Fort Collins Notes on Politics, Travel, and Local Life
The week in Fort Collins reports stone formations near town nicknamed a solid pontoon by Portuguese Phillips, and new city officers assuming duties while county offices delay installation. It notes cattle shipments from Pine Bluffs and Julesburg, a temperance meeting at the Presbyterian church, and exploration of the Poudre headwaters. A Deadwood telegram mentions the Adams Bryant shooting suspect John Bryant dying. The Colorado Central Railway prep, a Colorado Central grading plan, and a projected Denver Cheyenne rail link are discussed, along with local social plans, a Boston professor's timber suit, and colorful local anecdotes about polygamy and shop openings.
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Fort Collins
Phillips
Ouray
Colorado
Swan Bros
Pine Bluffs
J. W. Iliff
Julesburg
8. A. Shepperd
Greeley
Deadwood
John
Bryant
Central City
Washington
Omaha
Colorado Central
Loveland
Golden
Clear Creek
Colorado Central Company
Table Mountain
Boulder
Henry
Denver
Cheyenne
Collins
City Council approves nuisance abatement and budget moves
The City Council met Saturday with Mayor Fisk and Aldermen Gueck Leighton present. They declared a house a nuisance adjoining Terry and Hunters stable and ordered abatement. Transfers were approved, licenses cancelled, and bills totaling 1458.10 paid. A committee was named to hear Brown’s complaints on Ferguson street.
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Fisk
Gueck
Leighton
Davis
Ryan
Terry & Hunter
Terry & Hunters Stable
Finance Committee
Geo. Serth
Chas. Truellner
Committee On Police
John A. Martin
Old City
Messrs. Fisk, Leighton and Gueck
Brown
Ferguson Street
Plucky Boy Fights Robbery gang at camp near here
A freighting party twelve miles south of town was attacked by three robbers led by a man named Texas Frank. Henry Myers fired when a robber cocked a gun, killing him. another robber was wounded and died. The remaining two fled, deputies pursue.
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Custer
D. T
Ilenry Myers
Myers
Young Myers
Ife
Texas Frank
Tts
Sidney
Umbrella Theft at the Post Office Engage Town Crowd
An elderly woman known as an old maid watched and seized umbrellas at the post office window as rain fell. She chased down two men with umbrellas and finally grabbed a silk umbrella from a well dressed young man calling it a stolen piece from a prior night. The crowd laughed at the scene.
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Itolt
Nelly
Trailing the Train Robbers in Cimarron Chase
The OmahaRepublican tracks Tony Waits of Ogalalla as he pursues U S train robbers with a squad of soldiers. After Collins and Potts were killed at Buffalo Kansas they rode 110 miles south toward the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe line, reaching Cimarron station by the next day and a half.
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The
Omaha Republican
Tony Waits
Prospector Waits Tracks Suspected Robbers Across Kansas
Mr. Waits leads a party from Dodge City chasing rumors of two robbers, traveling to Kingley and Great Bend then returning. The men turned out to be cowboys and later two killed men, Collins and Bass, were buried. Waits kept Collins' gun and other personal items, hoping to identify conspirators.
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Dodge City
Mr. Waits
Kingley
Waits
Superintendent Johnson
Kansas Pacific Express
Great Bend
Berry
Reed
Tony
Morsman
Omaha
Clark
Collins
Bass
Letter defends Hanley against slander over shooting claim
A Pole Creek resident writes to the Leader denying that George Hanley fired at anyone or rode with a party on the day he was accused. The correspondent testifies Hanley is a trustworthy, respected man and asks the paper to publish the correction.
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Mrr
George Hanley
Pole Creek
Battice
W. Schwartze
The Coming Warblers Sing In City Debut
A San Francisco critic reviews the Kellogg Cary opera troupe praising Kellogg for artistic rigor and Cary for expressive singing. The critic notes Cary’s cultivation and compares her to a soprano while commending the ensemble's musical imagery and the brook and birds in a forest scene.
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Kellogg-Cary Opera
San Francisco
Kellogg
Cary
How Gen Crook Got His Wife
John Daily of Oakland Maryland ran a Cumberland episode that links Gen Crook to his wife through a Confederate officer who captured generals and housed them at Daily’s home. The tale notes Crook wooed Daily’s sister while a prisoner and married her after the war.
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John Daily
Oakland
Garrett County
Hrouse of Representatives
Philadelphia Commonwealth
John
Daily
Cumberland
Crook
Kelley
Union Pacific to Take Over Utah Northern Railroad
Utah Northern Railroad negotiations with Union Pacific concluded in Salt Lake City after visits by Sidney Dillon Jay Gould and H H Clark. Papers signed to extend north toward Fort Wall Idaho, with winter terminus planned near that point, signaling a blow to Corinne’s Montana freight dominance.
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Utah Northern A R
Union Pacific
Sidney Dillon
Jay Gould
H. H. Clark
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah Northern Railroad
Northern
Montana
Utah Northern
Fort Wall
Idaho
Corinne
Fort Shaw notes and frontier sights in 1877 diary entry
Special correspondence from Fort Shaw Montana dated September 28 1877 describes ongoing Commission work awaiting Sitting Bull and possible meeting in council. The writer praises Fort Shaw’s location climate and amenities and recounts preaching plans scenes near Sun River Nipple Rock Bird Tail Rock and Squaw Butte with vigilante marks around Helena during the agricultural fair.
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Fort Shaw
Montana
Sitting Bull
Joseph
Sun River
Helena
Wyoming
Terry
de Rudio
7Th Cavalry
Squaw Butte
Miners Hanged a Mine Claimant Near Rotten Grass
Curley and Mack report a large party of prospectors headed to Rotten Grass under a guide known as Charley who claimed diggings worth thirty cents a pan. The man confessed to lying and was hanged from a tree by irate miners, possibly working for Fort Reno’s post trader. Nez Perce activity is rumored in the area.
