Wendover New Year Quiet Except Calamity Jane’s Visit
The Wendover New Year collapses in silence aside from Calamity Jane of Black Hills fame wandering the streets. She jokes about England and court gowns while locals discuss a dismissed agent and a surveyor visit at the Fairbank smelter. The town boasts a booming yet peculiar bustle likened to Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Wendover
Calamity Jane
Black Hills
Deadwood
Calamity
Jane
England
Union Pacific
Legislative Sketches of Wyoming Legislator Thomas B. Adams
Thomas B. Adams elected to Wyoming House from Laramie County was born in Santiago de Cuba where his father served as U S consul. He worked in New York firms and on the New York Stock Exchange, moved to Cheyenne in 1884, and became secretary of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. He favors statehood and proposes election law registration and secret ballots, revised stock laws, and new sale law.
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Thomas B. Adams
Laramie
Santiago de Cuba
United States
Dr. Abbott
Pittsfield
Mass
Polytechine School
Brooklyn
S. Y
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Cheyenne
Thomas Sturgis
Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association
Tenth Legislative Assembly of
Wyoming
Adams
Sen
Pennsylvania
Adame
Voter Platform Calls for Tax Reforms and Crimes Act Revision
The speaker urges higher salaries for county officers and to abolish the current fee system. He supports taxing property at full value with sworn assessment returns. He also calls for revision of the territory crimes act and for qualified members to undertake the work.
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Territory
Aaare
Breakfast Buns and Humorous Snippets in 19th Century Jokes
A compact collection of wry quips and anecdotes from various papers. Fragments include a printer’s joke on fats, a New York firm’s debt advice, a bar water reference, a jokey India remark, a treasury photographer quip, corn juice making people smile, and a joke about a man’s melted gold teeth followed by a theatre audience gag.
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Oil City
Alizeard
Sccents
New York
Poeck
Sun
Charleston, S.C
Minneapolis Tribune
Tigers in India a rising danger to life and cattle
The 1887 Indian death toll from beasts and snakes is contrasted with earlier years. Fayrer notes 2518 Hindoo subjects devoured by wild beasts and 17740 killed by snakes, as tigers increase in number and menace. Human-tiger conflict and regional hunting norms are described amid dire statistics.
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London
J. Fayrer
Hindostan
India
Nyneetal
Mr. Fayrer
Michigan mine development sparks plans for on site processing
Report from Musk Rat Canyon towns shows the Michigan mine in good shape with rapid development and much ore visible. Low grade ore cannot be profitably hauled so a local smelting or concentration plant is anticipated once development reaches a stage to justify investment. The Anaconda mine wildfire has halted production, boosting copper prices and prompting focus on smaller properties including Musket Canyon and Hartville pending Michigan’s plant.
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Muskrat Canon
Michigan
Anaconda
Musket Canon
Hartville
Michigan Company
Wyoming Statehood Outlook Noted After Eastward Visit
Hon. T. B. Adams returned from a three week trip to the east where cattle interests and Wyoming prospects drew keen attention from reporters and financiers in Philadelphia and New York. He met Senator Butler who said statehood chances look favorable this session but urged patient investigation.
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T. B. Adams
Wyoming
Adams
West
Philadelphia
New York
National Capital
Butler
South Carolina
McKee's Mission Touches Laramie City Post Office Turmoil
Editor McKee of the Aoomerang visits the city amid talk of links to the Laramie post office controversy. Local figures Richards and Richmonds appear in the scene while speculation names Brother McKee as a keen observer of the conflict and possible victor’s gain. The Sus commends McKee’s party service and notes editors’ past roles in public appointments.
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McKee
Aoomerang
Laramie City
Richards
Brother McKee
Harrison
Public Life Post Office Choice Discussed by Editor
The Rock Springs Independent editor Dresser was a contender for the local post office. He would have earned the appointment if his work had been properly valued. The piece expresses support for Mr. McKee and loyalty to the profession.
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Mr. Jones
Nan
Ally Slaper
Liverpool Post
Dresser
The
Rock Springs Independent
McKee
Tae Sun
Fort Russell May Be Enlarged to Twelve Companies
General Brooke in charge of the Platte department reports to the secretary of war that Fort Russell should be expanded to a twelve company and battery post. The move would require additional buildings and quarters for two more companies. He is aided by Governor Warren and Delegate Carey. Concentration of troops along railroad routes is spreading among military authorities as a cost effective expansion plan.
