Fever claim Four deaths and twenty eight sick
A new fever sweeps the town with four deaths and twenty eight cases. Local physicians investigate the outbreak to identify cause and containment needs.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
7
Texas cattle drive faces decline amid brush and cropland loss
Western ranchers from Texas and Wyoming foresee a smaller cattle drive northward as Texas ranges shrink due to brush overgrowth and grain practices. Despite new ranges in Wyoming, overall cattle propagation slows while markets in the east stay favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wyoming
Argona
Rumor Ships Euphrates for Halifax to Embark Regiment
Reports from Halifax suggest the transport Euphrates has arrived to embark the 101st regiment for the Mediterranean. Potential departure is by mid September, possibly on September 16, with hopes of sailing from the port soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Euphrates
Disappearance of Bloomington Businessman Francis Johnson
Citizens in Bloomington Illinois react to the sudden disappearance of Francis Johnson a respected local businessman who sold his property and left debts totaling about eight thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Iils
Francis Johnson
The Brownsville Plague In August Reports
Brownsville Texas August 30. Fifty two new cases and three deaths two Mexicans and W E Carberry manager of the Western Union Telegraph office. Some new cases in Fort Brown among them Major Witherell 19th Infantry. Mail to Rio Grande city ordered stopped. Eight deaths in Matamoras. Weather sultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
W. E. Carberry
Western Union Telegraph Office
Fort Brown
Major Witherell
19Th Infantry
Rio Grande City
Matamoras
Gaily the Murderer Seeks Renown
Bob Ford, Jesse James' killer, was arrested in Chicago on Sept 1 for disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons. The Ford brothers have spent two weeks in the city, performing in a cheap theatre and seeking notoriety on the levee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Ford Brothers
Chip Smith Executed At Gallows In New Haven
New Haven Conn September execution of Chip Smith at 10 30 witnessed by about 800 people. Sheriff Bisbee and deputies Carlin and Pond attended with Fathers McGivney Mulcahy and Dunn. Smith faced death bravely saying he would meet his fate like a true soldier of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Sept
Chip” Smith
Hoe
Bisbee
Carlin
Pond
McGivney
Mulcahy
Dunn
Smith
Christ
Murder of Englishman at Red River Springs
Las Vegas Sept 1 Yesterday Martin Hope Prize a young English man living on Fred Hoopers ranch at Red River Springs was shot and killed by a Mexican herder The Mexican then compelled Mrs Hooper to give him all the money in the house and taking Hoopers best horse escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Martin Hope Prize
Fred
Hostile Apaches Raid Calabas Valley and Beyond
A band of unknown Apaches raided the Calabas valley and surrounding ranches, killing about 20 people. Residents flee to Calabas for safety as Ju’s band crosses into Arizona. Capt. Madden at Fort Huachuca pursues raiders after Martinez family killings nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calabas
A. T
Santa Cruz Valley
Martinez
August rail mileage tops prior records nationwide
Railway Age figures show August set a new record with 1274 miles of main track built on 70 lines, surpassing July by over 300 miles. Year to date eight months total 7048 miles across 288 lines in 32 states, with a projected annual total around 10600 miles. Iowa leads with 207 miles, followed by New York 163 and Wisconsin 142.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
New York
Wisconsin
Cheyenne
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Maryland
Delaware
Grinnel Town
Salamanca
R.R
Algeheny
Chautauqua
Hachie
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Limestone
Kinell
Floods in Texas and Mexico Ravage Livestock and Towns
A private letter confirms reports of Concho floods with six inches of rain across northwestern Texas. An estimated 25,000 head of sheep cattle and other stock were swept away and about 50 houses destroyed. The Mexican track was washed away and damage feared as Concho waters approach the Rio Grande. In Abilene, flocks were lost and many animals stranded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
X. M. News and Press
Socorro County
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas City
Southern Colorado Stock Growers’ Association
Pueblo
San Antonio
Concho
Rio Grande
Irish Discontent Sparks Police Clash in Dublin
In Dublin on September Jat On hearing of police dismissals, several officers tore off their badges and refused duty until colleagues are reinstated. By 10:00 P M a mob gathers and roams, assaulting a tram car and shattering windows at the Collage Street police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Collage Street
Steamer Nepiton Agground Off Arklow Bank
