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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1889
Page
4
The Eleventh Assembly handles notices and introductions of bills, including a wildlife bounty measure. A special printing investigation yields a limited report amid partisan debate. Bounties for coyotes and wolves are trimmed and approved, while a committee grills the territorial secretary about printing and accounts.
The chamber rejected the joint resolution No 4 by 16 to 5 after readings and passage voting. It sought to print territorial reports amid numerous amendments and substitutes debated between the assembly and council, which the house believed the council mishandled. The house adjourned to Thursday at 16 oclock.
The council debated advertising and compliance with sections of the revised U S statutes on printing territorial reports. A committee report urged action and a council substitute was passed setting a $1500 limit for such printing. Afternoon actions included recommitting house bill No 15 and introduction of council file No 26 amending revenue provisions.
A collection of aphorisms and quips on everyday life. Observations compare fate and fashion with humor, noting misdirections in mail, patience at tables, honesty, and the paradoxes of misfortune and appearance. The tone is brisk and lightly ironic.
Special dispatch from Salt Lake notes Liberal Committee Chairman O W Powers urges gentile registered voters to come home on election day February 16th, promising refund of actual travel expenses if they cannot afford the fare. Walker house serves as liberal headquarters.
Henry Dillman secretly left the city for a visit to Omaha and returned with Miss Tinnie Richards who became Mrs Dillman after their marriage in Omaha. The city band honored the couple with a serenade and The Sun extends congratulations for lasting happiness.
The sixteen piece city band played on the streets yesterday to much comment. They have reached a high professional level through hard practice and compare with the best bands in the west. The Sun office acknowledges the serenade by the organization last evening.
F A M Stuart of Wendover has joined the railway mail service and is assigned to the Green River to Huntington run. He departs this morning for his new post, reporting to the scene of his duties. Syndicates backed by two large European banks reportedly control the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, with a move to oust President Austin Corbin. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy reports last year net earnings of 10 209000 dollars on capital stock of about 76 million.
A grave column recounts the grippe illness from a reporter’s personal lens. It traces a day by day progression from a dull backache to chills fever and severe fatigue, detailing weakness, confusion, and the mind’s drift while awaiting recovery.
A narrative describes severe lung infection with persistent cough and hypochondriac fixation. The subject endures repeated attempts at cure, seeks warmth and cold air, and slowly regains strength as the grip subsides, contrasting with frailer sufferers who die from the fungus in the lungs.
In a Nebraska town a mock confrontation at a general store and post office ends with a scuffle. The Postmaster, newly appointed, defends government authority while townsfolk demand mail. The incident escalates but ends with letters retrieved as the group departs.
A narrated encounter near Natchez features a white man accusing a 15 year old boy of mule theft while the mule is found dead in a ditch two miles away. The boy mocks the man as the speaker recalls the tense scene and the doomed confrontation.
The widow turns down life’s offer as Mr. Upson Downes laments a failed partnership and lonely departure. The scene shifts to a rumor of Brith syndicate and Associated Tramps of New Jersey seeking value in a cord-wood sawing venture.
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