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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1882
Page
5
Cheyenne reports show new fronts and porches being added to buildings in town, the water and sewer work advancing, and a boom in streetscape with pipes and flagstones laid. Acquittals, political races, and fresh arrivals mix with cattle movements and a prison counterfeiting case in Denver.
The article notes the first copper mines in the United States were in Connecticut and highlights Newfoundland as a significant and promising copper producing region. It states Tilt Cove in Newfoundland yielded about 50,000 tons of copper ore by 1879, valued at $1,572,154, with nickel ore worth $32,040.
The Mountain division dispatchers and superintendents move into newly prepared offices in a reorganized headquarters. The dispatchers keep their former office, General Superintendent Law’s private room is reallocated, Deuel takes the old division head space, and the telegraph front office becomes his chief clerk room. Electric lighting and other improvements enhance the facilities, making the headquarters notably fine.
The narrative lauds Cheyenne's growth in the past year, highlighting the Opera house as among the nation’s best, the Tabor Grand exception in Denver, and D. C. Rhodes’s strong theatrical business. It notes the Cheyenne club house as a vital home for single men, cattlemen, and local business people, and mentions a new hospital, handsome brick buildings by Yost & Warren, improved Sixteenth Street with stone flags, and urges weekly prompt collections to sustain prosperity.
Albany County officials reported winners include Council members W H Holliday Robert Homer and John W Gray all Democrats. Other offices show Democrats Downey Downs Kennedy Cl k and Brophy with varying majorities, plus Republicans Jake Dysart Balch Peabody McGin. County commissioners elected were Balch Peabody and McGin.
A foxish hawk lures a hen into a three card monte game with bets of 60 80 80. The hen bets on the ace of apaches and wins, while the hawk plans to cheat. The hawk ends by losing and the con ends with the hawk turning robber and eating the hen. Moral: never discourage industry and integrity.
The Laramie Sentinel questions party loyalty in Cheyenne and urges registry laws, more polling places, and fraud protections after last Tuesday's vote. It cites Meldrum and Post, notes sectionalism, and quotes Joseph Cook and local figures while critiquing editorial bias.
The piece blames the national administration and party machine for coercive delegate selection that forced a candidate upon the Republicans. It contends this blight harmed the party from state to city levels and warns of regeneration through self-inflicted chastisement, citing the New York Times report.
An explanation notes Florestan Cologne aroma as a lasting favorite with women. Utah copper industry shows promise of large growth as new ore discoveries happen frequently in the southwest part of the territory.
A collection of brief, humorous clippings from The London Graphic noting births marriages and social scenes. Highlights include a Detroit girl married young for a homen goal a critique of engagement rings and quips about stockings engaging rather than eventful headlines.
The Colorado scene reports a surge in banjo playing affecting Denver society while Denver trades unions form a trades assembly. Other notes include Pueblo's Comique theater fire, suspensions at Bonanza Enterprise and Ouray Muldoon, and N P Babcock named Governor Grant's private secretary.
A northern Wyoming correspondent criticizes harshly the game law as biased toward wealthy visitors and Indian hunters, urging preservation over exploitation. The Wyoming Game Society aims to curb wholesale slaughter, protect meat for settlers, and restrict Indians from hunting on the grounds, while defending the law as a tool for long term wildlife preservation.
Prof Bailey, territorial geologist, narrates an extended trip through the Big Horn and Powder River areas. He praises the natural bridge, inspects new copper mines near Fort Fetterman, and collects ore specimens for assay. Severe cold slowed travel and illness struck Bailey and companion Swain, while Bailey pressed toward Rock Creek alone. Also mentions Ashley village growth, fort construction progress, and a land notice for Theodore W. Chaffee with final proof date set at Cheyenne.
An exchange in All the Year Round features a wife urging action while a husband quips that yawning occurs when he is alone. The dialogue centers on boredom and the odd claim that man and wife are one, prompting light humor about constitutional infirmity.
Wanted: 125 tons of alfalfa hay with straw and fodder to fatten 100 head of cattle. Offer includes ranch and hay on terms or share arrangement at half profit, owner to provide cattle twelve hours off feed before weighing, Chicago price basis minus freight and expenses from Cheyenne. J C Abnorr Fort Collins Col.
Pure Cod Liver Oil made from select livers on the sea shore by Caswell Hazard & Co New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians deem it superior to other oils in the market. Chapped skin and pimples supposedly improved by Juniper Ta. Soup by Caswell Hazard & Co New York.
Mansfield Ohio November 6 1861. Gentlemen I suffered from pain in side and back soreness on my breast with shooting pains and weakness. After taking Brown's Iron Bitters I improved greatly and regained appetite and strength. The tonic claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion malaria weakness and relieve lung and kidney diseases.
A hazy recount describes a stealthy intruder so close to a sleeper that a swift, unseen movement leads to a struggle. The scene hints at a masked figure near a bed and doorway, with a tense escape and pursuit involving a barn and distant voices. The text references a Philadelphia mother and a hotel hostess as potential figures in a disturbed town setting.
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