Greeley News Roundup Aims at Local Growth and Travel
News notes open Medicine Bow to Fort McKinney road and report Denver connections. Mentions court, farming outlook, a Denver marriage, a new post office postmaster at La Bonte, and a roaming youth traveler describing rail tunnel dangers and scenic views on his Cheyenne route westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Medicine Bow
Fort McKinney
Laramie City
Supreme Court of Colorado
John Martin
Denver
A. P. Nicholas
E. Rosewater
Omaha Bee
John Morrissey
Boston
T. M. Patterson
Congress
Colorado
Chicago
Jessie Witter
E. W. Rollins
the Jenkins
Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Mountain Meadows
Brigham Young
Emery
C. W. Meyer
J. C.brearley
Black Hills
W. R. Steele
McLaughlin
San Francisco
Homestake
Wyoming
R. Blackstone
Big Horn
Vlatte
Texas
Exchange
Harrisburg
Norristown Herald
Oil City
Virginia
Tragic Platte River child found after monthlong search
A four year old girl drowned after the Platte river ice broke, her body recovered a mile from home in an eddy. The father carried the sad burden home as mourners gathered for a county funeral in a large crowd.
Talking Through a Telephone in The Popular Science Way
A Popular Science Monthly piece praises the telephone's diaphragm and metal as more sensitive and quicker than the human ear noting the iron plate can hear and transmit notes and chords across distances with instant precision. It contrasts human speech limits with the iron tongue delivering perfect harmony via wire. It also mentions a Boston suburban train filled with schoolchildren nicknamed the flirtation train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Man derails train chase ends in bizarre family feud
A Cheyenne man attempted to grab a woman on a moving train after slipping away from his wife. He was kicked from the car by the conductor, handcuffed by a sheriff, and returned home to find his partner with his wife. He deflects the incident by referencing President Hayes vetoing the Silver bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
Cheyenne
Hayes
Commission and Freighting Scheme Reviewed
Mr. A H Reel returned from Omaha after conferring with Union Pacific officials on special freight rates from Cheyenne to Deadwood and the establishment of a commission house. E P Vining favored the plan and asked for a rates schedule. bonds of 20000 dollars will be drawn to back the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Reel
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Hi. H. Clark
E. P. Vining
Reel
C. E. Clay
Vining
Mr. Vining
Reel & Co
Military orders extend leave and assign duties across departments
Headquarters of the Department of the Platte issues extended leaves for Lieutenants J J O'Brien C H Rockwell and others and orders temporary garrison duty for Bainbridge Reynolds and Beach at Camp Sheridan Neb. A general court martial is scheduled at Fort McKinney on March 6 1875 with a detail of officers including Notson Adams Babcock Parkhurst Bubb Norris as judge advocate. O J Salisbury awarded a four year mail contract from Willow Ranch to Reno for 3426 dollars. A Cheyenne couple fights over a verse of scripture ending in drinking and woodshed nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Thumb
America
St. Louis
Congress
Connecticut
Observatory
The
Omaha Herald
David Davis
Greeley
Postoffice Department
Platte River
Buffalo
Lemmon’s
Weldon Valley
Morgan
Pleasant Plain
Colorado
Department of the Platte
J. J. O’brien
Fourth Infantry
Bainbridge, Reynold
I. H. Beach
Third Cavalry
Camp Sheridan
Neb
C. H. Rockwell
Fifth Cavalry
Military Department of the Missouri
W. B. Weir
Ordnance Department
Watervileyt Arsenal
West Troy
New York
Military Division of
Missouri
Fort McKinney
Wm. Notson
Emil Adams
John B. Babcock
C.D. Parkhurst
J. W. Bubb
W. F. Norris
Ninth Infantry
O. J. Salisbury
Black Hills
Post Office Department
Willow Ranch
Reno
Cheyenne Captain Avenges Wife by Shooting Crout
Captain J F Lincoln of Cheyenne shot William Crout of Laramie three times with a revolver after Crout insulted his wife Marek Lincoln taught music and boarded at Crout’s hotel. Lincoln traveled from Cheyenne after a telegram and wounded Crout in both thighs and an ankle. injuries serious but not fatal. Crout is known locally. Lincoln is described as a peaceable, law abiding citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Beemer & Co
Deadwood
Laramie Sentinel
Sentinel
Laramie
Cheyenne
J. F. Lincoln
Wm. Crout
Larante Crry
Marek J. Mra. Lincoln
Crout
Lincoln
16Th Street
Hellman
Bill Nye
Lexington
Heaven
Hell
Why it Should Become a Law The Silver Bill
The Washington Star urges passage of the silver bill arguing it calms business uncertainty and curb falling values. It notes annual coinage about thirty five million with customs absorbing one hundred million. Germany might offer surplus silver but India will take it. remonetizing silver could mobilize future momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Senate
Germany
India
Congress
Big Springs Murder Case Moves to Sidney
The Big Springs murder case has led to Harry Duboise and Mrs. R J Wалwath being moved to Sidney. Phillips, a ranch worker, was lured away under the pretense of a riverbank stash and shot in the head and eye, the body dumped in Platte River. The tale blends infidelity, robbery, and a brutal killing, drawing Nebraskawide interest. The note ends with stray local anecdotes about cattle supply and a mumps sufferer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Harry Duboise
R. J. Walrath
Chas, Phillips
Nebraska
Sidney
Walwrath
North Platte
Purdy
Walrath
Ida Nichols
Charles Phillips
Duboise
Omaha Republican
Phillips
Duboiss
Platte River
Clever deception targets attorney at Caliph Fisher's office
A police man and Snodderly stage a ruse at Caliph Fisher's office to obtain books from Snodderly. The fake arrest and demand for legal help end with Snodderly fleeing, while the attorney vanishes after the prank. The article also mentions heaven, an Lexington revival, and Joan Ruskin's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caliph Tfisher
James Snodderly
Snodderly
Someon
Hoe
Thames Street
Twain
Ramsey Baby Born in Cheyenne to Samuel Ramsey
In Cheyenne on Wednesday morning February 27 1878 the wife of Samuel Ramsey gave birth to a lively daughter Samuel weighs a couple of tons this morning and brings joy to Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey as their first-born child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay
Cheyenne
Samuel Ramsey
Fa Lively
Ramsey
Samuel
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Wheely
Gheyenne
John Harmon
Frisco
Pennsylvania Road
Alleghenies
Harmon
Beecher
Pacific Coast
Bayard Taylor
Here
Ft. Laramie
Cheyennne
Denver Pacific
Denver Ward
City of the Plains
Thomas G. Maghee
Camp Stambaugh
W. T
Deadwood Times
Joan Ruskin
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