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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1876
Page
15
The Laramie Chronicle reports a mix of town gossip and arrivals including Gen. Crook era veterans, Gen. Fuller and Capt. Fitzgerald visiting, and Mark Twain style humor about local figures. Cheyenne stage lines and mail routes are debated as residents dispute travel claims and a Deadwood school committee stalls.
Detective J H Leggett of the Laramie County Stock Association captured Pancho Ramon a Mexican thief found with one of ten stolen horses from John Sparks. Ramon was detained in a Bear creek cabin with nine other men suspected to form an organized gang. Ramon held at the Hotel de O'Brien to await further action.
About ten o'clock last evening two railroad men were walking near Eddy when two soldiers were assaulted by citizens. One soldier received a severe head wound. The attackers fled. pistols were discarded. Officers captured the suspects after a brief chase and recovered the firearms. Deputy Sheriff Fisher secured the scene and the men were not jailed.
A disturbed woman traveling on the emigrant train to California caused a scene at the Cheyenne depot on Sunday. After a bystander urged calm and a walk, she grew violent near the hotel, screaming for others to "keep those Indians away." Four men aided in restraining her as the train departed.
A six foot stranger wearing buckskin storms into a office, demands the boss, and learns no one is in charge as the staff scramble to help him print tickets for subscribers. He leaves after completing his small business and cash exchange.
Special correspondence from Red Cloud Agency reports Capt. Devin and Lieut. Lee joining Gen. Crook at Fort Laramie with 9th Infantry troops while Camp Sheridan receives Captain Mills. Newcomb is jailed for California Joe’s Nov. 1 killing. Gen. Mackenzie condemns Howard. Col. Mason takes Crook experience to Crook era. Hospital at Camp Robinson houses over sixty. prayers for magazines. Mackenzie’s 18 companies and 125 agency scouts depart for Powder River expedition.
A citizen letters the editor denouncing long standing delays and bureaucratic uncertainty in early Black Hills governance. The author argues for swift redress of grievances affecting settlers and calls for decisive action by authorities.
A reader laments forgotten mail from Laramie to Custer via Cheyenne and stage lines and traces the shift to Omaha and Sidney routing. Citizens of Custer demand action, noting Cheyenne to Black Hills transit options are better but mail still arrives through Sidney causing delays.
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