Rich mining news and fires affect Deadwood Hills area
Reports from Black Hills detail lumber, quartz prospects, and new mills. Astarito plans a patent la s trate at City Creek with a smelter if fire brick is acquired. Lead City miners see finer gold at depth while beavers disrupt dam work. The Bear Buttes smelter starts, James Carter oversees, and a 16 year old Chicago merchant’s son is fatally shot at Port Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Creek
Gayville
Deadwood
Oro
Whitewood
Astarito
San Francisco
City Creek
Lead City
B. H. Pioneer
Thomas Randall
Chicago Commission
Ikills
Big Horn
Port Smith
Swest
Government Cemetery
Bear Buttes
McDonald
James Carter
Omaha Works
Omaha
Freight Routes Shift to Cheyenne and Fort Collins Rails
The Denver Times reports freight to Greeley now moves from Cheyenne via the Colorado Central line to Fort Collins and downstream by stage and freighting teams. The Colorado Central roundhouse at Golden nears completion and will exceed in size any similar Colorado building. Osman Pasha, once a city soup-fat man, left for Turkey where he vowed to seek fame and gold, a warning to tramps. The through traffic plan by Denver Pacific is said to be collapsed, and recent freight bills from Northwestern overcharged without remedy at this end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Cheyenne
Colorado Central
Fort Collins
Golden
Colorado
Osman Pasha
Turkey
Denver Pacific Road
Northwestern Railroad Company
Denver Times
Cattle notes from the Northland and regional moves
Butcher Philips ships a fine herd to Cheyenne for eastern sale. Tleck Reef cattle reach new range on North Laramie with buildings and corrals under way. Jack Thomson, ex Maynard Whitman, rounds up beer for Swan Bros. E C Tall of Boston to send cattle near Sybille after east trip. Rogers Brewster move 800 head from Duck Creek to Laramie Peak area, awaiting Nov 1 completion. VanTassel has 1700 head on the Rawhide north of Fort Laramie. Ranch expansion spreads toward Hat Creek as white settlement grows. Warner Curtis of the Poudre locate a North Laramie ranch and plan branding drives. Chicago cattle receipts 2300, market strong with prices quoted. St Louis receipts 1200 with steady demand for butchers stock.
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Butcher Philips
Cheyenne
Tleck Reef
Laramie
Jack Thomson
Maynard & Whitman
Swan Bros
E. C. Tall
Boston
Wyoming
Sybille
Messrs
Rogers & Brewster
Duck Creek
VanTassel
Buttes
Fort Laramie
Hat Creek
Messrs. Warner & Curtis
Poudre
Oregon
Mr. W
Colorado
Earthquake at Geneva and other late news items
Telegraphic items report an earthquake in Geneva and no new Orient news. St Louis exposition receipts total 116300 dollars. Three new yellow fever cases in Fernandina Florida with two deaths. London racing winners Ililarious and Macaroon. A frame house washed into Newark Bay with three drownings. A Vermont fire on Swingman street causes 40000 loss with 27000 insured. Susquehanna Coal workers at Nanticoke to return at ten percent raise. Odessa hospitals receive 25000 sick from front in ten days. Edward Smith pleads guilty to firing the Lebanon Valley bridge amid a railroad strike. Tiogi propeller burned off Aupelee lake Evie. crew saved. Bulgarian Balkans see persistent snow and rain, likely halting campaigning. TL Maan Kansas City fatally shoots daughter then kills himself. Gale Cardiff completes 1500 miles in 1000 hours from London. Turkish battalions defeat a Russian detachment near Plevna. Hamburger furniture works in New York destroyed. 80000 loss, 29000 insured. Joe Eliott rearrested after escape during bond-forgery commitment. Civil War pensioners seeking back pay from Congress. Report notes correspondents will be admitted only to front lines in Turkish operations.
