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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1877
Page
13
Fragmented OCR text references veterans, generals, cavalry, Washington politics, and potential public notices. It mentions Fort, 1918, models, and public concerns, but the readable content remains incomplete with many garbled phrases. The piece reads like a damaged column or briefing page with scattered names and topics.
The September 13 1877 issue reports water scarcity halting Bobtail gulch placer mining since July while Upper Whitewood shows promise with Mountain Lion prospects and a sixty foot tunnel contract as two arastras run and a 20 stamp mill nears completion. A hay wagon accident near Anchor City injures the driver fatally threatening his life. A new telegraph line from Lead and Central City to Deadwood opens with an office at Central City under Mr Greene, ending the Deadwood Pennington link. B H Pioneer notes the change.
JB Pioneer reports on the Keets mine tunnel system in the Black Hills. A large irregular chamber yields extensive ore with low production costs. The company extracts about sixty tons daily while maintaining thirty-five stumps. The Hinden Treasure and Fairview mines show multiple tunnels, drifts, and dumps, with plans for a large ore stockpile pending mill completion.
Deadwood shows diversified business with full stocks and lower costs. Banks handle most local gold with Stebbins Post Co processing over 100000 daily. Gambling waned as several sports and variety outfits failed, while Langrishe plans legitimate drama, signaling a calmer, more law abiding frontier town.
The camp has two churches, Catholic and Congregational, well attended and supported. Many citizens bring their families, a school operates, and there are options for refined society away from gambling dens.
Up North predicts Powder river country will host a large, wealthy population soon. Describes fine soil, abundant water, potential mineral wealth including gold in Big Horn and Little Wolf mountains, and strong cattle and sheep industries. Details climate, healthful air, and extensive game, fish, berries, and mountain sheep. Mentions a new Little All Right Revolver by All Right Fire-Arms Co. as a compact, safe, rapid-repeating weapon.
A brief notice describes a new defensive weapon, a compact pocket pistol, praised for combining many advantages in a small mechanism. The item is presented as a notable development in personal defense.
An Arapahoe Indian prisoner in Florida sent a letter to Gen. Sheridan via Col. Pratt. The letter, drawn as a crude war map with hoof prints and animal symbols, traces routes from British possessions to the Indian Territory and depicts the Custer fight with symbolic sketches of rivers and creeks. It reads as an intriguing study of sign language and cartographic art.
The Demers property in Corinne, including a large store and home, burned at 1 am last Saturday, with a piano and some items saved. A nearby livery stable, eleven horses and mules, a saloon, and other contents burned as well. Estimated loss runs to 30,000 dollars, with 4,500 dollars insured.
Since the Wyoming penitentiary in Laramie City opened in 1872 it has received 151 criminals. Between 1872 and January 1, 1876, 27 were pardoned or discharged, and since then 58 more have been pardoned and discharged. A Sept. 1, 1877 monthly report in Marshal Sweesy’s office, via Deputy Balcombe, provides a table listing each convict’s name, crime, reception date, and sentence length.
The Union Pacific in Laramie reports changes in staff roles. Mr L. Mills resigns after serving as Superintendent's Clerk and plans to move to California. M H Mills becomes Superintendent's Clerk. J A Edson arrives from Evanston to assume Chief Train Dispatcher. J H Kern is promoted to Night Train Dispatcher. R W Baxter of Rawlins is promoted to the vacated position.
Major Albert Hurtsuff and Major Julius Mason of the Third Cavalry are named as members of a general court martial convened at Fort Laramie by special orders No 44. First Lieutenant John B Johnson, judge advocate, is detailed under the same orders. Acting Assistant Surgeon R W Odell is relieved from duty at Hat Creek and must report to the medical director in Omaha for termination of services.
A Black Hills laborer named Cuffee found a fawn asleep and carried it home. A buck and a doe pursued, the buck tore part of his coat as a trophy, the deer felled the tree and waited two hours. Cuffee finally descended and went home hungry.
Cattle market figures from Chicago show 4000 head received yesterday with price ranges for various cattle. Colorado Texas listings include cows at 33.40, steers around 34.00 for native butchers, and cows spanning 25 to 35 for different quality grades.
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