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Carbon County Journal Notes
1879-1891; 1893
Entries are not necessarily in chronological order, but as donor wrote them
6/2/1899?-Bob Lee aka Bob Curry given 10 yrs. for U.P. train robbery at Wilcox; the Logans were also known as the Curry Brothers
Note: entry out of order? U. P. Mail Car robbed Aug. 1926 near Rawlins
11/8/1879- Partnership dissolved; McCarty retiring from the firm
11/22/1879-Elkhorn Saloon, Proprietor Mike O'Melia, North Front Street
2/7/1880-Ad, Elkhorn Restaurant and Saloon, Mike O'Melia, Prop.
5/1/1880-Mike O'Melia Sold out to John Curtis who changed the business to a "concert saloon"
10/30/1886-Mr. Cadwell filed plat of Saratoga Hot Springs-160 acres, 15 blocks
5/11/1889-Pictorial Edition
6/4/1889-Lithographs of Morris and France Presbyterian Church
1/22/1888-H. A. Kirk's daughter Mrs. Eva Holt offers services as nurse,
10/23/1886-Bee hive smoke stack on U. P. train replaced with smoke burner type
12/27/1884?-New paper, "The Footlight," by Charley Hill, dramatic paper printed 1st issue
1/10/1885-Tribune declared official paper of Carbon Co.; Reid and Jones; Knights of Labor; Miss Ingersoll; Trib hasn't paid help; Ben Morrison
1/17/1885-Hotel Brunswick closes doors, pg. 3; Ben Northington and Charley Sadoris will open saloon on 200 block of 5th Street; Strike at Carbon against pit boss Tom Quealy
1/24/1885-Mrs. E. L Cannon; Hotel Brunswick effects will be sold by Sheriff on 2/4 pg. 3
1/30/1885-Western Exchange new windows; strike ends satisfactorily at Carbon; Mrs. G. W. Roberts rents building next to Journal for dressmaking; Mrs. Alice Sullivan running the Cannon, novelty store
2/7/1885-Dyer & Northington still advertised at Alhambra; Hotel Brunswick sale postponed, leased to J. A. Shetter, to reopen; Jim Washakie murder, pg. 3, col. 4, alcohol involved, could have led to Indian trouble
2/14/1885-Northington and Sadoris barber shop; Hotel Brunswick to have steam heat on 1st floor; J. W. L. Slavens, proprietor of Rawlins and Northwestern Stage Line; Tribune Editor, article by Jack Cooper
2/21/1885-Johnny Shetter builds house next to Brunswick for pet bear, pg. 3; John Foote sells residence to Thomas Lee; Mrs. C. E. Golden teaching in Mrs. Fosters house, private school; Wyoming Nugget to be published monthly by Will Reid, publisher; Rawlins under daily mail contract to Fort Washakie
2/24/1885-Tom Wallace house on Cedar Street; building behind Opera House to be Print shop; Electric clock in Mr. Hansen's show window; new mail route Rawlins to Billing, MT. 3x a week; trial of Al Arg for murder of Jim Washakie
2/28/1885-Mail to Meeteetsee 2x a week & Meeteetsee to Billings, 3x a week
3/7/1885-Paint Mines still closed; E. H. Caylord super of WY and CO stage; Dr. Maghee rented Miss Foote's building on Buffalo; history of Caspar Collins death, pg. 4 (happened 7/25/1865)
3/14/1885-Rawlins gets train dispatch office for Rawlins West, 3 shifts, pg. 3; Pete Heagney building boot shop south of Palmer and Learn's Market, pg. 3; Wyoming-Colorado Stage Line to stock by April; Will Reid's paper the Laborette to appear April; Palmer and Learn building refrigeration room on rear of shop for meat; new fount on Rawlins Drug by Dr. Osborne; Labor organizing against Chinese labor, even laundry; James France, President of Trib publishing;
3/21/1885-Tom Sun sold Emeletia & Deserted Treasure Lodes, formerly Earnest and Mammoth Lodes of Seminoes to Irving Stearns of Pa.; Colorado & Wyoming Stage Lines buys stock of Rawlins Northwestern Line
3/28/1885-Brunswick to have addition, pg. 4; Dr. Maghee moved into his new office by saddle shop, 400 block of Cedar; Nevein O'Grady, blacksmith wagon shop; J. R. Dixon; Harry Haines-James Lavin Fight (boxing); Harry L. Mead buys ½ interest in McRoberts 4th St. barber shop; W.E. Morrow & Co. buy Nolan propery on 4th for machine shop
4/4/1885-Mary Anderson, dressmaker, at John Swanson's