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Geneva
Orient
Fernandina
Fla
London
Ililarious
Maccaroon
Newark Bay
Swingman Street
St. Albans
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Odessa
Reading
Edward Smith
Lebanon Valley
Aupelee
Lake Evie
Bulgaria
Balkans
TL. W. Maan
Kansas City
Gale Cardiff
England
Orchanie
Plevna
Joseph W. Hamburger
Attorney Street
New York
Joe Eliott
Cheyenne Markets Shop Notes Groceries and Provisions Listed
Cheyenne markets feature corrected weekly wholesale and retail grocers lists. Items include flour, butter, cheese, apples, peaches, corn, onions, salmon, tea, sugars, oils, lard, syrups, and spirits with varied prices and weights. Names like Alois, Whipplu, Hay, and Stiltes appear amid broad stock listings.
Prominent Citizen Arrested for Forging Endorsements
Col Henry R Sibley of Charlestown Mass was arrested on a charge of forging endorsements on two promissory notes he had discounted. Herman Wette Jr who vanished from Cincinnati with debts around 70000 dollars was brought back and jailed in Cincinnati. Advices from Fort Yuma report Major Dunn halted railroad work and opened the bridge draw to block train passage. Fourteen tobacco manufacturers indicted in Greensboro plead guilty with sentence suspended until next term. Captain Carpenter of the British ship River recovered from San Francisco Bay after a week missing, believed to have fallen from the gang plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Sibley
Charlestown
Mass
Herman Wette, Jr
Cincinnati
Omaha
Republican County Convention
U. S
Saunders
Fort Yuma
Arizona
Dunn
U.S
Greensboro
N. C
Carpenter
River
San Francisco Bay
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Simt Nut de m
Rim
Nye
the Weekly Leader
West
Black Hills
Finan Railway
Odd Fellows
Poorman Gulch
Messer
Col. Short
Golden Cate
Telegraph Lode
Racine
Golden Star
the Hills
Board of Commissioners
Amos Gustin
Central
B. MW
Pioneer
Bennett
Sheridan
Rapid City
Green
Enfield
Poorman
Stebbins, Wood & Post
Spring Creek
L. P. Stone
Northland
Chicago
St. Louis
Laramie County
Stock Growers’ Association
A. H. Swan
Wyo
A. H, Reel
Tiros, Sturgis
Swan Brothers
Cheyenne, Wyo
Range, Chugwater and Sabile
Sane
Ide
Lorses
Cheyenne Markets
Whipplu & Hay
Thratn
Tiecyhent
Nsit CO
Aldicanis
Navy
A.H. Reel
Cheyenne, W. J. Range
Pole Creek
Laramie River
Cove
Lund
Homday
Converse & Warren, P. O
Cheyenne, W. T. Range
Bridger’s Ferry
North Platte
F. M, Phillips
WP. O
Ft. Laramie
Range
Chugwater
Ccccee
Imperial
Hyson
Japan
FFE
Rio
Jaya Mochi
Cuba
Porto Rico
New Yorks
Joan Sparks
P. O
Stock Range
Bridger’ S Ferry
Platte River
Ft. Fetterman
Searighut, VP. O
Clingwater
Nisils
Cretitp
Perth
Tronaeco
Case Livorss
Ty LL
Marvin
Dyer
Joun
Coad
Mark Coad
Camp Clark
Neb
Sidney Bridge
Scott’s Bluff
Teddy
Binglemene
Pyrx
Jolomon Bock
Hurlbut's
CVW
L. Jones &Co
Nassau
N.Y
Smoke W.duke
Durham, N. C
Cane Vo
Portland
Jackson
Wil
Peterafontes A. Jackson & CO
Wallet & CO
Magne
Biave
OD Nealti
A .Gathartic
SaAnony
Augusta
Llanaretas
Waly
Vickery
Maine
Kentucky
Pri
Hamoundl Ae
Simmons & Dickinson
Omce
St. Louisville
Wwe
Bi Hfern
Hills
Denver Cold
Kat
N Ey Stock Ranoe
Geo. Ford
Omcent French's
15Th Street
Stebbins, Post & Co., Bankers
stGdants
Stephen Bon
Sixteenth Street
Sixteenth St
Ferguson and
Eddy Cheyenne
Wyoter
16Th Street
J. Hellman
B. Hellman
Merchant Tailoring
Hellman
Odette
A.D. Butler
Wheeler Mower
18Th Street
O'Neil
Bent
A. D. Butlers
Asth Street
Nand
Tani
Tor
Robertson
Cole the
Ricky Ble Reels
A Tata
Nan
Patch
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