14 Aug 1880
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1880
Page
1
A rough town rumor speaks of a funeral sermon to be delivered for a man described as Billy Carson Fellora. The tale mentions a gun and a deadly event at an endo town with a forty five involved. Parish voices urge the preacher to begin the service with caution as the town copes with violence.
A draft of state notices reports Hancock and Eugheh clubs forming in Plattsmouth and Beatrice, possible state senate candidate H M Wells from Crete, a Crete death by self harm, changes at Plattsmouth Courant, Lincoln fire damage and critique of the fire department, and sheriff credit for pursuing Benders. Also notes land deals in Pawnee County, a Seward Republican quote, and Gatewood winning a Pacific slope walk.
North Platte Republican recounts a deadly accident when a boy fired a revolver at his sister in Alda Hall county injuring her fatally while a separate incident in Custer county ends with a woman delivering a child on the prairie after being denied aid by two men.
Nebraska shows a total population of 402 002 in 1880 with county figures led by Douglas 87 870 and Lancaster 28 007. The report details each county’s count from Adame to York along with unorganized and territorial totals, noting Nebraska’s rapid growth since 1855.
Benton records from P. Sandusky of Flat Willow indicate four men were found murdered in a camp between Flat Willow and McDonald creeks. Three were in bed with blankets and robes. one clutched a Sharp rifle, others a Winchester. heads shot, suggesting a fall prior killings and a hunting outfit left nearby.
The text suggests a murder likely staged for revenge or to steal horses. Four men outfitted at Gayes on the Yellowstone last fall for hunting have disappeared since, with the scene not resembling Indian activity and not aiding themselves to property.
Colorado cattle shipments will be slower due to a dry spring delaying pasture growth but improve with a wet summer. Northern stockmen may miss rail shipments as Colorado draws on its ranges for beef, while Denver buys over 3,000 head from along the TU P. road and sources cattle from Kansas and Missouri to feed Chicago demand.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway advances with steel rails laid mile after mile and heavy stone ballast. The Canton ferry boat facilitates rapid transfer from New York trains, and several notable runs show the line’s improving speed and reliability with elegant cars and growing rolling stock.
The piece surveys essays by Charles Dudley Warner on Chicago stockyards and southern cooking obstacles, with Mrs Helen Camphill and ES Gilber’s works noted. It also highlights poems by Dark Reed Goodale Octave Thanet and Celia Winslow plus short prose by Ellen W Olney and others in a regional literary column.
A garbled description notes a champion long distance kicker linked to Buffalo. The piece mentions a strange scene with a high board fence and a jocund tree, along with several tables and a thirty mile span. The text references Jacob Ver swilliger and a mule in unclear context.
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