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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1876
Page
4
Colonel R G Ingersoll was to begin the campaign in Chicago but illness prevented him. He opened in Maine and remained through to the end, then started in New York City Monday night and Philadelphia Tuesday night. The season’s openings are finished and the national fight rages coast to coast.
The piece notes the phrase Tilden and Reform fading to Tilden and Ether. It claims the Tilden brothers ran an ether laboratory disguising a whisky operation. They evaded taxes until authorities seized the lab and shut down the family whisky ring with Samuel J. funding the fraud.
Citizens in Lima praised President Pardo as savior a month ago and attacked his house last week. He and two ministers led a bold response to the rioters, suggesting a sharp shift in sentiment linked to his public measures.
A New York dispatch reports that Tweed, escaped in default of bail from a suit to recover millions stolen from the public, cruised the Atlantic until safe to return. He is now back in port as a guest of the United States with an expensive escort, while Sheriff Conner declares the six million dollar judgment wholly unsatisfied for want of attachable property.
A laborer from the rolling mill shouted for one of those uniforms as the parade moved from the South Akron Hayes and Wheeler Wigwam. An ex-Democrat, now backing Hayes and Wheeler and the straight Republican ticket, accepted a torch and cape and joined the march.
Buffalo Bill from Chicago offers a view of the frontier conflict. He says Sitting Bull regrouped near the Big Horn after leading forces east to the Rosebud and Tongue rivers, then scattered his camp to evade Crook and Terry as winter approaches.
A professional opinion submitted to the editor recounts a coroner’s inquiry. The witness describes the prosecution’s questions about where the fatal shot struck the deceased, clarifying that the blow landed between the hog-pen and the wood-house rather than the torso.
A large Republican gathering in Augusta Maine Monday night heard Mr Blaine respond to election returns with a lengthy address praising Maine's role. He recalled his support for Governor Hayes nomination and expressed profound gratification from the day's results.
The speaker praises Maine voters for independence and intelligent choice resisting Confederate influence. He asserts the result signals a larger victory to preserve national power and fidelity to the Union. He emphasizes Maine and its sister states’ loyalty to the Union cause.
Galveston News reports United States soldiers under Lt. Col. Merriam occupy New Laredo with fifty men after a request by Consular Agent Haynes. Federals burned Cortina’s rancho. Vallodome siege lifted by reinforcements to Sabino Quiroga. Border tension escalates near Camargo.
A Washington dispatch reports the National Republican Committee plans to tour Ohio and Indiana with famed speakers before the election and later deploy a dozen ex Union generals to the South to campaign until the presidential contest. The piece argues for free speech and protection of citizens rights to vote, suggesting Southern states could shift to Republican with fair elections.
Charles Francis Adams, son of the last Adams, has accepted the Confederate nomination for governor of Massachusetts. The remark signals a dramatic political shift as the South contemplates the fate of slavery on the historic Bunker Hill battle site.
A Springfield Republican reader argues for Hayes and Wheeler citing wartime service and opposition to Chicago’s 1864 war condemnation. He contrasts Hayes in the field and Wheeler in the forum with Wilden and Hendricks, urging the nation to choose leaders who risk their lives for the country. He invokes the reformer maxim about laying down one’s life for friends and notes judgment by works.
The supreme question is whether full national control goes to the Confederates and their allies. It asserts that those who sought to destroy the government would not restore sound currency, reform, or retrenchment. It cites rebel losses totaling 600 million dollars as evidence against the Confederate Democracy and its leaders.
The Albany Journal argues the Democratic party’s fate hinges on the solid South and a few Northern states. It warns that Confederate influence would seize political power, threatening a Democratic majority in Congress and a government effectively in Confederate hands, a risk it deems momentous and unacceptable. The piece appeals to Republicans and Democrats alike to reject such domination.
A poem recounts the cruel impact of a single venomous word on a good name. Whispered slander erodes friendships and joy, with the wide world hearing the accusation though its author dares not speak its name. The result is a swift, devastating defeat of a human soul.
The Petersburg Index Appeal praises Grant and other Radical figures as gentlemen while condemning the Democratic reformers. It calls such praise a self-condemning joke and labels the Democratic claim of reform as a shameful fraud.
The passage frames Samuel Tilden’s ties to Tammany Hall and his stance on treason and taxes. It suggests political maneuvering around taxes and affiliations with the renowned political machine. No dates or places are provided in the readable text.
The Pittsburgh Commercial reports rank Leslie, known as a literary pirate, loudly promoting Tilden and reform. A suit has begun in the United States Court of New York accusing him of defrauding the Government by evading duties on several valuable imported cigars.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. David 5. Thomas, an aeronaut of daring and resources, learned the ropes with Donaldson and had a very narrow escape with his life and those of three passengers over the New Haven Green. The balloon collapsed against an insurance building, and his car hung suspended by slender spikes sixty feet above.
The New York Tribune praises Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll of Illinois for his Cincinnati speech and Maine canvassing work as a brilliant party orator. Meanwhile, Icelandic-American P. Hervaldur Stephenson of Muskegon Michigan shows a manuscript tracing the Stephenson family lineage back over a thousand years to Odin times, listing Nordic sages and aligning with Scandinavian histories.
A Cass avenue resident, unable to scare away mischievous boys without a dog, stood a dressed clothes effigy in his yard. The "man" was found the next morning hanging from a tree by a rope at the heels.coats torn, mouth filled with weeds, eyes and ears mudded, with a note accusing the fellow of bad fortune.
The United States teams dominated the Creedmoor contest with sharp sights and steady hands, defeating Ireland Scotland Canada Australia in both 100 yard short range and 1000 yard long range events. The Irish, Scottish, Australian and Canadian entries followed in order as American shooters claimed the championship and global admiration.
A flippant Democratic orator opens a town meeting in Illinois on the Illinois Central Railroad. A stout farmer in the audience, claiming few Republicans present, offers to answer why he is a Republican. The exchange shifts to a dialogue on origins, party loyalty, and the speaker’s attempt to persuade the audience.
A mustached farmer stands in a heated political exchange, says he finds most in the room Democrats and quotes a vivid feline metaphor about being trapped among rats with no boss rat to nibble. He exits, leaving Republicans and Democrats to ponder the risk of asking sharp questions.
Boston on September 20 reports continued strong demand for wool with full prices available for desirable lots. Fine fleeces are scarce this season, holders ready to sell only at high prices, California fleeces stay firm, and spring stock sold down. Fall and spring sales have ranged around 16 to 60 cents per pound.
A fragmented Cheyenne markets page lists grocers Whipple Hay Ferguson and many merchants across sectors including attorneys McLaughlin Irwin Carey Black banks Stebbins Post Co books hardware drapers hotels and livery. It details numerous names and storefronts under Groceries Boots and Shoes Clothing and more.
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions a port, a ship, ACTOS, and a desk. It references war, investments, and a possible circle of items but lacks clear subjects or dates. The readable parts hint at a report on logistics or a legal notice truncated at multiple points.
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