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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1889
Page
5
The legislature recommends an act exempting firemen from jury duty. A bill is to be introduced creating an immigration board. Another act aims to protect wild game and insectivorous birds.
The house convened with all members present except Taylor. Notices announced bills to amend statutes on depositions and affidavits, and to repeal stock indemnity fund. Several bills introduced including tobacco sales to minors and horse breeders protection. Committees reported on civil actions, clerks, deeds of trust and attachments, and the chamber moved to a committee of the whole for further consideration. The day included suspension readings and a council message, with an 2 o'clock recess before adjournment.
The council met at the usual hour with all members present except Trabing. Notices of bills were given including Liggett on territorial officers terms, Reel on tax-exempt property, Burdick on an ex officio immigration board, Liggett on wild game protection, and Murphy on transferring poor asylum property to the respective counties. Bills introduced include proposals by Liggett and Stotts on legislative assembly meetings, Weston county creation, voluntary assignments, and committee reports on asylum visitors.
The council met in the afternoon and entered the committee of the whole to review the general file. Burdick chaired and the report on council file No. 6 was to be recommitted. The report was adopted and the council adjourned with no further business.
Mrs. Eunice Field Bullock widow of Nathan Bullock and Levi Wyckoff died Sunday January 26 at 3 15 p m in Cheyenne after a long illness She was born March 1815 in Lansing New York and lived sixteen years in Cheyenne as a resident since 1874 She leaves her daughters Mrs Chandler and Estelle and son Fred Bullock of Omaha among others and was a longtime member of the First Congregational church.
Obediah Swan, 28, brother of T. J. Swan, died after a likely runaway team froze near Hat Creek station Converse county. He had been in Lusk buying goods and was found four miles from the CR ranch, near his home half a mile away. He was single and worked for his brother.
Hon A H Reel's foreman reports from Granger dated Sunday last show better cattle condition. Weather has warmed and snow is melting rapidly with ground bare where it stood fourteen inches deep. Beyond Green river snow nearly gone and cattle look to pull through without major losses. Hon C M Burritt demonstrates expert typing skill on the machine.
Curio on Cheyenne’s first settlers and town growth. It details J R Whitehead and others settling, rapid land sales, early businesses, oil mines, and the 1867 1868 rise of city government, newspapers, and Fort Russell. The vigilante era, major frontier traffic, and later 1886 growth are covered with period tone.
Judge William Ware Peck, a central figure in the Wyoming investigation, urged the committee to summon the secretary of the United States Treasury to Cheyenne to testify on funds for printing Wyoming bills. His dramatic stance, backed by classical citations, sways Democratic members as Johnny Carroll prepares to serve papers in Washington in search of another gleeful secretary.
The assembly opened with Speaker Downey and read invitations to visit the Laramie fish hatchery. Bills were introduced on statutes amendments and county creation. A joint report on the auditor and treasurer urged consolidation of taxes, improved fees, and publishing the reports. The day ended after committee actions and final passage of House bill No. 6 on release of trust deeds.
The council accepted Louis Miller's invitation to tour the hatchery on February 5. Council file No. 16 fixes the term of territorial officers. Council file No. 2 provides for city attorney appointments and was ordered engrossed. The auditor and treasurer accounts committee reported and was discharged. The president signed House Joint Resolutions 2 and 3 extending thanks to the governor and territory secretary. HJR 1 extending thanks to the audit committee was concurred in. The council adjourned.
A quirky column surveys odd sayings about fashion food and work. It notes the accordion shirt going out of style missed signals in success and a telegraph operator eloping with a young assistant in New Brunswick. The Keely motor is cited as a valued speculative hold.
Cases and proceedings listed include John Bailey petit larceny complaint dismissed and discharge, Harrington v Shipton continued for plaintiff proof, Cheyenne v Weissgarber default on fine costs, garnishee disclosures in Woollans v Thompson, Bellmeyer intoxicated in public charged pleaded guilty and fined, Dunham grand larceny arraigned and case continued with recognizance, notes on Governor Campbell era treasury figures and a misprint in the Sun.
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