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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1890
Page
6
Wyoming legislature discusses an appeal to Congress for settlers on abandoned reservations, deficiency bills for the territorial insane asylum, and a county officers salary measure. The session covers memorials urging set aside lands for bona fide settlers and shifts to a new policy with asylum funding and county finance reform.
A bill setting sheriff and county clerk pay linked to county valuation passes council amid debate. Salaries range from 1200/900 in low-valued counties to 2000/1800 in counties over five million, with half-fee allocations and monthly fee reports. Deputies may be appointed with scaled pay. discussion favors economy and data for future legislation.
The council read notices of bills to be introduced including acts for corporate provisions and a Rock Springs hospital. Stotts announced an elections related bill. Committee of the Whole favored bills on county officer compensation and general file items. The governor’s message approved acts on Capitol rent, probate courts, and a January 1891 legislative session. The wild game protection bill passed on its third reading.
Council file No. 22 was recommitted. By general consent Mr. Reel presented council joist resolution No. 9 a resolution relating to the territorial exhibit asking for an investigation into the situation of said exhibit which belongs to the territory and is held for storage charges by certain parties. Under suspension of the rules the resolution was considered and passed. Ages 10 nays 6. The council then adjourned.
A large audience at Keefe hall honored the Knights of Pythiage with music and addresses by H. C. Burritt and Rev. S. A. Bright marking the order's twenty-sixth anniversary. Guests from Eleventh assembly Rawlins Laramie and nearby towns attended as dancing followed the program into a late hour.
James H Sutherland an older Wyoming settler and G A R member died suddenly at a neighbor’s house near Wendover after returning from Cheyenne. He aged about 60 leaves six children. He collapsed while conversing and died within minutes. He was buried at his ranch ten miles away.
Manager Rhodes of the opera house has engaged the renowned New York Casino company to appear here on Saturday evening February 28. The company fields sixty members with a chorus of forty voices and its own orchestral ensemble.
The New York Tribune condemns Russian barbarism and urges international accountability. It argues the world enters the twentieth century expecting Christian governments to abandon such cruelties and act in judgment that pressures Russia to reform.
The friends of the wealthy Wall Street operator who committed bigamy defend it as mental weakness due to necrosis of the ethmoid bone. The public will likely defer to the warden of the penitentiary as the best authority on such diseases.
Regular mail service was restored between Crawford and Newcastle last Monday. Meyer Frank plans a two story brick hotel with fifty feet frontage on his corner. Milon and Cushen surveyors report they seek Buffalo extension contract. Cordon Card, the train runner, is under guardianship after a troubled remark on revival. He claimed an heavenly inspiration to save a life after whisky offered him. Tax Culivenne Sun supports county treasurer as sole tax collector to reduce confusion and expenses.
The Sun presents Judge Carroll's report on the Bontecue case. Jealousy and intoxication led to a scuffle with Hahn interceding. Bontecue fired first, Hahn grappled, and an accidental revolver discharge killed Bontecue. Mrs. Bontecue and family witness the events. burial followed at the city cemetery.
The Sun discusses the failed to funded livestock commission, Moonlight veto, and reliance on the Maverick fund. It notes the stock growers association aid, a $2,000 special fund, and calls for an annual levy to support inspectors during shipping season.
City schools plan special February 22 programs with a Washington focus. In the high school the first year class will quote biographers and poets about Washington and intersperse readings with music. Grade six and combined grades five seven present “Our Union” with thirteen boys and forty two girls. Public invited to visit rooms.
The Casino Company announces the engagement of manager Rhodes for Rudolph Aronson’s Comic Opera company. The renowned productions Erminie and Nadjy have entertained New York for hundreds of nights, surpassing Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado in run length. Aronson’s company, famed and well known to theatre patrons, promises a highly anticipated engagement.
The Union Pacific band in Cheyenne announces officers President and manager George H. Truckey secretary Ed Smith director Ed L. Merritt. instrumentalists include Cornets E L Merritt H B Brown and H Whipple clarionets W Messersmith Jas Klein John Grassell piccolo J J Wilson altos H F Schudt W Wengreen W Messersmith tenors F H Burgess H C Peters drums George H Truckey Ed Smith bassos Otto Ahrens F A Haskell baritone R S Bacon vibune
An evening gathering at the Congregational church parlors united young and old with music and varied exercises. Informal social diversions followed a pleasant program with refreshments, leaving attendees content and cheerful. The item ends with a stray note about a Denver kidnapping yarn and a Colorado statesman.
A miscellaneous digest notes large figures across nations: Los Angeles bank yields 16 percent dividend. New York public schools spending. Jamaica railways seized by American syndicate. New York Bible House volumes issued. Baldwin Locomotive Works output expected. Europe monuments to Count Cavour. various oddities on society, crime, and technology including early air travel and telegraph reach to the Cape. curious anecdotes and provincial tales.
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