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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1879
Page
4
The article urges Cheyenne County voters to back a May 13 tax levy for a new jail. It argues current funds pay high guards for prisoners in foreign ports and calls the Board of Commissioners’ call for election commendable to secure a safe, modern jail locally.
Washington telegram reports that in W H Platt versus Union Pacific the Supreme Court reverses the Interior Department and holds the 1867 mortgage on lands a disposal under the 1862 act. Pre emption not allowed. decree affirmed. Justice Strong delivers the opinion with Justices Bradley Clifford and Miller dissenting.
The president proclaims General John A. Dix dead and commends his long public service. He notes Dix’s military and political careers including senator, minister to France, and New York governor. The notice invites national remembrance under War and Treasury departments.
Pedro Dominicus testifies about the Mitchell murder and hanging by a group including Olive, Gartrell, Brown, Fisher, Green and Baldwin at Plum Creek. He describes the sequence from arrest to execution, the rope rigging, exchange of horses, and the departure of the party after the killing.
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