Bold west train robbery near Winthrop Junction
Four unidentified men boarded the southbound St Joseph and Council Bruffs line at Winthrop Junction around 1:30 AM. They ordered security and baggage staff to halt, robbed the express safe of about $5,000 in minutes, disarmed Conductor Brown, and fled into darkness. Descriptions: a 6-foot heavy man with red face and slouch hat led the operation. two others wore dark clothes and slouch hats. a fourth, medium height, assisted. No arrests yet.
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Arcaton
Winthrop Junction
St. Joseph and Council Bruffs
Brown
Griffith
Mather
Frank Baxter
Nebraska Greenbackers Hold Temporary Convention
The Greenback State convention at Lincoln formed a temporary organization at City Hall with P. W. Birkhauser as chairman and G W Brewster as secretary. One hundred eight delegates attended as speeches filled the afternoon. A platform committee of eleven was chosen with J J Gardiner as chairman. The group planned to reconvene next morning after further time was requested.
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Lhe Merald Lincoln
New
City Hall
P. W. Birkhauser
G W. Brewster
Birkhauser
Brewster
J. J. Gardiner
Central Committee
Alley
B.T. Allen
G. W. Brewster
G. W. Bally
Associated Press Dispatch
Lincoln
Greenback
Yellow Fever Report Across Rivers and Ports
Reports from Mimpuia Saint Louis Louisville and Port Eads detail yellow fever cases. Kate Bryan da of 212 Front Street is diagnosed. Dr Ersken disinfects and quarantines. Captain William Nelson died of fever after arriving from Port Eads. John D Porter brought several cases to Louisville. Quarantine strict in Libre Roux. Port Eads notes three new cases and one death.
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Mimpuia
Kate Bryanda
Front Street
Ersken
St. Louis
William
Nelson
Port Eads
Louisville
John D. Porter
Cincinnati
Lirrie Roux
Memphis
Grenada
Port Eaps
Yellow fever panic spreads across Mississippi river towns
In New Orleans on August 15 reports show yellow fever rising with half of deaths among infants and 15 percent among colored residents. Machitoches quarantines extend sixty miles along the river, boarding and freight landings banned. A state officer tests on the Bart Abel as panic grips Vicksburg Arenada and Port Hudson with 75 to 100 cases in Grenada and twelve deaths in 24 hours.
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New Ormeans
Parish of
Machitoches
Bart Abel
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Arenada
Port Hudson
Grenada
Miss
Bear Goren Reports Mining Yields at Surprise Gulch
Bear Goren writes from August 12 1878 about miners at Surprise Gulch packing dirt to the creek and rocking it for wages. He notes the Sutro tunnel finished and describes placer claim yields across Spotted Tail gulch Johnson Nigger Hill and Poverty Flat with amounts from 10 800 to 19 60. A three day run yielded seven and a half ounces and a meeting on the 10th laid over placer claims for the year as buffalo herds draw hunters west.
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Surprise Gulch
Spotted Tail Gulch
Arthur
Bear
Sherman to Visit Omaha and Plan City Improvements
The Omaha Republican notes semi official military sources say Gen William T Sherman will reach Omaha from the east Saturday with the Platte River headquarters location and disbursement plans for the military appropriation for city and Omana barracks improvements to be decided during his stay. It also discusses Governor candidate Col Chase praised for energy and honesty and adds John F Baker of Camp Clarke was seen at headquarters managing stock interests.
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Omaha
William T. Sherman
The
Platte
Omana Barracks
Shrman
Army
War Department
Omaha Z Herald
Chase
Col. Chase
Journal of Commerce
Smith
John F. Baker
Camp Clarke
Indians Threaten Removal and Armed Showdown on Missouri Rosebud
The Spotted Tall Indians press removal to the Rosebud mouth with bold defiance and ample horseflesh and arms. A Black Cole band party loots Nebraska after crossing the Niobrara. Lieut Baxter confronts Slack Cole who draws a revolver. Major Wessels rides to restore order. scouts retreat, then Indians retreat to the reservation.
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Missouri River
Rosebud
Black Cole
Niobrara
Nebraska
Baxter
Slack Cole
Wessels
Assault by union Catholics in Ottawa ignites street conflict
About midnight a mob of roughly 200 union Catholics roamed Ottawa lower town to harass residents. Britons returning from Chaudere Junction opened fire with revolvers, wounding several and injuring none of the crowd. Police arrested five suspects after the riot stretched along Sussex York and Delhousie streets.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lower Town
Chaudere Junction
Sussex and
York Streets
Gills
Marks
St. Patricks Street
Villenuve
Father Moller
Larouche
Delhousie Street
George Street
McKenna
Kelly
P. Conway
Northwack
Taylor
Giles
Larocque
William‘gon
Christian
Andrew Foster
Charles Annis
Fabien Larocque
Wm. Lambourn
Thomas Campbell
Surrender of Oitz Leads to Fewer Fatalities in Indian Rising
A Malheur agency report dated August 15 notes the surrender of Oitz, a surviving medicine man and chief of about sixty Indians, including fifteen warriors. The surrender reduces hostile Snakes with few left unaccounted for, as messengers move to gather two or three small mountain parties. The Indian troubles may be considered over for the region.
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Boxer City
OrEcon
Malheur
Oitz
Buffalo Bill tops shooting feat at Lake addition match
At the glass ball shooting contest in Lakes addition yesterday Buffalo Bill broke 28 of 25 balls thrown, using a rifle without sights. The report adds what Cody could do cutting holes in half dollars, pitched up, as a comparison.
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Lake's Addition
Buffalo Bill
Omaha Republican
Cody
Prairie chicken song cited in Adams County Gazette
A humorous verse references the prairie chicken as a poultry foe that steals grain, urging readers to protect crops by keeping watch and ready with a gun. The fragment mocks local agricultural pests and pest control advice in a rural Gazette tone.
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Adams County Gazette
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