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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1882
Page
2
A Denver Times report quotes an engineer and an old railroader explaining how winter prairie winds slow locomotives. They compare wind impact to sea conditions, note safety risks on exposed platforms, and say the wind can delay trains as much as transatlantic sails.
In a St Louis parlor Lurline Loosehair plays piano as Berwyck Hetherington confesses love. She agrees to become his wife after a kiss and a promise to return the next evening. He declares he has sought a girl who can play one tune only on the piano.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat reports James E. Anderson, known as Lying Jim, died in Eureka in a street fracas after his 1876 77 presidential agitation. The piece notes his Nevada newspaper venture and hints Eliza Pinkston’s fate in Nevada and New Orleans jail.
Grenada Mississippi November 9 1882 Gen Butler Lowell Massachusetts telegram from Gen James R Chalmers to General Butler presented by Grenada Sentinel. Greeting to Butler described as Fort Pillow Chalmers to Beast Butler.
The Transcript notes two sides to the discussion of Gen Butler and Gov Lang with playful remarks on facial features and physique. It compares eyes and nose, neck back view, head mass, stomach capacity, legs, and general bearing while acknowledging both men are agreeable and humorous though Lang’s humor is gentler than Butler’s.
The Ford brothers Bob and Frank James visit the museum in Pittsburg amid morning rain before midday crowds. Bob notes Frank James had many Missouri friends and that Jesse James enjoyed newspapers and letters about his exploits. The Fords, young and stylish, resemble tailors more than bandits.
Lucy Hooper writes of Madame Bernadaki the Russian beauty who has returned to Paris. He praises her blue eyes aquiline nose and Cupid bow mouth while noting her lack of expressiveness. He observes her white satin toilette and fashion choices and predicts her rise in Parisian society and a wealth transfer to her husband.
Paris correspondent quotes Louise Michel about her early life as a schoolmistress and Catholic piety, her atheistic shift, and admission of planning Napoleon III and Thiers assassinations. She says reform is impossible, foresees social renewal after revolution, and cites influence of Ferre on abandoning Versailles. Also includes cattle branding notices from multiple western ranches.
Ten bath houses at Slat Springs Arkansas charge from fifteen to thirty cents with the state owning the springs. Water temperature ranges from about 140 degrees to 100 for bathing. Attendants earn under one dollar weekly. Baths use tubs in a large room with low partitions and limited luxuries. Opinions vary on curative value though temporary relief is common. A designated hours pool serves indigent visitors, described as a pitiful crowd of crippled and dying beggars.
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