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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1875
Page
2
A bachelor farmer in Greeley reports nightly breathing from a bed fellow during a three week span. He investigates unseen contact, finds a warm bunk and window sighting of a small figure, with no trace afterward. A court set to decide amendments to a related case follows the long hearing that concluded.
The piece discusses Dr. Lehliemann's discovery of an ancient Troy and the debate over its scale and dwellings. It notes the small size of Pompeian houses, the prevalence of vermin, and contrasts public grandness with private modesty, citing Mount Vernon and Lafayette’s rooms as examples.
Last Friday the Evans versus Greeley case on the County Seat question was heard in the District Court at Denver before Judge Brazee. Evans contends Greeley lacks entitlement due to insufficient votes, despite having more than Evans. A writ of mandamus issued last fall was found defective and allowed to amend.
Article argues Salt Lake fruit growers should raise their own trees from seed and cuttings rather than import from the States. Two-year growth helps cull weak stock and produce hardy varieties like iron clad trees. Transplants from the States risk poor order due to long transport. local cultivation adapts to climate and water patterns, improving currants and gooseberries.
Contingent Fund memorandum from Greeley Colorado showing costs for Pleasant Valley School building furniture and fixtures, stove and pipe, insurance, and teachers’ salaries. Includes totals and notes by Secretary Howard dated April 17 1875.
Contingent fund details show overdrawn balances and transfers from former treasurer. Henry Twist treasurer lists cash on hand and amounts paid out on orders. Greeley Colorado April 19 1875.
Denver News reports Weld County's growing cattle and horse industries. J. W. Iliff drives a herd of over 18 000 head with 3 000 more planned, while J. L. Brush runs 1 200 top stock and 150 American horses. The Platte Valley dairies yield substantial butter and cheese, with 2 500 cows in the county. Irrigation ditches expand, boosting cultivable area by 40 to 50 percent, as corn and oats priorities shift with seed scarcity.
Samuel R Wells a prominent professor of phrenology and publisher died of typhoid fever at his West Fifty first street residence. Born 1820 in West Hartford Conn he studied medicine but pursued phrenology and published The Phrenological Journal. He founded the Phrenological Institute and authored The New Physiognomy advocating vegetarianism and temperance. The funeral will be at St Timothy's Church on Thursday at 2 PM.
The N Y Tribune prints a double sheet on its building progress noting a nine story structure with attic and tower. The edifice rises 171 feet to roof and 260 feet to spire finial from the sidewalk, with 92 feet on Nassau Street and 62 feet on Spruce Street, 285 feet from foundation to spire. A table compares Manhattan Island’s highest elevations.
A Colorado venture outfits a company to tame buffaloes for labor using whisky to subdue them and laughing gas for ease of control. Denver papers laud the plan as seven thousand animals trainable for plowing and hauling. A related note mentions a bulk buffalo herd wreaking havoc by destroying seventy barrels of liquor in Kit Carson.
In a April 19 1875 joint session of Union Colony and Greeley town trustees the boards selected Daniel P Witter as Superintendent of Canal No 3 after an informal ballot. The panel also created a one man committee to manage Canal No 8 and set pay at three dollars per day plus one dollar per day with a horse.
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