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Drapdwwoop
D.T
Fort Reno
Laughing Sam and Partner Stand Trial for Robbery
Laughing Sam and his companion 5.8 Trouston id William Clark the Kid were tried Saturday forenoon before U S Commissioner Walsor B Smith charged with robbing the Homan party as they left the Black Hills weeks ago. Homan and Jones identified the prisoners, jurisdiction questioned, case continued.
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Sam
Trouston
William Clark
the Kid
United States
Walsor B. Smith
Homan
Black Hills
Messrs
Jones
Omaha Republican
Height of Pike's Peak Summit Measured Above Springs
Mr E Nettleton measured the Pike's Peak summit at 8153.58 feet above Colorado Springs and 14143.08 feet above sea level last week. His 1875 figure was 14157 feet, showing a variation under fourteen feet in the interim.
Necessity of increasing the regular army in the United States
The article argues for raising the regular army to forty or fifty thousand men. Secretary of War supports it, President Hayes will present cogent reasons, and Republicans show strong backing with some Democrats agreeing. A table compares foreign forces, noting the US has 15,000 fewer troops than Belgium at peace. Hale's Honey of Sore Hound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops are advertised remedies.
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Congress
Secretary of War
Hayes
United States
Belgium
Hale
Pike
Judge Bennett Vindicated In Mining Case Probe
Col G K Chase of the Department of Justice, in Washington, concluded after a week here that charges against Judge Bennett were unfounded. He reported Bennett is able upright and fearless and enjoys community confidence. The allegations related mainly to the Hidden Treasure and El Refugio mines owned by Cheyenne parties.
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Deadwoop
Col. G. KK. Chase
Department of Justice
Washington
Bennett
Clagett- Spencer
Bismarck
Judge Bennett
el Refugio
Robbery men stop Deadwood treasure coach near Lance Creek
The Deadwood bound treasure coach is intercepted near Lance Creek station by two masked road agents. They threaten Boon May the messenger and intend to kill him if possible while leaving the lone female passenger unharmed. Authorities identify suspects as Blackburn and Webster, linked to Deputy Sheriff Cuny’s murder.
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Hatt Creek
Wyo
Deadwood
Lance Creek
Here
Boon May
May
Blackburn and
Webster
Cuny
General Merritt Ordered to Fort Laramie
General Crook directs Merritt to march to Fort Laramie amid likely trouble at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies as the Government plans Sioux relocation to new Missouri agencies. The Fifth Cavalry accompanies Merritt toward Laramie and Fort Russell proceeds west.
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Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Missouri
Crook
Merritt
Fort Laramie
Fort Russell
Fifth Cavalry
Laramie
Army Promotions Elevate Lieutenants to Captain of Cavalry
A general order from the Wisconsin Department lists promotions since July 6. Twenty five officers, all lieutenants, will receive the rank and pay of captain of cavalry after three years of service on the 14th prox. Names include Charles I K. Winne Frederick C. Ainsworth Valery Marvard John Van Rt Hoff Holmes O Paulding George W. Adair Paul R. Brown Edward B. Moseley Bernard G. Lemig John O. Skinner James A. Finley Augustus A. DeLottre Timothy 2. Wilcox Louis M. Maus.
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Charles IK. Winne
Frederick C. Ainsworth
Valery Marvard
John van Rt. Hoff
Holmes O. Paulding
George W. Adair
Paul R. Brown
Edward B. Moseley
Bernard G. Lemig
John O. Skinner
James A. Finley
Augustus
Track Laying Underway on Colorado Central to Longmont
Captain Reed leads a 500-team force building the Colorado Central track from Denver toward Longmont. Work on the Longmont extension progresses with heavy rock work near completion and the last spike expected by the 25th inst. Golden provides veteran crews led by the captain’s son.
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Denver
Cheyenne
Reed
Longmont
Golden
Lorado Central
Illicit Still Captured Near Omaha by Revenue Officer
A U S deputy in Omaha heard of a still near the city and traced it to a blacksmith shop ten miles northwest. The operator hid the apparatus under the forge, using forge heat to run the still. The kettle held about twelve gallons and could empty every twenty minutes. The blacksmith said he owned it for twelve years.
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United States
Omaha
Terayther
Vulcan
Dooleys Yeast Powder Praised for Reliable Bread Production
The Many Thousands who use Dooley's Yeast Powder praise its reliability and uniform strength for producing excellent rolls biscuits bread and related baked goods.
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Dooley
Still at Shaw 1877 dispatch from Fort Shaw Montana
Special Correspondence reports a fast snowstorm near Fort Shaw with expected arrival of the 7th cavalry by the 8th. Indians raid nearby regions while friendly chiefs and missionaries speak of relations with whites. Local sermons, a steamer venture on the Brazos, and curious anecdotes fill the letters.
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Fort Siaw
Montana
7Th Cavalry
Joseph
Shucat
Joseph Guidi
Sitting Bull
Fort Shaw
Gen. Terry
Mary
Sun River Crossing
Ilon
Steel
Art Walsh
Express
N. Y. Herald
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Pike's Peak
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Gen. Merritt
Iicit
Shaw
JY. C
Congregational Society of
J. J. Painter
Brazos River
International and Great Northern Railroad
Columbia
Texas
Johnny Fraser
J. W. Mliff
Geo. van Camp
D. K R. Stone
Johnny
U. P
Neal
Muldoon
California
Ilo
Ed, McGown
City of
New York
Mndward W. Francis
States
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Francis
Eddy Street
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