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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1890
Page
8
The Live Stock Commission bill dominates council and house discussions with debates on maverick theft reform, costs, and county tax impacts. Notable filings include notices for bills on schools, brands registry, and revenue law revisions. measures pass in part amid partisan dialogue on governance and fiscal burden.
A fundraising debate for Rev Z T Thistle will be held Thursday at 8 pm at the Second Baptist Church corner Nineteenth and Thomas Streets. Admission is 25 cents. The topic advocates a Congo Free State colony for voluntary Southern Black emigration under the Butler bill as beneficial to the colored race globally.
Gov Warren appoints a Wyoming statehood committee to travel to Washington. List includes Maurice Heinz Sundance W C Irvine Ross Homer Merrill Rawlins A L New Evanston T Corn Evanston W H Holliday Laramie A B Clark Crook County E C David Andrew Gil christ Elwood Mead Cheyenne.
Remains to be brought from Hanna on the 90 train, funeral services to be held at the Congregational church. Dr. H J Maynard states the deceased was killed by an accidental shot and exonerates Agent Hahn. Large crowds visit Black in jail at Laramie as execution nears. Attorney Fishback files petition for commutation to life imprisonment.
Newcastle Wyo February 1 0 Kilpatrick Bros Collins order a walking beam drill to reach 2000 feet for oil prospects while natural gas and coal riches boost hopes. Local investors pledge brick fronts on Main Street and plans for the Newcastle Sundance Buffalo freight line begin. A train incident involves a deranged man named Cordon Cardle who tried to hijack a locomotive but was thwarted by Master Mechanic Mills. The town markets itself as a growing paper and county seat, with Crook County division watched closely for impact.
Suervieto England February 18 The great annual sprinting handicap was won by Collins American. Cincinnati February 18 On Saturday the National Starch Manufacturing company was organized under Kentucky laws. It owns all the starch factories in the United States. New York February 18 A main meeting on the silver question was held tonight at Cooper Union hall. Broadway theatre hosted a benefit for Mrs James G Blaine. It will net $3700. She remains in serious condition from inflammatory rheumatism. Milwaukee February 18 Christopher Lathan Sholes, pioneer western newspaper man and inventor of the first successful typewriter, died tonight aged 71. Stuthart February 18 Carl Hallbergen, director of the great publishing house, is dead.
A New Deal Mosurn Massachusetts report states the Manufacturers' association will close every leather factory it represents tomorrow and hold them shut until workers return at Regus & Cobt. This action idles 500 men.
An unknown assailant fired a shot through a window during a prayer meeting at Edward Randall's home five miles south of Lupanan Indiana. Mrs. Randall died from the wound. the Randall family is highly prominent in the county.
The Mardi Gras grand carnival pageant moved at noon in New Cateans. It is generally admitted to be the most brilliant in the history of the carnivals in this city. The crowd of visitors is unusually large and excited by the displays.
A vivid wartime like scene from a Fairfax County farmhouse shows a brave toad repeatedly attacking a spider guarding its web. The toad endures venom and retreats to plantain leaves for antidote as the battle lasts until dusk. The tale echoes heroic animal resilience familiar from boyhood stories.
The piece surveys proposals to span major water barriers including the Dover Calais channel and the Dardanelles, and a Russian plan to bridge Behring Straits. It discusses engineering challenges, the political implications, and potential impact on migration and world power dynamics as debated in the era.
Mr Hall Caine recalls an Icelandic summer tour where Reykjavik residents first staged Box and Cox. After winter isolation, the play drew nightly crowds until a new law limited performances in the houses of parliament.
A Harrisburg coal merchant picked up an envelope in the street that was addressed to him and contained an order and money for two tons of coal. The mishap suggests a mistaken delivery or misaddressed mail and prompts best efforts to locate the rightful recipient.
The article notes creatures with varied lifespans from whales and tortoises to dogs and foxes, cites the ages of elephants and swans, and mentions insects as generally short lived. It then covers a mix of biographical items including Sir Walter Scott, a Wheeling inventor, and Disraeli’s nephew, plus political notes on immigration and the Prince of Wales.
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