Weekly Leader reports heavy snow and railroad activity
Deep snow grips the mountains with three feet on the Sidney route from Red Cloud to the railroad. The first through freight on the Colorado Central from this city carries eighteen full cars. Substantial tax collections exceed sixty five thousand dollars by Thursday night, while an upcoming bridge project and rail contracts are noted. A Fort Laramie official is named United States Commissioner, and a Denver to Golden freight rate ride prompts a curious grain shipment. Local anecdotes include a desertion at Fort Russell and lighthearted quips about icicle jackets and a Judge Andrews dinner bill. The writer urges improved Fort Fetterman mail service via a subscriber letter.
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Sidney
Red Cloud
Colorado Central
Carr
Saguache Co
Colorado
J.C. Ayers
Ordnance Department
Department of the Platte
Rock Island
Cheyenne & Black Hills
John W. Ford
Fort Laramie
Fisher
United States
Ford
Deadwood
Graham and Crocker
Fairview
Storey
Union Pacific
Loup Fork
Kellogg Bridge Company
Detroit
Missouri River
American Bridge Company
K. P
D. P
KK. P
Denver
Golden
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Rohrs
Laramie
Metropolis
Inter- Ocean
N. J. Andrews
Albany County
Fort Fetrerman
Wyo
The
Leader
Wriekty Leader
Fort McKinney
McKinney
Fetterman
New Montana Posts Renamed Fort Custer Keogh Missoula
By direction of the Secretary of War the Big Horn post becomes Fort Custer the Tongue river post becomes Fort Keogh and the Mis soula post becomes Fort Missoula in Montana indicating a new military naming.
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Secretary of War
Big Horn River
Montana
Fort Custer
Tongue River
Fort Keogh
Missoula
Fort Missoula
Mines and tunnels push forward on multiple lodes
McAuley Fletcher & Co start operations on the Oriental lode and McAuley to work the Dyer lode this winter. Judge Washington builds new hoisting works on the Mary Ellen lode with a force to extract quartz soon. Guides work halted by cold. Sharp & Co and Disner Le Doux & Co close for winter. Caribou mine under Fred Asbeck with 2000 tons ore expected by spring. Britannia Tunnel Co advances with tunnel, cost over forty dollars per foot, at 837 feet, aiming 43 more feet to tap a valuable mine formerly Loweles & Perking.
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McaAuley
Britannia Tunnel Co
Loweles & Perking Lode
Green Tover Courier
Governor's Excursion Reaches Cheyenne After Snow Block
An official excursion train carrying Governor John L. Routt of Colorado and state officials plus Denver press and citizens traveled to Cheyenne on an open snowy stretch. The journey included banquets and a large turnout from Denver Golden Georgetown Boulder and Central City with many prominent figures attending and a cordial reception by locals.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Central
Golden
Boulder
Longmont
Fort Collins
Central
Black Hawk
Georgetown
Idaho Springs
Hay & Thomas
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Wyoming Press
John L. Routt
Wm. M. Campbell
D. C. Crawford
John Gilpin
John Evans
Hi. Beckwith
Tribune
W. L. Vickers
T. F. Dawson
J. T. Smith
Democrat
R. W. Woodbury
Lead City Wages Cut in Principal Mines and Local News
Wages in Lead City mines have been reduced by fifty cents per day. Since the Cheyenne stage opened the new road Mountain City on the old route has been nearly abandoned. A large quartz lode was found on Sawpit gulch, creating excitement. Pennington improves with two story buildings rising. A Mill street lot in Lead City sold for six hundred dollars for a planned large livery stable. Mrs Xeripha B Rollins sues George Moser for twenty thousand dollars in slander, likely to be bitterly fought. Girdler & Orr offered thirteen thousand dollars for a quarter share of the Eldorado mine in Poorman gulch. the offer from a Cleveland capitalist was refused. James Porter of the Bismarck stage company died from a rifle wound. Mrs Scott has moved to Jenny's Stockade. Jas Mathewson sold his hotel and ranch outfit to the new owner who plans refitting and remodeling. Montana readers recall Mrs Scott of the Scott House, Deer Lodge, esteemed as one of the best hotels. Deadwood Pioneer.
