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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
13
Fragmentary OCR shows an old medical advertisement promising cures for ailments including rheumatic and nervous complaints. It references LBIGS products and mentions home treatment options, bladder issues, and a supposed positive cure with a price and contact offer.
Rates for daily and weekly advertisements are listed by word and line. Local notices cost per line with higher charges for longer durations, and weekly rates apply to the weekly Leader with discounts for longer runs. Address: J B Morrow, Cheyenne, WY.
Notice warns WEEKLY LEADER subscribers not to allow unpaid papers to run and cautions they may be discontinued. Readers are urged to pay ahead to insure continuation of their paper.
Fire at Tacoma Washington destroys property valued at 25000 with unknown insurance. A Portland Maine resident claims to be the missing Charley Ross after years in a dark room and Brazil. A Treasury letter from Allegheny Pa signed Clergymen raises a 600 contribution. Silver certificate demand grows from St Louis Mississippi valley Georgia and cotton regions. Mace Davies pugilists sail to England with a Sullivan spar renewal. No new yellow fever cases on the Granada. quarantine lifted. Provincetown reports a northeast squall damaging several vessels. Helen M Crosby loses eight crew. American Powder plant in Secaucus suffers a 15000 pound powder explosion. foreman Butts fatally injured. loss 25000. Tom Blace store robbed near Sandiego. killers flee to Mexico. Port au Prince unrest leaves 1500 dead and 4 million in damage. Desalines arrives and attacks Miragone with Piquent mortally wounded. Gloucester ships news, dye and cosmetic ads close the column.
The excerpt notes N Crittenton of New York sold over 60000 bottles in two months of Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs and lung infections. It asserts many letters praising cures and says Daily News papers in New York are the only publications used for advertising. It mentions druggists sell the remedy at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Salt Lake City residents report Sumner Howard former Michigan speaker and ex U S district attorney for Utah was to be named chief justice. About thirty Salt Lake lawyers met and passed resolutions opposing his nomination with a Mormon church attorney leading the move.
Train No. 78 on the Glen Falls branch crossed a bridge over the Glen Falls feeder to the Champlain canal. The engine passed safely while baggage and passenger cars plunged into the water, totaling a wreck. Three were killed and sixteen injured, with several others seriously or fatally hurt. The only uninjured on board was the newsboy.
New YorkOctober 22 The first annual exhibition of the National Horse Show association of America opened at Madison Square Garden. Entries total about four hundred animals with over three hundred seventy five in regular prizes including carriage and coach horses and mounts from fire and police departments. J R Keene has two thoroughbreds among nine entries and General Grant enters his pair of grey Arabian ponies.
In Burke county near the McBean church a deadly feud unfolded after a prior baseball ground quarrel between Syms and Rogers. Thomas Syms and his two sons were shot by F B J M Warren Rogers Rufus McNorrell and John T Cox. Thomas B Syms died from five shots. Frank and Tom Syms were mortally wounded. John Rogers was shot in the face by a friend. The Syms family, described as unarmed, are well-to-do farmers and all parties are connected locally.
A party of thirty six missionaries from Utah, led by George Q. Cannon, arrives in New York to sail for Liverpool. They will be distributed across Great Britain, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, accompanied by several family members and officials including Mrs. John Q. Cannon and 8S. F. Richards on legal business.
In Wilkinson County a conflict erupts after Joe Holden reports a hog theft. Clay and two white men confront the thief’s home, knock down the wife, and flee. On return, two sons of the woman and ex convict Cooper fire on them, killing Holden and wounding two others before Clay shoots back, killing Dick Cooper.
Portland crowd watches the race for the United States championship and a $4000 prize as Kettleman defeats local runner Martin in nine and three-fourths seconds over 100 yards.
In Atlanta on October 23 the Banks county Kak lux trial opened. Calvin Bush testified he was stripped and whipped 175 lashes. He described being undressed and showing scars. Ben Sanders testified he was shot three times and left for dead.
A passenger train collided with the pay car on the Arkansas branch of the Santa Fe near Winfield. One fireman was seriously hurt. both trains were badly damaged. Passengers escaped unharmed. The dispatcher was blamed for the accident.
