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Newspaper

Cheyenne Weekly Sun

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1889

Page

14

Legislature Fails to Agree on County Officers' Compensation Bill

Reported actions show no consensus on a county officers' compensation bill as the House debates printing territorial officers' reports and bids for publication. The session discusses first readings, committee of the whole votes, and a joint printing proposal to publish governor and officer reports.

Schnitger Capitol Joint Committee On Printing Rankin Rusk House Joint Printing Committee Adams Council Joint Council

Council Proceedings Update From Monday Session

City council met with full membership except Mr Reel. Notices introduced include joint resolutions and bills on banking, public accounts, asylum funding, and bail for prisoners. Readings, committee actions, and a signed enrolled act on city attorneys followed before adjournment.

Hills Burritt Evans Hebard Simpson Reel Campbell Capitol Building Commission Burdick Liggett Council Murphy Joint Printing Committee House

Printing plans for territorial reports and volumes

A legislative committee favors binding a consolidated volume of several reports including capitol building commission and others. Separate print runs are proposed for the engineer geologist fish commissioner attorney general auditor insane asylum. motions to reduce some copies fail and the assembly adjourns.

Joint Committee On Printing Capitol Building Commission Territory, Livestock Commission and Insane Asylum Insane Asylum Commission Legislative Assembly Jesurun

Capital Needed for Oil Fields Deep Drilling Plea

A plea seeks capital to develop vast oil fields with no Jim Crow groups involved. The plan targets reaching the oil source where oil seeps to the surface, asserting a probable drilling depth of about 2,000 feet.

Aler

Cattlemen Hope for Small Season as Weather Helps Ranches

Eastern Wyoming cattlemen report a mild winter with light snow and ample water to drive cattle to feed. If conditions stay favorable, cattle numbers and roses are expected to shrink compared with recent years. Union Pacific plans electric yards and plants at Grandleland Denver and Butte City.

Wyoming Union Pacific Company Grandleland Denver Butte City

Tea Parties and Teas Across Time in Italy and Russia

The piece narrates fashionable tea gatherings with guests, Mrs Thrale's Johnson anecdote, and Daphne's reflections on tea's history from England to Russia. It notes the ritual of brewing, tea leaves, and social gossip, and touches on Puritan New England, Garaway’s cafe, and the broader symbolism of the tea table in culture and philosophy.

Oscar Wilde Daphne DR. Johnson England Garaway Russia New England Nemo

Lesson in Courage From a Tent Gun Lesson

A missionary recounts a Uganda tale where a chief turns a loaded carbine on the visitor and the white man pleads softly Poli gently. The chief bursts into laughter at the sight and repeats Poli poli as a moral cue. The episode ends with mutual dawning respect.

Africa Uganda M Host Poli

Doctor’s devotion to routine ends in death legend

A historic claim recalls a doctor in the Levee area who kept strict meal times and family prayers. When his child convulsed before prayers, he persisted with the rite. He reportedly foretold dying at 6:30 am, and, by will or fate, died hours before the angel of death arrived.

Dllsbury

Newcastle Water Works Company Incorporation

The Newcastle water venture formed by leading citizens includes trustees W. H. Kilpatrick Ralph A. Weston and W. E. Monck with $100 000 capital. The plant costing about $50 000 will bring water fourteen miles by pipe to tall north hill reservoirs and will provide ample pressure to spray water over buildings, signaling Newcastle's metropolitan future.

Territorial W. H. Kilpatrick Ralph A. Weston W. E. Monck Newcastle Alert Newcastle

The Dime Sociable at Congregational Church

The dime sociable at the Congregational church last evening featured recitations by Miss Silvia Adamsky and Miss Maud Johnston, a recital and war stories by Judge Carroll, Edith Johnson on the instrument, and a duet by the Misses Will fame and Johnston. A spelling contest and other amusements entertained all attendees.

Silvia Adamsky Maud Johnston Judge Carroll Edith Johnson Will Fame Johnston

Curious Cavern Near Hartville Iron Mines Explored

A reader describes a deep cave half a mile from the Whalen mine on an Iron King claim near Hartville Wyoming. An exploring party discovers a natural ladder formed by a pine tree, a garrett chamber, and a hidden passage with strong air flow suggesting another entrance while Indian relics and pigment hints at ancient use.

Hartville Wyo The Daily Sun Sim Whalen Garrett Tam Mncor

City Council Fixes 1880 Appropriations and Appoints New Engineer

Regular session approves annual general fund allocations totaling 45 500 for officers and staff plus 28 000 for city lighting and utilities. A. J. Johnston resigns as city engineer. Frank Bond named successor subject to confirmation. E. H. Ingalls reappointed city policeman. Bond set at 5 000.

A. J. Johnston Johnston Frank Bond E. H. Ingalls Ccc Neee Ee Nes Sonnsinn

Stokes Held on Larceny Charge in Carroll's Court

In a case before Judge Carroll a Stokes defendant faced larceny charges after a preliminary examination. Several witnesses testified and Stokes was held to bail of $200, with jail in default.

Carroll Stokes

Board of Trade Plans New Austrated Pamphlet

Trustees met last evening and agreed to publish an Austrated pamphlet in 10 000 or more copies. A D Kelley A J Parshall and T A Kent were appointed to oversee the project.

Board of Trade Messrs A. D. Kelley A. J. Parshall T. A. Kent

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Repomta Council Proceedings Galbraith Committee On Nomo Ita London Garaway's TEA Philosopiy Newcastle Water Supply Company Judge Hauphoff Joseph L. Stein William Louk General Fund Carroll's Court
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