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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1882
Page
6
Cheyenne scenes note a new brick house on West 19th street and telegraph lines reaching toward Laramie City. Mentions candidates for superintendent of schools M. A. Arnold and Dr. W. A. Wyman, theater companies visiting Cheyenne, and general comments on the state of drama and local civic growth.
The Kansas Pacific express from Kansas City collided at Collier station, tipping the locomotive and ditching the train. No serious passenger injuries were reported, but the express messenger was accidentally shot by his own revolver.
Interest grows as location notices keep filing at the county clerk's office. Prospectors report rich copper leads and valuable rock types in Rawhide Buttes, awaiting capital and organized labor to unlock potential.
The Pulaski case found Crager guilty of bigamy and sentenced him to two years. The local case drew interest due to Crager’s ties to Mrs Crager No 1, his Fort Russell service, and prior residence in Fort Collins where he worked as a hairdresser and clerk. He denied the Cheyenne and Fort Collins wedding, but witnesses including Dr. Cowhick supported the ceremony. The conduct suggests perjury risk.
Dr J H Hayford notes Jamie Hayford’s abdominal wound near the navel, with 48 hours since the accident and hopes of recovery though peritonitis and blood poisoning remain risks. Reports from Cheyenne, Green River, Rawlins, Evanston describe a fatal sawmill fire in Uinta county, a cattleman shot in the shoulder, goat stock introduction, an Artesian well bid, a near finished Rawlins courthouse, sheep drives to the upper Platte, a snow fall in Evanston, and stern criminal sentencing by Judge Parks.
Three coaches attached to the Tuesday west bound train carried 97 recruits from New York toward California to join scattered garrisons. Some join Light Artillery and 8th Infantry, mostly 2nd Infantry. Commanded by Capt. William S. McCaskey of the 20th Infantry.
The vast buffalo herd roaming north of the Black Hills is gradually advancing southward and will likely approach the Pierre road soon. Periodic loners are observed east of the Hills near streams flowing into the Cheyenne River.
A humorous technical note compares LEADER a small pica newspaper to the Sun showing column counts and type sizes. It explains printers use different bodies and discusses market tables and stock orders, then shifts to advertise health products Kidney-Wort Parker's Hair Balsam and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer with address 981 Arch St Philadelphia.
A vintage medical ad promotes Brown's Bronchial Traches for asthma bronchitis and throat troubles, claims 30 years of physician recommendation, and notes sales at 26 cents a box. It also touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, claiming safety and bowel relief, priced 25 cents. Also includes a public tax notice from Laramie county Wyoming 1882 census.
The Republican electors of Laramie County are called to elect delegates to the county convention at Cheyenne Court House on October 16, 1882 at 2 p.m. Nomination of officials and five county central committee members to serve two years will occur. representation by precincts is listed.
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