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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1877
Page
13
The Weekly Leader advertises itself as a large western paper offering commercial job printing at low prices. It notes affordable errata cards, bill heads, letter headings, blanks, posters and more. A new type and presses stock is highlighted to ensure handsome work.
In the Deadwood Pioneer report from Aug 29 1877 updates on Black Hills activity. Postmaster General Key to push a Rapid City to Montana City postal route three times weekly along Rapid creek. Mines around Pactola Hayward City and Harney's Peak show rich ore and new cobalt and antimony finds. Daily ore yields noted at Hidden Treasure Eureka Lode Keets Keokuk and other mills with tramway completion and plans for a twenty stamp mill. Bears roam Rapid Creek area and a large hunt killer bullet count cited.
Eleven of Gayville's leading firms, burned out on Aug. 22, have reopened in new buildings. D. D. Spear visits Castle Creek region and reports thriving towns Sitting Bull Castleton Camp Creek with pay from mains and rapid growth. Some gulches lack water and work is stopped. Nigger Will and surrounding hills show promising quartz prospecting with wheelbarrow dirt transport to water.
A vast Salt Lake crowd eyed the Brigham Young funeral with estimates between 12 000 and 15 000 in the Tabernacle. The service featured the 220-member Tabernacle choir, readings of Young's 1878 instructions, and a procession to the grave at the hill east of the Lion House. The report also notes postwar army surplus and alleged government misuses connected to supplies and munitions.
A Chicago Journal correspondent reports Salt Lake City endured war- era hardship less than others, noting Mormons stayed aloof from the conflict. The piece recalls 1857 Gen Albert Sidney Johnston’s Utah campaign, Nauvoo Legion stones at Echo Canyon, and Mormon resistance without organized public conflict, while a shift toward material prosperity begins amid lingering tensions.
Married in Fort Sanders Wyoming on September first by Rev W E Hamilton Miss Fannie E Lane of Fort Sanders to Lieut Frederick W Sibley of the Second Cavalry Died Mrs Fannie I Johnson wife of A R Johnson of the Cheyenne Gazette died Aug 31 at Pacific City Iowa Sympathy to the husband The Circleville Herald editor campaigns against Bond for governor noting his 1858 Circleville visit and later con dicted by a woman
A leading New York weekly outlines a plan to curb lengthy editor callers. Four office windows label Bookkeeper Advertisements Subscriptions For chores guide those who argue beyond five minutes. A speaking tube links cellar to roof, echoing the visitor's call and provoking exit.
Fort Worth marshal Courtright tried a late night prank by entering through the gate and gently lifting a ring from his wife’s hand. Mistaking a burglary, she awoke with a pistol aimed from the window sill but restrained herself after he spoke, praising her courage while noting his narrow escape and vow against further midnight robber roles.
The Big Horn country is described as rich in vast landscapes and quartz gold deposits. Veteran prospectors and guides testify to its mineral wealth as it opens to exploration and settlement. General Custer allegedly spoke of a Bozeman mining party heading for the region amid prior limited entries by few.
Reports quote Gen Sheridan and Gen. Sherman on abundant gold in the Big Horn region with both belief in wealth surpassing the Black Hills. Eyewitness Sun describes gold found with Indians near Boray’s ranch and warns such finds could lure miners away. A famed trapper Old Jim Bridger recounts gold pebbles seen in a stream.
The trade between the United States and Brazil totaled 47000000 dollars. Three British correspondents were expelled from Shumla by the Turkish commandant. Secretary Thompson will leave Washington on Monday for Terre Haute for two or three weeks. Judge Hilton says his quarrel with Seligman helped the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga prosper. Turkish troops crossed the Austrian frontier near Kanidubuka, torched a barn, fired on an Austrian patrol, and carried off cattle. The Sandwich Savings Bank of Boston was declared insolvent due to mortgage devaluations. Adeline Patti is seeking separation from her husband over a clergy qualification dispute. A lacrosse match in Toronto saw Shamrocks defeat Athletics 3 to 1 for the world title. British Columbia authorities avert Indian troubles at Shuswap but fear Okanagan opposition. Louisa Lawson was found guilty as accessory before the fact of murder in Harrisburg, Virginia. sentence reserved.
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