Regiment Band Arrives as Cheyenne Guards Readies Camp
The North Douglas Company A and Co F with regimental band arrive at 4:30 and 6:05 respectively for the summer encampment near Laramie. A crowd greets them at the armory, while officers and men prepare for Camp Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Laramie
Magic City
Ferguson Street
Co. F
Col. Richards
Sam Slaymaker
A.D. Cook
Tom Cook
John Corrao
Guy Cleveland
H Rossman
J J Steflin
Frank Knittle
Bert Clough
Frank Patton
Clarence Algers
Harry Ruhl
Frank Wieland
J A Demorest
Oa Robinson
W H Rouse
Denone
John D. O'Brien
F. E. G. Graham
Hardenbrook
McFarland
Caffey
Rice
Hymer
Morris
Brown
Warner
Tom Bird
Jud Brazil
Ed Chadwick
J Chas Reams
AJ Johnson
Jae Adams
John Cathers
W P Kimball
C Padden
E Wagner
al Kinney
John Gillen
C C Keck
W J van Lea
H A Wagner
Geo Lowry
Ed Wells
J H Higgins
Cheyenne Guards
P. Zebner, Jr
Lunk
Bert Wagner
University City
Judge Advocate Baird
Drum Major Sets Fast 100 Yard Pace Rumor
A drum major is described as a fast foot racer with a 100 yard time around 12 seconds or more. Quietly people think Company B may emerge as the standout unit of the regiment. The line "The Girl I Left Behind Me" hints at sentiment. An excursion from here to Laramie is planned for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B
Laramie
Balloonists Prepare for Cheyenne Ascensions This Week
The balloon team features H. D. Belden veteran flyer E. P. Hastings the youngest in the trade and Lady Gray noted as the most daring female aeronaut. Ascensions planned September 9 10 11 and possibly 12 with reporter Tut Six aboard the first day. Richardson Bros invest 700 in the venture. No prior state ascensions have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Belden
E. P. Hastings
Lady Gray
Tut Six
Richardson Bros
Returning Explorers Reach Labyrinth Canyon By River
Special dispatch to The Sun Denver Aug 19 reports Green river excursionists returning after overland travel through Rocky desert at two miles per hour. They traveled thirty five miles by rowboat to Labyrinth canyon and shipped steamer wheels yesterday. Judge Merrell and Sheriff Hadsell head to Rawlins. I will be home tomorrow. E A 8.
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the Sun
Denver
Green River
Rocky Desert
Labyrinth Canyon
Judge Merrell
Sheriff Hadsell
Rawlins
Mandamus Suit Targets Auditor Burdick
Auditor Burdick ordered to show cause in district court on the 28th for refusing to settle a bill contracted by the adjutant general of the state militia. Burdick claims no funds are available for the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdick
Adjutant General of State Militia
State firemen tournament program at Rock Springs
Published programme for the state firemen’s tournament at Rock Springs on August 24 and 25. Events include Wet test running 400 feet to a hydrant with 200 feet of hose, Straightway distance 200 yards, Coupling contest, and a free-for-all foot race 100 yards with prize money for top places.
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Rock Springs
Underground streams noted as water source for irrigation
A letter to State Engineer Mead from A B Richtarpsos of the Locating and Developing Company claims underground streams exist beneath arid US lands. The letter dates August 15 in New York and states contracts can locate these flowing, subterranean waters with certainty.
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Mead
New York
Elwood Mead
United States
A. B. Richtarpsos
Pearl Street
Half Rate Offered for State Mining Convention Travel
Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific informs C. G. Courant that the Western Traffic association approves a half rate for the state mining convention from Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and South Dakota. Tickets on sale September 6 to 11 with return until the 16th.
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Lomax
Union
Pavific
C.G. Courant
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Utah
South Dakota
Douglas militia to spend day in Cheyenne
Upon return from Laramie the Douglas militia company will spend all day in Cheyenne. J F Jenkins will furnish carriages for a city tour and visitors will be entertained. The Douglas company includes merchants and representative men of Douglas.
