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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1882
Page
6
Fragmented text references meat processing terms and a possible political note or vote. Names, places, and clear events are largely unreadable, but hints of retail meat handling, freezing, weights, and a “paper ad vote” appear amid garbled lines. Further context needed for precise summary.
District court met in Laramie City with Judge Blair presiding as The Great West plans to revive Pomeroy's Democrat. In Uinta county a ticket independent of both parties proposed. Nebraska reports thirty new banks in five months. Portercatton prairie fire sighted. Dare & Collins sell Cheyenne drugstore to Louis Shaw. Funeral in Rawlins honors Chillian Merrell with a large procession and silver casket.
The U P aims to rebuild on the former Green River company site as part of a milk ranch plan. In Lander Sweetwater County Catholics begin a large stone church. M E Post predicts Green River will win by a large majority. John Tobin a brake man dies in a U P snow shed near Aspen Tuesday.
Sunday morning at 5 30 the Eagle house and several wooden buildings on Seventeenth and Thames streets burned, aided by fierce wind. Firemen and Sheridan and Hooks crews fought five streams of water, destroying the Eagle house and causing about a thousand dollars in loss. The fire likely started in a building south of the Eagle house due to accident or carelessness and furniture was mostly removed.
A general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort D A Russell Wyoming on October 16 1882 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Private William H McLean Troops 3d cavalry and other prisoners. The detail includes Major Joseph Wham Capt Frederick Mears Capt J Scott Payne Lt Edgar B Robertson 9th Infantry Lt Lester W Cornish 6th Cavalry Lt Frank Michler Captains and the judge advocates Walter R Stoll and Lorenzo L C Brooks both assigned to Fort Laramie Wyoming.
A letter from G P Searight describes Capp drawing a six shooter in a store and firing twice, killing Dick Elgin with the second shot. Capp fled on a horse that spooked and threw him, then shot Regan on a bridge. Capp, from Texas, had been sober all summer when employed by Searight Bros.
The Congregational church heard Mrs. Davis wife of Rev J D Davis recount a missionary wife’s life in Japan. Miss Tamakawa educated in the U S spoke on native schools work. Miss Carrie Davis sang in Japanese. Also notices of local business changes and Evanstown building activity.
The Australian cricket club, fresh from a decisive win over the New Yorkers, passed through the city yesterday on No 3 en route to the Pacific coast in a special car. The players, sturdy and jovial, enjoyed light snowfall and amused spectators by pelting each other with snow as the train departed.
Colorado notes report C B and Q plans to shift routes via Denver through mountain gorges and a Geneva mine tunnel. Sterling incident leaves Nettie Matthews wounded. Leadville notes stove care with newspaper rub, Greeley shows no paupers or saloons, potatoes at eighty cents per 100 pounds, ranchers optimistic. Denver sees another suicide by Peter Freudenberger. Colorado Matrimonial Union helps poor couples start.
Workmen near Paris unearthed an ankle bone twenty one inches in circumference ten feet underground. It was labeled Remnant of a St Louis girl and displayed at the Louisville Exposition. The report blends curiosities and witty remarks from varied sources.
A collage of brief items: an Arab trooper kills a Life Guardsman in Egypt with a sabre, Hawaii plans a grand military tour, Peter Cooper’s autobio notes, potatoes turned into a celluloid-like material used for pipes and billiard balls, Sarah Ray of Leadville a self-made fortune, a Virginia marriage dispute ends in a fatal flogging, French Sahara wells bring deep-water fish and crabs, engineer Jus notes exotic depth findings.
A compilation of wry quips and anecdotes from early American papers. The items touch on shrewd farmers, frogs in Kansas ponds, a Cincinnati colt incident, Ashantee beauty, libel suits, barroom gossip, and a Deadwood quarrel ending with a peacemaker revealing a domestic debt.
Trials and resignations abound as Arabi Pasha faces Monday proceedings while Pierola gains traction in Peru. Royal circles depart Peterhof for CGatschina as yellow fever resurges in Pensacola. Leo Zanardelli resigns as Rome justice minister. Beirut bombardment losses prompt Alexandria claims totaling £6 million. Fire devastates McCoy mill in Independence Missouri and Beverly monument tragedy injures spectators.
The Spirit of the Times reports two extra stakes opened by the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders with entries closing next Wednesday. The main event is for 3 year old foals of 1879 at 250 dollars, featuring Wildflower Alroy Eva among the leading contenders. Eva has recentCalifornia form 1:10, while Allgath by Cayler and Haroldine line up against suspected rivals and other hopefuls.
From Havana dated October 14 reports from San Christobal in Vuelta Abajo state 36 bodies have been recovered after a cyclone drowned by overflows. The captain general has urged Madrid to use public funds for relief and many private contributors have already given substantial aid.
Evansville reports a Posey county mob of about fifty men seized the county jail at ten minutes past dawn. They beat the door with a sledge, dragged Redmond the wife murderer from his cell, and killed him with blows and gunfire. Police fired. one officer, Dave Murphy, was killed. Several mob members were arrested, including Dave McFadden. The attack left multiple dead or wounded and led to swift arrests without bail for murder charges.
London reports James Caird estimates Britain's foreign wheat needs from January 1 at 15 million quarters, about 200000 quarters less than the same period last year. Paris notes eighty trenchmen and 1400 African laborers prepare a Niger to Senegal railway with a protecting French military column and two forts planned on the Niger.
Pleuro pneumonia appeared in a herd of cattle in East Lampeter Township Lancaster County. The outbreak was noted on October 17 and involves local livestock health authorities assessing the spread and impact.
John Pender did not win the main aim of his U S visit to modify the spring contract between cable companies and Western Union to open cables to all land lines and block new transatlantic cables. He was defeated by Western Union managers yet was elected a director of Western Union.
The Oregon senatorial contest tightens as Mitchell has 38 votes and Shattuck 30 on the last ballot. With the Legislature’s pay ending Sunday, a new coalition is likely to form.
Cholera and fever报道. Strick quarantine set at Port Bagdad against vessels arriving from Vera Cruz and infected regions. Two fever deaths in Matamoras in twenty four hours. One death in Camargo. Reynosa reports no fever though over a hundred cases since outbreak and ten deaths. Mayor Antonio Alarado among the sick.
Humane Vermont in Montpelier reports a house bill introduced to require authorities to render prisoners insensible before execution, framing a safeguard in the capital.
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