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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1890
Page
3
A Sun report describes the republican county convention in Laramie County aiming to nominate a strong ticket. It notes unity, free choice by delegates, and emphasis on education and experience, with several names floated for state senate, house, county offices, and the prosecutor’s post.
Among candidates for Cheyenne justices of the peace are W. P. Carroll W. F. Lee and W. J. Garland. Constables listed with others. Personal notes show delegates arriving from Wendover Fort Laramie Iron Mountain Chugwater Collins Silver Crown and mining camp affiliations.
The August 5 1890 Laramie county Republican convention nominated Charles Yund for sheriff C W Spalding for county clerk James Mc Gibbon for treasurer C E Carpenter for prosecuting attorney J H Hayford for coroner H R Inghan for assessor H L Stevens for superintendent of schools W O Owen for surveyor John McGill and Robert E Pitch named to the senate and Ora Haley C A Beals Al Sutherland George Gebhardt H Langbeldt to the house. Support for McGill followed strong cheering and Albany county was forecast to back the ticket by at least 500.
Judge Carey urges Republicans to attend primaries and conventions, be unpledged delegates, and allow reasoned ballots. He asks voters to pledge to favor the best candidate after consulting associates, aiming to elect standard bearers who will lay the state’s prosperity and honor foundation.
The Bessemer Journal reports a secret Casper meeting by a so called Democratic Ring planning to dominate the upcoming county convention and place chosen members on the ticket. Two West End Democrats were not invited and the ring’s denials aim to mislead voters despite ongoing secret meetings.
The 1889 statistics show 161 307 miles of U S rail lines with 5 751 miles built last year. Rail capacity valued at about 10 billion with 1 billion paid in dividends last year. Over 500 million passengers travel annually with few accidents and facilities rising faster than population. Over one tenth of Americans rely on railroads directly or indirectly. total line mile age and debt data reflect substantial investment and growth through December 31 1889.
A poetic card-like verse speaks of a shining star guiding Wyom townfolk. It celebrates the “forty-fourth” as a beacon for happiness, unity, and a bright future for all classes, with the people cheering and hopeful.
The piece highlights Miss M S Paden and Mrs Esther Morris in Cheyenne, praising Therese A Jenkins and the Wyoming milestone. It notes the July 23 celebration as a milestone, quotes Paden on women’s rights, and cites Wyoming’s landmark constitutional language granting full civil and political rights regardless of sex.
In Evanston News style the Rock Springs Miner is accused of abusing Judge Carey and Governor Warren. The item praises Carey and Warren as representatives of progress and republican resilience, contrasting with Democrats who cling to old traditions.
A fragmentary verse beat teases Missouri and Wyoming, hinting a rivalry clash. It references lingering fury and a wish to have kept a companion named Mareh for glory, implying a nostalgic, playful regional infighting.
A compact note from the St. Louis Republic recounts biblical sevenfold motifs: seven days of God’s work seven months to Noah’s ark seven times Abraham seven years Jacob seven days a week Israel’s fasts sevenfold dreams and feasts seven trumpet blasts at Jericho Solomon seven years temple work Naaman seven washings Job’s friends seven days and nights and many more.
Mr Hilliard the Boston tea dealer recounts a Vermont visitor’s shopping spree of 300 pounds of tea. A speaking-tube trick leads to a mistaken order cancellation as the caller jokes about Bradstreet’s warning on a slippery employer.
Investigations show lead miners suffer health effects less than other underground workers as ore is poorly absorbed. Smelters and white lead manufacturers face contamination risks. At Tyne side English lead trade hub, young female workers aged 17 to 23 suffer a fatal toxemia with headache colic blindness and epileptiform convulsions, yet little lead is found in the body after death.
A New York hotel clerk refused a westbound businessman's payment with a $100 bill not signed by the bank president. Investigators confirmed the note originated from Stockton California and bore only the cashier's signature, likely years in use. The page also cites a quip from Puck on why young men marry.
A Birmingham correspondent asserts that bloodhounds linked to slavery are a myth and that small red foxhounds are used to track escaped prisoners at Pratt Mines. Trainers demonstrate scent training and follow trails through city streets and woods, with dogs aiding in catching murderers and burglars.
A fashionable client at a stylish Paris hairdressing shop clashed with a junior cashier who snatched hot curling tongs and branded her neck. The cashier was later fined two pounds for assault and damages in police court.
An excerpt notes Maori debt repayment through aid after a British skirmish victory. A wounded son received potatoes as thanks, and the chief vowed future mercy toward captives, preferring leg amputation over killing. The piece also cites pilgrims’ sums to tepas and large national totals.
A southern paper suggests education as a qualification for suffrage if the Force bill passes. The idea is questioned, noting Wyoming has already adopted such a test, leading in equal suffrage and advancing older states.
The Cheyenne Sun illustrated edition celebrates Wyoming’s admission as a state. It features portraits of leading representatives and many interesting facts about the new commonwealth, a publication its publishers may be proud of.
General Manager Meek of the Union Pacific reports Cheyenne Northern grading is nearly finished with ties and rails arriving. Track laying will begin immediately as the line extends north from Cheyenne to Douglas, promising to connect with the east and open up new territory as a key feeder.
George B. Henderson general manager of the 71 outfit stopped in Ervay Sunday night while en route to the Big Horn country and Montana. The outfit drove about 2,000 head to the Big Horn mountains for the summer and plans to move 8,000 more soon with a fall relocation into Montana.
The Republican County Central Committee of Cheyenne Wyoming calls Laramie county Republicans to elect precinct delegates to the county convention at Cheyenne courthouse on August 6, 1890, at 11 a.m. Delegates nominate candidates for state senate, house, county offices, and conduct county business. Proxies must be precinct residents. Chairman Joan K. Jeffrey. Secretary Frank Dawa.
State Republican Committee of Cheyenne announces a state convention to meet at the capitol in Cheyenne on Monday August 11 1890 at 11 a.m. Delegates will nominate candidates for governor secretary of state state auditor treasurer superintendent of public instruction three supreme court justices a U.S. representative in the 51st and 52nd congresses and district judges. proxies allowed. Delegates apportioned by county. A. D. Kelley, Chairman T. L. McKas, Secretary.
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