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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1882
Page
5
In Cheyenne, the grand jury failed to indict anyone over vote trafficking this election. The piece argues for reform, noting 2,300 votes cast across two precincts and criticizes current safeguards. It proposes dividing the city into eight small precincts with preregistered voters and early lists to curb fraud. A telephone line to the Joeystone mine is announced by local ranchers and businessmen.
Texas stockmen weigh dressed beef versus live cattle for export while Northwest ranges offer rapid yearling sales and high quality meat handling. Prices drift lower in the south with cautious drovers, and wool and marriage guidance pieces reflect broader market concerns.
Mrs W L Visscher has completed a crayon portrait of the late Judge Howe of Wyoming. The work will be hung in the council chamber of the courthouse, reflecting high regard from the Wyoming bar. General Hamilton Neldrige died yesterday at age 49. he was a distinguished soldier lawyer and citizen.
The Guardsmen who returned from Leypt and Zululand bear wild eyes and marked anguish. Veterans from frontier wars show lingering mental strain, with General Custer noting war echoes blot youth. Governor-elect Cleveland, forty-six, remains a bachelor amid Buffalo society jokes of wealth and thrift.
The late state fair drew crowds to witness a headless chicken claimed by medical men led by Dr. R A Tancaster. He reproduced the operation on multiple hens and kept one alive by tube feeding, challenging death by decapitation as onlookers watched in Richmond state.
The piece surveys current home fashion trends with un cooked vegetable motifs in filoselle and crewels, scrap-baskets as vases, baby bed quilts of colored silks, beadwork on frames, Kensington stitch owl and swallow motifs, wood basket hangings, satin bed-quilts with monograms, architects paper window transparencies, and wax-coated thin muslin for delicate designs. It notes England favoring arraseno less than locally, and crush bureau covers with linen floss decoration.
A New Haven teachers quarrel over garb sparks a lively reply blaming anonymous critics for prying into attire. The outspoken teacher notes salaries from 150 to 800 dollars and jokes about wives supporting husbands, recounting one woman’s maroon silk from Sundays to daily wear over six years, urging critics to test their own wardrobe costs.
Ten miles from Fort Collins Colorado an offer to stockmen or butchers. About 125 tons of alfalfa hay with straw cornstalks and other feed to fatten 100 head of steers. Hay sold with ranch privilege or taken on shares at one half profit. Owner to supply ranch sheds and house. Cattle to be weighed twelve hours off feed. Chicago price basis minus freight from Cheyenne. J C Ansorr
A fragmented dialect lyric recounts a talking rabbit refusing to accompany a character named United 1's Urald as a group explorer treks the ground. The odd phrasing suggests a folk or dialect poem influence with playful sounds and rhythmic repetition.
A prominent man recalls John Carlisle as a shy farm boy who became a devoted teacher and rising speaker. His calm, studied oratory in court impressed lawyers and a judge, signaling a great political future. He aided a widow’s son with $500 to support his mother, aiding his rise.
An omnibus recap notes fashion quirks and social curiosities from 19th century life. It mentions an elephant ear bonnet proposal in New York millinery openings, London note paper used for social letters, a living Aniece of John Quincy Adams in Oakland Oregon, glove care tips, a case of collar blindness from a lover's stiff shirt, and a new round dance named da Russi gaining popularity.
Census Bulletin 302 shows Wyoming with fifty seven manufacturing establishments and capital of 384073 dollars. It reports 380 male workers, no female workers, eleven children, annual wages of 187798 dollars, materials valued at 001214 dollars, products valued at 808494 dollars. The article notes Brown's Iron Bitters claimed to prevent paralytic strokes heart disease and kidney affections.
A collage of 19th century gossip and quips features remarks on public displays from New Orleans and St. Louis adapting fashion to trend, a jab at Langtry via Adam Forepaugh, and a classroom riddle about boots and meat tracing to sources, ending with a child’s answer about a father.
Marshal Gustav Schnitger at his rural retreat near Laramie City has built a growing Angora goat herd now numbering over 100. The roaming herd yields about eight pounds of wool per animal worth 85 cents per pound when sold in bulk. Balch and Bacon of Laramie have invested heavily, purchasing 800 head for their range.
Dublin reports confirm Field, wounded in the late stabbing, has died. He suffered six stab wounds and remained precarious. A second case involves bailiff Thomas Mallon wounded in Gardiner Street while serving a writ. A mob attacked Jervis Street Hospital as Dolan remains in custody after a fatal shooting, police and troops restoring order. A trademarked remedy called Goupan Minyowan is advertised for consumption and related lung ailments.
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