Auditor's Report on Territory Finances and Reforms
Auditor M N Grant presents the annual territory audit ending 9 30 1889 with a cash balance of 21443 30 and warrants 26309 40. He urges salary cuts and reduced contingent expenses, details railway and utility assessments, public debt, and calls for improved equalization and repeal of livestock valuation boards.
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Cuevenne
Francis BE
Warren
Wyoming
Simpl
Territory
Treasury
M. N. Grant
The
Sun
Territorial Board of Equalization
Territorial Treasurer Reports Delinquencies in 1883 Taxes
The treasurer submits a cash statement and balance sheet for Oct 1 1885 detailing funds across General Capitol building and building funds, university accounts and tax collections. It notes delinquent territorial taxes in Converse Johnson Laramie and Sweetwater counties and requests legal action to recover 1883 balances. Lake Voorhees signs as Territorial Treasurer.
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Treasury
General
Capitol Building
University
Converse
Johnson, Laramie
Sweetwater
Territory
Territorial
Converse County
Saree Aramie County
Sweetwater County
Eees
Lake Voorhees
Lax
Legislators Prepare To Review Pending Measures
Prior to convening, members will study the proposed acts to become familiar with their contents and potential impacts. Officials emphasize reading through all items to ensure informed discussion when sessions begin.
Deer Creek Coal Output to Rise in Coming Days
Seventeen cars of Deer Creek coal left the mines Tuesday morning and production will climb to thirty cars daily. The bottleneck is railroad cars, likely due to heavy grain shipments on the eastern end of the line.
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Deer Creek Coal
Grapatc
Pacific Short Line Surveyors Reported Along Platte
Information from private sources states a corps of Pacific Short Line surveyors are active along the Platte. They are at Fairbank and expected to establish winter headquarters at Wendover to work the line in both directions from that point.
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the Sea
Pacific
Platte
Fairbank
Wendover
Offer to pay for cures with Chamberlain remedy
Mat McCabe of New Hrunewick offers to pay any person troubled with bloody flux who uses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea remedy as directed and fails to recover quickly. He notes a half bottle cured him after other medicines failed and cites widespread daily sales and a perfect safety record when directions are followed. Sold by BB and David.
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Mat McCabe
New Hrunewick
Chamberlain
McCabe
Vale
David
Suspect in Snell murder ill with typhoid vows confession
The Berthoud arrestee, believed to be Tascott and killer of Chicago magnate Snell, is gravely ill in Colorado with typhoid fever. He claims a forthcoming confession that could reach the gallows and his trunk holds letters to Philo Boland in several cities.
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Millionaire Snell
Denver
Berthoud
Colo
Eva Craig
Tascott
Snell
Chicago
Colorado
California
Washington
Fayetteville
Ind
Gloversville
New York
Colfax, Wash
Philo Boland
Boland
Locomotive Engineers Reject Federation Plan
Denver November 1 Locomotive Engineers refused to adopt the articles of federation. Chief Arthur proposed a five member committee to draft a new federation proposal for each division. Lodges adopting the plan may form a temporary federation until the next annual meeting in Pittsburg. It is believed Arthur will name committee members opposed to federation. Adjourned.
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Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Colo
Arthur
Pittsburg
Bold female horse thief arrested after cross-state chase
A woman using multiple aliases hired a horse and buggy in Rock Island and drove through Davenport and Itoline before eluding capture. Sightings continued until Eldora, with a Madrid police capture in Boone county yesterday ending the pursuit. She is described as bold and desperate.
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Madrid
Boone County
Robbery at tailor shop in Pierre sparks crackdown
Pierre South Dakota. Yesterday a burglary at M egglerun's tailor shop netted clothing and goods worth about $1000. Police raided a dive run by John Evans, arresting ten suspects after a fight. officials vow to drive out the city’s toughs.
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Pierre
Megglerun
Securin
John Evans
Collision on Fort Worth Hail reading Denver
Word reached here that a south bound passenger train on the Fort Worth railroad, snow bound near Easton, was struck by a freight train this afternoon. Fireman Flannigan and Engineer Hickey and a passenger were killed. No further details available.
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Denver
Fort Worth
Easton
Flannigan
Hickey
Tunners
Grand Jury Indicts Three More in Times Case
Caiiaco November 1. The grand jury returned three additional indictments in the Times case this morning. Two indictments accuse West and one accuses Graham for over issue of $100,000 stock.
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Caiiaco
Times
West
Graham
Hampton platform alumna answers Indian civiliz tion query
Rev Dr Gracey discusses a Hampton platform speech by a Yankton Sioux who posed why Indians are not civilised. Her essay uses a parable about a cat, feeding, and whipping to argue trust in missionaries and Biblical food amid conflict, criticizing journalists and statesmen for shallow analysis.
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Northern Christian Advocate
J. T. Gracey
Hampton Platform
Bankruptcy sweep hits Russian noble estates
Nobles face mass losses as 8 000 estates are set for public auction by year end due to unpaid mortgage debts. The government mortgage lending scheme triggers a crisis with lands at risk and questions over who bears the immense loss.
