Rawlins News Highlights Roads, Fire Dept, and Local Developments
The Aug 8 Rawlins report notes a new road to Saratoga shortening travel by about ten miles and a proposed Casper route to improve mail service. A half-mile horse track is being built near town with plans for a first class livery stable and a new water tank to hold 50 000 gallons for fire use. The Union Pacific plans a hose cart and linen hose for the shop company. A Pinkerton detective is in town over the Averell lynching and Governor Warren promises to pursue justice. The Hotel Brunswick closes after a brief run, as E T Burke & Co. gains a new bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Saratoga
Fort Steele
Grenville
Board of Trade
Casper
Omaha
Union Pacific
Palmer & Lum
Lum
Greeley
Pinkerton
James Averell
Sweetwater
Bennett
Warren
D. T. Dunlap
E. T. Burke & Co
Dave
Brunswick
W. K. Ross
President Harrison Hosts Informal Otter Bluff Luncheon
Aug 9 edition reports President Harrison riding early after a better night’s sleep. He met Baron Rosen and other guests, then took a drive. In the afternoon a carriage party arrived at Mayor Palmer’s Otter Bluff cottage for a luncheon with prominent cottagers, described as informal.
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Ban Hannen
Harrison
Baron Rosen
Riselan
Mayor Palmer
Otter Bluff
Preemie Travels Through New England Schedule
The week outlines a trip starting Monday as Ellaworth guest of Senator Hale until Wednesday morning. Then Bath for lunch with Arthur Sewell, Manchester for an overnight with ex Governor Cheney, Concord by invitation of the New Hampshire legislature, and a Thursday departure to Boston to catch the Fall River train. Mrs. Harrison to meet him in Fall River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaworth
Senator Hale
Bath
Arthur Sewell
Manchester
Cheney
Concord
New Hampshire
Boston
Fall River
Harrison
Haytian Traitor Plot Disrupted At Port Au Prince
Information from Hayti dated July 25 reports quiet at Port au Prince as rainy season nears, hindering Hippolyte and aiding the northern party. Forts exchange fire, Lacompe’s bribed commander tried to surrender for 10 6oo francs, but a French observer alerted authorities. Legitime would have pensioned Hippolyte if the scheme succeeded. Lacompe controls much of the water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuvnetos
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Hippolyte
Lacompe
Albert Lalnove
Lalnove
Legiti
Pro Cureur General Pins Down Boulanger Plots
Paris August 9. The pro cureur general accuses Boulanger of secret intrigues electoral agitation and a system to corrupt officials while in command of troops. He denies ties to actions done in his name and the court cites documents tracing his fall from insubordination to conspiracy. The government alleges he tried to convey to Bismarck his wish to be consul for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulanger
Paris
Bismarck
Johnstown Rescue Effort Continues Amid Toll Rise
Two more bodies recovered from the Johnstown disaster, including Alexander Hamilton Jr., as workers press on to clear cellars and dirt piles. A traveling satchel with a woman’s clothes, a Pennsylvania railroad check, and an embroidered handkerchief bearing Elizabeth Bryan’s name were found among valuables.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Bryan
Chronical claims discovery of missing Hartford silk president
The Chronicles report locating Thomas J. Plunkett, who vanished from Hartford in August 1858 and was telegraphed dead in Mexico last April. He is alive in Mexico City and once led the Hartford Silk Manufacturing Company, later found to owe up to $300,000.
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San Francisco
Aug
The
Chronicle
Thomas J. Plunkett
Hartford
Conn
Mexico
City of
Plunket
Hartford Silk Manufacturing Company
Montana Convention Debates Reservoir Plans in Helena
Hevtena hosts the Montana irrigation convention with state committee discussions on the reservoir system. Senators Stewart and Reagan spoke as opponents of the Helena capitol question faced a motion attempt, which was defeated and adjourned to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hevtena
State Irrigation
Montana
Stewart
Reagan
Dlelena
Capitol
Friends of
Helena
Storms Leave Destruction in Wisconsin Counties
Reports from LaCrosse Wisconsin describe storm damage late Wednesday night and Thursday. A 12 year old girl was struck by lightning and killed as she fled from the house to the barn. Her mother Mrs Justin was paralyzed in the legs by a thunderbolt. Chris Muellers barn was destroyed along with twenty five sheep fifty tons of hay and other property.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Aug.y
Henry Schmidt
Justin
Chris Mueller
Murder in Chicago Report Sparks City Chase
Policemen Adam Kreyer was shot to death by two suspects named John McGrain and William Marcell. An extensive chase followed with about a hundred officers surrounding a suspected hideout, but the pair remained at large.
