Cabinet Nominations Confirmed and Inaugural Outlook
Special to the Tribune reports President Hayes’s cabinet confirmations on Friday and Saturday with two Democratic votes against and several others abstaining. Cabinet members are installed and meet publicly for the first time as the administration maps a Southern policy aimed at preserving the status quo. The piece notes Democratic and Republican praise for Hayes’s inaugural address and discusses ongoing political maneuvering in Congress and Southern states, including proposed compromises and patronage dynamics.
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Washington
Santa Lier
Hoseman
Grant
Dlapaich Ty Packard
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Gc Packard
Mey
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Gemeig
Hayes
Uemaporustion
Mtlea
New York
Pra ‘Hayes
Regia
York
Republican Party
Hinesie
Seteregeiesy
Ihlagube
Ike Tike
Othem
Bianarck Txrnvax
St. Pawn
South Carolina
Posibigne
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Hhis
United States
Pennsylvania
Carpenter
Blakely & Garp Ter
Brspoe
Felwy
Duboque
Escape of Indian Prisoners at Fort Burorp and River Crossing
Fort Burorp February 26 1877 report describes a winter with mild weather defying expectations. A group escaped from the Bret of the month and fled to the friendly Yankton camp after seizing pistols and horses. From 160 to 200 lodges of hostile Indians crossed the Missouri River near Fort Peck, led by No Neck Black Moon Yellow Liver Sucking Woman Four Horns Red Horn, with Sitting Bull previously nearby. Buffalo herds are noted and Dan Knapp and partner have slaughtered many.
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Fort Burorp
Fort Peck
Missouri River
Isthiust
Sitting Bull
Dan Knapp
Bismarck Prominence Visions From Pittsburgh Paper
A Pittsburgh paper estimates military posts as civilisation landmarks and points to Bismarck near Fort Abraham Lincoln as soon to be railway and settlement hub. It links Yankton to Bismarck and Yellowstone area growth with rail expansion and mineral wealth, noting army presence as civilizing guide.
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Alleghany Mountains
Watt
Louisville
Detroit
Ey Rock Iswenport
Black Hills
Tongue River
Montana
Yellowstone
Bozeman
Montina
Gluck Hills
Weather synopsis from Bismarck station February report
February saw a mean temperature of 26 40 degrees with a high of 60 above zero and a low of five below. Snow fell nineteen one hundredths of an inch over four days. Twenty four bright warm days with clear sunshine contrasted with March bringing gloom, wind and less pleasant conditions.
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Bismarck
Respect the Name of Woman
A moral exhortation warns against slander and gossip about women. It urges shunning men who misuse a woman’s name and stresses preserving a mother’s sister’s or wife’s honor, noting the damage caused by unfounded rumors and the community’s responsibility to avoid them.
Florence lode yields rich ore near Bear Butte
Reports from the Black Hills describe the Florence lode near Bear Butte yielding two thousand dollars per ton while other mines like Deadwood area offer new bonanzas. Gen Crook orders troops to guard against hostilities as settlement expands and rail links promise faster travel.
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Ube
Rick Plaecer
Xwete
Pam Bismarck
Florence Lode
Butte
Bear Butte
Black Hills
Ben Hazen
Lead City
Maj
Whitehead
Gen
Crook
Shionla
Deadwood School
Hazen
Costello
Thompson
Bismarck
Deadwood
Jerry Canty
Gibbon
Harrington
Chicago
DeSmet Es .R. Collins
Dear Gulch
Horton City
A. P. Horton
S Whitehose
S.ajall
Ni ‘ Myrick
Northwestern Stage Company
Messrs. Goodall & Co
Jenny
A Boy's Experiment With a Freezing Tongue
A Lexington express agent Mr. Sam Ingram warns his two young sons against sticking tongues to cold lampposts after a boy tests the tale of iron and frost. One boy’s tongue torn and bloodied, he returns home to report the “old man” lied, leaving a tongue fragment on the post.
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Weaver
E. L. Face
Porter
Raymond
Whaler
AK. Dugan
Globe Life Insurance Company
Deadwood
John Fay
Gooper
J. Md Ie
Reardon
Gall Satar
Bop
Black Hills
Ogt&t
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Pepy
Adams
St. Paul Ogg Wan
Louis Ta
Mein Street
Bering
Malley
Lexington
Sam Ingram
Express
North Missouri
Col. Reid
Sedalia
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Blaine
Louisiana
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New Hampshire
the- Ign
David Monahan
Vina Cape
Eugene Ayers
John McLear
John Murphy
Welle
Lounsterry
Gao Lnunsberry
Aereek Fine
Prince of
W. N. Feaga
Chas
Otums
Iowa
Gaylord
Tongueriver
Fred Feigley
Wolf Point
Sam O'Connell
FoRt Buroup
Pittsburgh
Covington
Bismarck Trimune
Btismarck
Wells Gazette
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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