Wyoming Fair Association Fall Meeting Set With 8000 Dollar Purses
The Wyoming Fair Association plans its September 8 to 11 meeting in Cheyenne with purses totaling 8000 dollars. The program includes polo, trotting, pony, and novelty races, plus clubs and cups valued up to 1500 dollars. Notable entrants include A W Whitehouse string and Hunter Bros racers. Regular railway rates will be offered to Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska riders.
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Wyoming Fair Association
A. W. Whitehouse
Hunter Bros
John
Joker
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Cheyenne Roadsters
Tripay, Ser
Jim Krahena
Cheyenne Club
Association
Yellow Truck Reports Gold Rush At Bald Mountain Camp
Sheridan Post editor observed about 100 men gold mining near Bald mountain base. Buckley Darlington and Chapline reported a four to five man sluice with a rough 75 dollar clean up after eight hours. Buckley later earned 10 60 in twenty minutes. other claims yielded nuggets and pan finds, indicating abundant gold and widespread activity.
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Bald Mountain
Sheridan Post
Buckley
Darlington
Chapline
J. H. Buckley
Mike Rohan
C. W. Morey
Gould Enjoys Cheyenne Visit Water Works Tour
Jay Gould and party tour Cheyenne praising the water works and future growth. They inspect the water system and Snyder Street subway site, with Clark Dickinson and others noting the city’s assets and likely developments. Local officials host them at the state fish hatchery and city yards.
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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
Widow Haggles Over Marriage License amid Town Gossip
The relief of Julius Krajewsky is on the marry. A man tolerated by police since a month ago courted the widow, claiming a marriage license costs 25 to 30 dollars. County Clerk Fredendall quoted the fee. she offered half, but the deal collapsed as she chased another cartwheel down the street.
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Julius Krajewsky
Fredendall
Judge Torrey in town with Otto Bollman for tax case
Judge Torrey, author of the bank rupt bill, travels with Otto Bollman of St Louis to Fremont County. The judge, attorney for the Torrey Cattle Company, aims to adjust a tax case and will stay in the state for a month or longer.
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Torrey
Otto Bollman
St. Louis
Fremont County
Torrey Cattle Company
Sneak Thieves Nabbed After Boise Man Loses Valise
A Boise City man slept in a Union Pacific waiting room and lost his valise to two thieves. One thief was jailed, the other in county jail. manuscripts destroyed in the pilfering. The valise was found near Merrill lumber yard, under guard. Nelson and Lamar, held on $300 bail each, 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 Omaha Hee
Mr Smith reports grain samples from Kilpatrick's ranch above Newcastle coal mines at 5200 feet. Wheat grows five and a half feet high while oats and barley reach five feet. Wheat yields 25 to 30 bushels per acre. oats 60. rye and barley about 31 to 35. Kilpatrick Bros Collins own 1000 acres in small grains.
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Smith
Kilpatrick
Newcastle
Kirkpatrick
Omaha
Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins
Reds and Indians At Fremont County Depot
Half a dozen Reds and six Indians attracted attention at the depot yesterday afternoon. The group includes Chief Bull Hunter and wife with two young puppooses, Wm Shakespeare, and White Antelope. They travel to the Arapahoe section of the Wind River reservation. Bull Hunter heads a strong lodge on the Arapahoe agency in Indian Territory and plans a holiday visit.
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Bull Hunter
Shakespeare
Arapahoe
Wind River Reservation
Fremont County
Indian Territory
Burlington & Missouri adopts hourly pay for Nebraskan staff
The railroad issues a general order to all Nebraska employees in light of the eight hour law. From August 1 1891 all day work ends and workers formerly paid by the day will be paid by the hour.
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Burlington & Missouri
Nebraska
Galleries Finished O'Brien completes under ground dam works
Wim O'Brien has finished placing additional galleries and building a cement underground dam at the head of the water works. The project was valued at over $7,000 and was completed in style.
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Wim
O'Brien
Night Shop Visit Spurs Machine Shop Night Work
General Master Mechanic McConnell of Union Pacific visited yesterday morning and caused night work to resume at the machine shop. McConnell then continued westward while finishing touches are applied to the viaduct.
