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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1882
Page
9
A Sunday blaze in Spearfish valley started by a traveler who lit a pipe and dropped a burning match. He drove away as a prairie fire grew, burning twenty acres of uncut grain before it was stopped. The arsonist escaped.
The Sweetwater Gazette reports Thomas Ryan died at South Pass in Sweetwater County on the morning of the 15th. A California 49er and Nevada battalion veteran under Major Baldwin, he was a noted prospector and early settler renowned across mining camps from the Pacific coast to the Rocky mountains. His death is mourned by many who knew him.
Coming Companies. The Sth infantry recently ordered to Fort Douglass are expected at Fort Russell on their return within about a month after the Utah elections. They may stay until relieved by infantry from Fort Thornburgh, a post nearly abandoned due to lack of appropriations.
The Governor's House on Highteenth street gains three new rooms and a handsome bookcase with space for 1,000 volumes. Other improvements enhance the governor's residence, making it a more pleasant home.
A. H. Swan is constructing a large stone residence on his ranch about thirty miles from Cheyenne. The building will serve as a summer resort for his family with spacious rooms and a veranda along one side. John Culley serves as architect.
Government buildings at Tort Sanders sold at auction on Friday. Fisher and Hunton were the heaviest bidders taking about one third of the outfit. Officers' headquarters brought $2,000, Barracks $1,040, stables $1,150, old hospital $240, commissary $715. Total realized $6,037.
Fort Yates Dakota resident Henry St. Douglas leads a new Park Improvement effort to build three hotels and transport for Yellowstone in 1883. Mills and supplies are ready, with a Mammoth Springs site for the largest hotel and possible lodgings near Hell's Half Acre. A steam-boat may operate on Yellowstone Lake under Gen. James Brisbin, while Northern Pacific plans a 60 mile branch and stage lines to connect with Utah Northern and Union Pacific routes for round trip tickets.
A special New York Pennsylvania and Ohio coach was added to yesterday's Denver to Westbound land express to carry a party of pleasure seekers led by Senator Jones of Nevada and Hon T C Platt and wife of New York. Platt, linked to Conkling in New York politics, gains notice for his social presence while on a pleasure excursion. The party plans to travel to the Pacific coast and back via the southern route.
The Wyoming Game Protective Association just incorporated and ready to begin operations. Posters detailing Wyoming game laws will be distributed across the territory. A detective is engaged to enforce laws and a branch will operate in every county. Yellowstone Park falls under territorial jurisdiction.
Will Rose the bicycle tourist and journalist arrived here last Friday and will return to Davenport by rail after making several stops. He notes alkali in the water affected his health but the journey broadened and strengthened him. The trip, though not reaching the Pacific, was extensive and may inspire similar ventures next season.
A column of town observations laments barbed wire blocking trees and unsafe sidewalks in Laramie City and comments on postmaster Bill Nye upgrading facilities. It adds a light take on Sunday bicycle displays, and reports the Lee Mountain Mining Company articles of incorporation with a capital of 2.5 million dollars and offices at Helena and Cheyenne, listing initial trustees and incorporators.
Our Special Artist notes Laramie’s ongoing street and sidewalk upgrades and a limited business boom. Capt. Quinn enjoys ranch life during a long leave while Cheyenne receives a hearty greeting. Young voters form Republican and Democrat clubs with ribbons indicating allegiance amid Albany County and Laramie City politicking.
Harvey P. Phillips, who sold cattle at Billings Montana, left for his uncle’s ranch on the Laramie river near Fort Laramie Wyoming on August 11 with little cash. His father Samuel Phillips of Leavenworth Kansas travels north to find him, stopping at I M Philips’s ranch and possibly Buffalo Johnson County as reports of a found body reach Cheyenne. Harvey is tall with brown hair and no facial hair.
The piece reports on the disappearance of Harry Phillips of Leavenworth, with a Buffalo murder tied to a beardless brown haired man. Walter Newton recalls a Reno detector claiming to chase the killers. Two suspicious men and five horses tied to the case are noted, plus Judge Andrews in Buffalo corroborates northern moves by two men.
