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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1876
Page
7
The Laramie Chronicle uncovers local life in Cheyenne with talk of poets, soldiers, stage lines, and a flare of rumors. News notes include arrivals from Gen. Crook’s army, civic plans for a public school, and a critique of rail service.
Detective J H Leggett of the Laramie County Stock Association seized Mexican Pancho Ramon in a Bear creek cabin with nine accomplices. Ramon held one of ten horses stolen from John Sparks. Leggett sees a planned gang and brought Ramon to the Hotel de O'Brien for custody.
About ten o clock last evening two railroad men encountered two soldiers on 16th street near Eddy. Citizens drew revolvers and attacked the soldiers without provocation, one man striking a soldier on the head. The assailants fled, pistol discarded, but were captured after a short chase. turns and a pistol were recovered. Deputy Sheriff Fisher secured the MNTeaders, and they were not jailed.
Sunday at the depot an insane emigrant train passenger distracted by noise grew violent after a hotel promenade. Four men restrained her when she screamed for Indians to be kept away before the train departed to California.
A six foot stranger with a big club forces his way into a newspaper office asking for the boss and business manager. After a tense moment the staff explain the boss is away and arrange to handle his own printing order, the man leaving with a firm handshake and payment for subscriptions.
Special correspondent reports Capt. Devin and Lieut. Lee with Company 1 9th Infantry and Lieut. Foot with 8d Cavalry heading from Camp Sheridan to Fort Laramie to join Gen. Crook. Howard accused, Mackenzie condemns him as traitor. Mason quoted as Crook veteran to oversee Indian affairs. Major Vans assigned Port Livingston post command. Camp Robinson hospital cares for sixty plus wounded. Powder River expedition ready with Mackenzie’s 18 companies and 125 Indian scouts.
A writer to The Leader complains of long standing government-caused inconveniences for settlers in the Black Hills region. The letter, dated November 1, 1876, argues that local governance has imposed persistent uncertainty and hardship on residents, demanding prompt corrective action.
A letter from Custer citizens cites decades of slow and misdirected mail, noting Ponies and trains gave way to stages then Sidney routing. They urge Cheyenne and Omaha efforts to reroute mail via Cheyenne and Black Hills routes for faster delivery and reliability.
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