4/11/1885-Brunswick putting in a sewer; Dr. Thomas Maghee marries (again) to Evelyn Baldwin in Lander
4/18/1885-Rawlins City Telegraph gets supply of new instruments; Colorado & Wyoming Stage Concord Coaches; new coal chutes, pg. 4; J. F. Foote experimental farm, 30-40 acres west of town; Henry Rasmusson weds Miss S. A. Haigh at Moreland, IL
4/25/1885-James France pays off Tribune debt; F. W. French sells to D.C. Kelly; W. H. Williston retires, business continued by Louis Schalk (books, stationery); White River Telegraph Co.; Maverick Law
5/2/1885-Rawlins Drug illuminates windows; Dr. Stuver seeds lot; Northington & Sadorus open; Wire City Telegraph, 17 businesses on wires in Rawlins; sparring exhibition for James Lavin benefit; Tipton Bill Barlow
5/9/1885-Brunswick extension work starts; John C. Dyer has Alhambra to himself; Palisades Restaurant, F. D. Smith, owner, on Front between 3rd & 4th, adjoining William McCarty's Senate Saloon; Mrs. W. E. Peck, dressmaker; Jungquist new hardware store; Pete Heagney & Co. Boots & Shoes; new post office to be on southwest corner of 4th & Cedar (Masonic building)
5/16/1885-City Drug gets basement; Dr. Osborne has name emblazoned on Front of Drug Store in vermillion (red); Wallace Brothers & Burke building new warehouse; H. T. Snively new Post Master, Ed Bennett, assistant
5/23/1885-William Walley building home on West Buffalo; Sim Wan (Wahn) (Vincent and Widdowfield murders) captured in Montana
5/30/1885-Nevin O'Grady, new blacksmith shop; Mrs. Cannon dressmaker or Mrs. W. E. Peck
6/6/1885-Bon-Ton Restaurant-Senate Building; Tom Sun reports death of John Rae Reid partner in three ? herd; Knights of Labor threaten those who patronized Chinese laundries; boxing article, pg. 3
6/13/1885-Morrow and Gates machine shop; A. Casservan & J. A. Bennett to build on 400 block Cedar-hotel, hardware, pg. 3
6/20/1885-Another addition to be put on Brunswick Hotel
6/27/1885-Barrow thrown by bicycle; Wind wheel up-county pump running; Rev. Amos Bannister betrothed to Litte Booth, sister of Mrs. Z. T. Brown
7/4/1885-Hanson's revolving electric jewelry stand; post office moved to Masonic building, H. T. Snively takes over; Knights of Labor force Chinese to leave, pg. 3.
7/11/1885-H. T. Snively; Sim Wahn (Wan, Wann) in Miles City, Montana jail; Dr. Stuver has new revolving sign pole
7/18/1885-Plans drawn for Mr. France's new addition to Brunswick Hotel; Water issues, pg. 3; Ashely Bancroft gathering info for H. H. Bancroft's, "History of Pacific ?."
7/25/1885-Frank Blake laid cement sidewalk in front of home, pg. 3; article on Bancroft's History of Wyoming and the West, pg. 3.
8/1/1885-Gallery opened in front of Opera House; locks for post office boxes, pg. 3
8/8/1885-Dr. Maghee's Rawlins Hospital advertised, pg. 3; Judge Hocker sold shares of Saratoga Hotel to William Caldwell; Bennett stocking hardware store; Ed Wallace arrives from east, to open photo studio over Osborne Drug, L. Heyn, photographer
8/15/1885-Collins Post of the G. A. R. to hold ceremonies marking the passing of Grant; railroad adopts 8 hr. workday for shops; grand opening of the Dillon Exchange; C. E. Chrisman, Union Pacific agent to sell town lots in new additions to Rawlins
8/29/1885-Dr. Osborne building addition to drug store; C. E. Golden appointed agent of Colorado and Wyoming Stage Mail & Express Co., office moved to depot; J. A. Bennett moved in hardware store
9/5/1885- Chinese labor riots in Rock Springs, pg. 3; Robert Taylor, sheep man
9/12/1885-Chinese riots continued, pg. 3; John Mahoney kills 9 ft. mountain lion on ranch; Wallace Brothers note; George Ferris home on Capitol Hill for sale, see Z. T. Brown
9/19/1885-Northington and Sadoros note; B. F. Kelly
9/26/1885-Ora Haley shipped 18, 10, & 22 cars of cattle; Mrs. S. D. N. Bennett, in Chicago on buying trip for store; H. Hanson, jeweler, contracting for new store; H. A. Kirk, Milk Ranch and market garden started 2 miles north of city at Sulphur Springs, pg. 3, col. 3.
