Daily Cheyenne Leader notes frontier business and crime
The Cheyenne Leader reports on Union Pacific finance changes and freight shifts, Grand Island fire spectacles, marriage trends, an official appointment, a six thousand dollar gold button display, a missing daughter inquiry, railroad and mining headlines, Lone Star and Texas reflections, a Wardell vs. Union Pacific ruling, a Friday superstition, halted Arkansas Valley service, a bogus Mason claims, and a Fort Laramie stagecoach horse theft recovery with details of pursuers and locations.
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W. &. Steele
Congress
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad Company
W. W. Corlett
Stebbins, Post & Co.’s Bank
New York
Jonathan Riggs
Sophia Dixon
Oregon
Clarksville
Johnson County
Arkansas
Jesse Marshall
St. Joseph
Union Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chaffee
Kansas Pacific
Texas
Wardell
Union Pacific Company
Miller
Omaha
Western Wyoming
States
Arkansas Valley
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Denver
Es Valley
I. P. Arkans
South Park
Denver Pacific
God of Masonry
Amant
Washington City
A Miserable Liar
A bitter tirade from a newspaper editor denounces claims about Cheyenne route dangers to Black Hills miners. He accuses the writer and government predators, notes road agents are gone and Indians have made no depredations for a year, and mocks the scribbler’s motive to fill columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press
Dakotaian
Black Hills
Black Hills Miner Fends Off Bear Attack Near Deadwood
Thomas Cassiday of Potato Gulch faced an aggressive mother bear with five cubs at the gulch mouth on October Sunday. He killed three cubs and wounded a fourth after a desperate fight, escaping with a severely cut arm.
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Thomas Cassiday
Black Hills
Deadwood
Potato Gulch
Train Blown From Track On Utah Central Near Farmington
The Salt Lake Tribune reports a southbound Utah Central train, two coaches and a baggage car, was blown off the track by a gale near Farmington. Four passengers were hurt, none seriously, including Mrs. Jacobs of Springville. The engine proceeded to Salt Lake with the injured and returned with other passengers. Separately, the First Judicial District Court opened with Judge Fisher presiding. the Grand Jury was sworn amid challenges to its composition and a list of jurors was read.
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Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake Tribune
Farmington
B.S. Young
M. McElroy
J. George
Jacobs
Springville
Salt Lake
District Court
First Judicial District Court
J. W. Fisher
J. M. Irwin
B. Hellman
Foreman
Thos
Myers
C. Herman
A. D. Butler
T. J. Hammer
J. Boutson
W. J. Allison
J. A. Bean
B. IF. Bruner
M. Taylor
F. H W. Castle
J. W. Swift
F. Hurlbut
R. “Acksigne
C. H. Edwards
J. WH
Medicine Men and Bear Spirits in Sioux Encounters
A correspondent named Pioneer in the Greeley Tribune recalls his bear skin masquerade influencing Sioux chiefs. He describes bears as sacred and powerful, then recounts curing a chief’s mother with tincture and mystic dances. The tale credits his bear skin with subduing tribes until the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty changed borders.
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Greeley Tribune
California
General Sherman
Fort Laramie
Red Cloud Reservation
Theatrical Travellers Reach San Francisco for Six-Week Run
A list of performers engaged by Thomas Maguire for his San Francisco theatre travels west after Sunday arrival. The troupe includes Charles R. Thorne Jr Frank Roche J W Jennings W Ramsey C M Collins Fanny Morant Maud Tarrison Ida Vernon Miss Mortimer Mme Michaels and Mrs Seymour. They will perform six weeks with a repertoire including I'Error Miss Morton The Danicheffs The Two Orphans and Geneva Cross. In a separate incident Dr Cheney of South Bend was wounded in billiard hall when a Winchester discharge from above struck him in the hip. The ball passed through the floor. Miller claimed the weapon discharged accidentally while handling it. The wound is painful though not judged dangerous. Liberal advertising is urged for mercantile success.
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Thomas Maguire
San Francisco
Charles R. Thorne, Jr
Frank Roche
J. W. Jennings
W. Ramsey
C. M. Collins
Fanny Morant
Maud Tarrison
Ida Vernon
Miss Mortimer
Mme. Michaels
Cheney
South Bend
Black Mills
Link
Billy
Miller
Wyoming Territory Opens Legislature with Parties Unite to Organize
The Wyoming Territory legislature begins its session with G W French as secretary. Officers are elected for the Council and House, including E L Pease as Council president, Bramel as secretary, and various clerks. The House appoints a committee to inform the Council. session adjourned to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Brame
Messenger
T. E. Caldwell
Watchmail
John McKay
Chaplain
W. E. Hamilton
Albany County
Page
Gertude Patterson
Organization of the Fifth Legislative Assembly
The two houses completed their organization on day one with Hon. E. L. Pease re-elected as President of the Council and Hon. N. L. Andrews re-elected as Speaker. C. W. Bramel named Council secretary and Wood Foglesong re-elected Chief Clerk of the House. Experienced, capable officers ensure orderly business and prompt dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
House of Representatives
G. W. French
Territory
Albany County
R. H W. Homer
John Congdon
I. P. Caldwell
N. L. Andrews
N. EF. Spicer
Chas. Klingerman
Carbon County
Geo. Ferris
Jas. Ross
D. V. Whitney
Laramie County
C. M. Sanders
H. W. Foglesong
G. D. Foglesong
W. B. Trufant
Robert Smith
Sweetwater County
Frank Lemaster
Edward Martin
Uinta County
Payne
Martin
T. D. Pierson
Edward O’ Malley
Watchman
Freddy Nash
Sherman
Messenger
Edward Kerrigan
Ollie Crook
Wm. McAllister
Page
MeKsay
McKsay
McKay
M. Sanders
Hamma
E. L. Pease
Evaston
Pease
Andrews
Legislative Assembly
C. W. Bramel
Wood Foglesong
Dooley's Yeast Powder Promises Consistent Results
Advert says good ingredients still fail without Dooley's Yeast Powder. Claims the powder provides order harmony and unity to baked goods, turning effort into guaranteed success. Endorses it as the last magic element for superior bread cake and pastry outcomes.
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Dooley
Thales Honey of Horehound and Tar Advertisement
A six line ad promises quick relief for coughs colds and throat or chest trouble. It touts Thales Honey of Hore hound and Tar as a safe pleasant cure and claims the Pike's Toothache Drops cure toothache in one minute sold by all Druggists at 25 cents with subscription reference to a Leader.
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Thale
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George Breckenridge
Breckenridge
Fetterman
Fort McKinney
Rowe
Jones
Hatch
Webster
Stage Company
Stuttering Brown
Black Hills Bears
B. Legge
Red Cloud
Missouri
The
Assembly of
Wyoming Territory
Fifth Legislative Assembly of
Sixteenth Street
French
Stephen W. Downey
Wm. H. Holliday
L. D. Pease
Homer Merrill
G. A. Draper
J. W. Keller
T. Dyer
Herman Haas
A. H. Swan
E. ¥. Cheney
Fred Mertzheimer
Lawrence Hayes
Sweetwater
Carbon
Draper
Laramie
Albany
Hayes
Haas
Downey
Messrs
Keller
Fisher
Council
Legislative Council of
Union
A. Goebel
W. EE. Provines
J. N. Keller
A. Go
Lizzie McNamara
Annie E. St. Clair
Rebecca E. Street
BE. St. Clair
R. E. Street
A. Koln
Uanimoaus
Whitney
Peter Hamma
McKay and Lowe
Fifth Legislative Assembly
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