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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1891
Page
4
Professor Melbourne and his brother lingered on the Jones home veranda as rain and wind unsettled work in his lab. The chemist hinted at unknown gases and a private method, while weather forecasts predicted showers easing by Sunday night. Capt. Ravenscroft noted a favorable test window as the storm continued.
Soldiers Thro officers Ingalls and Ahrens were summoned to quiet a disturbance in Chicago yesterday morning. Ingalls fired a high shot. Otto struck a resisting assailant. The men claimed innocence and said they would face trial today. Owen O'Neil, formerly at Laramie, now heads coal chutes for Contractor Nute. Geo Bartlett retires to start a business at Green River.
The Douglas and Platte River Ditch company completes an about thirty five mile cross section survey for a proposed canal that would irrigate 13000 acres of Wyoming land. The plan includes a water right for a forty foot bottom width and total project cost near 85000 dollars. Negotiations seek a fifty family Iowa colonization to build the ditch this fall with water rights and survey provided.
The document lists a blended tax schedule detailing state general funds for University and Asylum, county revenue, roads and bridges, public schools and libraries, and various district levies. It itemizes bond amounts for treasurers across districts, notes a 3-10 of a mill special in district No 1, and confirms poll tax at $2 with Cheyenne city levy of 12.8 mills.
Stock car orders appear on the office book of Superintendent Wurtele with date entries for Parsons & Egan Salt Lake 18 sheep cars at Evanston Sept 5 Jos Young 15 sheep cars at Park City Sept 20 Hoy Bros 28 cattle and 2 sheep at Echo Park City Sept 7 H A Hoffman 10 cat cars at Douglas Sept 8 D D Cassidy 8 sheep at Rawlins Sept 15 Teschemacher de Billier 15 cattle at Ava Sept 15 John Huntington Co 10 cattle at Bordeaux Sept 15 Swan Land and Cattle 19 cattle at Rock Creek Sept 15 Parsons Egan 18 sheep at Evanston Sand Creek Cattle loaded 23 beeves at Rawlins yesterday Only Union Pacific cars used for stock handling Street Stable car rare now Railway offers feeding and watering cars for western trade.
End of Natrone's murder trial details Conway the bartender withdrawing not guilty plea and entering a guilty plea to murder in the second degree. Two witnesses testified that Conway shot the fiddler known as Red Jack during the Lou Havick era hurdy gurdy event in Casper a year ago.
Fremont county's Big Cottonwood Ditch company, office in Lander, filed for record yesterday. Projects led by BE A Gustin John R Harris John Kimpel Henry A Leseberg Wilhelm Schneider Wm H Steers O Myers B L Ranney A A and M A Peterson with $10,000 plan a ditch from the north fork of the Big Popoagie.
At Gold Hill the miners are stacking up ore in anticipation of the starting of a stamp mill. The tentative kickoff signals economic activity for the mining camp as crews prepare for unloading and processing.
Auditor Burdick reports the first street disorder since the boom as Joe Simmons clubs a Swede gambler, fatally wounding Will Albro. Citizens jailed Simmons in a barn amid fears of lynching. Saratoga prepares for a mining convention with Senator Chatterton’s grand encampment mine and ore shipment to Denver. A Sterritt traction engine thrills locals as alfalfa crops surge in the Platte valley.
O F Cowhick qualified as administrator for the late John Y Cowhick by filing a 30000 bond. The estate is appraised at 37373 and will realize 30000, with about half in personal property. Ten shares go to the full sister and eight half siblings, each receiving 3000 of Cheyenne property. Under law the full sister gets two shares.
The band and militia praised Cheyenne for hospitality. Jenkins Slack Bresnan and others are cited for making their stay a continual round of pleasure. The group unanimously affirmed Cheyenne and Douglas hospitality as outstanding. The visit to Cheyenne stood out above all others.
Natrona county grand jury cites Casper as part of the county noting lax handling of public morals. It urges town officials to punish open lewdness and replace officials who fail to enforce the law.
