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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1889
Page
15
Wyoming legislature debates taxing coal mine output, discusses creating Weston county from Crook, and advances bills on livestock board, debt redemption, and coal weighing. House honors John E. Wild, adjourns for memorials, and approves resolutions thanking the governor and secretary.
The letter notes active railroad surveying near Wendover. Pacific Short Line engineers survey from Wendover to Hartville iron mines showing serious intent. Union Pacific surveyors work on the C N extension to the Northwestern, moving supplies and busy along the Platte northward toward Douglas.
A. C. Cobb, a Johnson County ranchman, argues range overstock, falling beef prices, and Sparks land rulings triggered cattle industry declines for four to five years. He notes Wyoming’s push toward statehood and Cobbie’s arrival in Arlington, Washington.
Special correspondence reports discussions in Washington about using Fort Laramie military reservations for an Indian industrial school. The War Department may turn over buildings to the Interior Department, with Carey urging a school similar to Hampton and Carlisle, benefiting Indian wards. Postmasters named in Wyoming counties are listed.
In Rock Springs the Chinese miners fear a devil seen in omens. A foreman heard a Chinaman claim he saw the devil and soon after Sandy McBride, a mute driver, was killed. The superstition leads sick workers to quit and resign themselves to fate upon such omens.
Citizens of Rock Springs observe recurring Chinese superstition practices and fear they foreshadow misfortune. The local populace speculates on the meaning and potential accidents stemming from these coincidences.
The Sus cites a Treasury Bureau report by Robert C. Morris on Wyoming Territory as the most thorough and readable resource on the region’s resources. It highlights its breadth from agriculture to mining, its significance in the West’s development, and Morris’s credited research and clear presentation.
The Platte canyon mining district about 120 miles north of Cheyenne hosts iron beds of high quality with vast potential. Ore is pure bessemer quality 55 to 67 percent iron, phosphorus at 11g percent, no sulphur. deposit nine miles east of Cheyenne terminus of the Cheyenne and Northern road, branch line planned, reducing works expected in Cheyenne.
In the supreme court on Thursday the Black murder case heard a motion for a new trial with Fishback for Black and Attorney General Donzelman for the territory. Arguments were completed and a decision likely today. Other matters addressed included Roy vs Union Mercantile, motion to dismiss and record challenges. The Newcastle Journal notes a reform to divert Sweetwater creeks into Newcastle via flume and pumping station at the divide.
Wyoming lawmakers hear a legal opinion declaring the stock indemnity tax unconstitutional under federal law. House members discuss memorial to Congress for statehood and introduce bills on chattel mortgages venue changes and coal mine inspectors. The council tables measures and adopts printing delays for several territorial reports.
Adams, by consent, gave notice to introduce a bill repealing section 421% revised statutes on stock indemnity tax. He also introduced a bill on payment of bounties for predatory wild animals. Rankin moved to print all bills previously ordered not printed, and the house adjourned.
A fleet of pithy aphorisms tales and wry observations on society, politics, and daily life. The musings touch on poetry, gambling, ministers, weather, doctors, and a humorous line about a feminine scream at a door. Calibrated as a breezy newspaper teaser with sharp asides.
Miss Ida Bergman and Mr. Frank Kemp wed at St. Mark's Episcopal church with Rev. Dr. Rafter officiating. The couple left by the 2 20 p.m. train for a bridal tour through California New and Old Mexico and the eastern states before settling in Omaha where Kemp will handle English financial investments.
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