Harrisburg October 23 The New York Lackawanna and Western railroad company has absorbed the Pennsylvania company. Directors of the new road include Jay Gould Samuel Sloan Wm E Dodge George Bliss Sidney Dillon Russell Sage and John F Dillon of New York.
The Marquis of Lansdown has been installed in office in Quebec with notable pomp. The governor general arrived around 10:00 a.m., proceeding to the department building escorted by a military staff. The ceremony followed a strict program amid strong public enthusiasm.
Wounded from the Fort Edward bridge collapse near Troy on October 23 are recovering well. The bridge was deemed unsafe for some time after a stringer failure, though the company noted heavier engines and trains had crossed during Lake George travel.
Chicago October 23 A new freight tariff was issued by the Iowa pool lines for shipments from Chicago via Council Bluffs to Idaho and Alaska. The tariff notes reductions driven by competition from Northern Pacific and mentions demoralized Des Moines east passenger rates. A conference on resolving the trouble will be held Thursday. H L Shute is named general freight agent of the Iowa Central road.
Inspectors Hanscom and Skelton of the Boston police arrived with a requisition from Governor Butler for C O Dewey alias Calpert the noted bill of lading forger from Boston and Montreal. They seized $1700 found on him but it had been assigned to General Barnes his counsel. They expect to depart for Boston tomorrow unless a habeas corpus is filed.
In Wampum Penn twenty men guard land claimed by Pittsburg Cleveland and Toledo railway and the Pennsylvania road. The Pennsylvania company sent fifty men to seize it and skirmishing lasted all day as both sides called for reinforcements. A separate disturbance near Youngstown involved Eagle furnace tracklayers assaulted by furnace workers.
At the Printers Bay boarding house Frank Gallagher a miner shot and killed James B Garvin a fellow miner. Gallagher had recently married a comely young woman and Garvin had insulted her. After breakfast Garvin drew his revolver and a fusillade followed leaving Garvin dead and Gallagher unharmed he surrendered to authorities
District Attorney Corkhill calls for information on fraudulent pension claim agents and urges full co operation with the justice department. He notes actions by Attorney General Brewster and mentions cases harming maimed veterans and widows. Also lists army quartermaster changes and a postmaster resignation in Helena, Montana.
Cleveland news reports John L. Glidden, secretary of the Republican iron company, has failed. The firm files claims totaling 111000 against him, with judgment confessed. Security includes his stock valued around 250000, much pledged for other debts. Debt relates to ore bought for his own account and resold. The company itself remains unaffected.
An afternoon blast at J. H. Smith's squib factory in Kingston Wilkes Barre area killed one worker and injured eight others including nine girls at work. Several victims, ages 11 to 16, are reported severely burned with multiple fatalities expected among the injured. The cause is not yet known though wood burning and a spark are suspected.
Cattle receipts 8,000 with market strong and active for good to choice shipping cattle priced from 5.60 to 6.20. Common to medium 4.10 to 5.40, stockers 3.75, feeders 3.90 to 4.30. Wyoming and Texans ranged from about 4.04 to 6.00 per head, sheep receipts 2,000 with prices 2.30 to 4.60 for various grades and lambs 1.25 per head.
The Boston note, dated October 24, calls for unity among Democrats to oppose the re election of Benjamin F Butler. It accuses Butler of subordinating public interest to self aggrandizement and promises Democratic effort to defeat him, while noting Sir S. A. Babbitt reportedly declines the state ticket.
The piece argues that inbreeding harms cattle with dwarfed growth reduced fertility and weaker herd health. It calls such practice dangerous, unwise, and contrary to divine and natural law, citing cattle inbreeding harms observed by breeders. It notes arrivals of Kennedy and Castlemaine to start a tannery project in Gloversville and potential glove factory decisions.
An advertisement extols pure blood for a buoyant spirit clear complexion and sharp faculties. It claims heavy impure blood dulls perception and touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and vitalizer.
This advertisement asks why one endures dyspepsia and belching and promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy to restore health. It frames indigestion as common and offers the product as a solution to ease heartburn after meals.
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