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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
16
Weekly Lenter reports the new delimitation treaty on the Chinese frontier was officially signed on the 19th at Tiepugchak. The item notes surrounding global notices from Quebec Berlin London and other cities.
Fort Worth Journal notes Texas has vast grazing lands and a capable cattle industry. Cattle ranchers face fattening delays due to rains and grass quality, with potential daily gains estimated at $12,000 if cattle are fattened to full ripeness. The piece also touts Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer as a long selling tonic.
A Life Saving Present. Mr M E Allison of Hutchinson Kansas credits a trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with saving his life. After trial, he bought a large bottle and was completely cured where doctors and climate changes failed. It cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness severe coughs and all throat and lung diseases. Free trial bottles at Gray Pearse’s drug store. Large size one dollar.
An advertisement props Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the greatest medical wonder promising rapid relief and a guaranteed cure for burns bruises cuts ulcers ulcers salt rheum fever sores cancers piles chilblains corns tetter and all skin eruptions priced at 25 cents a box and offered by Gray and Pearse.
The County Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Isaac Bergman announces that the 1883 tax roll for Laramie County is in his hands for collection. Taxes are due at his Cheyenne office and delinquent after November 3, 1883, with a 10 percent penalty and collection costs.
A card promises a free remedy for youth errors, nervous weakness, early decay and loss of manhood. It directs readers to mail a self addressed envelope to Rev. Jostru T. InmAn, Station D, New York City, for the cure.
Telegraph dispatch from Shelby North Carolina reports Mr and Mrs Wm Logan aged over 70 attacked at their home twelve miles from Shelby by a negro burglar. Mrs Logan killed and her husband choked nearly to death. The burglar escaped with $10. Separate item notes the Conductors Convention in Kansas City adjourned to meet in Boston next year with a large party traveling to Denver.
The American Rapid Telegraph Company, consolidating lines across New York New Jersey Ohio Connecticut Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Baltimore, has executed a mortgage on its property and franchises to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company for 3 million dollars.
Intense excitement in Lisbon Kansas territory over H W Griswold discovery on his land two months ago. He found 130 ore samples assaying from 20 to 250 dollars per ton. Griswold secured surrounding land and crowds head toward the site as news spreads.
Rev. J. J. Riordan newly appointed chaplain to immigrants arrives in New York to travel to Chicago and confer with Bishops Riordan Ireland Spaulding on immigrant settlement in the west and northwest and to establish an immigrants mission near Castle Garden.
Miss Anna Dickinson arrives in Detroit to find her manager Wentworth absent without explanation. She laments poor treatment and a string of disappointments while negotiations proceed to rearrange her season. She has performed well recently and hopes to continue her original schedule.
Des Moines reports W A Kline, indicted for Mayor Stubbs murder, was shot by his brother in law John Cools at a Clyde farm breakfast table. Cools fired at others, fled to the woods, pursued by authorities, Kline presumed dead.
Christian Monico, a Swiss traveler who arrived on the Granada from Panama, died this morning during the yellow fever quarantine in San Francisco. The body was buried with precautions from the earlier Mazatlan case, while other passengers were moved to the old China steamer serving as a quarantine hospital.
The Irish National League in London passes a resolution expressing surprise and pleasure at Chief Justice Coleridge's speech to the New York bar association. It hopes the British government will apply its principles to Ireland and that Coleridge's American tour will broaden his views to support Irish self government.
The People's railway company of America, incorporated in Indianapolis, has negotiators in San Francisco for a possible bay outlet. A Vista California dispatch once said J W Tripp, traveling agent, organized a local board at Vista with 50 000 dollars capital, but no further word has come from the agent or the company.
W S Silk, said to work for the marquis of Exeter, took over 100000 young black bass from Greenwood lake with two guides despite protests by sporting groups and hoteliers. He claimed permission from Fish Commissioner Blackford and sailed for England with the fish before confirmation. Blackford calls Silk a liar and the matter will be investigated.
The Economist notes weekly falls in English, American, and Canadian securities driven by strained Atlantic commercial relations. Canadian banks bolster cash reserves, and Grand Trunk Railway reports renew a speculative attack. Virginia bonds attract buyers as 4 per cent funded bonds offer 24 percent outlay.
President Randall of the Quicksilver Mining Company warns of rapidly falling output and pending unprofitability for California mines. He cites 1883 production 7000 flasks below 1881, predicts further drops, and urges Congress for protection as foreign imports rise. He notes 30 million dollars invested and 4000 workers, and proposes a ten cent per pound duty on imports to keep mines viable.
United States district attorney files a third for forfeiture within a week accusing Mrs. H Thornton a New York milliner and unknowns of smuggling fine dress goods on the steamship Republic. Earlier informers against H Wachman and the Misses Partridge of Boston accompany seized lace and jewelry valued around six thousand dollars. About 1036 goods remain in the customs seizure rooms.
San Francisco October 22. Attorney W M Neilson representing Miss Hill in the adultery charge against Senator Sharon filed a separate complaint seeking 120000 for alleged slander. The earlier case was dismissed on Saturday.
A Middleville Michigan blaze on October 22 caused a building collapse burying three men and a boy. Firefighters recovered the victims but they died from burns and smoke. The incident prompts investigations into fire safety and building upkeep.
The Heimdal reported on fire arrives in the lower bay at 4 15 pm. It carries three cabin passengers and three hundred five steerage travelers. Smoke was seen October 21 from the lower main hold and steam was applied to control the blaze. Cause undetermined. passengers unaware of danger onboard.
In Toledo on October 22 a large funeral for Major General James B. Steadman drew an estimated 1000 attendees from near and far. Business paused as the ceremony and viewing at city hall drew thousands. A floral procession by friends arrived by car, adding a notable tribute.
Report from Denver cites a Rosita special saying two unidentified Mexicans fired into a Gardner area dance house killing two Mexicans including the owner and wounding two white men, one a prominent county son. Authorities pursue the suspects amid anticipated lynching as tension runs high.
A Star Fort Bowie dispatch says two Indians from Sonora report four chiefs and ninety braves will reach Rucker tonight. Lt Hunter leads a relief party tomorrow, Capt Rafferty near Rucker with two companies. Gen Crook’s info places him between San Carlos and the line with staff.
The Rio Janeiro will sail Wednesday with about 1000 Chinese passengers and roughly 575000 dollars. Over 800 have return certificates. Many arriving Chinese claim wives and are allowed to land, then released for alleged immoral purposes.
San Francisco officials warn that stricter measures are needed to curb Chinese laborers crossing from British Columbia into Washington Territory as contracts on the Canadian Pacific Railway near completion. Reports note Chinamen arriving twenty to thirty at a time and suggest using revenue cutters to curb the flow.
Christian K Ross father of the long lost Char lie Ross and attorney R Morgan of Philadelphia visited Edwardsville and St Louis seeking truth about Donnelly a convict who claims a behind the scenes to locate the missing boy Donnelly will not reveal details until released and Ross plans to return home tomorrow
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