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Sawpit Gulch
Pennington
Mill Street
Lead City
Xeripha B. Rollins
George Moser
Impostor Father Leo Borrows Passes at Inter Ocean
A man calling himself Father Leo of Omaha, aged about 80 and intoxicated, sought a pass to Laramie claiming to be a Christian minister but was denied by Superintendent Davis for offensive conduct. He departed after being refused and reportedly left with liquor. An westbound outfit appeared, a wagon cart drawn by two yearlings, intending to start a stock farm and drawn by a bull and two heifers. The notes mention various local items, ads, and notices from the Inter Ocean list including postal theft stats and cures for ailments.
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Father Leo
Omaha
Davis
Laramie
H. H. Clark
Leo Byrne
West Bound Express
Mr. Davis
Robbery arrests in Cheyenne and Beauregard levee notes
A Cheyenne jail crowd watches Lieut Geo F Chase escort two alleged road agents including Poncy Ryan and Babcock after a Fort Lemarie coach robbery. The article also records Beauregard letter on levee materials and honors to Mrs Hayes highlighting the role of American women.
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Ryan
Babcock
Cheyenne
Military assignments and duty orders issued for cavalry and infantry units
Second Lieutenant George A. Doda is assigned to temporary duty with Company 5 at Red Cloud Agency. Major W. K. Hart moves from Fort McPherson to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. The remittance of the unexpired portion of Frank Dubois’s confinement is noted. Several officers receive temporary duties or court martial assignments, telegraph duties are reassigned, and Lt Col T. L. Bradley and Captain Gerald Russell receive new posts and duties.
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George A. Doda
Third Cavalry
Company 5
Red Cloud Agency
W. K. Hart
Fifth Cavalry
Fort McPherson
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Frank Dubois
Company G
George O. Webster
Fourth Infantry
Fort Fetterman
W. T
C. J. von Slermanan
Thomas F. Quinn
Charles W. Mason
Fort McKinney
Eugene Watrous
Chugwater
Ninth Infantry
Gerald Russell
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne Depot
Ft. Laramie
Important Change in Union Pacific Leadership
Webster Snyder returns as general superintendent of the Union Pacific road with S. H. H. Clark named general manager. Snyder had overseen construction of the line and I Clark will assume executive duties.
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Union Pacific Road
Webster Snyder
S. H. H. Clark
Leader Printing Co Cheyenne Ad
First and only to steam printing house in Wyoming offers all kinds of book and job printing promptly executed. Call on or address Leader Printing Co Cheyenne Wyo.
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Steam
Wyoming
Leader Printing Co
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Long’s Peak
Beth
Sweetwater Mines
Pease
Downing and
Keller
Draper
Holliday
Swan
Mertzheimer
Hays
Downey
Dyer and
Mertzheimer, Pease and Keller
Swan, Dyer and Hays
Downey, Hays and Haas
Haas
Council
State Officers and Press of
W. A. H. Loveland
C. C. R. R. George West
Transcript
L. J. King
F. E. Everett
E. W. Rawlins
David Barnes
Capt
P. S. Reed
Central City
H. B. Morse
Raynolds
H. M. Rhodes
Town Talk
J. A. Thatcher
E. H. N. Patterson
Miner
L. W. Note
W. L. Campbell
W. M. Spruance
W. W. Ware
W. A. Clardenbrook
O. N. Henry
C. R
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Indian Nation
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Black Hills
Mountain City
Postofice Department
Tim
Hale
Pike
Geo. F. Chase
Poncy
Cary
W. 3 B. Ingus
L. R. Bresnahen
Lieut
Chase
Stage Road
General Beauregard
New Orleans Picayune
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Fort Pike
Roy
America
Cheyenne, Wyo
Sal George
Stockman
Bond Street
New Yorketis
Washington City
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Fradelphia
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Boston
Travelers Gaels
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pullman Palace
Dorsey
L. M. Cole
Barry
Thos
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