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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1876
Page
2
The note names William A. Wheeler of New York as the vice presidential candidate option. It records his association with the New York political scene and signals party strategy discussions.
The article surveys Spain's grand exhibit at the Centennial in Philadelphia, detailing the Main Building and Agricultural Hall displays. It highlights two thousand exhibitors, vast coal blocks, metal and ore samples, crafts, alotted cases from Castilla, and a Manila pineapple fiber cloth. It notes Spain's advanced industry counter to stereotypes and mentions Kansas Colorado displays and grain collection questions.
The piece discusses soda lake deposits in Colorado investigated by T. K. Sickels, with samples sent to Europe and plans for large scale use. It notes strong harvests in Greeley, Larimer, and along the Platte, varying by region, plus a Kansas Pacific report applauding E. A. Parker. It also outlines Colorado’s October state election structure and potential U.S. Senate results.
Crook reports from Cloud Peak that Terry urges Crook to unite forces with Gibbon against the Sioux. Custer’s fate is confirmed in Terry’s dispatch. Indian attacks continue nightly as fires threaten the camps near the Big Horn. Lieutenant Sibley and two scouts led a reconnaissance and were surrounded in the timber.
Reports from Crook City and Deadwood describe Sioux forces, a small Indian raid, and a staged escape by horse riders. Mines expand with high gold yields, new hotels and mills rising, while prospectors note $40,000 daily gold output potential amid ongoing conflicts.
The Pioneer notes daily rain in a growing valley near town where a claim yields 46,000 in four weeks. A man named Wheeler bought a claim for 800 after seeing pans yield about eight dollars in a day. Not all claims pay, some are small or unrevealed, as gold prices slide from 20 to 18.
The Boulder News describes extensive new farm plots south of Longmont between the St. Vrain and the Boulder, watered by the Boulder and White Rock ditch. Forsyth and Anderson each claim forty acres fenced and cropped with fine wheat and corn, Wyman shows forty acres of superb wheat rye and a market garden, including three acres of fall wheat yielding at least twenty five bushels per acre. Beasley and Beasley’s sorghum initiative, and James J. Beasley’s two hundred acre spread with hay near fifty acres in crops, illustrate growing irrigation farming nearby, with barbed wire fencing and efficient water use noted.
The Colorado Central earned 28 012 75 in June at 346 per mile. One third covers running expenses. The Denver Tribune urges appointing a receiver before further deterioration of the bankrupt line.
The 14th Colorado Conference met in Boulder with Bishop W. L. Morris presiding. After routine business and lengthy temperance debate, appointments were announced for Northern and Southern Districts with several posts to be supplied and the next session set for Denver at Lawrence Street Church.
The D. and R. G. passenger train leaving Pueblo at 1 30 pm for Denver faced a water spout. A cloud swept along the track washing away sections, flooding cars, but passengers were soaked yet rescued. Train backed to Pueblo, repaired, then resumed to Denver arriving near regular time after a three hour delay. A new carbonate of lead deposit was found in Lake county Oro district near California Gulch with thick veins and high assays, including sixty four percent lead and fifteen ounces silver.
Town of Greeley trustees meet with Leavy presiding pro tempore. Minutes of prior meeting read and approved. Accounts approved for Canal No 3 headgate maintenance and related labor. Grass Island Park sold to G H Adams for 61.00 and a railroad lot to James Beet for 17.25.
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