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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1876
Page
5
Cheyenne items recount court actions and council motions, with anecdotes on election irregularities and a parade of residents. The column mentions tax notices, a jail break detail, and social updates including performers and visitors visiting the town.
A sewing machine agent was shot in Denver on Thursday amid ongoing legal and political notes. The two illegal voting suspects go directly to the grand jury. Catholic festival nets 550 in profit after 700 receipts and 150 expenses. Reports mention threats from a murderer en route to the city and several flawed voter names, while district court adjourns till Monday. Other items note a miner’s failed explosive experiment, a stolen overcoat and gloves from Major Balcombe, and a veiled remark about language.
Mary Davis becomes the first woman elected as justice of the peace in Tie Siding, marking a historic milestone. Jules Seminole, a Cheyenne Indian inmate released from county jail, displays a self drawn map of the Black Hills with watercolor sketches and war scenes, admired as a curious artifact from a prisoner.
Cheyenne precinct officials report a total of 1681 votes cast with significant delays in afternoon polling. The cause cited by some observers remains unclear as officials investigate the slowdown affecting voter flow and counts.
Reports from Deadwood and Ward’s party describe ongoing quartz lode development at Hidden Treasure and Slidden Treasure, with mills producing profits and new shafts deepening. Ward promotes a Deadwood to Running Water shortcut, seeking $3,000 in local backing to finish within weeks, shortening Cheyenne city access to the Hills.
The body of Charles Foster was found shot in the head three miles north of Golden City Dakota. News from Saat Creek reports a war party trail 18 miles north, while Deadwood and Wolf Mountains draw a stampede of hopeful prospectors amid sensational discoveries. General Crook’s field life is recounted in a New York correspondent’s sketch, contrasting ragged camp life with imagined official pageantry and frontier gambling tales, including dust values and female dealers.
An eastern exchange correspondent reports Deadwood residents as dirty and poorly groomed with long beards and rough attire. The city’s main draw is gambling with Taro and many card games popular among miners and visitors seeking dust wagers.
Citizens of Cheyenne are invited to subscribe to illustrated standard works including The American Cyclopaedias Bryant's History of the United States and Frank Leslie's Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The agent W. I. Goren will present the materials this week with plans to demonstrate their usefulness and interest.
Multiple rail routes connect Chicago and Northwest lines with the Missouri River packets and stage lines to Deadwood Custer City and Helena Virgina City Salt Lake City and California. First class hotels Pullman cars accompany trains. Freight rates to Black Hills Montana and others apply. Purchase tickets via Omaha and Platte Valley route.
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