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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1876
Page
6
The weekly issue dated Thursday September 26 1876 outlines subscription pricing at 2 50 per year for six months and 1 60 weekly, with the publication name Wyoming Weekly Leader and an issue date in the 19th century western press style.
The column blends casual anecdotes about oysters, peaches, and dogs with military dispatches from the Plains. It covers Major Arthur’s relief, Major Stanton’s pay duties, school course outlines, and General Crook’s ongoing expedition against the Indians, praising Crook’s leadership and forecasting renewed campaigning.
Superintendent Voorhees works night and day to build new stations and acquire horses for the Cheyenne Deadwood stage route. The project aims to cut travel from four days to two and a half, with grain and hay supply, and safer passenger service as stations open.
A detachment of 230 recruits and 200 horses left Fort D. A. Russell for Red Cloud Agency to join the Fourth Cavalry. A 100-strong Pawnee scouts detachment fitted at Kidney has joined Gen. Crook. Lt. Col. Albert G. Brackett appointed Special Inspector to inspect Fort Pred. Steele W. T. Quartermasters property. Capt. John D. Dewin commands Camp Sheridan and is appointed Special Inspector to inspect ordnance stores camp garrison equipage and Quartermasters stores.
The item critiques Gen. Crook’s campaign across six hundred miles and harsh weather, then shifts to local notices: nuptials in Laramie City, a restaurateur plan in a theatre rear, recruiting assignments for Fort Sanders, humor about Dutch phrases, and political chatter on Democratic conventions and Idaho issues.
The article argues that power rests not in a few but in the virtues of the many and notes a court case in Stonewall. It describes Territory vs John Raynees charged with threatening Whipple, with bail at 250 dollars, and mentions prior incidents involving Stonewall and Jules Ecoffey.
During the period 71 carloads of cattle were received from points west of Lara mie for shipment east, reflecting a steady flow of livestock to eastern markets.
The passage defends editors against claims of mercenary motives. It argues true independence comes from refusing to pitch into everything and everyone, avoiding public clamor, and maintaining dignity and seriousness to earn the press’s respect.
Laramie Chronicle notes Fort Sanders stockpiling wood hay and coal for winter to shelter troops. Tie Siding bustles with teams and 150 workers in the McCool tie business, 50,000 railroad ties on hand. A Texas herder recovers his stolen horse after lariating the thief, and a new school opens today.
A critical column argues for compulsory schooling as a duty beyond parental caprice, notes social gossip and slander harms, and lampoons self righteous residents. It then recounts a Deadwood meeting with General Crook, praising civic gratitude and humorous scenes at the town reception.
Legislators stress strict adherence to amended School Laws for the Territory. District boards, teachers, and superintendents are urged to ensure provisions are fully carried out. Knowledge is valued as virtue and a good in itself, not merely for utility.
Local notes report a burglary at the Camp Carlin storekeeper’s office on Friday night. Thieves took a large clock, the sole portable item of value found in the office, as bystanders noted activity on Sixteenth Street and other local sightings in September’s Centennial year.
Fragmented notice describes an upper floor rental with three rooms a kitchen and a back yard. It also includes a railway timetable change at Rock Creek and political and business notices about trains bonds Boots and shoes at Stephen Bew and election procedures in Wyoming with comments on the Peace Commissioners murder rumor.
The text argues that preaching power rests more on delivery than content. It cites Macready Booth and Chalmer to show manner shapes impact. Booth answers a cultured minister that truth must feel alive while fiction can captivate as truth.
A correspondent notes Gen. Carr of the Fifth maneuvers to repel Crazy Horse's warriors at Slim Buttes. Carr dismounts and holds the ridge while the front advances, then orders a volley that wounds several Indians. Carr loses one man, Madden, wounded. Also notice: Peter Simmons of Cheyenne declares no debts of his wife since she left him on September 17 1876.
Notice to taxpayers of Laramie County states Sheriff N. J. O'Brien will open the court house office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting October 2, 1876, to enforce payments. Printed from Cheyenne W T Oldant on October 1, 1876. Also includes an unrelated cosmetic soap promotion.
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