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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1876
Page
10
The notice lists advertising charges for the Daily Leader and Weekly Leader including transient ads and local notices. Rates are given per line with varying insertions and durations, dated Cheyenne January 1, 1870, by H. Glance, proprietor.
Daniel P. Jones sworn statement reveals that Samuel J. Tilden refused to aid soldiers during the U S Christian Commission era around 1863 claiming he would rather see soldiers starve than provide funds. The deposition dated September 21 1876 before Notary William Purness adds light to Tildens wartime conduct.
Indiana results show Greenback party with 2500 votes and Ohio Republicans leading by about 9000. Democrats concede a large ticket victory, while nationwide forecasts favor Hayes. Republicans celebrate gains in Congress as Indiana signals stronger GOP momentum.
Ingersoll, the famed orator, denounces Samuel J. Tilden describing him as a wealth-driven attorney who profits by stock watering. He calls Tilden a legal spider, weaving technical traps for victims and a figure of cunning and heartlessness.
A cryptic描 fragment portrays Ile as a corporation wrecker and demurrer of the Confederate Congress. It frames him as scheming through bankruptcy shores, admitting falsities about income taxes, and condemning voting rights while unfavorably tied to Tammany and a rag child linked to Hendricks.
Belmont, a leading New York banker and Democrat, declines contributing to the Tilden campaign. The disclosure claims he acts as a Rothschild representative, warned by the firm that democracy equals repudiation, and he believes Republican success serves holders of U S notes and bonds.
A demonstrative Democrat denounces the Republican party at Elmira depot then pledges to vote Republican in four years to prove sincerity. A listener retorts that Hayes will be elected, predicting party alternation in November and signaling a statewide drift against Tilden.
Selections note Lord Byron on Turks and Europe, bank profits at the Bank of England, Forrest Home for Actors in Philadelphia, and Dion Boucicault on American actors. Also included are a Chicago boarding house anecdote, animal noses, Mexican revolution funds, the Thames tunnel, and a blunt tip about poison antidotes and digestion.
A mash of stray items from daily life and local musing includes a field owner offering a land deed to the contented, a man wary of burglars with a double barrel shotgun, and snippets on Sunday schools in Sicily facing teacher shortages. Also noted: the Savannah News on yellow fever and race mixed-blood implications, plus a humorous postal box dream turning to a clothing bill.
A Kentucky Democratic editor denounces Col. Ingersoll for ridiculing the Bible, arguing the sacred text and Thomas Jefferson's memory hold deep national significance. The remark heightens debate on religious sentiment in American public life.
The Topeka Commonwealth reports a mischief incident where a baby was hoisted on Democratic hickory poles overnight and removed by Fred Osenburg at dawn. The American flag was then raised at half mast for the arrival of Thomas L. Davis, while a Tilden and Hendricks banner fluttered and curled in the breeze.
A chaotic collection of jokes and quips about babies, mules, dust, elephants, mushrooms, editors, lawyers, travelers, wasps, and a boy named Johnny. It presents a string of short, humorous lines and wordplay with minimal context.
E. D. Morgan predicts New York will deliver a 50 000 majority for Hayes and is noted for accuracy. A Chicago inducement offered ten dollars whisky and board to lure a voter to Indiana for a Democratic ticket. An Eastern Democrat contributed 10 000 to the Republican campaign.
Jefferson Davis predicts Confederate exiles in Europe will return and a Dilden victory would revive Rebel debt. Missouri shows rising Republican gains as Democrats fear renewed Southern influence. Indianapolis Sentinel touts a Colorado result, while Cleveland Herald mocks Democrats for avoiding the Colorado outcome.
The Luzerne Leader recounts a widow who after the Pittsburg railroad bridge wreck that killed Robert Helme finds solace in a dream. Her deceased husband appears, says he is happy where he is, and promises a future reunion in the better world.
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