Wyoming Fair Association Plans $8000 Purses for September Meet
The Wyoming Fair Association schedules September events from the 8th to the 11th in Cheyenne with $8000 in purses. The program features trotting races for Wyoming bred horses, pony and novelty races, and a Cheyenne Club cup race valued at $300 in winnings. Notable entrants include A. W. Whitehouse’s string and Hunter Bros with Sorrel John and Joker.
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Wyoming Fair Association
A. W. Whitehouse
Hunter Bros
John
Joker
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Cheyenne Club
Cheyenne Roadsters
Tripay, Ser
Jim Krahena
Association
Gold Fever At Bald Mountain Camp Draws 100 Prospectors
Sheridan Post editor reports about 100 men mining along Bald mountain base. Buckley Darlington and Chapline sluicing yields rough early cleanups of around 75, Buckley later $10.60 in twenty minutes, a nugget at $1.40, another $1, and C W Morey $13 in under an hour. The piece notes widespread eager work and abundant gold in the district.
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Bald Mountain
Sheridan Post
Buckley
Darlington
Chapline
J. H. Buckley
Mike Rohan
C. W. Morey
Gould Visits Cheyenne and Plans Subway Extension
Jay Gould and party toured Cheyenne pausing at the water works site and Snyder street for a planned stone subway this year. Gould praised the water system and city growth while inspecting yards and the state fish hatchery as Mayor Spicer hosted tours.
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Jay Gould
Cheyenne
West
Wurtele
Misses Gould
Mrs. Clark
Congregational Church
A. W. Williams
Wizard
Wall Street
S. H. H. Clark
Bresnahen
Gould
Snyder Street
Capitol
Fort
Messrs
Clark and
Dickinson
Clark
Laramie
Spicer
Sehnitger
Reluctant Marriage Licence Bargain in Town
The widow considered a marriage licence quoted at 25 to 30 dollars. A man tolerated by police since arriving a month ago offered half, but the attempt failed as she chased the other cartwheel and did not return. County Clerk Fredendall handled the quoted price.
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Julius Krajewsky
Fredendall
Judge Torrey to Stay in Fremont County for Tax Case
Judge Torrey, author of the bankrupt bill, and Otto Bollman of St. Louis travel to Fremont County. The judge, attorney for Torrey Cattle Co., aims to settle a tax case and plans to stay a month or more in the state.
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Torrey
Otto Bollman
St. Louis
Fremont County
Torrey Cattle Company
Sneak Thieves Steal Valise Near Union Pacific Depot
A Boise City man lost his valise while napping in a Union Pacific waiting room. Two suspects named Nelson and Lamar were captured, with one jailed in the calaboose and the other in county jail. The valise contained valuable manuscript and was found guarded near Merrill lumber yard. Bail set at 300 dollars each. they waived examination and await the next court term.
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Boise City
Chicago
Denver
Union Pacific
John Nolan
Merrill
Seventeenth and
Maxwell
Nelson
Lamar
Carroll
A Wyoming Crop Exceeds Height Limits At Kilpatrick Ranch
Mr. Smith brings grain samples from Kilpatrick's ranch above the Newcastle coal mines 5200 feet up. Wheat stands five and a half feet tall, oats five feet, and rye and barley about five feet. Wheat yields 25 to 30 bushels per acre. oats 60. rye and barley 31 to 35. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins own about 1000 acres in small grain. Smith says samples represent average crop overall.
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Smith
Kilpatrick
Newcastle
Kirkpatrick
Omaha
Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins
Reds and Indians At Depot In Wind River Trip
Six Reds and Indians attracted attention at the depot yesterday afternoon. Chief Bull Hunter with wife and two pups, Wm Shakespeare and White Antelope, were bound for the Arapahoe section of the Wind River reservation in Fremont County. Bull Hunter leads a strong lodge on the Arapahoe agency in Indian Territory and travels in holiday clothes.
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Bull Hunter
Shakespeare
Arapahoe
Wind River Reservation
Fremont County
Indian Territory
Eight-hour shift rule issued by Burlington and Missouri
The Burlington and Missouri has issued a general order to Nebraska workers stating that from August 1, 1891, all day employment ends and all employees will be paid by the hour under the eight hour labor law. The notice emphasizes a shift from daily to hourly wages starting that date.
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Burlington & Missouri
Nebraska
Galley Works Completed by Wim O'Brien for Water Works
Wim O'Brien completed a contract to add galleries and a cement underground dam at the head of the water works. The project cost over $7,000 and was finished in a stylish manner.
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Wim
O'Brien
Night Shops Visit Resumes Work at Union Pacific Shop
General Master Mechanic McConnell of the Union Pacific was here briefly yesterday morning. Night work has resumed at the machine shop as finishing touches proceed on the viaduct before McConnell continues westward.
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Mechanic McConnell
Union Pacific
McConnell
McAuliffe Signs for Fight with Gibbons Ring Debut
Jack McAuliffe signed articles for a September 11 bout with Austin Gibbons at the Granite Club of Hoboken under Queensberry rules. The 15 round limit was dropped and the fight will be at 135 pounds to a finish with a $1,500 side and a $4,000 purse.