10/2/1885-Dick Daley house on Cedar nears completion; Shetter kills his pet bear; Carbon miners' strike, col. 4, pg. 3; H. T. Snively & Co. made assignment for creditors
10/10/1885-J. D. N. Bennett, returned (had been gone 3 mos.); A. J. Kelly goes to Butte to manage store there
10/17/1885-General Howard orders troops out of Rock Springs and Evanston, a small guard to stay; Pat Shean (Sheahan) buys John Shandley's freight outfit and heads to Meeker; J. A. Donnel buys out J. F. Foote harness shop-400 block Cedar; Mrs. W. E. Peck moves millinery into Bailey building; County Surveyor Peay running county line between Sweetwater and Carbon County, article, col. 4 on landmarks; William Montgomery shot by Constable Finley as Montgomery had tried to kill him; Citizens meeting about Union Pacific and the hiring of Chinese workers
10/24/1885-Motion made to ? in the case of the Territory vs. Finley
10/31/1885-Pine Grove Road, better known as Brown's cutoff or Cherokee Trail to Snake River, citizens want to know why this road hasn't been improved; L. Heyn, photographer has whole upper story of Rawlins Drug; R. H. Austin, (Fort Halleck rancher) moved into city for winter with his family; Frawley and Murphy buy James Candlish blacksmithing business
11/14/1885-B. F. Kelly opening new Oyster Bar in Merrell's building vacated by H. Hansen; Tribune gets 20 people out to form another fire brigade article, pg. 3, col. 3; J. R. Dixon note.
11/21/1885-Dr. Maghee has crossing & culvert put on the north side of Cedar where it crosses 4th Street; Jack Lyons and Charles O'Brien had shoot out over cards, and John Lavin killed; Citizens meet about Chinese
12/5/1885-H. Rasmusson purchased building on Capitol Hill to build cottage; George Volkert, shoemaker opened shop next door south of Journal office; James Healy and Joe Trimp (12 yrs. old) killed a mountain lion in the cut with rocks; Rev. Bannister married Lillie Booth article, pg 3.; J. W. Hugus has promotion to give a book away with every $10.00 spent
12/12/1885-John Smith & Alex Marsh buy P. H. Coleman Saloon effective 1/1/1886; Louis Wirth, J. B. Adams, pg. 5
1886
1/2/1886-Rawlins Dimension Sandstone Co. working quarries
1/9/1886-Charley Hill of Red Room is enlarging, putting in billiards; overflow from county water tank has made 4th Street a sheet of ice its length; Tribune's fire brigade to buy hose cart, etc.; 5 Union Pacific freight crews laid off; Opera House so cold fights called off; W. W. Peay, County Surveyor ordered to make county map showing all roads and ranches
1/16/1886-Rawlins Dimension Sandstone Co. receives lumber for mill to build at once; Dan Morgan completes coal shed in town, Forbes Black Diamond Coal , pg. 3; Tribune calls for boycott of Journal; Casservan & Werne's new restaurant, pg. 3; Mrs. Bennett's Cheap Cash store; J. R. Hawley closing out with a sale, pg. 3, col. 2
1/23/1886-Johnnie Wallace going away party at the Opera House-will manage Encampment store; wheel blows off windmill, Judge Hocker orders another one; note on steam pump, pg. 3, col. 1
1/31/1886-Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen completed their organization today; Casservan & Werne will move into new restaurant; H. H. Bruning to build new harness shop, pg. 3, col. 1; list of legal hangings in Wyoming to date, pg. 3, col. 1 (Rawlins legal hanging was Leroy Donovan in 1884); subscription for Thornburgh window of the Episcopal Church
2/6/1886-Sheepmen of Carbon County call meeting to form association; M. C. Barrow, resigns from Tribune as editor, pg. 3, col.2; new gold strike at Seminoe
2/13/1886-G. C. Smith, now editor of Tribune; Casservan moving into new restaurant
2/20/1886-W. F. Cody at the Opera House in "The Prairie Waif;" H. H. Bruning new harness shop opposite Rankin's Stable; Bill Barlow's Budget, Fort Fetterman
2/27/1886-Tom Osborne, cook in cow camp, become heir of fortune, pg. 3, col. 1; new mill is complete at Rawlins Dimension Sandstone Co., may furnish for Colorado capitol building; Sheepmen convention at courthouse
3/6/1886-S. M. Montgomery has Rawlins to Ferris mail contract for four years, pg. 3, col 5; Rocky Mountain Woolgrowers Association, pg. 3, col. 5, Robert Taylor, President; I. C. Miller, Treas. They threaten to drive to Fort Fetterman and ship Northwestern, if Union Pacific doesn't come around.
