Nine Convicts Sentenced in Joliet Court Row
A court session saw nine prisoners led by the sheriff receive sentences totaling thirty three years and four months. John Drew drew seven years, George Smith four, Berry thirteen months, H L Miller fifteen months, Harry Carpenter eighteen months, George Perry four, Daniel Hake seven, John Borchwingle two, and Eugene Balfour two and a half years.
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John Drew
van Devanter
Drew
Joliet
George Smith
Bowen
Smith
Berry
House of Refuge
H. L. Miller
Wilcox Bakery Safe Contents
Mr. Morgan
George Perry
J. C. Thompson
Mr. Perry
Daniel Hake
Wyoming
Borchwingle
John Borchwingle
Greeley
Viaduct plans discussed with Cheyenne authorities
Chief Engineer Bogue and Engineer Appleton of Union Pacific arrived to arrange fast tracking of a Cheyenne viaduct project. Mayor Riner met them and proposals will be advertised now and opened in sixty days, with work expected to start in February. Union Pacific to back guarantees until city funds come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogue
Union Pacific
Appleton
Riner
Cheyenne
Laramie Reminiscences From 1875 Daily Sum
The Boomerang reprints a 1875 Laramie Daily Sum issue noting editors E. A. Slack and C. W. Bramel, a seven column folio with telegraphic news, local items on an epsom salt lake discovery, a critique of the Cheyenne hemp remedy notion, and fashion gossip about striped stockings. It reports a Live Stock commission finding $17,674.55 disbursed and $1,970.11 cash on hand, plus cattle roundups and 120,518 head shipped. The death of Union Pacific engineer Chris Jepson is recorded, along with railway line expansions and side track work near Harper’s Station.
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Boomerang
Laramie
The
Independent
E. A. Slack
C.W. Bramel
Epsom Salt Lake
Ritter
Robert Burkhardt
Hayford
Cheyenne
Live Stock Commission
Frank Earnest
R. F. Glover
Derrick Bruce Marriage at Whitewood Oak
Miss Florence Derrick and Edward Bruce united in marriage at Whitewood Oak on the first day of November. Derrick formerly resided in Citeyenne.
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Whitewood
Oak
Florence Derrick
Edward Bruce
Derrick
Citeyenne
Travel tale of badger or dog meat hoax at Cottonwood hotel
An eastern paper recounts a practical joke at a Cottonwood hotel near Wendover where hosts allegedly served a traveling man dog meat claimed as badger. The prank involved hotelkeeper J J Hauphoff and a clergyman, with the victim tormented for months as rumors spread.
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Hotel World
Cottonwood
Wendover
J. J. Hauphoff
Hauphoff
New York
Cheyenne
East
Wyoming
D. L. Rader
Coal Output and Valuation From Territory Mines
Coal inspector Epperson reports 1884 to Sept 16 1889 output at 6 376 528 tons valued at 12 748 056 dollars set at 2 dollars per ton though companies net nearly double. He forecasts 2 000 000 tons for rest of 1889 and notes several annual reports submitted to the governor including irrigation and penitentiary commissions.
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Epperson
Capitol Building Commission
Meldrum
Trustees Deaf and Dumb Institute
Livestock Commissioners
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Territorial Coal Inspector
Penitentiary Convicts in Joliet Territorial Report
Seventy three territorial convicts were confined at Joliet Illinois on the return of October according to the late report of territorial commissioners Tim Dyer and Colin Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
Tim Dyer
Colin Hunter
Inez Mines and Nearby Coal Prospects Report
Coal inspector Epperson describes nine months of output led by Inez mines with 26 674 tons from Fetterman and 39 000 tons from Deer Creek. He details Deer Creek No 1 near Glen Rock and Fry Mine developments, ventilation needs, and plans to expand output with rotary drills. Buffalo Fuel and regional prospects in Converse and Johnson counties are noted as developing with rail access potential.