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Curiaco
Adam Kreyer
John McGrain
William Arcell
Giant table glass trust formed in three states
A Pittsburgh headquartered trust will unite the table glassware manufacturers of Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia under a single management. The move creates the most gigantic combination in the country, coordinating furnaces and distribution across the trio of states.
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Pirrsaung
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virgina
Pittsburg
Table Glass
Sioux commission arrives to seal Dakota land treaty
The Sioux commission arrived in St Paul last night after completing their task of securing signatures from a majority of the Indians to a treaty opening 11,000,000 acres of Dakota lands for settlement. They are elated by the successful termination of their labors.
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St. Paul
Aug
Dakota
Ocean Race Sparkles Between Steamers Tuwtonic and City of New York
An intriguing late August ocean race features the steamers Tuwtonic of the White Star line and City of New York of the Jaman line sailing from Queenstown, with competitive showings expected along the coast near Maciog Oohe Ocean, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tuwtonic
White Star Line
City of May York
Jaman Line
P Bee
Mtd
Queenstown
Incorporations for North Platte Oil and Sweetwater Irrigation
North Platte Oil company forms in Omaha with 2.5 million capital to acquire coal oil and mineral lands, sink wells, store refine and transport products. Five directors named E A Tillotson B F Benbow L E Higgins E E Clippinger H Franzen. Sweetwater L and I Co files for water rights and irrigation canals in Wyoming valley from Devil's Gate to Sweetwater junction with capital 0.5 million. Trustees named J R Bothwell J C Baird J C Davis E P Scoonmaker A J Bothwell. offices in Cheyenne New York.
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North Platte Oil Company
Omaha
E. A. Tillotson
B. F. Benbow
L. E. Higgins
E. E. Clippinger
H. Franzen
Neb
Sweetwater L. & I. CO
Capitol
Sweetwater
Horse Creek
Wyoming Territory
Sweetwater River
Devil's Gate
Fish Creek
Sweetwater Valley
Platte
John R. Bothwell
John C. Baird
J. C. Davis
E. P. Scoonmaker
Albert J. Bothwell
Cheyenne and Bothwell
City of
New York
State of
Remains Found Near Pole Mountain Rancher Burnett
Mystery deepens as cremated remains are found two miles north of Bob Burnett’s Pole Mountain ranch. Charles Pullman and wife report mortal remains in two pails and are taken to the prosecutor. Dr Harris identifies human bones. link to Burnett rests on an overall button from E P Smith Co Watkin's store. Authorities investigate and plan an inquest in Laramie.
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Laramie
Bob Burnett
Loomerang
Robert Burnett
Pole Mountain
Burnett
Groesbeck
Harris
E. P. Smith & Co
Omaha
J. 5
Watkins
Watkin
Yund
In Chambersburg Notice Seeks Missing Jacob Gable
In Chambersburg Pa three years ago Jacob Gable left home and has not heard from since. On August 1 his brother was killed and the family asks the reader to inform Jacob of the death. The notice notes William Gable was killed while coupling case at Cheesport Pa and his remains were buried locally.
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Chambersburg
Jacob Gable
William Gable
CiAmuenssund
Ang
Willian H. Gable
Gable
Cheesport
Gilmore's Artista Jubilee Festival Agent Named
Gilmore's jubilee festivals appoint H. Laine as general business agent for Gilmore's Artista events. The connection signals renewed organizing efforts and potential venue planning.
