Legislature Proposes Reform Amid Mining Tax Debates
The Presley Tribune notes the Sixth Colorado General Assembly convening with T. L. Stuart named as speaker and Geo. M. Chilcott as Senate pro tem. It warns against costly clerk excesses, reviews past railroad laws, calls for fair mining taxation, and mentions a Springfield accident with a deadly fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth General Assembly of
Colorado
Fifth General Assembly
T. L. Stuart
Geo. M. Chilcott
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Denver Republican Emerges With New Dress and Year In Review
The Denver Tribune-Republican’s New Year edition summarizes the state’s progress over the past year and announces a rebranding to the Denver Republican with a updated heading style. The paper praises its own timeliness as a good newspaper and notes the change in hyphenation.
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Denver Tribune-Republican
Denver Republican
Republican
Times
East county seeks two new counties with Platte as boundary
The eastern portion favors splitting into two counties with the South Platte river as the dividing line while the north south line lacks unity. Brush and Fort Morgan want inclusion with Weld. Greeley will not oppose division but seeks a unified plan for the other end. A St Louis court indicts three for railcar larceny and sentences follow. A New Year railroad disaster near Tiffin Ohio claims many lives as trains collide and burn.
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South Platte River
Brush
Fort Morgan
Weld
Greeley
Scribner's Magazine February offers portraits and new fiction
The February Scribner's Magazine features John C. Ropes on Likenesses of Julius Caesar with 18 portraits including a Closson frontispiece. New story The Residuary Legatee by F J Stimpson. Washburne Reminiscences part two, Wheelwright novel A Child of the Century, and fiction like Signor So. Also From Beirut to Baalbec and A Humble Castle in Spain. Price 20 cents. available through Schlich Field Co. and newsdealers.
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Scribner's Magazine
John C. Ropes
Julius Cesar
W. B. Closson
F. J. Stimpson
Dale
Washburne
Paris
Messrs. Scribner
John T. Wheelwright
Cosmopolitan
Salvatore Farina
Frank G. Carpenter
Martha Washington
Beirut
Baalbec
L. B. Platt
Spain
W. M. Briggs
Schlich & Field Co
Rochester
N. Y
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Bill Nye
Doctor Peet advances colonist packing and land notes at Greeley gathering
Dr Peet of Credit Foncier of Sinaloa spoke in Unitarian hall on packing goods in boxes for the trip to the Topolobampo Fuerte valley colony. He described soil and forest along the river, peonage concerns, and plans for intermediate stations before a future city site.
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Dr. Peet
Denver
Credit Foncier
Sinaloa
Greeley
Unitarian Hall
Nogales
Topolobampo
Fuerte Valley
Vegaton
Fuerte
Kennedy and Dunn Tie in Windsor Colorado Wedding
John A. Kennedy of Windsor Colorado married Ida Dunn of Muscatine in a December 28 1886 ceremony at the bride’s home performed by Rev. G W Wilson. Only close relatives attended with a larger circle of friends sending good wishes and a shoe. The event featured a bridal banquet and gifts including luxe art volumes. Kennedy, a Greeley resident and brother to Mrs A S Eaton and Mrs W C Thomas, owns a farm near Windsor and will hear congratulations from friends here.
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Muscatine
Iowa
John A. Kennedy
Windsor
Colorado
Ida Dunn
G. W. Wilson
Dunn
Bonnie
Kennedy
Greeley
A. 8. Eaton
W. C. Thomas
Marriages and birth notice from Greeley and Muscatine
Delzell and Isom wed at the sheriff's residence on January 4 in Sterling with Rev. Reid officiating. Andersen and Ober wed in Greeley on January 4, 1887. Kennedy and Dunn marry December 28, 1886 in Muscatine. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jones in Greeley on January 1, 1887.
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Delzell
Isom
John C. Kendel
John G. Reid
David B. Delzell
Sterling
Hattie W. Isom
W. A. Isom
Anderson~ober
Greeley
George Michael
Charles Andersen
Ettie Ober
Colorado
Kennedy—Dunn
Sixth Street
Muscatine
Iowa
John A. Kennedy
Windsor
Ida Dunn
W.G. Wilson
J. H. Jones
Final Proof Notice for Orrin G Moore Homestead
Notice that Orrin G Moore has filed for final proof on his homestead claim No. 5756 located in section 2Town 6N Range 166W, with proof to be presented January 29 1887 before the district court of old county Colorado at Greeley. Witnesses named include John Brownell David Boyd David B Grubb and Elmer Rowe. Kr J Mott Register.
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Denver
Colorado
District Court of
Weld County
Colo
Greeley
Margaret Miles
Henry Miles
N. R
Silas Miles
Walter Ennis
William Olson
Alexander Craig
Cole
F.J. Mott
Register
Rustee
Sarah E. Hayes
Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Arapahoe
State of Colorado
Evans
Travelers Insurance Company
Wuenens
Nho
Weldanc
Circuit Court of the
United States
Theodore
Henry
Colorado Loan and Trust Company
E Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Sven
John C. Kendel
Weldounty
U.S. Land Office
Henrietta Warner
Oliver Shambo
North Range
Reger
James I. Benedict
J. M. Ellis
U.S. Land Officer
Alexander Ferguson
William Foote Jr
Foote
James ¥. Benedict
1. M. Ellis
District Court
Old County
Orrin G. Moore
Joh K. Brownell
David Boyd
David B. Grubb
Elmer Rowe
Raton
Kr. J Mott
U. S. Land Office
James Seager
Erastus Barnard
North Range Bow
Barnard
J. Mott
Elizabeth Mn
Elizabeth Me
Williams
Daniel Hawks
Second Judicial District
State of
South Platte River
South Platte
Nebraska
Cache la Poudre
Penn A of Weld
Platte and Beaver Improvement Company
H. N. Haynes
Christian A. Bennett
G.W. Warner
Fort Morgan
Weld
Ebb and Taylor
Sterling
C. A. Bennett
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Arthur Marsh
Guaymas
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