Auditor's 1555 Territory Finances Report and Recommendations
Auditor M N Grant presents the 1555 year ending September 16 1555 financial transactions. Balance on hand 21443 30, receipts 193525 10, disbursements 254584 69, final balance 21443 30. Recommends salary and expense reductions, rail and livestock assessments reviewed, rebates critiqued, and board reforms to streamline equalization and taxation. Public debt figures and rail company valuations included. Weathered by a sweeping critique of revenue law effectiveness and warnings of growing municipal bankruptcies if unchecked.
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Cuevenne
Francis BE
Warren
Wyoming
Simpl
Territory
Treasury
M. N. Grant
The
Sun
Territorial Treasurer Reports Delinquencies in 1883 Taxes
The territorial treasurer presents a cash statement and balance totals for October 1 1885 across funds including general and building funds with a total of 28447231. Delinquencies by Converse Johnson Laramie and Sweetwater counties are listed with amounts due 545.49 8017 65 2666 07 and 2989 07 respectively and state Attorney General action is being pursued.
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Albany
Converse
Crook
Fremont
Johnson
Sheridan
Treasury
General
Capitol Building
University
Johnson, Laramie
Sweetwater
Territory
Territorial
Converse County
Saree Aramie County
Sweetwater County
Eees
Lake Voorhees
Before the Convening of the Legislature Familiarization Notice
A brief item notes steps taken before the legislature convenes to allow members to become acquainted with the pending agenda and procedural setup.
Deer Creek Coal Increases Daily Car Output
Seventeen coal cars left Deer Creek mines Tuesday morning with plans to raise to thirty cars per day. The bottleneck is securing enough railroad cars as many are used on the eastern line for grain shipments to market.
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Deer Creek Coal
Grapatc
Pacific Short Line surveyors at Fairbank and Wendover
Private source reports a corps of Pacific Short Line surveyors at work along the Platte. They are at Fairbank and reportedly head to Wendover to set up winter headquarters and proceed with surveys in each direction from there.
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the Sea
Pacific
Platte
Fairbank
Wendover
Offer to pay for cure with Chamberlain remedy
Mat McCabe of New Hrunewick Newfoundland offers to pay for any person troubled with bloody flux who takes Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy per directions and does not improve in the shortest time. He claims a half bottle cured him after others failed and notes daily sales exceed a thousand bottles with no known failures when directions are followed. Available for sale by BB David.
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Mat McCabe
New Hrunewick
Chamberlain
McCabe
Vale
David
Suspect in Snell murder ill with typhoid vows confession
Denver reports a man arrested at Berthoud in a woman's disguise as Eva Craig and believed to be Tascott, killer of Snell of Chicago, is gravely ill with typhoid. Physicians say the case is hopeless but he promises a confession that could lead to a gallows. Letters to Philo Boland found in his trunk link to Fayetteville Indiana Gloversville New York Colfax Washington.
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Denver
Berthoud
Colo
Eva Craig
Tascott
Snell
Chicago
Colorado
California
Washington
Fayetteville
Ind
Gloversville
New York
Colfax, Wash
Philo Boland
Boland
Locomotive Engineers Refuse Federation Plan
Denver. The Locomotive Engineers refuse to adopt the articles of federation today. A committee of five will draft a new federation proposal to be reviewed by each division for acceptance or rejection. Any lodge joining would form a temporary federation until the next annual meeting in Pittsburg. Chief Arthur may name the committee, likely choosing opponents of federation. Adjourned.
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Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Colo
Arthur
Pittsburg
Bold female horse thief captured after cross-state chase
In Iowa a bold female horse thief was arrested after two weeks of evading police. She hired a horse and buggy from W. P. Tendill of Rock Island, drove through Davenport and Itoline, disappeared until last Saturday, then appeared in Eldora. Captured with her rig at Madrid in Boone County, she travels under several aliases.
