Weekly Leader Notes and Frontier Developments
Summary of items from Bozeman and the West reports on a congressman buying a Bozeman residence Laramie ladies debating a coffee house in town and coal chutes at railroad shops nearly completed, visitors from Cheyenne and Rawhide, Wyoming forest fire damage from hunting camps, push to center Arizona mineral exhibit in a major capital, cattle hunting by stockmen with losses in 1881, Caldwell Oregon Short Line town growth with stores businesses and services expanding including a physician and notary public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
J. W. Sullivan
Luke Voorhees
Voorhees Cattle Company
Range
Rawhide
Wyoming
Arizona
Mining Review
Jacob Scherer
Denver
Scherer
Colorado
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
Caldwell
Oregon
Rawlins Jury Prays Before Verdit in Donovan Murder Case
In Rawlins Wyoming the Leroy Donovan murder trial faced jury sourcing challenges with 107 men summoned. The twelve jurors prayed before and after ballots, then convicted Donovan of first degree murder by 10 to 2, urging reverent reflection on the stakes of a fellow’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Rawlins
Leroy Donovan
Rawlins Journal
Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children
An 19th century advertisement urges mothers to obtain Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. It claims immediate relief for sick crying infants and lists benefits such as curing dysentery and diarrhea, regulating stomachs, easing wind colic, and reducing inflammation, priced at 25 cents a bottle. It promotes the product as the prescription of a renowned female physician and urges purchase via druggists worldwide.
Mamma Was tired and went to sleep
A long verse narrates a child’s memory of a mother killed by lightning while two children slept. It reflects on fatigue, loss, and the toll on families, contrasting the mother’s repose with the children’s grief and urging moral reflection. The piece then shifts to Cheyenne reporting the Mining Institute’s success and anticipated impact on Utah mining.
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Lake
Minnehaha
Malis
Mamma
Cesspool
Earth
Cheyenne
Flour mill starts as provisions rise in Buffalo
The Echo notes George T. Beck’s new flouring mill will likely begin Monday. Elk deer and buffalo meat are common. The Powder River Bridge nears completion and approaches are under way. John H. Conrad & Co. received about 250000 pounds of freight from the Northern Pacific. Laramie parties visit to locate a cattle range for spring shorthorn herd. Moeller’s threshing machine handles 1000 bushels daily. M. thr esed 570 bushels in three hours. Lord Onslow and Lady Onslow with Colonel Gordon stay at the Occidental on a park tour with guide O Stretfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
George T. Beck
John H. Conrad & Co
Northern Pacific
Laramie
Army Adjutant General Clarifies Use of Troop and Company
September 14, 1883 directive from Washington informs the Commanding General of the Department of Arizona that mixed commands drill as infantry use company while cavalry drill as troop and artillery as battery. The guidance comes via Fort Grant and the Pacific Division with signature of R C Dru Adjutant General.
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the Army
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington
Department of Arizona
Military Division of the
Dru
Cattle Feeding Experiment Shows Rapid Gains
The Blair Pilot reports Dick Blace experimenting with beef cattle feeding this summer. Thirty five two year old steers were pastured on red clover and timothy, lightly fed ear corn for a month, then fed to appetite. After 62 days they gained 192 pounds each, and after 43 more days a further 135 pounds, totaling 8380 pounds per steer in 106 days. The herd included 125 to 200 hogs thriving nearby, and Blace plans to push weight gains toward Christmas market. Average steer weight now is 1230 pounds. He believes fattening from the start yields profits, rather than slower growth to older ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Blace
Mr. B
Blair Pilot
Cowboy Cussedness Riot at Fred Schwartz Ranch
A Sunday dinner party at Fred Schwartz's road ranch eighteen miles from town erupted into a riot after a cowboy fired a revolver at the house. About fifty shots caused heavy property damage and an assault on Mrs. Schwartz. Sheriff Sharpless and deputies pursued the cowboys, with warrants for breaking and entering and other offenses. The outfits involved include Lem Smith and Hanna Anderson & Campbell among others. two Texas cowboys sparked the violence and were said to lead the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. Swartz
Fort Laramie
Sheriff Sharpless
Thomason
Hosford
Sharpless
Lem Smith
Benjamin, Weaver & Co
Hanna, Anderson & Campbell
Texas
Target Practice Year Defined by Army Orders 1883
Washington on October 4 1883 the Commanding Officer Department of Texas informs Captain G B Russell supervisor of target practice that the target year begins in September and remains unchanged from prior orders. The note clarifies that the target practice season is the period in which target practice occurs and that the year runs from September 30 to September 30.
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Washington
Department of Texas
Military Division of the
Missouri, St
G. B. Russell
9Th Infantry
Wyoming farmer proves potato and vegetable bounty possible
Kels P. Nickell, with a Middle Crow Creek ranch near Copper King mine, raised 600 bushels per acre this summer without irrigation. A specimen batch included an eleven pound ruta baga and a six pound radish, despite August frosts, showing Wyoming can crop beyond cattle.
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Wyoming
Kels P. Nichell
Middle Crow Creek
Copper King
Nickell
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Weekly Leader
J. Newton Evans
Pennsylvania
Villard
Bozeman
W. P. Carroll
the Mining Institute
Mining Institute
the Tribune
Utah
Buffalo
Powder River
A. J. Coats
Goose Creek
Coats
Prom
the Daily Leader
Fred Schwartz
R. A. Drunt
Wyoming Products
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Thia
Hetesta
Scotland
Kansas City
Walter O. Weedon
AB Matthews
Kansasity
Gallo
Montgomery & Cory
Wyoming Copper Company
Fairbank
Wyo
Mesars, Montgomery & Cory
National Bank
A. T. Babbitt
P.S
Colo
P O. Bo
Boots & Shoes
Cowhick & Whitcomb
Edwin C. Burt
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Burt & Mears
Ma Tin
Bec
Lin
Capi
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