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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1876
Page
2
The notice lists transient advertisement rates for Daily Lane and Weekly Leader publications. It specifies per line charges for insertions, quantities like 30 insertions, 80 insertions, and terms for first insertions, monthly, six months, and yearly plans. Proprietor Glafckr is noted at the end.
Col Robert Ingersoll defends Republicanism at an Indianapolis gathering of supporters. He extols the party as the only free government and reviews its gains from emancipation to the protection of citizens at home and abroad. He asserts the party’s platform embraces liberty and progress and promotes national unity. The speech urges defense of rights and calls for broad inclusion.
Speech extols Republican inclusivity inviting Catholics Presbyterians free thinkers and infidels who treat others’ rights as their own. It promotes personal inquiry and rejects party dogma while urging Democrats and Republicans to vote their conscience and even to vote Republican as consolation.
A Chicago telegraph office clerk refused a desperate applicant seeking work. The man asked to be hired for a telegraph pole, but every post was already filled, leaving him without employment.
In this New York Commercial Advertiser note, Charles O Connor discusses seeking a Governor Tilden appointment for a Kings County Shore Inspector. He says he cannot influence Tilden, citing his reform alliance and Democratic loyalty by expediency.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the Republican campaign in the Southern states will start after Ohio elections with leading generals as speakers. It warns that the Mississippi plan cannot quell meetings led by Union veterans who faced Confederate fire and crushed rebellion.
Colonel Wingate quoted to the New York Post saying the American unit nearly lost an international match due to defective cartridges. He noted Americans shot closer but suffered misses from hard bullets that failed to expand and fill the grave, causing powder loss and early bullet drops. Allen made twelve bullseyes but a mysterious 13th shot missed.
Buffalo Bill, the famous scout, arrives home in Rochester. He praises General Crook for sleeping on blankets and cooking his own meals while noting General Terry’s camp comforts. He contrasts their headquarters across the creek and remarks on pace against the Indians.
Reports from Fort Wayne and Chicago sources indicate Republicans gain momentum as October progress suggests a strong bid for General Ben Harrison. Private advices warn greenbackers may retreat, making the real issue the same as for a dozen years and favoring a Republican win in Indiana in fall elections.
Col. Skiles of Denver, an officer in the 23d Ohio Volunteer Infantry at South Mountain, charged the rebel line and lost his left arm from a wound. Minutes later Col. R. B. Hayes, commanding the 28th, also sustained a severe injury.
The report notes two players were carried from the field as a left arm wound paralyzed the arm, forcing one player to continue play with his right arm. The incident left both players unable to return.
A critique on daily newspaper editors and their leading articles. The writer questions why editors repeatedly thresh familiar topics with renewed vigor and thunder, suggesting a stubborn vigilance in human physiology and the vitality of the editor. The passage cites Thomas Carlyle as context.
The carat denotes fractions 1 of 24 for gold and a weight near four grains troy for diamonds. Twenty two carats pure gold has two parts alloy. The term derives from the kuara bean used as a weight in Africa and India for gems and pearls.
Conductor Tammany of the Denver and Rio Grande faced danger beyond wrecks when a bull trespassing on the line charged him. He halted to check the bull's injuries, then fled as the animal gored his hat and charged again, leaving him to escape by reaching the train.
The Maine election produced a 15,460 Republican majority, far above earlier expectations. Reports by Blaine and Stevens initially overestimated, but full figures confirm a sweeping win with gains across Congressional Districts and counties. The piece urges focusing campaign effort on Ohio and Indiana.
A political column criticizes the Democratic party for its war record and New York City governance. It accuses the party of treasonous sympathy with rebellion, corruption, rising city debt, and degraded administration, arguing the party remains a central force for national election outcomes.
A lengthy critique accuses Democratic leaders in New York of harboring Confederate sympathies. It names Burton N. Harrison and Wickham as trusted figures, cites former rebels in municipal posts, and questions patronage, salaries, and power within the city administration. It frames these ties as evidence of a treasonous influence shaping local governance.
Professor Clark Maxwell explains that mean energy in sunlight per cubic foot equals 8.82e-8 foot pounds and mean pressure on a square foot is 8.82e-8 pounds. A sunlit surface would feel pressure on its illuminated side, yielding about two and a half pounds per square mile, noting a gap between theory and experiment of fifty seven tons.
A Raleigh minister, busy with a sermon, is visited by a stranger named Dolsecker who asks if being good affects lottery chances. The exchange centers on whether moral improvement can improve one's odds at winning the big prize.
The text argues there is no sound rule from philosophers for choosing spouses for the young, who distrust elders on this subject. It suggests women lack real power in marriage unless shaped by fortune, rank, or beauty, implying influence is limited.
A Philadelphia Telegraph report discusses a Tower invention storing wave power from swell to propel vessels. It cites a 2000 hour England to Australia voyage with 1 764 088 beam oscillations and claims tropical waves yield 30 horsepower per impulse, Atlantic waves 200 hp, and heavy head seas 600 hp.
A Standing Rock Agency letter recounts Kill-Eagle and his band’s spring departure with 26 lodges to hunt buffalo, their failed escape from Sitting Bull, and detailed accounts of Rosebud and Little Horn battles. He describes losses, horse thefts, and Custer's fate as dusk fell on the battlefield.
A detailed field report describes heavy casualties at Reno and Custer battles with estimates up to 600 wounded, no prisoners, and lists chiefs such as High Elk and Bitting Bull. It notes an Indian observer and mentions Gen Gibbon and Lieut Sibley engagements, with Indigenous riders and a Spotted Tail Agency contact.
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