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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1877
Page
13
The Weekly Leader announces weekly publication every Thursday with large western circulation. It offers commercial job printing of all kinds including cards bill heads posters and notes on short notice using new type and presses at affordable rates.
Judge Maguire reports record potato yields in Spearfish Valley and broad potential for farming along the eastern foothills. He advocates recruiting farmer families to settle 1500 square miles of nonappropriated lands, with irrigation via flumes and ditches to support diverse crops and eventual self sufficiency.
The essay imagines Shakespearean women gaining health through outdoor life in English fields. They ride, walk breezily across heath and downs, and train in natural surroundings rather than gyms, guided by the country’s simple habits and unrefined routines.
The article notes Gen McClellan leading ex Governor New by about 12 000 in New Jersey governor race, with a modest margin for an off year. Democrats gain a small Legislature edge though margins remain narrow. It adds there is no United States Senator election in the upcoming session.
Sitting Bull remains on Canadian soil for the winter under Dominion police supervision and is warned by Major Walsh that any attack on American troops or traders will be met with gunfire. In Washington, Democratic Senators held a caucus to guide committee procedure on Privileges and Elections in cases involving Eustis Louisiana and Butler Corbet South Carolina.
Tre Ponea chiefs were presented with medals by Secretary Schurz on Tuesday. He bid them farewell for the Great Father and urged early choice of new homes while promising material assistance.
The cabinet on Tuesday focused on this week’s appointments notably the St Louis postmaster position and the customs collector post at New Orleans as the government advances staffing.
The ninth biennial congress of the Society of the Friends of America met yesterday in Indianapolis at the Friends' church with nearly every meeting in America represented.
An exchange hails General Nelson Miles as the bravest roughest and wickedest frontier chieftain figures in military lore. The remark highlights his tough demeanor and decisive leadership in postwar campaigns.
An editorial urges official efforts to attract immigration to Wyoming via public advertising. It argues Wyoming offers vast pasture lands, rich ore, forests, and valleys, plus safety for newcomers and profitable markets, contrasting with eastern states that publicize their resources. The piece notes congressional talk of postal savings banks and reports on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad directors and Union Pacific talks, plus a Wyoming ranching anecdote from the South Platte.
A few bound copies of the compiled laws of Wyoming are available at the LEADER office. Price is five dollars by mail postpaid five fifty. Remit by postal order or registered letter. The volume covers all territorial laws since organization plus the Declaration of Independence and various federal acts and treaties related to Wyoming and Dakota.
John F Coad and Mark Coad list stock ranges from Sidney Bridge to Scotts Bluff with cattle wattle on left hind quarter and gegun branded horses on the right shoulder. John Sparks notes Bridger's Ferry range on the north side of the Platte, 20 miles below Ft Fetterman. G A SbarigIit lists stock range at Cheyenne with Changwater designation.
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