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McAuliffe
New York
Jack McAuliffe
Austin Gibbons
Gibbons
Jack
Queensberry
Granite Club
Hoboken
Gorman Wins Bitter Prize Bout in Cutcaco
Ed Gorman of Columbus defeats Billy Hawkins of St. Louis in a 53rd round victory under Queensberry rules for 35000 a side. The bout drew heavy betting with about 20000 in winnings. Gorman weighed 136 150 pounds and used a defensive start before a decisive late rally to finish Hawkins with a neck blow and sponge from Hawkins' seconds.
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Gorman
Cutcaco
Ed Gorman
Columbus
Billy Hawkins
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hawkins
Four Die in Erie Crossing Crash at Eldridge Park
At the Eldridge park crossing near Erasma New York a freight train split to open the way for a park entrance and a passenger train struck Rev Wellington White his wife and children along with a neighbor’s girl and a nurse girl. White and two children died instantly while Mrs White and a two year old were fatally injured Mabel White survived with minor injuries White a Amherst College and New York Theological Seminary graduate spent ten years in missionary work in China.
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Erasma
N. Y
Erie Road
Eldridge Park
Fourersons
Wellington White
Grove Street
Mrs. White
Hattie Hastings
Susie McCarthy
White
Villian
Mabel White
Amherst College
New York Theological Seminary
China
Mormon Elder Eastman Knocks Out Pearce in Bare Knuckle Ring
E 8 Eastman a Mormon elder and Seth Pearce settled a quarrel with a London prize ring match. Pearce led in rounds one to three, but Eastman recovered to floor Pearce with a right hand in round four and again in round six, delivering a final knockout.
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Harriesawna
Miss
Commissioners Hear Assessments in Board of Equalization
Commissioners Keefe and Carey preside as an equalization board hearing complaints on assessments with many cases heard yesterday. Chairman Hoyt traveled to Lander as a witness in the Troponing case.
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Keefe and
Carey
Board of Equalization
Hoyt
Lander
Acquittal in Fremont county murder trial shocks Lander
Dr J W Schuelke acquitted in the shooting of druggist J W Sullivan in a Lander barber shop. Witness W H Schoo testified to the struggle and the defense claimed mental instability as a factor. Paris railway disaster kills forty three. 108 injured as two excursion trains collide near St Maude with a large crowd watching.
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J. W. Sullivan
Schuelke
Fremont County
Lander Clipper
J. W. Schuelke
Lander
W. H. Schoo
Sullivan
Mr. Shoo
Schoo
Schulke
Missouri
Schoo’s
Sulivan
Nebraska
Messrs Vidal, Norton and Campbell
D. A. Preston
M.C. Bown
Mysterious Death of Sophia Hancock in Fairbank
In Fairbank, July 16 the 22 year old Sophia Hancock was found dead at the foot of the cellar stairs. Officials charged her father Edward Hancock and mother with murder after an inquiry into the death.
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Toronto
Sophia Hancock
Edward Hancock
Fairbank
Farmer Hellman Reports Hall Damage From Visit
B Hellman returns from his farm on Horse Crowk and says the hall caused substantial damage there.
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B. Hellman
Terrible Fight on a Train Leaves Three Dead
On an excursion train returning from Cumberland an officer James Kelley tried to quell a fight. The crowd forced him between cars as speed remained high. Kelley was killed when run over. Lucas Myers of Lathrobe also died after being thrown from the platform. Milton Pyle was fatally injured.
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Paris
St. Maude
Department of the Seine
Vincennes
Marquis
Marquise Montferagte
Vincennes Station
Jouxstons
James Kelley
Cumberland
Kelley
Lucas Myers
Lathrobe
Milton Pyle
Gold Discovery Sparks Rush to Pine Nut district
In Canson Nevada on July 27 reports describe free gold discoveries at Pine Nut twenty five miles away. A town called Zirnville is laid out. An expert miner notes quartz ledges over ten square miles showing surface gold and likens the find to a promising first node of the Comstock lode.
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Vevada
Canson
Nev
Pine Nut
Zirnville
Comstock Lode
Bank run hits San Francisco savings bank
A run began on the People's Home Savings Bank in San Francisco today, with several thousand dollars paid out. Bank commissioners say the bank is solvent and have safeguarded its affairs. Two local papers allege state examiners did not inspect the bank adequately.
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Hun
San Francisco
Daly
Run Beegan
People’s Home Savings Bank
Baiak
Faylor suit against 24 senators ends in San Francisco
The George Faylor case against twenty four state senators concluded today in San Francisco. Faylor sought more time to locate witnesses but Judge Wallace denied the motion, citing little chance of securing them and no indefinite continuation. Counsel then agreed to proceed without further delay.
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San Francisco
George Faylor
Faylor
Dude Wallace
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Jem Smith
Pritchard
DR. Schuelke
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