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Brooke
Department of the Platte
Fort Russell
Secretary of War
Warren
Carey
Breckens to resign post office chief clerk for Denver Vets
J A Breckens, chief clerk at the post office, will accept a position on the Denver Vets staff. W J Wilkes, currently acting as delivery clerk, will fill the vacancy and may become chief clerk. Wilkes has prior service in the county clerk's office and as assistant county assessor, and helped establish the post trader at Fort Laramie with John Hunton. He is identified as a lifelong Republican.
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J. A. Breckens
Denver
W. J. Wilkes
Wilkes
Fort Laramie
John Hunton
Sparks Wins Possession Of Newton Bond Ranch Case
In Carrolls Court the Sparks vs Holt trial ended with Sparks awarded possession of the Newton Bond ranch near Silver Crown. The judge ruled Holt lacked authority as administrator and Sparks holds a lease from Bond valid until March 1909.
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Sparks
Holt
Newton Bond
Silver Crown
Potter
Mann
Funeral Rites Held in Honor of Mrs Brennan
The funeral of Mrs M F Brennan was conducted yesterday from St Marys Cathedral with Rev Father Nugent presiding. A large procession of over fifty carriages followed the hearse to the cemetery as mourners paid their respects. Baron Hans von Wedell also held services yesterday, starting at Mr Hilgers residence then at the Presbyterian church officiated by Rev R E Field. Bearers included Charles Campbell Professor Ricketts H L Kuykendall Barney David Sterling Birmingham and Mortimer Jeserum.
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M. F. Brennan
St. Mary's Cathedral
Father Nugent
von Wedell
Baron Hans von Wedell
Hilger
Presbyterian Church
R. E. Field
Charles Campbell
Professor Ricketts
H. L., Kuykendall
Barney David
Sterling Birmingham
Mortimer Jeserum
New Year's Greeting From The Leader And Sun
The Leader extends a New Year's greeting and hopes that 1S96 will be a prosperous year for the profession. The Sun, Cheyenne's morning daily, appeared on New Year's morning in eight page form, true to its promise and enterprise.
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Tribune
Cheyenne
the Sun
December Weather Summary and Extremes
December climate report records mean temperature 36.5 and high 60 low 29 degrees. The December 1888 mean is 16.8, total precipitation 21, with eight cloudless days and many partly cloudy days.
Tramp Hit by Freight Train at Pine Bluffs
Yesterday a tramp named George Sehlich was run over by a Union Pacific freight train at Pine Bluffs. He was brought to Cheyenne and placed in the city hospital. Doctors fear he will lose both legs.
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Pine Bluffs
George Sehlich
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Real estate deals and local notices in Cheyenne news
Cheyenne items report Elwood Meade selling Lot 5 Block S20 to John B. Kendrick for 437.90 and C F Gregory buying Lot 6 Block 14 Roberts addition for 125 each. G W Brown licensed to adjust watches for Union Pacific workers. L R Bresnahan resumes Washington Market duties. revival services at the Methodist church begin. multiple minor notes on rail work, weather, and council chamber fresco finishing.
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Elwood Meade
John B. Kendrick
C. D. Kelley
Roberts
C. F. Gregory
Methodist Church
G. F. Inman
Anna
L. R. Bresnahen
Washington
Wyoming Congratulated on Path to Statehood
The Salt Lake Tribune praises Wyoming as ready for statehood citing her herds iron coat oil and resources and believes no legitimate objection exists. It foresees Wyoming becoming the Pennsylvania of the west and urges closer ties as coal measures become more accessible.
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Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Salt Lake Tribune
Hartville Spur Plans Tied To Fort Worth Union Pacific Move
Officials say the Wendover to iron mines spur hinges on a Fort Worth and Union Pacific consolidation. The board of trade will present data to President Adams and railroad officials to show ore supplies justify early spring dirt work. The Sun hopes to see the project cleared.