Peter Fisher of Laramie survives a cabin collapse in Centennial valley. He sustained a broken back and suffered a dramatic loss of weight from about 200 pounds to under 100, hospitalized then brought to his town home.
C P Fillebrown indicates he will probably return to school teaching, signaling a possible resumption of classroom duties.
Chicago received 400000 of its 5000000 subscription for the World's Fair this week. Sarah Bernhart plans to charter a steamship, assemble her company, and tour the world performing at every available venue. The Keeley remedy is praised by the Chicago Herald as the best hope for chronic drinkers, though doctors reap large profits from it.
A fif teen round boxing match at Olneyville in Providence ended in a draw between Cal McCarthy of Jersey City and Bobby Burns of Providence. Both fighters exchanged heavy blows with Burns taking more punishment but McCarthy delivering heavier strikes, and the referee ruled the bout even.
A Washington dispatch reports Stephen B. Elkins of New York and West Virginia will replace Proctor as secretary of war. The move follows the death of Proctor. Elkins’s appointment marks a transition in the administration’s cabinet and defense leadership.
Death notice from Boston dated September 4 reports Gen Edward Augustus Wild late of Brooklyn Maas has died in Medellin Colombia. The obituary notes the general served in the United States military and is mourned by friends and colleagues.
Louis Bulling, the St. Joseph wife murderer, attempted suicide with a revolver before his Savannah execution. He later refused to stand, cursed deputies, and died on the scaffold at 2:21 pm after being strapped to the chair and hanged following a prior failed self harm attempt. The Rev. Lavuke is under arrest for providing the revolver.
Rev Lavake., Kansas City, Sept 4, states in an interview he did not supply the revolver or knowledge of its source. He was praying when Bulling fired the first shot, causing a fatal sequence. He claims the weapon discharged accidentally after a failed attempt at self defense.
A man named Lavake was jailed soon after the execution of Bulling following a prior whispered consultation between the sheriff and Bulling about an attempted death by own action. The sheriff refused to explain the conversation.
At the Oswego county fair a hot air balloon caught fire as it was inflated. Several men released the ropes except George Woods who became tangled and hung head down as the balloon rose to seventy feet. Woods fell to his death when retrieved.
Ed Vreeland and Frank Shiek completed a buyout of the Cheyenne Commercial company, owner of large stores at Sixteenth and Capitol and on the South Side. Sheriff Kelley has overseen stock and trade. Vreeland will manage starting Monday with business to continue much as before. Vreeland served three years at C C C store. Shiek worked many years with Swan Land and Cattle Company and brings broad country connections.
Attorney Mr St Rayner pursues final actions for his clients, cattle thieves Kingen and McKinney. A writ of habeas corpus returnable Oct 5 was issued by Chief Justice Groesbeck and will be argued before the full supreme bench. Judge Scott grants a writ of error for McKinney sending the case to the upper court. Rayner argues the men were abducted from Nebraska by Lykins and illegally restrained without a requisition.
During Melbourne's second rain on Tuesday the residence of Henry Brandon on the south side was struck by lightning. The house shifted an inch and two young girls were stunned by the shock.
Dr. J. F. Carey’s team loaded ninety yearling grade horses for Plainfield Indiana. The animals were purchased outright as part of an experiment to mature and break prairie bred horses on an eastern stock farm.
Mr Rumsey of the First National Bank states that last Saturday the Rawlins Republican reports three immigrant tickets were sold from Liverpool to Rawlins. The Liverpool to New York fare is 19 dollars and New York to Rawlins 3 50. The buyer furnished a draft on the Bank of Liver pool to cover all travel expenses to Rawlins.
The Madison Democrat records the funeral of Lyman C. Draper, noting he was a man of impeccable character. Pallbearers included Col William I Vilas, Gen Lucius Painefield, A Pinney, Prof Jon B. Parkison, Hon Elisha Burdick, and Dr Daniel S Currie amid abundant floral tributes.
The Youngstown Bridge Works burned tonight causing a loss estimated at 75,000 pounds with 60,000 pounds insured. The firm has major contracts ahead and plans to rebuild the works immediately.
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