Weekly Leader items from Wyoming discussing prices and local notices
The Wyoming Weekly Leader highlights fall prices, warnings of a hard winter, and local anecdotes. It notes Draper & Hammond receiving new goods, a live report on L. Ashenfelter, and humorous quips about marriage and baldness, plus crime and accident briefs from Laramie and nearby towns. It also mentions Mexican cattle hunting near Big Sandy and a society sociable at the Inter Ocean Hotel, with military leave notices and a gold exhibit from Stebbins, Post & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper & Hammond
Farret
Laramie City
T. J. Rogers
Odd Fellows
Big Sandy
Huerfano
Kansas Pacific
Episcopal Society
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Gayety
Our County Ticket for Laramie County Republicans
The Republican county convention presents a ticket of respected citizens with proven integrity. Strong organization and unified effort by Republican friends are urged to win the November seventh election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Republican County Convention
Wedding Bells for Charlie Clay and Miss Clay
The town speaks of the nuptials of Charlie Clay to the daughter of Mr. John Abney. Rev. Cowhick tied the knot in a formal ceremony at the bride’s home as a large gathering of friends looked on. Mr. C I Miller and Miss Clay gave the couple their wedding serenade while egg nog was served at supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropherty
Charlie Clay
John Abney
Mr. Cowhick
Land of Gold
Gutterman
Geo
B. Stimpson
Joe Small
C. F. Miller
C. I. Miller
Miss Clay
Government muddle stalls Sioux commission plans
The Interior Department faced confusion over the Sioux removal mission. After meeting Spotted Tail and Red Cloud agencies, delegates were to tour the Indian Territory this fall. Delays, telegrams, and changing orders delay action as Nicholson notes east lands are taken and west lands unsuitable. The government reportedly plans homes for 40,000 Sioux without suitable land in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Sioux Commission
Indian Territory
Spotted Tail
Red Cloud
Omaha
Missouri River
Yankton
Washington
Maj. Howard
Dr. Daniels
Col. Boone
Nicholson
Indian Affairs
Expedition under Perry seeks Sitting Bull near Fort Abraham Lincoln
The text notes Gen Perry organizing another expedition from Fort Abraham Lincoln to pursue Sitting Bull. It predicts failure to locate him and describes a marching general with wagon train and lavish camp gear. It calls Bramel and allies to fight fairly and face charges openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Abraham Lincoln
Sitting Bull
Bramel
Corlett and Corrupt Politics in Wyoming Campaign
The Evanston Age notes a public ball invitation from Evanston Lodge No. 6, O O F for Albany, comments on Corlett's candidacy, and predicts Corlett's strength in Uinta and Carbon counties. It criticizes Bramel's bid and mentions Judge Kuykendall leading road improvements. It forecasts party conventions in Evanston on Oct 25 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Wyoming
Evanston
Court House
Bramel
Corlett
Congress
Deserters Arrested Near Denver After Soldier’s Reunion
Officer Sherman of the Denver police arrested two deserters Wednesday evening. They are J. S. Moore and Joseph Simpson, recently enlisted, en route to the Fifth Cavalry, who deserted at Fort Russell around the first of the month. Sheriff Wyatt of Weld County suspects they may be the men who rifled several Greeley houses the Saturday before the soldiers reunion in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Denver
J. 5. Moore
Joseph Simpson
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Wyatt
Weld
Greeley
Return of Buffalo across the Red River region
Immense buffalo herds reappear within eighty miles of the Red River after a decade of extinction. Herds are moving eastward as Sioux from Devil's Lake Dakota return with abundant meat and robes. Northwest travelers report buffalo farther east into Winnipeg. Call for legislation to prevent genocide of buffalo herds.
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Red River
Devil's Lake
Dakota
Northwest
Winnipeg
Bitter Root valley seen as future fruit region
R N Sutherlin editor of the Husbandman reports from Missoula county and Bitter Root valley that crops look fine and harvest prospects are good. He brought a ripe apple from Benjamin Harris’s orchard and notes others look equally strong, predicting Bitter Root valley will become a thriving fruit area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena Herald
R. N. Sutherlin
Husbandman
Missoula County
Sutherlin
Bitter Root Valley
Benjamin Harris
How Custer was killed and a Colville man’s Montana tour
Mr Angus Macdonald of Colville British Columbia has arrived in Victoria after a tour in Northern Montana. The report notes details surrounding General Custer’s death and follows Macdonald’s journey through the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Macdonald
Colville
British Columbia
Victoria
Montana
Wyoming Pulse of the Sioux War and Corlett Prospects
The piece notes interior Indians voices amid the Sioux war with reports of 400 to 500 enemy deaths by mid July. It highlights Gen. Custer dying at the hand of Big Rain, and opines Corlett will win the Wyoming delegate seat despite Steele opposition. It mocks Democratic rhetoric, references Rio Grande shipments and a fatal accident in Denver shops, and praises Corlett’s character and broad support in Wyoming politics.
