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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1876
Page
5
The readable text lists names such as Sent h and Fuson with scattered fragments like Depot and Bakery. It mentions a bank or depot reference and a few initials. The snippet is incomplete but preserves several proper nouns and location-like terms.
The excerpt recounts a Canadian Mounted Police letter dated July 18 detailing supposed Sioux overtures to join Black Feet against Crows and Americans. It notes promises of spoils and white captives, then Sioux threats to attack Canadian whites unless appeased. Denny pledges aid to Black Feet if attacked, prompting expressions of friendship toward Canadians. A school opening notice follows with staffing and schedule details.
McDaniels New Variety Theatre continues strong with pantomime ballet farce vocal and instrumental music and minstrel acts. The company boasts top performers from first variety and legitimate theatres with additions expected from Frank and Carrie Lavarnie Miss Montague Miss Lizza Mille and Cerito as the twenty second week ongoing and crowd appeal remains high.
Nine years ago last Saturday N A Baker arrived in Cheyenne and issued the first number of Tre Chyvenne LeAprr from Eddy Street. The Daly Swapen followed, later moving offices amid fire and rebuilds, as Leader steams ahead with new presses, staff, and a vow to advance Cheyenne and Wyoming through a decade of growth and gold dust prosperity.
Reports from Red Cloud Agency Nebraska September indicate rising tension as Sioux bands move toward Shadoow Creek seeking delay or avoidance of treaty talks with Commissioners. Arapahoe welcome talks but demand Sioux participation. council failure prompts threat to withhold rations until a decision is made. Livestock and engineers arrive to survey Union Pacific lines while mining in the Hills booms amid weather and social shifts.
A correspondent from Deadwood Sept 4 reports many quartz mines nearby with strong prospects. The Hidden Treasure lode near town yields gold at shallow depth, the Golden Berry valued at about 50 000 dollars, and the Belcher Lode and Chief of the Hills show great potential as mills arrive. About 200 men on Spring Creek await bigger returns after a shaft shows 106 50 dollars, with gold dust trading at five and a half dollars per greenback, amid widespread optimism for rapid gains.
Over the past week Deadwood audiences flocked to McDaniel's Theatre for several New York sensation plays. The crowd praised J. S. Langrishe as a genius with strong control of cast and scenery under his management. The Black Hills theatre expects a bright future, promising a warmer, more comfortable winter that could rival any western venue.
Deadwood opens spring crowds to McDaniel’s planned theatre with Walter Krieger on scenic design and star Molle Cerito among the top performers. The piece lauds McDaniel as a premier advertiser and notes his honesty in billing, branding him the western entertainment leader.
Col Mills decides to strike a village after midnight to surprise a small village. The 125 cavalry dismounts, 25 horses charge, and 200 ponies are captured as the village is occupied. The fight shifts with Crook's force arriving. furious skirmishing and heavy casualties follow, including war-party deaths and a brutal clearing of the gorge.
The Democratic Territorial Convention will be held in Cheyenne Wyoming on the second Monday in October 1876 to nominate a delegate to the 45th Congress and conduct business. Representation by counties is based on the previous Democratic vote. Laramie 12 delegates Albany 9 Carbon 4 Sweetwater 4 Uinta 6. G D Poannsona, af dawdtd Chairman
A dubious 19th century ad promises a free receipt to cure nerves youthful weaknesses and decay. It claims a South American discovery supervised by Josephit Inman Station Bible Mouse in New York City, with a garbled set address.
The proprietor Tia Lavern offers for sale a Toe Washington hand press No 5 a font of Brevier about 200 lbs a 4 Bourgeois about 250 lbs inc Small Pica about 250 lbs all in good condition Apply to Tf GUAFGCRI Jy7dinntf Cheynne Wye for details
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