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Madrid
Boone County
Robbery at M Egglerun’s Tailor Shop in Pierre
A bold burglary at M Egglerun’s tailor shop netted clothing and goods valued around 1000 dollars. Police raided a dive run by John Evans, recovering most stolen items and arresting ten suspects. One suspect resisted arrest. all are jailed awaiting a hearing as authorities promise to purge toughs from the city.
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Pierre
Megglerun
Securin
John Evans
Collision on the Fort Worth Hail alll
Denver Nov 1. Word reached here that the south bound passenger train on the Fort Worth railroad near Easton sixty five miles south was rammed by a freight train this afternoon. Fireman Flannigan engineer Hickey and a passenger from tunners were killed. No further details.
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Denver
Fort Worth
Easton
Flannigan
Hickey
Tunners
Grand jury adds indictments in Times case
Caiiaco November 1 The grand jury returned three additional indictments in the Times case this morning. Two against West and one against Graham for over issue of $100,000 stock.
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Caiiaco
Times
West
Graham
Hampton platform graduate speaks on Indian issue
Rev Dr J T Gracey quotes the first Hampton platform graduate, a Yankton Sioux, who answers why Indians are not Civil. She compares mission feeding to a white man fighting and notes the Indian’s loss of faith when the helper and fighter share the same race, highlighting miscommunication.
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Northern Christian Advocate
J. T. Gracey
Hampton Platform
Nobles Face Mass Bankruptcy Amid Mortgage Collapse
Russian nobles rush toward bankruptcy as the government and lending banks push mortgage schemes with land estates. About 8,000 estates may be auctioned this year for unpaid interest, raising questions over who bears the burden of vast property losses.
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Perty
Duel with Potatoes Revered as Kentucky Tale
The Atlanta Journal quotes Dr. Morrison recalling Bill Bowman a Millersburg preacher who dueled a desperado with Irish potatoes in 1848 smashing potatoes and delivering blows to win. The spectacle supposedly ended dueling in the area and is told as a local legend.
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Dr. Morrison
First Methodist Church
Atlanta Journal
Kentucky
Bill Bowman
Millersburg
Sam Jones
Desperado
Pondon
Wealthy Irish Friend Reunites With Stewart in New York Store
John Dawson, a prominent Wilmington banker, recalls his humble sea voyage and friendship with Alexander T. Stewart. Dawson, now wealthy, enters Stewart’s dry goods palace seeking his old friend, is mistaken by staff, and finally embraces Stewart when recognized.
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Wilmington D. C
John Dawson
Washington Post
J. Dawson
Ireland
Alexander T. Stewart
Dawson
New York
Mr. Dawson
Dryads Palace
Mr. Stewart
Aleck
Mr. Dawon
John
Norfoetly
Cannibal Indians in British Columbia Report Details
A Victoria letter to the N Y Herald describes Kwagutl Ha mad tsis cannibals who meet Hamad ts i spirit during winter dances and bite corpses. Acolytes eat flesh from bodies sometimes sham ins, with old scars and ritual payments in blankets.
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British Columbia
Pocock
Scrap books surge in demand with clippings focus
The New York Sun notes a sharp shift in scrap book use from letters and bills to saving newspaper clippings. Plain leather backs, large pages, and ample room for three half-column clippings become the preferred format, used by bankers, brokers, and railroads downtown.
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Nassau Street
New York Sun
Bheyha
Alipalaga
Noisy Sparrows Roost At Catholic Cathedral
A fragment reports birds lingering near a Louisville cathedral and an organist named WOH HOPI. It notes a June event and mentions a June holiday when 600 inmates at the Birinlognann workhouse were allowed a day out.
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Louisville
Hiv
Birinlognann
Kigiaul
Itiy Iain Olen
Wyoming Insurance Report and Fatal Boiler Explosion
The auditor reports seventy one insurance firms operating in the territory with five new entrants last year and a proposed Nebraska style levy to support city fire departments. Fees collected total 1805 dollars for company admission filings annual statements and licenses. In Grapx Forks Dak a steam threshing machine boiler exploded killing owner Isreal Sheppard and injuring engineer Critten den and a second man who may die.