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Perty
Duel with Potatoes Recalled as Kentucky Duel of 1848
Dr. Morrison cites a Kentucky duel from 1848 where Bill Bowman, a preacher at Millersburg, challenged a desperado to a potato duel. Bowman used Irish potatoes as weapons, landing repeated hits and winning as the crowd cheered. The fight ended with the desperado defeated and dueling fading away in the region.
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Dr. Morrison
First Methodist Church
Atlanta Journal
Kentucky
Bill Bowman
Millersburg
Sam Jones
Desperado
Pondon
Wealthy Irish-born banker and Stewart reunion in New York
John Dawson, a prominent Wilmington banker, arrives in New York after the Civil War with a fortune intact. He seeks his boyhood friend Alexander Stewart, only to be dismissed by a curt clerk until Stewart himself appears, recognizing Dawson in a memorable, warmly emotional reunion.
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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 Tribes of British Columbia Reported in Victoria Letter
A Victoria letter to the New York Herald reports that Kwagutl Ha mad tsis in central British Columbia are believed to practice cannibalism during two winter dances. Members of a hereditary caste reportedly bite and eat corpses, sometimes staged to deceive onlookers, with the father of the biter paying for sufferers.
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British Columbia
Pocock
The Scrap Book Boom Drives Plain Leather Volumes
A New York Sun report notes a surge in demand for scrap books used to preserve newspaper clippings. Banks brokers and railroads favor plain leather backs and large pages, with volumes held by the sleeve of office paste in daily filing.
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Nassau Street
New York Sun
Bheyha
Alipalaga
Noisy Birds, Workhouse Outing Report From Louisville
In a fragmentary 19th or early 20th century clipping, residents note a domestic scene around a Catholic cathedral in Louisville with references to a church organ and a local group. A holiday outing allowed 600 inmates of the Birinlognann workhouse to go out for the day, with limited cooperation and unclear details.
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Birinlognann
Kigiaul
Itiy Iain Olen
Insurance report shows 71 companies in territory under new law
The auditor reports seventy one insurance firms active in the territory with five new entrants last year. It recommends a Nebraskan style act to require foreign companies to pay a duty for city fire department support. Fees collected totaled 1805 dollars for admissions statements and licenses. Also reported is a fatal steam threshing boiler explosion at Graxp Forks with Isreal Sheppard killed and two injured.
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Tenth Legislative Assembly
Wyoming
Nebraska
Isreal Sheppard
Engineer Crittenden
Notice for Publication at Cretep Em Wro Land Office
Notice lists settlers seeking final proof to support their claims at Cheyenne Wyoming land office. George Garland D 4408 and others in townships 14 north range 80 west must present witnesses William Rutledge Charles Gross William Elchborn and Stillman Pierce of Pine Bluff to prove continuous residence and cultivation before E P Champlin Register on specified November day.
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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 2 1900 Notice is hereby given that Arthur Gardinier of Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert land claim No 3182 for section 6 township 20 north range 66 west before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne Wyoming on Saturday the 2nd day of November 1900 He names witnesses to prove complete irrigation and reclamation Alexander J Perry Caleb M La Grange Demerit K Brown and Walter Brown all of Goshen Wyoming FE P Champlin Register
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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 Publication
Desert land final proof notice from the United States Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming lists Orrin P Wee as claimant in Keokuk Iowa for Desert Land Claim No 4117 in section 10 township 1 range 61 west. Hearing before the Register and Receiver in Cheyenne November 5 1830. Witnesses: John H McDonald Samuel L Blake Robert Jackson James Hill all of Egbert Laramie County Wyoming. EB P Chamminex Register.
Desert Land Notice of Intention to Prove Desert Claim
Desert Land office in Cheyenne Wyoming lists L Porter McDonald of Repinettoburg Palo Alto county Iowa as filing to prove up his desert land claim No IM for a tract described as all dated sequence. He will appear before the register and receiver on November 5 with witnesses John H McDonald Samuel H Jackson 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
Land Office Notice of Intent to File Mine Claim
Land Office at Omevyanne Wyoming announces that James J. Grite and others intend to make final proof on their mining claim. The hearing and proof will occur October 10, with witnesses Henry Yoder Charles Frankoder Philipp Yoder all from Tit Wipps Wyoming. Not appointed as official witnesses by Heglater.
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Nitis
Gal
Vis. Henry
Yoder
Charles F Frankoder
Philipp J. Yoder
Tit
Doak S
Heglater
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FAKOR
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Albany
Crook
Fremont
Johnson
Sheridan
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General Fund
Capital
Aebee's
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Berthoud, Colo
Cronin
Mr. Bowman
Stewart
British Columbia Redskins
Louisville
Hiv
Territorial Insurance Commissioner
ERES
American Fire Companies
Foreig Fire Companies
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Co-operative Life Companies
Total
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UnNiven States Land Office
Orrin BP
Wee Denaid
Blondeau Street
Keokuk
Lee County
Towa
Johen H. McDonald
Samuel L. Blake
Egbert
EB. P. Chammnix
Desert Land
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Omevyenne
Notiow
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Keostvor
James J. Grite
Cattle Brands
L. Voorhees & CO
Postoffice
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