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Laramie
Douglas Militia Company
Cheyenne
J. F. Jenkins
Douglas Company
Mining progress and wages at Bald Mountain placers
Good pews continues to come from Bald Mountain as miners in the placers earn big wages. Little is heard from Gold Hill these days as the workforce shifts to development work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bald Mountain
Placers
Gold Hill
Footprints in the Water The Cheyenne Pinkerton tale
A forthcoming Tue Sey novelette titled Footprints in the Water or The Cheyenne Pinkerton offers a thrilling detective plot. Charles Miller, a boy implicated in a double murder, remains in county jail after the tramps’ discharge. Laramie County’s railway and telegraph valuation stands at 37814.61 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Laramie County
Savage self murder Clearest: Union Pacific agent commits depot arson suicide
John Compton, 30, Union Pacific station agent at Carbon, started a fire in the oil room of the depot, then shot himself. The depot burned with the body badly burned and parts charred near the office safe. Domestic trouble and despondency were cited as causes. Compton had recent alcohol issues and had been stationed at Carbon for a month after arriving from Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Compton
Union Pacific
Carbon
Compton
United States
Rankin
Idaho
Wurtele
Culross
Laramie
Ogden
The
Rio Grande Western
Carter
Almy
A Marked Man
Attorney Frank H. Clark walks Ferguson street in the shower when a bird alights on his umbrella and perches. George Leaming quotes the verse about the beloved son, noting it comes from the baptismal dove story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Clark
Ferguson Street
George Leaming
Christ
Copper Hill Tunnel Crews Advance Vein Reach
The Denver Company under manager Mr Bernard operates two shifts of four men each at Silver Crown. They drive a tunnel into Copper Hill to reach a vein with one shift working ten hours daily and the other overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Bernard
Silver Crown
Copper Hill
A Warm Scrap At Gooch W Hoyt Drug Store
John A Weeks a clerk at Goo W Hoyt’s drug store is under Dr Hunt care after a two inch cut on his left cheek. Chas Pierson a colored worker at Hoyt’s assaulted Weeks during a desperate fight over a trivial dispute. Glass and blood stained the back room as they struggled and furniture was overturned. Weeks tried to reach a revolver but Pierson held him. Hoyt says Weeks provoked the trouble.
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John A. Weeks
Goo. W. Hoyt’s
Dr. Hunt
Chas. Pierson
Hoyt’s
Pierson
Weeks
Hoyt
Crow Creek Gold Prospect Renewed by Local Miners
Mining men plan to renew placer diggings along Crow creek and its branches. Past work yielded colors in sands of North Crow near the Gilchrist ranch. Subscribe for Tue Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ity
Crow Creek
North Crow
Gilchrist Ranch
Back Yard Hammock Incident in Carroll Street
In a Brooklyn backyard at sundown a fat man attempts to recline in a hammock, slips, and tumbles onto the ground. After a comic sequence with Halifax and Texas talk, he rises, shoves with a shovel, and collapses a sunflower as neighbors watch in startled amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Halifax
Texas
Kerswat
M. Quad
New York Evening World
Engagement Question Prompts Doubts in Love Letter
A letter quotes a speaker asking Madeline if she ever regrets their engagement. He recalls receiving many proposals from handsome, honorable, and cultivated men but chose Madeline. The tone reflects romantic doubt and devotion.
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Madeline
Sandplay plans spark grocery order confusion
Bridget Waa Sure and Bridget O'Toole send a humorous grocer request for a pail of brown sugar three tin pails and three shovels to keep children entertained at home. The exchange highlights a playful miscommunication over a summer preference.
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Bridget
Bridget O'Toole
Grocer
Missis
New York Herald
Mean Trick At Dry Goods Circular Offer
A humorous note cites a dry goods firm accused of deception by offering “Circulars Given Away Today” as a lure. Women from ten miles rushed to the store only to learn the circulars were printed, not cloaks or promised goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Verdant Surroundings Quote Inspires Green Image
A Munsey’s Weekly snippet notes a New York girl praising Bar Harbor for its abundant greenery. She remarks on the woods fields and college boys creating a vivid, lush scene that makes her feel greener herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
New York
Munsey's Weekly
Style versus Comfort on the Farm Dinner Delights
A humorous New York Weekly item notes Mrs De Style on a farm visit balking at dining in shirt sleeves while Mr De Style worries aloud. The desay theme plays on fashion and practicality during host hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. de Style
Mr. de Style
New York Weekly
Notable Exchange Redacted in Smith Gray Monthly
Dramatic lines reveal a tense scene as a speaker vows despair if rejected, while another dismisses self harm with defiant resolve. The fragment suggests a dramatic interpersonal conflict highlighted in the Smith Gray & Co. Monthly listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith, Gray & Co
Military Maneuvers Dialogue Cited in Figaro Note
A wartime moment is cited from Figaro in which a captain declares there are no cartridges left and instructs cease fire after confirming there are none. The exchange captures tense halt in firing during maneuvers.
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Figaro
Governor Barber Receives Various Informational Inquiries
The imperial German consulate in Chicago asks about rye crop outlook and on hand stock. A census official questions tax valuation percent basis, citing .25 to par with 509 cent in Wyoming. Northrop of Fort Wayne seeks Governor Barber’s view on Christ and the Bible for a forthcoming book and Wyoming delegates for the National Prison Association meeting in Pittsburgh.
