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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
2
The Larimer county fair opens Sept 23 and Fort Collins reports large wheat yields while rail and street life buzz with new business. News notes include a mining find and a fatal passenger train death near Piedmont, plus political organizing ahead of territorial primaries in Green River and beyond.
Water Works transfer wagons haul boiler and smoke stack from railroad yard for the new plant. The engine and pumps have not arrived yet and may be delayed as the building and planting arrangements for the machinery are still pending.
Engineer Patten of the U P corps surveyed the proposed site under orders from headquarters. Stone for construction has been ordered and work will likely begin soon. Plans reuse existing depot walls familiar to frequenters of the station.
The article notes muddled authority as the Mountain division is abandoned and crews in the Nebraska division near the yard split between supervisors. Some workers will shift to new runs and the situation leaves the staff puzzled about which superintendent they report to.
A reader urges locating a new county hospital north of the city near cemeteries and Lake Mapaluta. The idea envisions a large site with trees and a county farm growing vegetables to support the poor and disabled as an industrial and humane facility.
On September 1 changes in Union Pacific management take effect. Division Superintendent Dickinson gains authority to extend into the old Mountain division toward the east boundary of the city yard. The dispatcher's office may move to North Platte soon. Private Sneeky at Cheyenne Depot attempted suicide amid a doomed love affair, injuring himself with a head wound.
A Denver Tribune report linking a Cheyenne merchant to a married woman from Cheyenne is challenged by the spouses and other parties. The husband, a laborer, and the man named in the story deny the accusations, accusing the writer of prurient sensationalism. A St Louis girl described as sixteen is noted for strength, while remarks about tariff politics and female agency appear in contemporary comment.
A poem excerpt notes a banner unfurled from Buncombe County and carried to Washington DC. It rests on the dome of Freedom’s temple and presses each patriot to its breast, as cited by the Mobile Register.
The Courier Journal piece recalls Nora Perry with verses about a young woman tying a bonnet under her chin and her raven hair. It notes a young man's heart stirred by her charm and long-standing attention. The lyric imagery includes bears and sealskin sacque as playful motifs.
A brief verse reflects on motives for marriage noting love wealth and religious motives. It contrasts fantasies of abundance with practical concerns and playful references to dried apple pie as a humble outcome. The lines evoke humor and social observation in a compact playful mood.
Friday evening a frightened horse team belonging to Hon. M. E. Post overturned the carriage on Ferguson street, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Post. Mr. Post escaped with minor injuries while Mrs. Post sustained severe bruises and possible rib injuries. She was taken to her home for medical care and the prognosis was cautiously hopeful.
Mr. Taylor Miller, owner of Green Mountain Bay mine at Copperopolis, was badly burned when a Winchester rifle exploded while he tried to force a cartridge into the barrel. Powder burned his eyes and face, leaving him temporarily blinded. he was moved to Cheyenne by rail and treated by Dr. Sarkwell.
The piece urges Cheyenne to form a bicycle club with more than a dozen bikes and plans for future additions. It praises the stylish riders and the club as a valuable landscape addition, noting many local cyclists and the appeal of a formal name over BR B.C. for a respectable showing.
Two hundred guests attended a dinner at the Windsor Hotel in Denver on Tuesday evening in honor of visiting engineers. The report notes wet weather and diminished Exposition crowds.
The Salt Lake Tribune praises Governor Hoyt of Wyoming for curating a striking exhibit of the territory’s resources at the Exposition. Assisted by Gilbert E. Bailey, the display features minerals, woods, oils, coal, asbestos, marble, graphite, kaolin, sulfur, and petroleum from various districts, plus hardware from U P Rolling Mills in Laramie City and abundant beef and sheep on Wyoming’s plains.
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