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Newspaper

Cheyenne Weekly Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1883

Page

3

Fragmentary Local Item Hints At Event Details

A damaged OCR snippet from Massachusetts item mentions 8K and SYENEE with unclear stakes. Limited readable terms suggest a brief news note or notice without concrete names, places, dates, or outcomes.

Weekly Senter item on Blaine Tilden and 1883 politics

This week in 1883 note items include Conkling predicting a Democratic renomination of the old ticket and Til den declining nomination. Clara Morris to host a St Louis Elk club reception. Shenandoah mining town relief efforts cited and New Orleans ball closure to whites discussed. Brussels Royal Museum painting claimed as early oil color work with enduring colors.

Clara Morris St. Louis Royal Museum of Brussels

Rumor and Rumblings Stir Washington War Gossip

Whispers link Ben Butler to a stabbing plot blamed on Democratic leader Tilden. The report claims Butler was knifed by orders of Tilden, though believers say Tilden is a strong figure, while the public suspects Massachusetts voters. The tale blends war danger, Tangier diplomatic trouble, and political intrigue.

Washington Morocco Tangier Ben Butler J. Tilden Tilden Butler Massachusetts

Polygamy Endorsement Sparks Calls for Civic Reform

AvestLe Cannon observes 137000 Mormons endorsing polygamy and urges government action. It proposes a nationwide serviceable pro vost guard in each community and a compulsory school teaching wholesome ideas of a free government to eradicate polygamous monism.

AvestLe Cannon

Government Moves Against Pension Agent Frauds

Washington government steps to prosecute pension agents accused of defrauding soldiers. Critics say earlier preventive actions could have saved families from hardship and preserved party prestige. The upcoming presidential election is not favorable to this reform push, but advocates call for good government and wise policy to end the scam.

Washington Republican Party

Bankers of New York and Philadelphia on financial questions

New York and Philadelphia bankers voice views on silver coinage national debt repayment and banking circulation. They align with the Louisville bankers convention opposing compulsory silver coinage and debt payoffs, favoring long term bonds and strong national bank rupt law support.

New York Philadelphia Bankers Convention Louisville

Cheyenne Ballast Talk and A Westward Yearning Poem

A Cheyenne poet writes to a friend in the east about weighing on a pink tea day and recalls rowing with Princeton and Yale memories. The piece then shifts to railroad talk noting UPRR ballast needs from Cheyenne to Plum Creek, fast running, cattle traffic, and projected line competition as emigration to the Pacific grows.

Ginger Tonic Claims Cure After 85 Dollar Loss

Mrs Benjamin tells a neighbor how Parker's Ginger Tonic allegedly cured her husband after they spent eighty five dollars on doctors and prescriptions with no result. She asserts he now feels as well as ever.

Parker

North Park registration signals growing settlement in Grand county

Over 300 voters registered at North Park with many omitted from the registry. The piece notes local growth, hopes Teller will match North Park’s current vote in the next election, and mentions mining potential in Endemile mine with ore ready for bullion. The Cheyenne Philharmonic Society formed with officers and committees, meeting night shifted to Tuesday.

North Park Grand County

Tenderfoot fleeced at the depot by switchmen gang

A green recruit at the depot was drawn into a string of payoffs for a switch key five dollars a piece, a fiat car key, a Pullman key and other costs. He also deposited a revolver for safekeeping. Three ringleaders were fired as investigators exposed the scam. The total loss was about fifty dollars.

Greeny

Buffalo Star: Growth and Local Happenings in Johnson County

Six new houses started in Buffalo on Wednesday. Miss Mollie Godat begins teaching in Crazy Woman district at Training City. A wholesale discharge occurred on Powder River last week. Johnson County cats sell for three cents in the market. Lumber at thirty five dollars per thousand, supply exceeds demand. Abundant coal found locally, near the ground, not worth locating. Johnson County flour from Beck's mill on Goose Creek sale in Buffalo this week. It is a success with a dozen saloons and no church in Buffalo. Home missionary work offered. a clergyman would be welcomed and supported. Thomas Farrell buys John Holland and Dad Randall ranch on Clear Creek near Buffalo for stock, price 1600 dollars. Randall sailed to Texas to drive for the Scruggs.

Buffalo Mollie Godat Training City Powder River Johnson County Beck’s Goose Creek Thomas Farrell Barrett Littlefield Ingersoll John Holland Randall Clear Creek Texas Messrs. Scruggs

Hair Balsam Promises Youthful Lustre for Gray Hair

Promoters claim Parker's Hair Balsam restores youthful luster and color to gray hair, revives its vitality, and removes irritation and dandruff.

Parker

Breezy Journalism in Wyoming Weeklies Explored

A critique of informal styles in small town papers highlights vivid snatches from the Evanston Chieftain and Sweetwater Gazette. It notes colorful personal descriptions and sharp editorials that lampoon public behavior, including a rider on sidewalks, with a playful boom of local media culture.

Wyoming Evanston John Potter Sweetwater Gazette Tom Cronin Dr. Hayford Morrow Bosworth Beck Hage Hardihood

Local Notes and Incidents From Boomerang to Routt County

News brief mentions the stage from Rock Creek being held up, Pettibone Brothers plans to move Buffalo Girl to California, and the Odd Fellows encampment meeting at Helena. Warm Springs line progress, new postmaster W C Spaulding, and a prairie fire near Goshen Hole are reported. Articles of incorporation filed for Laramie Electric Light Co. with $30,000 capital. A bog wood cane gifted to Colonel Murrin is noted. UP engineers return to Hayden and Bear River study could place Routt County seat at Hayden.

Rock Creek Jay Pettibone California Odd Fellows Helena Montana Warm Springs Pettibone Frank M. Clerk Fox Creek Goshen Hole Line Tree Big Willows Union Stock Company Morgan H. W. Agner W.H. Halliday E. J. Lehman E. Ivinson A. Trabing C. Trabing Te Marah W. H. Root W. Downey Laramie Ireland H. Oelrichs Rcutt Grand Lake Prospector Union Pacific Railroad Hayden Bear River Routt

Notice for Public Land Final Proof Cheyenne 1883

Land Office notice states settler John B. Stewart will prove his claim at Cheyenne Wyoming on November 23 1883 for the southeast quarter of southwest quarter and lot 4 section 7 township 18 range 67 west and the south half of southeast quarter section 12 township 18 range 68 west. Witnesses named are A W Bristol L L Warner George QC Danforth and John Wurl, all of Cheyenne. Epnar W Mann Register.

Cheyenne Wyo Wyoming John B. Stewart Range 68 A. W. Bristol L. Warner George QC Danforth John Wurl Epnar W. Mann Register

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