3/13/1886-Farewell party for Barrows, pg. 3; J. C. Dyer named to penitentiary commissioner, pg. 3, col. 2
3/20/1886-Fred Lamont slashed by a man known as "Wooley"
3/27/1886-Rawlins to incorporate legally, pg. 3, col. 2; John Landonberger buys Kelly Baur stock of goods and store. Laborette calls for revocation of Lavin's Saloon License-
4/3/1886-Red Room gets barber shop; Andy Johnson's saloon caught fire from lamp; Odd Fellows building saved; Pg. 3, col. 3.
4/10/1886-Z. T. Brown, new business manager of Tribune; City Telegraph working; fire at Fort Steele, pg. 5, col. 1-2
4/17/1886-First city election, entire Democratic ticket elected, pg. 3, col. 3; I. C. Miller, Mayor; M. Hocker, C. E. Chrisman & John Carrick, trustees; C. S. Spalding to build home N. W. corner of 6th and Pine, pg. 3, col. 1; Vigilance Hose Co., pg. 3, col. 1; Laborette & Journal endorse William McCarty for City Marshall (wasn't elected, Miller was); Rocky Mountain Woolgrowers file for incorporation, trustees: Robert Taylor, John H. Mullison, William Hemphill, Isaac C. Miller, Joel J. Hurt, William Braner, and F. W. Geddes, pg. 3, col. 2; J. F. Smith Western Exchange Saloon and Bank, no interest charged on loans! Advertisement pg. 3, col. 6
4/24/1886-Vigilance Hose Co. and Railroad Hose Company practice, P. C. Dillon elected Chief, Tom Reed, assistant, pg. 3, col. 2
5/1/1886-C. A. Miller, surveyor locates here, office next to Merrell's, pg. 3; Professor Ott and newspaper, "Wyoming and its Future" made debut, pg. 3, col. 3
5/8/1886-Brunswick Hotel bought by R. M. Austin, pg. 3, col. 3; William McCarty closes his saloon goes out of liquor business, pg. 3, col. 2; Hurt and Miller's shearer's strike; U. P. furnishes double deck cars for sheep, and other sheep news on this page in paper
5/15/1886-City of Rawlins entry; Brunswick Hotel notes, pg. 5, col. 2; William Whalley built fence around property west end of town; Andy Johnson & James Clause buy fixtures for Senate Saloon; W. J. Smith's Cigar Factory, pg. 5; J. F. Millard editor, union representative; windmill acting up again, "no water" we need steam pump, pg. 5, col. 3
5/22/1886-Cowboys at 71 Ranch at Three Crossing on Sweetwater strike to get $40 month; John Finley indicted for manslaughter, pled not guilty; J. G. Jost takes bucks to herd at Separation Canyon Ranch, pg. 5, col. 5; ad for J. P. Julian, architect, pg. 6, col. 2
5/29/1886-Senate Saloon, pg. 5, col. 1; Bull Canyon Creek Project contract let, pg. 5, col. 1; Senate Saloon reopened by Clause and Company, pg. 5, col. 2; new city dump northeast of the city near Errett's lime kiln and small alkali lake, pg. 5, col. 2; J. C. Davis purchased interest in Dimension Sandstone Co.; Rawlins Baseball Club organized May 22, to play Wyoming circuit; Harvey Johnson wed Miss Maggie Bruce, pg. 5, col. 3; Finley Trial, he's not guilty, pg. 5, col. 4
6/5/1886-City Ordinances published, re: carrying firearms, pg. 3; J. M. Finley reinstated night policeman; H. A. Kirk of Sulphur Springs, grows large garden, pg. 3, col. 6
6/12/1886-W. J. Smith enlarges cigar factory; pg. 3, col 1; Wallace Brothers and Burke dissolve partnership, Burke to have own business, pg. 3, col. 4; C. C. Fenner, U. S. Deputy revenue collector recalled to Denver; H. E. Allen succeeds him; Fire crackers banned in city, pg. 3, col. 3; Tom Quealy killed by box car in Como, CO, buried in Laramie, lengthy article on page 3, col. 4
6/19/1886-Union Pacific erecting large storage for wool where the old paint mill was located, pg. 3, col. 1; prospecting hills near city, pg. 3, col. 5
6/28/1886-City filling hole at foot of 4th; B. F. Kelly has new soda fountain; Tribune considers new editor