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Gilmore
H. Laine
Famous New York band seeks afternoon and evening city engagement
A renowned New York band arrives in the city to arrange an afternoon and evening performance. The party includes Gilmore, Campanini, Danckwardt, Del Puente, Signorine De Vere, Madame Stone-Barton, Miss Campbell, Farrar Whitney and others, and their stop here is hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gilmore
Campanini
Danckwardt
del Puente
Signorin! de Vere
Madame Stone-Barton
Miss Campbell
Farrarl Whitney
Live Mead on a Dead Body in Washington
Maurice Adler, shot June 18 by Frank K Ward, remained alive despite paralysis and age. A late operation under chloroform revealed a fractured fourth cereviral vertebra driving into the spinal cord. Surgeons removed the spineous process and lamina to relieve pressure, and Adler showed marked improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maurice Adler
Frank K. Ward
Property Attached for 200000 and His Wife Almost Insane
Providence Rhode Island August 9 Massachusetts Loan and Trust company placed an attachment for 200000 on Riverside mill today bringing total attachments on local property to 312000. Brown, the treasurer, whereabouts unknown. Boston August 9 wife of G P Brown of Brown Steese and Clark wool growers says her husband missing since Tuesday. A brother suspects business woes drove him to madness or he may have died or fled.
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Providence
R. I
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Riverside
Brown
Boston
G. P. Brown
Brown, Steese & Clark
Death in the Andes Linked to Stanford Heir
The death of Thomas Bryan Gnaiaghe was reported as cold exposure on the Andes on May 27 while traveling from Mendociano. J W Clark from Belleville Argentina recounts Guning’s claim of marrying an adopted daughter of United States Senator Leland Stanford and notes Guning’s father as a prominent New York state surgeon. Clark added Guning had visited Chile five years earlier and knew several local families.
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Washington
United States Legation
Santiago
Chili
State Department
Thomas Bryan Gnaiaghe
Andes
Mendozan
J. W. Clark
Belleville
Argentine Republic
Clark
Buenos Ayres
Europe
Guning
United States
Leland Stanford
New York State
Bryson Executed for Slaying Mistress in Helena Case
George H. Bryson was executed in Bomper Mont this morning for the murder of his mistress Annie Lind street. The crime occurred in Helena last year, sparked outrage over the brutal plan and the woman’s body was found in a city hole after frequent August quarrels. The case went to the supreme court and was decided against Bryson. He maintained his innocence to the end.
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Bomper
Mont
George H. Bryson
Annie Lindstreet
Helena
Supreme Court
Bryson
Complicity in Crime Aboard New York Case
Ferdinand W. Hofele was arraigned at police court and remanded until tomorrow on charges of complicity in the over issue of stock by President Eben S. Allen of the Forty-second and Grand Street Surface Road. Hofele protests innocence.
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New York
Ferdinand W. Hofele
Hofele
Eben 5. Allen
Forty-second
Grand Street
Czar to visit Berwin with czarvitch in late August
The czar is expected to arrive August 24 and stay several days with his son. He will observe a German troop parade during the visit. Emperor William and the empress will join him before moving on to Kiel or Stettin to meet the czarina.
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Berwin
William
Kiel
Stettin
Elixir of Life Experiments Reported Success
In Cincinnati and Cleveland trials of Dr Brown Sequard s Elixir of Life a 70 year old colored man crippled by rheumatism fully recovered and has since danced and jumped about like a boy, showcasing marked improvement from the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Brown
Cleveland
Drowned boatmen in sudden squall at Lake Buurr
A boatman named Dunn and George White drowned when a small boat capsized off Lake Buurr Newfoundland during a squall. Dunn and two boys named White were out sailing. Howard White swam ashore.
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White
Lake Buurr
Dunn
George White
Mr. Dunn
Howard White
Chinaman Hanged for Murder in Port Lawn
Chee Gong, a Chinese man, was hanged in Port Lawn Oregon for the murder of Lee Gick committed three years ago. He proclaimed his innocence and blamed a Chinese conspiracy in a final speech before the execution.