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Mechanic McConnell
Union Pacific
McConnell
McAuliffe Signs for 15 Round Hoboken Fight
Jack McAuliffe signed articles for a September 1 bout with Austin Gibbons at the Granite Club of Hoboken under Queensberry rules. The match is set 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 Dramatic Prize Fight in Cutcaco
Ed Gorman of Columbus defeats Billy Hawkins of St. Louis in fifty three rounds under Queensberry rules for 35000 a side. The secret location bout drew about 20000 in winnings with both men bleeding but Gorman landing decisive blows to Hawkins neck and body before Hawkins’ seconds threw in the sponge.
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Gorman
Cutcaco
Ed Gorman
Columbus
Billy Hawkins
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hawkins
Four Die As Car Passes Between Train Wreck At Eldridge Park
Four persons including Rev. Wellington White and his daughter Hattie Hastings were killed in a crossing accident at the Erie line near Eldridge park Erasama New York. Mrs White and a second child were fatally injured, a nurse Susie McCarthy and Hattie Hastings' father suffered. Mabel White survived with minor injuries. White was a Amherst College and New York Theological Seminary graduate and had spent ten years in China as a missionary.
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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
Fighting Mormon Elder Ends In Knockout Victory
Eastman a Mormon elder and Seth Pearce agreed to a bare knuckle fight. London prize ring rules applied. Pearce led early rounds but Eastman recovered in the fourth and finished Pearce in the sixth with decisive blows.
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Harriesawna
Miss
Commissioners Hear Assessments in Board of Equalization
Commissioners Keefe and Carey preside as a board of equalization hearing complaints on assessments with many cases heard yesterday. Chairman Hoyt departed to Lander to appear as a witness in the Troponing case.
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Keefe and
Carey
Board of Equalization
Hoyt
Lander
Acquittal in Fremont County Dr Schuelke Case
Dr J W Schuelke is acquitted in the Fremont County crime trial over the April barber shop shooting of druggist J W Sullivan. Eyewitness W H Schoo testified of the struggle. Schuelke claimed self defense amid questions on his mental state and the verdict's reception.
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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 Shocks Fairbank
On July 16 the 22 year old Sophia Hancock was found dead at her father Edward Hancock's house in Fairbank. Officials say both parents were arrested today and charged with murder after investigations.
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Toronto
Sophia Hancock
Edward Hancock
Fairbank
Hellman Reports Damage After Return From Farm
B Hellman recently came back from his farm on Horse Crowk and says the hall did significant damage there.
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B. Hellman
Terrible Fight on a Train in Jouxstons Pa
On a Cumberland excursion train an officer James Kelley tried to quell a disturbance. The crowd pulled him between cars as it ran at speed. He was killed when struck by wheels as the coupling broke. Lucas Myers and Milton Pyle suffered fatal or critical injuries.
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Smith
Jem Smith
Pritchard
Paris
St. Maude
Department of the Seine
Vincennes
Marquis
Marquise Montferagte
Vincennes Station
Jouxstons
James Kelley
Cumberland
Kelley
Lucas Myers
Lathrobe
Milton Pyle
Gold Discoveries Draw Prospectors to Pine Nut District
In Canson Nevada on July 27 reports describe free gold found at Pine Nut twenty five miles away. A town named Zirnville has been laid out. An expert miner says a ten mile square area shows surface gold in quartz ledges and views the discovery as promising for the early Comstock lode era.
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Vevada
Canson
Nev
Pine Nut
Zirnville
Comstock Lode
Bank run hits People's Home Savings in San Francisco
A run on the People's Home Savings bank in San Francisco today paid out several thousand dollars while the bank commissioners assure Devi Wn Hivestipca tion of its affairs and officers insist the institution is solvent. Two local papers for two days claim state examiners have not properly investigated the bank.
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Hun
San Francisco
Daly
Run Beegan
People’s Home Savings Bank
Baiak
Faylor suit against 24 state senators ends in San Francisco
The suit of George Faylor against twenty four state senators ended today in San Francisco. Faylor sought more time to locate missing witnesses but Wallace denied the motion. Counsel then agreed to not pursue further continuances.
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San Francisco
George Faylor
Faylor
Dude Wallace
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