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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1882
Page
3
The Sun lauds Mr Post as a foremost, publicly minded citizen of Cheyenne. It highlights his role in local progress and his reliability in business dealings, calling him honorable and trustworthy in all matters.
In 1879 the legislative council saw Jack Meldrum opposing and voting against a bill that ended the infamous lottery schemes bringing a needful reform to the territory. His stance reflected a push for integrity and removal of discredited gambling practices in public life.
The Leaders questions the Sun on its stance in 1879 80 opposing the anti lottery bill and Meldrum as a congressional candidate. The Sun faces criticism for alleged past abuses and supposed ties to blacklegs. A fashion note adds a quirky color called four o'clock.
The Cheyenne elections feature balanced Republican and Democratic tickets with well known local figures. Salient races include sheriff and county clerk contests, while the Sun and Run papers spar over cattle interests and voter sentiment amid close county races.
A riverfront accident in Vicksburg involves a black planter who overbalanced while aboard a boat, dropped his money and hat into the water, and drowned after shouting about a $116 pocketbook. Rescue efforts failed to save him.
A jumble of short items from a late 19th century newspaper. Includes quips on kalamazoo zoological gardens, a census boarder joke, fashion woes with a balky shirt, and brief notes on Cheyenne and Elberon happenings plus crime notes and notable anecdotes.
An Austin municipal election detail shows a candidate relying on a longtime servant to win Black votes. The servant admits voting against the candidate, trading candor for pay, highlighting bribery and fraud concerns and drawing a parallel to Senator Voorhees' treatment of Representative Reagan.
A London burglar carried a razor for a final act if captured and killed himself when caught. A Berlin barber congress chose to shave left cheek and avoid politics or art talk. Jonathan Ames near Troy New York died after a quarrel over a sermon left both spouses silent for decades.
A young Scotch visitor in Whinboro' trembled in a winter shop when his mother saw him sweat and declare fever. Investigation revealed the boy stood over a hot open register causing heat streaks to run up his legs, misread as fever.
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