Reports from the era describe Greece defending territorial gains, Egypt under Anglo French influence, Ireland hit by hurricane and riots, dynamite found in Kiel, and the Phoenix Park murders aftermath. Royal visitors in London and papal guard rumors circulate as cholera spreads in Borneo and Sumatra.
The Jeannette court of inquiry meets tomorrow in Washington. The Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise are at New Westminster B C. Arthur will be fifty two tomorrow and is at Alexandria Bay New York. Lieutenant Danenhower plans lectures on the Jeannette cruise. New York liberal republicans criticize Folger for accepting a fraudulently offered nomination. Dr Wm Egry of Dayton Ohio sentenced to four years in Germany for alleged treasonable remarks. Post office aims to end postmasters using stamp sales profits in private business. Helen McMasters youngest daughter of James A McMaster enters Armilite convent Baltimore. Engineer Melville says voyage of the Jeannette proves long voyages can occur without crew illness. Jerome Stewart admitted to Penn dental dept and arrested for Jacksonville Illinois robbery. denies involvement. Meyer Marcus, Chicago fur dealer, shoots himself in Lincoln Park. death attributed to financial distress. leaves wife, daughter, and sons.
A Sunday note marks the 25th anniversary of Henry Ward Beecher’s connection with Plymouth church. Beecher from his pulpit has declared against the Republican state ticket. Nearly 500 attendees pledged to back suffrage efforts at the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in Lincoln Neb.
The dispatch details continued drought ruining government and rebel crops in Central America, dangerous coastal fevers in the region, Cholutecay Honduras decimation, eruption at Izalco San Salvador, and a 3:35 am tremor felt in Lima Peru. It notes Peruvians nitrate sale plans, the death of Dr. George A. Ward of Yale ties, and movements of U S officials in Chile and Bolivia.
A man, John R. Bogges Jr., killed his wife and a thirteen year old daughter during a drunken derangement about 1 am fourteen miles from Clarksburg. He attacked them in bed with an iron poker, fled with other children escaping, and was found intoxicated in the house. Bogges denied the acts. he is a Rock Camp Harrison county farmer from an old family. The incident caused great local alarm and was noted alongside a court ruling on railroad ticket honoring in Pittsburgh.
New York on October 2 reports horseshoers struck to protest employers using machine made shoes. The action disrupts work as workers press for traditional hand forging methods.
Dublin on October 2 reports ten men arrested near Cross Magien on treason and felony charges and committed for trial.
A group of prisoners arrived in Alexandria from Cairo for trial, among them Ninet and Arabi Pasha's European advances. The report notes the influx of detainees as preparations proceed for court proceedings.
Athens reports government nerves a possible Turkish frontier dispute renewal with Greek troops on the Thessalian border reinforced in anticipation of renewed complications.
A quarry workers boarding house burned at 1 o clock this morning in Lemans Illinois. Two young men named Coova and Green could not escape the flames and were killed in the blaze.
New information from Richmond indicates the Lancaster D C riot on Thursday proved far deadlier than first reported with seven killed and 21 wounded. The update reframes the previous headline as a major political disturbance.
The Khedive hosted a banquet in Cairo as two courts are set to try Arabi Pasha and rebel leaders. A private examination of Arabi Pasha occurred today and a regular trial starts tomorrow before a first court and a special tribunal.
Western bound Memphis and Charleston Railroad train derailed near Madison Alabama. One sleeper and a passenger coach left the track. Sleeping car conductor reportedly has a broken leg. Mr and Mrs Sam Tate of Little Rock and Clarence H Hund of Memphis also injured. Broken rail caused the incident.
The house of A T Stewart & Co has closed its doors. Remaining stock will be sold in job lots to wholesale buyers. The tenth street building will be remodeled into a fire proof, electrically lit wholesale department house and light and heat will be furnished. Chambers street building will also be remodeled for offices and business use.
In an interview Gov. Ramsey, head of the Utah commission, says polygamists were separated from legal voters and largely complied with registration. He notes delays due to late congressional appropriation, counts about 600 county and precinct registers, and says Mormon influence and anti Mormon liberals will shape Utah’s elections.
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