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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1890
Page
14
The eleventh census will be taken in June with enumerators beginning June 2. Lists of Wyoming enumerators by district are given, led by Homer Merrell. It covers questions on birthplace, race, language, education, marriage, children, occupation, home ownership, farm data, and veteran status.
The memorandum instructs enumerators to collect full service details from veterans including name, company, regiment or vessel, late rank, enlistment and discharge dates, total length of service, and current post office address. It requires listing each term of service when re enlisted in multiple organizations and noting arm of service as infantry cavalry artillery. If a veteran used an assumed name, both names must be provided. Veterans should cooperate to ensure accurate statements.
The Lincoln Journal reports Wyoming hosts vast oil fields larger than any district. Newcastle sits on patented oil placer land with a six inch bore yielding heavy oil. development cost $4600 before patent. Rail access limits expansion. numerous 160 acre filings require yearly assessment work.
Reports describe the Pease party of B and M surveyors lost near the Buffalo extension with four members missing for three days while others searched. The Rapid City Coal and Oil company withdraws stock from Belle Fourche oil district. A Cheyenne smelting furnace plan prompts road checks between Newcastle and Cheyenne to deliver coke. No. 4 mine fire extinguished as openings stay airtight. N N camp heads to Wendover with cattle destined for Montana. Cheyenne and Northern advances toward Douglas with momentum.
The city advances on a new reservoir with stone on the ground and cement due today. The big pipe work nears completion as City Engineer Bond proposes a new sewer extension method for council review. Complete plans expected by the next council meeting with strong support anticipated.
An 1877 Boston Journal fragment describes a nighttime voyage on the Ocklawaha River from Palatka to the St Johns using the steamer Okeechumkee. The journey features river bends, palm timber, a pine-fueled pilot light, and encounters with birds and alligators, plus crew actions and rough river navigation.
Dr. Charles D. Lawin, Massachusetts State Prison physician, argues in a pamphlet that public stories about Jesse Pomeroy are unfounded. He outlines Pomeroy’s conviction for murdering a boy and describes his solitary life since 1877 with some privileges and intellectual interests including languages and chemistry.
An 1860s Bangor anecdote recounts Hinckley & Co producing cannons for volunteers. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin visits Pushaw to witness trials of a gun aimed at Dollar Island. A misfire due to overloading yields a splash and laughter, then Hamlin calmly quizzes the musketeers before the guns go to the front.
The narrator recounts a summer in Nevada County California where he joins Indian hunter Joe for a bear hunt. A monstrous bear emerges, rocks are crashed down, and the hunter witnesses his best dog killed while narrowly escaping. Joe and the narrator survive, and the bear skin is brought back to San Francisco as proof of the adventure.
A Thomaston Georgia Black man faced a supposed warrant for conjuring a mule with the phrase conjuring a mule. He was disappointed when officials said no such offense existed and no warrant was issued.
Fly fishermen in the United States expect a new fish this year, the sea trout or salmo trutta, a salt water species that thrives in land locked fresh water. Eggs will be placed in Maine streams flowing into the ocean to stock the fish.
A historical remark on Rufus Choate in a jury room drama. The advocate used dramatic language to dazzle the jury while defending a bank cashier charged with embezzlement. He argued the directors ordered the act, shifting blame to higher authority in the courtroom.
In a trial scene described with biting humor, lawyer Choate uses soaring diction to caricature a creditors harsh actions. He compares the creditor to pirates at sea and depicts him snuffing industry and burning homes, aiming to sway jurors with dramatic imagery.
A collage of brief notes cites Ben Butler's Reminiscences due in fall from Boston, Herbert Gladstone’s US and Canada tour this summer, and assorted reflections on figures from Bismarck to Carlyle. Mentions of 13-person dinner superstition, Gen Meade’s Gettysburg defeat risk, and varied political and cultural snippets fill the page.
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