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Epperson
Fetterman Coal Company
Inez
Deer Creek Coal Company
Glen Rock
Buffalo Fuel Company
Buffalo
Inez Coal Mines
Deer Creek Coal and Mining Company
Deer Creek
Messrs. Allen, McDonald & Co
Fry
Fetterman
Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley Railway
Converse County
Buffalo Coal
Johnson County
Vulcan
Big Horn Range
Greyhound Heist Ends With Arrest During Pursuit
Mr. Mansbach of Germania hall reported two valuable greyhounds stolen from his home. A suspect named John Hughes was captured near the Union Pacific ice house after he allegedly secured one dog and was later caught with the second. Officer Ahrens detained him. a preliminary examination is set for today. Gas company officers also elected a new board led by F. B. Warren as president and S. Tuttle as secretary-treasurer.
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C. Mansbach
Germania Hall
Old Mexico
Mansbach
Diaz
Union Pacific
Ahrens
John Hughes
Cheyenne Gas Company
F. E. Warren
E. BB. Hurd
C.F. Miller
Mathew Smith
John McGill of Albany County Aims for Statehood in Assembly
John McGill born in Scotland in 1846 began in Canada then Wyoming in 1868. A longtime Rock Creek rancher and former county commissioner, he has worked in stock raising and cutting ties. A Republican, he advocates practical business legislation and swift statehood for Wyoming.
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Sus
Legislative Assembly
John McGill
Scotland
Canada
Wyoming
McGill
Albany County
Rock Creek
God
American Congress
Guthrie Elected to House Seeks Statehood and Reforms
Legislation sketch profiles E Guthrie born 1849 Marion Ohio educated Wesleyan Delaware Ohio moved to Cheyenne Wyoming 1878 and built cattle ranches on the Laramie range A Democrat who favors statehood early and supports fixed county salaries irrigation laws coal taxation and stock law amendments He is new to public life but viewed as a practical businessman likely to leave a solid legislative record.
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E. Guthrie
Marion
Ohio
Wesleyan University
Delaware
Guthrie
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Laramie
Massachusetts
Mr. Guthrie
Tuk Sen
Wyoming viewed through a rider’s eyes and future growth
Traveller Harry A. Burnham recounts a horseback tour of Wyoming. He praises vast resources—mines soda lakes oil timber and water power—and notes rails and development advancing as the territory awaits statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Burnham
Douglas
Wyoming
Territory
Union
Removal of United States Timber Agent Yeager
Official advices report the removal of United States Timber Agent Yeager of the interior department. Yeager has served in this territory and his removal takes effect on the 7th lines. Workmen repair the burnt portion of the capitol building and insurance losses are said to be settled satisfactorily.
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United States
Yeager
Interior Department
Capitol
Weather Prophesied by a Cheyenne Bureau Observer
The Sun visits Cheyenne's weather signal station to learn how the US Weather Bureau records atmospheric data. A. G. Purssell explains twice daily reports to Washington, station networks across the nation, cypher telegraphs, and instruments such as self recording thermometers and wind anemometers. Weather predictions vary in certainty, with Rocky Mountain conditions posing greater challenges.
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Cheyenne
Weather Bureau
Sun
Weather
A. G. Purssell
Washington
Pussell
Tam Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Carpenter
Fort Laramie
Jericho
Campbell
Daily Sun
Chris Jepson
Union Pacific Railway Company
Engineer Jepson
Sixteenth Street
Jepson
Wyoming Division
Railway Company
Continental Flyer
Union Pacific Road
F. J. Stanton Ie
Harper's Station
Inspector Epperson
Governor Warren
Northern Coal
Converse and
Johnson Counties
Legislative
Councvil
W. E. Guthrie
Laramie County
E. 5S, Johnston & Bro
J. A. Johnston
A.C. Snyder
Ogden
E. 5. Johnson & Co
Seventeenth Street
Warren
House of Representatives
Frank Kliscock
Senate Committee
T. M. Bayan
House
Cheyenne Station
Cheyenne Circuit
England
France
Germany
Pulua
Rocky Mountain
D. W. Gite
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