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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1876
Page
15
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A Daily Leader summary notes a treaty signing by Red Cloud Agency leaders and commissioners with sharp critique of tribal demands. It covers Red Cloud and Little Wound, U S promises, and ongoing Sioux relations, plus local items: death of Alfred Brownell, Fifth Cavalry mobilization, and appointments in Deadwood.
The piece laments the passing of famed reporters and sensationalists as era ending. It catalogs icons like Tom Collins, the Younger brothers, the James brothers, Wild Bill, and Boss Tweed as they vanish from public view into various fates. It argues journalism will need new sensational tools to replace the void.
In the chapter scene set at the railroad house Sheridan, smoking a cigar, speaks with Delegate Steele as Slack arrives with news print and Traders. Slack aims to interview Sheridan but Sheridan refuses to be interviewed, ending the encounter.
J W lift Esq at Railroad house. Non W R Steele back from northern trip. Maj W H Powell US Army among arrivals at Railroad house. U S Grant Jr with Col Humphreys passes through city. Maj W S Collier granted one month medical leave. Lt Gen P H Sheridan and Col M V Sheridan return from Fort Laramie and depart east. Sherman private secretary to Senator Blaines and Dr J J Page travel to California. George Taylor nephew of Guy Hayes returns from Deadwood, plans Ohio trip. M Notu commander in chief of Royal Army of Japan with generals Fukushima and Tashio stopped at Railroad house. They tour northern forts and Indian agencies before returning home.
Maj. T. M. Newson, veteran journalist from St Paul, was robbed in Sidney after alighting from an westbound U P express. A man posing as an old acquaintance lured him to a saloon, seized his roll of nearly a hundred dollars, and fled. Newson pursued by train then on foot, aided by a supposed county sheriff who offered $26 to settle quietly.
A sensational chronicle recounts a railway scam, a sheriff confrontation, and a long battlefield dispatch from Slim Buttes. It details Newson’s pursuit, a crass exchange with a counterfeit officer, and his departure for the Black Hills. It then covers Crook era fighting with Lieutenants Crawford and Schwatka, Major Burt, and Sioux casualties, culminating in a colorful anecdote of Wild Cat Tip in Deadwood.
Evans Journal reports coroner inquest details of Henry Nicholson death near Evans Weld County Colorado on the 16th. J. B. Wright who killed Nicholson delivered himself to the sheriff after a violent altercation involving Tom Smith Bell and others at Ames ranch. The fight ended with Nicholson fatally striking by a heavy blow to the head and skull fracture. he died next morning. Also note a help-wanted ad and an advert for Glen's Sabriun Scar in the same column.
An advertisement offers a free receipt for remedies addressing nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. The cure is claimed to be discovered by a missionary in South America. Respondents should send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman at Bible House New York City.
The Democratic Territorial Convention will meet in Cheyenne on the second Monday in October 1876 to nominate a delegate to the 45th Congress and conduct other proper business. Delegation totals are based on the last election’s Democratic vote, with Laramie County receiving 12 delegates, Albany 9, Carbon 4, Sweetwater 4, and Uinta 0. D. Foarsona, Chairman.
In Cache county Utah on a Saturday, a seven year old boy, son of William Mitten, died two hours after a fatal accident at a shingle mill. He tied a string to the counter shaft to see its effect and his arm was torn from the socket while both legs were severed below the knees. His head, stomach and side were badly mangled. He died about two hours after the incident.
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