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Newspaper

Cheyenne Weekly Sun

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1891

Page

9

Wyoming State Fair Opens With Speed Events and Balloon Anticipation

The Wyoming state fair underway promises speed events and larger attrac tions with more horses than ever, including nine hurdle starters and a free for all Cheyenne roadster race. Notable entrants come from Cheyenne, Albany county, and Denver, with Deronda and The Gamin among entries. aerial acts by Professor Belden and Lady Gray are billed, and the unique gymkhana and ballad races add to a bustling five day program.

Union Pacific Chas Blixt Cheyenne Club Deronda Mr. Brooks Limerick Royal Horse Association Hawk H. K. Evans Fizzle Percy Hoyt Bar T Cairnes al White Skip Kerry T. W. Brooks Blue Jay Richardson Bros Hunter Bros Bert Griffin A. W. Whitehouse Mr. Logan Albany County Rambler Rowdy the Rake Joker Kildare Mr. Temple Overland Park Racing Club Denver J. Ed. Cairnes Ovlrichs S.C T. Bangtail Sand Creek Kalie Lucy Riner Mrs. Savage Gray Tom Stoker Charley SUN Demons Hastings Feedent

Coal Shipments Rise as Mines Increase Output in August

Independent notes Rock Springs coal shipments totaled about 5,300 cars in August, a record high by 100 cars. Hopkinsville and Dana mines show varied activity, with Megeath planning higher Union Pacific output and extra miners hired. car shortages feared but not seen as long term.

Independent Rock Springs Hopkinsville Kelsey Quealey Megeath Union Pacific Coal Department Union Pacific Hanna Dana Havens & Co

Teachers Engaged for City Schools Start Tomorrow

The list names exact staff for high school Central and West Side and South Side schools. Principals Celia Ford Anna Johnson Sallie G Patton Frances Harrison Mary Miller plus numerous assistants and substitutes. Musical coordinator E J Pasmore and Mrs Blake oversee all schools.

Celia Ford Mattie Lough Emma Richardson Ada Coats Central School Anna Johnson Minnie Walker Laura Palmer Genia H. Stillman Elgin Gaskill Cordelia Mills Jennie Snow Minnie Dewey Nellie Dwyer Adelaide Kliba West Side Frances Harrison Miss Woods Edith Duffey Laura Leonard South Side Sallie G. Patton Laura Schulte Margaret Moore Alice Hebard Ferrell Mary Miller Emma Griffith Marie Wedemeyer E. J. Pasmore Mrs. Blake

First Donor Supports Cheyenne Lake Minnehaha Park Plan

A letter from Pui Zeuxen offers early backing for lake improvement as a Cheyenne park project. Zeuxen pledges to donate trees shrubs vines and other greenery and urges swift communal support to transform the Oasis via the Desert into a blooming city landmark.

Tuk Sus Mir Brank Bond Minnehaha Cheyenne Sucess Pui Zeuxen

Fishermen at Fairbanks End Big Outing With Banquet

The Sex correspondent notes Fishermen Saniel Atkinson Theo Fisher and John Ryan still fish with Kel ley at Fairbanks. Joe Fisher loads catches as he pulls them out. Atkinson breaks hooks and nets the biggest fish daily. Ryan seeks deep water for prime catches. The Cheyenne men’s outing ends with a grand ball and fish banquet. Bill Root of Laramie ships two prairie wolves to New York to test stag hounds.

Saniel Atkinson Theo Fisher John Ryan Kelley Fairbanks Joe Fisher Atkinson Ryan Bill Root Laramie New York

Dancing in the Barn and Society Week Events

A Cheyenne society week features a reading by Miss King at the Institute, a Wednesday Queen Anne club gathering with a debate on Mrs. Patten’s program, and a refined reception. Dancing in the Meyers barn delights guests with blue and pink decor and a late-night ball. Fort Russell hosts Marjorie Appel’s sixth birthday German and a large Friday reception for Col. Poland with notable attendees.

Vanity Fair Institute Miss King Florizel Judge River R. F. Glover Fedalma Geo. Eliot Gibson Clark Powelson Mesdames Baxter Egbert Potter Patten Glover Marshall Johnson Lacey E. Mason Smith Emma Griffiths Leontine Abney Laura Richardson Bessie Vreeland Gertrude Ellis Maude Richards Connie Vaile Edith Severy Babette Bearman Katie Bearman Margaret Moore Harry Griffith Frank Vreeland Fred Chatlin George Artist Arthur Spaulding William Walker Charles Stanley Lockwood Hebard Charles Bon J. L. Chenery Leslie Snow Will Rishel Charles Draper Appel Marjorie Fort Russell Howus Grady Mors. Bennett Col. Poland Barber Senator Warren B. E. Brewster Paul Brewster C. P. Organ Frank Bond Wm, Masi Wa, Staregis, Jr Geo, Morgan Miss Morgan Miss Johnson Geo E. Abbott L. Kabis M. C. Barkwell B. B. David T. A. Kent Miss Kent Mr. Stanley Mr. Harrington Geo. L. Beard Goo F. Rossire P.O. de Billier H. E. Teschemacher J. L. T. Playart E. A. Slack R. H. Repath J. W. Meldrum FP. A. Stitzer W. G. Shapcott Joffrey H. J. Maynard Mr. Atkinson

Social Event Notes From Local Gathering

The report highlights attendees Houghton H V, Groesbeck B, Hellman and wife R C Mitchell. A fourteen-number dancing programme preceded a luncheon feast. Col Poland impressed guests. The C B C met with Mrs Herman Haas for a blue tea. Kaiser themed decor appeared on tables. Dinner at Mrs George W Baxter's home and card parties hosted by Mrs Guiterman and others, with luncheons by several ladies. Divo.

