Market News and Local Updates Across Colorado Lines
The Weekly Leader notes fresh produce prices in commerce, cattle fed in Missouri wintering plans, Denver performers Kellogg and Cary touring, and land investments along the Longmont extension. It covers stage service cessation between Central and Idaho Springs, river and farm reports, a Denver demonetization joke, a tragic mare accident, and regional telegraph, court, and military notices including Weld county seat injunctions and relocations, with personnel changes in the Department of the Platte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Fatality On Box Elder Train Near Fort Collins
William H. Jones former Inter Ocean barber shop proprietor and W W Hardin employee died Wednesday after falling from a moving train at Box Elder. The box car wheels crushed him. brakeman and passengers halted the engine and the coroner held an inquest in Longmont.
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 Ravages Ogden and Destroys Mill
A violent tornado strikes Ogden Utah on Monday evening scattering debris and toppling chimneys while tearing down a rolling mill under construction. The Milwaukee workers who funded the project face ruin as the wind collapses walls and leaves only the tower standing. The blast furnace earlier exploded and the works now lie in ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Injin Dreams Of Robbery And Safe Ambitions
A fragment expresses a wish to become an Injin to learn scalping and to beg while a clergyman is described as coming to take the speaker's part. The verse conveys a paradoxical longing for danger and a sense of safety unattainable to a white man.
Hillside prospector notes 2.50 from dirt sample in Montana City
Hinds and Purmart build a 20 stamp mill at Bobtail Gulch. A pan dirt yield of 2.50 from Montana City fuels hopes as Deadwood buzzes over rapid silver finds on Rapid Creek. A Newark youth Wink, 22, is killed in a cave in Philadelphia Bar drift on Rapid Creek October 22.
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Hinds & Purmart
Bobtail
Montana City
Deadwood
Rapid Creek
Wink
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Death of Green Russell Dims Old West Prospecting Legend
Old pioneers of Colorado and Montana mourn the death of Green Russell in Indiana Territory. Russell led the Georgia colony of prospectors who first announced gold at Pike's Peak. He found the Cherry Creek discovery and the Central City gulch later named for him. He once led a party toward Yellowstone but retreated after Indian resistance.
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Colorado
Montana
Green Russell
Indiana
Georgia
Pike’s Peak
Cherry Creek
Central City
Yellowstone
Sweetwater
West
Helpless Territories Advocate Seeks Postal Clerk Appointment
Hon W W Corlett writes to a friend at Laramie about his bid for a railway postal clerk post. He says Railway Mail Service chief Vaile claimed Territories have no appointments and belong to the States. Corlett plans to go to the Postmaster General and the President to push a bill removing Wyoming Territory political disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Corlett
Laramie
Vaile
Railway
Wyoming Territory
Drum's Discoveries From Gen Drum on Frontier Indians
Gen. BR. C. Drum returns to Chicago from frontier posts with notes on Indian life. He cites Crazy Horse dreams and death, Sioux views on peace with whites, and a newly found pictorial history on a buffalo robe showing ten year cycles and a smallpox marker. Gen. Crook's staff guards the relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crazy Horse
Drum
Crook
Death at Denver Flour Mill After Fatal Machinery Accident
A miller named John Hansley died in J. W. Smith's West Denver flour mill on Tuesday night. Witnesses reported no one saw the accident which occurred in the bolting room on the first floor. His coat tail was caught by a revolving shaft, dragging him to a cog wheel and causing fatal injuries. He remained suspended as the gear continued to power other shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Smith
8Th Street
West
Denver
John Hansley
Denver Tribune
Hansley
el Moro
Colo
New Mexico
Denver & Rio Grande
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
la Junta
W. H. Jones
Box Elder Station
Longmont
Chase's Charge Captures Robbers After 26 Mile Pursuit
Fort Laramie reports Lieut. Geo. F. Chase with a cavalry detachment and trail expert William Reid pursued robbers Blackburn and Wall from Deadwood area. After a long chase they stopped six victims and a freight outfit, recovered stolen items, and brought the pair to the guard-house. The identified suspect Webster is linked to Deputy Sheriff Cuny's murder. the two horses belonged to the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Laramie
Deadwood
Blackburn and Wall
A. S. Marshal Sweesy
Webster
Cuny
Cheyenne and
Black Hills
Ford
Lieut. Chase
First Official Indian Report on Sioux Expedition
An Indian chief named White Horse submitted a regular report to Sharp Nose about a recent expedition against the Nez Perces. Major Hart's group began with 250 Sioux scouts. Sharp Nose fell ill and White Horse assumed command. The report is presented in pictorial style tracing the route with symbolic beaver and horn marks and depicts initial belligerence turning to friendly exchange with Crows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nez Perces
White Horse
Sharp Nose
Maj. Hart
Sharp-Nose
Beaver Creek
Big Horn River
Cheyenne Plans Electric Fire Alarm System
Cheyenne will install an electric fire alarm with one box operated by Alex Duffey of the A and P office. The key will likely be kept at Dyer's hotel and the wiring will run to the pump house by the reservoir. Alarms will be transmitted from there to the engineer to ready water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Alex. Duffey
Dyer’s Hotel
Departmental Troop Movements and Local Real Estate Listings
Order No. 25 details troop station changes across the Department of the Platte including Third Cavalry units moving to Fort Laramie and Fort Sanders and others to New Red Cloud Agency and Camp Sheridan. Also lists October real estate transfers in Laramie County Wyoming with numerous lot exchanges and deed types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Digging Suit In US Court
Aaron Hammond the “witch hazel” well digger sues Michael Donovan in a United States court over a contract to drill a well on Donovan’s lot near Shinn's addition. Hammond claims Donovan drove him away as he neared rich water veins that could yield up to 300000 gallons daily, raising Hammond’s potential earnings and Donovan’s costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Hammond
Omaha
Supreme Court
United States
Michael Donovan
Hammond
Donovan
H Hammond
Shinn
Black Hills
Omaha Herald
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A. Hartsuff
Seth Bullock
Lawrence County
Chase
Marshal Sweesy O
J. L. Sanderson
Barlow & Sanderson
St. Albans
Vermont
Mississippi River
Oregon
Idaho
Arizona
Sanderson
Hazel Wells
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