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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1890
Page
5
A prairie drive reveals rich plant life as pink cactus stars dot the ground and stars of Bethlehem white blossoms scent the air. The article catalogs cactus varieties, crucifers, legumes, and the blue pulmonaria in bloom, noting close relatives and floral forms throughout the meadow.
An 1590 testimonial from Eugen D Alussi of New York praises plans as the best they ever saw, declaring belief in their artistic value and offering the endorsement unsolicited to the Knabe house, dated May 16, 1590, with a note on the Mathematics club.
A poet seeks publication from a weary editor in a dim room. The scene shifts to a verse about blue waters and distant islands, then to a playful maid and a gloomy end as the bard is buried on the ebony pave. Ray Brown in Chicago Post.
A New Orleans merchant told a Milwaukee Sentinel correspondent at the Schlitz hotel that a large frog farming venture would yield profits as he described vast numbers in the marshes near New Orleans. He recalled bays and creeks crowded with frogs, even surrounding camp tents at night, suggesting the region could supply legs for market.
A brief note reports pygmy camels in western Persia and their worship by locals. In Berlin a official gifts two small camels to the municipality. The larger stands twenty seven inches high and weighs sixty one pounds. The smaller is four inches shorter but its weight is not listed.
The Lane der Mountaineer reports that local lodge members and tepee groups faced disappointment as the predicted Messiah did not appear this year. The medicine man who forecast the coming Spirit may regret his risky prophecies and consider cautious future predictions only after certain knowledge.
The post office department orders sixty foot mail cars of the latest improved type to run out of Cheyenne on the Oregon Short Line. This will benefit Cheyenne by allowing clerks to work more on the mails for this point and shift most Short Line work east.
A blotchy report describes a local event in the city with uncertain sponsor and responsibility. Investigators have not yet determined who is to blame, and details remain undecided as officials review available information.
Deeds filed include Catherine Whitcomb to Eliza Walker for lot 1 block 387 at 7000 dollars and Albert Chapman and Belle Chapman to George R Goodland for undivided half of lot 8 in lot 163 at 800 dollars. Homestead certificate issued to Elizabeth Schalk for part of section 28 with land description.
Burlington workers start major Buffalo branch work as nine grading outfits and about forty men pass through the city en route north, signaling intensified construction activity.
The Carbon County court continued the Bonticou case to the fall term while all other docket cases were dismissed.
A New York Tribune analysis compares 1880 and current prices in Fort Dodge for farm implements, supplies, and farm products. It argues that the broader price decline for items farmers buy far outpaces declines in what they sell, challenging the claim that tariffs plunder farmers.
The Cheyenne city cemetery is being beautified with drives, walks, and plantings including spruces and cottonwoods. Notable features include the petrified man grave of Jules E. Coffey, a murder inscription on a Jackson monument, and the potters field with 175 mounds. The Sexton Hastings permit system improved burial records, with about 900 interments to date.
The W C T U plans a home for women without resources in Cheyenne to prevent reform era exploitation. The project, to be at 1417 Warren Avenue, starts small and seeks community aid as work expands. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church parlor with Anne C. Northrup presiding.
Ira W. Pendleton, a Denver real estate man and banker, says Denver seeks closer ties with Duluth and is promoting a direct rail corridor. He has discussed a possible Duluth St Paul Sioux City Union Pacific coalition to run freight and passenger trains directly between Duluth and Denver, noting the Duluth route would be 970 miles shorter than via Chicago.
Charley Rastaetter of Douglas who vanished six weeks ago is now confined in a Washington D C hospital and described as violently insane. A sister in Baltimore received the report and the local Odd Fellows plan to check his condition and arrange possible transport home for care.
George Thompson of Fort Collins was badly mangled by a Norman stallion last Friday. He attempted to secure the vicious animal to a hitching post and sought help. the horse knocked him down, trampled him, ripped clothing, bent two fingers, and tossed him into the street in a savage assault.
Chief Engineer Bogue of the Union Pacific heads about 7,000 miles of road with 600 engineers and a labor force nearing 1,000. He oversees Fort Worth system overhauls, Colorado surveys, Utah extension work, Utah Northern reconstruction, Coeur d’Alene projects, Wyoming Northern line, Cheyenne shops, and Puget Sound extensions including a Columbia River bridge. Colleagues say his temperament suits such duty for a great army of engineers.
Charles L Rauner delivers printed house journal to Secretary Meldrum. The 460 page volume joins a 975 page council journal printed at the Leader office.
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