Russians Capture Sofia Amid War News From Across World
The report notes Sofia fallen to Russian forces, with details scarce. It also covers moves by Grant toward Cairo, European diplomacy, bank and debt concerns, and political shifts in Boston and New York, alongside various international notes from Mexico to Berlin.
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Sofia
Gren
Grant
Alexandria
Cairo
New Hampshire
Boston
New York
Louis E. Dorcon
Quebec
Pierce
Samuel Bowles
Lord Roseberry
Hannah
Baron de Rothschild
Mexico
Romero
United States
Cardiff
Constantinople
Tur
City of
Wm. BR. Roberts
Berlin
Germany
Nicaragua
Samuel J. Tilden
Gun. Corona
Madrid
Death of General George W. McCook noted in New York
The obituary honors General George W. McCook, son of Judge Daniel McCook, one of the famed fighting McCooks. Born 1822, he rose from Ohio law and politics to Civil War command, later serving as attorney general of Ohio and excelling in railroad litigation before illness and paralysis felled him in New York.
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McCooks
New York
George W. McCook
Daniel McCook
Carrollton
Alex. McCook
Sherman
John J. McCook
Ohio University
Athens
Edward M. Stanton
Ohio
McClellan
Schenck
J. D. Cox
General McCook
General Noyes
France
Anson McCook
McCook
Bull Run
Robert
Alabama
Army of the Cumberland
Dan McCook
Kenesaw Mountain
Macaulay
Horatius
Cleveland Herald
Turn Over Your Conduct and the Leaf Will Turn Over
Miscellaneous item notes an Easton Tree Press line about turning over conduct to trigger change, with a punchy aside that turning the leaf on its own fails. The fragment hints at a quip about causality and responsibility in a literary or print context.
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Easton Tree Press
First National Bank elects officers at annual meeting
The annual meeting of First National Bank was held in the bank parlor Tuesday afternoon and resulted in the election of officers: President A. R. Converse, Vice President J. Bh. Warren, Cashier J. L. Wild. Directors include A. R. Converse, T. M. Fulton, J. L. Warren, A. H. Swan, J. E. Wid.
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Sterling Institution
A. R. Converse
Bh. Warren
J. 1. Wild
T. M. Fulton
I’. 1. Warren
A. H. Swan
J. E. Wid
Railroad Racket Delays Denver Pacific Depot Construction
Weather halts foundations as ground remains frozen. eight car loads of iron for Denver Pacific arrived Monday. Colorado Central leases Union Pacific office at 16th and Larimer while planning Cheyenne shops. A new Denver freight depot is planned for the coming week with operations continuing Saturday despite a fire.
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Denver Pacific
Colorado Central Company
Union Pacific
16Th
Larimer Streets
Denver
Colorado Central
Cheyenne
Letter from Delegate Corlett on Lincoln territory push
In Washington D C January 3 Maj H Glafeke reports that Corlett planned to be in Cheyenne but stayed to address the Lincoln territory scheme. The House Territories sub committee is debating the project during recess with Brearley and Whitehead pushing it, arguing it serves public interests while masking the true aim.
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Black Hills
Congress
Whitehead
Brearley
Walker
Deadwood
Big Horn
Wyoming
W. W. Cornet
Washington, D. C
Maj. H. Glafeke
Cheyenne
Lincoln
House Committee On Territories
Let Us Build a Railroad From Here to the Black Hills
A reliable report cites General Jas A Evans backing Sidney over Cheyenne as the nearer base for Black Hills traffic. He says Sidney offers the shortest feasible route to the Union Pacific and cuts distance to Cheyenne by nine tenths, prompting local leaders to advocate a narrow gauge toward Bozeman and a North Platte line controlled by Cheyenne-Laramie interests.
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Jas. A. Evans
Black Hills
Sidney
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Bozeman
Penitentiary Overcrowding Report From Wyoming Territory
A semi official letter from January 8 1878 warns Governor Thayer of severe overcrowding at the Wyoming Penitentiary. It notes over eighty convicts share only thirty nine cells measuring eight by six by seven feet and cautions this breaches sanitary rules likely to raise sickness.
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Laramig City
W. T
J. M. Thayer
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Penitentiary
Overcrowding blamed for sickness at Wyoming Penitentiary
Dr. J. W. Dysart argues crowding causes illness at Wyoming Penitentiary in Laramie. He notes no hospital ward exists so sick and healthy share space, despite Warden House enforcing cleanliness. He urges reduction of inmates or prison expansion and requests investigation.
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House
J. W. Dysart
Wyoming Penitentiary
Laramie
Presbyterian Church Annual Report Shows Debt Free Status
The pastor Rev. J. Y. Cowhick reports the church is entirely out of debt for 1877 with $1,600 raised. Sabbath school has 75 children. 6 members joined on profession, 14 on certificate, 20 total. 4 removed, net gain 16. 80 sermons at home, 6 abroad, 65 lectures. 2,600 mile Sitting Bull commission trip noted. Ladies praised for energy and harmony. members urged ongoing earnest labor.
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Presbyterian Church
J. Y. Cowhick
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