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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1878
Page
2
Notice sets April 1 1878 as the annual election date for five Town Trustees Town Clerk Street Supervisor and Town Constable at the usual polling place. L Vor Gonren Town Clerk Greeley Colo March 5 1878. The Boulder News reports opinions on liquor education lotteries railroad leadership and bills in Congress and the proposed Lincoln Territory.
Summary of March 20 dispatches: Sherman opposes repeal of resumption act while Congress debates adjournment by June 20. Senator Teller delivers first Senate speech. Government survey vessel to the Amazon and Madeira rivers with Brazil's approval. Postal saving depository bill advanced in House on English Canadian plan. Naval appropriation passes at 14,048,864 dollars. Timber bill debated in Senate with Schurz criticized by Jones and defended by Matthews. Mail contracts bid 1,000,000 cheaper than last year. Timber bill allows settlers to cut timber on public lands. Deaths include John Allison, former Treasury official. Treasury conscience money paid. Other items include Kansas railroads case victory, Adrian house fire deaths, Providence diphtheria deaths, and various financial and crime notes. Exports peak. gold premium near one percent. Paris Exposition goods restricted. heavy snow in Vermont. Molly Maguires hanged. Philadelphia silver bars received. markets fluctuating.
The letter details Cherry Creek floods undermining bridges and homes with muddy torrents likely from mountain snowmelt. It note s a Denver board of trade push for a local mint and port of entry, listing committee members from Denver Central Black Hawk Georgetown Boulder and Golden. It highlights Col Archer’s new mansion and a planned large building at Curtis and Fifteenth for business use, plus weather and seasonal optimism and growing trade for ranchers miners and merchants. The piece closes with a note on Planter's dining in Denver after dinner March 21, 1878.
Loveland residents recover after the 8th blow. Repairs rise at forging shops while plasterers prepare Patton's Hall for the Grange. Tramps, robins, sparrows, and a tale of a hospitable farmer's wife mix with rail work on the C C track and local mining wage talk.
Erie weather brought light snow with no reported damaged stock remains. A masquerade ball on the 15th drew a good crowd though spectators outnumbered masked participants. The Greenback club thrives and literary events draw outsiders. Monday’s debate asked if women influence men more than money. H W Evans continues phrenology lectures and Bishop Spaulding of Denver held services.
The Poudre valley sees more land under cultivation than ever, with an estimated one third more acreage along the river. Wheat is coming in green, with favorable sowing conditions and rain expected to boost thousands of acres. Collins Ditch activity rises as new settlers and farmers break ground, sow wheat and corn, and plan expansions. Local merchants advertise boots and shoes, dry goods, and hardware, while W. Nichols & Co boasts deep discounts and low prices. A local candidate, L. Haynes, announces a bid for Street Supervisor.
Cash sale offers a fine lot of American cattle and a good work mare. Apply personally or by letter to R Huron in Greeley for details.
Advertisements boast new goods from A Z Salofron and H Boettcher with deep discounts. Various shops feature spring stock, Cassimeres from Monk Ingalls, jewelry prize offers, and wholesale price cuts to clear inventory. Also listed are real estate, seeds, cigars, groceries, and service notices with sales pitches and shop hours.
By the Treasurer of the Town of Greeley Colorado for the year ending March Silat A D 1978 1153 64 Outstanding Assets L VON GOHREN Town Treasurer Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of March A 1878 JAMES C SCOTT County Judge LADIES TAKE NOTICE Goods cheaper than ever Good Bleached and Unbleached Muslins at 74 ets cash per yard at A Z SALOMONs 1800 pounds of Salt Lake dried fruits including Apples Peaches Plums and Apricots have just been received at Nicaos Says the ancient poet Better is a dinner of herbs and contentment therewith than a stalled ox etc But there is no need of eating herbs when you can get such excellent meals for two bits at the City Bakery F Melander keeps the only hat store in Cheyenne ICE CREAM Will be kept constantly by Mrs ILastinas as well as choice confectionery Dress Goods and Ladies Hose at cost for cash at SALomon s
Readable items note singing school tomorrow, three candidates for street supervisor, juvenile concert delayed by weather, and a string of local happenings. Mentions W. E. Pabor taking over editorial charge at the Longmont Pat, fire risks, births, illnesses, travels, and upcoming church meetings with specific names and places cited.
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