Local Leaflets and City Notes From the Week
A compact column reviews daily irritations and oddities in Omaha life. Jokes about whisky and splits in the Carey block mingle with praise for the LEADER printing house. It cites sidewalk gaps near Abney’s stable and calls for a continuous path to the school. It notes personnel moves at the Union Pacific Mountain division and a fat man’s barber mishap.
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Crook
Fifth Cavalry
Department of the Platte
Carey Block
Sam
Colorado House of Representatives
Delmonico
Hibbard
Snyder
Wibbard
Leader Steam
Eddy Street
Ogden Freeman
Court House
Indians rely on wild bread and meat in frontier life
The Indians favor flesh heavy diet and dried cakes from wild cherries and plums. They value coffee and sugar as luxury, share freely with white visitors, and measure distance in sleeps rather than days or marches. They are generous but lack time awareness and punctuality.
Death of P. P. Bliss in Ashtabula Train Disaster
The death of songwriter P. P. Bliss occurs in the Ashtabula train wreck last Friday night. Bliss authored Hold the Fort The Armor bearer Almost Persuaded and many popular hymns. He died attempting to save his wife and children, leaving a family grief shared by churches across America and England. His recent Gospel Songs collected his best works. His voice and singing stirred listeners and conveyed hymn sentiment vividly.
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P. P. Bliss
Ashtabula
Ohio
Chicago
Mr. Bliss
Brooklyn
Bliss
America
England
District Court Doings January 4 9
Continued cases include C V Gardner vs Tree man and Demurrer in School District No 1 vs County Commissioners. Ongoing trials W C Wilson vs U P R R Co and W C Brown vs City Cheyenne. Special phonographer Homer Stull sworn. court adjourns to Jan 5 and Jan 8 with various rulings and verdicts.
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C. V. Gardner
Treeman
Laramie County
Curtis & Arnold
Pennock & Demmon
W. B. Bonnifield
Tyson & Price
Tracy
N. J. O’brien
Territory
John Blanchard
O'Connell
L. Fillmore
El Dorado Excerpts From Black Hills Mining News
Mining notes report a busy season with freight and prospecting across Beargulch and Deadwood districts. Alfred Farley notes sluicing down, bets on water, and Bear gulch diggings may yield fifty dollars daily. several mines including Chicago Saw-pit, Red Jacket, and various Deadwood Bobtail claims show promising ore and vein developments.
Mysterious Death of a Black Hills Miner
A miner named Kehler was found unconscious in the I. X. L. restaurant bed in the Black Hills camp on December 20. He died after asphyxia and lethargy, with contradictory notes on cause: overdose of morphia suspected, but the attending doctor cites alcoholic poisoning. Kehler, about 88, was Canadian by origin and known for lavishly spending gold from his claim.
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Kehler
van Danaker
Canada
West
Harness Factory Delivers Six-Horse Concord Harness
A leaders visit to G H and J I Collins harness factory finds Ed Merrill and staff busily completing a six-horse Concord harness for the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage company. The piece praises home industry and the craft, noting nickel-plate trim and top workmanship west of the Mississippi.
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G. H. & J. I. Collins
Ed Merrill
Concord
Mississippi River
Cheyenne and
Black Hills
Schwartze
Messrs. Collins
Indian Creek Butchery Survivors Describe Attack Details
The Black Hills Herald reports survivor accounts of the Indian Creek massacre. B C Stephens of Salt Lake narrates a near miss with 38 wagon-bullet hits, while A B Rivers recalls Fredrick Bartell's death and a run to safety. Walker fled eight miles to Hat Creek. one victim was not scalped, and evidence of battle includes a broken Winchester and wounded tracks. Gen Crook’s wife arrives from Omaha as officers flood the city for Reynolds court-martial proceedings.
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Indian Creek
Black Hills
A. B. Rivers
Fredrick Bartell
Sunrise
Colo
Hat Creek
J. 3B. Campbell
4Th Cavalry
C. Wheaton
2Nd Infantry
W. P. Clark
C. H. Rockwell
J. G. Baldwin
W. Howe
W. W. Wheeler
C. W. Budd
R. I. Dodge
Alex. Chambers
Geo. M. Randall
O. W
Week of Prayer Program Urges Cheyenne Christians
The Evangelical Alliance designates the week as a world prayer period and the Cheyenne Presbyterian Church invites all local Christians to join. Rev. J. Y. Cowhick will give short lectures on each topic followed by addresses prayers and hymns, with a packed schedule from Jan 7 to Jan 14 covering Christian fellowship thanksgiving confession prayer for churches families nations missions and more.