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Rocky Mountains
Big Rain
Guster
Custer
la Plata
Jefferson
Rio Grande Road
C. F. Jackson
Rio Grande
Denver
Fair Discussion and Bramel Clash Over Troop Withdrawals
The Chronicle condemns The Lraper for malice and mischief in political debate while Bramel urges a fair discussion. The paper plans to counter Bramel by arguing the Republican administration did not withdraw Wyoming troops and that the spring deployment included 2,500 additional soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lraper
Bramel
Wyoming
Con
Republicans Defend South Policy Against Chronicle Criticism
The piece argues Republicans did not oppress the South during reconstruction and claims the Army enforces Grant era policy against hostile Indians. It asserts equal protection for white and colored citizens, insists the government must shield lives and property in the South when local powers fail, and counters Democratic claims of tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook and Mills
Republican Party
Bramel
South
Damsel Forged Check to Fund Pacific Slope Excursion
A 17 year old Council Bluffs girl Julia Whittaker cashed a forged $700 check signed by her mother and with two young male accomplices, John Callahan and Will Haggerty, plus Olivia Story, forming a quartet that rode toward Omaha then San Francisco aboard the Pacific Express. Authorities pursued, the party split at the depot, and efforts continued to stop their westward flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Julia Whittaker
Big Muddy
John Callahan
Will Haggerty
Omaha
Olivia Story
Julia
Miss Story
San Francisco
Perdition
Seeley
O’brien
Joe Fisher
Railroad House
Nick
Escaped quartet saga ends with recovered funds and cold resolves
Sheriff detains four youths and two girls after a depot pursuit. Joe Fisher shadows the group and escorts them to Tin Dyer's where a room is secured. A wallet with nearly three hundred dollars, part of a forged seven hundred, is found on a boy. Julia Whitaker admits no remorse and implies ownership of five hundred dollars. Olivia Story mourns the roadmaster’s daughter’s fate. The lads Callahan and Haggerty boast they stole sixteen thousand and vow penitentiary is coming. Relatives of the girls are en route for further developments.
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Joe Fisher
Joe
Tin Dyer’s
O’brien
Court House
Rascal
Julia Whitaker
Olivia Story
Council Bluffs
Callahan
Haggerty
Still Night Scribbles of Bramel over Bill Steele
In a moody fragment the scribe Bramel laments sleepless nights spent scribbling diatribes about Bill Steele. The solitary author rails against noise and sorrow while claiming Sweet William’s light surrounds him, hinting at a tenuous grip on reality and creative obsession.
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Moore
Bramel
William
Bill Steele
Sitting Bull on the Little Missouri and Indian peace talks
A Bismarck letter says Sitting Bull and his band are near the Little Missouri, about six days away, with many wounded, hungry and demoralized. Fort Peck reports four of his men found their camp, and many tribes are willing to submit to the Government if cared for. Prices for Indian buckskin and tanned hides are advertised by J. W. Tauss & Co. at Fort Steele, Wyoming.
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Bismarck
Sittig Bull
Little Missouri
Fort Peck
Missouri
Sitting Bull
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Stebbins, Post & Co
Deadwood
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Pueblo
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James B. Lockwood
Twentythird Infantry
Michael J. Fitzgerald
Ninth Infantry
Department of the Platte
Robert A. Lovell
Fourteenth Infantry
Camp Robinson
M. E. Post
Hidden Treasure
Our County
W. L. Kuykendall
Black Hills
Colorado
Tommy Patterson
Tommy
Pease
Uinta County
W. R. Steele
Laramie
Brame
Return of Buffalo
Steele
Billy
Hellespont
Democracy
Salt River
Cheyenne
Texas
Pacific Slope
Lightning
Iron Horse
J. W. Tuaus & Co
Fort Steele
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