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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1876
Page
15
The excerpt appears as a garbled OCR snippet mentioning stoves heaters ovens grids and metal parts, with scattered references to places like Denver Colorado and a Black institution. It hints at mechanical items and possible notices but lacks coherent events or names.
Old items report John Webster receiving a bounty for 4000 squirrel scalps in Napa County and a note to Cheyenne about missing husband Joe Porter or Brunson. Also mentions insanity recovery of Mr Wm Folland, Arizona water bounty, Utah mining activity, fashion musings, and Fort Laramie military reorganization with officers reassigned.
The Greeley Sun notes cattle down the river are in splendid condition with grass abundant. It reports drought in the last three months has cured seed with rich nutriment and cattle prices ranging from two and a half to two and three fourths cents per pound.
Plains Indians including the Arapahoes Sioux and Cheyennes raid western Kansas settlements and kill cattle in wholesale numbers. Herder Robert Diemer, formerly of Tiffin Ohio, was killed and scalped on the Arickaree branch of the Republican River. Indians gather near Blackwood Creek as men head to Forts Wallace Kit Carson and Ellis to defend cattle ranges. Hunger drives raids as meat stores run short in the mild season.
A general court martial scheduled to convene at Cantonment Reno W T on December 4 1876 or as soon thereafter as practicable for trial of prisoners. A separate court to assemble at Fort McPherson Nebraska on December 1 1876. Second Lieutenant Wenry C La Point to report for temporary garrison court martial duty at Camp Stambaugh W T and rejoin Camp Brown W T. Also a board at Fort Sanders Wyoming on November 27 1876 with Surgeon Bennett A Clements Captain Thomas B Dewees Captain Elijah R Wells Captain James T Peale First Lieutenant Martin J O Brien First Lieutenant Samuel M Swigert and Judge Advocate plus the Board of Survey re-convening per orders.
The snowy range shows sharp enor mous caftons carved by glacial and weathering processes. Angular gravel beds indicate recent erosion and a low timber line due to high elevation. Quartz veins are scarce near summits, suggesting limited gold deposits in this Montana Nevada context.
A Sloan milk wagon jolted along 17th street spilling milk as cans rang and dogs and cats swarmed the scene. The horse bolted east toward North Platte after overturning near Tras LEADER office, leaving milky streams and frightened bystanders in its wake.
The piece urges calm after a tense political contest, praising patient citizenship and lawful authority. It condemns profiteers seeking war and asserts confidence in the country’s century of stability while reassuring wary citizens that any imagined danger has passed.
The passage asserts the nation’s unity and calls citizens to accept any fair decision between Hayes or Tilden. It emphasizes that the issue is citizenship over party and that a trustworthy result will soon be produced without fraud concerns.
Details from La Veta depict a cold blooded murder over money. John Brown was killed after being sent for hay, his wife and daughter Mrs. Rice were repeatedly attacked, Gribble and a brother fled as the assailant pursued them, the infant miraculously escaped.
Omaha visitor Charles Weston recounts a disastrous Sidney route stage trip from the Black Hills. The line used worn horses purchased from a condemned stock sale, with no route stations between Red Cloud Agency and Deadwood. Passengers camped on the prairie in cold, with scant blankets and provisions, aiding a failing team to reach safety. They were later helped by Homans of Omaha who charged five dollars to haul freight and ferry the group to the Agency, then faced another breakdown near Sidney forcing a ten mile walk after resuming travel.
A local warning details passengers escaping a Buffalo Gap stage overturn on the Hills route via Sidney. Reports describe an abused woman and child left for 25 hours, calls for accountability from Omaha papers, and references other notices and advertisements on danger, crime, and public notices from Deadwood to Cheyenne.
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