Belknap and Company on Indianfraud and Washington life
The piece surveys a scandal over Mrs Belknap in the War Department with payments for Indian agent appointments and ongoing impeachment talk. It notes fashion coverage of Belknap ties and parties, critiques wealth and status, and laments public officials' ethics and governance.
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Belknap and Company
War Department
Red Cloud
Belknap
Fort Sill
I. T
Congress
Marsh
Washington
Gen Grant
Charles Reade
Helkaip
Dole Milton
Paradise Lost
Charles II
Wealth and honesty clash in praise of old-time virtue
The speaker notes the arrogance of wealthy elites who mock the poor, warning that ostentatious wealth suggests illicit gain. He argues wealth can be earned honestly but hidden gains betray vice, calling for scrutiny of how money is obtained.
Denver and Colorado rail plans stir regional rivals
The piece discusses the South Park Railroad toward Fairplay and the Denver market’s fear of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe route linking with the Rio Grande, risking trade to Colorado City and Pueblo. It notes snowbound excursions, Aldine issues, and state centennial funding efforts amid political intrigue involving Belknap and legal actions.
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Denver
South Park
Fairplay
Morrison
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Pueblo
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Springs
Park
Colorado City
Atchison & Santa Fe
California
Union Pacific
Kansas
Larned
Hyperborean
St Louis and Louisville News Roundup of War Era Scandals
Reports from St Louis Louisville and Cason City detail Edward Deal’s arrest in Ohio for robbing a U S express messenger and attempted assault on a black woman, with potential ties to Ryan and Belknap era post tradership schemes. Also notes Brown’s testimony and Evans Smiths Cheyenne agency deal, Belknap resignation and wife’s Kentucky ties, and Pitts theft case in Hickory County.
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Washington
Belknap
Messrs
Carpenter
Blair
Attorney General
Gen. Belknap
Artelegram
White Horns
Snell
Wolfe
St. Louis
Kdward Deal
Foster's Crossing
Ohio
U. S. Express
North Missouri
Cincinnati
Ife
Hellan
Yaskson
J. A. Brown
Committee of Investigation
War Department
Ile
Brown
Evans & Smith
Evans & Co
Cheyenne
Indian Territory
Marsh
Fort Sill
Terry
Orville Grant
Grant
Pelknap
Louisville, Ky
Kentucky
Tomlinson
Marrodsburg
Amandla
Johan Bower
Bower
Harrisburg
Carrie Tomlinson
J. D. Pitts
Hickory
Hog Question and Pig Epitaph Stir Local Paper
A reader rails at the Hog Question article and mocks editor billing for time. The writeup narrates a pig’s life from birth in 1875 to death on March 1, detailing ancestry, profits, and a humorous epitaph. The piece ends with a farmer’s claim of a dollar per bushel profit from feeding hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qreely Tribune
Bunker Hill
Fife
Tripune
Pig
Lord Berkshire
Lady Chester
LaGrange
Town
Eny
Fence Matters Before Poudre Valley Commissioners
A letter to the editor notes two fence issues for the Poudre Valley Peace District. It proposes tree planting or cottonwood hedges to replace rotting ditch-bank posts and a premium for landowners to cultivate trees. It also suggests moving fence segments to shorten the line and reduce water access. A public meeting is urged at Barnow's Hall on Saturday, March 1 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Tribune
Poudre Valley Peace District
Barnow's Hall
Proctor's Pike District records and telegraph rate cuts
A fragment from a 19th century notice describes a district office seeking to explain a past financial matter related to a $21.50 envelope and a later pro rata refund. It also reports a telegraphic rate cut effective yesterday by Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific, reducing costs to New York and Chicago by fifty cents per message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poudreys
Moonie
Greeley
N. D. Wright
Tmg
Greeley Abrigaitural Protective League
Eatly
Society of Fact
Paine
Wilber
Westerns Union
Denvers
New York
Chicago
Atlantic and Pacific Company
Entertainments by the Good Templars and Local Society
The Good Templars plan next Friday evening entertainment featuring a three act comedy The Serious Family and a domestic drama The Toodles with a notable cast. Saturday night presents The Spirit of 76 with new scenery painted by Mr Chamberlain, costing much and promised to excel city productions. The note thanks Mr and Mrs Nichols for their Leap Year Party hospitality and closes with formal regards from Greeley dated March 6 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Templars
A. Baler
Ed. Clark
E. J. Scott
J. C Moeber
Local Home News and Notes in Greeley Area
Local items report new Post Office leadership and renovations by residents like Mr. R Bennett. The winter is praised as mild and farming activity increases with plowing and early wheat sowing. A lightning rod salesman visited town and a water break on Number Three near Jetty Fisk’s interrupts service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George West
R. Bennett
Greeley
Ash
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Emma-Mine Schenk
England
Richard Tf. Dans
Boston
Great American Desert
Pierpont
U. S
Babcock
Babcock, Belknap, Bowen and Beecher
War Office
United States
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Centennial Commission
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