7/3/1886-Kirk built fine arbor at the spring, pg. 3, col. 1; Jungquist puts iron railing around basement
7/17/1886-Rasmusson house on Capitol Hill grows apace, pg. 3, col. 2; Harvy Johnson, cigar factory foreman, skips town, owing
7/24/1886-Tom Finnelly and John Richardson open restaurant, pg. 3, col. 1; Brunswick Hotel closes, Austin assigning to F. G. Palmer; West side of Western Exchange has new Schlitz Milwaukee sign; Bull Canyon Creek ditch examined and accepted, pg. 3, col. 2; Mr. Shetter building addition to Noonan building for restaurant; Delmonico Restaurant opened by Tom Fennelly and John Richardson in the old Red Room Building, pg. 3, col. 4; water users to obtain license; new ordinances
7/31/1886-Tribune editor arrested after feud with business manager; Cheyenne Mirror quoted as saying Joe Adams offered editor's job at Tribune, pg. 3, col. 1; Dillon Brothers shoot out behind the Opera House, Malachi shot his brother Pat for infidelity with Malachi's wife, lengthy article pg. 3, col. 4 obtained from Malachi in jail.
8/7/1886-Brunswick property sold at auction, H. Rasmusson buys it, pg. 3, col. 2 (4th Street, 100 block); Rawlins stone for University shipped; Malachi Dillon and coal mine, pg. 3, col. 2; S. M. Miller resigned as night marshal; John M. Finley is his successor; J. S. McIntosh being low bidder becomes city water pumper till further notice, pg. 3, col. 2; ?, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad files for incorporation, pg. 3, col. 2; Tribune attacks city officials, Journal replies, col.2, pg. 3; Marshall Finley makes office in building north of Homer Merrell's Law Office; Boomerang says Ott moving his printing outfit to Front Street; Orders received 8/6/1886 to abandon the post at Fort Steele. Troops to Fort Bridger, pg. 3, col. 5; Mrs. W. E. Peck dissolves firm
8/14/1886-Delmonico Restaurant closed, pg. 3, col. 1; Wyoming and its Future now published in Laramie weekly; B. T. Kelly Restaurant being remodeled as Saloon to be opened soon, M. Dillon and Kelly; Fort Halleck Ranch killing of Paddy Ryan by Tom Hickman, pg. 3, col. 4; plans on building a race track across the tracks, pg. 3, col. 4
8/21/1886-Malachi Dillon and Kelly to open saloon; Opera House rented by Denver party with purpose of starting a variety theater; J. F. Millard hired associate editor of Journal; Side track to Dimension Sandstone to quarry south of town; No Merrell advertisement for old H. T. Snively building
8/28/1886-Attempts made to burn Opera House. Officer Gardener puts out fire, pg. 3, col. 1; Judge Edgarton moves back into building recently occupied as Dillon Bros. Exchange Saloon; J. H. Donnel, saddler, raised building in front to make room for a new sign to be painted on the side of the building; new tower of Episcopal Church, NW corner; pg. 3, col. 3; Hotel Brunswick again run by J. A. Shetter, claims to be proprietor
9/4/1886-Rawlins a mountain of Sandstone, col. 3, pg. 2; Robert Taylor returns from Montana
9/11/1886-T. A. Johnson leases Edgerton's business house, shoes, boots store
9/18/1886-New tower on Episcopal Church done; sacred concert at Opera House; Calamity Jane in town, pg. 3, Col. 2, her post office box name Mrs. Martha King; new public school roofed in (Central); Smith and Miller (P.C. Smith & I. C. Miller), now Miller and Hurt; Noonan building now a boarding house; Dimension Sandstone will provide sandstone for capital; Ed Towse Asst. Ed. of Tribune; Browns Canyon Road Ranch closes to public by O. A. Hamilton, pg. 3, col. 2
10/2/1886-John Mahoney, Scab Inspector, pg. 2, col. 4; Lander Stage Co. now called the Great Western Stage Co.