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Evangelical Alliance
Presbyterian Church
Cheyenne
J. Y. Cowhick
Christian Fellowship
God
Vivid Idiom and Prose Prompted by a Wobbly Coinage
A writer’s expressive range seems small yet speakers coin new terms in the moment. The anecdote about a man stumbling on a sidewalk coal hole reveals how imagination births phrases Webster’s pages do not contain.
Sidney Telegraph Delay in Transit to Custer
The letter notes ocean steamers take ten days and cars six, but Sidney Telegraph delivery to Custer lags at ten days. It contrasts with four days for Cheyenne and Sidney papers and questions mailing routes via the Sidney stage versus Cheyenne stage, urging faster service.
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Sidney
Custer
Moat
Cheyenne
Custer Herald
Cuister
Mining Tales From the Black Hills and Beyond
Phillips and Brown report returns from Battle Creek mines with $39.73 from 140 pounds of dirt and 30 pans of dirt yielding $10.08 on December 21. The Webfoot Mining Co. capitalized at $500000 with eight claims and 8600000 square feet of property. Lena vein shows a 40 foot shaft and ore at $3500 per ton. Also noted are discoveries near Point of Rocks and Last Chance District, easy Elkhorn Bar digs, and active pumping plans as new water power approaches. News notes cover weather, telegraph line work, wolves killed by Wenry Baker, election bets figures, stamp changes, the Omaha and Republican Valley railroad opening, and Earl Borie’s Wyoming departure.
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Alfred S. Farley
Bearguich
Jarley
Bear Gulch
Chicago
Red Jacket
Thos. Campbell & Co
Gayville
Black Tail Gulch
Deadwood
Bobtail
Belcher
Father-de-Smet
Golden Gate
Omega
Alpha
Ida
Golden Terry
Golden Rule
Pocahontas
New Ledge
Unknown
Banner
Baum
Agnes
Cache-la-Poudre
Black Crow
Star of Day
Ella
Grant
Clara Old Abe
Homestake
Golden Star
Little Nettie
Palmetto
Prince
Bear Butte
Rutherford B. Hayes
Bobtail Gulch
Phillips and Brown
Battle Creek
Webfoot Mining Co
Lena
Newson
Jas. Demereau
Point of Rocks
C. W. Anderson
Phillips & Brown
Last Chance District
Last Chance
Elkhorn Bar
Reno
Wahoo
Castle Creek
Philadelphia
Canty
Buffalo Gap
Beaver Creek
Hat Creek
Discovery
Custer
Red Cloud Agency
Wenry Baker
Battle
French Creek Roads
Gordon Stockades
Baker
Root
City Council Proceedings Open Session Jan 6
City council meets with Mayor Fisk presiding and key committees named on Finance Fire Police. Bills approved except two referred for one week. Communications considered. various printing proposals tabled. Oath and salaries discussed. several licenses cancelled. Adjournment set for Jan 12. A temperance revival in Denver noted with colorful local commentary and a personal theft notice included.
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Fisk
D. Fisk
A. Ryan
Geo. C. Leighton
August Gueck
W. P. Davis
A. Gueck
W. P
Thorpe & Co’s
Dr. Corey
A. Simmons
Jacob Wilder
Daily Sun
Daily Leader
Attorney Street
I. Bergman
J. N. Slaughter
Geo. B. Stimpson
T. J. Street
Bergman
Finance Committee
Marshal Slaughter
Messrs
J. W. Howard
John Curran
Truthful Advertisement of the Black Hills
The Black Hills Herald praises rich gold discoveries in the southern hills near Custer attributing them to open prospecting, recent exploration, and cheaper risk once Indians and dangers are overcome. It declares gold present in gulches hills and quartz, inviting laborers merchants and capitalists to come early for wealth.
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Black Hills
Custer
Deadwood
Fragmented OCR Notice Summary
The readable fragments outline classified ad style lines and pricing notes. Mentions local insertion counts and rates, a Chicago route reference, and a set of scattered names or initials.
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McDaniels
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Laramie
D. K. Smith
Mountain Division
Langdon
K. Smith
Union Pacific
Land of Gold
Jas, Brown
Hammond
Joe
Terisie
Yankton
The
Week of Prayer
Custer City Herald
Tilden
Morrissey
Sammy
Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad
Omaha
Sanders County
Nebraska
Oliver Ames
Sidney Dillon
Jay Gould
A. J. Poppleton
J. W. Gannett
T. L. Kimball
H. H. Clark
Pressent
Sidne Dillon
Gannett
Andy Borie
Bufordshire
Principality of
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Duke du Annett
Pullman Palace
Palestine
Count de Milles
Laramieshire
Earl Borie
Denver
Tellman
Kansas City
H. E. Sancomb
Golden
Wm. N. Byers
Denver News
Byers
Nokeray
Tae
Man Sle
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Vtope
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