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Port Lawn
Chee Gong
Lee Gick
New Jersey Man Offers Reward For Quick Cure
Mat McCabe of New Brunswick Illinois offers five dollars to any person troubled with bloody flux who takes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy as directed and recovers quickly. He credits half a penny bottle with curing him after other medicines failed. The remedy is sold widely by B B David and has daily sales well above a thousand bottles with a proven track record when directions are followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat McCabe
New Brunswick
Ill
Chamberlain
McCabe
B. B. David
White Burley Tobacco Transforms Kentucky Market
A historic tale traces Kentucky tobacco from dark varieties to the rise of white burley. Capt August Cott of Brown County, Ohio, discovers a white plant, seeds it, and by 1860s shows a white leaf superior in flavor, leading to a new Kentucky crop that gains fame in Louisville and beyond, reshaping markets and wealth for farmers.
Tobacco production and origins in Kentucky and Ohio
The report notes tobacco can be grown mainly in Kentucky and a strip of southern Ohio where the first plant arose. It claims Kentucky farmers now earn nearly twice as much as six years ago, with most Havana cigars made from white barley and superior to the article. It predicts 300 million pounds of tobacco this season in Kentucky, including 200 million pounds of white barley, tracing lineage to a plant from 1862 on Capt. August Cott’s Brown County, Ohio farm.
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Kentucky
United States
Cincinnati
Brown County
Ohio
Mason County
August Cott
Cott
Cuba
Cane Cott
Capt. Cott
Wodl
Capt. Cout
Capt
Louisville
Ihese
Farners
Pt. Cott
New York Sun
How to Coax a Man to Propose
An elderly man recounts his youthful proposal to his wife and advises young women to sew to attract suitors. He argues domestic needlework conveys a homelike aura that can embolden bashful men to confess love, urging girls to look busy with stitching during visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enga
A Home Institution Invention Sparks Local Curiosity
A quirky exchange describes a Browning cult in town and a young leader named Fetloc guiding followers to shacks, hinting at influence and secrecy within a tight community. Bascom denies presence yet notes emerging activity and concern from residents.
Notice of final proof for homestead entry at Cheyenne
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyo announces that a settler has filed for final proof to support his claim for Homestead Entry No. 623 in township 10 north range 7 west. The proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne on September 2. Witnesses include Charles M. McCarty Tanner N Bard Albert W. Bristol of Little Rock Wyo and William F. Hosford of New Cheyenne Wyo.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Vis
Charles M. McCarty
Tanne N. Bard
Albert W. Bristol
Littler
William F. Hosford
Wilson
Register
Claimant seeks final proof on land claim in Cheyenne Wyoming
Notice by land office listing Charles J. Gress filing intent to make final proof for a land claim before the register in Cheyenne Wyoming on September 13, 1880. He names witnesses Andrew P. Walkes Joseph Interes Asa B. Robertson Lewie N. Wilson Evaan B. Wilson to prove continuous residence and cultivation of the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuerarey
Hegieter and Elver
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Charies J. Gress
Andrew P. Walkes
Joseph Interes
Asa B. Robertson
Lewie N. Wison
Allo Ploe Bluffs
Wye
Evaan B. Wilson
Register
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Ebuication
United States Land Office in Cheyenne Wyoming announces final proof hearing for William J Sparks of Madison Virginia on a desert land claim No 4 for the NW of Kee Mi Tp 230 N R W. The hearing set for August 7 before the Register and Receiver. Witnesses James H Houser John K E Heurer Timothy Sullivan Thomas Hunton all of Bordeaux Laramie Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
William J. Sparks
Madison County
Kee
Tuesaday
Pete
Jame H. Houser
Jobo K E. Heurer
Timothy Sullivan
Thomas Hunton
Bordeaux
Laramie County
Wyoming
Dgar “. Wilson
Register
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Legitime
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Wisconsin
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Sweetwater Land and Irrigation Company
Capital
Platte and Sweetwater
Chetennne
Wtyo
Cattle Brands
L. Voorhees & CO
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