10/9/1886-Ben Carter murders James Jeffries a young man; workmen removing S.W. tower on Episcopal Church. Note for dating pictures----; County hospital is full, pg. 3, col. 1; H. A. Kirk to develop coal bank found on ranch, pg. 3, col. 2; Hout ships in Shropshire merino bucks; P. J. Quealy appointed territory mine inspector, pg. 3, col. 3; condemned property sale at Fort Steele, pg. 3, col. 3; new house of G. C. Smith nearly opposite of Rasmusson mansion, pg. 3, col. 3.
10/16/1886-Robert Taylor in town; James Candlish has rigged him up a splendid camp wagon for winter, pg. 3, col. 1; Burke has new business on Front opposite Union Pacific Shops; Independent Stage Line to Lander started, Brus? and Ely; Robert Taylor has some crossbred Shropshire merino rams imported from Salado Co., CA and bred by J. B. Hoyt-Taylor selling proven wool growers
10/23/1886-Diamond stacks being replaced by straight smoke burner type; 6 horse Concord Coach on Rawlins White River Line; Western Exchange Saloon interest sold by Mr. La March to Tom foster will be known as Smith and Foster; Andrew McMicken of Snake River admitted to the bar, pg. 3, col. 5
10/30/1886-Calamity Jane and best man Steers have to do. She is hit with monkey wrench, pg. 3, col. 4, long article in paper; Kelly Brothers of Butte, MT. mine failed, turned over to James France, their principal creditor
11/6/1886-Central to be occupied by 11/13
11/13/1886-Bruning building on to saddle shop, pg. 3, col. 3; Kerr murder trial, pg. 3, col. 3, see 10/23/1886; child molestation? No reference?
11/20/1886-Dan Dillon escapes death at coal bank 3 miles south of city, cave in, pg. 3, col. 3
11/27/1886-McMillen is in Post Office Corner, old Snively business! Former Trib editor hounded by Z. T. Brown, atty.-alleged embezzlement pg. 3, col. 3;
12/4/1886-Mrs. E. B. Snively opens laundry in Baxter building; Robert Taylor having galvanized iron feeding troughs made at Jungquist & Hocker; Miller and Hurt give notice as of 1/1/1887, theirs will be a cash only business, Pg. 3, col. 3
12/11/1886-Calamity Jane dugout (property of Henry Beckman) on Creek bank between round house burned 3 am Friday, not saved, pg. 3, col. 2
12/18/1886-Special 12 page edition; fires in government warehouse, pg. 7, col 1; Ferris mail route extended to Averell's place, pg. 7, col 2
12/25/1886-Mentions Star Hook & Ladder Co., pg. 3, col. 2
January 1, 1887
1/1/1887-Great Western Stage Mail & Express Co., Pg. 2; Jake Ohlman, the tailor skips town without saying goodbye to her! Friends, pg. 2, col. 3; death of Birdie Camp and mother
1/8/1886-History of Rawlins Schools, pg. 1, col. 2-5; lithograph of first school and Central, 5th street Water Co. , pg. 5, col. 1; E. L. Cannon leases Whalley property, old Sumner property, will build business upon front of lot; Charles Sadorus sells out to B. F. Northington; Rasmusson fits lower story of Odd Fellows building for undertaking room; L. C. Kelly building on 4th to be an office, Albany County sheep wars begin at Tie Siding 2600 sheep burned, pg. 5, col. 2; new club house on 6th, "Old Folks Club;"pg. 5, col. 5; Thomas G. Maghee, doc's boy, successful candidates for appointment at West Point?
