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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1876
Page
8
The Wyoming Weekly Leader reports on local happenings from Rock Creek to Sidney. It notes a new hotel dining room success, a mining sale interest near Laramie, and Jay Gould’s possible mine purchase. It also covers a Denver line reading room plan, desertion of gambling quarrels, and a murder in Laramie City with a suspect jailed.
At Abe Underwood residence in this city on October 1 1876 Rev W F Warren united John R Jackson and Mrs HE Willard both of this city Also Oct 2 1876 at the M P Parsonage Rev Warren joined William H Donaldson of Laramie county Wyoming and Eva H Donnelly of Syracuse New York Died John Gilday of pneumonia in Laramie City Wyoming on October 2 1876
Jay Gould expresses strong favor for building a line to the Black Hills starting at Cheyenne and expects the work to begin there early in the spring of 1877.
Returns from Colorado indicate a strong Republican victory on election night with a substantial statewide lead expected to rise to about three thousand once all counties are reported. San Juan returns may be delayed up to a week due to distance from telegraph services.
On September 28 a group of teamsters reached Bismarck reporting health at Tongue River. A Gros ventre chief met them at Buford and said Sitting Bull and his men were nearby at Little Missouri. Hostiles plan to stay to evaluate agency conditions while some move toward Fort Peck Agency. Troop strength adjusts with Seventh Cavalry recalled and Seventeenth Infantry ordered to field readiness.
At Joseph Armijo's Bear Springs ranch twenty miles north of town, a shooting affray left Mathew Farley gravely wounded after a quarrel with Armijo over Armijo's step-daughter Washkella. Armijo fired in return, later surrendering in Cheyenne with a surgeon.
Judge Dale leads a political gathering revealing a letter from an inmate in the penitentiary. The note from New York City dated August 1876 references Boss Tilden, mentions an anti Tam many club, and urges return before the election with promises of funds.
In a parlor car bound for the West Edwin Booth and his family meet a loud admirer who offers to kiss him for a hundred dollars. Booth accepts the bet and receives the money from the emigrant who was robbed earlier. The Ninth Infantry will winter at Sidney barracks instead of Fort Sanders.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Grimes is relieved from the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition and ordered to Fort Hartsuff Nebraska. Over two hundred recruits for the Second Cavalry arrive at Fort Sanders, with Col Brackett to assign them to companies after training.
A description of steamship routes connecting America with Europe and routes to California Asia Australia Alaska Japan and Pacific islands. Advise reliable agents to contact publisher John M. Atwood 402 Locust Philadelphia for terms and territory.
Capt McDonald of California proposed raising and drilling Indian troops within three months for the war effort. The War Department declined with thanks, citing no suitable plains service. Proponents argued such regiments would support families and civilize savages, while opponents warned it would challenge the Indian ring.
The Democratic Territorial Convention will meet in Cheyenne Wyoming on the second Monday in October 1876 to nominate a delegate to the 45th Congress and handle routine convention business. Representation by county is based on the highest Democratic vote from the last election, with counts listed for Laramie Carbon Sweetwater and Uinta counties as recorded by the Secretary of the Territory. G D Foglesong, Chairman.
The Loader offers for sale a Washington hand press No. 5 and fonts Brevier 200 lbs Bourgeois 250 lbs Small Pica 250 lbs all in good condition. Apply to Ii Glafcke at Cheyenne Wyoming.
A few bound copies available at the Leader office. Price five dollars, mailed postpaid five fifty. Remit via P O money order or registered letter. Volume covers Wyoming Territory laws since organization plus key acts and treaties including Organic Acts Dakota and Wyoming and mining and land laws. jy21-d&wtf
6000 pounds of Indian tanned buckskin and black tail deer hides offered for sale by J W Huavs and Co at 880 Davenport Fort Steele Wyoming.
List of letters remaining in the Cheyenne Post Office Laramie County Wyoming Territory Oct 2 1876 not claimed within thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office Advertised letters include A H Guafcky M L and others all names read in the notice
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