
Cheyenne and
Black Hills
Ford
Lieut. Chase
Indian Chief White Horse Reports Campaign to Sharp Nose
An Indian chief White Horse submits the first official report of a recent expedition against the Nez Perces. Maj. Hart leads with 250 Sioux scouts, Sharp Nose falls ill, White Horse takes command. The route is shown by symbols and pony tracks, with scenes of belligerence and later friendly greetings among tribes.
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Nez Perces
White Horse
Sharp Nose
Maj. Hart
Sharp-Nose
Beaver Creek
Big Horn River
Cheyenne to Install Electric Fire Alarm System
Cheyenne plans an electric fire alarm with one starting box. Alex Duffey of the A. and P office will install and operate it. Keys may be kept at Dyer's hotel. Wires will run to the pump house by the reservoir for transmission to the engineer.
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Cheyenne
Alex. Duffey
Dyer’s Hotel
Military Troop Reassignments Across Department of the Platte
General orders shift Third Cavalry from Camp Robinson Nebraska to Fort Laramie and Fort Sanders Wyoming and to New Red Cloud Agency. Fourth Infantry moves from Fort Fetterman to Fort Sanders. Ninth Infantry details stations in Nebraska and Wyoming. Fourteenth Infantry transfers to Camp Douglas Utah. real estate transfers in Cheyenne area listed. social notices and local anecdotes conclude with a funeral report and satirical quip about accusations.
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A. Hartsuff
Department of the Platte
Third Cavalry
Camp Robinson
Neb
Fort Laramie
W. T
Fort Sanders
Wyo
Cheyenne Depot
New Red Cloud Agency
D. T
Camp Sheridan
New Spotted Tail Agency
Fifth Cavalry
Fort D
Russell Wyo
Fort McPherson
Fort McKinney
Fourth Infantry
Fort Fetterman
Ninth Infantry
North Platte
Fort D. A. Russell
Omaha Barracks
Sidney Barracks
Fourteenth Infantry
Camp Douglas
Utah
Laramie County
B. Hellman
Cheyenne Lodge
A. B
A. M
Wyoming
City of
Cheyenne
D. C. Tracy
F. J. McMahan
City of Cheyenne
W. Furgerson
M. Furgerson
W. D.ease
Taylor
Martha Furgerson
J. H. Schooley
IL. C. Stevens
F. A. Shakespeare
Carrie Kabis
Henry Clauss
G. Kabis
J. N. Slaughter
Henry Altman
W. F. Swan
Helena
Jas
Droney
Thos
A. Kent
James
Hunt
Jno
W. Bruner
Dearer Than Whisky Well Digger Strikes Civil Suit in U S Court
Aaron Hammond, famed as the witch-hazel well digger, sues Michael Donovan in federal court over a contract to drill a well on Donovan’s lot near Shinn’s addition Omaha. Hammond claims Donovan drove him off as the well neared productive veins, risking a potential payout of $5 223 75 if the target gallons per day had continued. The case mirrors a recent city suit Hammond lost, which awarded $7,000 to the defendant.
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Aaron Hammond
Omaha
Supreme Court
United States
Michael Donovan
Hammond
Donovan
H Hammond
Shinn
Black Hills
Omaha Herald
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Weekly Leader
W. H. Jones
Montana City
Seth Bullock
Lawrence County
Chase
Marshal Sweesy O
J. L. Sanderson
Barlow & Sanderson
St. Albans
Vermont
Mississippi River
Oregon
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Sanderson
el Moro
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
la Junta
Box Elder Station
Hazel Wells
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