1/15/1887-Mrs. Cannon closes store on Front pending erection of new shop
1/22/1887-Donnel gets new sign, cowboy roping steer, pg. 3, col. 2; Rawlins Drug gets new sign, 3' high (owner's name); old Snively building being reworked for restaurant; Slack burning engine to be used in Wyoming; Mrs. Osborne living in west end need assistance, sick and destitute, Torrey's wife?, pg. 3, col. 3; Department of Interior allowed claim of George Gordon, murdered in the Ute War of 1879, brother of Mrs. H. R. Errett, claim settled for $4, 429.20
1/29/1887-Barbershop combo, E. Sundin & William Whalley to go into Kelly's new building, pg. 3, col. 1; fire at Palmer and Learn, fireman John Daly injured, pg. 3, col. 2; Murder at Fort Steele, Johnson killed, no citation
2/5/1886-J. F. Millard back at Tribune, pg. 3, col. 1; J. C. Dyer moves to Houghton building on Cedar Street; Laborette secures quarters in Kelly's building
2/12/1887-Bill Smith put out new box cigar, pg. 3, col. 1; James France 2nd marriage announced to Mrs. A. M. Walton of Denver
2/19/1887-N. H. Johnson and J. Henry Reed to start chicken ranch at Coldspring, 7 miles northwest of town, pg. 3, col. 2; article of incorporation for Dimension Sandstone, James France, Robert M. Galbraith, James G. Rankin, William H. Smith, Frank Earnest & John C. Davis, Trustees, pg. 3, col. 2; C. E. Dodge & Co. Front Street, Pg. 3, col. 6-7
2/26/1887-Malachi Dillon moves little building, pg.3, col. 2; woman charged with keeping bawdy house, pg. 3, col. 2; Sheriff Rankin, pg. 3, col. 2
3/5/1887-Teacher woes, col. 5, pg. 3
3/12/1887-Sheepmen talking up wool market; teacher problem settled peaceably, col. 2, pg. 3
3/19/1887-J. S. McIntosh selling baths, hot or cold for 25 cents at City Pump House; William Whalley sells barber shop to Dr. Osborne & Thode, latter to run shop; 2nd cigar factory, pg. 3, col. 2; Stern & Lavelle secure rooms in Noonan to manufacture cigars, 2nd Annual meeting of Rocky Mountain Wool Growers; new officers I. C. Miller, Pres, to build fire proof warehouse, pg. 3, col 2
3/26/ 1887-Editorial Kelly embezzlement; Palmer & Learn moving into new business house on Cedar; Stern & Lavelle get their tobacco; R. A. Daley building new carpenter shop, pg. 3, col. 2; William Daley, new lumberyard on west 7th North of Cedar; rumor of foreclosure on Opera House, pg. 3, col. 3
4/9/1887-Jungquist & Hocker broken into get pistol and knives
4/16/1887-New addition to Episcopal Rectory; Catholic Church called St. James in paper, pg. 3, col. 1; Fred V. Dankowsks to open tailor shop in Noonan building
4/23/1887-New Gormley building foundation, pg. 3, col. 2; Z. T. Brown struck by L. Kelly, pg. 3, col. 4
5/7/1887-Ex-City Marshal Finley arrested on embezzlement charges, pg. 3, col. 1; J. T. Weightman buys Miller & Hurt market, pg. 3, col, 3; no bill found in Kerr case, bonds discharged
5/14/1887-Pg. 3, col. 1, looks like old time Overland Stage days with all the different lines around the post office on Monday morning receiving the mail which is loaded into four horse Concord stage coaches; Judge Corn over ruled motion for change of venue in Carter's case, pg. 3, col. 2; no bill found in Kerr case, bonds discharged, goes free.
