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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1877
Page
5
The Weekly Leader claims prominence in the West and offers commercial printing of all kinds including cards, bill heads, blanks, posters, etc. It advertises affordable rates for subscriptions and a new type and presses to produce handsome work quickly.
The Black Hills Budget notes rapid growth with fourteen new buildings on Lee Street in Golden and fifteen under construction along Central City's main street including a large hotel and a stamp mill. Rain lifts Deadwood creek allowing resumed night shifts, while forest fires devastate central and southern hills, blamed on hunter carelessness.
Telegraphic orders arrived to have the U. S. Land Office open for business immediately. Roadmaster Garret O Neal sustained a broken shoulder blade after a collision with a car near Piedmont. Several horses were stolen in the region during the past summer with thieves commonly escaping. The rope and telegraph pole need re sorting to halt these incidents.
A collage of notes from El Dorado items and Black Hills updates. Cucumber prices at two dollars per bushel in Deadwood. Captain Tom Murrin builds a fine residence in Central City. Murphy temperance movement expands. Grain and ore yields reported from Spearfish Valley and Castle Creek claims. McLaughlin & Co. mill in Central City praised. Whidden Treasure mill clean up yields 10,500 dollars from 225 tons. coal mining firm forms with 2000 tons planned before winter. Rich gold quartz in Rhoderick Dhu mine excites Sawpit gulch. Largest railroad excursion to date from Denver Golden and Boulder to Ley ley? travels via Murphy excursion with 1900 blue ribbon excursionists and heavy rail allocations.
An Occasional Correspondent reports on the Spotted Tail Agency turmoil surrounding Crazy Horse. Uprisings, pursuit from Camp Robinson, and a tense council as Major Burke and Lieut. Lee secured Crazy Horse return. Indians, including Touch-the-Clouds, aided calm and prevented violence. Crazy Horse was buried locally with limited ceremony.
A correspondent ridicules Sioux women as unattractive while noting hard labor and a pigeon toed gait. The item also reports an October 18 wedding in Leavenworth and promotes compiled Wyoming laws for $5.50 by mail from the LEADER office, urging reader news tips and city visits.
A collection of aphoristic maxims on aging, contentment, perception, and self restraint. It extols prudence in fire safety and discretion in speech while linking serenity with happiness and peaceful fortune.
A man with weak eyes and green spectacles sought support to fund a monument over Brigham Young’s grave. The office refused, stating Young’s family can already provide ample monuments. He protested, asking for a token contribution in fluctuating currency.
A Burlington Walk-Hye item recounts a canvasser confusing Brigham Young with Edwin Young, joking about poetry, writing, and marriage as he seeks the public library. The exchange highlights a misattribution of Night Thoughts and prompts reflection on historical figures.
The New York Sun paints a bleak view of New York society with marriages of convenience common and men marrying for money. It laments French influences and an English fashion and culture set led by the Prince of Wales guiding a fashionable coterie away from old virtue.
The editorial argues President MacMahon’s Paris tour resembles a political stump speech and warns against monarchist influence. It contrasts his actions with American norms, noting Republican concern over imperialism and the absence of a national crisis despite the heightened rhetoric.
A cattle plague linked to Texas fever has broken out in Ohio and Michigan. Texas cattle show two tick varieties and died daily. milk poisoning cases among children are noted. Beef is affected but identifiable by experts. A veterinary surgeon reports milk yield drop, bloody urine, and rapid death, recommending a disinfectant wash for ticks and toxin antidote.
A call for a single federal framework to regulate marriage and divorce across the United States. The piece argues current state-by-state laws create dual marital statuses, encourage infidelity, and undermine the sanctity of one man and one woman marriage.
The fragment references R Dorsey L M Cox acting as General Market Agent and General Ticket Agent The text notes Thomas P Barry and Thomas M Share in Western Pass and appears to discuss transportation duties for February weekly proceedings.
A short OCR fragment mentions the amount of 22 dollars in a context that is not fully readable. The limited readable data point focuses on a price or payment value. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
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