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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1878
Page
4
A nostalgic verse recalls sunny aftermiddays with rosebushes in bloom and birdsong. The speaker longs to walk to the green with a loved one and cherishes past joys as winter snows drift. Though storms rage outside the home the pair find closeness in shared memories.
Two unidentified men assaulted a farmer's wife near Trenton in Henry county while the husband was away. After raping the woman they rolled the farmer's daughter in a blanket to silence her cries. she suffocated and died within an hour. Authorities are pursuing the suspects.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent highlights the Hebraska cattle belt with a projected 1600 cows bought for 15000 and a five year net profit exceeding 75000. Ogallala and Sidney expect heavy Union Pacific cattle arrivals. one seller shipped 1100 head at 45 cents per pound totaling about 80000. Rich Omaha types profit from stock raising, with opportunity for isolating ranchers to build large herds and hire capable managers.
Settlers praise rapid improvements across the Yellowstone country from Bozeman to Miles City a distance of 850 miles. Residents are described as industrious and thrifty, planning farming stock raising and business. The valley now has stage stations and traveler amenities along the route once occupied by hostile bands.
The Tribune reports Sitting Bull wants to return to the United States and has sent overtures to the Indian office. He demands immunity from criminal liability for Indian wars and retention of ponies for himself and about nine hundred in his band. Authorities, with presidential and cabinet sanction, reject any return proposition given his emissaries' activity to incite Sioux unrest.
Rumor of serious friction between Italian and Austrian consuls in Prussia due to alleged connivance in anti Austria agitation. Dispatches describe insurrection in Herzegovina and governor Gostar's assassination. Russian troops flood back to Russia. Roumania eyes triumphant entry into Bucharest. Servia to declare independence on August 20 under Prince Milan amid martial law easing.
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