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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1877
Page
14
The Fifth Legislative Assembly will convene in the city on Tuesday. Col. Luke Murrin enters as an independent candidate for chaplain of the Legislature. Reports touch on local politics, rail depot plans, mining activity, and frontier life including a mastodon skeleton find and army movements along the plains.
A humorous account describes the county clerk's office as couples seek marriage licenses. A Teuton and a Hibernian woman pair clash over fees while other patrons play mixups with liquor licenses and stock brands. The piece notes a planned military inspection of several posts along the railroad route to Fort Garland.
Sheriff Anderson of Buffalo County reports cattle driven into Nebraska and seized. Brands include a triangle with a bar, square and compass, J. W., and 696. some carry a Texas brand Ef with cross and diamond KE. The cattle were claimed by a man named Young who said they belonged to neighbors at Culberton Nebraska.
Gen. R. C. Drum adjutant general of the Military Division of the Missouri departs Chicago to inspect forts and camps in Wyoming Nebraska and southern Colorado. Sheridan issues official orders directing visits to Forts Russell Sanders Laramie Fetterman and McKinney and Camps Robinson Sheridan Sidney Barracks Fort McPherson and Fort Garland. Drum left Chicago last Tuesday.
Gen Crook, called Gray Fox by the Indians, addresses the President in their council. He pleads for assistance for the poor tribes, requesting cattle hogs sheep and farming implements, school houses and guidance to adapt to white ways. He notes they aided in war and deserve consideration.
Four known outlaws Dunk Blackburn Wall Laughing Tom and the Kid stopped the northbound coach near Buffalo Gap on Oct 3. They relieved the lone passenger and Division agent Ed Cook of seven dollars and revolvers, then rode away unmasked.
The Longmont extension nears completion with Union Pacific influence evident in early rates to Fort Collins. Denver fears competition from the east while wholesale traders welcome the Travin route. A linked web of rivals and a detective-led chase of train robbers are noted in this Colorado Times report.
A special eleven coach train with three baggage box cars arrived Friday night then moved toward Utah. It carried two hundred Europeans gathered by Mormon missionaries who left Queens town Ireland aboard the steamship Wisconsin on Sept. 20 and reached New York on the 29th with several notable saints aboard.
Four years ago an Indian called She Whip killed a hospital steward at the mis State Agency on the Missouri River after his child died and he suspected poison. He was captured and jailed in Sheridan Dakota awaiting trial before Judge Bennett, likely to be hanged.
A letter from Leavenworth details a large theft of 7,500 cattle with eight thieves killed. Rangers pursued the gang for five days into Kansas near the Frenchman fork of the Republican River, where four were killed on initial volley, three more afterward. One Mexican hanged, others left with the pile of corpses later found abandoned due to stench.
A Deadwood to Cheyenne coach was held up twelve miles south of Fort Laramie by two men. They robbed six passengers and a driver, taking about 240 dollars from Mrs. Ella King and others. The box was broken but may hold no money. The unknown Fort Laramie passenger returned home after the incident.
Special report from Fort Suow Montana dated October describes Major Walsh of the Canadian Mounted Police securing a treaty with the Piegan Black Feet and Assiniboines to drive Sitting Bull and his followers from British territory. The settlement includes pursuit if they cross back. Also notes Nez Perces messaged Chief Joseph and a pursuit of a man called Laughing Sam in Indiana.
Edwin D. Wood, a Third Cavalry soldier at Camp Robinson, reports Crazy Horse was bayoneted during a failed effort to bring him to the Agency on September 4th. A guard stabbed him after a struggle when he refused to enter the guardhouse, dying about six hours later. Some papers claim self injury or another Indian, but Wood asserts a guard killed him and names no other actor.
The author condemns fence advertising as wasteful and degrading to manufacturers. He argues posters on fences fail to convey information and harm credibility, urging advertisers to invest in newspapers, which offer superior reach and professionalism for public claims.
The Dawson's Tie Camp store remains a ghastly, bloodstained site after the fatal clash between Ryan and Cowan. Conan crawled out dying, leaving bloody handprints as the two men died within sight of each other. Also includes travel hints for plains travelers and stagecoach tips.
A woman pours bread and meat scraps on a sidewalk for her dog. The dog starts to eat, but a gray haired tramp known to saloon keepers drives the dog away, pockets the scraps, and departs.
Jenny Homan and his party were reportedly held up while leaving the Black Hills several weeks ago as a possible assault or robbery case. Authorities investigate U.S. and local clues. Suspects unnamed, details scarce.
By order of the War Department Post Chaplain George A England transfers within departments from the Platte to Missouri and vice versa. Major Henry G Thomas commanding Fort Fred Steele is named special inspector to review subsistence stores. A board of officers led by Capt Edward M Tayes and Capt Albert J Woodson will meet at Camp Stambaugh W T on October 8 1877 to inspect hay delivered under contract.
In Denver October 4, Edward Cuthbertson of Cheyenne wed Miss Belle Pratt of Denver as reported by a local observer. The note blends wedding news with ads for Glenn’s Sulphur Soap and Trill’s Hair Dye, and quotes Sheridan on Merritt and Hart’s return from the Nez Perces campaign. Converse & Warren’s warehouse remains a hub for carpets and home goods.
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