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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1889
Page
8
City votes in snowbound conditions with women voters prominent as T B Adams is elected to the House from Laramie County. Early reports show strong support for the constitution and statehood with Cheyenne delivering clear majorities despite bad streets and slushy crossings.
Voters cast 225 ballots in Precinct No 1 with 151 for the constitution and 35 against. majority for Altman in the representative race. Precinct No 2 reports 635 total with no clear constitution result. Precinct No 3 records 1,027 votes with a 576 majority for the constitution and names T. B. Adams and H. Altman in the race.
The fragment records voting tallies from multiple counties and towns including Fort Laramie, Wendover, Chugwater, and Iron Mountain. It shows names Henry Altman and Thomas B. Adams with counts favoring and opposing the constitution across locales.
In Laramie the territorial election produced a slim majority for the constitution amid very cold weather as a single line vote was cast.
The Green River City precinct shows 130 for constitution and 22 against. Hurrah for statehood reports 220 for and 4 against. Lander records 178 for constitution and 3 against. Evanston notes very light turnout due to cold, with 170 for constitution and 5 against.
The brick for the machinery foundations has been ordered. Tin work on the machine shop roof is nearly complete. Two carloads of crushed stone arrived for the transfer table masonry. P S Cook, contractor for the water main, expects to start today. Grading for tracks and coal sheds advances with about twenty teams. The blacksmith shop roof is being laid and tinners will begin there soon.
Paymaster Whipple and W A Holmes report a widespread oil rush around Lander with claims stretching fifty miles south. Timbuctoo townsite lies on Reed's farm nine miles south of Lander near active wells as four railroad survey parties push toward a Pacific Short Line connection between Sweetwater and Ogden. Governor War ren owns two corner lots amid growing outsider settlement and land filing for petroleum.
A two section east bound freight collided on a downhill icy grade near Granite Canon at 6 30 am. Two cars toppled the embankment four wrecked cars caught fire. Injuries to Millard Mhivani and Brown who had four car sheep on the first section. Brown rushed to Cheyenne hospital after chloroform and injuries.
Sheriff Sparhawk tracks four companions who murdered a young man on a Fremont county road after they pursued him from Rapid City to the Union Pacific. They allegedly stole forty dollars and warned they would not let him steal again, leaving the body by the roadside.
A Chicago Tribune quotation from a prominent Allen road manager claims no chance of another split in the Union Pacific combine. He argues war talks are unlikely as banks would fail in six months of fighting, signaling confidence that rail officials solved the pooling disputes limited by the interstate commerce law. Yet caution remains about public power and shippers.
A group met at County Attorney Royal D. Stearns office to organize the Lincoln Petroleum Land and Mining Company with 2 million dollars authorized capital. Officers listed include President J. W. Winger and General Manager Alexander Halter. Directors feature Winger Halter Rocke Meyjck Hall. Articles of incorporation expected Monday.
The Dakotas adopt a modified Prussian jury system allowing a majority of twelve to render a verdict. Nine of twelve jurors agreeing will decide in criminal cases, with punishment scaled to the number voting for conviction. The measure departs from traditional reasoning but, with juror qualification, may prove satisfactory.
A writer toured the town for a recent wine event and went through the destination under Dr. WA Hocker the superintendent. The institution is a model with steam heat electric lighting and modern sanitary improvements. Every ward shows orderly conduct and cleanliness reflecting strong leadership and patient devotion.
The Denver Republican notes an English syndicate bought the Minneapolis flour mill and the Northwestern elevators for 6 290 60 dollars. English capital investment in the United States has grown in the last eighteen months, bringing benefits and spurring American industrial development.
San Francisco society frames a portrait of Jennie Flood Tessie Fair and other heiresses. The piece highlights vast fortunes from mining and cattle wealth, lavish mansions on Nob Hill and Menlo Park, and marriages into prominent families, describing lifestyles, art collections, and social influence.
Warranty deed transfers the Cheyenne Cottage company to Charles A Worden for the estuary feet of lot 42 block 385 in Cheyenne with a 3000 dollar consideration. A United States patent for 280 acres of desert land in section 14 township 12 north range 68 was filed for record by Lida Canfield of Laramie county.
A fragment from a local column notes Misa Gond inheriting her father’s amiability and likens it to a warm, half humorous letter from M. P. Wordd. The piece reflects on kinship tone and domestic family virtue in a quaint community note.
The elder Burnett son Lionel, 15, stirs with mischief while living with friends away from his father. Vivian, 13, rears his velvet Lord Fauntleroy image yet mocks it, as relatives debate temperament and fame. A self described American Republican recalls reading and writing habits shaping the boy.
A Philadelphia newspaper correspondent reports in 1860s style that decades after the Civil War many farmers profit from Yankee lead and brass. In Alexandria a large box contains bullets musket balls epaulettes sword hilts buttons and brass remnants from ManassasCal esoper Droleriessourg and other Virginia battles. The relics fetch value as old lead and brass while a bank teller jokes about a missing president.
The Rawlins court concluded Friday that Joseph Freitman a Carbon butcher was acquitted of killing fellow butcher Miller. He was defended by Judge Brown and H S Groesbeck. Judge Van Devanter is now presiding over the trial of Patrick Golden for murdering a Rawlins shoemaker by throwing him out of doors and hiding the body in the creek.
The county clerk issued a marriage license yesterday to W E Dinneen and Kate Tierney, both of this city. Mitt McCabe of New Brunswick offers five dollars to anyone suffering from bloody flux who uses Chamberlain's Cough Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions and recovers promptly. He reports relief after a half of a five cent bottle and notes there are daily sales of over a thousand bottles with a proven record when directions are followed. For sale by B B David.
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