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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1885
Page
2
The edition notes General Grant is slowly sinking with brief rallies. yesterday he lost about two ounces of blood from a throat hemorrhage and faces potential recurrence. Proprie tors Meeker Carver Fullerton publish as editors.
Joe Murray voices sharp critique of Fort Collins high license ordinance banning liquor sale to drunks and disreputable women. Evans election shows temperance victory by two to one. Fort Collins postmaster Ansel Watrous appointed. Sterling figures burned in effigy, seen as counterproductive to the cause.
The Washington Capital notes Cleve land avoiding entanglements and expects press support as president while noting a cautious approach to appointments. Dr. Percy Franklin discusses potable water safety. The Leonard Brothers stopped in Denver with 75 to 80 head of Galloway and polled Angus cattle, unloading to rest and present stock to legislators, selling about 40 head locally.
A correspondent from Fort Russell Wyoming Territory paints winter life at 6000 feet. Troops endure frigid winds and 15 to 20 degree cold yet stay comfortable thanks to ample clothing, barracks, and coal. Indoor pursuits include a large library, reading rooms, debates, mock trials, and a thriving chorus of soldier and officer societies. Regular chaplain led services and social hops accompany religious and cultural activities. editor urges Arbor Day tree planting and park beautification in Greeley.
A narrator describes distant Kamet wall and Gangotri aiguilles 20 000 feet high, their icy spires and sheer angles. He notes human limits against nature and the word impossible in the alpine record, amid a silent, awe filled moment.
A letter to the Tribune urges developing Island Grove Park in Greeley by laying a drive around its outer edge and widening access. The writer suggests surveying, grading stakes, planting trees like cottonwood or elm, and starting with a modest, fiscally careful project this season.
The veteran clergyman Dr Somerville, tied to the 1842 Scottish disruption, travels the cradle lands of Christianity visiting Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Colossus Laodicea Ephesus Pergamos and Smyrna with reports of ruins and scattered congregations amid ancient sites and modern decay.
The community mourns Mrs. J A Woodbury of Greeley born April 17 1847 dying of pneumonia aged nearly 38. Funeral services were at the Methodist Church with burial in Linn Grove Cemetery amid a large crowd. Weld County Surveyor Alpheus P McNitt dies at Platteville after a period of illness. funeral held at his home with officials in attendance.
The Live Stock Indicator reports winter wheat sowing 20 percent below last year across Kansas, Western Missouri, and Southern Nebraska with most in poor to very poor condition and up to half the area likely to be ploughed up due to severe frost, dry weather, and Hessian fly. Also notes Aspinwall in ashes after insurgent attack and other international items.
report notes a cyclone in Waverly Missouri wrecking buildings with damage estimated at $50,000. other items include postmaster changes in New York City and Rome along with various international reports on politics, finance, and military actions.
A wind storm at Pittsby Sandey toppled a large sign carrying hundreds of bricks, instantly killing a young woman and severely injuring another with both legs broken. The report notes multiple other national events and economic figures alongside this incident.
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