The British steamer Nepiton from Liverpool to Montreal is aground on Arklow bank near Wicklow on Ireland's eastern coast. A portion of the crew and some passengers reached Wicklow by morning. five lifeboats are still needed. The ship likely faces total loss with 23 saloon and 79 average passengers aboard, plus 73 crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Coast Guard
Wicklow
Ireland
Liverpool
Montreal
Arklow Bank
Lake Nepizon
Guiteau's Bones and Brains Move to Museum
The skeleton of Charles Guiteau is placed in the national army medical museum in Washington not for public display while the disposal of his remains awaits Judge Hayner's ruling on the will to determine whether his body goes to Dr. Hicks. Brain experts finished microscopic tests and reportedly disagree on the insanity finding with two conflicting reports expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Egyptian unrest report from Kassassin and auctions
Ismailia reports the Indian cavalry returning from a reconnaissance as enemy cavalry survey Kassassin from a distance. Arabi Pasha sells European property to natives with confiscations and native buyers named. Gen. Graham's Kassassin account credits infantry with cavalry in the attack. The Admiralty owes the Suez Canal Co. seventy two thousand pounds for troop and transport transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Graham
Kassassin
Port Said
Suez Canal Co
Mills to test non union policy in Pittsburgh mills
Four Pittsburgh mills will implement a non union employment policy starting Monday. An amalgamated union faction led by Wilson Walker warns it will resist wage cuts and may return to work under old pay if denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Wilson Walker
Reception for John Brown widow in Chicago raises funds
About 1000 people attended a Farwell hall reception for John Brown widow to aid buying her California homestead. Attorneys Likber and Liftin Mills spoke. reminiscences included Allan Pinkerton letters describing Brown aiding nearly 100 fugitive slaves, aided by Michigan Central Railway cars to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Brown
Farwell Hall
California
Likber
Liftin Mills
John’ Brown
Allan Pinkerton
H. B. Hurd
Lébina Hastivan
Samuel Willard
John Brownis
Canada
Brown
Pinkerton
Michigan Central Railway
Dominion
Pleasure Resort lease planned for Yellowstone park sites
Acting Secretary Joslyn will sign leases for portions of Yellowstone park to private parties planning hotels and visitor services. The Dakota trio Hobart Dougalass are named as lessees for a ten year term. Rental terms and price scales will be set after a conference with the lessees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Hotel
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone Park
United States
Congress
Joslyn
Yiellowatone
Messia
Hobart
Dougalass
Dakota
Dick Littles Trial Opens in Huntsville with Jameses on Stand
In Huntsville Alabama on September 1 the Dick Little trial began before commissioners Boone and McCullough. Mrs. Jesse James testified at length about the Jameses in Nashville from November 1880 to March 1881, denying a Philadelphia watch return and alleging Little stole a watch in her name. Alex G. Smith also testified about the Muscle Shoals robbery, not recognizing Little as a participant. Six more witnesses are to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Dick Little
Boone & McCullough
Jesse James
Frank
Nashville
Muscle Shoals
James
Dover
Philadelphia
Little
Alex. G. Smith
British Cavalry Breaks Gun Entrenchments in Egyptian Action
Reports from Alexandria describe a 24 hour restless effort by British forces in a night battle near Kassassin and Rassasin. Cavalry charged the guns under heavy fire while Egyptian troops pressed forward along the entrenchments. General Lowe praises cavalry gallantry and notes hospital trains and reinforcements moving to Ismailia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Rassassin
Smort Stories For Little Boys Hero Boy Saves Drowning Men
William Wade of Jersey City aged 1 and already a boy hero saved two men and a boy from drowning. His latest rescue brought 6 year old James Mackin from Morris Canal bottom unconscious. A curious tale pairs with other vignettes of youth in strange lands and a clerkly boy offering a coin to aid the poor, then withdrawing when unsure of the purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wade
Jersey City
Heshas
James Mackin
Morris Canal
Mackin
Miesa
Women and About Women in Oddities and War Gear
A collage of anecdotes on women’s behavior and perceptions from disparate papers, with jokes about Mrs Langtry, a garter theft arrest, a witty toast to a doctor, a tornado comparison to a wife’s tongue, and a British soldier’s uniform testing noted by Oliver Logan.
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B. F. Coffee
Was Bros. & Co
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Guiteau
Egypt
Ismailia
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Boston Post
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Logan
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