George W. Baxter Guiterman Thomas Swan Chaflin Mesdames Hammond, Baird T. W. Brooks Divo

Fort Laramie Survey Open for Settlement Soon

Gen Richards inspects the Fort Laramie survey of the abandoned reservation and declares the land will be opened to settlement without delay. The area is well watered and has yielded good crops prior to the fort era.

Fort Laramie Gen. Richards

Hindu capitalist NaorovI dismisses Theosophy interview

London Sept 5 Dadabhai Narorovi famed as Lord Salisbury's "black man" argues Theosophy lacks genuineness. He recalls Blavatsky's Bombay uproar but finds miracles implausible while noting Theosophy draws many Hindus, especially uneducated classes, to the belief that it represents the great soul concept mah atna.

London Dadabhai Naorovi Lord Salisbury Mrs. Besant Mme. Blavatsky India Naorovi

Hopkins-Searles will contest lands aboard emotions

Timothy Hopkins, adopted son of Mrs Hopkins-Searles, arrived in New York from San Francisco to pursue a contest of the will. Mrs Hopkins-Searles died July 25 in Methuen Mass leaving about 330000000 to Edward F Searles. Lawyer Russell Wilson and Judge Boalt advised their client amid kinship claims by Hebbard relatives alleging undue influence and emotional insanity.

Hopkins-Searles New York Timothy Hopkins Mark Hopkins Brunswick Hotel San Francisco Hopkins Patric Nolan Hallowell Japan Boalt Wilson Hebbard Hopkins-Svarles

Father Yodyzsus Faces Multiple Police and Church Charges

Father Mat sius de M. Vodytsus, pastor of St. George's Lithuanian Church in Williamsburg, is jailed on charges of breaking into a house while intoxicated, insulting a woman, menacing a husband and a boarder, challenging arrest, and attacking a policeman. He remains under bail and medical care for a head wound from a police blow. Despite suspensions, he has celebrated mass twice weekly. A faction seeks an accounting of church funds held in his name.

New York Matsius de M. Vodytsus St. George's Williamsburg Policeman Church Yodyzsus Laughlin Father Yodyzsus Supreme Court of Brooklyn Hin

State Mining Convention Opens With Exhibits At Capitol

The second annual state mining convention opens at 8 p m tomorrow in the capitol hall with reception of delegates and talks by H A W Tabor and others. Exhibits in the basement feature Fremont county petroleum bottles and spouting wells, marble from Sheridan county, minerals from Albany and Uinta counties, coke coal and oil from Newcastle, and many other displays bringing strong attendance prospects.

Capitol Building H. A. W. Tabor S. W. Downey State Board of Mines William E. Mead Omaha Miners Charles Masten Fremont County Shoshone Basin Lander Union Pacific Sheridan County Joe de Barthe Johnson County Uinta Carbon Sweetwater Converse J.J. Steffin Lusk Albany County Newcastle Silver Crown

Lander Home Company Forms in Wake of Local Bilkings

In Lander residents form a home company after recent deceptions by a Montana building and loan rep. Capital of 1,000,000 split into 10,000 shares of 100 each. Plan to operate widely in homestead business with age limit set at 50 years. Names listed include Wallace, Sheldon, Poire, Rice, Brown, Cheney, Vidal and Lamoreaux.

Lander Home Company Lander Montana Building and Loan Association William A. Wallace Benjamin Sheldon L. Poire F. E. Rice

World's Fair Exhibit Room Housed at Capitol by Professor Mead

Professor Mead furnished a capitol room to store grains and other agricultural samples for the World's Fair exhibit. He received samples from the Belvoir ranch yesterday.

Mead Capitol Belvoir Ranch

Walter Walloped by Montana Kid in Rock Springs Fight

Walter Campbell known as the Inter Ocean Black Boy was knocked out in three rounds by Montana Kid at Rock Springs last night. Campbell is urged to quit talking fights as he proved to be a mere chopping block for the Kid.

Walter Walter Campbell Montana Rock Springs

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The Wyoming Fair Association Phil Zehner, Jr Wyo Mise Elsie Myera Marjorie Appel Dow Ofall Pries U.S Col. Rowney Col. Fiske Walter A.wood Deering Hollingsworth J. I. Case & Oliver Plows Mt. Pleasant Shuttler Bain Arp & Hammond Wyoming F. E. Warren Mercantile CO
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