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Tenth Legislative Assembly
Legal Reserve Life
Wyoming
Nebraska
ERES
Isreal Sheppard
Engineer Crittenden
Notice for Publication Land Entry Crete, Wyo
Notice is given that the following settlers intend to make final proof to support their claims before the Cheyenne land office on November 18. George Garland and others list their land entries in Township 14 North Range 80 West and nearby parcels. Witnesses named: William J. Ruttledge, Charis Gross, William Elchborn, and Stillman A. Pierce of Pine Bluff. E. P. Champlin, Register.
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Cretep
Cheyenne
Wre
George Ie Garland
Nitam J. Garland
Thoday
Wyo
William J. Ruttledge
Charis Gross
William Elchborn
Stillman A. Pierce
Pine Bluff
E Vo
E. P. Champlin
Register
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication
United States Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming October notices Arthur Gardinier of Cheyenne Wyoming files desert land claim 3182 for section 9 township 20 north range 68 west before register and receiver November 2. witnesses Alexander J. Perry Caleb M. La Grange Demerit K. Brown Walter Brown all of Goshen Wyoming support irrigation and reclamation of the land.
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United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Arthur Gardinier
Laramie County
Wyoming
Range Iseet
Khegister
Alexander J. Perry
Caleb M. la Grange
Demerit K. Brown
Walter Brown
Goshen
FE. P
Champlin
Regiater
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication
Orrin P Wee of Keokuk Iowa has filed intent to make final desert land proof No 4117 for all of section 10 township 1 north range 61 west before the Cheyenne Wyoming Register and Receiver on Tuesday November 5 1830. Witnesses: John H McDonald Samuel L Blake Robert Jackson and James Hill all of Egbert Laramie County Wyoming. EB P Chamminix Registrar.
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UnNiven States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Orrin BP
Wee Denaid
Blondeau Street
Keokuk
Lee County
Towa
Wyoming
Johen H. McDonald
Samuel L. Blake
Robert Jackson
James Hill
Egbert
Laramie County
EB. P. Chammnix
Regiater
Desert Land Claim Notice Filed in Wyoming Land Office
L Porter McDonald of Repinettoburg Palo Alto county Iowa filed intent to prove desert land claim No IM for all tract 21 12 N 61 W before the Register and Receiver Cheyenne Wyoming on Tue Nov 5. Witnesses: John H McDonald Samuel II Robert Jackson and James Hill at Teg Egbert Laramie County Wyoming.
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Asirep States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
L. Porter McDonald
Repinettoburg
Palo Alto County
Jaws
Wyoming
Maid Land
John HH. McDonald
Ramuel II
Robert Jackson
James Hill
Teg Egbert
Laramie County
Mplin T
Notice of intention to make homestead entry at OmaVienne
Land Office at OmEvyenne Wyoming August 24 1880 Notiow 2s hereby fren that the following named se notice of his intention to make f Ton roa in all 1 of his claim and that sai roof will be mede before Heter and Keostvor October 10 witnesses Henry 4 Yoder Charles F Frankoder Philipp J Yoder all of Tit Wfips Wye. DOAK S. 08 Heglater.
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Omevyenne
Wyoming
Notiow
Heter
Keostvor
James J. Grite
Nitis
Gal
Vis. Henry
Yoder
Charles F Frankoder
Philipp J. Yoder
Tit
Doak S
Heglater
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E.e
FAKOR
Deb Bint
Territory of
Territorial Treasurer's Office
General Fund
Capital
Aebee's
Penitentiary Building Fund
Lax
Berthoud, Colo
Millionaire Snell
Cronin
Mr. Bowman
Stewart
British Columbia Redskins
Territorial Insurance Commissioner
Total
Eee
Desert Land
Finsal Preel
Cattle Brands
L. Voorhees & CO
Postoffice
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