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Hartville
New Fort Worth
Union Pacific
Wendover
Board of Trade
Adams
SUN
City engineer notes minimal stand pipe leakage
The city engineer reports no serious leakage at the stand pipe with water seeping through the outer wall from between the lining but not enough to trigger alarm. Mr. Miller says the defect can be easily remedied.
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Miller
La Grange on Deck Christmas Eve Exercises
La Grange on Horse creek presented a Christmas Eve program highlighted by notable literary and musical talent. The exercises closed with the distribution of preserves, some of which proved unusually handsome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Horse Creek
Local Post Office Candidates Named in Laramie
Besides Mr. McKee the candidates listed are Richard Butler and BE. T. Belts. The statement favors McKee and notes the other parties named five worthy and capable gentlemen.
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Mr. McKee
Laramie
Richard Butler
BE. T. Belts
Reverend Arnold Damen Dies at Creighton College
Father Arnold Damen, veteran Catholic missionary, died New Year’s Day at Creighton College Omaha at age 74. Born March 20 1815 in North Brabant Holland he came to the United States in 1837 joining the Jesuit order and rising as a preacher and educator before paralysis struck during a Wyoming revival. His remains will be taken to Florissant Missouri beside other Jesuit missionaries including De Smet.
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Arnold Damen
Creighton College
Omaha
Father Damen
North Brabant
Holland
West
Father de Smet
Damen
Florrissant
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Riest
College Church
N St Louis
Evanston
Wyo
Florissant Mo
de Smet
Fred S. Hebard Young Republican in Wyoming House Bid
Fred S. Hebard of Cheyenne a member elect to the Wyoming house was born in New York City in March 1857. He moved to Wyoming in 1870 worked in the Union Pacific freight office at Cheyenne studied law in St Louis and Washington University and has practiced law here. Hebard is a Cheyenne city councilman for two years a Republican and active in the Young Men's Republican club. He favors immediate statehood but declines to discuss specific legislative proposals for the coming session.
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Fred S. Hebard
Cheyenne
House of Representatives
New York City
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railway
W. W. Corlett
St. Louis
St- Louis
Hebard
Young Men’s Republican Club
Transfer of Cheyenne signal service officer to Sioux City
Mr Purssell the signal service officer in charge at Cheyenne is transferred to Sioux City. George D Boutcher at Sioux City will assume the Cheyenne post and is expected to arrive tomorrow with the transfer effective Monday. Purssell came to Cheyenne from Boston just over a year ago and is praised for uniform courtesy and effective service.
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Purssell
Cheyenne
Sioux City
George D. Boutcher
Boston
Divorce Granted in Booth Case and Settlement Reached in McBride Suit
The district court reconvened after the holiday recess. In G. M. Booth versus Booth a divorce decree was issued. In the long pending McBride versus Union Pacific case over injuries at the shops in 1882 the parties reached an amicable agreement. McBride received a liberal payment and withdrew his claim, prioritizing his total disability and prior welfare.
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G. M. Booth
Booth
John McBride
Union Pacific Railroad
McBride
Michigan experts Examine Hartville Iron Deposits
Two Michigan iron specialists inspect Hartville ore deposits. They decline to comment for the press yet acknowledge the ore is exceptionally pure Bessemer quality and that the deposit extends over a vast area.
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Michigan
Hartville
Camp Fire to Honor New Greeley Officers by Army Figures
General T. M. Fisher Colonel O'Brien Adjutant J. W. Fisher and Captains Garrity Van Borne Lieutenant Roach of Fort Russell left yesterday for Greeley to assist installing the newly elected officers of the Greeley post. A camp fire and festivities will mark the occasion.
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Greeley
T. M. Fisher
O'Brien
J. W. Fisher
Cheyenne
Garrity and
van Born
Roach
Fort Russell
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Stuart
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Laramie County
Painesville Telegraph
Chicago
Treasury Department
Treasury
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Ferald
Walton
Goodenow
Goddard
Wedalia Times
Paraguay
Carroll's Court
Funeral Services
Hrennan
Union Pacific Railway Company
G. W. Brown
Union Debating Club
Carroll’s Court Room
John H. Smith
Washington Market
Bresnahan
Union Missionary
Congregational
Sioux City Times
Plainview
O'Neil
Congress
Fred
W. G. Purssell
District Court
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