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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1889
Page
9
The Wyoming Legislature adjourned to Monday after introducing bills on railroad safety brakes for locomotives and passenger coaches, and on county officer assessments. A joint bounty plan proposes $1 per coyote and $3 per wolf, with debates on county officer fees and city property assessments.
President Beck presided as the council opened Friday morning. A joint resolution on reports of territorial officers was adopted after opposition from Mr. Hunter. Notices of bills to be introduced listed regulations for streets and street railways, bailable offenses, surrender of defendants for surety, and revising prisoner admissions to Wall. First reading of Council file No. 19 by Trabing followed.
Sheriff Davy and Officer Peters chased a suspect matching Scott near Denver after Nellie Ryan’s murder. City officers kept the trail, Colorado authorities were alerted, but the quest was dropped and the suspect disappeared toward Sherman, Cheyenne, and Salt Lake. In other notes, Kellner of Cheyenne wins Salt Lake leases and plans a large dry goods store as Goldberg’s Wasatch building tenants vacate.
A special eastbound train passed through Cheyenne en route to Dana carrying six coaches of over 200 colored miners hired for Dana coal mines. The event marks a new UP policy, with more workers expected. A Rev. Lamkin riding a bicycle near the tracks was thrown and severely sprained his ankle.
Wendover Wyoming January 31 1890 a correspondent reports ongoing railroad surveys by the Cheyenne and Northern for a line toward the Platte with plans to bypass Wendover and reach a bridge near Bridger s Ferry. The Hartville spur shows heavy UP survey work and hints at future rail construction. The piece also notes local government finance discussions and possible special levies.
A communication from the territorial auditor to Hon. T. B. Adams explains cash on hand at day’s end, details funds in the treasury, and outlines levies for 1890. It discusses why reserves are high, system timing for settlements, and the territorial board of equalization’s stance on debt limits and warrant issuance.
A Fortnightly Review writer recalls showing photos of friends to a Moorish woman who expresses disbelief at beaming visible portraits. The woman condemns Western sisters for exposing virtue while Moorish norms condemn such displays, revealing cultural tensions over modesty and public image.
The piece recounts a German legend of a luck flower or key flower that leads a fortunate man into hidden riches. He forgets the flower and is punished for ingratitude by a closing door or imprisonment. It discusses possible ties to forget me not and primrose lore, plus legends of subterranean passages and ancient treasures. The note closes with a quip about devotion at church.
In a Maiden Lane shop a buyer tests two Swiss timepieces, one gold by Badolet priced at 345 and a nickel model at 6.50 plus 25 percent duty and refit. The dealer touts the nickel watch as reliable and warns it must be wound by the inventor. a possible trade ends without a sale.
The Ladies World urges winter ventilation to curb smoke and carbonic oxide risks from stoves and furnaces. It recommends top and bottom window openings, open fireplaces for air quality, and keeping at least one bedroom sash slightly open at night to maintain clean air.
Eight cases were heard in Carrolls Court yesterday with two police cases disposed of after fines paid. Several civil cases were carried to Thursday next while others were dismissed or settled. Thirteen new cases began in the last half of the week as the Cheyenne Building and Loan association plans to open its books soon.
A Murfreesboro resident riding a Nashville and Chattanooga rail line puzzle described as a promoter of a ticket issued in 1855. He joined a palace car ride on the same segment that would have carried him in older clumsy coaches, with Mrs Winks making a witty exchange about companions and fate.
The piece follows Ble a freckled resident of Massachusetts who rejects material status like corner lots and jewels. She longs for a marriageable husband and spurns fashion and fashion trends, preferring a simple life and domestic work.
A sketch of John Jacob Astor and his rise from fur trade to a vast New York influence. Commodore Vanderbilt gains power by challenging the Fulton and Livingston monopoly, with a dramatic act of cutting a hawser to escape a sheriff. Lorillard brothers grow rich in snuff and tobacco with colorful emblems and a carriage. A legal notice from Wyoming Territory follows.
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