Cheyenne Letters and Local Notes Spin a Patchwork Tale
Weekly Leater from Laramie Sentinel reflects frontier life with small items about Cheyenne residents. It mentions a reported war party of 300 Red Clouders traveling northward near Indian Creek, a fatal shooting in Sioux Falls, and business notes for Stammer Durbin and Sawyer & Dare photographers. It also covers travel, politics, a marriage notice by Judge Andrews, and a list of petit jurors for the district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyoming
Steele
Mark Corlett
Corlett
Salt Lake Tribune
Idaho
Brigham Young
Stammer & Durbin
Hoffman
Deadwood
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Jack Vankirk
Sibley
Cheyenne
Belgrade
Durkey
Duke of Cranberry
Oit
Magic City
L. 3B
Joseph
New York
University of New York
J. G. Joseph
Tabor
Opinion on Election From 17th Street Wash-House
A narrator recounts a passerby encounter with a Chinatown wash-house, noting casual remarks about the presidential election and broad indifference to which candidate will win. The piece uses dated slang and regional phrasing to reflect opinion and social context.
Objectionable Jokes Spark Rush to Free Rats in Virginia City
Telegram from Virginia City Nebraska reports a crowd gathered on C street when a man claimed to liberate rats for a dog to kill. A pole cat from the box spooked the crowd forcing the man to flee as a six shooters gang hunted him through the night. About a hundred residents had clothes ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Ney
C Street
District Court actions and grand jury indictments reported
The district court convened at 9 a m on Thursday November 16 with cases Charles Hecht vs Draper and Murrin and George T Williams vs Thomas Sturgis awaiting proper showings. The grand jury indicted Martin Haines Jacob Custer for grand larceny William Atkins for assault with intent to commit serious offense John Blanchard for incident and battery John White for burglary and grand larceny James Wade for incident with intent to commit serious offense Charles I Cox for forgery on three indictments Nathan White for grand larceny. Venue for 38 US jurors ordered Tuesday was revoked. An Awkward Exposure notes a Laramie Sentinel anecdote about an insurance man mistaken for a minister and called a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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District Court
Charles Hecht
Draper
Murrin
Plantiff
George T. Williams
Thomas Sturgis
Martin Haines
Jacob Custer
William Atkins
John Blanchard
John White
James Wade
Charles I. Cox
Nathan White
U.S
The
Laramie
V. G
George
Silver Ore from Bare Butte Highlighted by Stokes Visit
George Stokes, former Denver Tribune manager, arrived from Deadwood with a ton of Florence silver lode ore from Bare Butte eight miles from Deadwood. Assays run about one dollar per pound, two thousand dollars per ton, vein four feet wide and pay streak two and a half feet. Stokes departs to Denver tomorrow to have ore reduced. ten tons remain on the dump for immediate shipment. If smelter tests confirm high silver content, the lode could prove a bonanza for Stokes and investors.
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George Stokes
Denver Tribune
Deadwood
Florence
Bare Butte
Robert Ploormann
Stokes
Denver
Friend Stokes
L. Puttyhead Richardson
Ropherty
Kit
LeAort
Max Gervais
Tle
Dame Fortune
Black Hills Mystery of Indian Attacks and Lost Miners
About a dozen miners headed west from Deadwood toward the Wolf mountains, discovering rich gulches near Bear Lodge. In a shaft they found two skeletons and a cabin with four more bones, all buried by an Indian attack. little gold remained, leading to no clear identities and hints of long-ago deaths.
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Deadwood
Wolf Mountains
Beaver Creek
Bear Lodge
Rutherford B. Hayes
Frank Yates
Bill Nye
The
Laramie Sentinel
Cheyenne
Laramie
Davis
Omaha
J. W. Dear
Dear
Pease & Taylor
Denver Pacific
U. P
Notable claims and crime mix with political bets and mining news
The piece mixes political bets on a presidential outcome with a grand jur y witness note about Max Gervais. It reports Florence silver ore shipment by George Stokes to Denver and notes a missing scalp crime victim near South Platte Colorado. It identifies a dead young man found near South Platte with a detailed description and Maryland origins.
Father De Smet Mine yields rich ore assay near Custer City
A telegram reports ore from the Father De Smet lode three miles from Custer City assayed at about 1 812.31 per ton in gold and silver. The shaft depth was three feet. Owners Cornell and Ralston face limited bids. In a separate incident Daniel Banbright fought with Joseph Benning at the Eagle House, was arraigned, and released to await grand jury action with bond set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer City
Oscar A. Ninninger
Denver
Isis
Custer
de Smet
Messrs. Cornell and
Ralston
Daniel B. Banbright
Eagle House
Joseph Benning
Joseph
Fisher
O’brien
Grand Jury
Sioux Delegation Arrives En Route to Indian Territory
A Kansas City dispatch notes 100 Brule Sioux arriving near Wichita on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line. They tour Muscogee and head toward Spotted Tail Agency, planning to return if satisfied. The group gathers nightly at Graves Curtis furniture and reads recent news as locals like Frank Whitney and others are named.
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Kansas City
Indian Territory
North Platte
Upper
Missouri
Wichita
Muscogee
Spotted Tail Agency
Powder River Expedition details and Sioux plans from Fort Fetterman
A Chicago Tribune correspondent from Fort Fetterman reports Gen. Crook assembling a 2000 plus force including Pawnee Sioux and Shoshone contingents for the Powder River expedition. The piece notes potential routes, tribal alliances, and concerns about winter operations and Sitting Bull’s location along the Little Missouri and Dry Fork.
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Chicago Tribune
Fort Fetterman
Crook
Bourke
Schuyler
Rockwell
Clarke
Powder River
Frank North
Lieut
Clark
Second Cavalry
Howe
Jones
Reno
Cosgrove
Sitting Bull
Rosebud Mills
Randall
Montana
Old Fort Reno
Three-Bears
Sharp-Nose
Little Missouri
Yellowstone
Tongue
Little
Missouri
Campaign Prospects and Party Opinion in Territorial Race
The piece recalls speculation before Corlett’s nomination for Delegate and Judge Whitehead’s view that Corlett would win by at least 200 votes, possibly 1000, citing Democratic opposition to a third term and Steele’s likely defeat. It ends by wishing Deadwood friends success in their new field and commends them as good men.
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Ropherty
Corlett
Whitehead
Steele
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Greeley
Jack Gladstone
Cittle
Heaner
Gladstone
James Oakes
6Th
U.S. Cavalry
Tucson
Arizona
Petit Jury
James Ferris
Charles Riner
A. Simmons
W. R. Wrightman
John Geer
Rudolph Wenger
J. N. Snell
E.R. Ruthven
John A. Apperson
A. D. Shakespeare
J. C. Horton
J. R. Apperson
John
17Th Street
Black Hills
Bear Lodge Range
Will L. Foglesong
South Platte
Colo
White
Maryland
Father de Smet
Frank Whitney
New el
Dorado
Graves & Curtis
Frank
Judge Whitehead
Dr. Babcock
Messrs. Boughton
Bent
Frank Alen
Red Allies
Union Pacific Company
Fremont
Mar
Beatey
Caswell
Proche
Nevada
16Th Street
Bruner
Beemer & Co
Colorado
Parrott City
McGilder
Dyer-a-hotel
Dyera-hotel
Dale Creek
Mr. Cowhick
Stimpson
Hell Gate
Mmany
British America
Missons
Kennedy
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