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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1889
Page
12
Fragmentary newspaper notes mention Union Pacific stock at 67 dollars and a Port Lampp cement masons union fining a member five dollars for letting a laborer perform his work. A vague reference to a Haleybi and a Cronin case with a white horse and a red headed girl is included with no clear context.
Mr Humann of the postal service says the coast trip of the fast mail train is a decided success and that the Union Pacific will further cut the schedule by three hours within a month.
It is reported that Mrs. Southworth, accused of killing Major Pettus, now suffers extreme physical exhaustion and mental lassitude and her counsel says she is dying, having broken down completely.
The Lander Mountaineer reports Hon Mike Mureay describing a large Beaver Springs agate vein. The stone is nearly white like marble and highly polishable. A delicate lacework runs through slabs suitable for furniture, offering a beauty rivaling fine marble.
Mr Henry Wolcott of Denver said the Montana political muddle harms the new state and hoped ants would settle without widening the war into the US Senate. He favors silver advancing but deems Reed not strongly anti silver toward the St Louis convention. Senator Edward Wolcott has leased an elegant Washington residence with fine bachelor quarters.
Postmaster General Wanamaker urges Congress to back a penny postal bank system. Children buy stamps and paste them to cards, redeemable at post offices. deposits become stamps of corresponding value, with cards returned for withdrawal of face value.
The Elkhorn group of nine mines is being sold for half a million dollars to an English syndicate as Montana completes statehood. The move ends alien land law applicability in the state, easing miners burden after years under the law. Idaho soon follows, with residents seeking similar property rights to boost development.
Phil Armour testified yesterday before a West committee. Armour lives in a small interior Illinois town, likely drawing interest to his remarks.
The passage recounts Phil Salle, son of a canal contractor, who and his brothers packed pork to government wartime contracts. He moved to Chicago to grow a large business and, within ten years, expanded into beef packing, earning vast profits. He is described as a born money maker and one of the era’s four leading figures in live stock dealing.
Kentucky high court upholds a contract in which a grandson earned $500 by quitting smoking for a defined period. The grandmother died before fulfillment. executors refused payment, but the court ruled consideration existed and the reward was binding since the grandson met the terms.
Mr. J. A. Johnston returns from Salt Lake City saying liberals will win. Hundreds of young Mormons plan to vote with gentiles, tired of church rule. One polygamist dreading U S officers says he will vote liberal for business interests. Liberal parade described as a major display. Mormons brought in to work streets and sewers to influence voting will not be allowed to register. Saints despondent but vow to press influence in legislature to curb city officials if liberals win.
Hon Samuel Ritrer Peters of Kansas seventh district told a Washington reporter from Tax Sun he supports admitting Wyoming as a state in the upcoming Congress session. He urged readers that with over 100000 residents, mostly Republicans, statehood is assured. Peters, known as Never Get Left Peters, helped place constituents as postmasters in Guthrie and Kingfisher before Oklahoma Territory opened. The judge is described as a hustler.
A sermon-like piece urges readers to reflect on faith and personal destiny. It emphasizes national motto In God We Trust and the sanctity of the Lord's Day as a time for thinking of God and our relations to Him while six days belong to earthly labor.
The article reflects on thanksgiving services and a nation still declaring Christian faith while disasters like floods and fires shake communities. It cites Cardinal Gibbons and his new book Our Christian Heritage as nonsectarian defense of Christianity and urges vigilance and moral living ahead of Christmas.
An Omaha Bee report details a committee memorial urging Wyoming statehood as a right and not a grievance. It argues the territory has matured beyond federal paternal care, with 98000 square miles of varied terrain, irrigation capable land, and extensive mineral wealth including gold, supporting millions of potential new citizens.
The article extols Wyoming’s extensive natural resources including oil basins and minerals, large industrial capacity, and rapid population growth. It argues population size and unity in a strong republican majority favor swift admission, claiming comparable or superior development to states admitted earlier and highlighting rail, irrigation, and livestock milestones as proof of readiness.
The message reviews U S policy with forceful clarity on tariffs treasury surplus and farm protection and advocates bold land reform. It lauds Civil War veterans loyalty while criticizing Cleveland on pensions and calls for fuller civil rights and merchant marine improvements. A full telegraphic summary follows.