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Barber
Chicago
Wyoming
Hines’ Daily Fire Record
New York
Stephen A. Northrop
First Baptist Church of
Fort Wayne
Ind
National Prison Association
Pittsburg
Cherokees Take Cattle in Strip Under Sale Plan
At Cripwet Kansas on August 19 Cherokee chief J B Mayes and 25 leaders met with local cattlemen to transfer ownership of strip cattle to individual Cherokees by bills of sale. When marketed the cattle will be repurchased to cover grazing charges, potentially freeing up half a million cattle for Cherokees to claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripwet
Kan
Harrison
J. B. Mayes
Cherokee Nation
North Dakota Wheat Harvest Reaches 2.99 Million Acres
From Wheatfield to Bismarck a state tally shows 2,990,000 acres sown with wheat an increase of 400,000 acres from last year. Projected at seventeen bushels per acre the state would yield 61,000,000 bushels with 5,000,000 set aside for seed and 46,000,000 for market. Harvesting is in full blast.
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Mixnearpuis
Journal
Bismarck
Notice of Administration for John Kirk Estate
Henry Harrington is named administrator of the John Kirk estate in Laramie County Wyoming. Letters of administration were granted by the district court on the Sunday of August 1891. Creditors must present claims within six months for allowance or be precluded. claims must be exhibited within one year to avoid debarring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Wyoming
Laramie
District Court of the
First Judicial District
County of
John Kirk
Henry Harrington
Cheyenne
Wyo
Notice to cut timber on public lands in Converse county Wyoming
The undersigned will apply to the Secretary of the Interior for permission to cut and remove pine timber and manufacture it into lumber from public lands in Wyoming. Lands described as Sections 14 15 21 22 26 27 28 and 23 in Township 32 N Range 7 W, excluding some fractions in Converse County. Jons R. Topp, Glenrock Wyoming, August 1 19 Sor.
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Secretary of the Interior of the
United States
Township
North Range
Converse County
State of
Wyoming
Jons R. Topp
Glenrock
Notice to creditors in estate of Mia Peter Seigfried
In Wyoming district court the estate of Mia Peter Seigfried, deceased, requests all claimants exhibit their claims for allowance within six months, or be precluded from benefits. If not exhibited within one year, they shall be forever debarred. Dated Cheyenne July 1 18y1. SAMS ATKINSON Clerk and Ex-Officio Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wyoming
Laramie
Mia
Peter Seigfried
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sams
Atkinson
University of Nebraska Opens September 15
The University of Nebraska announces opening on September 15 offering courses in Agriculture Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering English Literature Economics and Political Science Geology Greek History Horticulture Latin Mathematics Military Science Modern Language Philosophy Physics Zoology Art Music Libraries of 16000 volumes and 800 periodicals Armory and gymnasium United States experiment station co education tuition and catalogs available on request from Chancellor James H Canfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iment
Tu Ffee
James H Canfield
Land Foreclosure Sale Notice in Cheyenne Wyoming
In the Laramie County district a foreclosure sale is set for August 1 at 1 a.m. at the Cheyenne courthouse front door. The Cheyenne Land and Live Stock Company and parties Elise Frank vs Swans and Kelly hold the claim on listed parcels in sections 25 26 28 30 31 and 22 township 17 north range 69 70 west. The sheriff advertises sale of all described lands to satisfy the judgment plus costs and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wileu
Peetee
2 Amie
Wyoming
Elise Frank
Thomas Swan
Alexander H. Sw
Hiram B. Kelly
Laramie County
Wyo
Cheyenne
Laramie
Cheyenne Land and Live Stock Company
Alexander H. Swan
Hiramb. Kelly
Sheriff Sale of Undivided Interest in Cheyenne Lots
The sheriff will sell the undivided four fifths of lots 6 and 7 in block 359 Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming. The sale follows a district court decree issued May 27 1891 in the Nagle Robins Corson estate action. Auction at 2 pm August day 1591 at the courthouse front door for cash to satisfy costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Irs Judicial District
Wyoming
Laramie
D. iSgt
Finma J. Nagle
Wiliam
Robins
Samuel Corson
Erasmus Nile
Morton Post Amalia B. Post
Adrian J. Parshas
Francis E. Warren
Morton E. Post
Foots
County of
Cheyenne
Wyong
Court House
A. D. Krellery
Laramie County
Lacey & van Devanter
Plaintiff
Notice to Whitman Tennant to cut pine on public lands
Whitman Tennant of Bessemer Natrona County Wyoming will apply September 6 1891 to the Secretary of the Interior in Washington DC for permission to cut and remove pine timber and to manufacture lumber from public lands in sections 25 26 35 township 31 north range west. Opponents to the claim must file adverse claims by September 5 1891 to protect water supply and irrigation interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Wyo
Whitman Tennant
Natrona County
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Range
Wurman
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Tue Sun
Fatile
North Dakota
University of Nebraska
A. D. Kecury
Porter & BurxKe
Sherrif Sale
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