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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
6
A fragment discusses a Saratoga woman wearing a necklace of gold coins totaling 3500 in value. It lists delegates to Congress J. W. Meldrum M. E. Post J. W. Hoyt and Robert Horner alongside other disparate items from 19th century society and events.
The Desert News characterizes the oath as a premium on lasciviousness and encouragement of debauchery amid the Mormon dispute over Utah election law.
The Omaha Republican notes three congressmen to elect with 982 applicants for the post, one governor with 343 applicants, one U S senator with 453 applicants, and 200 legislature members with 10 000 applicants. It also reports a locomotive dropped into Kiowa Creek Kansas through a bridge recently and not yet found despite soundings. No quicksand information existed there up to that date.
The flag, designed by C. J. Guiteau, features a bottle green field with a jackass rampant. It is intended for use only when the President is aboard a ship en route from Washington to New York. The piece notes ridicule from some papers as snobbish. The Richmond Advyate adds a warning view of Northern sentiments postwar.
Reports describe a 48 year old nude colored woman who has appeared several times in Missouri's Marvel section. She frightened a rider by throwing her from a horse, then fled into the forest. On discovery she was burrowing into the roadside and eating crawfish raw, including claws and shell. She is described as very black and foaming at the mouth when angry.
General Crook warns no peace while Sitting Bull and his people threaten outbreak and says only military force can hold them in check. He notes dangers to farming settlements nearer the states while assuring Hill residents of safety.
A collage of anecdotes and observations. A North Carolina burglar escape, deflated party ties in Omaha editorials, a Nebraskan betrothal at age six, Athens Pireus transit past Parthenon, Sutra tunnel heat for greenhouses, seaside fashion turbans, a Philadelphia miner’s strike woes.
A New York Sun suggestion envisions employing a second man on every high speed locomotive to watch signals switches bridges and junctions. The crew member would ride near the pilot and perform signal and track checks while the engineer operates the engine.
The piece notes that Spanish herds in America are uniquely prone to heat and cold induced madness. It contrasts them with native and grade cattle, which may suffer but show no violent symptoms. Spanish cattle are described as dangerous to handle in extreme temperatures, often going crazy.
The article notes California produces about 10 million gallons of wine yearly and ships 2 million gallons eastward with foreign labels. It cites a Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling that a person may defend against imminent danger with force but may not pursue or hunt a foe to take life, in the case against The Commonwealth decided in June.
The Sun endorses former Governor J. W. Hoyt for delegate to Congress citing his honest administration and valued services to the territory. The Sun notes Hoyt’s nomination by his party’s leading paper and aims to aid his electoral effort in Wyoming territory.
The Times reports Chicago dressed beef shipments to eastern markets may grow, with Wyoming ranchers eyeing Cheyenne as a processing hub. Western capital moves to build refrigerated facilities and capture the new trade, while eastern dealers fear competition from dressed beef rather than live cattle.
A collection of brief items notes a 44 pound gold nugget reported in the Ural district, Blondin’s return to the Berlin stage at 58, and a Yellowstone geyser that allegedly gold plates metal. Also mentions Japan junk ships, Leadville and Utah mining outputs, Guiteau era novelties, and a growing market in assassination souvenirs sold in Washington.
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