The piece urges radical changes for clean elections in Wyoming including registration secret ballot and full citizenship. It notes salary cuts for county officials would curb vote buying and warns that public office prizes attract bribery. It discusses the Australian method of hiring opponents to abstain from voting.
A query appeals to the democratic press about cutting salaries as a measure to relieve overburdened taxpayers and attack the root of the problem. The comment invites reaction on whether wage reductions are the right approach in current fiscal strain.
Tue Agassiz mining company of Leadville made an assignment yesterday.
News from yesterday indicates a possible settlement developing in Montana, with officials and stakeholders optimistic about reaching an accord. The report notes ongoing discussions and the potential for a balanced agreement addressing key concerns.
After January 1 the Cheyenne and Northern will be known as a portion of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway with Channing F. Meek, current Fort Worth manager, named general manager.
In response to an appeal for aid to the families of the two Associated Pressmen who lost their lives in the Minneapolis fire, over $2,000 was subscribed yesterday. San Francisco papers sent $500, the Tacoma Ledger $100, and numerous eastern papers contributed from $50 to $200 each.
Frank Heins, a boy who disappeared from his father's Seventeenth street bakery, sent a letter from Laramie City expressing remorse. He recounts riding a box car, spending money on candy and a bed, and saving 25 of 35 dollars. He asks forgiveness and vows to do his duty, describing Laramie and reiterating his desire to return home. He has been sent for and will arrive this morning.
In early Cheyenne, J. S. Collins & Co. began making stock saddles in 1876, expanding to heavy gear like lariets, quirts, bridles, rawhide ropes, and more. The firm once produced up to 1,500 saddles annually and employs ten to twelve workers, supporting 50 to 75 people, reflecting the cattle country’s influence on local prosperity.
The regular council session last evening in Mayor River’s chair audited bills and adopted a resolution declaring all taxes delinquent with a warrant lasting February 18 for same. Councilman Hunt announced plans to introduce an ordinance setting auction licenses at 75 per year payable annually.
Wanted two hundred geldings weighing 1000 pounds or more. Contact KR. 5, VAN Tasseit in Cheyenne for offers and details.
Evanston reports J Pugmin, jailed for sheep stealing, escaped with coal bucket and ran up Main street but was recaptured after a chase to the willows. Evanston Hose Company No 1 elected officers including Foreman Wilson Dillon and first assistant I B Moor with other posts filled.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. C. Lykins received a $1,000 check from Doty and Chamberlin for securing the conviction of Hake and Bordwingle, the cattle thieves. The payment, offered after pursuit and arrest, reflects a moral obligation rather than a legal requirement, and Lykins aspires to further rewards as he has secured additional indictments.
At the district court yesterday Count Von Balfour was arraigned for grand larceny and pled guilty. In the afternoon Judge Corn presided and heard motions in civil cases. An argument occurred in Snow Cattle company vs H. G. Hay on a demurrer. The Green Mountain Boy mining suit is set for trial today.
A Washington attorney writes a friend here about the current administration and pensions. He states the aim is to allow every claim that is reasonably and fairly proved and that applicants need not fear the pension office will defeat any just claim.
M J Nichols, manager of the Western Union telegraph office, and his assistants processed the president's message covering 146 sheets in three and a half hours last night. The task was completed with speed and accuracy, praised as the finest work ever done in the office. The Sun commends Nichols and his team for the splendid achievement.
The Bryant and Bonffils grocers received Cheyenne's first bale of stock fish yesterday. The dried Swedish product is shipped in four foot strips and sold in bales. A crowd gathered at Seventeenth Street to view the import, admired for its favored flavor among Swedes and those familiar with it.
Constables Smith and Douglas chased a man named Liddell, believed to be the principal of a horse stealing trio, after two suspects were arrested at Davis ranch Sunday. By late night, Tun Low reporter learned the officers had not yet returned.
Mr J W Fanning formerly of the Albany hotel in Denver has become night clerk at the Normandie. Dudley Smith of the Harvey eating houses will serve as porter. Charles Roath returns as chief clerk. Congratulations to Mr Page on an efficient office staff. The Normandie is well equipped for growing business.
Lawyer Wing closed his argument in the Cronin trial while Ingham urged that circumstantial evidence can outweigh direct proof. Hess described the incriminating facts as a bundle of sticks, each explainable by innocence yet collectively forming an inescapable conclusion of Cronin as a spy linked to Carlson cottage murders and sewer burial.
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