Denver Exposition Week Notes and Local Chaff
A miscellany from the weekly Leaker dated Thursday October 5 1882 covers Denver exposition week weather and trains. It reports on barley buckwheat cakes coal supplies and regional growth including Greeley Fort Collins and Laramie City. It mentions water works plans in Greeley quarry supply for a Presbyterian church building and a curious tale of a fraudulent bill of sale involving a wife.
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Laramie City
Dater & Harrington
Goldsmith & Fisher
Fort Vollins
Greeley
Ulster
RH. P
Fort Collins
The Gune Bagged
Yesterday morning three tramps broke the seal of a freight car in the rail yard and seized the goods. Depot Policeman Thomason attempted an arrest. a suspect fled toward Colorado and was felled by two shots. The trio was brought to jail to await the law.
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Thomason
Colorado
Woman Suffragists Use Nebraska Wrongs Story
Brice Weir filed a warrant for his wife in Omaha over an assault a year prior. An officer arrested Mrs Weir in Grand Island, taking her three children to Omaha. Weir failed to appear, and she was discharged. Citizens in Grand Island raised a $200 purse to prosecute the police who arrested her.
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Nebraska
Brice Weir
Omaha
Grand Island
Weir
Romance Sparks as Couple Elopes from South Platte
South Platte settlement sees S K Propis and Miss Emma Landrun elope after parental opposition. They fled under Sunday night darkness with a lively horse to Sidney, where officials are believed to have arranged their union, per the Greeley Tribune report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Platte
S. SK. Propis
Emma Landrun
Mr. Landrun
Sidney
Greeley Tribune
Movement of Ninh Headquarters and troops to Fort Russell
Special coaches carried the regimental staff headquarters and band of the 9th Infantry with a party of recruits. Departing from the east yesterday, the train was met by ambulances for officers and government wagons for troops and trappings. They were taken directly to Fort Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th Infantry
Fort Russell
Cheyenne Man Bets In Post Office On Election Result
A Cheyenne man stood in the post office yesterday morning attempting bets on the election. He held 23100 DH in his hand and offered to wager it on a 500 vote majority for Post in the territory, but found no takers.
UP Railway Expansion to Cache la Poudre and Boulder Canyon
The Greeley Salt Lake and Pacific Division of the Union Pacific extends up the Cache la Poudre from Greeley and up Boulder Canon from Boulder. The project promises regional development of resources and growth of scenic appeal in the Upper Cache la Poudre North Park and Boulder region, positioning the area as an ideal rod and gun resort. Sheep on Key West Island produced wool in the second year, with a growing crop of hairless Yo Sun.
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Greeley, Salt Lake and
Key West Island
Tildens New Palace in Gramercy Park Aims for Regal Finish
A letter to Philadelphia Times describes Samuel J. Tilden’s Gramercy Park mansion project, planned to cost about a half million dollars. The four story overhaul unites 15 Gramercy Park and adjacent buildings, features pink sandstone with black granite trim, ornate carvings of foliage and animals, five busts of Shakespeare through Franklin, and a grand dining room valued at around $35,000 in decoration. The interior includes a vast library of 20 000 volumes and a parlor with a large bay window, all under Tilden’s personal supervision amid a broader aim to eclipse rival mansions like Vanderbilt’s palace.
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New York
Philadelphia Times
Sammy Tilden
Gramercy Park
Vanderbilt
St. Louis
Tilden
America
Belleville
New Jersey
Maine
Shakespeare
Milton
Goethe
Dante
Benjamin Franklin
Colorado Notes and Denver Items
A brief report notes a small fire at the Tedman House in Fort Collins and updates on local matters. It mentions a new signal station on Pike's Peak due for completion in October and includes various Colorado items such as accidents, acquittals, labor conditions, a fatal trench collapse in Denver, and a silver bed found near Sheep Creek Larimer County.
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Tedman
Fort Collins
Pike’s
Charles H. Wood
Denver
Philip Hubbard
Timothy O. Howe
Colorado
Washington
Cherry Creek
John Devine
Buckhorn Pole
Sheep Creek
Larimer County
Cheyenne
Mammoth caves found on Medicine Bow summit near Grand Lake
Messrs Charles I McCain and Fox return from a two mile from Zimmerman house discovery on the Medicine Bow range. Great cave systems reportedly extend hundreds of feet underground and are largely unexplored with a bottomless impression and distant water sounds. An artist sketches the scene as quartz crystals shine on walls and preparations begin for public access via a new road to the summit.
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Charles I, McCain and
Fox
Lulu
Zimmerman House
Medicine Bow Range
Mammoth Cave
McCain
Grand Lake
Zimmerman
Wool Market Shows Mixed Demand and Rising Ohio Prices
The market activity remains steady with overall price support. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece demand is limited with some lots selling inside quotations. Michigan clip shows stronger value with 39 to 40 cents per pound, while washed Ohio fleece moves at 41 to 44 cents. Combing remains scarce and prices stay high. analysts debate near term demand and potential volatility. A Wyoming Powder River cattle company may seek capital increase to 3 million dollars, and a small batch of recruits arrived for the fourth and ninth infantry.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Powder River Cattle Company
Wyoming
B.D. Thomas
Eighth Cavalry
Ft. Fetterman
Luddington
the Platte
Keokuk
Iowa
Geo. I. Price
Fifth Cavalry
New York
T. M. Anderson
Ninth Infantry
Ft. McKinney
Kellogg
Col
Port D
Fort Niobrara
Nob
Cattle Thieves and Ranch Life Tales Split from Utah to Dakota
A Kane county Utah letter details an organized band stealing cattle and rebranding to hide theft, then killing stock under pursuit. It reports hidden mares and a broad criminal operation feared by locals, prompting calls for detectives to act.
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Kane County
Utah
Tribune
Fragmentary World News From An Old Paper
Disjointed OCR text hints at international tensions in Egypt Ireland and Turkey with mentions of floods staunching foreign flows and political dissent. Other fragments refer to storms, electric infrastructure, and U S political figures and cities with incomplete line items.
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Denver Exposition
Tom Kervin
U. P
Dolly Clark
Tort Collins
W. FE. Sceribner’s
Broadwell
Marsh Jones
Sam
Presbyterian
Laramie
Cheyenne Sun
Sun
LeaApen
Meldrum
Expressman
Wilab
England
J. M. Carey & Bro
Rock Creek
The
Ninh
Tlden'’S
Old Statesman
New Orleans Vicavune
Carbon County
Republicans
Issac Amos
Homer Merrell
William L. Ash
D. C. Kelly
J. F. Crawford
I. G. Palmer
M. N. Grant
Messrs. Bayer
Stockwell and
Hadsell
Johni C. Dyer
J. J. Lewis
C. H R. Conner
John Roland
William Mestrobridge
House
Boomerang
Wes
Fourth
Brioey
Arthur
Bachelors’ Mutual Protective Association
Knoxville
Tennessee
Courier- Journal
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Arabi Bey
Arabi
Major Fury
Iuddington
W. A. Elderkin
Cheyenne Depot
Isaac J. Delussy
Sonth Infantry
Russell
Wyo
Fort Omaha
Thomas M. Anderson
Fort McKinney
Fort D, A. Russell
Big Bear Creek
B V
Horse Creek
Fox Creek
Box Elder
BV Ranch
Southern
Gen. Henry
Jay
Pening
Shire
Exct
Failurs
Bros
New
Fario
Secretaary
Mear
Congre
Adrian
Witan
Cortlandt
Smith
Ray Posse
J. T
Ric
Peradoes
Sciot
Marengo
Keller
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