5/21/1887-Jury picked for Carter case, pg. 3, col. 5
5/28/1887-Carter to be hanged July 8, 1887, pg. 3, col 4
6/4/1887-Lithographs and history of Morris and France Presbyterian Church, pg.1, col. 2-4, lengthy article; William Daley buys Marlatt stock, lumber, office will be added to his yard; Trib allegedly on last legs; Journal says one more issue perhaps
6/11/1887-Pete Johnson buys Chris Miller property on corner of 7th and Front, pg. 3, col. 3; J. M. Sherrod, pg. 3, col. 2; Malachi Dillon buys two cinnamon bear cubs to show in his saloon, pg. 3, col. 3; references to Tribune, pg. 3, col. 3; Danish Freedom Anniversary, June 5, 1849, Frederick III abolished serfdom
6/18/1887-Journal attacking Tribune, pg. 3, col. 1; wool warehouse, pg. 3, col. 2; sandstone company shipping a carload a day for capitol building, pg. 3, col. 3; Robert Taylor moving flocks to central Wyoming
6/25/1887-Eli Siguor, Rongis, came to see about Signor Brothers business (one of these words may be a misspelling, pg. 3, col. 1; Wool buyers increasing due to warehouse; Frank Blake, pg. 3, col. 4.
7/2/1887-George F. Kelly, restaurant man skipped town, pg. 3, col. 1
7/9/1887-Ben Northington to shoot bats by courthouse, pg. 3, col. 1; more information about the Tribune troubles, pg. 3, col. 3
7/16/1887-J. R. Hawley location next door west of Burkes Dry Goods; 50 cars of wool shipped, pg. 3, col. 1; 12 for the week!; John Finley back in Rawlins after 6 weeks in Snake River Valley where he was trying cases, pg. 4, col. 3; Thomas Gillis Maghee fails to pass final entrance exam, pg. 3, col. 4
7/23/1887-The McPherson boys who have had charge of Dimension Sandstone Co. Quarry will open a quarry of their own, pg. 3, col. 2; 4th Street grade work begun, pg. 3, col. 2; Ed & Tom Wallace by store at Swan
8/6/1887-New Sandstone Co. open soon, pg. 3, col. 1; P. T. McNamara one of bosses, pg. 3, col. 2; Robert O'Melia buys Sam Johnson property on Cedar, pg. 3, col. 2; Wallace Bros. to occupy Gormley block when completed; Mahoney and Startzel buy Mullison flock, 8000 head, $2 apiece; France adding to stone building, pg. 3, col. 3; Carbon County Justice, pg. 3, col. 1
8/13/1887-W. C. M. Pettit will open confection store in old Palmer and Learn Market building, pg. 3, col. 3; Dr. Huntington battles snake, pg. 3, col. 4; Dr. A. F. Thode back in town, pg. 3, col. 5
8/20/1887-Fred Breeden moved old building in rear of burnt district on Front Street, pg. 3, col. 1; grading on 4th Street, pg. 3, col. 1; John Swanson and new building on Front Street, pg. 3, col. 1
8/27/1887-George Green at Tribune, pg. 3, col. 1; Dankouske to move into Odd Fellows building, pg. 3, col 3; more Ute trouble, pg. 3, col. 4, "Colorow"
9/3/1887-This edition has a list of all the businesses in Rawlins, starting on pg. 1, col. 1-4, much information is given regarding location and history of the business. Names include: Rawlins Drug Store, Dr. J. E. Osborne; John Landesberger and Co. (clothing); S. M. McMillen, Grocery; H. Hansen, jewelry, watches, silverware, etc; H. H. Bruning, saddle, harness, etc., Hotel Brunswick (Mr. Shetter); Miss S. M. Ogilvie, Milliner; Rasmusson and Clause and Co. lower sidewalks to grade on Front; George Ferris, pg. 3, col. 1; Malachi Dillon, pg. 3, col. 2; 78 wagons come in and load up for Fort Washakie (150-200 Indians) camped on green ? across Sugar Creek; Ute battles with Pritchard's scouts and Kendall's troops
9/10/1887-Iron roofing on Gormely block being fitted; New Hook and Ladder "Truck" arrive; E. W. Bennett appointed conservator of Fort Steele Military Reservation, pg. 3, col. 2; Dankowske moves tailor shop into Odd Fellows Building, pg. 3, col. 3; old school fitted up for dances, Fred G. Palmer, manager
9/17/1887-Stern and Lavelle close cigar factory; Robert Taylor, sheep, pg. 3, col. 4; boardwalk sidewalk laid on Front Street; Territorial prisoner... [truncated due to length]Collection
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